Number 22

In Bonus Match 5 under the 5/39 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2016 rules — 2,407 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

300times drawn · chance expected 309 −0.52σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

48longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 300 times in 2,407 draws against 308.6 expected, −0.52σ. 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 300 times in 2,407 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 48 · 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 smallest14 · chance 9.7
2nd smallest62 · chance 58.0
3rd smallest116 · chance 116.1
4th smallest79 · chance 91.9
5th smallest29 · chance 24.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 31.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 16 3 14 38 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2016-11-13	4	2nd	6 22 25 30 38
2016-11-09	16	3rd	6 18 22 23 29
2016-10-24	10	3rd	7 12 22 30 39
2016-10-14	4	4th	8 11

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

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