Number 22

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,153 draws, 5 from 1–40.

134times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.90σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 12% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

62longest completed wait · 4% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 134 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, −0.90σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 134 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 62 · waiting 17 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 smallest5 · chance 5.0
2nd smallest25 · chance 27.9
3rd smallest56 · chance 52.3
4th smallest38 · chance 39.0
5th smallest10 · chance 9.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 20 8 38 19 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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	13	4th	3 15 17 22 29
2026-09-12	62	4th	5 13 17 22 33
2026-07-12	10	3rd	8 12 22 27 30
2026-07-02	5	5th	6 10 17 19

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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-23	2	3rd	14 18 22 26 29
2026-01-21	10	3rd	10 11 22 28 30
2026-01-11	3	5th	9 15 16 18 22
2026-01-08	6	3rd	13 20 22 33 35
2026-01-02	7	3rd	4 5 22 37 38
2025-12-26	5	3rd	10 20 22 33 37
2025-12-21	3	3rd	19 20 22 28 29
2025-12-18	6	4th	5 17 21 22 30
2025-12-12	4	2nd	8 22 27 35 38
2025-12-08	2	3rd	3 9 22 26 34
2025-12-06	3	4th	9 10 16 22 25
2025-12-03	16	2nd	5 22 25 38 40
2025-11-17	5	4th	7 10 20 22 35
2025-11-12	3	1st	22 26 36 37 38
2025-11-09	10	4th	15 19 20 22 32
2025-10-30	3	3rd	3 6 22 28 30
2025-10-27	3	3rd	13 21 22 32 37
2025-10-24	2	3rd	10 17 22 36 38
2025-10-22	24	4th	9 12 15 22 26
2025-09-28	13	3rd	7 19 22 36 37
2025-09-15	35	4th	5 7 20 22 34
2025-08-11	10	3rd	15 19 22 26 39
2025-08-01	12	5th	10 14 16 19 22
2025-07-20	4	4th	2 8 19 22 31
2025-07-16	4	3rd	8 18 22 31 34
2025-07-12	1	2nd	1 22 24 32 38
2025-07-11	26	3rd	17 20 22 28 37
2025-06-15	2	3rd	14 18 22 27 35
2025-06-13	17	3rd	3 5 22 28 35
2025-05-27	3	3rd	15 17 22 26 34
2025-05-24	18	3rd	8 17 22 27 29
2025-05-06	5	4th	8 15 19 22 28
2025-05-01	19	4th	3 9 21 22 27
2025-04-12	28	2nd	13 22 25 29 38
2025-03-15	9	3rd	4 12 22 36 38
2025-03-06	4	2nd	20 22 31 33 36
2025-03-02	4	2nd	13 22 31 36 37
2025-02-26	22	2nd	11 22 30 33 40
2025-02-04	3	5th	4 8 10 18 22
2025-02-01	4	3rd	6 12 22 35 38
2025-01-28	8	4th	5 12 16 22 40
2025-01-20	21	3rd	9 18 22 24 39
2024-12-30	11	1st	22 24 28 38 39
2024-12-19	2	3rd	1 19 22 28 33
2024-12-17	4	2nd	8 22 26 31 36
2024-12-13	9	3rd	1 8 22 29 40
2024-12-04	7	4th	5 11 12 22 36
2024-11-27	3	4th	13 17 19 22 31
2024-11-24	22	3rd	6 18 22 35 40
2024-11-02	3	3rd	5 16 22 35 36
2024-10-30	6	3rd	4 17 22 26 35
2024-10-24	5	3rd	5 14 22 32 34
2024-10-19	1	3rd	8 20 22 24 27
2024-10-18	2	2nd	5 22 25 33 35
2024-10-16	4	3rd	3 19 22 29 34
2024-10-12	5	4th	12 14 21 22 34
2024-10-07	15	3rd	5 21 22 26 30
2024-09-22	13	2nd	13 22 29 31 36
2024-09-09	5	1st	22 31 33 35 40
2024-09-04	4	2nd	19 22 24 26 34
2024-08-31	3	5th	1 5 6 8 22
2024-08-28	6	2nd	14 22 23 27 38
2024-08-22	36	3rd	15 21 22 23 34
2024-07-17	25	5th	11 13 17 20 22
2024-06-22	1	3rd	4 11 22 24 27
2024-06-21	5	4th	1 7 16 22 29
2024-06-16	3	2nd	3 22 25 28 30
2024-06-13	3	2nd	21 22 23 24 37
2024-06-10	14	4th	5 8 13 22 23
2024-05-27	5	2nd	20 22 24 37 39
2024-05-22	12	3rd	2 16 22 24 37
2024-05-10	5	4th	1 4 13 22 24
2024-05-05	4	3rd	5 21 22 25 26
2024-05-01	1	4th	9 16 19 22 24
2024-04-30	9	4th	2 7 13 22 36
2024-04-21	7	2nd	17 22 31 33 39
2024-04-14	21	3rd	5 16 22 32 35
2024-03-24	8	3rd	8 13 22 27 38
2024-03-16	5	3rd	8 11 22 23 33
2024-03-11	2	3rd	11 13 22 29 33
2024-03-09	5	4th	9 18 20 22 38
2024-03-04	20	2nd	20 22 27 28 31
2024-02-13	1	3rd	7 8 22 28 36
2024-02-12	19	5th	2 5 7 14 22
2024-01-24	8	4th	9 13 20 22 39
2024-01-16	1	2nd	12 22 30 31 37
2024-01-15	4	3rd	3 14 22 24 25
2024-01-11	2	3rd	8 19 22 25 29
2024-01-09	9	2nd	6 22 32 33 36
2023-12-31	1	3rd	9 20 22 23 25
2023-12-30	7	3rd	19 20 22 37 39
2023-12-23	18	4th	5 7 9 22 39
2023-12-05	5	2nd	4 22 23 27 29
2023-11-30	4	4th	5 9 20 22 33
2023-11-26	12	2nd	1 22 32 36 37
2023-11-14	1	3rd	3 8 22 33 38
2023-11-13	6	2nd	6 22 24 36 38
2023-11-07	3	4th	3 13 19 22 36
2023-11-04	7	4th	1 18 20 22 33
2023-10-28	6	4th	6 11 17 22 32
2023-10-22	13	3rd	2 4 22 31 38
2023-10-09	5	3rd	6 11 22 32 37
2023-10-04	4	4th	8 9 10 22 23
2023-09-30	7	4th	2 7 18 22 28
2023-09-23	6	4th	6 7 17 22 27
2023-09-17	2	4th	14 20 21 22 27
2023-09-15	5	3rd	6 15 22 35 36
2023-09-10	9	1st	22 27 31 38 39
2023-09-01	7	3rd	12 14 22 23 31
2023-08-25	—	2nd	4 22 35 38 39