Number 22

In North 5 under the 5/34 · since Jan 2025 rules — 641 draws, 5 from 1–34.

90times drawn · chance expected 94 −0.48σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 6.8

34longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 90 times in 641 draws against 94.3 expected, −0.48σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 90 times in 641 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 10 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 smallest0 · chance 1.1
2nd smallest6 · chance 10.2
3rd smallest33 · chance 30.5
4th smallest31 · chance 35.1
5th smallest20 · chance 13.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 24 3 11 5 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 33 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 34. 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
2026-10-01	9	4th	6 12 18 22 24
2026-09-22	13	4th	1 3 13 22 34
2026-09-09	34	3rd	7 16 22 24 26
2026-08-06	8	4th	6 18 20 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 5/34 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-12	6	3rd	5 12 22 32 34
2026-02-06	13	2nd	13 22 24 30 31
2026-01-24	2	4th	8 10 16 22 27
2026-01-22	2	3rd	10 17 22 29 30
2026-01-20	3	3rd	12 20 22 27 31
2026-01-17	12	4th	8 13 19 22 33
2026-01-05	17	3rd	17 21 22 24 29
2025-12-19	8	5th	1 10 16 17 22
2025-12-11	4	3rd	10 11 22 29 33
2025-12-07	2	5th	5 6 9 20 22
2025-12-05	5	4th	3 7 11 22 30
2025-11-30	10	5th	6 7 11 14 22
2025-11-20	2	4th	5 6 9 22 32
2025-11-18	2	4th	1 15 21 22 26
2025-11-16	2	3rd	14 20 22 25 31
2025-11-14	22	3rd	4 20 22 25 31
2025-10-23	3	5th	2 6 8 20 22
2025-10-20	6	4th	5 11 12 22 33
2025-10-14	6	3rd	13 14 22 28 32
2025-10-08	12	3rd	4 11 22 27 29
2025-09-26	1	2nd	6 22 24 26 34
2025-09-25	6	5th	3 4 5 10 22
2025-09-19	13	3rd	4 17 22 24 25
2025-09-06	4	4th	5 12 17 22 23
2025-09-02	14	4th	19 20 21 22 27
2025-08-19	1	4th	15 18 19 22 24
2025-08-18	1	5th	2 3 18 21 22
2025-08-17	2	3rd	9 19 22 29 32
2025-08-15	2	2nd	2 22 28 29 31
2025-08-13	14	3rd	3 9 22 28 31
2025-07-30	4	2nd	4 22 24 25 29
2025-07-26	1	3rd	9 20 22 26 29
2025-07-25	3	4th	1 14 19 22 26
2025-07-22	4	4th	5 12 17 22 33
2025-07-18	6	4th	14 15 20 22 25
2025-07-12	2	4th	1 10 18 22 30
2025-07-10	5	3rd	8 21 22 32 34
2025-07-05	9	5th	5 11 12 18 22
2025-06-26	11	4th	6 9 17 22 34
2025-06-15	5	4th	7 10 18 22 27
2025-06-10	9	5th	7 14 19 20 22
2025-06-01	9	3rd	4 15 22 27 34
2025-05-23	5	5th	10 11 15 21 22
2025-05-18	5	4th	1 8 15 22 26
2025-05-13	1	3rd	5 21 22 23 27
2025-05-12	7	4th	16 17 20 22 29
2025-05-05	5	4th	1 6 10 22 27
2025-04-30	6	5th	4 9 10 21 22
2025-04-24	5	2nd	11 22 24 26 30
2025-04-19	16	5th	1 2 9 13 22
2025-04-03	5	4th	14 15 20 22 24
2025-03-29	2	5th	3 5 11 16 22
2025-03-27	6	4th	4 12 13 22 30
2025-03-21	5	3rd	2 14 22 26 34
2025-03-16	7	4th	7 16 20 22 31
2025-03-09	2	3rd	13 20 22 24 28
2025-03-07	4	3rd	3 18 22 24 33
2025-03-03	7	4th	6 16 19 22 24
2025-02-24	6	3rd	3 19 22 23 30
2025-02-18	1	5th	7 9 13 21 22
2025-02-17	3	3rd	4 15 22 26 32
2025-02-14	4	5th	10 11 13 17 22
2025-02-10	8	4th	7 18 20 22 27
2025-02-02	10	5th	1 4 6 14 22
2025-01-23	10	4th	8 10 18 22 29
2025-01-13	—	3rd	11 14 22 30 31