Number 22

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,419 draws, 5 from 1–69.

92times drawn · chance expected 103 −1.11σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

15.5average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

75longest completed wait · 29% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 1,419 draws against 102.8 expected, −1.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 92 times in 1,419 draws · average wait 15.5 draws · longest completed wait 75 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest23 · chance 20.1
2nd smallest33 · chance 38.5
3rd smallest28 · chance 25.6
4th smallest7 · chance 7.1
5th smallest1 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 47 5 45 63 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 22 is picked about 1.06× as often as an indifferent choice — 16th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 22 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-12	35	1st	22 28 38 51 69
2026-07-22	30	3rd	4 5 22 50 58
2026-05-13	28	1st	22 31 52 56 67
2026-03-09	12	1st	22 23 28 36

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-10-11	7	1st	22 24 40 52 64
2023-09-25	5	3rd	10 12 22 36 50
2023-09-13	8	1st	22 30 37 44 45
2023-08-26	2	2nd	20 22 26 28 63
2023-08-21	58	4th	3 4 12 22 28
2023-04-08	26	2nd	11 22 24 51 60
2023-02-06	8	3rd	5 11 22 23 69
2023-01-18	33	3rd	6 15 22 42 47
2022-11-02	10	3rd	2 11 22 35 60
2022-10-10	3	5th	3 6 11 17 22
2022-10-03	1	3rd	2 16 22 55 63
2022-10-01	7	3rd	8 21 22 65 69
2022-09-14	27	4th	9 10 20 22 52
2022-07-13	2	1st	22 23 36 47 63
2022-07-09	13	2nd	14 22 42 46 52
2022-06-08	10	1st	22 39 43 62 64
2022-05-16	29	3rd	7 15 22 36 64
2022-03-09	9	2nd	13 22 34 51 67
2022-02-16	15	1st	22 30 40 42 48
2022-01-12	43	3rd	12 21 22 30 33
2021-10-04	3	2nd	12 22 54 66 69
2021-09-27	1	2nd	21 22 39 44 60
2021-09-25	7	1st	22 23 37 62 63
2021-09-08	1	2nd	9 22 41 47 61
2021-09-06	4	3rd	11 20 22 33 54
2021-08-28	9	2nd	12 22 26 46 59
2021-07-31	4	3rd	1 21 22 34 47
2021-07-17	8	2nd	15 22 38 54 66
2021-06-19	6	2nd	4 22 35 38 39
2021-05-29	10	3rd	11 13 22 27 46
2021-04-24	10	1st	22 36 48 59 61
2021-03-20	8	3rd	1 6 22 42 61
2021-02-20	13	3rd	4 8 22 32 58
2021-01-06	35	3rd	1 20 22 60 66
2020-09-05	2	3rd	15 21 22 27 47
2020-08-29	19	3rd	5 21 22 29 43
2020-06-24	21	2nd	15 22 27 33 46
2020-04-11	42	1st	22 29 30 42 47
2019-11-16	5	2nd	14 22 26 55 63
2019-10-30	11	2nd	19 22 52 56 67
2019-09-21	9	3rd	1 9 22 36 68
2019-08-21	8	3rd	12 21 22 29 32
2019-07-24	8	1st	22 29 35 53 56
2019-06-26	75	4th	1 5 16 22 54
2018-10-06	19	2nd	1 22 27 53 67
2018-08-01	1	2nd	5 22 32 38 58
2018-07-28	4	1st	22 27 46 56 65
2018-07-14	17	1st	22 41 42 49 67
2018-05-16	1	4th	17 19 21 22 51
2018-05-12	4	1st	22 42 45 55 56
2018-04-28	12	2nd	20 22 28 45 50
2018-03-17	41	1st	22 57 59 60 66
2017-10-25	6	2nd	18 22 29 54 57
2017-10-04	29	1st	22 23 62 63 66
2017-06-24	3	2nd	10 22 32 36 58
2017-06-14	7	2nd	5 22 43 57 63
2017-05-20	6	2nd	5 22 45 47 54
2017-04-29	4	1st	22 23 24 45 62
2017-04-15	12	2nd	5 22 26 45 61
2017-03-04	51	4th	2 18 19 22 63
2016-09-07	24	1st	22 23 29 33 55
2016-06-15	3	2nd	4 22 24 31 33
2016-06-04	16	3rd	16 20 22 43 64
2016-04-09	5	2nd	14 22 23 41 61
2016-03-23	7	4th	5 8 15 22 49
2016-02-27	10	4th	10 11 21 22 53
2016-01-23	20	1st	22 32 34 40 69
2015-11-14	—	2nd	14 22 37 45 66