Number 22

In El Gordo de la Primitiva under the 5/54 + 1/9 · since Jan 2010 rules — 866 draws, 5 from 1–54.

83times drawn · chance expected 80 +0.33σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 46% for any number

10.4average wait between appearances · chance says 10.8

84longest completed wait · 3% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 83 times in 866 draws against 80.2 expected, +0.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 83 times in 866 draws · average wait 10.4 draws · longest completed wait 84 · waiting 9 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 smallest13 · chance 10.2
2nd smallest30 · chance 29.5
3rd smallest28 · chance 29.5
4th smallest10 · chance 12.1
5th smallest2 · chance 1.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 34 29 52 32 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 54. 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
2026-08-09	2	1st	22 25 28 31 32
2026-07-26	18	2nd	8 22 38 39 46
2026-03-22	11	2nd	11 22 28 48 51
2026-01-04	3	3rd	7 8

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 5/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-11-10	12	3rd	3 7 22 45 49
2019-08-18	8	3rd	7 13 22 27 34
2019-06-23	9	3rd	8 19 22 30 34
2019-04-21	30	2nd	16 22 38 40 46
2018-09-23	8	2nd	1 22 26 34 49
2018-07-29	3	1st	22 25 34 43 48
2018-07-08	13	3rd	11 19 22 29 40
2018-04-08	22	1st	22 23 30 31 33
2017-11-05	9	4th	2 10 17 22 39
2017-09-03	4	3rd	6 14 22 46 50
2017-08-06	9	3rd	4 13 22 52 53
2017-06-04	8	3rd	6 15 22 29 54
2017-04-09	4	3rd	2 4 22 34 40
2017-03-12	4	2nd	8 22 26 29 32
2017-02-12	8	2nd	17 22 29 32 48
2016-12-18	3	2nd	21 22 44 46 54
2016-11-27	1	3rd	8 17 22 39 48
2016-11-20	4	2nd	16 22 36 41 51
2016-10-23	9	4th	5 7 19 22 29
2016-08-21	11	1st	22 23 33 34 52
2016-06-05	5	3rd	3 8 22 23 40
2016-05-01	7	5th	1 4 7 14 22
2016-03-13	4	3rd	10 12 22 24 53
2016-02-14	4	3rd	12 21 22 25 39
2016-01-17	5	5th	6 8 15 19 22
2015-12-13	13	2nd	18 22 32 33 38
2015-09-13	18	2nd	9 22 25 53 54
2015-05-10	2	2nd	7 22 23 26 38
2015-04-26	11	3rd	19 20 22 42 50
2015-02-08	3	3rd	14 15 22 49 52
2015-01-18	2	1st	22 30 32 34 42
2015-01-04	4	2nd	10 22 28 31 54
2014-12-07	3	2nd	10 22 38 41 53
2014-11-16	20	1st	22 40 42 46 48
2014-06-29	1	4th	5 8 12 22 46
2014-06-22	35	2nd	5 22 28 41 51
2013-10-20	18	1st	22 33 34 38 52
2013-06-16	9	1st	22 37 40 52 54
2013-04-14	3	4th	4 16 20 22 26
2013-03-24	3	2nd	6 22 30 31 51
2013-03-03	14	4th	6 9 14 22 39
2012-11-25	1	3rd	2 4 22 29 48
2012-11-18	15	2nd	10 22 39 49 53
2012-08-05	3	2nd	16 22 26 47 53
2012-07-15	11	3rd	1 3 22 27 34
2012-04-29	8	2nd	6 22 23 29 49
2012-03-04	17	2nd	12 22 23 33 44
2011-11-06	3	2nd	15 22 42 43 47
2011-10-16	16	3rd	13 17 22 33 48
2011-06-26	4	4th	6 18 20 22 52
2011-05-29	25	2nd	16 22 38 44 49
2010-12-05	15	4th	7 8 11 22 52
2010-08-22	2	4th	9 13 17 22 36
2010-08-08	12	1st	22 24 25 29 34
2010-05-16	1	3rd	4 11 22 29 31
2010-05-09	1	2nd	16 22 30 33 37
2010-05-02	12	3rd	4 8 22 36 51
2010-02-07	1	1st	22 24 45 47 51
2010-01-31	—	2nd	14 22 25 31 35