Number 22

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

158times drawn · chance expected 147 +0.99σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

34longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 158 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, +0.99σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 25 times, counted separately.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 158 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 4 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 smallest10 · chance 6.1
2nd smallest22 · chance 30.6
3rd smallest59 · chance 55.7
4th smallest45 · chance 46.0
5th smallest21 · chance 17.2
6th smallest1 · chance 2.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 12 14 36 42 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-09-26	14	4th	6 13 14 22 36 42
2026-08-08	7	2nd	21 22 32 41 46 47
2026-07-15	4	2nd	11 22 23 33 40 46
2026-07-01	6	1st	22 27

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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