Number 22

In Gopher 5 under the 5/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,586 draws, 5 from 1–47.

275times drawn · chance expected 275 −0.01σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 80% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

57longest completed wait · 40% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 275 times in 2,586 draws against 275.1 expected, −0.01σ. 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 275 times in 2,586 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 57 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest15 · chance 21.3
2nd smallest95 · chance 81.4
3rd smallest89 · chance 106.2
4th smallest69 · chance 56.0
5th smallest7 · chance 10.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 12 13 38 7 32

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-10-02	9	3rd	5 10 22 29 46
2026-09-11	11	3rd	12 14 22 32 34
2026-08-17	1	2nd	12 22 25 34 36
2026-08-14	1	2nd	16 22 23

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-20	12	3rd	7 17 22 27 47
2024-12-23	5	3rd	15 21 22 35 43
2024-12-11	12	2nd	10 22 37 38 39
2024-11-13	16	4th	10 14 15 22 23
2024-10-07	16	5th	7 9 10 19 22
2024-08-30	16	3rd	7 11 22 29 30
2024-07-24	1	3rd	6 7 22 30 37
2024-07-22	20	4th	7 9 17 22 38
2024-06-05	2	2nd	3 22 32 43 44
2024-05-31	2	2nd	10 22 39 42 46
2024-05-27	3	2nd	18 22 27 31 38
2024-05-20	2	1st	22 30 36 38 41
2024-05-15	16	2nd	10 22 28 37 46
2024-04-08	2	3rd	19 21 22 27 34
2024-04-03	10	2nd	8 22 25 29 37
2024-03-11	3	3rd	3 7 22 27 36
2024-03-04	4	3rd	19 20 22 33 44
2024-02-23	1	2nd	16 22 28 31 43
2024-02-21	6	3rd	2 20 22 26 28
2024-02-07	54	3rd	6 16 22 30 46
2023-10-04	4	4th	5 14 15 22 27
2023-09-25	19	4th	8 9 21 22 34
2023-08-11	25	4th	2 12 13 22 30
2023-06-14	1	2nd	21 22 26 28 33
2023-06-12	4	4th	2 8 14 22 35
2023-06-02	9	4th	7 11 19 22 24
2023-05-12	6	4th	4 7 12 22 46
2023-04-28	8	2nd	19 22 33 41 44
2023-04-10	2	4th	5 11 13 22 24
2023-04-05	2	3rd	12 21 22 39 44
2023-03-31	16	3rd	3 6 22 25 32
2023-02-22	4	4th	8 11 20 22 44
2023-02-13	4	1st	22 31 38 40 47
2023-02-03	14	2nd	12 22 30 35 41
2023-01-02	3	3rd	6 8 22 39 45
2022-12-26	4	5th	2 6 12 13 22
2022-12-16	22	2nd	16 22 38 42 46
2022-10-28	5	2nd	13 22 26 36 47
2022-10-17	3	3rd	11 18 22 28 40
2022-10-10	35	3rd	12 15 22 23 35
2022-07-20	16	4th	8 10 17 22 25
2022-06-13	2	4th	1 19 20 22 31
2022-06-08	5	4th	5 7 8 22 41
2022-05-27	8	4th	1 3 9 22 39
2022-05-09	2	4th	1 9 12 22 31
2022-05-04	37	4th	4 6 13 22 24
2022-02-07	14	2nd	11 22 32 33 35
2022-01-05	7	3rd	1 9 22 28 44
2021-12-20	12	4th	8 10 17 22 29
2021-11-22	8	4th	1 5 6 22 28
2021-11-03	12	2nd	4 22 25 30 35
2021-10-06	4	4th	7 8 19 22 43
2021-09-27	6	2nd	11 22 23 25 44
2021-09-13	11	4th	1 10 17 22 34
2021-08-18	1	4th	2 17 20 22 33
2021-08-16	3	4th	2 3 17 22 41
2021-08-09	2	5th	1 6 7 13 22
2021-08-04	18	2nd	8 22 40 41 42
2021-06-23	7	2nd	2 22 33 36 41
2021-06-07	6	3rd	1 8 22 30 47
2021-05-24	8	3rd	3 21 22 24 27
2021-05-05	2	4th	5 13 16 22 47
2021-04-30	8	1st	22 29 31 33 37
2021-04-12	1	4th	10 13 16 22 23
2021-04-09	21	2nd	21 22 24 35 44
2021-02-19	2	2nd	18 22 23 42 46
2021-02-15	33	2nd	3 22 28 34 42
2020-11-30	2	2nd	1 22 28 42 44
2020-11-25	3	3rd	4 21 22 25 26
2020-11-18	1	3rd	8 19 22 30 38
2020-11-16	5	4th	5 10 16 22 42
2020-11-04	1	3rd	4 10 22 29 45
2020-11-02	2	2nd	2 22 32 35 44
2020-10-28	3	1st	22 28 29 35 45
2020-10-21	1	3rd	10 20 22 41 44
2020-10-19	9	2nd	13 22 29 30 42
2020-09-28	11	4th	5 8 19 22 28
2020-09-02	17	2nd	5 22 33 34 38
2020-07-24	9	2nd	21 22 25 27 29
2020-07-03	4	4th	3 6 10 22 30
2020-06-24	4	4th	2 19 20 22 44
2020-06-15	5	4th	1 5 7 22 41
2020-06-03	3	3rd	1 7 22 27 46
2020-05-27	4	2nd	20 22 32 36 37
2020-05-18	15	2nd	2 22 25 32 47
2020-04-13	11	2nd	16 22 31 39 44
2020-03-18	3	4th	3 15 20 22 37
2020-03-11	2	2nd	13 22 23 35 41
2020-03-06	4	3rd	8 15 22 24 41
2020-02-26	1	2nd	2 22 30 39 45
2020-02-24	2	5th	3 4 6 15 22
2020-02-19	2	3rd	3 11 22 33 34
2020-02-14	6	2nd	19 22 26 41 46
2020-01-31	31	2nd	14 22 29 33 45
2019-11-20	1	2nd	7 22 23 27 46
2019-11-18	9	2nd	3 22 31 32 35
2019-10-28	4	3rd	2 10 22 26 35
2019-10-18	29	3rd	4 16 22 25 39
2019-08-12	10	4th	11 12 14 22 30
2019-07-19	3	3rd	11 12 22 24 34
2019-07-12	8	2nd	20 22 23 24 34
2019-06-24	40	4th	4 5 18 22 40
2019-03-22	17	1st	22 24 28 35 45
2019-02-11	7	3rd	13 19 22 33 44
2019-01-25	1	2nd	9 22 28 37 38
2019-01-23	13	2nd	16 22 23 32 38
2018-12-24	4	1st	22 23 29 32 34
2018-12-14	2	2nd	2 22 24 41 47
2018-12-10	3	3rd	3 13 22 32 38
2018-12-03	11	1st	22 28 29 36 39
2018-11-07	6	2nd	7 22 26 28 43
2018-10-24	5	2nd	9 22 25 38 46
2018-10-12	25	2nd	17 22 24 36 38
2018-08-15	3	4th	4 6 18 22 32
2018-08-08	7	2nd	15 22 23 27 31
2018-07-23	4	3rd	3 4 22 27 34
2018-07-13	19	2nd	15 22 24 32 46
2018-05-30	6	4th	3 5 11 22 36
2018-05-16	8	4th	1 2 5 22 24
2018-04-27	7	2nd	9 22 25 35 36
2018-04-11	5	2nd	14 22 23 29 33
2018-03-30	5	3rd	18 21 22 26 34
2018-03-19	4	2nd	12 22 25 29 32
2018-03-09	4	3rd	3 5 22 29 39
2018-02-28	7	3rd	16 20 22 38 43
2018-02-12	6	2nd	13 22 32 33 34
2018-01-29	1	2nd	14 22 27 37 42
2018-01-26	20	4th	12 14 17 22 43
2017-12-11	4	1st	22 30 37 38 43
2017-12-01	5	3rd	14 21 22 30 31
2017-11-20	4	3rd	5 20 22 29 31
2017-11-10	9	4th	6 20 21 22 26
2017-10-20	10	3rd	6 12 22 34 35
2017-09-27	6	2nd	10 22 32 38 46
2017-09-13	3	2nd	13 22 26 35 41
2017-09-06	37	4th	5 8 16 22 34
2017-06-12	57	4th	4 5 9 22 43
2017-01-30	7	4th	2 14 21 22 32
2017-01-13	12	3rd	6 10 22 24 35
2016-12-16	1	2nd	14 22 33 38 42
2016-12-14	5	2nd	4 22 31 38 47
2016-12-02	3	4th	1 3 15 22 35
2016-11-25	4	3rd	18 21 22 36 44
2016-11-16	8	3rd	6 16 22 33 35
2016-10-28	3	4th	13 18 21 22 38
2016-10-21	8	3rd	12 15 22 26 47
2016-10-03	3	2nd	13 22 23 38 47
2016-09-26	1	3rd	12 21 22 36 47
2016-09-23	1	4th	2 5 14 22 46
2016-09-21	13	2nd	11 22 32 37 47
2016-08-22	6	2nd	7 22 32 43 45
2016-08-08	6	2nd	8 22 26 31 36
2016-07-25	2	4th	6 7 12 22 42
2016-07-20	22	4th	1 6 13 22 39
2016-05-30	4	2nd	21 22 28 30 33
2016-05-20	1	3rd	13 17 22 32 34
2016-05-18	9	2nd	15 22 39 43 45
2016-04-27	22	3rd	3 15 22 37 39
2016-03-07	3	2nd	15 22 23 37 44
2016-02-29	7	4th	5 13 21 22 47
2016-02-12	11	2nd	14 22 36 41 45
2016-01-18	34	3rd	15 21 22 25 47
2015-10-30	5	4th	10 12 21 22 33
2015-10-19	31	4th	4 10 14 22 24
2015-08-07	13	3rd	5 11 22 26 41
2015-07-08	7	3rd	3 4 22 35 45
2015-06-22	6	4th	1 5 7 22 34
2015-06-08	16	3rd	2 8 22 26 32
2015-05-01	3	4th	1 14 16 22 26
2015-04-24	11	3rd	11 13 22 30 32
2015-03-30	3	3rd	19 21 22 37 42
2015-03-23	19	3rd	2 12 22 23 28
2015-02-06	4	3rd	3 13 22 42 44
2015-01-28	8	2nd	3 22 24 32 34
2015-01-09	14	2nd	8 22 32 40 41
2014-12-08	7	3rd	1 9 22 37 47
2014-11-21	6	3rd	5 18 22 35 38
2014-11-07	7	3rd	1 3 22 24 29
2014-10-22	1	4th	3 8 12 22 41
2014-10-20	4	3rd	12 18 22 36 37
2014-10-10	1	4th	5 17 19 22 45
2014-10-08	4	2nd	8 22 37 40 43
2014-09-29	8	3rd	11 12 22 24 42
2014-09-10	7	4th	9 10 19 22 23
2014-08-25	8	4th	4 14 15 22 29
2014-08-06	12	3rd	7 16 22 35 40
2014-07-09	9	3rd	8 18 22 38 40
2014-06-18	8	1st	22 33 38 40 44
2014-05-30	9	2nd	20 22 27 29 45
2014-05-09	1	3rd	7 9 22 34 37
2014-05-07	12	2nd	9 22 24 33 45
2014-04-09	2	3rd	7 13 22 24 30
2014-04-04	11	3rd	7 12 22 37 38
2014-03-10	9	4th	5 10 16 22 24
2014-02-17	17	3rd	1 10 22 38 47
2014-01-08	4	2nd	18 22 26 34 36
2013-12-30	13	4th	3 11 17 22 34
2013-11-29	5	2nd	3 22 31 38 40
2013-11-18	3	2nd	19 22 34 36 45
2013-11-11	5	1st	22 28 30 33 37
2013-10-30	2	1st	22 29 32 33 39
2013-10-25	10	2nd	2 22 28 32 45
2013-10-02	2	3rd	16 20 22 30 36
2013-09-27	3	3rd	8 20 22 33 43
2013-09-20	27	2nd	19 22 25 41 44
2013-07-19	20	5th	2 12 18 19 22
2013-06-03	18	2nd	4 22 29 44 46
2013-04-22	4	3rd	5 8 22 30 38
2013-04-12	8	2nd	17 22 28 29 34
2013-03-25	20	1st	22 28 42 43 44
2013-02-06	23	1st	22 25 40 44 47
2012-12-14	24	2nd	5 22 30 32 41
2012-10-19	23	3rd	5 9 22 29 35
2012-08-27	24	4th	7 12 14 22 30
2012-07-02	6	3rd	15 20 22 31 35
2012-06-18	10	2nd	1 22 25 28 38
2012-05-25	4	1st	22 24 27 28 40
2012-05-16	2	3rd	9 16 22 28 31
2012-05-11	9	3rd	1 12 22 24 27
2012-04-20	2	3rd	1 14 22 23 45
2012-04-16	1	2nd	2 22 26 31 46
2012-04-13	9	5th	5 7 8 14 22
2012-03-23	2	2nd	18 22 26 40 44
2012-03-19	21	2nd	6 22 29 30 36
2012-01-30	21	3rd	5 17 22 24 41
2011-12-12	6	2nd	11 22 23 26 37
2011-11-28	20	2nd	1 22 23 27 35
2011-10-12	25	3rd	6 20 22 26 44
2011-08-15	9	2nd	3 22 26 31 43
2011-07-25	23	2nd	13 22 26 36 40
2011-06-01	15	3rd	9 10 22 28 41
2011-04-27	7	4th	1 2 13 22 41
2011-04-11	13	2nd	8 22 33 38 42
2011-03-11	13	3rd	4 15 22 36 44
2011-02-09	27	4th	7 9 15 22 46
2010-12-08	3	4th	2 3 7 22 29
2010-12-01	2	4th	5 6 12 22 31
2010-11-26	5	3rd	13 20 22 30 34
2010-11-15	8	4th	14 15 17 22 39
2010-10-27	1	4th	1 7 17 22 35
2010-10-25	5	2nd	4 22 29 39 45
2010-10-13	3	2nd	12 22 25 28 37
2010-10-06	12	3rd	6 15 22 30 47
2010-09-08	15	4th	2 8 10 22 35
2010-08-04	9	4th	11 12 20 22 38
2010-07-14	1	2nd	13 22 26 37 44
2010-07-12	1	3rd	11 16 22 35 37
2010-07-09	8	2nd	13 22 32 37 45
2010-06-21	23	2nd	2 22 24 33 40
2010-04-28	8	2nd	14 22 23 26 27
2010-04-09	—	4th	4 13 19 22 27