Number 22

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

143times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.09σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

48longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 143 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, −0.09σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 143 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 8 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 smallest7 · chance 9.3
2nd smallest37 · chance 39.2
3rd smallest56 · chance 56.0
4th smallest39 · chance 32.2
5th smallest4 · chance 6.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 9 35 5 45 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-12	19	3rd	8 10 22 30 38
2026-07-08	5	4th	8 16 17 22 27
2026-06-20	1	2nd	5 22 28 30 34
2026-06-17	17	2nd	13 22 35

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-21	3	1st	22 27 29 35 36
2024-02-10	2	4th	9 12 16 22 31
2024-02-03	3	2nd	16 22 23 35 44
2024-01-24	17	3rd	8 18 22 40 44
2023-11-25	4	2nd	9 22 34 36 38
2023-11-11	20	3rd	8 19 22 35 45
2023-09-02	2	3rd	8 21 22 34 37
2023-08-26	4	4th	6 8 16 22 31
2023-08-12	4	3rd	6 15 22 25 39
2023-07-29	17	4th	3 10 18 22 38
2023-05-31	4	2nd	7 22 25 26 45
2023-05-17	20	2nd	16 22 26 27 35
2023-03-08	2	3rd	10 19 22 26 29
2023-03-01	47	4th	3 7 18 22 39
2022-09-17	12	3rd	14 18 22 32 38
2022-08-06	1	3rd	6 13 22 25 30
2022-08-03	22	2nd	18 22 33 37 43
2022-05-18	2	3rd	9 17 22 37 40
2022-05-11	1	3rd	6 20 22 27 44
2022-05-07	7	2nd	3 22 29 33 37
2022-04-13	12	2nd	1 22 28 33 45
2022-03-02	6	3rd	2 17 22 36 37
2022-02-09	12	3rd	19 21 22 32 38
2021-12-29	4	3rd	12 21 22 25 26
2021-12-15	1	3rd	5 18 22 30 39
2021-12-11	1	3rd	18 21 22 35 42
2021-12-08	27	3rd	2 21 22 24 28
2021-09-04	12	4th	2 6 19 22 30
2021-07-24	21	5th	2 8 10 20 22
2021-05-12	1	2nd	6 22 24 30 40
2021-05-08	23	2nd	13 22 24 26 38
2021-02-17	1	2nd	11 22 25 31 44
2021-02-13	9	3rd	8 18 22 31 37
2021-01-13	2	2nd	18 22 23 29 44
2021-01-06	5	3rd	9 19 22 24 45
2020-12-19	1	2nd	1 22 31 34 44
2020-12-16	2	3rd	9 11 22 25 35
2020-12-09	2	3rd	15 18 22 24 39
2020-12-02	13	4th	8 11 12 22 41
2020-10-17	20	2nd	5 22 35 44 45
2020-08-08	1	3rd	5 17 22 33 36
2020-08-05	2	2nd	13 22 32 40 42
2020-07-29	7	4th	12 17 21 22 36
2020-07-04	9	3rd	6 9 22 26 35
2020-06-03	37	3rd	3 10 22 34 40
2020-01-25	1	3rd	1 13 22 36 40
2020-01-22	4	4th	11 13 17 22 24
2020-01-08	10	2nd	21 22 26 29 43
2019-12-04	8	3rd	2 7 22 33 36
2019-11-06	8	2nd	18 22 23 37 42
2019-10-09	9	3rd	1 17 22 30 41
2019-09-07	8	3rd	9 18 22 32 44
2019-08-10	8	4th	5 10 20 22 28
2019-07-13	2	4th	4 5 17 22 40
2019-07-06	1	2nd	14 22 36 41 45
2019-07-03	10	3rd	3 9 22 28 29
2019-05-29	1	4th	13 15 19 22 43
2019-05-25	9	4th	7 12 16 22 35
2019-04-24	1	3rd	20 21 22 26 36
2019-04-20	1	4th	1 3 15 22 41
2019-04-17	2	2nd	14 22 24 26 43
2019-04-10	21	3rd	3 18 22 25 43
2019-01-26	4	1st	22 27 31 39 40
2019-01-12	2	2nd	4 22 29 30 42
2019-01-05	8	2nd	5 22 31 35 45
2018-12-08	5	3rd	14 17 22 30 43
2018-11-21	48	4th	8 12 21 22 43
2018-06-06	3	4th	9 14 19 22 39
2018-05-26	4	2nd	19 22 26 29 45
2018-05-12	2	1st	22 23 28 43 45
2018-05-05	6	4th	2 5 14 22 42
2018-04-14	32	3rd	9 18 22 25 39
2017-12-23	6	2nd	8 22 35 44 45
2017-12-02	3	4th	5 18 21 22 29
2017-11-22	2	3rd	11 13 22 30 38
2017-11-15	23	4th	4 15 17 22 34
2017-08-26	1	2nd	5 22 26 31 36
2017-08-23	4	4th	8 13 16 22 35
2017-08-09	9	2nd	16 22 23 28 37
2017-07-08	13	3rd	1 8 22 27 37
2017-05-24	21	2nd	14 22 27 33 36
2017-03-11	2	3rd	7 14 22 24 25
2017-03-04	1	3rd	5 9 22 37 43
2017-03-01	6	3rd	4 10 22 36 43
2017-02-08	12	3rd	10 20 22 24 38
2016-12-28	2	3rd	9 21 22 25 38
2016-12-21	6	2nd	14 22 37 43 45
2016-11-30	1	1st	22 24 29 35 38
2016-11-26	31	3rd	2 4 22 27 43
2016-08-10	3	4th	13 15 17 22 27
2016-07-30	22	1st	22 25 26 30 35
2016-05-14	10	4th	1 10 17 22 33
2016-04-09	7	3rd	1 4 22 29 31
2016-03-16	3	4th	7 16 17 22 26
2016-03-05	24	3rd	12 21 22 26 38
2015-12-12	1	4th	9 10 12 22 31
2015-12-09	11	1st	22 27 33 35 45
2015-10-31	1	3rd	3 19 22 31 44
2015-10-28	6	3rd	9 16 22 23 25
2015-10-07	2	1st	22 31 33 34 45
2015-09-30	2	2nd	19 22 24 25 42
2015-09-23	3	3rd	8 19 22 37 39
2015-09-12	6	2nd	6 22 25 37 44
2015-08-22	13	4th	18 20 21 22 33
2015-07-08	13	4th	4 14 18 22 27
2015-05-23	1	3rd	12 19 22 29 38
2015-05-20	31	4th	2 4 7 22 23
2015-01-31	17	2nd	9 22 35 41 45
2014-12-03	5	4th	1 10 15 22 41
2014-11-15	9	4th	5 16 19 22 45
2014-10-15	13	2nd	12 22 24 30 37
2014-08-30	1	2nd	8 22 24 31 35
2014-08-27	4	3rd	9 15 22 29 39
2014-08-13	4	3rd	5 6 22 24 30
2014-07-30	9	4th	4 12 16 22 32
2014-06-28	3	4th	5 14 19 22 35
2014-06-18	7	4th	5 7 21 22 37
2014-05-24	3	5th	2 4 6 16 22
2014-05-14	—	3rd	1 18 22 44 45