Number 22

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

286times drawn · chance expected 304 −1.14σ

24draws waiting · a wait this long: 4% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

45longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 286 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, −1.14σ. Each draw is independent: after 24 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 286 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 24 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 smallest6 · chance 7.9
2nd smallest51 · chance 50.9
3rd smallest106 · chance 109.1
4th smallest95 · chance 92.2
5th smallest28 · chance 25.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 9 32 4 6 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2025-03-27	4	2nd	19 22 25 28 30
2025-03-23	12	3rd	6 13 22 32 37
2025-03-11	18	4th	6 11 18 22 37
2025-02-21	1	4th	2 12

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

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