Number 22

In La Primitiva under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Oct 1985 – Jan 2013 rules — 2,558 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

323times drawn · chance expected 313 +0.59σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

48longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 323 times in 2,558 draws against 313.2 expected, +0.59σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 53 times, counted separately.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 323 times in 2,558 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 3 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 smallest12 · chance 15.2
2nd smallest75 · chance 69.5
3rd smallest123 · chance 115.9
4th smallest79 · chance 88.1
5th smallest31 · chance 30.5
6th smallest3 · chance 3.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 33.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 28 15 46 48 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2012-12-20	5	3rd	12 21 22 36 47 49
2012-12-01	2	3rd	6 19 22 24 30 31
2012-11-24	48	5th	8 9 14 19 22 32
2012-06-09

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2011-02-03	6	3rd	11 21 22 26 37 40
2011-01-13	5	3rd	6 9 22 42 43 49
2010-12-25	6	4th	8 11 21 22 37 44
2010-12-04	2	3rd	6 8 22 27 33 38
2010-11-27	3	5th	2 6 7 9 22 35
2010-11-18	3	3rd	11 19 22 32 40 44
2010-11-06	2	4th	3 7 15 22 28 31
2010-10-30	7	3rd	6 16 22 32 33 49
2010-10-07	10	2nd	1 22 24 25 26 32
2010-09-02	4	6th	3 10 12 18 19 22
2010-08-19	1	4th	2 5 21 22 26 39
2010-08-14	1	2nd	14 22 28 37 40 41
2010-08-12	10	3rd	8 13 22 25 28 46
2010-07-08	11	4th	1 7 16 22 31 36
2010-05-29	3	2nd	9 22 33 37 43 48
2010-05-20	17	5th	5 7 9 15 22 46
2010-03-20	2	4th	4 10 14 22 37 46
2010-03-13	4	3rd	8 11 22 31 33 47
2010-02-27	29	3rd	3 7 22 24 27 44
2009-11-19	12	2nd	14 22 30 31 34 46
2009-10-08	5	2nd	7 22 28 29 39 46
2009-09-19	8	5th	1 2 3 16 22 31
2009-08-22	3	4th	3 8 14 22 37 49
2009-08-13	7	3rd	3 14 22 25 35 45
2009-07-18	6	3rd	5 14 22 28 30 38
2009-06-27	8	2nd	1 22 23 36 43 45
2009-05-30	2	6th	3 9 11 13 17 22
2009-05-23	22	4th	5 6 17 22 41 47
2009-03-07	4	3rd	4 18 22 34 37 43
2009-02-21	10	3rd	2 3 22 24 34 46
2009-01-17	8	4th	5 12 19 22 45 46
2008-12-20	9	2nd	8 22 33 34 36 46
2008-11-20	7	3rd	7 16 22 29 34 36
2008-10-25	5	2nd	7 22 32 34 39 46
2008-10-09	8	4th	2 11 16 22 31 32
2008-09-11	3	3rd	3 15 22 24 33 39
2008-08-30	23	3rd	7 21 22 30 40 47
2008-06-12	5	4th	11 13 21 22 30 48
2008-05-24	6	4th	2 7 10 22 26 46
2008-05-03	16	3rd	6 19 22 28 29 44
2008-03-08	6	3rd	1 3 22 29 33 40
2008-02-16	10	3rd	8 14 22 30 36 43
2008-01-12	4	3rd	13 16 22 26 27 28
2007-12-29	8	3rd	3 20 22 25 27 45
2007-12-01	10	2nd	19 22 25 39 48 49
2007-10-27	4	3rd	2 11 22 24 41 43
2007-10-13	9	4th	4 6 15 22 27 44
2007-09-13	4	4th	3 14 18 22 23 41
2007-08-30	2	5th	4 6 16 20 22 41
2007-08-23	10	2nd	8 22 28 33 36 48
2007-07-19	5	4th	1 7 16 22 28 45
2007-06-30	17	2nd	8 22 29 32 35 44
2007-05-03	2	4th	5 10 20 22 36 38
2007-04-26	4	2nd	2 22 24 25 46 47
2007-04-12	3	3rd	13 15 22 23 39 45
2007-03-31	5	4th	11 12 17 22 26 31
2007-03-15	1	1st	22 38 41 42 45 49
2007-03-10	12	2nd	3 22 25 41 42 45
2007-01-27	13	2nd	6 22 30 36 44 49
2006-12-14	2	4th	9 10 20 22 27 41
2006-12-07	23	3rd	6 21 22 31 36 46
2006-09-16	12	2nd	10 22 24 28 36 44
2006-08-05	5	3rd	3 10 22 29 40 43
2006-07-20	13	3rd	5 18 22 23 27 44
2006-06-03	18	3rd	14 21 22 26 39 44
2006-04-01	5	3rd	9 16 22 28 34 37
2006-03-16	46	2nd	19 22 26 27 32 46
2005-10-06	5	3rd	5 8 22 26 29 38
2005-09-17	8	2nd	16 22 26 30 44 49
2005-08-20	2	2nd	18 22 23 29 30 35
2005-08-13	29	5th	2 15 16 21 22 43
2005-05-05	9	4th	1 16 20 22 23 33
2005-04-02	15	3rd	1 4 22 24 36 42
2005-02-10	2	2nd	18 22 28 31 48 49
2005-02-03	1	3rd	13 21 22 29 36 48
2005-01-29	8	4th	7 10 14 22 42 45
2005-01-01	4	4th	6 13 17 22 41 46
2004-12-18	20	2nd	3 22 24 39 43 49
2004-10-09	19	3rd	1 5 22 24 35 48
2004-08-05	3	2nd	4 22 32 37 38 39
2004-07-24	1	5th	2 5 7 12 22 24
2004-07-22	6	4th	4 13 18 22 26 35
2004-07-01	2	4th	6 11 19 22 34 48
2004-06-24	15	2nd	10 22 24 30 31 45
2004-05-01	9	4th	1 5 15 22 25 28
2004-04-01	14	3rd	14 19 22 26 33 35
2004-02-12	5	3rd	12 18 22 23 25 46
2004-01-24	11	2nd	21 22 25 30 31 44
2003-12-18	13	5th	1 5 8 10 22 41
2003-11-01	4	2nd	20 22 27 34 35 49
2003-10-18	3	4th	8 15 17 22 28 46
2003-10-09	3	3rd	18 21 22 29 36 37
2003-09-27	8	4th	6 16 21 22 28 38
2003-08-30	6	4th	2 7 10 22 29 46
2003-08-09	2	4th	11 14 19 22 29 47
2003-08-02	2	3rd	2 17 22 24 26 42
2003-07-26	2	5th	2 5 12 13 22 30
2003-07-19	1	4th	9 10 11 22 24 33
2003-07-17	3	2nd	3 22 31 41 46 47
2003-07-05	9	1st	22 25 34 35 37 47
2003-06-05	8	4th	2 8 9 22 31 43
2003-05-08	1	3rd	5 17 22 26 37 44
2003-05-03	2	5th	1 5 12 16 22 30
2003-04-26	5	4th	6 18 21 22 32 46
2003-04-10	20	3rd	7 14 22 39 42 45
2003-01-30	3	3rd	8 21 22 25 41 46
2003-01-18	6	3rd	19 21 22 32 36 48
2002-12-28	3	3rd	5 18 22 23 34 46
2002-12-19	9	2nd	11 22 43 46 48 49
2002-11-16	7	3rd	15 20 22 35 40 42
2002-10-24	3	3rd	2 16 22 29 30 40
2002-10-12	17	3rd	10 19 22 24 43 44
2002-08-15	2	2nd	18 22 28 32 40 48
2002-08-08	1	4th	5 6 15 22 32 49
2002-08-03	1	1st	22 34 35 38 45 48
2002-08-01	25	2nd	8 22 25 36 41 45
2002-05-04	19	2nd	15 22 24 26 30 40
2002-02-28	10	4th	2 6 17 22 27 30
2002-01-24	8	3rd	8 15 22 26 31 36
2001-12-27	2	3rd	4 19 22 25 43 46
2001-12-20	12	3rd	2 13 22 27 35 40
2001-11-08	1	2nd	6 22 23 27 32 43
2001-11-03	16	3rd	19 21 22 25 33 49
2001-09-08	19	4th	3 4 18 22 31 43
2001-07-05	4	2nd	2 22 33 34 36 49
2001-06-21	20	2nd	17 22 27 34 36 49
2001-04-12	17	5th	3 4 12 13 22 39
2001-02-10	7	5th	4 6 15 18 22 23
2001-01-18	2	4th	2 8 13 22 24 41
2001-01-11	6	4th	1 9 20 22 38 48
2000-12-21	9	2nd	19 22 24 37 39 44
2000-11-18	1	5th	6 9 17 18 22 34
2000-11-16	9	5th	4 7 13 19 22 28
2000-10-14	6	3rd	11 20 22 25 27 36
2000-09-23	1	4th	5 12 19 22 43 48
2000-09-21	9	3rd	6 15 22 42 46 48
2000-08-19	13	2nd	20 22 25 30 37 48
2000-07-06	3	3rd	4 10 22 29 36 48
2000-06-24	5	2nd	15 22 28 36 44 46
2000-06-08	4	2nd	18 22 31 32 34 45
2000-05-25	3	4th	2 8 20 22 26 45
2000-05-13	11	3rd	4 13 22 33 34 43
2000-04-06	3	5th	4 10 13 15 22 30
2000-03-25	15	3rd	4 13 22 27 28 35
2000-02-03	4	2nd	14 22 32 34 47 49
2000-01-20	16	4th	6 9 18 22 39 48
1999-11-25	13	4th	11 15 17 22 23 49
1999-10-09	3	4th	1 7 19 22 28 41
1999-09-30	6	3rd	7 20 22 25 29 32
1999-09-09	5	5th	6 9 14 17 22 46
1999-08-21	10	3rd	7 18 22 34 45 48
1999-07-17	1	2nd	9 22 25 29 33 43
1999-07-15	8	2nd	1 22 28 32 39 48
1999-06-17	8	5th	3 4 7 17 22 29
1999-05-20	12	5th	3 4 5 9 22 46
1999-04-08	8	1st	22 30 32 34 38 39
1999-03-11	11	2nd	15 22 26 27 35 40
1999-01-30	3	4th	1 11 17 22 24 42
1999-01-21	2	2nd	21 22 26 40 43 48
1999-01-14	12	2nd	4 22 31 38 47 49
1998-12-03	1	3rd	5 20 22 35 42 45
1998-11-28	12	4th	4 13 18 22 33 39
1998-10-17	4	3rd	5 17 22 27 29 41
1998-10-03	3	4th	12 15 19 22 34 37
1998-09-24	1	3rd	17 19 22 35 38 45
1998-09-19	2	3rd	7 19 22 31 33 39
1998-09-12	12	4th	13 17 20 22 25 38
1998-08-01	10	4th	2 6 11 22 34 38
1998-06-27	4	3rd	2 16 22 30 34 48
1998-06-13	6	3rd	9 16 22 24 29 45
1998-05-23	6	5th	7 10 12 14 22 31
1998-05-02	16	2nd	16 22 23 24 25 29
1998-03-07	3	3rd	9 17 22 26 44 45
1998-02-26	10	2nd	21 22 24 29 34 46
1998-01-22	2	4th	3 4 14 22 25 41
1998-01-15	21	5th	8 14 15 16 22 25
1997-11-01	25	2nd	1 22 23 27 32 42
1997-08-07	1	3rd	8 21 22 26 28 48
1997-08-02	5	2nd	19 22 31 32 45 46
1997-07-17	2	3rd	19 20 22 26 35 42
1997-07-10	5	3rd	3 20 22 23 44 46
1997-06-21	8	3rd	4 14 22 26 27 43
1997-05-24	13	2nd	16 22 26 32 38 41
1997-04-10	1	3rd	19 21 22 25 38 41
1997-04-05	2	1st	22 29 33 38 44 49
1997-03-29	32	3rd	3 13 22 28 34 44
1996-12-07	32	3rd	5 6 22 34 39 44
1996-08-17	3	4th	9 13 21 22 33 40
1996-08-08	9	3rd	17 19 22 26 41 42
1996-07-06	27	5th	12 17 18 19 22 32
1996-04-04	16	4th	2 10 12 22 36 49
1996-02-08	15	2nd	21 22 27 29 40 48
1995-12-16	12	4th	9 20 21 22 42 44
1995-11-04	14	3rd	6 13 22 24 31 34
1995-09-16	3	2nd	19 22 26 30 37 41
1995-09-07	3	4th	7 14 19 22 23 35
1995-08-26	12	4th	4 16 18 22 36 48
1995-07-15	1	4th	4 14 20 22 27 45
1995-07-13	1	2nd	12 22 28 34 39 48
1995-07-08	8	4th	5 10 14 22 30 47
1995-06-10	2	5th	12 13 16 21 22 42
1995-06-03	13	6th	3 8 9 10 14 22
1995-04-20	18	3rd	6 11 22 31 34 41
1995-02-16	29	4th	5 15 17 22 32 40
1994-11-05	6	2nd	18 22 23 33 40 42
1994-10-15	3	4th	11 14 17 22 23 48
1994-10-06	11	2nd	15 22 26 29 33 35
1994-08-27	9	3rd	11 13 22 24 25 39
1994-07-28	9	2nd	11 22 35 39 46 48
1994-06-25	5	3rd	3 8 22 27 33 41
1994-06-09	6	3rd	2 12 22 26 27 41
1994-05-19	2	3rd	5 9 22 29 33 42
1994-05-12	4	3rd	8 20 22 28 30 41
1994-04-28	1	4th	3 9 19 22 39 40
1994-04-23	9	3rd	3 13 22 38 42 48
1994-03-24	7	3rd	7 13 22 40 44 45
1994-02-26	2	3rd	1 15 22 33 35 41
1994-02-19	2	5th	5 11 12 16 22 35
1994-02-12	6	3rd	9 16 22 42 48 49
1994-01-22	16	4th	9 15 16 22 34 36
1993-11-27	11	3rd	4 6 22 23 32 43
1993-10-21	2	4th	5 13 20 22 37 49
1993-10-14	4	3rd	9 10 22 26 38 43
1993-09-30	2	3rd	2 21 22 27 39 47
1993-09-23	1	3rd	9 14 22 27 34 43
1993-09-18	4	3rd	18 21 22 26 30 44
1993-09-04	19	2nd	20 22 27 31 38 39
1993-07-01	21	3rd	17 18 22 35 40 45
1993-04-17	17	3rd	11 16 22 34 36 48
1993-02-18	5	2nd	20 22 28 29 31 41
1993-01-30	18	4th	4 10 15 22 25 47
1992-11-28	17	3rd	5 14 22 27 29 45
1992-10-01	14	3rd	4 20 22 31 37 47
1992-08-13	7	5th	10 15 16 17 22 39
1992-07-18	7	2nd	10 22 23 28 31 38
1992-06-25	2	3rd	2 14 22 27 34 48
1992-06-18	18	4th	1 4 21 22 24 32
1992-04-16	7	3rd	4 13 22 27 39 41
1992-03-21	3	3rd	4 13 22 28 38 42
1992-03-12	15	3rd	7 12 22 29 38 43
1992-01-18	9	2nd	4 22 25 30 37 39
1991-12-19	12	3rd	5 8 22 36 40 41
1991-11-07	7	5th	8 15 16 18 22 34
1991-10-12	4	4th	2 11 12 22 33 40
1991-09-28	5	2nd	14 22 23 38 40 43
1991-09-12	5	2nd	1 22 30 39 46 47
1991-08-24	1	4th	13 16 17 22 25 34
1991-08-22	7	3rd	5 10 22 24 33 36
1991-07-27	9	5th	2 8 18 20 22 29
1991-06-27	2	2nd	17 22 27 31 34 39
1991-06-20	3	3rd	2 14 22 33 47 48
1991-06-06	2	4th	5 10 18 22 28 39
1991-05-23	5	1st	22 32 36 40 41 43
1991-04-18	1	3rd	12 13 22 25 31 37
1991-04-11	15	5th	1 8 16 19 22 37
1990-12-27	1	5th	5 14 20 21 22 28
1990-12-20	1	3rd	12 17 22 31 37 44
1990-12-13	3	3rd	14 15 22 25 28 32
1990-11-22	1	3rd	5 9 22 24 36 40
1990-11-15	4	2nd	19 22 23 27 28 29
1990-10-18	8	3rd	7 13 22 34 40 42
1990-08-25	11	1st	22 23 24 29 35 38
1990-07-19	7	3rd	15 18 22 30 37 40
1990-06-23	1	4th	3 11 15 22 34 38
1990-06-21	2	3rd	10 13 22 23 33 34
1990-06-14	1	2nd	15 22 25 28 44 45
1990-06-09	3	4th	2 4 13 22 38 48
1990-05-31	8	2nd	12 22 32 37 39 47
1990-04-19	6	3rd	6 15 22 28 32 33
1990-03-08	3	4th	2 10 20 22 28 40
1990-02-15	4	4th	11 12 17 22 23 30
1990-01-18	18	2nd	6 22 30 32 45 47
1989-09-14	2	2nd	6 22 24 25 38 42
1989-08-31	1	3rd	2 20 22 35 43 44
1989-08-24	5	4th	11 18 19 22 25 30
1989-07-20	4	1st	22 23 30 35 37 41
1989-06-22	7	3rd	1 15 22 27 45 46
1989-05-04	6	1st	22 24 35 38 40 42
1989-03-23	16	1st	22 28 31 32 34 47
1988-12-01	2	5th	5 8 19 21 22 40
1988-11-17	3	4th	1 6 7 22 40 48
1988-10-27	2	3rd	1 4 22 26 29 48
1988-10-13	6	3rd	3 13 22 33 43 46
1988-09-01	8	5th	7 12 15 18 22 46
1988-07-07	7	2nd	15 22 25 28 34 44
1988-05-19	8	1st	22 28 38 42 44 45
1988-03-24	15	3rd	11 19 22 23 36 40
1987-12-10	5	4th	2 5 12 22 24 42
1987-11-05	3	3rd	5 15 22 35 37 49
1987-10-15	16	3rd	6 12 22 28 32 45
1987-06-25	11	4th	12 13 15 22 24 44
1987-04-09	7	2nd	4 22 26 31 36 38
1987-02-19	8	5th	2 14 15 17 22 37
1986-12-18	6	4th	10 16 17 22 39 48
1986-11-06	11	2nd	17 22 28 40 42 46
1986-08-21	16	3rd	15 21 22 30 34 37
1986-05-01	5	3rd	1 6 22 35 47 49
1986-03-27	18	3rd	11 20 22 40 41 46
1985-11-14	—	2nd	19 22 34 36 37 43