Number 22

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,627 draws, 6 from 1–49.

339times drawn · chance expected 322 +1.03σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

37longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 339 times in 2,627 draws against 321.7 expected, +1.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 339 times in 2,627 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 3 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 smallest21 · chance 16.0
2nd smallest70 · chance 73.0
3rd smallest123 · chance 121.6
4th smallest81 · chance 92.4
5th smallest43 · chance 32.0
6th smallest1 · chance 4.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

42 21 45 10 41 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-05	10	3rd	3 5 22 29 39 49
2026-09-12	1	2nd	19 22 28 29 32 34
2026-09-09	7	4th	1 19 21 22 26 38
2026-08-24

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-19	2	2nd	8 22 27 40 43 45
2025-04-14	2	1st	22 23 33 39 42 43
2025-04-09	9	2nd	2 22 31 33 37 41
2025-03-19	8	2nd	12 22 27 32 44 48
2025-03-01	3	5th	4 11 16 18 22 42
2025-02-22	2	5th	3 8 12 15 22 24
2025-02-17	7	3rd	9 21 22 36 46 47
2025-02-01	6	3rd	4 15 22 28 36 44
2025-01-18	4	3rd	13 20 22 28 41 46
2025-01-08	22	5th	2 13 15 21 22 41
2024-11-18	12	3rd	14 21 22 36 38 44
2024-10-21	10	4th	5 12 16 22 31 39
2024-09-28	9	3rd	15 21 22 38 43 45
2024-09-07	1	4th	1 14 16 22 28 33
2024-09-04	5	3rd	5 7 22 24 25 31
2024-08-24	14	5th	3 11 20 21 22 43
2024-07-22	11	3rd	12 17 22 25 39 43
2024-06-26	6	4th	7 12 13 22 40 43
2024-06-12	8	3rd	5 6 22 28 34 35
2024-05-25	2	3rd	3 19 22 33 42 45
2024-05-20	2	3rd	2 17 22 41 44 49
2024-05-15	7	2nd	6 22 23 27 35 42
2024-04-29	1	3rd	18 19 22 24 25 39
2024-04-27	12	5th	10 15 16 20 22 37
2024-03-30	8	6th	4 5 12 13 14 22
2024-03-11	2	3rd	7 8 22 31 32 49
2024-03-06	2	2nd	4 22 28 31 42 44
2024-03-02	1	4th	6 11 20 22 32 47
2024-02-28	1	4th	1 14 20 22 26 49
2024-02-26	7	1st	22 26 35 37 42 48
2024-02-10	14	2nd	17 22 23 24 26 33
2024-01-08	9	1st	22 29 31 32 36 43
2023-12-18	15	3rd	10 12 22 24 26 33
2023-11-13	4	4th	1 15 21 22 26 37
2023-11-04	2	2nd	19 22 27 30 31 37
2023-10-30	17	4th	1 3 10 22 23 45
2023-09-20	1	1st	22 23 29 33 35 42
2023-09-18	5	2nd	20 22 25 36 41 45
2023-09-06	3	3rd	7 16 22 28 39 47
2023-08-30	2	3rd	13 21 22 25 34 43
2023-08-26	4	4th	10 12 15 22 23 37
2023-08-16	2	3rd	9 19 22 34 42 47
2023-08-12	3	3rd	5 19 22 28 38 42
2023-08-05	1	4th	6 13 18 22 41 44
2023-08-02	2	5th	3 8 9 12 22 42
2023-07-29	12	2nd	21 22 23 34 39 42
2023-07-01	8	2nd	21 22 25 27 33 41
2023-06-12	2	5th	3 6 10 13 22 41
2023-06-07	19	3rd	7 11 22 25 30 38
2023-04-24	2	3rd	13 15 22 23 26 44
2023-04-19	4	3rd	6 13 22 31 42 46
2023-04-10	19	4th	3 15 20 22 34 42
2023-02-25	19	4th	18 19 21 22 34 43
2023-01-11	15	2nd	5 22 28 37 45 47
2022-12-07	4	2nd	8 22 27 28 45 46
2022-11-28	18	2nd	2 22 23 35 42 48
2022-10-17	2	4th	10 20 21 22 33 46
2022-10-12	7	4th	5 8 11 22 31 37
2022-09-26	12	2nd	21 22 25 35 37 45
2022-08-29	1	2nd	1 22 30 33 41 46
2022-08-27	5	5th	6 8 11 13 22 34
2022-08-15	4	1st	22 32 42 45 47 48
2022-08-06	4	3rd	13 19 22 29 31 37
2022-07-27	7	2nd	18 22 23 26 38 42
2022-07-11	4	3rd	8 10 22 28 29 32
2022-07-02	21	2nd	15 22 28 29 41 43
2022-05-14	5	5th	5 17 19 21 22 25
2022-05-02	3	1st	22 29 33 36 37 45
2022-04-25	7	2nd	14 22 25 32 38 44
2022-04-09	1	2nd	9 22 24 44 47 48
2022-04-06	5	4th	2 7 13 22 29 31
2022-03-26	4	3rd	11 21 22 24 28 41
2022-03-16	14	3rd	11 14 22 25 26 45
2022-02-12	30	2nd	11 22 35 38 42 43
2021-12-04	11	4th	12 18 20 22 29 32
2021-11-08	7	3rd	7 21 22 32 39 43
2021-10-23	7	2nd	12 22 31 34 42 49
2021-10-06	37	1st	22 24 25 26 30 35
2021-07-12	2	3rd	4 17 22 37 42 43
2021-07-07	1	3rd	11 17 22 32 39 48
2021-07-05	35	5th	7 10 14 17 22 40
2021-04-14	27	4th	5 11 18 22 23 25
2021-02-10	8	4th	3 9 19 22 29 31
2021-01-23	9	4th	1 7 14 22 34 46
2021-01-02	4	3rd	11 21 22 26 28 43
2020-12-23	5	3rd	11 20 22 34 42 45
2020-12-12	4	2nd	3 22 32 37 47 49
2020-12-02	15	4th	7 8 12 22 24 27
2020-10-28	1	1st	22 24 26 28 38 42
2020-10-26	1	4th	1 6 8 22 40 45
2020-10-24	6	3rd	11 20 22 41 46 48
2020-10-10	6	4th	2 6 10 22 35 36
2020-09-26	6	3rd	9 11 22 24 29 41
2020-09-12	14	2nd	18 22 34 39 40 44
2020-08-10	4	3rd	1 12 22 31 42 43
2020-08-01	13	4th	9 11 20 22 24 25
2020-07-01	10	1st	22 32 33 40 42 44
2020-06-08	9	3rd	4 11 22 24 29 47
2020-05-18	1	3rd	11 21 22 30 43 47
2020-05-16	8	2nd	17 22 23 29 31 37
2020-04-27	8	4th	1 13 14 22 29 30
2020-04-08	24	3rd	3 8 22 27 40 45
2020-02-12	4	3rd	16 18 22 30 36 44
2020-02-03	1	2nd	10 22 29 38 42 46
2020-02-01	3	4th	10 18 20 22 30 47
2020-01-25	6	3rd	3 19 22 29 38 41
2020-01-11	8	3rd	10 14 22 27 34 36
2019-12-23	1	4th	4 13 21 22 23 38
2019-12-21	2	3rd	10 12 22 32 38 46
2019-12-16	3	5th	1 3 6 16 22 41
2019-12-09	10	2nd	11 22 23 37 40 46
2019-11-16	6	3rd	17 21 22 25 37 46
2019-11-02	9	4th	13 15 19 22 24 25
2019-10-12	25	3rd	6 12 22 23 29 31
2019-08-14	7	3rd	16 19 22 34 38 44
2019-07-29	7	2nd	8 22 27 35 41 45
2019-07-13	8	5th	5 14 19 21 22 42
2019-06-24	2	4th	1 6 21 22 47 48
2019-06-19	2	4th	5 10 13 22 27 48
2019-06-15	10	5th	6 8 14 17 22 29
2019-05-22	16	4th	4 10 16 22 25 49
2019-04-15	5	4th	1 8 12 22 28 41
2019-04-03	2	4th	11 15 18 22 24 34
2019-03-30	31	3rd	7 14 22 28 36 41
2019-01-16	3	4th	3 7 12 22 34 43
2019-01-09	15	2nd	16 22 30 41 47 48
2018-12-05	5	3rd	5 7 22 39 43 45
2018-11-24	2	4th	6 15 20 22 37 40
2018-11-19	1	3rd	14 17 22 26 36 44
2018-11-17	1	3rd	3 7 22 31 44 46
2018-11-14	4	3rd	12 16 22 23 37 49
2018-11-05	4	2nd	13 22 30 36 45 48
2018-10-27	12	3rd	2 18 22 30 38 41
2018-09-29	2	4th	2 9 16 22 24 40
2018-09-24	5	3rd	11 21 22 32 34 45
2018-09-12	29	5th	3 5 17 19 22 46
2018-07-07	2	5th	6 9 10 12 22 42
2018-07-02	8	5th	6 13 17 19 22 34
2018-06-13	5	2nd	19 22 29 33 45 46
2018-06-02	1	3rd	10 16 22 32 36 40
2018-05-30	5	4th	1 8 18 22 24 33
2018-05-19	8	3rd	7 8 22 30 41 49
2018-04-30	20	3rd	9 20 22 27 36 44
2018-03-14	3	4th	9 12 18 22 31 38
2018-03-07	1	1st	22 25 29 35 36 46
2018-03-05	4	3rd	4 16 22 24 30 38
2018-02-24	3	5th	8 16 17 19 22 31
2018-02-17	11	3rd	1 17 22 37 45 48
2018-01-22	9	3rd	2 6 22 25 40 42
2018-01-01	14	3rd	13 16 22 28 39 45
2017-11-29	13	4th	1 4 7 22 36 39
2017-10-30	3	3rd	2 5 22 29 35 47
2017-10-23	9	5th	3 8 10 21 22 31
2017-10-02	8	3rd	15 16 22 31 44 49
2017-09-13	8	4th	4 11 12 22 39 47
2017-08-26	7	3rd	7 17 22 32 35 42
2017-08-09	5	4th	5 14 17 22 39 44
2017-07-29	14	4th	12 15 17 22 36 48
2017-06-26	3	2nd	15 22 38 42 44 49
2017-06-19	13	3rd	3 6 22 26 29 46
2017-05-20	3	3rd	10 13 22 33 40 41
2017-05-13	9	5th	4 9 12 19 22 30
2017-04-22	5	2nd	21 22 30 32 39 49
2017-04-10	14	5th	1 6 15 17 22 31
2017-03-08	6	3rd	3 17 22 27 37 39
2017-02-22	8	4th	9 10 11 22 25 34
2017-02-04	9	3rd	10 19 22 41 44 49
2017-01-14	10	3rd	15 21 22 28 41 45
2016-12-21	4	4th	5 9 18 22 23 41
2016-12-12	1	3rd	17 20 22 26 36 37
2016-12-10	10	3rd	3 19 22 31 39 45
2016-11-16	13	2nd	16 22 27 30 34 47
2016-10-17	4	5th	3 4 18 20 22 33
2016-10-08	2	5th	7 16 19 21 22 29
2016-10-03	13	3rd	18 19 22 32 45 46
2016-09-03	6	2nd	15 22 41 43 48 49
2016-08-20	2	5th	5 12 19 21 22 35
2016-08-15	23	2nd	5 22 23 24 29 42
2016-06-22	5	4th	6 17 19 22 33 35
2016-06-11	7	4th	3 9 14 22 30 48
2016-05-25	11	2nd	6 22 23 31 37 48
2016-04-30	5	3rd	1 21 22 26 34 42
2016-04-18	5	3rd	4 17 22 24 26 33
2016-04-06	8	2nd	6 22 29 31 39 48
2016-03-19	1	3rd	4 21 22 31 34 42
2016-03-16	4	3rd	4 15 22 26 30 41
2016-03-07	5	3rd	8 10 22 24 25 48
2016-02-24	6	4th	6 9 16 22 35 39
2016-02-10	1	5th	7 10 12 21 22 45
2016-02-08	15	5th	3 9 11 14 22 37
2016-01-04	33	5th	6 10 18 20 22 33
2015-10-19	3	3rd	12 18 22 23 35 37
2015-10-12	6	1st	22 28 29 36 38 46
2015-09-28	4	2nd	3 22 28 30 31 49
2015-09-19	8	3rd	2 14 22 25 27 36
2015-08-31	2	4th	9 16 21 22 41 44
2015-08-26	3	4th	5 12 21 22 40 45
2015-08-19	20	5th	2 6 17 19 22 34
2015-07-04	15	1st	22 26 32 40 41 42
2015-05-30	2	4th	15 16 19 22 33 40
2015-05-25	3	3rd	2 10 22 27 35 47
2015-05-18	5	1st	22 31 36 38 47 48
2015-05-06	15	3rd	15 20 22 28 33 45
2015-04-01	5	3rd	10 17 22 26 37 46
2015-03-21	11	2nd	9 22 24 34 35 43
2015-02-23	15	4th	15 18 19 22 42 49
2015-01-19	7	3rd	5 13 22 25 31 48
2015-01-03	6	2nd	11 22 25 26 47 48
2014-12-20	6	5th	1 2 3 15 22 45
2014-12-06	6	2nd	12 22 23 24 42 45
2014-11-22	16	3rd	10 15 22 26 36 37
2014-10-15	12	3rd	6 15 22 38 41 44
2014-09-17	4	4th	1 6 16 22 33 44
2014-09-08	13	3rd	5 21 22 29 31 45
2014-08-09	10	4th	6 10 11 22 28 33
2014-07-16	5	3rd	9 10 22 43 45 48
2014-07-05	4	4th	1 8 20 22 34 40
2014-06-25	4	2nd	21 22 27 29 33 42
2014-06-16	11	5th	3 12 15 16 22 30
2014-05-21	6	3rd	16 20 22 30 44 47
2014-05-07	1	3rd	1 10 22 36 42 47
2014-05-05	2	4th	1 13 20 22 44 47
2014-04-30	4	3rd	11 18 22 26 36 49
2014-04-21	1	3rd	16 20 22 38 45 49
2014-04-19	9	4th	7 17 21 22 37 46
2014-03-29	8	3rd	1 8 22 33 39 43
2014-03-10	5	2nd	15 22 31 37 43 46
2014-02-26	5	1st	22 28 31 34 35 38
2014-02-15	3	1st	22 23 33 37 41 42
2014-02-08	3	4th	4 7 20 22 28 29
2014-02-01	8	3rd	7 10 22 30 33 37
2014-01-13	1	3rd	1 2 22 24 34 36
2014-01-11	2	3rd	2 10 22 23 27 31
2014-01-06	2	5th	10 11 13 19 22 25
2014-01-01	3	3rd	6 13 22 29 35 46
2013-12-25	15	4th	1 19 21 22 32 35
2013-11-20	5	3rd	13 17 22 25 28 47
2013-11-09	1	3rd	16 17 22 28 39 44
2013-11-06	30	1st	22 26 32 40 42 43
2013-08-28	1	3rd	8 19 22 29 37 47
2013-08-26	3	4th	5 11 13 22 28 41
2013-08-19	4	1st	22 25 29 31 36 45
2013-08-10	6	4th	12 18 19 22 27 34
2013-07-27	20	3rd	5 14 22 36 44 45
2013-06-10	19	2nd	6 22 29 44 45 48
2013-04-27	8	4th	2 13 14 22 23 36
2013-04-08	17	2nd	17 22 32 35 48 49
2013-02-27	3	2nd	13 22 27 30 33 38
2013-02-20	15	3rd	6 11 22 43 44 48
2013-01-16	8	2nd	7 22 25 26 38 40
2012-12-29	16	3rd	8 13 22 28 38 40
2012-11-21	7	3rd	13 18 22 23 43 45
2012-11-05	9	2nd	2 22 28 42 47 49
2012-10-15	4	4th	7 13 18 22 31 37
2012-10-06	29	4th	5 12 13 22 44 45
2012-07-30	12	3rd	6 13 22 29 38 44
2012-07-02	2	3rd	1 3 22 28 42 48
2012-06-27	2	4th	3 9 15 22 32 33
2012-06-23	5	3rd	2 17 22 25 37 43
2012-06-11	5	2nd	3 22 27 31 47 48
2012-05-30	8	4th	6 7 17 22 41 48
2012-05-12	2	5th	3 6 11 18 22 47
2012-05-07	25	5th	4 5 11 14 22 26
2012-03-10	4	3rd	7 20 22 27 42 46
2012-02-29	13	5th	1 2 10 17 22 41
2012-01-30	1	3rd	13 20 22 25 26 39
2012-01-28	11	4th	2 9 13 22 40 48
2012-01-02	9	5th	6 10 19 21 22 39
2011-12-12	10	1st	22 28 35 36 37 39
2011-11-19	8	2nd	4 22 23 34 36 40
2011-10-31	5	4th	13 19 21 22 36 41
2011-10-19	5	2nd	12 22 29 40 46 48
2011-10-08	1	4th	10 18 21 22 41 47
2011-10-05	14	2nd	17 22 25 40 41 42
2011-09-03	7	5th	1 6 13 14 22 41
2011-08-17	5	2nd	14 22 26 27 38 39
2011-08-06	13	3rd	2 12 22 36 44 46
2011-07-06	24	2nd	18 22 26 29 46 49
2011-05-11	4	3rd	11 13 22 30 39 42
2011-05-02	1	5th	4 9 17 19 22 30
2011-04-30	1	1st	22 27 36 39 41 46
2011-04-27	4	4th	1 8 20 22 40 42
2011-04-18	5	3rd	5 11 22 24 33 37
2011-04-06	13	5th	3 4 10 18 22 40
2011-03-07	2	2nd	11 22 30 45 46 47
2011-03-02	4	2nd	20 22 28 29 30 41
2011-02-21	3	2nd	21 22 24 26 47 48
2011-02-14	8	4th	8 15 21 22 45 48
2011-01-26	9	4th	8 13 16 22 42 48
2011-01-05	6	4th	10 15 16 22 26 45
2010-12-22	4	1st	22 24 25 41 43 48
2010-12-13	24	2nd	14 22 29 31 38 39
2010-10-18	3	2nd	16 22 34 36 42 49
2010-10-11	4	3rd	1 12 22 24 27 44
2010-10-02	6	3rd	4 21 22 29 35 47
2010-09-18	3	5th	8 12 16 21 22 47
2010-09-11	7	3rd	5 17 22 24 35 46
2010-08-25	6	4th	12 16 21 22 27 30
2010-08-11	20	3rd	3 14 22 28 35 45
2010-06-26	3	3rd	5 15 22 28 35 45
2010-06-19	10	5th	3 12 16 18 22 49
2010-05-26	8	4th	3 13 18 22 25 48
2010-05-08	2	2nd	10 22 30 32 38 46
2010-05-03	2	2nd	7 22 24 44 46 47
2010-04-28	12	2nd	6 22 26 31 46 47
2010-03-31	1	3rd	14 18 22 24 41 45
2010-03-29	3	3rd	6 10 22 27 44 47
2010-03-22	2	3rd	9 13 22 39 40 44
2010-03-17	3	3rd	16 19 22 24 34 42
2010-03-10	4	4th	6 7 18 22 29 38
2010-03-01	4	3rd	6 10 22 27 31 37
2010-02-20	1	4th	10 17 20 22 33 40
2010-02-17	6	3rd	8 9 22 23 45 46
2010-02-03	2	4th	1 7 18 22 29 32
2010-01-30	—	4th	3 10 17 22 37 45