Number 22

In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

92times drawn · chance expected 97 −0.50σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

29longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, −0.50σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 92 times in 789 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 29 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest6 · chance 4.3
2nd smallest12 · chance 19.8
3rd smallest40 · chance 33.0
4th smallest26 · chance 25.1
5th smallest6 · chance 8.7
6th smallest2 · chance 1.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 40 12 5 8 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2017-06-17	10	3rd	7 15 22 31 34 36
2017-05-13	4	4th	8 9 10 22 26 32
2017-04-29	6	3rd	1 7 22 29 43 47
2017-04-08	5	3rd

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2015-06-06	3	3rd	4 21 22 24 33 38
2015-05-27	3	3rd	2 20 22 30 36 43
2015-05-16	10	2nd	5 22 23 25 40 43
2015-04-11	8	3rd	5 6 22 24 32 43
2015-03-14	1	2nd	17 22 23 26 30 40
2015-03-11	1	4th	4 18 20 22 33 46
2015-03-07	14	3rd	8 17 22 31 41 43
2015-01-17	4	4th	4 6 13 22 31 36
2015-01-03	23	3rd	8 13 22 25 27 39
2014-10-15	16	2nd	14 22 26 28 44 49
2014-08-20	6	3rd	3 4 22 35 39 47
2014-07-30	7	4th	2 9 17 22 32 34
2014-07-05	17	4th	3 4 5 22 35 40
2014-05-07	1	4th	9 15 19 22 48 49
2014-05-03	7	3rd	13 14 22 26 30 34
2014-04-09	26	3rd	1 2 22 25 27 36
2014-01-08	1	3rd	3 14 22 29 48 49
2014-01-04	26	3rd	13 20 22 24 46 48
2013-10-02	11	3rd	3 8 22 27 30 45
2013-08-24	1	2nd	5 22 29 35 36 40
2013-08-21	6	2nd	11 22 23 25 34 41
2013-07-31	2	4th	6 9 18 22 28 39
2013-07-24	15	3rd	12 21 22 24 34 41
2013-06-01	3	5th	1 5 12 17 22 43
2013-05-22	13	4th	10 18 19 22 30 48
2013-04-06	11	2nd	12 22 24 25 36 37
2013-02-27	2	3rd	17 21 22 30 31 32
2013-02-20	15	4th	11 15 21 22 30 34
2012-12-29	10	6th	1 3 8 17 20 22
2012-11-24	10	5th	7 11 13 21 22 24
2012-10-20	16	3rd	1 2 22 31 40 44
2012-08-25	1	5th	2 5 12 13 22 35
2012-08-22	3	2nd	19 22 29 35 48 49
2012-08-11	1	4th	2 11 12 22 27 37
2012-08-08	2	3rd	16 18 22 24 30 40
2012-08-01	5	4th	6 11 12 22 44 48
2012-07-14	13	3rd	12 20 22 27 40 44
2012-05-30	6	3rd	3 20 22 34 38 46
2012-05-09	5	2nd	18 22 35 39 41 43
2012-04-21	6	4th	6 8 9 22 25 40
2012-03-31	29	3rd	2 19 22 30 32 48
2011-12-21	3	3rd	15 20 22 29 36 48
2011-12-10	13	1st	22 28 32 44 46 47
2011-10-26	3	3rd	6 18 22 27 29 41
2011-10-15	6	1st	22 23 26 29 35 41
2011-09-24	12	3rd	9 10 22 28 32 49
2011-08-13	14	3rd	11 20 22 23 28 33
2011-06-25	8	4th	9 18 19 22 32 43
2011-05-28	3	4th	4 10 14 22 40 41
2011-05-18	1	2nd	12 22 23 39 44 47
2011-05-14	2	3rd	2 5 22 29 34 46
2011-05-07	9	3rd	2 17 22 25 42 47
2011-04-06	10	5th	4 12 16 21 22 34
2011-03-02	6	3rd	2 10 22 39 46 47
2011-02-09	4	4th	1 9 20 22 23 26
2011-01-26	7	1st	22 26 31 35 37 40
2011-01-01	12	1st	22 24 30 31 41 48
2010-11-17	9	2nd	18 22 33 35 41 46
2010-10-16	6	3rd	4 21 22 25 37 47
2010-09-25	1	5th	1 5 13 16 22 24
2010-09-22	8	4th	2 7 21 22 33 38
2010-08-25	2	4th	1 4 6 22 40 45
2010-08-18	5	1st	22 24 27 36 40 43
2010-07-31	24	4th	8 14 20 22 28 49
2010-05-08	6	3rd	12 20 22 27 38 44
2010-04-17	13	4th	8 9 16 22 25 31
2010-03-03	6	4th	9 10 14 22 25 26
2010-02-10	—	4th	12 18 19 22 45 47