Number 22

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

179times drawn · chance expected 184 −0.39σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 55% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

38longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 179 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, −0.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 179 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 5 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 smallest8 · chance 4.3
2nd smallest28 · chance 26.4
3rd smallest61 · chance 58.8
4th smallest46 · chance 58.8
5th smallest34 · chance 26.4
6th smallest2 · chance 4.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 2 14 10 16 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-11-03	2	3rd	1 14 22 23 31 43
2022-10-27	12	3rd	10 14 22 25 39 40
2022-09-15	4	5th	2 11 16 19 22 24

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2020-11-12	17	3rd	16 17 22 31 33 43
2020-09-14	8	4th	7 10 20 22 28 33
2020-08-17	13	6th	1 5 9 18 21 22
2020-07-02	3	3rd	5 16 22 39 40 41
2020-06-22	3	4th	5 10 11 22 23 30
2020-06-11	20	3rd	3 5 22 29 36 43
2020-04-02	5	5th	2 4 14 18 22 28
2020-03-16	5	2nd	4 22 23 33 35 43
2020-02-27	5	2nd	13 22 25 32 35 37
2020-02-10	9	3rd	9 13 22 23 33 43
2020-01-09	2	5th	1 4 8 10 22 26
2020-01-02	5	2nd	4 22 24 25 29 37
2019-12-16	10	2nd	13 22 24 25 32 35
2019-11-11	15	5th	10 11 18 21 22 40
2019-09-19	1	4th	2 14 17 22 39 43
2019-09-16	14	4th	2 6 9 22 34 37
2019-07-29	21	3rd	3 8 22 38 39 42
2019-05-16	17	3rd	5 17 22 25 32 36
2019-03-18	6	3rd	9 15 22 24 27 39
2019-02-25	9	5th	1 3 8 10 22 40
2019-01-24	16	5th	2 9 11 16 22 30
2018-11-29	3	3rd	12 21 22 25 39 40
2018-11-19	1	3rd	17 21 22 25 26 35
2018-11-15	14	2nd	9 22 23 30 32 40
2018-09-27	2	4th	4 12 18 22 31 36
2018-09-20	1	5th	1 7 14 15 22 38
2018-09-17	5	3rd	1 20 22 26 36 42
2018-08-30	5	3rd	6 20 22 32 35 39
2018-08-13	16	5th	8 12 14 17 22 29
2018-06-18	3	3rd	3 20 22 28 34 37
2018-06-07	6	3rd	5 11 22 25 30 41
2018-05-17	1	2nd	9 22 23 33 35 36
2018-05-14	1	5th	1 5 7 15 22 33
2018-05-10	4	3rd	2 15 22 23 27 35
2018-04-26	4	2nd	15 22 23 25 38 43
2018-04-12	4	5th	3 9 10 14 22 41
2018-03-29	20	5th	3 7 14 18 22 27
2018-01-18	12	2nd	10 22 25 30 32 36
2017-12-07	6	3rd	10 19 22 33 36 40
2017-11-16	17	3rd	1 14 22 25 32 38
2017-09-18	15	4th	1 3 15 22 40 41
2017-07-27	2	2nd	12 22 23 24 27 35
2017-07-20	2	3rd	1 12 22 29 32 40
2017-07-13	2	4th	12 14 21 22 27 28
2017-07-06	3	5th	5 9 16 20 22 38
2017-06-26	6	4th	1 4 12 22 39 40
2017-06-05	1	5th	4 5 9 17 22 41
2017-06-01	1	3rd	2 12 22 25 30 39
2017-05-29	19	4th	3 5 17 22 26 28
2017-03-23	19	4th	6 14 19 22 23 27
2017-01-16	8	2nd	19 22 25 27 28 33
2016-12-19	10	4th	6 17 20 22 35 37
2016-11-14	3	3rd	9 19 22 26 35 42
2016-11-03	1	4th	14 17 21 22 38 42
2016-10-31	6	4th	6 8 17 22 30 32
2016-10-10	10	1st	22 28 36 37 38 40
2016-09-05	15	2nd	11 22 27 29 33 39
2016-07-14	12	4th	11 13 15 22 35 39
2016-06-02	4	4th	5 14 21 22 28 40
2016-05-19	21	1st	22 23 24 28 29 33
2016-03-07	3	3rd	1 2 22 26 31 38
2016-02-25	5	1st	22 25 28 32 33 38
2016-02-08	7	1st	22 27 36 37 39 40
2016-01-14	9	3rd	16 21 22 24 31 35
2015-12-14	3	4th	12 14 21 22 25 41
2015-12-03	11	2nd	8 22 25 29 33 37
2015-10-26	11	4th	2 8 9 22 30 31
2015-09-17	3	4th	2 9 10 22 32 42
2015-09-07	4	4th	5 6 13 22 35 38
2015-08-24	6	5th	2 10 11 16 22 35
2015-08-03	9	3rd	2 10 22 28 33 36
2015-07-02	6	5th	7 9 16 21 22 25
2015-06-11	1	3rd	4 16 22 23 27 31
2015-06-08	15	2nd	13 22 27 34 35 36
2015-04-16	1	4th	2 5 10 22 25 32
2015-04-13	1	4th	1 5 15 22 27 31
2015-04-09	9	3rd	12 13 22 30 33 35
2015-03-09	1	5th	7 9 13 18 22 37
2015-03-05	1	2nd	12 22 24 28 33 37
2015-03-02	7	2nd	21 22 25 33 35 39
2015-02-05	9	2nd	2 22 28 30 31 43
2015-01-05	1	5th	9 14 16 17 22 23
2015-01-01	7	5th	13 15 18 19 22 33
2014-12-08	5	5th	1 15 16 20 22 37
2014-11-20	16	4th	16 17 21 22 26 27
2014-09-25	20	4th	6 15 18 22 25 28
2014-07-17	8	4th	3 5 11 22 26 35
2014-06-19	1	4th	2 7 8 22 36 39
2014-06-16	7	3rd	4 11 22 36 37 40
2014-05-22	1	2nd	4 22 25 29 34 35
2014-05-19	10	5th	6 11 13 14 22 39
2014-04-14	7	4th	1 3 16 22 32 38
2014-03-20	12	2nd	7 22 36 38 40 41
2014-02-06	7	3rd	9 15 22 30 34 43
2014-01-13	1	5th	6 9 14 21 22 24
2014-01-09	5	1st	22 23 30 31 37 41
2013-12-23	9	5th	4 5 9 15 22 26
2013-11-21	5	3rd	17 19 22 26 32 41
2013-11-04	9	5th	13 16 17 19 22 34
2013-10-03	5	3rd	8 14 22 24 33 34
2013-09-16	1	6th	4 5 15 16 18 22
2013-09-12	6	2nd	14 22 31 36 42 43
2013-08-22	1	2nd	15 22 23 26 37 43
2013-08-19	3	4th	10 13 15 22 23 29
2013-08-08	8	3rd	3 15 22 28 30 41
2013-07-11	18	3rd	9 15 22 30 41 42
2013-05-09	7	3rd	17 18 22 27 36 40
2013-04-15	3	4th	1 9 17 22 40 41
2013-04-04	17	3rd	2 16 22 27 30 34
2013-02-04	1	3rd	4 13 22 29 34 41
2013-01-31	3	1st	22 27 30 35 41 43
2013-01-21	7	4th	1 2 13 22 37 43
2012-12-27	1	4th	9 16 18 22 23 40
2012-12-24	1	3rd	2 20 22 38 40 43
2012-12-20	22	3rd	6 11 22 24 38 42
2012-10-04	6	5th	10 13 15 16 22 34
2012-09-13	4	1st	22 25 26 31 40 43
2012-08-30	7	4th	5 17 19 22 29 42
2012-08-06	2	3rd	19 20 22 27 31 41
2012-07-30	8	2nd	10 22 32 36 38 41
2012-07-02	13	3rd	10 14 22 37 42 43
2012-05-17	1	3rd	2 15 22 26 31 33
2012-05-14	7	4th	3 10 17 22 32 40
2012-04-19	4	5th	2 7 11 19 22 32
2012-04-05	8	3rd	9 16 22 35 36 38
2012-03-08	4	4th	4 16 21 22 23 32
2012-02-23	12	3rd	7 16 22 23 26 33
2012-01-09	1	3rd	6 15 22 29 32 40
2012-01-05	11	5th	3 6 9 10 22 34
2011-11-28	3	3rd	2 11 22 32 35 41
2011-11-17	17	3rd	2 6 22 29 31 32
2011-09-19	2	3rd	13 20 22 27 35 42
2011-09-12	4	1st	22 30 34 35 36 37
2011-08-29	4	5th	2 10 14 16 22 43
2011-08-15	2	3rd	6 15 22 24 30 43
2011-08-08	11	5th	3 4 10 11 22 42
2011-06-30	2	3rd	3 14 22 29 36 38
2011-06-23	1	4th	4 5 13 22 32 40
2011-06-20	7	3rd	1 18 22 24 32 39
2011-05-26	38	3rd	17 20 22 25 26 38
2011-01-13	7	4th	4 20 21 22 23 27
2010-12-20	2	4th	1 6 10 22 28 29
2010-12-13	1	3rd	8 16 22 24 31 39
2010-12-09	1	4th	6 17 20 22 30 32
2010-12-06	5	5th	10 13 15 16 22 43
2010-11-18	7	3rd	4 7 22 34 37 41
2010-10-25	1	2nd	13 22 23 28 30 34
2010-10-21	3	2nd	13 22 23 28 30 34
2010-10-11	7	4th	7 11 21 22 26 29
2010-09-16	14	5th	2 3 4 6 22 41
2010-07-29	8	5th	14 16 17 19 22 27
2010-07-01	5	3rd	18 20 22 28 29 30
2010-06-14	2	5th	2 6 14 18 22 36
2010-06-07	18	4th	5 8 14 22 24 30
2010-04-05	—	2nd	16 22 30 31 39 43