Number 22

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,151 draws, 5 from 1–52.

115times drawn · chance expected 111 +0.43σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

10.1average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

68longest completed wait · 12% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 115 times in 1,151 draws against 110.7 expected, +0.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 115 times in 1,151 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 68 · waiting 2 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 smallest9 · chance 12.6
2nd smallest39 · chance 39.2
3rd smallest44 · chance 42.0
4th smallest22 · chance 18.4
5th smallest1 · chance 2.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 5 35 16 31 47

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2026-10-05	4	3rd	1 19 22 37 47
2026-09-26	2	1st	22 27 31 49 51
2026-09-21	2	1st	22 23 33 45 49
2026-09-16	7	2nd	5 22 30

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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