Number 22

In Easy 5 under the 5/37 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,615 draws, 5 from 1–37.

221times drawn · chance expected 218 +0.20σ

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

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

42longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 221 times in 1,615 draws against 218.2 expected, +0.20σ. 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 221 times in 1,615 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 42 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest5 · chance 5.1
2nd smallest32 · chance 35.8
3rd smallest95 · chance 82.7
4th smallest70 · chance 74.8
5th smallest19 · chance 22.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 32 29 4 36 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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
2026-09-30	1	3rd	17 21 22 26 34
2026-09-26	13	4th	7 9 17 22 24
2026-08-12	3	4th	4 8 11 22 33
2026-08-01	1	4th	3 7 21 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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

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