Number 22

In Powerball under the 6/40 + 1/10 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,350 draws, 6 from 1–40.

217times drawn · chance expected 203 +1.11σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.2average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

36longest completed wait · 52% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 217 times in 1,350 draws against 202.5 expected, +1.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 217 times in 1,350 draws · average wait 6.2 draws · longest completed wait 36 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest3 · chance 3.2
2nd smallest27 · chance 24.2
3rd smallest75 · chance 64.6
4th smallest73 · chance 76.7
5th smallest36 · chance 40.6
6th smallest3 · chance 7.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 24 29 40 23 32

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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	7	3rd	3 13 22 27 35 38
2026-09-02	3	3rd	4 8 22 25 32 38
2026-08-22	2	4th	3 14 20 22 37 40
2026-08-15	6	4th	14

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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