Number 22

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,025 draws, 5 from 1–45.

250times drawn · chance expected 225 +1.77σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 70% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

50longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 250 times in 2,025 draws against 225.0 expected, +1.77σ. 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 250 times in 2,025 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 50 · 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 smallest15 · chance 16.3
2nd smallest73 · chance 68.5
3rd smallest98 · chance 97.8
4th smallest50 · chance 56.3
5th smallest14 · chance 11.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 39 17 4 9 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-07	12	5th	5 9 10 21 22
2026-09-25	4	3rd	4 19 22 27 45
2026-09-21	1	3rd	1 12 22 23 29
2026-09-20	2	3rd	3 9 22

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-12	50	4th	1 16 21 22 43
2026-01-21	6	4th	1 4 11 22 42
2026-01-15	4	3rd	1 4 22 28 39
2026-01-11	13	2nd	5 22 34 40 42
2025-12-29	25	3rd	1 6 22 26 34
2025-12-04	10	2nd	12 22 24 33 38
2025-11-23	11	1st	22 23 27 37 42
2025-11-12	10	2nd	20 22 28 30 32
2025-11-02	2	2nd	10 22 27 41 43
2025-10-31	6	3rd	1 2 22 27 37
2025-10-25	4	3rd	4 19 22 37 42
2025-10-20	5	2nd	20 22 25 31 44
2025-10-15	1	4th	11 16 17 22 27
2025-10-14	8	2nd	8 22 27 32 33
2025-10-06	1	1st	22 30 32 33 39
2025-10-05	14	2nd	12 22 25 29 32
2025-09-21	1	2nd	13 22 23 26 27
2025-09-20	22	2nd	1 22 29 30 45
2025-08-29	7	3rd	1 3 22 40 42
2025-08-22	14	3rd	2 6 22 41 45
2025-08-08	4	3rd	2 3 22 39 42
2025-08-04	19	2nd	19 22 29 36 41
2025-07-16	9	2nd	15 22 24 39 40
2025-07-07	7	3rd	9 18 22 44 45
2025-06-30	1	1st	22 29 35 41 45
2025-06-29	12	4th	7 9 14 22 28
2025-06-17	3	3rd	15 20 22 26 30
2025-06-14	9	2nd	16 22 29 37 44
2025-06-05	15	3rd	4 7 22 26 43
2025-05-21	15	2nd	9 22 28 35 41
2025-05-06	1	2nd	8 22 32 39 43
2025-05-05	2	1st	22 31 33 34 35
2025-05-03	1	2nd	13 22 24 29 37
2025-05-02	8	5th	6 7 11 15 22
2025-04-24	3	1st	22 30 37 40 43
2025-04-21	8	2nd	8 22 34 39 44
2025-04-13	15	5th	4 11 14 17 22
2025-03-29	4	4th	5 9 16 22 32
2025-03-25	9	2nd	20 22 26 36 38
2025-03-16	15	5th	8 18 19 21 22
2025-03-01	2	3rd	11 15 22 26 29
2025-02-27	1	3rd	11 19 22 30 34
2025-02-26	6	4th	3 15 19 22 33
2025-02-20	17	3rd	6 7 22 33 42
2025-02-03	2	4th	4 9 19 22 36
2025-02-01	7	4th	5 7 9 22 39
2025-01-25	6	4th	1 5 9 22 31
2025-01-19	12	2nd	5 22 28 42 43
2025-01-07	13	3rd	4 18 22 26 45
2024-12-25	2	2nd	14 22 36 39 42
2024-12-23	5	3rd	7 15 22 34 44
2024-12-18	12	2nd	7 22 23 26 31
2024-12-06	13	2nd	7 22 36 38 44
2024-11-23	15	1st	22 25 26 29 41
2024-11-08	6	3rd	1 16 22 26 41
2024-11-02	2	3rd	7 14 22 30 38
2024-10-31	1	2nd	4 22 28 39 43
2024-10-30	3	2nd	15 22 24 37 40
2024-10-27	1	3rd	12 19 22 23 39
2024-10-26	4	3rd	9 14 22 23 31
2024-10-22	1	4th	3 4 15 22 35
2024-10-21	2	2nd	16 22 26 41 45
2024-10-19	11	1st	22 23 35 36 38
2024-10-08	24	2nd	15 22 38 40 45
2024-09-14	5	3rd	10 11 22 24 35
2024-09-09	7	3rd	6 16 22 23 33
2024-09-02	2	1st	22 26 28 29 31
2024-08-31	4	3rd	11 14 22 23 36
2024-08-27	8	2nd	2 22 23 30 35
2024-08-19	6	2nd	16 22 27 42 43
2024-08-13	41	4th	1 2 3 22 38
2024-07-03	21	4th	3 7 11 22 45
2024-06-12	10	3rd	10 12 22 26 38
2024-06-02	1	2nd	13 22 31 33 43
2024-06-01	3	3rd	10 20 22 36 39
2024-05-29	14	5th	11 12 13 14 22
2024-05-15	12	3rd	9 21 22 29 33
2024-05-03	27	2nd	10 22 24 30 39
2024-04-06	11	3rd	12 17 22 41 45
2024-03-26	5	3rd	5 19 22 32 42
2024-03-21	2	3rd	4 9 22 24 39
2024-03-19	2	4th	2 4 17 22 34
2024-03-17	15	2nd	14 22 23 27 32
2024-03-02	10	3rd	18 19 22 38 44
2024-02-21	9	4th	1 8 21 22 28
2024-02-12	6	3rd	14 18 22 23 32
2024-02-06	2	1st	22 23 27 30 34
2024-02-04	1	3rd	1 20 22 31 42
2024-02-03	17	3rd	13 15 22 38 42
2024-01-17	29	2nd	10 22 30 33 38
2023-12-19	8	3rd	4 5 22 31 33
2023-12-11	3	2nd	20 22 35 37 43
2023-12-08	1	3rd	4 13 22 24 38
2023-12-07	4	1st	22 24 25 35 38
2023-12-03	5	3rd	2 13 22 38 39
2023-11-28	6	3rd	6 15 22 33 38
2023-11-22	9	3rd	4 16 22 23 31
2023-11-13	4	3rd	7 17 22 29 31
2023-11-09	17	3rd	8 19 22 27 33
2023-10-23	3	3rd	15 17 22 27 39
2023-10-20	7	3rd	5 21 22 41 42
2023-10-13	3	4th	2 13 19 22 25
2023-10-10	9	3rd	9 15 22 30 44
2023-10-01	13	2nd	8 22 26 30 35
2023-09-18	4	4th	2 3 12 22 37
2023-09-14	16	2nd	2 22 25 41 45
2023-08-29	2	3rd	11 20 22 28 37
2023-08-27	10	2nd	9 22 26 28 33
2023-08-17	16	3rd	7 11 22 28 29
2023-08-01	7	2nd	7 22 29 34 42
2023-07-25	9	4th	3 4 17 22 27
2023-07-16	4	2nd	20 22 36 38 43
2023-07-12	6	4th	1 7 20 22 39
2023-07-06	18	2nd	19 22 26 33 40
2023-06-18	6	2nd	8 22 27 31 37
2023-06-12	16	4th	3 4 17 22 31
2023-05-27	1	4th	9 13 19 22 31
2023-05-26	23	4th	3 6 11 22 34
2023-05-03	11	1st	22 31 34 39 42
2023-04-22	6	2nd	1 22 33 43 45
2023-04-16	1	4th	14 17 21 22 45
2023-04-15	8	3rd	7 17 22 28 39
2023-04-07	6	4th	5 17 20 22 38
2023-04-01	14	2nd	10 22 27 34 39
2023-03-18	14	3rd	3 13 22 31 36
2023-03-04	4	3rd	4 11 22 31 32
2023-02-28	3	4th	10 17 19 22 29
2023-02-25	20	4th	6 7 11 22 28
2023-02-05	7	2nd	7 22 32 33 39
2023-01-29	6	3rd	6 7 22 28 41
2023-01-23	3	2nd	16 22 24 30 37
2023-01-20	3	5th	1 2 4 7 22
2023-01-17	8	2nd	17 22 25 37 45
2023-01-09	5	4th	2 17 20 22 42
2023-01-04	19	2nd	10 22 26 43 44
2022-12-16	5	3rd	5 11 22 27 37
2022-12-11	15	4th	2 15 21 22 27
2022-11-26	16	2nd	13 22 23 24 36
2022-11-10	2	2nd	10 22 37 38 39
2022-11-08	8	3rd	4 21 22 24 39
2022-10-29	8	3rd	13 21 22 23 29
2022-09-17	4	3rd	4 10 22 28 30
2022-09-03	12	3rd	12 13 22 29 36
2022-07-23	3	3rd	10 15 22 30 38
2022-07-13	15	2nd	2 22 26 36 42
2022-05-21	23	4th	8 14 19 22 31
2022-03-02	6	4th	3 9 21 22 24
2022-02-09	1	5th	13 16 19 21 22
2022-02-05	4	3rd	3 17 22 36 39
2022-01-22	1	3rd	5 16 22 36 45
2022-01-19	2	3rd	8 11 22 23 35
2022-01-12	14	5th	3 17 18 20 22
2021-11-24	2	3rd	4 17 22 39 40
2021-11-17	1	2nd	4 22 24 26 39
2021-11-13	6	2nd	5 22 26 32 41
2021-10-23	3	5th	11 13 14 16 22
2021-10-13	8	2nd	19 22 24 29 34
2021-09-15	6	3rd	1 5 22 32 45
2021-08-25	7	4th	1 11 14 22 30
2021-07-31	10	3rd	3 17 22 25 39
2021-06-26	14	3rd	7 16 22 23 30
2021-05-08	13	3rd	1 5 22 23 43
2021-03-24	10	2nd	15 22 25 35 38
2021-02-17	3	2nd	20 22 23 27 32
2021-02-06	7	4th	3 6 9 22 34
2021-01-13	7	2nd	13 22 39 40 45
2020-12-19	2	2nd	9 22 28 34 43
2020-12-12	9	3rd	10 12 22 23 33
2020-11-11	4	4th	9 11 20 22 28
2020-10-28	8	3rd	17 18 22 24 31
2020-09-30	4	2nd	13 22 24 32 42
2020-09-16	20	4th	2 9 20 22 45
2020-07-08	3	4th	1 8 19 22 26
2020-06-27	6	2nd	1 22 28 29 39
2020-06-06	2	2nd	18 22 36 38 43
2020-05-30	11	5th	12 14 16 19 22
2020-04-22	3	2nd	7 22 25 26 34
2020-04-11	17	3rd	7 11 22 23 37
2020-02-12	4	3rd	10 16 22 23 28
2020-01-29	3	3rd	1 10 22 38 44
2020-01-18	5	1st	22 23 24 28 36
2020-01-01	16	3rd	12 18 22 37 44
2019-11-06	7	4th	9 10 21 22 40
2019-10-12	4	5th	6 10 14 19 22
2019-09-28	4	2nd	18 22 23 27 35
2019-09-14	5	1st	22 28 30 31 38
2019-08-28	6	4th	2 3 15 22 34
2019-08-07	5	4th	4 15 17 22 31
2019-07-20	19	3rd	14 20 22 26 43
2019-05-15	5	3rd	4 20 22 29 39
2019-04-27	10	5th	3 5 6 20 22
2019-03-23	4	4th	8 13 15 22 24
2019-03-09	1	2nd	10 22 28 33 38
2019-03-06	11	3rd	17 20 22 32 38
2019-01-26	1	2nd	17 22 25 37 38
2019-01-23	3	3rd	11 14 22 33 38
2019-01-12	1	4th	1 8 10 22 25
2019-01-09	3	3rd	2 20 22 30 43
2018-12-29	13	4th	6 7 16 22 28
2018-11-14	3	3rd	10 17 22 25 44
2018-11-03	10	2nd	15 22 25 27 32
2018-09-29	8	3rd	2 13 22 23 31
2018-09-01	9	4th	16 17 19 22 25
2018-08-01	2	3rd	15 18 22 27 32
2018-07-25	15	3rd	5 18 22 31 39
2018-06-02	16	2nd	21 22 34 35 37
2018-04-07	1	3rd	5 16 22 25 32
2018-04-04	4	4th	4 10 16 22 41
2018-03-21	5	3rd	9 17 22 31 42
2018-03-03	2	3rd	6 19 22 27 45
2018-02-24	1	5th	1 9 12 17 22
2018-02-21	1	2nd	14 22 38 40 45
2018-02-17	7	3rd	3 10 22 30 45
2018-01-24	6	4th	2 7 8 22 34
2018-01-03	5	4th	8 9 17 22 44
2017-12-16	10	3rd	6 17 22 29 38
2017-11-11	8	3rd	7 9 22 35 45
2017-10-14	1	3rd	5 21 22 37 42
2017-10-11	19	3rd	6 14 22 29 40
2017-08-05	2	4th	6 10 20 22 41
2017-07-29	16	3rd	12 21 22 24 37
2017-06-03	5	4th	1 8 18 22 39
2017-05-17	1	2nd	15 22 25 27 39
2017-05-13	2	3rd	4 19 22 39 42
2017-05-06	16	1st	22 24 36 41 44
2017-03-11	—	2nd	15 22 37 44 45