Number 22

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

168times drawn · chance expected 170 −0.13σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 65% for any number

9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

50longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 168 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −0.13σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 34 times, counted separately.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 168 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 5 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 smallest12 · chance 16.0
2nd smallest58 · chance 50.9
3rd smallest58 · chance 59.8
4th smallest31 · chance 32.5
5th smallest8 · chance 8.1
6th smallest1 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 50 30 1 16 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-09-23	5	5th	1 11 15 17 22 38
2026-09-05	4	3rd	4 6 22 50 53 58
2026-08-22	1	1st	22 27 29 30 34 50
2026-08-19

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-19	17	3rd	9 21 22 47 52 53
2024-08-21	1	5th	8 15 17 20 22 48
2024-08-17	1	2nd	11 22 30 37 43 46
2024-08-14	2	4th	3 10 14 22 24 46
2024-08-07	5	4th	2 9 20 22 32 46
2024-07-20	16	5th	13 14 16 19 22 25
2024-05-25	8	1st	22 23 40 45 53 57
2024-04-27	12	2nd	18 22 33 37 54 57
2024-03-16	10	3rd	3 8 22 27 40 41
2024-02-10	10	4th	3 13 17 22 40 48
2024-01-06	5	4th	1 10 19 22 32 50
2023-12-20	2	2nd	3 22 30 34 47 55
2023-12-13	20	3rd	10 17 22 40 47 50
2023-10-04	12	2nd	4 22 28 30 35 47
2023-08-23	6	2nd	7 22 24 36 40 53
2023-08-02	14	2nd	3 22 23 26 31 55
2023-06-14	8	4th	1 9 21 22 31 42
2023-05-17	6	3rd	12 13 22 36 37 46
2023-04-26	5	3rd	1 18 22 32 33 37
2023-04-08	15	3rd	10 15 22 33 36 41
2023-02-15	5	2nd	2 22 24 27 29 32
2023-01-28	12	3rd	5 16 22 24 26 54
2022-12-17	7	4th	4 13 19 22 24 32
2022-11-23	5	2nd	10 22 36 37 39 55
2022-11-05	1	3rd	1 8 22 24 44 46
2022-11-02	3	4th	7 13 18 22 38 47
2022-10-22	7	3rd	3 6 22 41 43 50
2022-09-28	13	2nd	6 22 28 32 36 49
2022-08-13	5	3rd	6 10 22 38 55 58
2022-07-27	3	1st	22 24 33 34 43 49
2022-07-16	18	2nd	20 22 27 37 42 56
2022-05-14	3	2nd	20 22 24 25 29 51
2022-05-04	15	3rd	1 5 22 23 45 49
2022-03-12	27	3rd	12 19 22 34 50 56
2021-12-08	9	2nd	13 22 28 33 42 59
2021-11-06	17	3rd	13 18 22 34 51 58
2021-09-08	1	2nd	6 22 30 33 38 50
2021-09-04	22	2nd	5 22 26 30 43 50
2021-06-19	13	5th	1 3 7 11 22 37
2021-05-05	5	2nd	20 22 28 30 51 54
2021-04-17	17	3rd	14 15 22 30 35 48
2021-02-17	18	3rd	14 21 22 24 26 51
2020-12-16	16	2nd	15 22 44 47 49 52
2020-10-21	8	2nd	15 22 24 30 50 59
2020-09-23	7	3rd	11 14 22 29 36 46
2020-08-29	5	2nd	8 22 23 26 39 58
2020-08-12	19	4th	11 16 21 22 34 43
2020-06-06	3	3rd	10 17 22 37 39 49
2020-05-27	7	2nd	4 22 27 36 49 55
2020-05-02	21	2nd	1 22 24 27 37 51
2020-02-19	10	3rd	6 18 22 25 54 57
2020-01-15	29	3rd	3 4 22 26 37 38
2019-10-05	6	2nd	9 22 32 45 54 59
2019-09-14	15	4th	1 9 14 22 24 25
2019-07-24	12	3rd	14 21 22 27 44 48
2019-06-12	5	3rd	17 21 22 32 37 41
2019-05-25	25	2nd	15 22 24 42 50 53
2019-02-27	8	3rd	12 18 22 36 41 48
2019-01-30	8	2nd	1 22 36 44 49 59
2019-01-02	2	1st	22 23 34 36 49 55
2018-12-26	2	4th	2 8 16 22 45 46
2018-12-19	50	3rd	1 20 22 24 34 39
2018-06-27	27	3rd	14 17 22 49 57 59
2018-03-24	4	2nd	15 22 23 50 51 57
2018-03-10	11	3rd	11 14 22 40 43 46
2018-01-31	4	3rd	7 20 22 24 46 54
2018-01-17	4	3rd	5 8 22 31 36 50
2018-01-03	15	3rd	7 11 22 28 41 55
2017-11-11	3	2nd	6 22 30 35 55 59
2017-11-01	27	2nd	17 22 34 43 44 58
2017-07-29	3	3rd	19 21 22 28 41 42
2017-07-19	13	2nd	15 22 27 34 49 57
2017-06-03	5	1st	22 23 31 33 46 52
2017-05-17	18	3rd	12 20 22 26 37 59
2017-03-15	19	2nd	13 22 27 29 30 40
2017-01-07	12	2nd	18 22 29 37 43 52
2016-11-26	4	3rd	6 16 22 25 31 56
2016-11-12	5	2nd	12 22 28 30 48 59
2016-10-26	14	2nd	18 22 41 45 49 56
2016-09-07	3	2nd	16 22 31 37 48 52
2016-08-27	7	2nd	17 22 35 40 43 50
2016-08-03	16	3rd	9 16 22 27 46 51
2016-06-08	4	3rd	2 16 22 44 56 59
2016-05-25	10	4th	5 12 13 22 25 35
2016-04-20	11	3rd	8 10 22 23 32 34
2016-03-12	1	5th	6 9 12 15 22 37
2016-03-09	18	2nd	15 22 23 30 36 38
2016-01-06	3	2nd	21 22 29 32 39 47
2015-12-26	10	3rd	16 18 22 28 35 46
2015-11-21	10	1st	22 25 34 40 45 46
2015-10-17	13	6th	1 9 11 16 19 22
2015-09-02	3	3rd	8 19 22 31 41 58
2015-08-22	21	3rd	1 12 22 31 50 58
2015-06-10	1	4th	5 18 21 22 28 31
2015-06-06	1	2nd	16 22 26 35 50 54
2015-06-03	21	1st	22 23 28 39 51 52
2015-03-21	10	4th	2 12 16 22 28 31
2015-02-14	1	4th	13 16 20 22 47 57
2015-02-11	11	1st	22 24 37 39 44 48
2015-01-03	11	1st	22 23 28 30 41 45
2014-11-26	6	2nd	8 22 38 48 50 52
2014-11-05	13	3rd	1 11 22 34 35 50
2014-09-20	3	2nd	7 22 23 27 50 58
2014-09-10	3	4th	2 9 10 22 35 42
2014-08-30	2	2nd	19 22 29 33 37 54
2014-08-23	19	3rd	6 15 22 37 41 45
2014-06-18	2	3rd	6 9 22 39 41 44
2014-06-11	9	2nd	1 22 32 37 57 59
2014-05-10	30	2nd	8 22 24 44 50 57
2014-01-25	9	4th	13 16 17 22 27 55
2013-12-25	1	1st	22 27 28 38 46 55
2013-12-21	7	4th	3 4 16 22 58 59
2013-11-27	11	2nd	6 22 28 42 50 55
2013-10-19	2	4th	2 9 20 22 55 57
2013-10-12	6	3rd	8 13 22 26 44 58
2013-09-21	1	3rd	8 11 22 39 46 55
2013-09-18	21	5th	4 11 12 20 22 49
2013-07-06	35	3rd	1 11 22 45 57 58
2013-03-06	8	3rd	2 13 22 30 47 56
2013-02-06	2	4th	1 16 17 22 27 36
2013-01-30	1	2nd	9 22 35 47 48 57
2013-01-26	3	3rd	5 14 22 28 30 31
2013-01-16	5	3rd	6 15 22 30 42 56
2012-12-29	2	3rd	10 13 22 30 40 57
2012-12-22	23	4th	16 19 20 22 25 55
2012-10-03	25	1st	22 24 37 45 52 56
2012-07-07	13	4th	6 10 19 22 37 43
2012-05-23	1	4th	1 6 9 22 35 41
2012-05-19	16	3rd	2 17 22 30 35 49
2012-03-24	13	5th	5 13 14 16 22 25
2012-02-08	3	4th	12 13 19 22 47 48
2012-01-28	4	3rd	4 15 22 41 50 55
2012-01-14	23	2nd	10 22 23 40 46 52
2011-10-26	9	3rd	1 5 22 25 35 45
2011-09-24	13	4th	6 8 17 22 27 28
2011-08-10	2	2nd	15 22 33 42 48 53
2011-08-03	1	4th	5 7 10 22 27 54
2011-07-30	3	4th	5 10 19 22 36 39
2011-07-20	2	2nd	3 22 41 42 45 47
2011-07-13	9	2nd	11 22 36 39 45 50
2011-06-11	13	3rd	3 12 22 28 43 59
2011-04-27	12	2nd	16 22 24 33 37 42
2011-03-16	14	3rd	15 19 22 23 30 54
2011-01-26	—	4th	2 10 19 22 23 46