Number 22

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,062 draws, 5 from 1–39.

392times drawn · chance expected 393 −0.03σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

57longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 392 times in 3,062 draws against 392.6 expected, −0.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 392 times in 3,062 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 57 · waiting 18 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 smallest12 · chance 12.6
2nd smallest79 · chance 75.8
3rd smallest145 · chance 151.7
4th smallest116 · chance 120.1
5th smallest40 · chance 31.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 41.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 15 14 16 19 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-09-09	1	4th	1 19 21 22 37
2026-09-08	1	2nd	14 22 23 32 35
2026-09-05	6	3rd	8 10 22 34 38
2026-08-26	34	2nd	7 22 26

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-29	8	3rd	4 21 22 27 28
2025-07-15	47	4th	4 10 13 22 32
2025-04-23	10	4th	1 8 20 22 34
2025-04-05	3	3rd	18 19 22 32 33
2025-04-01	24	2nd	19 22 23 30 31
2025-02-18	7	3rd	10 14 22 26 38
2025-02-05	4	2nd	13 22 27 38 39
2025-01-29	9	3rd	8 17 22 30 36
2025-01-14	24	5th	10 16 18 21 22
2024-12-03	4	3rd	2 13 22 32 38
2024-11-26	4	4th	6 8 18 22 24
2024-11-19	1	5th	3 4 16 20 22
2024-11-16	4	3rd	1 3 22 26 31
2024-11-09	20	3rd	8 15 22 28 33
2024-10-05	4	3rd	2 14 22 23 26
2024-09-28	3	4th	9 11 12 22 36
2024-09-24	5	4th	10 13 19 22 33
2024-09-14	2	4th	4 14 21 22 29
2024-09-11	3	3rd	10 16 22 24 32
2024-09-06	9	3rd	10 12 22 29 36
2024-08-21	9	5th	1 2 6 17 22
2024-08-06	4	3rd	18 19 22 35 38
2024-07-30	2	4th	2 15 19 22 35
2024-07-26	7	4th	2 3 15 22 25
2024-07-13	1	2nd	1 22 27 28 36
2024-07-12	5	4th	2 5 20 22 29
2024-07-03	3	4th	7 13 20 22 26
2024-06-28	25	4th	3 9 21 22 38
2024-05-15	4	5th	12 14 15 18 22
2024-05-08	2	3rd	15 21 22 23 35
2024-05-04	2	4th	11 13 14 22 25
2024-05-01	1	5th	2 12 15 21 22
2024-04-30	23	3rd	12 14 22 30 32
2024-03-20	10	5th	5 8 13 21 22
2024-03-02	5	3rd	15 21 22 25 30
2024-02-23	31	4th	9 10 21 22 31
2023-12-30	6	5th	1 2 3 5 22
2023-12-20	2	4th	4 17 18 22 38
2023-12-16	8	1st	22 26 31 34 39
2023-12-02	5	3rd	5 13 22 24 38
2023-11-24	5	4th	9 15 16 22 30
2023-11-15	2	3rd	4 7 22 26 29
2023-11-11	7	5th	3 5 8 13 22
2023-10-31	32	3rd	15 21 22 36 39
2023-09-05	9	2nd	8 22 33 34 35
2023-08-19	6	4th	8 19 20 22 39
2023-08-09	5	4th	1 7 11 22 24
2023-08-01	3	3rd	4 13 22 29 34
2023-07-26	2	2nd	16 22 24 33 35
2023-07-22	15	3rd	5 9 22 29 31
2023-06-27	2	4th	2 6 12 22 23
2023-06-23	2	3rd	2 11 22 23 35
2023-06-20	27	4th	3 11 12 22 32
2023-05-03	6	5th	1 2 17 18 22
2023-04-22	7	3rd	5 18 22 28 31
2023-04-11	1	3rd	9 14 22 31 33
2023-04-08	1	4th	1 8 16 22 27
2023-04-07	9	4th	1 12 21 22 38
2023-03-22	9	3rd	10 17 22 26 30
2023-03-07	8	4th	3 10 20 22 36
2023-02-21	3	2nd	1 22 30 33 36
2023-02-15	1	1st	22 26 28 29 39
2023-02-14	7	3rd	13 15 22 23 39
2023-02-01	29	3rd	4 6 22 26 27
2022-12-13	3	4th	2 6 16 22 32
2022-12-07	16	5th	1 6 9 12 22
2022-11-09	6	3rd	9 12 22 30 38
2022-10-29	7	2nd	17 22 27 32 39
2022-10-18	11	5th	1 4 12 14 22
2022-09-28	10	2nd	13 22 24 37 39
2022-09-10	3	3rd	14 16 22 28 36
2022-09-06	1	4th	1 14 21 22 37
2022-09-03	2	4th	4 16 19 22 23
2022-08-31	3	4th	15 16 17 22 34
2022-08-26	4	5th	6 10 14 20 22
2022-08-19	2	4th	4 15 17 22 23
2022-08-16	9	5th	4 8 15 19 22
2022-07-30	1	2nd	8 22 30 35 38
2022-07-29	12	3rd	9 13 22 25 31
2022-07-08	20	3rd	16 21 22 25 30
2022-06-03	5	4th	11 12 17 22 25
2022-05-25	1	1st	22 23 24 30 37
2022-05-24	3	5th	1 6 14 15 22
2022-05-18	4	3rd	3 8 22 23 36
2022-05-11	22	3rd	18 20 22 24 26
2022-04-02	1	2nd	11 22 23 32 35
2022-04-01	9	4th	12 14 18 22 32
2022-03-16	3	3rd	8 9 22 31 36
2022-03-11	1	2nd	8 22 23 32 34
2022-03-09	5	3rd	5 17 22 31 38
2022-03-01	5	3rd	2 10 22 32 35
2022-02-19	14	5th	1 11 13 20 22
2022-01-26	5	3rd	13 14 22 23 29
2022-01-18	14	4th	11 17 19 22 27
2021-12-24	6	2nd	7 22 29 32 38
2021-12-14	3	3rd	9 13 22 26 39
2021-12-08	12	2nd	13 22 33 34 36
2021-11-17	1	3rd	19 21 22 29 33
2021-11-16	5	2nd	3 22 28 33 36
2021-11-06	2	3rd	15 20 22 27 38
2021-11-03	4	4th	7 10 16 22 35
2021-10-27	13	4th	6 7 15 22 38
2021-10-05	15	3rd	14 20 22 27 30
2021-09-08	7	3rd	5 7 22 32 38
2021-08-27	9	3rd	2 18 22 33 35
2021-08-11	1	4th	8 10 19 22 39
2021-08-10	14	4th	8 10 11 22 37
2021-07-16	7	5th	2 4 9 18 22
2021-07-03	6	3rd	3 8 22 27 39
2021-06-23	20	2nd	17 22 27 28 38
2021-05-19	2	4th	9 13 18 22 29
2021-05-15	1	4th	2 3 15 22 28
2021-05-14	1	3rd	4 18 22 36 38
2021-05-12	1	3rd	4 11 22 37 38
2021-05-11	5	4th	3 4 19 22 31
2021-05-01	3	2nd	9 22 31 32 37
2021-04-27	4	3rd	5 13 22 33 34
2021-04-20	10	5th	4 7 11 17 22
2021-04-02	10	4th	1 8 14 22 38
2021-03-16	7	4th	2 20 21 22 28
2021-03-03	5	3rd	4 12 22 24 32
2021-02-23	14	2nd	8 22 24 25 37
2021-01-29	6	3rd	13 18 22 28 38
2021-01-19	2	2nd	19 22 24 27 36
2021-01-15	1	3rd	14 19 22 29 31
2021-01-13	4	2nd	6 22 28 32 37
2021-01-06	9	3rd	6 13 22 27 31
2020-12-22	9	2nd	13 22 24 36 38
2020-12-05	15	3rd	7 11 22 36 39
2020-11-10	3	2nd	15 22 30 36 39
2020-11-04	19	3rd	4 19 22 26 37
2020-10-02	21	3rd	6 7 22 33 36
2020-08-26	14	5th	1 12 15 16 22
2020-08-01	1	4th	8 10 18 22 32
2020-07-31	4	2nd	5 22 28 29 37
2020-07-24	1	4th	6 13 19 22 29
2020-07-22	2	3rd	17 20 22 36 38
2020-07-18	3	2nd	16 22 27 30 37
2020-07-14	12	2nd	10 22 34 35 39
2020-06-23	8	5th	4 7 10 16 22
2020-06-09	8	3rd	16 17 22 31 39
2020-05-26	3	3rd	4 12 22 23 26
2020-05-20	2	4th	8 11 16 22 25
2020-05-16	57	4th	1 18 20 22 23
2020-02-07	5	3rd	5 9 22 35 36
2020-01-29	3	3rd	12 21 22 26 27
2020-01-24	3	4th	9 10 20 22 29
2020-01-18	12	4th	8 15 18 22 27
2019-12-28	29	1st	22 29 31 33 34
2019-11-08	25	3rd	18 19 22 28 38
2019-09-25	4	5th	1 2 5 17 22
2019-09-18	3	3rd	6 10 22 26 37
2019-09-13	15	2nd	3 22 27 28 32
2019-08-17	14	4th	1 7 8 22 29
2019-07-24	16	5th	4 8 16 19 22
2019-06-26	3	4th	14 15 21 22 31
2019-06-21	2	4th	2 4 12 22 35
2019-06-18	2	3rd	4 19 22 32 33
2019-06-14	6	2nd	4 22 28 32 38
2019-06-04	1	3rd	4 15 22 25 31
2019-06-01	15	3rd	7 20 22 23 32
2019-05-07	2	4th	4 19 20 22 29
2019-05-03	3	3rd	7 16 22 30 38
2019-04-27	7	2nd	2 22 26 32 39
2019-04-16	11	4th	2 14 16 22 38
2019-03-27	1	2nd	20 22 28 29 31
2019-03-26	1	2nd	18 22 31 33 38
2019-03-23	20	3rd	2 14 22 31 33
2019-02-16	2	2nd	9 22 24 27 33
2019-02-13	6	2nd	9 22 23 27 32
2019-02-02	14	4th	7 12 15 22 34
2019-01-09	27	3rd	2 3 22 28 35
2018-11-23	1	4th	6 8 10 22 25
2018-11-21	5	3rd	14 20 22 29 39
2018-11-13	4	4th	3 7 10 22 39
2018-11-06	6	5th	3 8 10 11 22
2018-10-26	4	4th	2 3 17 22 25
2018-10-19	3	5th	4 15 17 21 22
2018-10-13	1	4th	2 19 21 22 31
2018-10-12	1	4th	7 18 20 22 31
2018-10-10	33	3rd	3 15 22 34 38
2018-08-14	1	1st	22 25 32 33 39
2018-08-11	13	2nd	11 22 23 33 36
2018-07-20	2	3rd	4 14 22 35 39
2018-07-17	11	3rd	15 18 22 36 39
2018-06-27	11	3rd	5 7 22 35 37
2018-06-08	8	1st	22 25 28 34 39
2018-05-25	3	4th	2 5 19 22 39
2018-05-19	10	2nd	17 22 24 29 34
2018-05-02	12	4th	1 9 20 22 24
2018-04-11	7	5th	3 10 14 16 22
2018-03-30	9	4th	4 14 15 22 29
2018-03-14	4	3rd	6 9 22 26 31
2018-03-07	9	3rd	14 19 22 33 37
2018-02-20	8	4th	2 3 5 22 26
2018-02-06	10	4th	6 15 21 22 30
2018-01-17	5	3rd	7 21 22 29 37
2018-01-05	15	4th	3 8 17 22 23
2017-12-01	3	2nd	16 22 26 34 39
2017-11-24	2	3rd	8 19 22 25 29
2017-11-18	5	3rd	17 18 22 27 31
2017-11-08	3	3rd	10 15 22 27 38
2017-11-01	28	4th	2 4 17 22 25
2017-08-26	1	4th	9 16 20 22 31
2017-08-25	11	3rd	8 10 22 26 30
2017-07-29	10	3rd	10 14 22 33 34
2017-07-07	1	2nd	13 22 25 31 37
2017-07-05	2	2nd	9 22 28 29 35
2017-06-30	4	3rd	15 16 22 31 35
2017-06-21	15	5th	3 6 9 21 22
2017-05-17	2	2nd	13 22 25 35 39
2017-05-12	6	3rd	13 18 22 24 36
2017-04-28	11	5th	8 14 19 21 22
2017-04-01	1	3rd	2 9 22 23 29
2017-03-31	14	5th	4 15 17 19 22
2017-02-25	35	3rd	1 14 22 23 32
2016-12-07	11	3rd	3 6 22 25 28
2016-11-11	1	3rd	1 14 22 23 26
2016-11-09	3	3rd	2 7 22 26 36
2016-11-02	5	4th	11 14 19 22 26
2016-10-21	10	3rd	2 11 22 29 37
2016-09-28	5	3rd	7 13 22 27 34
2016-09-16	4	3rd	16 21 22 33 39
2016-09-07	2	2nd	5 22 23 25 32
2016-09-02	4	3rd	5 11 22 30 34
2016-08-24	3	3rd	8 18 22 26 34
2016-08-17	8	4th	11 15 16 22 38
2016-07-29	2	4th	6 7 16 22 29
2016-07-23	13	3rd	4 7 22 23 24
2016-06-24	7	3rd	14 20 22 35 36
2016-06-08	6	5th	7 10 17 20 22
2016-05-25	4	1st	22 27 29 31 38
2016-05-14	11	4th	11 15 16 22 34
2016-04-20	21	4th	3 13 14 22 36
2016-03-02	11	3rd	5 21 22 27 31
2016-02-05	3	4th	16 17 20 22 29
2016-01-29	1	2nd	10 22 28 32 34
2016-01-27	7	3rd	19 21 22 30 35
2016-01-09	19	5th	2 3 5 11 22
2015-11-27	3	4th	3 8 16 22 34
2015-11-20	23	5th	3 10 11 21 22
2015-09-26	5	2nd	3 22 30 31 33
2015-09-16	4	3rd	18 20 22 28 36
2015-09-05	9	3rd	1 21 22 24 38
2015-08-15	1	4th	7 10 21 22 33
2015-08-14	1	3rd	4 14 22 37 39
2015-08-12	6	2nd	19 22 28 33 35
2015-07-29	6	4th	1 6 20 22 23
2015-07-15	6	2nd	4 22 27 30 39
2015-07-01	14	3rd	7 18 22 27 38
2015-05-29	4	2nd	21 22 34 35 37
2015-05-20	7	4th	6 10 21 22 32
2015-05-02	14	5th	3 4 9 12 22
2015-04-01	2	2nd	6 22 23 24 38
2015-03-27	6	3rd	7 9 22 30 34
2015-03-13	5	2nd	18 22 23 26 32
2015-02-28	12	3rd	6 17 22 33 37
2015-01-31	9	3rd	6 10 22 25 27
2015-01-10	6	3rd	14 20 22 34 38
2014-12-27	2	1st	22 23 25 28 36
2014-12-24	5	1st	22 25 26 31 32
2014-12-12	1	4th	1 3 19 22 36
2014-12-10	3	2nd	20 22 28 32 39
2014-12-03	20	1st	22 26 30 32 37
2014-10-17	2	4th	2 6 10 22 38
2014-10-11	6	3rd	15 17 22 33 37
2014-09-27	2	2nd	19 22 30 31 35
2014-09-24	2	4th	18 20 21 22 27
2014-09-19	6	2nd	6 22 24 26 33
2014-09-05	2	3rd	1 14 22 23 27
2014-08-30	13	1st	22 27 31 32 37
2014-08-01	6	5th	2 7 8 9 22
2014-07-18	2	4th	6 8 12 22 27
2014-07-12	3	2nd	6 22 25 31 34
2014-07-05	17	4th	5 11 19 22 24
2014-05-28	25	4th	1 15 18 22 33
2014-03-29	6	4th	5 13 16 22 31
2014-03-15	5	2nd	14 22 29 31 33
2014-03-05	1	4th	14 17 19 22 35
2014-03-01	13	3rd	8 10 22 24 29
2014-01-31	6	4th	1 12 21 22 30
2014-01-17	1	4th	2 18 21 22 37
2014-01-15	1	4th	3 16 20 22 26
2014-01-11	2	3rd	8 16 22 24 36
2014-01-08	2	4th	16 18 21 22 23
2014-01-03	11	4th	2 8 15 22 33
2013-12-07	6	5th	2 11 12 13 22
2013-11-23	1	3rd	13 15 22 30 35
2013-11-22	3	3rd	9 10 22 24 38
2013-11-15	2	2nd	2 22 28 29 32
2013-11-09	5	4th	14 18 21 22 27
2013-10-30	5	2nd	10 22 24 30 38
2013-10-18	5	4th	12 18 20 22 37
2013-10-05	1	2nd	13 22 33 37 39
2013-10-04	12	4th	4 10 20 22 34
2013-09-06	4	2nd	10 22 25 32 34
2013-08-28	1	4th	3 4 12 22 24
2013-08-24	5	2nd	7 22 30 33 36
2013-08-14	1	5th	2 4 7 8 22
2013-08-10	1	2nd	10 22 30 31 35
2013-08-09	19	4th	2 5 15 22 29
2013-06-26	3	4th	3 9 16 22 35
2013-06-19	1	3rd	9 21 22 26 28
2013-06-15	1	4th	14 16 18 22 39
2013-06-14	5	3rd	16 20 22 37 39
2013-06-01	8	3rd	13 15 22 26 39
2013-05-15	1	2nd	11 22 28 32 38
2013-05-11	5	3rd	11 17 22 27 31
2013-05-01	11	2nd	5 22 25 28 29
2013-04-05	1	4th	2 17 19 22 32
2013-04-03	7	5th	7 11 13 19 22
2013-03-16	2	3rd	1 19 22 26 29
2013-03-13	2	3rd	19 21 22 31 32
2013-03-08	3	4th	5 13 21 22 28
2013-03-01	5	5th	6 14 15 18 22
2013-02-16	3	3rd	4 18 22 28 31
2013-02-09	5	4th	6 8 9 22 38
2013-01-30	4	2nd	21 22 24 28 31
2013-01-19	1	3rd	6 8 22 24 26
2013-01-18	14	3rd	1 5 22 23 30
2012-12-15	1	2nd	15 22 23 31 39
2012-12-14	42	3rd	9 15 22 29 34
2012-09-07	10	4th	8 13 15 22 32
2012-08-15	6	3rd	5 20 22 30 32
2012-08-01	8	4th	6 9 18 22 26
2012-07-13	14	3rd	2 14 22 27 29
2012-06-09	3	3rd	4 18 22 28 31
2012-06-02	2	3rd	3 15 22 28 39
2012-05-30	4	4th	12 16 20 22 33
2012-05-19	8	3rd	4 12 22 31 36
2012-05-02	11	3rd	13 16 22 23 36
2012-04-06	2	3rd	1 17 22 24 37
2012-03-31	8	2nd	10 22 24 27 30
2012-03-14	7	2nd	13 22 29 34 36
2012-02-25	7	2nd	3 22 24 36 39
2012-02-10	1	2nd	9 22 33 34 39
2012-02-08	20	3rd	5 12 22 28 37
2011-12-23	9	3rd	4 17 22 29 31
2011-12-02	2	2nd	19 22 28 30 35
2011-11-26	1	4th	7 8 17 22 25
2011-11-25	25	3rd	7 13 22 24 39
2011-09-28	1	2nd	13 22 29 31 32
2011-09-24	1	3rd	14 15 22 25 37
2011-09-23	8	2nd	19 22 27 31 36
2011-09-03	3	4th	12 15 21 22 26
2011-08-27	3	2nd	15 22 23 28 30
2011-08-20	4	4th	6 7 11 22 33
2011-08-12	10	3rd	4 19 22 23 25
2011-07-20	1	3rd	10 20 22 30 32
2011-07-16	15	2nd	21 22 24 28 30
2011-06-11	4	4th	8 9 19 22 30
2011-06-03	21	2nd	16 22 26 31 37
2011-04-15	1	2nd	8 22 26 31 38
2011-04-13	6	1st	22 27 30 37 38
2011-03-30	21	2nd	11 22 30 32 38
2011-02-09	1	3rd	2 13 22 24 34
2011-02-05	1	4th	9 17 19 22 28
2011-02-04	28	5th	6 12 15 21 22
2010-12-01	25	4th	7 9 19 22 28
2010-10-02	34	3rd	1 21 22 31 33
2010-07-16	12	4th	14 19 21 22 31
2010-06-18	7	3rd	5 7 22 23 39
2010-06-02	17	2nd	9 22 23 28 35
2010-04-14	5	4th	13 15 16 22 29
2010-03-27	11	3rd	2 20 22 33 34
2010-02-17	1	5th	9 10 19 21 22
2010-02-13	4	5th	7 8 10 18 22
2010-01-30	—	3rd	16 17 22 26 34