Number 22

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

127times drawn · chance expected 124 +0.32σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

46longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 127 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, +0.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 46 times, counted separately.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 127 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 46 · 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 smallest3 · chance 3.9
2nd smallest21 · chance 21.7
3rd smallest40 · chance 43.5
4th smallest37 · chance 39.3
5th smallest23 · chance 16.1
6th smallest3 · chance 2.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

42 21 12 26 38 7

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
2026-08-08	2	2nd	6 22 26 28 33 36
2026-07-25	5	5th	2 6 8 12 22 43
2026-06-20	18	6th	3 6 9 14 21 22
2026-02-14	3	6th

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-06-18	12	3rd	1 11 22 27 34 37
2022-03-26	7	5th	2 8 13 21 22 33
2022-02-05	1	5th	2 9 10 11 22 37
2022-01-29	11	3rd	8 9 22 23 34 40
2021-11-13	3	2nd	17 22 26 29 32 40
2021-10-23	2	4th	9 10 16 22 26 32
2021-10-09	6	2nd	18 22 24 34 40 42
2021-08-28	3	4th	17 19 21 22 23 30
2021-08-07	4	4th	5 11 12 22 28 36
2021-07-10	10	1st	22 23 28 30 34 38
2021-05-01	3	4th	5 14 18 22 31 42
2021-04-10	3	4th	7 8 20 22 26 42
2021-03-20	1	5th	8 9 13 19 22 32
2021-03-13	4	3rd	15 17 22 27 37 40
2021-02-13	4	4th	1 3 4 22 42 43
2021-01-16	1	5th	4 12 14 17 22 33
2021-01-09	15	4th	7 9 20 22 34 45
2020-09-26	10	3rd	1 7 22 28 36 42
2020-07-18	1	4th	2 18 21 22 35 43
2020-07-11	3	1st	22 26 27 29 32 38
2020-06-20	2	5th	9 11 17 19 22 29
2020-06-06	1	5th	3 10 18 19 22 27
2020-05-30	3	4th	3 15 19 22 25 44
2020-05-09	5	3rd	7 21 22 35 38 39
2020-04-04	18	3rd	11 19 22 33 36 39
2019-11-30	2	4th	10 16 20 22 30 38
2019-11-16	7	2nd	11 22 28 31 32 34
2019-09-28	11	5th	4 11 18 20 22 41
2019-07-13	5	4th	5 16 18 22 36 41
2019-06-08	8	2nd	1 22 24 36 39 42
2019-04-13	22	5th	16 18 19 21 22 25
2018-11-10	5	3rd	1 21 22 23 38 44
2018-10-06	4	4th	1 2 7 22 34 40
2018-09-08	12	2nd	19 22 24 25 42 43
2018-06-16	1	4th	2 8 12 22 26 45
2018-06-09	5	3rd	7 10 22 25 26 36
2018-05-05	8	2nd	10 22 28 34 42 45
2018-03-10	18	3rd	2 4 22 31 34 44
2017-11-04	2	4th	4 7 17 22 26 30
2017-10-21	3	2nd	13 22 30 34 42 45
2017-09-30	4	4th	1 19 20 22 32 34
2017-09-02	6	4th	16 17 21 22 23 44
2017-07-22	1	2nd	11 22 27 32 42 44
2017-07-15	1	3rd	1 11 22 25 41 44
2017-07-08	4	3rd	11 18 22 24 26 33
2017-06-10	15	4th	12 14 20 22 24 44
2017-02-25	3	2nd	7 22 29 33 36 44
2017-02-04	3	3rd	4 16 22 34 36 38
2017-01-14	1	4th	9 12 21 22 30 41
2017-01-07	8	4th	7 19 20 22 40 41
2016-11-12	3	5th	1 3 12 18 22 38
2016-10-22	1	2nd	16 22 35 37 39 42
2016-10-15	2	4th	2 8 21 22 31 40
2016-10-01	10	3rd	6 14 22 26 35 37
2016-07-23	12	5th	4 7 10 15 22 32
2016-04-30	9	3rd	2 20 22 24 27 30
2016-02-27	1	5th	3 5 18 21 22 38
2016-02-20	5	3rd	5 17 22 26 30 42
2016-01-16	15	5th	1 3 11 13 22 24
2015-10-03	1	5th	3 6 7 21 22 43
2015-09-26	14	5th	5 12 13 17 22 26
2015-06-20	18	3rd	8 10 22 27 39 44
2015-02-14	14	2nd	16 22 24 35 37 42
2014-11-08	5	4th	16 19 20 22 27 35
2014-10-04	2	3rd	6 20 22 29 32 44
2014-09-20	18	3rd	1 12 22 27 38 40
2014-05-17	1	3rd	8 9 22 25 36 42
2014-05-10	5	4th	10 13 16 22 39 45
2014-04-05	1	2nd	1 22 24 29 36 39
2014-03-29	7	3rd	10 21 22 26 29 41
2014-02-08	6	5th	6 15 17 21 22 42
2013-12-28	2	2nd	17 22 24 25 26 40
2013-12-14	21	4th	4 9 14 22 42 45
2013-07-20	3	5th	1 3 9 12 22 29
2013-06-29	46	2nd	11 22 25 26 31 42
2012-08-11	11	2nd	21 22 27 31 32 38
2012-05-26	17	3rd	10 13 22 36 37 38
2012-01-28	1	1st	22 28 31 32 40 43
2012-01-21	8	4th	2 9 14 22 31 33
2011-11-26	2	3rd	9 12 22 28 41 42
2011-11-12	5	5th	4 5 10 17 22 40
2011-10-08	5	3rd	7 18 22 37 38 39
2011-09-03	3	4th	1 7 21 22 23 27
2011-08-13	3	4th	8 13 15 22 33 34
2011-07-23	4	3rd	1 4 22 24 31 33
2011-06-25	3	5th	10 11 12 15 22 28
2011-06-04	3	3rd	1 19 22 23 27 45
2011-05-14	4	4th	4 10 18 22 31 45
2011-04-16	6	4th	1 14 18 22 23 29
2011-03-05	10	3rd	12 19 22 26 32 33
2010-12-25	13	4th	4 11 12 22 29 38
2010-09-25	13	2nd	12 22 24 26 31 38
2010-06-26	4	4th	2 5 10 22 37 38
2010-05-29	6	4th	2 12 19 22 30 40
2010-04-17	2	3rd	5 6 22 32 36 43
2010-04-03	9	4th	12 18 21 22 33 38
2010-01-30	15	5th	12 13 15 21 22 43
2009-10-17	18	3rd	2 10 22 24 26 44
2009-06-13	5	3rd	13 19 22 29 36 42
2009-05-09	6	4th	8 13 14 22 24 31
2009-03-28	4	3rd	5 21 22 25 27 38
2009-02-28	7	3rd	17 21 22 24 28 34
2009-01-10	—	5th	8 12 16 19 22 42