Number 22

In Gimme 5 under the 5/39 · since Nov 2013 rules — 2,668 draws, 5 from 1–39.

345times drawn · chance expected 342 +0.17σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 25% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

40longest completed wait · 81% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 345 times in 2,668 draws against 342.1 expected, +0.17σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 345 times in 2,668 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 11 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 smallest9 · chance 11.1
2nd smallest74 · chance 66.7
3rd smallest142 · chance 133.5
4th smallest96 · chance 105.7
5th smallest24 · chance 28.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 36.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 31 24 11 16 19

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
2026-09-24	3	2nd	17 22 31 33 35
2026-09-21	4	3rd	10 18 22 31 37
2026-09-15	1	3rd	3 15 22 25 39
2026-09-14	4	2nd	17 22 29 32

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.

2026-01-05	5	4th	10 14 18 22 30
2025-12-29	26	4th	6 18 21 22 27
2025-11-21	1	3rd	6 15 22 29 30
2025-11-20	13	4th	3 11 17 22 24
2025-11-03	3	4th	1 5 11 22 26
2025-10-29	1	3rd	3 11 22 23 38
2025-10-28	12	3rd	2 6 22 25 35
2025-10-10	14	4th	7 10 19 22 30
2025-09-22	2	2nd	7 22 26 31 34
2025-09-18	8	2nd	16 22 23 32 37
2025-09-08	2	4th	11 15 17 22 27
2025-09-04	2	3rd	3 5 22 30 35
2025-09-02	14	3rd	7 19 22 25 26
2025-08-13	4	4th	5 7 17 22 24
2025-08-07	3	2nd	19 22 23 29 37
2025-08-04	1	4th	6 9 20 22 23
2025-08-01	13	4th	16 17 20 22 35
2025-07-15	14	3rd	1 21 22 28 37
2025-06-25	2	1st	22 25 29 33 38
2025-06-23	9	2nd	16 22 24 28 34
2025-06-10	3	5th	3 16 18 20 22
2025-06-05	5	4th	2 3 5 22 33
2025-05-29	3	5th	1 14 16 17 22
2025-05-26	11	2nd	12 22 23 25 37
2025-05-09	2	3rd	1 18 22 23 26
2025-05-07	4	2nd	20 22 27 33 39
2025-05-01	4	2nd	11 22 24 25 30
2025-04-25	1	4th	2 8 12 22 24
2025-04-24	7	2nd	16 22 28 33 39
2025-04-15	10	4th	3 4 14 22 38
2025-04-01	1	3rd	5 9 22 26 29
2025-03-31	5	2nd	12 22 26 31 35
2025-03-24	6	3rd	15 20 22 31 34
2025-03-14	35	2nd	17 22 23 25 39
2025-01-24	3	4th	11 14 15 22 27
2025-01-21	6	3rd	10 14 22 32 33
2025-01-13	12	2nd	8 22 26 31 34
2024-12-26	3	3rd	6 13 22 32 34
2024-12-23	3	5th	6 9 15 19 22
2024-12-18	16	4th	7 14 21 22 27
2024-11-26	3	3rd	14 18 22 26 32
2024-11-21	10	4th	6 17 18 22 27
2024-11-07	1	3rd	2 14 22 23 37
2024-11-06	19	3rd	2 6 22 23 30
2024-10-10	1	5th	12 14 15 19 22
2024-10-09	5	3rd	6 15 22 32 33
2024-10-02	4	2nd	11 22 23 26 35
2024-09-26	6	3rd	19 20 22 23 39
2024-09-18	2	3rd	1 19 22 30 35
2024-09-16	3	3rd	12 18 22 37 39
2024-09-11	1	3rd	2 15 22 24 28
2024-09-10	4	3rd	2 7 22 27 28
2024-09-04	40	3rd	18 19 22 26 39
2024-07-10	8	3rd	15 16 22 25 26
2024-06-28	3	3rd	1 21 22 25 31
2024-06-25	14	3rd	7 12 22 30 37
2024-06-05	1	3rd	11 18 22 34 37
2024-06-04	3	4th	6 15 17 22 28
2024-05-30	1	4th	7 13 18 22 25
2024-05-29	9	4th	6 11 20 22 27
2024-05-16	3	1st	22 26 29 34 36
2024-05-13	5	2nd	10 22 27 30 35
2024-05-06	1	3rd	12 16 22 24 36
2024-05-03	6	3rd	1 17 22 29 39
2024-04-25	1	4th	10 13 19 22 23
2024-04-24	15	2nd	2 22 30 34 37
2024-04-03	35	3rd	3 20 22 26 29
2024-02-14	2	4th	3 5 12 22 31
2024-02-12	1	3rd	1 15 22 36 38
2024-02-09	24	4th	4 5 12 22 37
2024-01-08	3	4th	2 3 11 22 35
2024-01-03	4	4th	5 7 10 22 36
2023-12-28	17	3rd	1 17 22 24 39
2023-12-05	1	3rd	7 21 22 30 33
2023-12-04	1	3rd	5 18 22 28 31
2023-12-01	6	2nd	2 22 23 26 34
2023-11-23	3	3rd	7 9 22 31 38
2023-11-20	1	3rd	10 20 22 24 30
2023-11-17	15	4th	3 9 14 22 26
2023-10-27	14	4th	8 10 11 22 39
2023-10-09	5	4th	13 14 20 22 24
2023-10-02	5	3rd	2 4 22 24 37
2023-09-25	6	3rd	4 19 22 23 38
2023-09-15	7	3rd	4 21 22 23 29
2023-09-06	3	4th	9 12 16 22 28
2023-09-01	22	3rd	3 6 22 35 37
2023-08-02	1	3rd	7 18 22 30 34
2023-08-01	24	3rd	11 12 22 35 39
2023-06-28	2	3rd	2 12 22 35 36
2023-06-26	5	2nd	6 22 23 26 27
2023-06-19	28	4th	5 9 17 22 34
2023-05-10	7	3rd	16 20 22 35 39
2023-05-01	4	2nd	7 22 26 35 37
2023-04-25	11	4th	14 19 21 22 27
2023-04-10	14	3rd	1 21 22 24 36
2023-03-21	2	3rd	2 17 22 25 32
2023-03-17	12	5th	9 12 13 15 22
2023-03-01	18	1st	22 23 24 25 29
2023-02-03	6	2nd	17 22 28 35 39
2023-01-26	7	4th	1 6 7 22 23
2023-01-17	1	2nd	8 22 24 30 31
2023-01-16	24	3rd	8 11 22 24 34
2022-12-13	1	4th	7 8 14 22 37
2022-12-12	1	4th	7 14 20 22 30
2022-12-09	38	4th	2 10 21 22 27
2022-10-18	3	2nd	18 22 36 37 38
2022-10-13	6	3rd	6 16 22 30 32
2022-10-05	6	3rd	1 3 22 28 32
2022-09-27	12	3rd	5 17 22 25 34
2022-09-09	2	2nd	16 22 23 25 30
2022-09-07	15	3rd	8 20 22 32 35
2022-08-17	18	3rd	14 20 22 28 32
2022-07-22	6	3rd	4 8 22 27 29
2022-07-14	1	5th	2 4 16 19 22
2022-07-13	15	3rd	2 11 22 23 38
2022-06-22	1	3rd	10 17 22 24 25
2022-06-21	3	4th	7 10 19 22 28
2022-06-16	1	1st	22 27 33 34 35
2022-06-15	3	2nd	3 22 24 33 38
2022-06-10	2	4th	7 12 14 22 37
2022-06-08	5	2nd	10 22 23 32 36
2022-06-01	13	3rd	7 9 22 26 32
2022-05-13	7	3rd	7 11 22 24 31
2022-05-04	4	3rd	4 8 22 26 38
2022-04-28	4	5th	5 10 18 20 22
2022-04-22	5	1st	22 24 27 34 36
2022-04-15	6	2nd	7 22 32 37 38
2022-04-07	4	3rd	1 21 22 26 31
2022-04-01	5	5th	3 15 20 21 22
2022-03-25	1	3rd	15 16 22 24 31
2022-03-24	1	4th	4 11 14 22 33
2022-03-23	4	2nd	19 22 23 30 32
2022-03-17	17	2nd	21 22 24 32 35
2022-02-22	12	2nd	6 22 31 36 38
2022-02-04	4	2nd	7 22 26 36 37
2022-01-31	13	3rd	3 15 22 24 31
2022-01-12	14	4th	12 14 20 22 28
2021-12-23	6	3rd	1 20 22 28 29
2021-12-15	5	2nd	15 22 25 30 31
2021-12-08	12	2nd	13 22 25 29 39
2021-11-22	8	4th	11 19 20 22 24
2021-11-10	1	4th	9 10 19 22 35
2021-11-09	4	2nd	14 22 26 30 33
2021-11-03	5	3rd	8 13 22 33 36
2021-10-27	2	2nd	19 22 24 27 29
2021-10-25	3	3rd	14 16 22 24 36
2021-10-20	8	4th	15 17 18 22 26
2021-10-08	11	3rd	7 16 22 36 39
2021-09-23	1	3rd	7 11 22 25 33
2021-09-22	1	3rd	4 21 22 35 38
2021-09-21	11	5th	4 11 15 17 22
2021-09-06	6	2nd	13 22 29 34 38
2021-08-27	7	2nd	11 22 27 33 36
2021-08-18	2	2nd	2 22 32 34 36
2021-08-16	7	3rd	12 20 22 29 38
2021-08-05	9	4th	3 7 18 22 30
2021-07-23	4	4th	9 13 20 22 26
2021-07-19	7	3rd	7 19 22 28 30
2021-07-08	8	3rd	13 18 22 31 39
2021-06-28	4	3rd	3 11 22 31 37
2021-06-22	1	3rd	1 13 22 26 34
2021-06-21	5	4th	5 12 16 22 36
2021-06-14	24	3rd	12 15 22 25 39
2021-05-11	2	2nd	2 22 30 36 37
2021-05-07	7	4th	7 8 16 22 26
2021-04-28	8	4th	6 8 21 22 29
2021-04-16	1	3rd	7 19 22 23 34
2021-04-15	1	2nd	3 22 31 34 36
2021-04-14	15	2nd	16 22 24 25 36
2021-03-24	2	3rd	2 8 22 26 36
2021-03-22	26	3rd	16 18 22 26 31
2021-02-12	7	2nd	6 22 29 32 36
2021-02-03	6	3rd	8 10 22 38 39
2021-01-26	2	1st	22 24 25 28 31
2021-01-22	26	2nd	13 22 37 38 39
2020-12-17	9	3rd	13 20 22 24 28
2020-12-04	5	3rd	2 4 22 26 31
2020-11-27	7	4th	9 11 16 22 33
2020-11-18	8	3rd	10 12 22 24 30
2020-11-06	1	5th	5 11 12 15 22
2020-11-05	31	4th	3 7 9 22 39
2020-09-23	13	4th	2 13 16 22 35
2020-09-04	12	3rd	15 18 22 33 35
2020-08-19	10	3rd	9 20 22 30 32
2020-08-05	3	4th	2 8 20 22 37
2020-07-31	29	4th	2 12 19 22 38
2020-06-05	3	5th	2 3 7 18 22
2020-05-29	6	4th	7 11 16 22 25
2020-05-15	1	3rd	9 14 22 24 30
2020-05-13	1	3rd	6 9 22 35 38
2020-05-11	1	3rd	7 13 22 28 33
2020-05-08	4	5th	1 16 18 21 22
2020-04-29	6	3rd	3 10 22 31 32
2020-04-15	1	3rd	1 13 22 27 32
2020-04-13	6	4th	2 11 17 22 28
2020-03-30	7	3rd	12 18 22 25 26
2020-03-13	1	2nd	4 22 29 37 38
2020-03-11	3	2nd	4 22 30 34 38
2020-03-04	8	3rd	3 4 22 30 37
2020-02-14	17	5th	12 17 20 21 22
2020-01-06	22	2nd	4 22 28 35 36
2019-11-15	15	4th	5 6 20 22 25
2019-10-11	4	2nd	12 22 26 28 35
2019-10-02	14	2nd	4 22 31 34 39
2019-08-30	3	2nd	12 22 30 31 33
2019-08-23	1	5th	2 8 19 21 22
2019-08-21	1	4th	4 9 17 22 29
2019-08-19	24	4th	3 11 20 22 38
2019-06-24	3	2nd	19 22 23 24 35
2019-06-17	1	3rd	8 12 22 34 36
2019-06-14	9	4th	10 11 18 22 35
2019-05-24	7	3rd	15 19 22 23 28
2019-05-08	2	5th	4 7 8 9 22
2019-05-03	5	2nd	4 22 23 32 37
2019-04-22	2	3rd	8 18 22 38 39
2019-04-17	9	4th	3 13 16 22 32
2019-03-27	5	4th	9 18 20 22 25
2019-03-15	9	2nd	20 22 24 27 33
2019-02-22	11	3rd	7 21 22 23 24
2019-01-28	6	3rd	10 19 22 27 37
2019-01-14	14	2nd	17 22 30 31 36
2018-12-12	34	3rd	4 17 22 33 37
2018-09-24	3	3rd	10 19 22 28 30
2018-09-17	7	4th	7 13 20 22 35
2018-08-31	2	3rd	2 4 22 33 37
2018-08-27	9	5th	2 4 6 12 22
2018-08-06	17	4th	6 8 15 22 25
2018-06-27	9	2nd	19 22 24 25 28
2018-06-06	6	2nd	13 22 29 31 38
2018-05-23	2	3rd	1 16 22 24 31
2018-05-18	2	2nd	4 22 33 37 39
2018-05-14	6	3rd	6 19 22 33 35
2018-04-30	14	4th	10 18 21 22 28
2018-03-28	6	2nd	14 22 23 27 30
2018-03-14	4	2nd	14 22 30 31 39
2018-03-05	5	3rd	17 21 22 30 39
2018-02-21	1	4th	5 10 19 22 33
2018-02-19	6	2nd	13 22 28 29 34
2018-02-05	1	4th	1 8 10 22 24
2018-02-02	5	4th	2 14 16 22 32
2018-01-22	4	3rd	4 18 22 23 27
2018-01-12	12	2nd	21 22 24 28 37
2017-12-13	10	3rd	7 17 22 31 34
2017-11-20	11	4th	8 10 16 22 27
2017-10-25	11	3rd	1 18 22 35 38
2017-09-29	3	3rd	4 17 22 31 33
2017-09-22	4	3rd	6 16 22 27 34
2017-09-13	21	2nd	15 22 24 31 39
2017-07-26	7	4th	2 9 19 22 27
2017-07-10	5	2nd	9 22 33 36 37
2017-06-28	9	4th	5 13 18 22 38
2017-06-07	5	3rd	9 20 22 26 31
2017-05-26	6	3rd	14 15 22 27 33
2017-05-12	3	5th	9 15 18 19 22
2017-05-05	3	4th	1 5 8 22 28
2017-04-28	1	4th	2 3 15 22 26
2017-04-26	1	1st	22 28 29 30 36
2017-04-24	6	4th	13 17 19 22 28
2017-04-10	1	1st	22 25 31 34 35
2017-04-07	10	5th	2 8 18 19 22
2017-03-15	15	3rd	12 15 22 28 31
2017-02-08	3	4th	1 11 18 22 31
2017-02-01	2	3rd	12 13 22 30 36
2017-01-27	8	4th	1 11 20 22 30
2017-01-09	1	4th	1 5 18 22 23
2017-01-06	4	4th	5 14 19 22 29
2016-12-28	5	3rd	10 18 22 29 38
2016-12-16	14	2nd	4 22 27 35 38
2016-11-14	11	3rd	11 17 22 32 36
2016-10-19	23	2nd	13 22 27 28 37
2016-08-26	8	4th	7 11 12 22 28
2016-08-08	5	3rd	10 17 22 31 32
2016-07-27	1	3rd	7 14 22 23 30
2016-07-25	1	2nd	5 22 28 33 35
2016-07-22	10	2nd	15 22 28 29 33
2016-06-29	2	4th	3 8 14 22 33
2016-06-24	14	3rd	9 16 22 26 27
2016-05-23	12	3rd	16 21 22 24 33
2016-04-25	3	3rd	2 20 22 28 39
2016-04-18	8	5th	1 6 9 11 22
2016-03-30	7	3rd	13 16 22 25 33
2016-03-14	4	3rd	12 13 22 25 35
2016-03-04	4	3rd	1 19 22 26 31
2016-02-24	6	3rd	3 16 22 25 28
2016-02-10	6	2nd	1 22 26 27 34
2016-01-27	15	2nd	17 22 26 28 35
2015-12-23	3	2nd	1 22 28 35 39
2015-12-16	10	3rd	1 9 22 24 29
2015-11-23	6	3rd	4 13 22 27 39
2015-11-09	10	4th	3 8 13 22 36
2015-10-16	6	2nd	20 22 23 38 39
2015-10-02	7	4th	6 19 20 22 39
2015-09-16	6	4th	1 5 15 22 37
2015-09-02	18	4th	6 7 9 22 30
2015-07-22	13	3rd	11 15 22 32 34
2015-06-22	1	2nd	13 22 24 25 36
2015-06-19	1	4th	6 8 11 22 39
2015-06-17	4	3rd	4 14 22 29 39
2015-06-08	3	3rd	11 16 22 26 34
2015-06-01	5	4th	16 19 20 22 32
2015-05-20	5	4th	5 12 15 22 26
2015-05-08	7	4th	5 13 15 22 27
2015-04-22	8	3rd	7 13 22 28 30
2015-04-03	11	4th	4 15 16 22 31
2015-03-09	6	3rd	4 20 22 36 38
2015-02-23	15	4th	5 13 16 22 35
2015-01-19	23	3rd	11 14 22 31 35
2014-11-26	8	4th	11 17 21 22 26
2014-11-07	24	4th	4 10 12 22 28
2014-09-12	15	4th	2 11 14 22 30
2014-08-08	3	5th	3 10 12 17 22
2014-08-01	4	3rd	10 11 22 27 38
2014-07-23	8	2nd	9 22 26 30 34
2014-07-04	14	3rd	6 11 22 26 29
2014-06-02	20	5th	3 8 19 20 22
2014-04-16	16	3rd	15 20 22 24 26
2014-03-10	7	3rd	4 12 22 31 32
2014-02-21	13	1st	22 25 28 33 39
2014-01-22	9	4th	9 14 16 22 25
2014-01-01	4	5th	7 11 14 20 22
2013-12-23	—	3rd	5 14 22 34 39