Number 22

In Oz Lotto under the 7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022 rules — 697 draws, 7 from 1–45 (an earlier era).

123times drawn · chance expected 108 +1.52σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 84% for any number

5.6average wait between appearances · chance says 6.4

20longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 123 times in 697 draws against 108.4 expected, +1.52σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 27 times, counted separately.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 123 times in 697 draws · average wait 5.6 draws · longest completed wait 20 · waiting 2 draws now

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 22 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest1 · chance 1.8
2nd smallest9 · chance 12.3
3rd smallest32 · chance 32.4
4th smallest50 · chance 41.0
5th smallest24 · chance 26.4
6th smallest7 · chance 8.2
7th smallest0 · chance 0.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 5 36 17 28 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 22 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 45. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 22 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2022-04-26	5	4th	4 5 17 22 30 34 45
2022-03-22	8	6th	2 7 9 12 16 22 27
2022-01-25	2	4th	4 11 17 22 26 31

What this cannot tell you

Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 22 is drawn with probability 7/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-07-16	1	4th	5 8 14 22 31 32 37
2019-07-09	5	5th	9 10 15 17 22 31 35
2019-06-04	5	6th	2 4 9 17 18 22 28
2019-04-30	2	4th	6 10 18 22 24 25 32
2019-04-16	1	5th	6 9 12 21 22 36 40
2019-04-09	1	4th	13 17 20 22 31 37 39
2019-04-02	2	4th	7 9 17 22 36 37 43
2019-03-19	2	4th	6 13 14 22 28 40 41
2019-03-05	5	3rd	7 9 22 30 33 38 42
2019-01-29	10	3rd	4 19 22 26 27 35 38
2018-11-20	2	4th	2 13 19 22 24 28 39
2018-11-06	15	4th	3 14 15 22 23 27 34
2018-07-24	4	4th	2 3 13 22 38 39 40
2018-06-26	1	4th	10 11 14 22 32 34 36
2018-06-19	1	5th	10 16 18 20 22 26 35
2018-06-12	11	4th	2 7 12 22 31 38 45
2018-03-27	7	4th	3 5 19 22 27 29 38
2018-02-06	9	3rd	6 11 22 35 40 41 43
2017-12-05	6	3rd	4 9 22 26 28 34 45
2017-10-24	8	3rd	9 15 22 31 35 40 44
2017-08-29	5	3rd	8 21 22 23 24 36 44
2017-07-25	2	5th	1 4 6 15 22 29 39
2017-07-11	2	2nd	4 22 30 36 37 39 40
2017-06-27	5	4th	3 6 8 22 26 40 41
2017-05-23	1	6th	2 4 12 17 20 22 38
2017-05-16	2	4th	9 14 21 22 27 41 43
2017-05-02	5	5th	2 9 17 19 22 28 38
2017-03-28	10	2nd	12 22 23 37 39 41 45
2017-01-17	7	4th	2 7 21 22 31 37 39
2016-11-29	3	2nd	12 22 28 31 32 35 42
2016-11-08	1	5th	2 5 7 13 22 36 42
2016-11-01	9	4th	6 9 17 22 27 41 43
2016-08-30	5	4th	9 12 16 22 27 33 43
2016-07-26	1	4th	1 4 11 22 30 31 38
2016-07-19	5	3rd	4 7 22 32 34 41 45
2016-06-14	1	3rd	18 20 22 25 29 44 45
2016-06-07	2	5th	6 8 14 16 22 29 34
2016-05-24	2	4th	4 5 11 22 25 32 38
2016-05-10	3	3rd	20 21 22 26 27 36 44
2016-04-19	8	2nd	5 22 25 29 33 40 42
2016-02-23	1	5th	1 5 18 21 22 36 39
2016-02-16	1	3rd	13 15 22 28 33 37 45
2016-02-09	1	3rd	6 11 22 30 35 37 40
2016-02-02	10	6th	2 5 7 9 19 22 44
2015-11-24	2	4th	1 9 12 22 24 25 30
2015-11-10	10	2nd	20 22 23 25 33 34 36
2015-09-01	9	3rd	13 18 22 24 25 43 45
2015-06-30	12	5th	2 10 11 13 22 29 33
2015-04-07	4	4th	10 11 14 22 26 36 42
2015-03-10	19	3rd	3 5 22 25 27 36 45
2014-10-28	5	5th	6 9 20 21 22 38 40
2014-09-23	10	4th	6 15 16 22 35 39 43
2014-07-15	13	5th	1 3 10 14 22 29 37
2014-04-15	5	3rd	5 17 22 27 29 31 35
2014-03-11	4	5th	14 16 17 19 22 41 43
2014-02-11	1	4th	7 15 20 22 28 36 38
2014-02-04	1	3rd	3 5 22 26 39 43 44
2014-01-28	2	3rd	4 14 22 25 26 31 36
2014-01-14	3	2nd	21 22 24 36 40 44 45
2013-12-24	10	3rd	4 6 22 24 33 36 42
2013-10-15	6	5th	2 5 10 18 22 36 39
2013-09-03	13	3rd	8 18 22 23 26 28 31
2013-06-04	3	5th	2 5 17 18 22 26 41
2013-05-14	4	5th	1 9 12 13 22 26 41
2013-04-16	11	4th	4 7 16 22 24 37 40
2013-01-29	6	3rd	6 19 22 34 36 38 39
2012-12-18	3	4th	12 15 19 22 36 41 43
2012-11-27	7	5th	1 9 13 16 22 33 34
2012-10-09	20	5th	1 4 12 15 22 33 43
2012-05-22	6	4th	6 12 14 22 33 38 45
2012-04-10	3	3rd	6 15 22 35 36 42 45
2012-03-20	11	4th	3 5 15 22 23 34 40
2012-01-03	7	2nd	1 22 31 34 35 39 42
2011-11-15	8	6th	6 7 8 9 20 22 28
2011-09-20	3	5th	1 4 17 19 22 27 29
2011-08-30	2	4th	4 8 16 22 28 34 41
2011-08-16	16	3rd	5 18 22 24 25 39 41
2011-04-26	17	1st	22 25 29 36 41 42 44
2010-12-28	2	3rd	6 14 22 35 36 37 43
2010-12-14	2	3rd	5 12 22 28 33 34 38
2010-11-30	1	4th	7 8 20 22 25 26 39
2010-11-23	6	5th	2 5 7 20 22 43 45
2010-10-12	9	4th	1 4 7 22 37 38 40
2010-08-10	6	4th	11 16 21 22 25 28 41
2010-06-29	6	4th	1 17 21 22 31 34 45
2010-05-18	3	3rd	13 18 22 27 33 38 42
2010-04-27	2	6th	3 4 6 12 18 22 42
2010-04-13	7	5th	17 19 20 21 22 23 33
2010-02-23	3	5th	2 8 14 17 22 34 35
2010-02-02	5	2nd	19 22 28 29 32 34 38
2009-12-29	2	4th	6 12 13 22 27 28 33
2009-12-15	3	3rd	7 12 22 28 29 32 37
2009-11-24	7	2nd	7 22 23 24 31 36 39
2009-10-06	9	4th	5 12 17 22 28 34 45
2009-08-04	7	4th	2 11 13 22 25 39 42
2009-06-16	2	3rd	1 7 22 24 29 32 41
2009-06-02	2	3rd	3 20 22 32 33 43 45
2009-05-19	4	6th	11 12 17 18 21 22 25
2009-04-21	—	5th	16 18 20 21 22 32 43