Number 22

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

116times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.02σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 53% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

40longest completed wait · 83% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 116 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 15 times, counted separately.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 116 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 7 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 smallest14 · chance 11.0
2nd smallest40 · chance 35.1
3rd smallest42 · chance 41.3
4th smallest18 · chance 22.4
5th smallest2 · chance 5.6
6th smallest0 · chance 0.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

54 47 31 38 53 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-08-12	4	3rd	3 14 22 24 34 54
2026-07-29	3	3rd	5 10 22 38 56 58
2026-07-18	2	1st	22 32 34 47 52 55
2026-07-11	4	3rd	9 13

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-29	3	4th	1 8 16 22 25 56
2024-05-18	5	3rd	9 13 22 45 46 48
2024-05-01	10	4th	13 16 21 22 44 53
2024-03-27	16	3rd	1 3 22 27 42 48
2024-01-31	1	4th	5 10 11 22 27 54
2024-01-27	1	3rd	18 20 22 34 47 58
2024-01-24	3	2nd	6 22 27 46 49 57
2024-01-13	11	2nd	8 22 27 44 46 48
2023-12-06	5	4th	2 3 6 22 43 55
2023-11-18	12	3rd	3 11 22 23 32 47
2023-10-07	6	4th	10 16 20 22 47 52
2023-09-16	3	3rd	7 17 22 24 31 59
2023-09-06	9	3rd	3 12 22 38 53 54
2023-08-05	10	2nd	5 22 28 38 50 58
2023-07-01	2	4th	1 12 20 22 24 35
2023-06-24	6	3rd	17 18 22 36 39 53
2023-06-03	2	5th	4 13 15 20 22 59
2023-05-27	5	3rd	5 14 22 37 42 49
2023-05-10	5	3rd	9 15 22 45 52 57
2023-04-22	1	2nd	8 22 29 31 35 51
2023-04-19	9	2nd	7 22 25 47 54 58
2023-03-18	6	2nd	13 22 39 46 54 59
2023-02-25	13	1st	22 31 32 45 50 53
2023-01-11	7	3rd	4 19 22 46 54 56
2022-12-17	10	2nd	15 22 38 39 49 56
2022-11-12	14	3rd	4 11 22 37 44 48
2022-09-24	2	4th	14 15 18 22 39 50
2022-09-17	10	2nd	11 22 25 28 45 55
2022-08-13	31	2nd	15 22 42 49 50 54
2022-04-27	7	2nd	10 22 35 38 56 57
2022-04-02	11	1st	22 24 27 30 52 57
2022-02-23	6	2nd	4 22 26 27 33 37
2022-02-02	28	2nd	6 22 29 48 50 59
2021-10-27	23	3rd	8 20 22 39 47 48
2021-08-07	8	3rd	10 15 22 41 51 57
2021-07-10	7	3rd	9 19 22 33 47 54
2021-06-16	23	2nd	6 22 28 36 48 53
2021-03-27	17	4th	3 5 18 22 26 49
2021-01-27	16	1st	22 30 34 35 45 50
2020-12-02	30	2nd	16 22 26 38 39 47
2020-08-19	1	2nd	21 22 32 36 45 50
2020-08-15	11	4th	10 14 16 22 25 34
2020-07-08	27	3rd	5 18 22 31 50 59
2020-04-04	1	2nd	4 22 28 39 45 49
2020-04-01	5	4th	4 16 17 22 27 52
2020-03-14	31	2nd	7 22 30 38 42 47
2019-11-27	6	3rd	7 16 22 39 48 55
2019-11-06	8	2nd	17 22 25 27 32 35
2019-10-09	32	2nd	14 22 40 44 55 58
2019-06-19	3	1st	22 26 31 39 47 55
2019-06-08	6	3rd	12 13 22 37 42 55
2019-05-18	7	2nd	7 22 23 26 31 54
2019-04-24	4	1st	22 29 35 41 43 51
2019-04-10	1	2nd	20 22 36 42 48 49
2019-04-06	8	3rd	5 8 22 33 36 43
2019-03-09	3	1st	22 27 35 40 46 52
2019-02-27	8	3rd	19 20 22 31 51 54
2019-01-30	3	2nd	7 22 31 43 47 58
2019-01-19	11	4th	11 15 17 22 31 52
2018-12-12	14	2nd	3 22 31 46 51 59
2018-10-24	14	2nd	9 22 32 40 51 59
2018-09-05	1	3rd	12 18 22 23 48 59
2018-09-01	2	3rd	3 21 22 38 46 55
2018-08-25	11	2nd	9 22 33 39 41 56
2018-07-18	4	1st	22 34 44 49 51 53
2018-07-04	4	3rd	8 13 22 46 52 58
2018-06-20	2	2nd	15 22 26 35 41 43
2018-06-13	2	3rd	5 15 22 33 38 45
2018-06-06	6	2nd	12 22 31 35 42 58
2018-05-16	20	2nd	4 22 26 32 48 54
2018-03-07	12	3rd	8 10 22 37 55 57
2018-01-24	11	2nd	1 22 39 44 48 59
2017-12-16	9	1st	22 25 35 45 46 57
2017-11-15	8	3rd	2 11 22 36 51 59
2017-10-18	1	4th	11 12 15 22 27 44
2017-10-14	40	2nd	6 22 40 43 47 58
2017-05-27	7	2nd	20 22 31 39 41 54
2017-05-03	16	2nd	13 22 24 34 41 57
2017-03-08	2	3rd	11 19 22 42 43 49
2017-03-01	20	4th	2 7 21 22 47 53
2016-12-21	20	3rd	10 13 22 35 42 52
2016-10-12	13	2nd	2 22 29 30 36 58
2016-08-27	7	3rd	5 10 22 23 34 54
2016-08-03	6	3rd	16 17 22 38 41 55
2016-07-13	1	2nd	1 22 30 34 57 58
2016-07-09	4	3rd	1 3 22 29 36 42
2016-06-25	13	4th	13 14 18 22 24 56
2016-05-11	9	2nd	13 22 23 33 49 54
2016-04-09	12	2nd	20 22 25 34 47 51
2016-02-27	17	3rd	11 14 22 37 53 56
2015-12-30	5	1st	22 31 47 52 55 59
2015-12-12	—	2nd	15 22 25 40 53 57