Number 22

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,090 draws, 5 from 1–45.

122times drawn · chance expected 121 +0.09σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

34longest completed wait · 92% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 122 times in 1,090 draws against 121.1 expected, +0.09σ. 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 122 times in 1,090 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 34 · 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 smallest8 · chance 8.0
2nd smallest39 · chance 33.4
3rd smallest45 · chance 47.7
4th smallest26 · chance 27.5
5th smallest4 · chance 5.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 4 6 38 42 45

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-12	9	2nd	12 22 27 37 45
2026-10-03	3	2nd	16 22 26 34 35
2026-09-30	22	2nd	6 22 31 39 43
2026-09-08	5	3rd	6 21 22 33

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-30	5	1st	22 33 34 42 44
2026-03-25	2	3rd	10 15 22 29 32
2026-03-23	2	4th	9 11 17 22 36
2026-03-21	30	2nd	2 22 36 37 45
2026-02-19	11	2nd	13 22 26 31 41
2026-02-08	5	4th	8 13 19 22 35
2026-02-03	6	4th	6 8 9 22 45
2026-01-28	12	4th	4 8 21 22 35
2026-01-16	1	3rd	3 8 22 31 33
2026-01-15	13	4th	14 16 20 22 41
2026-01-02	14	3rd	6 15 22 37 43
2025-12-19	10	4th	8 11 18 22 23
2025-12-09	23	3rd	8 18 22 25 39
2025-11-16	13	4th	7 16 18 22 32
2025-11-03	18	3rd	1 8 22 29 40
2025-10-16	4	2nd	2 22 23 26 43
2025-10-12	6	3rd	7 15 22 26 28
2025-10-06	6	4th	4 6 13 22 45
2025-09-30	1	4th	2 5 6 22 25
2025-09-29	23	2nd	16 22 23 26 33
2025-09-06	7	3rd	7 9 22 37 42
2025-08-30	6	2nd	20 22 30 35 45
2025-08-24	15	3rd	14 17 22 29 42
2025-08-09	7	1st	22 24 25 34 42
2025-08-02	10	3rd	16 20 22 23 41
2025-07-23	2	2nd	4 22 37 40 44
2025-07-21	24	3rd	19 21 22 32 42
2025-06-27	4	2nd	11 22 29 34 35
2025-06-23	34	2nd	5 22 26 32 41
2025-05-20	2	3rd	6 8 22 27 34
2025-05-18	12	2nd	14 22 30 39 45
2025-05-06	6	3rd	2 15 22 31 44
2025-04-30	6	3rd	9 14 22 24 28
2025-04-24	9	4th	5 11 15 22 38
2025-04-15	3	2nd	16 22 31 32 37
2025-04-12	8	2nd	20 22 28 32 38
2025-04-04	3	3rd	17 21 22 35 44
2025-04-01	9	4th	2 18 19 22 36
2025-03-23	14	3rd	1 6 22 25 39
2025-03-09	20	3rd	19 21 22 32 41
2025-02-17	1	2nd	17 22 24 37 44
2025-02-16	8	3rd	13 17 22 35 39
2025-02-08	12	2nd	12 22 24 35 36
2025-01-27	24	2nd	16 22 28 33 45
2025-01-03	5	2nd	3 22 31 37 38
2024-12-29	7	2nd	6 22 25 37 40
2024-12-22	2	5th	4 11 18 21 22
2024-12-20	13	3rd	3 9 22 29 32
2024-12-07	3	2nd	6 22 28 39 45
2024-12-04	7	3rd	2 3 22 30 38
2024-11-27	1	1st	22 23 27 36 41
2024-11-26	1	2nd	12 22 31 38 44
2024-11-25	16	3rd	10 11 22 34 35
2024-11-09	9	4th	7 9 10 22 39
2024-10-31	7	4th	1 4 20 22 25
2024-10-24	14	2nd	1 22 33 42 45
2024-10-10	9	3rd	3 13 22 34 45
2024-10-01	7	2nd	11 22 25 35 44
2024-09-24	1	4th	6 16 20 22 45
2024-09-23	27	3rd	4 8 22 23 40
2024-08-27	20	2nd	10 22 27 28 41
2024-08-07	4	4th	4 11 19 22 39
2024-08-03	2	3rd	2 18 22 28 42
2024-08-01	3	3rd	16 17 22 23 25
2024-07-29	2	2nd	20 22 35 36 38
2024-07-27	1	4th	13 16 19 22 40
2024-07-26	3	2nd	3 22 24 25 42
2024-07-23	17	4th	13 19 21 22 35
2024-07-06	5	4th	6 18 21 22 40
2024-07-01	20	3rd	1 2 22 31 40
2024-06-11	12	4th	1 12 19 22 31
2024-05-30	29	3rd	1 20 22 40 44
2024-05-01	7	1st	22 25 27 29 40
2024-04-24	17	2nd	1 22 23 24 26
2024-04-07	8	3rd	9 13 22 37 43
2024-03-30	7	2nd	11 22 24 27 31
2024-03-23	3	4th	4 9 20 22 29
2024-03-20	2	5th	4 7 11 12 22
2024-03-18	3	1st	22 31 33 37 42
2024-03-15	3	1st	22 25 32 36 39
2024-03-12	3	4th	4 5 18 22 33
2024-03-09	1	3rd	2 18 22 25 36
2024-03-08	8	3rd	2 15 22 23 41
2024-02-29	4	3rd	8 15 22 23 38
2024-02-25	19	3rd	4 20 22 27 41
2024-02-06	1	2nd	14 22 23 27 42
2024-02-05	19	2nd	4 22 30 34 45
2024-01-17	14	2nd	10 22 28 31 40
2024-01-03	14	3rd	1 19 22 33 44
2023-12-20	9	3rd	3 10 22 30 34
2023-12-11	2	5th	7 10 12 18 22
2023-12-09	10	3rd	4 12 22 31 33
2023-11-29	3	3rd	4 8 22 29 40
2023-11-26	15	2nd	11 22 25 33 43
2023-11-11	4	2nd	2 22 29 38 42
2023-11-07	1	3rd	9 13 22 24 40
2023-11-06	10	3rd	7 19 22 37 43
2023-10-27	—	3rd	9 13 22 30 35