Number 22

In Lotto under the 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 rules — 1,077 draws, 6 from 1–40 (an earlier era).

172times drawn · chance expected 162 +0.89σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 85% for any number

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

23longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 172 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, +0.89σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 172 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 6.3 draws · longest completed wait 23 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest1 · chance 2.6
2nd smallest12 · chance 19.2
3rd smallest41 · chance 51.2
4th smallest85 · chance 60.8
5th smallest30 · chance 32.2
6th smallest3 · chance 6.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 34 10 5 9 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2020-08-01	7	4th	3 5 14 22 30 32
2020-07-08	11	4th	3 10 18 22 25 29
2020-05-30	5	4th	1 12 20 22 23 34
2020-05-13	3

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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