Number 22

In Powerball under the 7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018 rules — 443 draws, 7 from 1–35.

92times drawn · chance expected 89 +0.40σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 80% for any number

4.8average wait between appearances · chance says 5.0

21longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 443 draws against 88.6 expected, +0.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 92 times in 443 draws · average wait 4.8 draws · longest completed wait 21 · waiting 2 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 smallest0 · chance 0.1
2nd smallest3 · chance 1.8
3rd smallest10 · chance 10.3
4th smallest20 · chance 26.0
5th smallest33 · chance 31.9
6th smallest22 · chance 18.1
7th smallest4 · chance 3.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 20 17 34 15 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
2026-09-24	1	6th	1 2 3 7 18 22 32
2026-09-17	4	6th	1 8 15 17 19 22 34
2026-08-20	3	6th	3 9 11 13 14 22 29

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 7/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-21	4	5th	3 11 15 19 22 30 31
2024-10-24	6	6th	1 5 8 9 14 22 33
2024-09-12	9	3rd	9 12 22 24 31 32 34
2024-07-11	6	7th	9 12 16 17 19 20 22
2024-05-30	6	5th	2 3 10 20 22 33 35
2024-04-18	13	3rd	9 18 22 23 31 34 35
2024-01-18	2	4th	17 20 21 22 24 31 34
2024-01-04	2	2nd	21 22 27 30 31 33 34
2023-12-21	1	4th	13 14 20 22 25 34 35
2023-12-14	6	6th	2 4 6 8 18 22 30
2023-11-02	1	5th	6 8 11 12 22 23 30
2023-10-26	3	5th	4 9 11 16 22 31 35
2023-10-05	10	7th	3 4 8 11 14 19 22
2023-07-27	5	6th	4 14 16 18 19 22 33
2023-06-22	2	6th	3 4 5 6 14 22 23
2023-06-08	12	6th	12 15 17 20 21 22 28
2023-03-16	9	3rd	3 17 22 28 29 32 34
2023-01-12	2	4th	3 10 18 22 29 30 34
2022-12-29	2	4th	4 6 9 22 23 24 26
2022-12-15	5	5th	1 7 19 21 22 26 34
2022-11-10	1	6th	3 5 14 15 17 22 32
2022-11-03	7	5th	2 6 8 12 22 24 32
2022-09-15	4	5th	2 9 10 13 22 31 35
2022-08-18	1	5th	1 2 4 20 22 23 27
2022-08-11	6	4th	5 9 18 22 23 28 30
2022-06-30	1	6th	1 6 11 16 17 22 29
2022-06-23	6	5th	2 7 9 10 22 31 35
2022-05-12	3	7th	4 7 9 14 16 18 22
2022-04-21	9	4th	15 17 19 22 25 28 29
2022-02-17	2	4th	6 7 13 22 24 30 34
2022-02-03	10	5th	11 16 18 21 22 26 31
2021-11-25	6	6th	3 9 16 17 21 22 34
2021-10-14	4	4th	12 17 20 22 23 27 32
2021-09-16	7	4th	1 8 9 22 30 31 32
2021-07-29	21	3rd	4 7 22 23 26 33 35
2021-03-04	2	5th	1 6 7 18 22 28 33
2021-02-18	4	5th	3 13 16 19 22 25 30
2021-01-21	2	4th	6 15 19 22 27 29 35
2021-01-07	14	6th	2 3 7 17 20 22 23
2020-10-01	15	5th	11 15 16 18 22 26 30
2020-06-18	1	4th	7 14 17 22 24 28 32
2020-06-11	4	4th	1 14 17 22 26 28 33
2020-05-14	6	4th	3 4 8 22 23 24 31
2020-04-02	5	6th	1 3 14 17 19 22 26
2020-02-27	4	5th	1 9 16 17 22 24 31
2020-01-30	13	6th	5 8 9 17 20 22 35
2019-10-31	2	5th	9 10 16 18 22 29 33
2019-10-17	2	6th	2 6 7 9 21 22 25
2019-10-03	1	5th	2 11 15 20 22 25 29
2019-09-26	4	2nd	9 22 25 26 27 30 33
2019-08-29	4	5th	8 9 11 20 22 27 32
2019-08-01	1	3rd	9 15 22 23 25 30 35
2019-07-25	3	5th	1 3 9 11 22 23 24
2019-07-04	5	5th	2 15 20 21 22 27 28
2019-05-30	7	5th	4 10 14 17 22 31 34
2019-04-11	9	6th	8 15 18 19 20 22 32
2019-02-07	1	5th	6 11 17 20 22 24 32
2019-01-31	2	3rd	10 19 22 28 29 31 34
2019-01-17	7	5th	4 11 18 20 22 26 33
2018-11-29	8	5th	3 5 17 20 22 29 33
2018-10-04	1	4th	3 11 21 22 24 28 32
2018-09-27	2	6th	5 10 15 19 21 22 30
2018-09-13	2	5th	1 2 17 19 22 34 35
2018-08-30	4	5th	13 15 19 20 22 28 32
2018-08-02	1	5th	1 3 9 17 22 32 34
2018-07-26	1	4th	1 7 8 22 28 31 32
2018-07-19	6	3rd	2 4 22 23 24 25 29
2018-06-07	—	2nd	14 22 23 24 30 32 34