Number 22

In The Pick under the 6/44 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,961 draws, 6 from 1–44.

271times drawn · chance expected 267 +0.24σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

43longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 271 times in 1,961 draws against 267.4 expected, +0.24σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 271 times in 1,961 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 3 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 smallest7 · chance 7.4
2nd smallest41 · chance 43.2
3rd smallest88 · chance 91.0
4th smallest83 · chance 86.5
5th smallest42 · chance 37.1
6th smallest10 · chance 5.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 31.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 15 26 35 11 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-10-03	9	2nd	18 22 23 26 28 34
2026-09-12	5	4th	2 3 19 22 27 29
2026-08-31	4	5th	4 9 15 20 22 35
2026-08-22	2	4th	8

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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

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