Number 22

In Texas Two Step under the 4/35 + 1/35 · Jan 2010 – Feb 2022 rules — 1,266 draws, 4 from 1–35 (an earlier era).

148times drawn · chance expected 145 +0.29σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

56longest completed wait · 17% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 148 times in 1,266 draws against 144.7 expected, +0.29σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 148 times in 1,266 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 12 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 smallest9 · chance 7.1
2nd smallest39 · chance 40.5
3rd smallest63 · chance 67.5
4th smallest37 · chance 32.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 7 19 28 4 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2022-01-10	11	3rd	16 21 22 33
2021-12-02	1	3rd	4 9 22 25
2021-11-29	16	2nd	1 22 26 29
2021-10-04	15	3rd	11 21 22 28

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 4/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-08-05	7	2nd	10 22 25 29
2019-07-11	13	1st	22 25 29 33
2019-05-27	7	3rd	7 19 22 30
2019-05-02	3	3rd	17 21 22 27
2019-04-22	15	4th	2 5 8 22
2019-02-28	10	2nd	9 22 23 28
2019-01-24	1	3rd	1 20 22 26
2019-01-21	21	3rd	3 15 22 32
2018-11-08	9	2nd	18 22 34 35
2018-10-08	4	3rd	2 5 22 30
2018-09-24	3	3rd	7 21 22 29
2018-09-13	20	3rd	4 17 22 32
2018-07-05	3	3rd	6 10 22 28
2018-06-25	5	3rd	6 8 22 32
2018-06-07	2	4th	1 4 13 22
2018-05-31	6	2nd	1 22 25 31
2018-05-10	8	4th	4 7 11 22
2018-04-12	5	2nd	17 22 31 32
2018-03-22	3	3rd	11 17 22 30
2018-03-12	9	2nd	12 22 31 33
2018-02-08	11	2nd	16 22 27 31
2018-01-01	22	3rd	1 14 22 27
2017-10-16	22	2nd	10 22 24 35
2017-07-31	1	3rd	10 15 22 26
2017-07-27	4	4th	1 4 17 22
2017-07-13	16	1st	22 24 26 27
2017-05-18	12	3rd	11 17 22 30
2017-04-06	1	2nd	11 22 29 32
2017-04-03	3	3rd	9 10 22 31
2017-03-23	2	3rd	5 20 22 34
2017-03-16	2	4th	4 16 21 22
2017-03-09	9	2nd	7 22 32 35
2017-02-06	1	3rd	1 8 22 26
2017-02-02	5	2nd	6 22 27 32
2017-01-16	9	1st	22 23 25 28
2016-12-15	5	3rd	19 21 22 31
2016-11-28	11	3rd	6 7 22 24
2016-10-20	15	3rd	9 19 22 31
2016-08-29	18	2nd	3 22 29 33
2016-06-27	2	3rd	8 11 22 28
2016-06-20	20	1st	22 23 31 35
2016-04-11	3	3rd	14 19 22 35
2016-03-31	16	3rd	3 12 22 25
2016-02-04	9	4th	1 6 15 22
2016-01-04	2	3rd	7 16 22 30
2015-12-28	2	1st	22 26 27 32
2015-12-21	2	2nd	2 22 29 32
2015-12-14	1	4th	4 14 20 22
2015-12-10	5	1st	22 26 33 35
2015-11-23	4	3rd	5 19 22 31
2015-11-09	9	3rd	11 15 22 34
2015-10-08	1	3rd	3 21 22 24
2015-10-05	2	2nd	16 22 24 28
2015-09-28	9	2nd	18 22 25 30
2015-08-27	6	4th	5 15 19 22
2015-08-06	15	2nd	7 22 28 35
2015-06-15	22	4th	6 13 21 22
2015-03-30	13	2nd	13 22 24 27
2015-02-12	3	1st	22 23 24 34
2015-02-02	14	4th	1 2 4 22
2014-12-15	6	2nd	12 22 28 32
2014-11-24	11	3rd	4 14 22 30
2014-10-16	2	1st	22 31 32 33
2014-10-09	5	3rd	3 20 22 30
2014-09-22	1	3rd	8 9 22 34
2014-09-18	13	4th	7 14 17 22
2014-08-04	1	3rd	13 19 22 35
2014-07-31	3	3rd	13 21 22 25
2014-07-21	5	4th	3 7 12 22
2014-07-03	10	4th	2 15 20 22
2014-05-29	4	4th	5 8 14 22
2014-05-15	8	3rd	6 7 22 34
2014-04-17	3	4th	2 7 13 22
2014-04-07	4	4th	6 13 19 22
2014-03-24	6	4th	1 4 21 22
2014-03-03	20	4th	2 4 18 22
2013-12-23	3	3rd	4 19 22 28
2013-12-12	23	2nd	3 22 28 35
2013-09-23	28	2nd	17 22 28 32
2013-06-17	1	2nd	7 22 25 34
2013-06-13	11	3rd	5 16 22 26
2013-05-06	6	4th	3 20 21 22
2013-04-15	30	2nd	3 22 25 34
2012-12-31	18	4th	9 13 14 22
2012-10-29	5	4th	4 6 15 22
2012-10-11	13	4th	2 5 12 22
2012-08-27	4	4th	7 10 16 22
2012-08-13	3	4th	11 16 18 22
2012-08-02	24	3rd	7 21 22 34
2012-05-10	3	3rd	17 21 22 31
2012-04-30	1	3rd	17 19 22 35
2012-04-26	5	4th	8 18 19 22
2012-04-09	56	3rd	5 10 22 23
2011-09-26	4	2nd	8 22 23 25
2011-09-12	15	2nd	18 22 30 34
2011-07-21	4	3rd	11 19 22 31
2011-07-07	15	4th	1 5 17 22
2011-05-16	4	4th	6 14 16 22
2011-05-02	17	4th	19 20 21 22
2011-03-03	2	4th	13 16 21 22
2011-02-24	1	4th	7 8 14 22
2011-02-21	9	2nd	8 22 27 29
2011-01-20	3	4th	10 13 14 22
2011-01-10	9	2nd	8 22 27 28
2010-12-09	8	4th	1 6 20 22
2010-11-11	1	3rd	4 5 22 23
2010-11-08	5	3rd	2 17 22 30
2010-10-21	3	2nd	16 22 30 32
2010-10-11	7	3rd	5 20 22 23
2010-09-16	2	3rd	12 19 22 28
2010-09-09	13	2nd	16 22 34 35
2010-07-26	1	3rd	8 14 22 35
2010-07-22	1	3rd	4 6 22 33
2010-07-19	13	2nd	21 22 23 27
2010-06-03	1	3rd	16 20 22 25
2010-05-31	8	2nd	19 22 23 35
2010-05-03	11	3rd	14 18 22 35
2010-03-25	4	2nd	21 22 23 31
2010-03-11	4	3rd	18 20 22 31
2010-02-25	11	3rd	2 20 22 25
2010-01-18	1	3rd	6 7 22 31
2010-01-14	1	3rd	2 16 22 26
2010-01-11	1	2nd	17 22 26 27
2010-01-07	—	2nd	17 22 28 32