Number 22

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009 rules — 1,425 draws, 6 from 1–90 (an earlier era).

94times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.11σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

15.1average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

78longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 94 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 24 times, counted separately.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 94 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 15.1 draws · longest completed wait 78 · waiting 20 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 smallest23 · chance 23.6
2nd smallest42 · chance 38.7
3rd smallest25 · chance 23.8
4th smallest2 · chance 6.9
5th smallest2 · chance 0.9
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 36 26 46 63 77

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.5 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 90. 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
2009-05-14	1	2nd	1 22 41 69 73 89
2009-05-12	9	3rd	4 9 22 23 47 73
2009-04-21	61	2nd	19 22 26 59 61 71

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2006-11-02	21	5th	2 4 5 9 22 75
2006-09-14	1	2nd	10 22 27 34 56 85
2006-09-12	17	2nd	8 22 36 43 76 77
2006-08-03	6	2nd	21 22 25 53 76 85
2006-07-20	6	1st	22 36 65 72 82 86
2006-07-06	6	2nd	21 22 34 55 56 74
2006-06-22	1	2nd	8 22 36 48 53 55
2006-06-20	11	1st	22 26 51 63 64 73
2006-05-25	8	2nd	19 22 44 61 66 75
2006-05-06	2	2nd	19 22 46 49 72 85
2006-05-02	1	1st	22 42 52 55 62 74
2006-04-29	23	2nd	12 22 53 54 60 77
2006-03-07	13	3rd	1 7 22 72 79 82
2006-02-04	1	2nd	13 22 43 50 70 76
2006-02-02	13	2nd	3 22 29 54 75 84
2006-01-03	14	3rd	13 14 22 24 46 81
2005-12-01	32	1st	22 30 43 56 69 78
2005-09-17	5	4th	13 14 20 22 44 88
2005-09-06	6	2nd	13 22 31 54 55 87
2005-08-23	3	2nd	7 22 33 48 86 87
2005-08-16	4	2nd	18 22 28 33 57 71
2005-08-06	9	3rd	1 4 22 24 38 46
2005-07-16	14	2nd	8 22 28 36 74 85
2005-06-11	32	1st	22 35 36 44 74 75
2005-02-19	7	1st	22 26 32 38 42 86
2005-01-26	7	2nd	1 22 24 44 47 79
2005-01-03	27	3rd	10 21 22 43 61 66
2004-09-29	18	3rd	2 11 22 25 60 78
2004-07-28	7	3rd	2 13 22 53 60 85
2004-07-03	1	3rd	14 18 22 27 39 58
2004-06-30	12	2nd	10 22 34 43 62 68
2004-05-19	4	2nd	9 22 36 47 69 85
2004-05-05	29	2nd	2 22 37 46 57 74
2004-01-24	32	1st	22 27 48 52 81 83
2003-10-04	11	1st	22 62 68 73 75 87
2003-08-27	31	3rd	1 8 22 28 64 77
2003-05-10	7	1st	22 38 46 47 77 86
2003-04-16	18	2nd	15 22 37 64 88 90
2003-02-12	4	2nd	14 22 24 34 60 85
2003-01-29	18	3rd	5 11 22 27 36 90
2002-12-10	12	1st	22 31 63 76 78 79
2002-11-02	7	3rd	1 15 22 33 42 80
2002-10-09	32	2nd	21 22 52 59 65 76
2002-06-19	78	1st	22 24 30 58 60 89
2001-09-22	14	1st	22 26 27 28 72 73
2001-08-04	5	2nd	5 22 49 63 65 66
2001-07-18	5	2nd	4 22 37 43 63 80
2001-06-30	2	1st	22 31 45 68 84 88
2001-06-23	14	3rd	4 15 22 34 77 87
2001-05-05	3	2nd	9 22 26 67 71 89
2001-04-26	20	2nd	4 22 27 45 58 86
2001-02-14	8	2nd	15 22 38 62 83 86
2001-01-17	20	2nd	16 22 35 41 53 62
2000-11-08	48	1st	22 42 50 53 78 83
2000-05-24	18	3rd	8 10 22 72 87 90
2000-03-22	19	3rd	2 19 22 57 65 89
2000-01-15	25	3rd	11 21 22 50 59 63
1999-10-20	27	1st	22 26 58 60 67 88
1999-07-17	5	2nd	5 22 35 38 74 82
1999-06-30	19	2nd	13 22 44 74 77 87
1999-04-24	37	2nd	20 22 33 44 50 74
1998-12-16	26	1st	22 43 56 71 77 83
1998-09-16	5	1st	22 26 29 37 75 76
1998-08-29	24	3rd	12 19 22 53 72 88
1998-06-06	5	3rd	13 18 22 56 67 72
1998-05-20	8	3rd	5 13 22 25 43 50
1998-04-22	4	2nd	5 22 40 46 86 87
1998-04-08	22	3rd	4 7 22 27 39 88
1998-01-21	11	1st	22 25 26 49 59 85
1997-12-13	—	2nd	5 22 34 61 62 77