Number 22

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/42 · since Mar 2024 rules — 938 draws, 5 from 1–42.

97times drawn · chance expected 112 −1.48σ

37draws waiting · a wait this long: 1% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

59longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 97 times in 938 draws against 111.7 expected, −1.48σ. Each draw is independent: after 37 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 97 times in 938 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 37 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 smallest7 · chance 4.6
2nd smallest32 · chance 22.9
3rd smallest35 · chance 38.2
4th smallest20 · chance 25.5
5th smallest3 · chance 5.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 36 9 41 31 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-09-04	14	3rd	5 8 22 28 36
2026-08-21	12	2nd	3 22 23 24 35
2026-08-09	7	5th	10 12 18 20 22
2026-08-02	7	3rd	1 21

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-30	9	4th	3 7 21 22 35
2026-03-21	32	4th	7 14 15 22 42
2026-02-17	15	2nd	2 22 24 36 39
2026-02-02	9	2nd	3 22 37 38 39
2026-01-24	16	3rd	9 20 22 30 36
2026-01-08	25	2nd	14 22 27 36 39
2025-12-14	3	3rd	10 17 22 31 38
2025-12-11	5	4th	2 9 21 22 42
2025-12-06	8	2nd	8 22 24 40 41
2025-11-28	13	4th	8 15 18 22 24
2025-11-15	9	3rd	6 19 22 38 40
2025-11-06	1	3rd	7 11 22 33 34
2025-11-05	2	4th	11 16 20 22 28
2025-11-03	7	3rd	17 21 22 37 41
2025-10-27	1	2nd	9 22 36 38 39
2025-10-26	23	3rd	1 17 22 30 31
2025-10-03	1	2nd	15 22 23 35 40
2025-10-02	1	4th	3 11 16 22 28
2025-10-01	1	3rd	7 19 22 29 30
2025-09-30	12	1st	22 25 27 31 36
2025-09-18	6	3rd	3 19 22 28 41
2025-09-12	18	2nd	7 22 28 29 37
2025-08-25	5	2nd	8 22 28 32 36
2025-08-20	6	3rd	9 14 22 29 31
2025-08-14	1	3rd	1 8 22 29 34
2025-08-13	4	4th	1 3 4 22 40
2025-08-09	8	4th	9 17 19 22 30
2025-08-01	14	2nd	4 22 32 40 41
2025-07-18	11	2nd	15 22 26 30 36
2025-07-07	11	4th	5 8 20 22 23
2025-06-26	3	2nd	12 22 29 34 41
2025-06-23	16	4th	2 11 14 22 24
2025-06-07	6	4th	6 11 15 22 26
2025-06-01	6	2nd	9 22 30 31 37
2025-05-26	11	2nd	11 22 32 38 40
2025-05-15	2	3rd	3 21 22 33 36
2025-05-13	23	3rd	9 12 22 34 41
2025-04-20	9	3rd	10 13 22 31 35
2025-04-11	3	2nd	8 22 23 34 37
2025-04-08	4	4th	3 11 21 22 28
2025-04-04	5	4th	4 14 21 22 37
2025-03-30	3	1st	22 23 34 35 36
2025-03-27	9	2nd	5 22 26 27 39
2025-03-18	7	2nd	3 22 27 28 31
2025-03-11	28	1st	22 26 28 33 41
2025-02-11	14	2nd	13 22 31 32 41
2025-01-28	22	3rd	16 18 22 36 41
2025-01-06	2	3rd	12 16 22 24 32
2025-01-04	15	3rd	9 14 22 24 35
2024-12-20	17	2nd	17 22 24 27 30
2024-12-03	3	2nd	1 22 31 37 41
2024-11-30	59	3rd	7 13 22 26 36
2024-10-02	4	4th	2 4 17 22 41
2024-09-28	1	1st	22 28 30 32 39
2024-09-27	5	3rd	7 19 22 31 41
2024-09-22	6	2nd	21 22 27 38 39
2024-09-16	15	4th	1 9 11 22 34
2024-09-01	3	2nd	14 22 25 26 39
2024-08-29	10	2nd	9 22 33 36 38
2024-08-19	4	3rd	8 14 22 30 33
2024-08-15	10	3rd	11 13 22 25 31
2024-08-05	11	3rd	6 12 22 35 38
2024-07-25	15	5th	7 11 15 21 22
2024-07-10	1	4th	6 7 8 22 26
2024-07-09	45	1st	22 25 33 34 37
2024-05-25	3	4th	4 10 14 22 38
2024-05-22	3	2nd	6 22 26 29 38
2024-05-19	7	3rd	2 9 22 35 40
2024-05-12	29	3rd	10 13 22 24 36
2024-04-13	10	3rd	12 16 22 33 40
2024-04-03	11	3rd	2 4 22 37 41
2024-03-23	5	3rd	12 19 22 24 34
2024-03-18	—	3rd	17 18 22 36 39