Number 22

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

110times drawn · chance expected 108 +0.20σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 83% for any number

11.0average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

69longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 110 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, +0.20σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 110 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 11.0 draws · longest completed wait 69 · waiting 3 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 smallest17 · chance 14.7
2nd smallest36 · chance 44.1
3rd smallest45 · chance 40.1
4th smallest12 · chance 11.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 9 10 38 17 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-07	1	3rd	2 16 22 33
2026-10-05	3	2nd	15 22 24 31
2026-09-30	16	2nd	14 22 25 28
2026-09-02	4	4th	5 17 18 22
2026-08-26	3	4th	7

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 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-09-24	4	3rd	17 19 22 28
2025-09-17	3	2nd	20 22 42 44
2025-09-12	1	2nd	4 22 26 43
2025-09-10	23	3rd	3 14 22 45
2025-08-01	2	1st	22 27 28 34
2025-07-28	15	1st	22 25 31 36
2025-07-02	13	1st	22 26 43 45
2025-06-09	1	2nd	2 22 33 34
2025-06-07	14	2nd	11 22 26 30
2025-05-14	18	2nd	15 22 24 40
2025-04-12	17	3rd	3 17 22 45
2025-03-14	57	3rd	5 8 22 37
2024-12-04	9	3rd	4 17 22 42
2024-11-18	4	1st	22 28 31 41
2024-11-11	12	3rd	1 16 22 38
2024-10-21	18	3rd	4 18 22 25
2024-09-20	3	2nd	14 22 27 35
2024-09-14	6	2nd	6 22 32 38
2024-09-04	23	2nd	9 22 35 42
2024-07-26	19	2nd	9 22 29 36
2024-06-22	9	2nd	2 22 35 37
2024-06-07	1	3rd	5 10 22 34
2024-06-05	2	4th	13 14 19 22
2024-06-01	4	1st	22 28 39 42
2024-05-25	21	2nd	8 22 35 38
2024-04-08	14	3rd	9 16 22 43
2024-03-06	1	1st	22 35 43 45
2024-03-04	3	1st	22 24 30 37
2024-02-26	3	3rd	9 20 22 33
2024-02-19	1	3rd	3 11 22 34
2024-02-17	12	2nd	11 22 28 34
2024-01-20	21	2nd	11 22 35 37
2023-12-02	2	2nd	10 22 23 42
2023-11-27	11	3rd	10 15 22 45
2023-11-01	24	3rd	2 10 22 27
2023-09-06	3	3rd	10 17 22 35
2023-08-30	6	3rd	2 19 22 36
2023-08-16	10	3rd	20 21 22 34
2023-07-24	39	3rd	6 21 22 39
2023-04-24	69	3rd	5 16 22 36
2022-11-14	9	3rd	1 4 22 43
2022-10-24	12	4th	2 6 9 22
2022-09-26	18	4th	9 16 17 22
2022-08-15	5	2nd	21 22 41 44
2022-08-03	4	2nd	9 22 38 44
2022-07-25	6	2nd	14 22 31 36
2022-07-11	46	1st	22 26 39 40
2022-03-26	11	4th	2 13 21 22
2022-02-28	10	2nd	12 22 26 38
2022-02-05	5	4th	9 10 11 22
2022-01-24	5	2nd	1 22 34 38
2022-01-12	7	2nd	15 22 31 37
2021-12-27	12	1st	22 32 39 45
2021-11-29	14	3rd	2 6 22 43
2021-10-27	8	3rd	14 19 22 44
2021-10-09	11	2nd	18 22 24 40
2021-09-13	7	2nd	15 22 24 33
2021-08-28	1	2nd	17 22 23 30
2021-08-25	8	1st	22 23 27 28
2021-08-07	12	3rd	11 12 22 28
2021-07-10	2	1st	22 23 28 30
2021-07-05	2	2nd	7 22 34 44
2021-06-30	12	1st	22 39 44 45
2021-06-02	14	2nd	17 22 37 39
2021-05-01	18	3rd	5 14 22 31
2021-03-20	1	3rd	8 13 22 32
2021-03-17	12	1st	22 24 35 38
2021-02-17	2	2nd	15 22 27 38
2021-02-13	10	3rd	1 4 22 43
2021-01-20	2	3rd	12 20 22 42
2021-01-16	2	4th	4 12 17 22
2021-01-11	1	3rd	13 15 22 30
2021-01-09	47	3rd	9 20 22 34
2020-09-21	8	3rd	1 18 22 35
2020-09-02	7	3rd	2 7 22 34
2020-08-17	15	3rd	10 20 22 31
2020-07-13	1	4th	9 11 20 22
2020-07-11	9	1st	22 26 27 38
2020-06-20	6	3rd	17 19 22 29
2020-06-06	3	3rd	3 18 22 27
2020-05-30	9	3rd	3 19 22 25
2020-05-09	26	1st	22 35 38 39
2020-03-09	38	4th	7 10 19 22
2019-12-11	5	3rd	3 8 22 41
2019-11-30	6	3rd	10 16 22 30
2019-11-16	—	2nd	11 22 31 32