Number 22

In Match 5 under the 5/35 · since Apr 2021 rules — 1,497 draws, 5 from 1–35.

223times drawn · chance expected 214 +0.68σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

51longest completed wait · 9% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 223 times in 1,497 draws against 213.9 expected, +0.68σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 223 times in 1,497 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 16 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 smallest2 · chance 3.4
2nd smallest20 · chance 28.9
3rd smallest78 · chance 78.8
4th smallest99 · chance 83.1
5th smallest24 · chance 28.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 16 1 9 13 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-09-25	2	3rd	5 15 22 23 28
2026-09-23	3	4th	1 17 18 22 30
2026-09-20	16	3rd	8 21 22 30 32
2026-09-04	2	4th	8 10 18 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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-15	3	3rd	1 3 22 33 34
2026-04-12	13	5th	7 10 13 20 22
2026-03-30	36	4th	8 11 19 22 31
2026-02-22	5	4th	2 15 21 22 29
2026-02-17	2	3rd	2 4 22 24 33
2026-02-15	5	4th	5 13 16 22 35
2026-02-10	25	4th	11 12 14 22 30
2026-01-16	5	3rd	9 21 22 28 30
2026-01-11	3	4th	1 4 7 22 34
2026-01-08	3	2nd	6 22 31 34 35
2026-01-05	14	3rd	11 19 22 28 35
2025-12-22	3	3rd	20 21 22 24 25
2025-12-19	5	3rd	6 11 22 30 32
2025-12-14	6	5th	10 18 19 20 22
2025-12-08	2	3rd	9 16 22 25 27
2025-12-06	13	3rd	1 3 22 30 33
2025-11-23	3	4th	6 13 19 22 26
2025-11-20	9	5th	1 7 10 13 22
2025-11-11	4	5th	1 4 10 16 22
2025-11-07	51	3rd	3 18 22 28 31
2025-09-17	10	3rd	5 14 22 23 32
2025-09-07	8	1st	22 26 28 32 34
2025-08-30	5	3rd	12 18 22 24 27
2025-08-25	1	5th	1 14 17 21 22
2025-08-24	9	2nd	5 22 29 33 35
2025-08-15	11	4th	1 2 20 22 31
2025-08-04	13	3rd	13 16 22 24 29
2025-07-22	1	5th	4 7 10 16 22
2025-07-21	7	4th	2 5 13 22 35
2025-07-14	1	4th	3 7 17 22 25
2025-07-13	2	4th	5 16 20 22 34
2025-07-11	1	4th	7 9 20 22 32
2025-07-10	3	4th	2 19 20 22 28
2025-07-07	7	4th	9 19 21 22 27
2025-06-30	9	4th	5 9 19 22 27
2025-06-21	10	4th	7 11 18 22 27
2025-06-11	2	3rd	1 2 22 24 28
2025-06-09	3	3rd	13 15 22 25 34
2025-06-06	8	4th	11 12 16 22 26
2025-05-29	22	3rd	14 19 22 29 35
2025-05-07	1	4th	1 4 12 22 32
2025-05-06	3	4th	2 7 12 22 34
2025-05-03	15	5th	3 11 15 16 22
2025-04-18	17	4th	7 12 21 22 30
2025-04-01	8	4th	11 17 21 22 31
2025-03-24	4	4th	2 18 20 22 25
2025-03-20	3	3rd	20 21 22 25 33
2025-03-17	2	3rd	13 15 22 25 35
2025-03-15	2	5th	4 6 8 17 22
2025-03-13	2	2nd	3 22 24 30 31
2025-03-11	11	2nd	6 22 28 30 31
2025-02-28	17	3rd	7 15 22 24 27
2025-02-11	4	4th	13 14 15 22 34
2025-02-07	2	3rd	17 20 22 34 35
2025-02-05	1	3rd	9 15 22 32 34
2025-02-04	8	3rd	7 20 22 24 34
2025-01-27	2	4th	3 14 19 22 23
2025-01-25	2	3rd	5 21 22 31 33
2025-01-23	1	4th	6 11 20 22 29
2025-01-22	9	2nd	15 22 23 33 35
2025-01-13	8	4th	8 9 19 22 29
2025-01-05	13	3rd	15 16 22 23 30
2024-12-23	5	4th	1 7 14 22 28
2024-12-18	12	4th	5 8 19 22 32
2024-12-06	7	4th	1 12 18 22 28
2024-11-29	2	4th	2 5 12 22 35
2024-11-27	1	5th	5 7 9 10 22
2024-11-26	2	5th	3 7 16 18 22
2024-11-24	9	4th	1 5 13 22 30
2024-11-15	1	3rd	1 2 22 32 35
2024-11-14	9	4th	3 5 21 22 30
2024-11-05	1	4th	2 8 11 22 34
2024-11-04	5	3rd	2 5 22 28 30
2024-10-30	1	4th	11 13 21 22 35
2024-10-29	13	3rd	1 7 22 26 35
2024-10-16	1	3rd	1 7 22 26 33
2024-10-15	5	4th	12 14 15 22 23
2024-10-10	4	3rd	4 17 22 26 34
2024-10-06	3	3rd	3 13 22 24 25
2024-10-03	11	5th	2 12 14 16 22
2024-09-22	10	3rd	14 21 22 24 31
2024-09-12	1	3rd	3 5 22 29 32
2024-09-11	13	2nd	16 22 23 34 35
2024-08-29	5	4th	1 6 17 22 32
2024-08-24	12	3rd	6 7 22 29 33
2024-08-12	3	3rd	15 20 22 25 26
2024-08-09	1	3rd	1 3 22 25 32
2024-08-08	12	3rd	15 16 22 29 30
2024-07-27	1	4th	14 16 17 22 29
2024-07-26	1	4th	10 15 21 22 27
2024-07-25	20	4th	2 14 17 22 33
2024-07-05	11	5th	10 11 14 15 22
2024-06-24	16	4th	7 9 12 22 28
2024-06-08	1	3rd	17 18 22 24 29
2024-06-07	4	5th	9 11 20 21 22
2024-06-03	7	3rd	2 16 22 24 30
2024-05-27	6	4th	1 12 21 22 25
2024-05-21	12	4th	1 7 17 22 32
2024-05-09	4	2nd	10 22 24 31 34
2024-05-05	4	4th	2 9 16 22 24
2024-05-01	13	3rd	6 21 22 26 35
2024-04-18	10	3rd	12 19 22 28 35
2024-04-08	2	4th	7 10 21 22 29
2024-04-06	5	3rd	8 19 22 25 27
2024-04-01	7	4th	12 16 19 22 29
2024-03-25	3	4th	2 17 18 22 27
2024-03-22	12	5th	5 7 16 18 22
2024-03-10	4	4th	2 8 9 22 35
2024-03-06	7	3rd	16 17 22 24 33
2024-02-28	16	4th	1 5 7 22 34
2024-02-12	3	3rd	16 19 22 26 29
2024-02-09	1	3rd	4 13 22 28 33
2024-02-08	3	4th	3 10 11 22 30
2024-02-05	1	5th	6 8 10 13 22
2024-02-04	2	4th	6 13 16 22 29
2024-02-02	1	4th	12 13 18 22 30
2024-02-01	4	4th	1 5 9 22 27
2024-01-28	1	4th	2 12 14 22 30
2024-01-27	7	2nd	21 22 23 26 30
2024-01-20	4	2nd	5 22 23 28 29
2024-01-16	6	4th	1 7 16 22 26
2024-01-10	4	4th	2 6 18 22 26
2024-01-06	3	3rd	5 21 22 23 34
2024-01-03	15	4th	4 7 19 22 33
2023-12-19	6	4th	3 12 21 22 23
2023-12-13	4	3rd	7 13 22 25 27
2023-12-09	23	4th	3 19 21 22 23
2023-11-16	7	3rd	10 18 22 33 34
2023-11-09	7	4th	4 9 16 22 34
2023-11-02	2	4th	1 11 18 22 33
2023-10-31	1	4th	8 11 16 22 23
2023-10-30	16	4th	15 16 19 22 23
2023-10-14	15	3rd	5 8 22 33 35
2023-09-29	15	3rd	3 7 22 32 33
2023-09-14	11	4th	4 5 10 22 23
2023-08-26	1	4th	2 7 20 22 26
2023-08-24	5	5th	6 7 13 17 22
2023-08-12	2	3rd	6 16 22 24 35
2023-08-08	4	4th	8 15 17 22 26
2023-07-29	4	3rd	2 14 22 27 33
2023-07-20	9	2nd	1 22 23 27 32
2023-06-29	3	3rd	4 13 22 23 24
2023-06-22	21	2nd	4 22 23 26 34
2023-05-04	1	4th	7 17 18 22 25
2023-05-02	1	3rd	7 13 22 27 29
2023-04-29	3	4th	2 3 19 22 33
2023-04-22	13	3rd	4 17 22 32 35
2023-03-23	2	2nd	3 22 27 29 32
2023-03-18	1	4th	2 7 19 22 23
2023-03-16	1	2nd	9 22 24 31 33
2023-03-14	22	5th	4 6 7 15 22
2023-01-21	1	4th	8 17 19 22 24
2023-01-19	5	4th	3 9 18 22 24
2023-01-07	2	4th	3 4 7 22 34
2023-01-03	8	4th	5 7 17 22 30
2022-12-15	2	4th	7 9 20 22 30
2022-12-10	5	4th	1 12 15 22 30
2022-11-29	3	4th	8 10 13 22 29
2022-11-22	18	3rd	8 14 22 32 34
2022-10-11	8	3rd	9 15 22 25 26
2022-09-22	2	2nd	7 22 26 31 34
2022-09-17	3	5th	5 12 13 17 22
2022-09-10	11	4th	9 16 19 22 27
2022-08-16	18	3rd	12 21 22 25 28
2022-07-05	1	4th	13 15 19 22 24
2022-07-02	5	3rd	8 10 22 31 33
2022-06-21	8	3rd	2 16 22 28 31
2022-06-02	5	2nd	18 22 26 28 31
2022-05-21	1	3rd	11 18 22 30 35
2022-05-19	2	3rd	1 7 22 27 29
2022-05-14	3	4th	2 8 17 22 31
2022-05-07	4	4th	8 16 19 22 32
2022-04-28	2	4th	7 12 13 22 34
2022-04-23	4	3rd	5 9 22 26 31
2022-04-14	1	4th	5 8 11 22 34
2022-04-12	2	4th	5 10 17 22 23
2022-04-07	7	2nd	21 22 28 29 35
2022-03-22	4	4th	4 9 15 22 32
2022-03-12	3	5th	4 8 13 14 22
2022-03-05	9	4th	1 8 20 22 26
2022-02-12	7	4th	1 9 12 22 26
2022-01-27	3	4th	10 16 17 22 33
2022-01-20	1	4th	9 11 13 22 33
2022-01-18	1	3rd	2 8 22 27 32
2022-01-15	2	2nd	3 22 23 30 32
2022-01-11	10	3rd	4 6 22 27 31
2021-12-18	1	3rd	5 9 22 30 35
2021-12-16	17	3rd	4 12 22 23 24
2021-11-06	5	3rd	18 20 22 28 30
2021-10-26	1	3rd	14 20 22 23 34
2021-10-23	5	3rd	12 19 22 32 34
2021-10-12	1	5th	1 3 7 18 22
2021-10-09	2	3rd	4 7 22 24 30
2021-10-05	32	4th	7 10 18 22 27
2021-07-22	6	1st	22 25 29 30 33
2021-07-08	9	3rd	9 13 22 26 33
2021-06-17	2	4th	3 8 19 22 28
2021-06-12	17	3rd	9 18 22 26 34
2021-05-01	—	5th	6 9 12 16 22