Number 22

In Loto under the 5/49 + 1/10 · since Oct 2008 rules — 2,820 draws, 5 from 1–49.

317times drawn · chance expected 288 +1.82σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

50longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 317 times in 2,820 draws against 287.8 expected, +1.82σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 317 times in 2,820 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 1 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 smallest29 · chance 28.6
2nd smallest99 · chance 100.1
3rd smallest126 · chance 120.1
4th smallest49 · chance 58.5
5th smallest14 · chance 9.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 23 46 19 33 31

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
2026-10-10	20	3rd	4 17 22 46 49
2026-08-24	5	2nd	4 22 39 46 48
2026-08-12	2	4th	4 5 18 22 35
2026-08-08	1	3rd	4 6 22 36 37

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 5/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-09	41	2nd	1 22 25 36 45
2025-04-05	34	3rd	8 14 22 27 30
2025-01-15	9	2nd	1 22 27 28 40
2024-12-25	1	3rd	6 13 22 44 46
2024-12-23	4	4th	2 13 17 22 38
2024-12-14	5	1st	22 24 30 40 44
2024-12-02	23	3rd	4 16 22 41 48
2024-10-09	15	2nd	5 22 26 31 33
2024-09-04	8	3rd	2 4 22 26 40
2024-08-17	8	3rd	3 4 22 48 49
2024-07-29	12	2nd	20 22 31 32 34
2024-07-01	31	4th	3 6 7 22 28
2024-04-20	5	4th	10 13 16 22 24
2024-04-08	6	3rd	2 21 22 46 49
2024-03-25	2	2nd	1 22 26 31 37
2024-03-20	11	2nd	3 22 24 32 46
2024-02-24	1	2nd	14 22 25 37 45
2024-02-21	15	2nd	9 22 33 42 45
2024-01-17	5	2nd	8 22 29 37 39
2024-01-06	10	2nd	19 22 40 45 49
2023-12-13	12	5th	4 7 18 19 22
2023-11-15	2	4th	2 7 16 22 30
2023-11-11	6	3rd	17 19 22 25 35
2023-10-28	1	1st	22 31 32 34 38
2023-10-25	1	2nd	12 22 30 33 35
2023-10-23	2	3rd	3 10 22 26 40
2023-10-18	25	3rd	3 13 22 46 49
2023-08-21	9	4th	3 4 17 22 36
2023-07-31	11	3rd	1 4 22 33 47
2023-07-05	19	5th	7 8 15 19 22
2023-05-22	10	1st	22 33 37 42 43
2023-04-29	29	2nd	3 22 36 40 48
2023-02-20	16	2nd	16 22 35 41 43
2023-01-14	10	3rd	13 14 22 36 40
2022-12-21	39	5th	11 12 15 21 22
2022-09-21	10	4th	3 9 12 22 37
2022-08-29	1	3rd	5 10 22 28 34
2022-08-27	1	2nd	11 22 32 34 39
2022-08-24	4	1st	22 27 36 39 42
2022-08-15	3	2nd	4 22 34 42 48
2022-08-08	16	2nd	3 22 37 40 41
2022-07-02	11	2nd	20 22 32 34 46
2022-06-06	2	4th	5 18 20 22 23
2022-06-01	1	3rd	2 4 22 33 35
2022-05-30	5	4th	12 13 14 22 38
2022-05-18	16	2nd	14 22 23 36 45
2022-04-11	3	4th	3 17 18 22 32
2022-04-04	14	2nd	10 22 23 33 36
2022-03-02	2	3rd	3 4 22 43 46
2022-02-26	4	1st	22 28 29 30 39
2022-02-16	2	2nd	21 22 24 32 41
2022-02-12	11	1st	22 28 37 40 45
2022-01-17	4	4th	4 5 15 22 27
2022-01-08	2	2nd	17 22 25 42 43
2022-01-03	6	1st	22 33 34 36 38
2021-12-20	19	2nd	12 22 23 25 47
2021-11-06	7	5th	2 4 18 19 22
2021-10-20	5	2nd	16 22 26 35 42
2021-10-09	10	3rd	15 19 22 29 34
2021-09-15	10	2nd	4 22 27 30 48
2021-08-23	3	4th	11 13 21 22 31
2021-08-16	5	3rd	10 13 22 27 49
2021-08-04	2	3rd	20 21 22 36 44
2021-07-31	3	4th	6 7 17 22 46
2021-07-24	16	2nd	5 22 24 31 40
2021-06-16	9	2nd	3 22 23 35 46
2021-05-26	6	4th	1 5 20 22 42
2021-05-12	16	4th	9 11 19 22 36
2021-04-05	2	4th	2 12 15 22 32
2021-03-31	3	2nd	2 22 24 27 35
2021-03-24	5	2nd	9 22 28 37 38
2021-03-13	3	4th	4 10 19 22 47
2021-03-06	8	4th	3 11 13 22 30
2021-02-15	11	5th	6 12 13 17 22
2021-01-20	2	3rd	11 21 22 32 40
2021-01-16	8	3rd	14 20 22 36 44
2020-12-28	25	2nd	1 22 34 41 42
2020-10-31	2	3rd	9 13 22 28 35
2020-10-26	9	4th	7 8 12 22 33
2020-10-05	3	5th	5 6 9 19 22
2020-09-28	10	2nd	6 22 33 35 44
2020-09-05	5	3rd	15 19 22 24 46
2020-08-24	8	3rd	18 19 22 28 37
2020-08-05	7	3rd	15 17 22 32 46
2020-07-20	1	2nd	8 22 26 28 42
2020-07-18	14	2nd	11 22 34 42 43
2020-06-15	3	2nd	2 22 26 47 49
2020-06-08	7	3rd	2 8 22 26 46
2020-05-23	9	2nd	3 22 23 28 29
2020-05-02	15	3rd	9 12 22 30 43
2020-03-28	24	1st	22 23 26 32 35
2020-02-01	7	3rd	16 21 22 25 36
2020-01-15	5	3rd	8 19 22 35 46
2020-01-04	6	2nd	9 22 31 34 43
2019-12-21	12	2nd	19 22 23 27 48
2019-11-23	1	3rd	4 9 22 27 28
2019-11-20	3	2nd	7 22 23 30 37
2019-11-13	5	4th	10 13 19 22 35
2019-10-30	15	3rd	2 13 22 46 48
2019-09-25	22	4th	1 7 15 22 26
2019-08-05	50	2nd	5 22 26 33 45
2019-04-10	7	3rd	14 16 22 23 42
2019-03-25	4	1st	22 23 24 46 47
2019-03-16	16	3rd	1 19 22 31 33
2019-02-06	19	4th	4 15 21 22 26
2018-12-24	1	2nd	10 22 34 43 46
2018-12-22	12	2nd	11 22 31 44 46
2018-11-24	1	5th	5 10 11 15 22
2018-11-21	2	3rd	20 21 22 23 45
2018-11-17	8	3rd	12 20 22 27 42
2018-10-29	7	2nd	9 22 24 42 43
2018-10-13	15	3rd	1 4 22 36 45
2018-09-08	19	4th	6 19 20 22 34
2018-07-25	6	2nd	20 22 27 30 35
2018-07-11	42	3rd	1 11 22 42 46
2018-04-04	20	2nd	19 22 36 40 45
2018-02-17	6	2nd	14 22 38 48 49
2018-02-03	8	3rd	9 13 22 23 38
2018-01-15	8	4th	2 5 15 22 28
2017-12-27	26	4th	6 7 14 22 48
2017-10-28	15	3rd	5 12 22 29 47
2017-09-23	1	3rd	15 19 22 33 37
2017-09-20	39	4th	4 6 17 22 37
2017-06-21	6	3rd	12 18 22 34 39
2017-06-07	6	2nd	21 22 36 40 43
2017-05-24	1	4th	8 17 18 22 30
2017-05-22	2	3rd	7 21 22 27 31
2017-05-17	1	2nd	6 22 25 30 44
2017-05-15	2	4th	1 5 13 22 27
2017-05-10	1	3rd	12 20 22 30 43
2017-05-08	32	2nd	7 22 33 43 47
2017-02-22	8	2nd	17 22 25 35 43
2017-02-04	2	2nd	1 22 32 35 37
2017-01-30	8	2nd	4 22 23 32 40
2017-01-11	2	3rd	13 19 22 28 30
2017-01-07	6	2nd	21 22 24 33 46
2016-12-24	1	3rd	7 20 22 35 48
2016-12-21	18	2nd	17 22 25 39 42
2016-11-09	10	4th	3 8 14 22 47
2016-10-17	6	2nd	8 22 31 39 48
2016-10-03	9	3rd	7 8 22 43 46
2016-09-12	19	5th	5 6 11 13 22
2016-07-30	11	2nd	9 22 23 30 46
2016-07-04	2	3rd	10 12 22 25 47
2016-06-29	1	4th	9 14 17 22 48
2016-06-27	7	2nd	8 22 23 24 41
2016-06-11	4	3rd	7 17 22 44 46
2016-06-01	4	1st	22 26 27 35 44
2016-05-23	2	2nd	7 22 26 41 48
2016-05-18	10	2nd	1 22 38 40 49
2016-04-25	1	4th	13 18 19 22 39
2016-04-23	9	4th	2 15 17 22 26
2016-04-02	10	3rd	18 19 22 29 34
2016-03-09	26	3rd	19 20 22 40 41
2016-01-09	1	2nd	4 22 39 45 49
2016-01-06	9	4th	2 5 14 22 49
2015-12-16	4	1st	22 24 35 41 46
2015-12-07	5	2nd	14 22 28 37 42
2015-11-25	15	3rd	7 18 22 24 41
2015-10-21	2	1st	22 25 26 31 35
2015-10-17	31	3rd	9 14 22 33 46
2015-08-05	3	3rd	9 10 22 34 36
2015-07-29	7	3rd	2 3 22 36 42
2015-07-13	12	1st	22 29 31 37 39
2015-06-15	8	3rd	16 19 22 35 37
2015-05-27	3	2nd	8 22 29 32 42
2015-05-20	2	3rd	10 12 22 37 41
2015-05-16	1	2nd	8 22 23 39 46
2015-05-13	23	3rd	6 15 22 37 45
2015-03-21	11	2nd	21 22 28 41 47
2015-02-23	26	3rd	3 4 22 28 40
2014-12-24	2	3rd	4 18 22 31 36
2014-12-20	12	4th	10 19 21 22 26
2014-11-22	20	3rd	1 9 22 26 44
2014-10-06	7	3rd	9 20 22 40 46
2014-09-20	8	1st	22 25 31 34 46
2014-09-01	2	2nd	16 22 38 42 47
2014-08-27	3	3rd	4 14 22 32 44
2014-08-20	2	2nd	15 22 31 33 41
2014-08-16	9	2nd	9 22 23 37 40
2014-07-26	6	3rd	1 5 22 41 43
2014-07-12	6	3rd	1 13 22 23 29
2014-06-28	7	2nd	13 22 24 40 43
2014-06-11	3	3rd	9 15 22 32 42
2014-06-04	1	3rd	3 8 22 36 43
2014-06-02	19	1st	22 26 35 41 47
2014-04-19	6	3rd	12 21 22 40 45
2014-04-05	8	3rd	9 13 22 40 45
2014-03-17	8	3rd	8 19 22 33 45
2014-02-26	15	3rd	5 19 22 33 41
2014-01-22	10	2nd	1 22 38 40 42
2013-12-30	29	3rd	11 20 22 41 44
2013-10-23	5	5th	5 10 11 20 22
2013-10-12	14	3rd	4 17 22 24 32
2013-09-09	11	3rd	3 5 22 23 35
2013-08-14	5	3rd	5 17 22 30 35
2013-08-03	19	2nd	17 22 27 33 44
2013-06-19	25	3rd	17 19 22 32 43
2013-04-22	4	4th	11 14 16 22 37
2013-04-13	15	1st	22 23 33 41 43
2013-03-09	3	3rd	4 11 22 40 49
2013-03-02	17	3rd	5 18 22 30 38
2013-01-21	1	2nd	7 22 32 35 38
2013-01-19	4	2nd	9 22 23 42 45
2013-01-09	3	1st	22 26 29 30 33
2013-01-02	11	2nd	21 22 31 33 37
2012-12-08	15	1st	22 24 28 45 47
2012-11-03	24	4th	9 11 15 22 36
2012-09-08	2	3rd	9 15 22 34 43
2012-09-03	1	2nd	18 22 27 34 37
2012-09-01	4	3rd	5 13 22 25 28
2012-08-22	14	4th	13 14 18 22 33
2012-07-21	3	3rd	1 3 22 40 44
2012-07-14	7	2nd	5 22 40 41 44
2012-06-27	11	4th	1 5 11 22 41
2012-06-02	7	2nd	9 22 26 34 39
2012-05-16	1	3rd	15 21 22 31 49
2012-05-14	1	3rd	3 11 22 26 43
2012-05-12	5	4th	6 19 20 22 34
2012-04-30	1	3rd	4 18 22 32 39
2012-04-28	6	3rd	2 10 22 37 48
2012-04-14	16	3rd	1 3 22 40 45
2012-03-07	9	3rd	6 16 22 31 39
2012-02-15	1	3rd	10 11 22 31 36
2012-02-13	6	2nd	9 22 23 24 36
2012-01-30	31	2nd	1 22 32 35 40
2011-11-19	2	1st	22 33 34 37 45
2011-11-14	16	3rd	3 18 22 25 43
2011-10-08	14	2nd	21 22 30 31 44
2011-09-05	7	4th	7 10 17 22 23
2011-08-20	11	2nd	21 22 31 40 49
2011-07-25	14	3rd	3 11 22 38 41
2011-06-22	4	2nd	21 22 26 28 33
2011-06-13	3	4th	3 17 18 22 28
2011-06-06	3	3rd	10 13 22 30 45
2011-05-30	9	4th	14 20 21 22 47
2011-05-09	9	3rd	3 13 22 26 48
2011-04-18	3	5th	6 7 10 21 22
2011-04-11	1	3rd	3 13 22 32 47
2011-04-09	12	3rd	6 20 22 31 41
2011-03-12	4	3rd	15 16 22 33 34
2011-03-02	11	4th	2 3 20 22 40
2011-02-05	1	3rd	1 6 22 31 37
2011-02-02	20	2nd	6 22 23 27 44
2010-12-18	10	2nd	11 22 35 40 41
2010-11-24	11	3rd	14 20 22 32 47
2010-10-30	6	3rd	4 14 22 35 38
2010-10-16	1	3rd	1 13 22 37 46
2010-10-13	7	2nd	9 22 25 33 44
2010-09-27	9	3rd	1 15 22 23 46
2010-09-06	3	3rd	17 19 22 29 43
2010-08-30	6	3rd	3 16 22 28 49
2010-08-16	2	2nd	13 22 28 31 40
2010-08-11	3	4th	5 7 8 22 26
2010-08-04	8	3rd	8 9 22 32 46
2010-07-17	5	2nd	20 22 28 32 47
2010-07-05	13	1st	22 31 33 39 43
2010-06-05	4	1st	22 31 37 43 45
2010-05-26	6	3rd	3 6 22 35 47
2010-05-12	10	2nd	14 22 23 27 28
2010-04-19	4	3rd	2 17 22 38 44
2010-04-10	22	2nd	13 22 33 36 49
2010-02-17	13	1st	22 23 26 29 40
2010-01-18	17	3rd	7 8 22 28 38
2009-12-09	2	3rd	1 11 22 23 31
2009-12-05	7	3rd	7 16 22 28 39
2009-11-18	3	4th	1 19 20 22 24
2009-11-11	3	3rd	7 17 22 41 47
2009-11-04	22	3rd	18 19 22 23 33
2009-09-14	2	3rd	9 18 22 32 43
2009-09-09	7	4th	1 7 12 22 23
2009-08-24	6	3rd	11 18 22 28 33
2009-08-10	4	3rd	2 5 22 24 31
2009-08-01	16	3rd	10 18 22 44 45
2009-06-24	7	5th	4 16 17 21 22
2009-06-08	13	1st	22 25 29 31 41
2009-05-09	16	2nd	20 22 28 30 45
2009-04-01	2	1st	22 27 30 37 45
2009-03-28	7	2nd	19 22 23 26 27
2009-03-11	2	5th	4 7 8 11 22
2009-03-07	5	3rd	2 15 22 24 36
2009-02-23	7	3rd	3 14 22 31 34
2009-02-07	15	3rd	4 16 22 34 49
2009-01-03	6	2nd	12 22 24 38 47
2008-12-20	9	2nd	2 22 26 41 46
2008-11-29	6	3rd	18 20 22 32 36
2008-11-15	3	2nd	10 22 41 43 48
2008-11-08	3	2nd	5 22 25 33 35
2008-11-01	1	2nd	4 22 27 36 45
2008-10-29	2	1st	22 28 41 43 49
2008-10-25	6	4th	11 13 19 22 46
2008-10-11	1	3rd	10 20 22 39 46
2008-10-08	—	1st	22 24 32 41 48