Number 22

In Cash4Life under the 5/60 + 1/4 · since May 2015 rules — 2,862 draws, 5 from 1–60.

245times drawn · chance expected 239 +0.44σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

11.7average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

75longest completed wait · 32% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 245 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, +0.44σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 245 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 11.7 draws · longest completed wait 75 · 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 smallest32 · chance 39.7
2nd smallest97 · chance 95.4
3rd smallest80 · chance 79.5
4th smallest30 · chance 27.2
5th smallest6 · chance 3.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 23 56 4 40 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 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 60. 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
2026-02-17	1	2nd	11 22 32 56 60
2026-02-16	4	5th	2 11 14 15 22
2026-02-12	7	3rd	4 17 22 32 49
2026-02-05	24	3rd	13 21 22 47

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 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-28	4	2nd	20 22 36 48 58
2025-06-24	12	2nd	2 22 40 53 55
2025-06-12	7	4th	9 16 19 22 34
2025-06-05	21	3rd	6 8 22 34 59
2025-05-15	6	2nd	13 22 24 40 51
2025-05-09	16	2nd	3 22 28 44 50
2025-04-23	10	2nd	4 22 25 42 45
2025-04-13	2	2nd	19 22 23 40 43
2025-04-11	6	3rd	12 15 22 24 28
2025-04-05	1	2nd	3 22 50 53 55
2025-04-04	12	2nd	6 22 35 37 48
2025-03-23	13	3rd	2 8 22 40 54
2025-03-10	11	2nd	17 22 34 48 53
2025-02-27	11	1st	22 34 40 54 59
2025-02-16	5	2nd	4 22 24 39 46
2025-02-11	4	4th	1 10 14 22 33
2025-02-07	1	2nd	10 22 23 31 39
2025-02-06	2	1st	22 30 38 47 58
2025-02-04	7	3rd	16 19 22 26 35
2025-01-28	4	1st	22 40 45 54 60
2025-01-24	6	2nd	18 22 31 33 40
2025-01-18	2	3rd	4 21 22 25 41
2025-01-16	3	2nd	15 22 38 44 58
2025-01-13	6	4th	3 7 10 22 49
2025-01-07	1	2nd	5 22 24 53 56
2025-01-06	22	4th	14 15 16 22 59
2024-12-15	32	3rd	1 18 22 29 39
2024-11-13	23	3rd	12 16 22 32 48
2024-10-21	27	3rd	4 6 22 43 59
2024-09-24	2	2nd	19 22 29 40 50
2024-09-22	1	2nd	6 22 34 47 53
2024-09-21	5	1st	22 44 47 51 57
2024-09-16	11	2nd	18 22 31 38 55
2024-09-05	1	2nd	2 22 31 48 56
2024-09-04	1	2nd	13 22 27 35 46
2024-09-03	3	1st	22 28 30 51 55
2024-08-31	4	2nd	18 22 25 36 37
2024-08-27	10	2nd	9 22 47 48 59
2024-08-17	15	3rd	7 11 22 28 30
2024-08-02	39	2nd	20 22 34 35 43
2024-06-24	28	3rd	2 13 22 56 60
2024-05-27	5	4th	2 14 16 22 56
2024-05-22	9	4th	7 13 19 22 40
2024-05-13	75	4th	1 8 19 22 40
2024-02-28	10	4th	7 8 19 22 33
2024-02-18	9	2nd	7 22 28 42 45
2024-02-09	3	1st	22 27 33 44 59
2024-02-06	13	4th	2 3 13 22 23
2024-01-24	24	3rd	1 9 22 27 50
2023-12-31	17	3rd	16 17 22 36 54
2023-12-14	6	3rd	10 11 22 36 52
2023-12-08	23	1st	22 37 40 52 59
2023-11-15	8	3rd	19 21 22 26 35
2023-11-07	12	2nd	2 22 23 34 46
2023-10-26	6	1st	22 30 32 43 51
2023-10-20	25	3rd	5 13 22 27 57
2023-09-25	39	3rd	13 16 22 50 54
2023-08-17	14	3rd	9 14 22 27 39
2023-08-03	3	2nd	11 22 31 43 56
2023-07-31	1	3rd	9 14 22 24 29
2023-07-30	1	3rd	2 8 22 41 60
2023-07-29	24	3rd	6 11 22 26 53
2023-07-05	2	2nd	9 22 24 34 41
2023-07-03	3	2nd	6 22 30 36 56
2023-06-30	19	3rd	10 14 22 28 51
2023-06-11	5	2nd	11 22 23 42 57
2023-06-06	9	4th	8 9 17 22 56
2023-05-28	10	3rd	9 14 22 25 51
2023-05-18	7	3rd	4 16 22 26 47
2023-05-11	17	2nd	11 22 39 50 56
2023-04-24	8	2nd	21 22 41 50 51
2023-04-16	23	1st	22 37 44 45 48
2023-03-24	2	3rd	4 7 22 51 52
2023-03-22	15	3rd	1 10 22 30 36
2023-03-07	1	3rd	2 4 22 26 51
2023-03-06	5	2nd	16 22 23 26 49
2023-03-01	22	3rd	3 5 22 46 56
2023-02-07	14	1st	22 26 31 57 58
2023-01-24	6	2nd	11 22 46 47 54
2023-01-18	2	2nd	8 22 39 41 47
2023-01-16	27	1st	22 28 32 44 54
2022-12-20	16	1st	22 24 27 29 42
2022-12-04	17	1st	22 28 32 49 55
2022-11-17	9	2nd	5 22 40 48 57
2022-11-08	5	2nd	2 22 25 28 44
2022-11-03	4	2nd	18 22 38 43 56
2022-10-30	20	3rd	7 9 22 58 60
2022-10-10	16	2nd	18 22 40 42 56
2022-09-24	39	2nd	10 22 47 57 60
2022-08-16	29	2nd	4 22 38 48 58
2022-07-18	4	3rd	7 20 22 30 46
2022-07-14	3	2nd	5 22 23 44 59
2022-07-11	7	4th	2 10 15 22 29
2022-07-04	13	4th	5 10 19 22 43
2022-06-21	11	1st	22 25 43 48 59
2022-06-10	7	3rd	7 8 22 33 38
2022-06-03	10	2nd	9 22 23 51 55
2022-05-24	9	2nd	7 22 26 30 40
2022-05-15	11	3rd	12 18 22 32 47
2022-05-04	1	3rd	8 21 22 34 53
2022-05-03	12	2nd	8 22 23 35 51
2022-04-21	11	3rd	10 11 22 25 29
2022-04-10	55	2nd	4 22 25 28 38
2022-02-14	7	2nd	18 22 29 37 40
2022-02-07	3	3rd	18 20 22 43 59
2022-02-04	2	2nd	20 22 24 37 39
2022-02-02	4	3rd	17 21 22 28 44
2022-01-29	6	5th	2 4 5 16 22
2022-01-23	1	2nd	2 22 26 34 48
2022-01-22	9	2nd	6 22 29 51 52
2022-01-13	6	1st	22 34 38 42 50
2022-01-07	21	1st	22 23 45 54 55
2021-12-17	2	2nd	5 22 24 45 57
2021-12-15	23	2nd	14 22 27 35 57
2021-11-22	41	3rd	2 3 22 45 46
2021-10-12	2	3rd	9 20 22 53 57
2021-10-10	11	1st	22 23 40 46 55
2021-09-29	8	3rd	17 20 22 32 56
2021-09-21	4	3rd	4 10 22 38 46
2021-09-17	2	4th	1 3 8 22 37
2021-09-15	10	1st	22 23 35 43 45
2021-09-05	1	2nd	6 22 33 36 56
2021-09-04	17	2nd	10 22 33 38 54
2021-08-18	22	1st	22 39 45 51 53
2021-07-27	47	3rd	12 20 22 55 59
2021-06-10	10	3rd	13 19 22 36 55
2021-05-31	9	2nd	19 22 43 46 54
2021-05-22	24	3rd	10 18 22 38 54
2021-04-28	5	2nd	4 22 24 52 59
2021-04-23	2	3rd	13 19 22 35 50
2021-04-21	5	3rd	12 14 22 23 32
2021-04-16	29	3rd	4 11 22 33 36
2021-03-18	24	3rd	9 21 22 37 59
2021-02-22	8	2nd	21 22 24 28 41
2021-02-14	8	2nd	16 22 50 52 57
2021-02-06	8	1st	22 40 47 52 59
2021-01-29	21	4th	8 9 19 22 23
2021-01-08	2	3rd	3 9 22 44 47
2021-01-06	13	4th	5 6 16 22 33
2020-12-24	17	2nd	14 22 32 34 52
2020-12-07	5	3rd	13 16 22 40 49
2020-12-02	26	2nd	16 22 33 44 51
2020-11-06	52	3rd	19 20 22 31 35
2020-09-15	3	2nd	6 22 36 37 50
2020-09-12	7	4th	11 14 20 22 32
2020-09-05	12	2nd	8 22 34 44 45
2020-08-24	12	5th	2 4 5 12 22
2020-08-12	18	3rd	12 19 22 42 56
2020-07-25	14	2nd	10 22 44 45 59
2020-07-11	4	3rd	5 11 22 27 41
2020-07-07	17	4th	9 12 17 22 37
2020-06-20	10	3rd	5 19 22 50 54
2020-06-10	2	2nd	5 22 26 41 42
2020-06-08	15	3rd	6 8 22 30 39
2020-05-24	3	3rd	12 15 22 50 55
2020-05-21	18	3rd	11 19 22 24 40
2020-05-03	4	3rd	19 21 22 35 48
2020-04-29	6	4th	3 6 13 22 57
2020-04-23	3	2nd	15 22 32 35 56
2020-04-20	4	4th	11 17 20 22 52
2020-04-16	8	5th	6 12 18 20 22
2020-04-08	6	3rd	2 21 22 28 46
2020-04-02	17	3rd	10 17 22 24 44
2020-03-16	3	2nd	10 22 34 50 55
2020-03-13	8	3rd	7 17 22 24 31
2020-03-05	23	2nd	2 22 32 45 59
2020-02-11	1	2nd	11 22 32 34 48
2020-02-10	2	4th	5 7 21 22 41
2020-02-08	4	1st	22 23 41 55 58
2020-02-04	2	4th	8 18 20 22 28
2020-02-02	1	2nd	19 22 29 36 60
2020-02-01	1	3rd	1 12 22 33 42
2020-01-31	25	2nd	20 22 40 50 53
2020-01-06	6	1st	22 32 33 35 43
2019-12-31	13	2nd	10 22 26 28 39
2019-12-18	15	1st	22 43 49 50 57
2019-12-03	10	4th	6 13 15 22 51
2019-11-23	34	3rd	14 15 22 35 41
2019-10-20	2	2nd	12 22 26 35 60
2019-10-18	26	2nd	7 22 23 30 43
2019-09-22	3	2nd	17 22 23 30 59
2019-09-19	17	4th	8 11 15 22 29
2019-09-02	6	3rd	6 9 22 46 48
2019-08-27	16	2nd	17 22 47 55 60
2019-08-11	23	3rd	1 15 22 25 37
2019-07-19	28	2nd	11 22 34 51 59
2019-05-27	5	1st	22 24 33 36 51
2019-05-09	6	2nd	12 22 27 43 46
2019-04-18	23	1st	22 30 33 49 55
2019-01-28	3	1st	22 24 26 42 51
2019-01-17	33	2nd	1 22 23 29 52
2018-09-24	6	3rd	7 19 22 37 49
2018-09-03	2	2nd	19 22 24 31 37
2018-08-27	23	2nd	18 22 30 35 53
2018-06-07	5	2nd	17 22 38 42 45
2018-05-21	4	3rd	8 18 22 37 44
2018-05-07	4	4th	4 15 19 22 51
2018-04-23	3	3rd	16 21 22 47 52
2018-04-12	26	4th	2 6 14 22 40
2018-01-11	2	2nd	18 22 23 41 53
2018-01-04	13	2nd	12 22 42 43 53
2017-11-20	4	3rd	3 4 22 38 59
2017-11-06	2	3rd	4 10 22 24 42
2017-10-30	44	2nd	6 22 23 36 42
2017-05-29	6	2nd	18 22 23 25 49
2017-05-08	5	1st	22 34 42 46 57
2017-04-20	3	1st	22 23 37 56 60
2017-04-10	6	2nd	20 22 37 55 56
2017-03-20	4	2nd	13 22 41 46 56
2017-03-06	22	4th	1 5 14 22 50
2016-12-19	4	4th	1 8 16 22 47
2016-12-05	2	4th	5 6 19 22 45
2016-11-28	23	1st	22 32 42 45 49
2016-09-08	5	3rd	3 7 22 37 60
2016-08-22	5	3rd	8 12 22 56 58
2016-08-04	14	2nd	8 22 41 54 56
2016-06-16	14	3rd	3 17 22 57 59
2016-04-28	25	3rd	4 14 22 47 58
2016-02-01	57	3rd	2 9 22 43 44
2015-07-16	16	1st	22 29 47 53 54
2015-05-21	—	2nd	18 22 24 29 56