Number 22

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 4 from 1–77.

124times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.91σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 45% for any number

20.8average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

76longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 124 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, −0.91σ. 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 124 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 20.8 draws · longest completed wait 76 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest36 · chance 46.3
2nd smallest61 · chance 55.0
3rd smallest22 · chance 20.4
4th smallest5 · chance 2.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 15 76 8 10 33

Never drawn alongside 2 of the other 76 numbers; chance expects about 0.6 such strangers 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 77. 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
2026-09-05	27	1st	22 33 67 77
2026-07-04	9	3rd	9 13 22 76
2026-06-13	2	2nd	8 22 43 63
2026-06-08	8	2nd	10 22 36 41
2026-05-20	11	3rd

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-11-26	3	3rd	2 11 22 76
2022-11-19	20	1st	22 23 33 70
2022-10-03	32	2nd	21 22 73 75
2022-07-20	16	2nd	2 22 52 63
2022-06-13	27	1st	22 32 44 45
2022-04-11	27	2nd	1 22 59 71
2022-02-07	3	2nd	15 22 29 62
2022-01-31	43	1st	22 31 45 73
2021-10-23	2	2nd	19 22 70 74
2021-10-18	10	3rd	8 10 22 71
2021-09-25	35	2nd	21 22 48 72
2021-07-05	16	2nd	16 22 48 71
2021-05-29	40	4th	1 15 21 22
2021-02-24	19	1st	22 36 66 75
2021-01-11	10	3rd	10 11 22 69
2020-12-19	15	4th	5 9 20 22
2020-11-14	11	2nd	12 22 51 56
2020-10-19	57	2nd	12 22 26 65
2020-06-08	12	2nd	7 22 67 70
2020-05-11	12	2nd	9 22 53 74
2020-04-13	26	3rd	2 8 22 25
2020-02-12	7	2nd	20 22 40 43
2020-01-27	5	1st	22 26 46 66
2020-01-15	16	1st	22 44 61 70
2019-12-09	2	3rd	5 15 22 76
2019-12-04	20	2nd	15 22 48 56
2019-10-19	14	2nd	10 22 33 64
2019-09-16	52	1st	22 39 68 72
2019-05-18	52	1st	22 38 50 55
2019-01-16	33	3rd	11 19 22 44
2018-10-31	33	1st	22 23 31 51
2018-08-15	56	1st	22 38 40 44
2018-04-07	3	2nd	5 22 73 77
2018-03-31	46	1st	22 32 45 57
2017-12-13	9	2nd	3 22 27 61
2017-11-22	3	2nd	11 22 52 68
2017-11-15	1	1st	22 41 53 75
2017-11-13	31	2nd	7 22 55 56
2017-09-02	47	2nd	9 22 38 64
2017-05-15	23	2nd	4 22 30 54
2017-03-22	3	3rd	16 17 22 25
2017-03-15	31	2nd	18 22 30 33
2017-01-02	9	1st	22 30 37 74
2016-12-12	71	1st	22 48 61 69
2016-06-29	23	2nd	14 22 37 51
2016-05-07	30	1st	22 28 45 60
2016-02-27	4	2nd	4 22 37 39
2016-02-17	6	1st	22 52 73 76
2016-02-03	34	3rd	3 15 22 64
2015-11-16	14	2nd	6 22 39 50
2015-10-14	6	2nd	19 22 37 63
2015-09-30	10	3rd	6 14 22 77
2015-09-07	2	1st	22 24 34 48
2015-09-02	23	2nd	3 22 43 68
2015-07-11	13	3rd	12 15 22 43
2015-06-10	36	1st	22 38 72 74
2015-03-18	12	2nd	8 22 25 65
2015-02-18	5	2nd	14 22 65 71
2015-02-07	29	2nd	10 22 40 64
2014-12-01	12	1st	22 31 44 50
2014-11-03	16	1st	22 43 69 70
2014-09-27	3	1st	22 33 36 39
2014-09-20	10	2nd	19 22 56 63
2014-08-27	32	2nd	5 22 26 62
2014-06-14	10	1st	22 45 59 70
2014-05-21	19	3rd	4 8 22 44
2014-04-07	12	2nd	17 22 28 77
2014-03-10	3	2nd	21 22 51 73
2014-03-03	17	3rd	1 6 22 46
2014-01-22	2	3rd	3 15 22 77
2014-01-18	22	2nd	16 22 55 76
2013-11-27	45	1st	22 39 65 75
2013-08-14	2	1st	22 38 54 62
2013-08-10	2	3rd	9 15 22 29
2013-08-05	18	2nd	13 22 47 53
2013-06-24	23	2nd	4 22 42 76
2013-05-01	19	2nd	9 22 45 70
2013-03-18	34	1st	22 38 63 66
2012-12-29	43	2nd	7 22 23 47
2012-09-19	33	2nd	11 22 28 62
2012-07-04	12	3rd	11 12 22 62
2012-06-06	22	2nd	6 22 23 46
2012-04-14	11	1st	22 26 47 61
2012-03-19	10	4th	8 14 21 22
2012-02-25	18	2nd	15 22 48 61
2012-01-14	62	2nd	10 22 23 31
2011-08-22	18	2nd	1 22 32 48
2011-07-11	30	1st	22 43 53 76
2011-05-02	9	4th	2 5 9 22
2011-04-11	2	2nd	9 22 33 35
2011-04-06	4	4th	12 14 17 22
2011-03-28	27	2nd	8 22 41 57
2011-01-24	27	2nd	14 22 69 76
2010-11-22	23	1st	22 34 39 72
2010-09-29	37	2nd	10 22 50 67
2010-07-05	16	2nd	10 22 36 53
2010-05-29	9	3rd	1 9 22 67
2010-05-08	4	2nd	18 22 45 68
2010-04-28	5	2nd	15 22 33 52
2010-04-17	—	1st	22 27 28 33