In Lotto Plus 1 under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Sep 2024 rules — 216 draws, 6 from 1–47.
23times drawn · chance expected 28 −0.93σ
25draws waiting · a wait this long: 4% for any number
8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8
24longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long
22 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 23 times in 216 draws against 27.6 expected, −0.93σ. Each draw is independent: after 25 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 3 times, counted separately.
22
Number 22, draw by draw
Drawn 23 times in 216 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 24 · waiting 25 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.
Never drawn alongside 5 of the other 46 numbers; chance expects about 4 such strangers 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 47. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.