Triple Twos Drawn in The Daily Number Day Game
Middletown – The Pennsylvania Lottery’s The Daily Number day drawing winning numbers were 2-2-2 on Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, resulting in a total payout of $3,452,700 to 13,953 winners.
A 50-cent wager on The Daily Number pays $250; a $1 wager pays $500.
Triple twos have been drawn a total of 24 times since The Daily Number drawing began in March 1977. This total includes both evening and day drawings.
The last time 2-2-2 was drawn in The Daily Number’s evening drawing was Oct. 10, 2012. This number combination last came up in The Daily Number’s day drawing on July 19, 2011.
This was the second triple to be drawn this week. On Monday, Dec. 29, 2014, The Daily Number evening drawing winning number was 7-7-7, resulting in a payout of $5,589,275 to 22,547 winners.
Overall, triples have been drawn a total of 196 times – 150 times in the evening drawings and 46 times in the day drawings – since the debut of The Daily Number.
2010 holds the record for the most triples drawn in a year with 14.
How to Play The Daily Number: The Daily Number is a three-digit numbers game. Players may bet $.50 or $1 per play. Players may play up to five panels on each playslip. On each panel, players may choose, or allow the Lottery terminal to randomly quick-pick, any three-digit number. Numbers can be played straight, boxed, straight box, super straight, front pair, back pair, and other combinations. A straight bet pays 500-to-1. Other payouts vary based on the type of bet placed.
About the Pennsylvania Lottery: The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state lottery that designates all its proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since its inception in 1971, the Pennsylvania Lottery has contributed more than $24.7 billion to programs that include property tax and rent rebates; free transit and reduced-fare shared rides; the low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET; long-term living services; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including full- and part-time senior centers throughout the state.
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