Number 22

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

330times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.50σ

19draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

55longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 330 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +0.50σ. Each draw is independent: after 19 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 330 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 19 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 smallest9 · chance 15.6
2nd smallest68 · chance 71.0
3rd smallest112 · chance 118.4
4th smallest100 · chance 90.0
5th smallest37 · chance 31.1
6th smallest4 · chance 3.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

40 6 18 37 2 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-08-26	10	4th	10 12 16 22 39 48
2026-08-03	16	6th	3 12 16 17 21 22
2026-06-27	15	4th	5 10 14 22 23 25
2026-05-23	19	5th	2

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-23	3	4th	4 6 8 22 28 47
2024-12-16	11	3rd	11 19 22 26 31 32
2024-11-20	6	4th	7 10 21 22 40 47
2024-11-06	16	4th	10 16 21 22 24 47
2024-09-30	24	4th	2 6 12 22 36 38
2024-08-05	30	3rd	8 12 22 24 43 48
2024-05-27	10	4th	2 3 18 22 33 49
2024-05-04	7	3rd	5 10 22 45 47 48
2024-04-17	3	5th	1 10 12 19 22 36
2024-04-10	7	2nd	6 22 25 36 38 47
2024-03-25	5	2nd	19 22 25 39 41 43
2024-03-13	16	4th	3 19 20 22 31 37
2024-02-05	2	4th	16 18 20 22 23 37
2024-01-31	4	2nd	6 22 26 30 34 42
2024-01-22	20	2nd	10 22 32 36 40 45
2023-12-06	4	3rd	6 18 22 33 36 47
2023-11-27	5	3rd	13 15 22 27 43 46
2023-11-15	20	4th	2 6 10 22 33 41
2023-09-30	2	3rd	3 13 22 28 30 40
2023-09-25	3	4th	4 5 19 22 40 47
2023-09-18	2	2nd	6 22 27 35 37 46
2023-09-13	11	5th	1 9 10 16 22 24
2023-08-19	21	4th	17 18 19 22 25 36
2023-07-01	1	2nd	11 22 36 38 39 45
2023-06-28	11	4th	6 15 17 22 36 37
2023-06-03	5	3rd	1 14 22 30 32 36
2023-05-22	6	2nd	3 22 27 38 41 49
2023-05-08	6	4th	9 13 18 22 27 47
2023-04-24	1	4th	13 18 20 22 39 43
2023-04-22	16	4th	2 9 15 22 24 37
2023-03-15	2	4th	2 11 12 22 38 45
2023-03-11	17	3rd	8 9 22 30 39 43
2023-01-30	14	3rd	2 21 22 30 42 45
2022-12-28	19	2nd	13 22 27 31 36 43
2022-11-14	2	2nd	17 22 24 32 37 43
2022-11-09	23	4th	11 14 18 22 27 32
2022-09-17	3	4th	5 6 11 22 23 38
2022-09-10	1	2nd	12 22 33 36 37 45
2022-09-07	5	3rd	7 14 22 40 47 49
2022-08-27	7	5th	2 9 17 21 22 31
2022-08-10	4	4th	8 14 18 22 28 46
2022-08-01	1	4th	1 6 12 22 29 30
2022-07-30	13	3rd	8 10 22 40 42 45
2022-06-29	15	4th	8 12 16 22 36 44
2022-05-25	4	3rd	10 18 22 31 40 49
2022-05-16	1	4th	2 19 20 22 41 49
2022-05-14	2	4th	13 18 19 22 35 40
2022-05-09	13	5th	8 9 10 14 22 44
2022-04-09	2	5th	3 11 20 21 22 34
2022-04-04	7	5th	5 8 10 16 22 39
2022-03-19	10	1st	22 28 31 37 42 45
2022-02-23	2	3rd	2 13 22 25 35 47
2022-02-19	3	3rd	1 12 22 29 32 49
2022-02-12	9	2nd	10 22 23 31 42 49
2022-01-22	8	5th	4 10 14 15 22 29
2022-01-03	1	4th	9 20 21 22 26 36
2022-01-01	3	3rd	4 14 22 35 45 47
2021-12-25	14	3rd	17 20 22 29 42 46
2021-11-22	22	2nd	4 22 24 34 35 48
2021-10-02	4	2nd	15 22 26 30 44 49
2021-09-22	2	4th	6 15 17 22 24 33
2021-09-18	12	3rd	9 19 22 26 27 33
2021-08-21	11	3rd	16 19 22 24 30 47
2021-07-26	6	4th	7 14 16 22 23 29
2021-07-12	1	4th	2 8 17 22 36 37
2021-07-10	1	2nd	17 22 25 29 34 38
2021-07-07	2	3rd	5 11 22 35 39 49
2021-07-03	11	3rd	1 7 22 31 46 48
2021-06-07	7	4th	4 12 15 22 30 46
2021-05-22	4	2nd	3 22 33 35 36 37
2021-05-12	11	3rd	10 21 22 30 31 37
2021-04-17	3	2nd	11 22 25 37 41 43
2021-04-10	1	2nd	1 22 27 30 31 44
2021-04-07	10	5th	11 14 17 18 22 31
2021-03-15	1	4th	2 15 17 22 23 40
2021-03-13	1	4th	2 6 18 22 37 44
2021-03-10	4	2nd	7 22 29 34 39 41
2021-03-01	7	3rd	4 8 22 35 39 49
2021-02-13	3	5th	3 6 10 18 22 43
2021-02-06	9	2nd	19 22 28 44 45 49
2021-01-16	6	4th	6 11 12 22 41 43
2021-01-02	5	5th	4 7 8 13 22 37
2020-12-21	4	3rd	4 18 22 28 34 39
2020-12-12	21	5th	5 14 15 17 22 38
2020-10-24	1	2nd	13 22 32 39 40 42
2020-10-21	20	5th	3 5 12 17 22 33
2020-09-05	14	3rd	10 17 22 29 40 41
2020-08-03	10	2nd	12 22 24 27 30 40
2020-07-11	25	2nd	6 22 29 41 42 48
2020-05-13	26	3rd	15 18 22 29 43 46
2020-03-14	19	4th	8 12 17 22 29 35
2020-01-29	4	3rd	3 5 22 23 35 42
2020-01-20	2	1st	22 25 27 37 38 40
2020-01-15	3	3rd	9 15 22 27 37 40
2020-01-08	5	4th	6 19 20 22 25 38
2019-12-28	9	5th	3 8 12 18 22 49
2019-12-07	6	4th	7 15 21 22 26 32
2019-11-23	1	2nd	2 22 30 33 45 47
2019-11-20	5	4th	3 6 14 22 47 48
2019-11-09	15	3rd	4 13 22 34 38 46
2019-10-05	26	1st	22 23 24 26 34 42
2019-08-05	27	4th	2 7 13 22 27 48
2019-06-03	1	4th	1 6 14 22 41 48
2019-06-01	1	3rd	10 18 22 37 43 47
2019-05-29	5	3rd	8 21 22 29 41 43
2019-05-18	4	2nd	20 22 25 27 32 42
2019-05-08	2	4th	1 11 12 22 26 30
2019-05-04	10	3rd	6 14 22 30 33 40
2019-04-10	9	2nd	10 22 23 29 33 46
2019-03-20	10	4th	11 18 21 22 26 29
2019-02-25	5	5th	3 4 13 16 22 30
2019-02-13	2	3rd	14 18 22 40 46 49
2019-02-09	6	3rd	2 21 22 34 40 46
2019-01-26	1	3rd	6 14 22 23 44 47
2019-01-23	4	3rd	13 21 22 23 35 49
2019-01-14	3	5th	10 16 17 19 22 46
2019-01-07	4	3rd	3 17 22 23 37 39
2018-12-29	9	3rd	10 15 22 29 32 35
2018-12-08	4	4th	1 13 18 22 31 34
2018-11-28	3	4th	8 19 21 22 23 34
2018-11-21	36	3rd	5 14 22 34 35 44
2018-08-29	11	2nd	12 22 23 26 28 42
2018-08-04	2	3rd	16 17 22 24 29 35
2018-07-30	9	4th	2 6 15 22 40 48
2018-07-09	2	4th	2 7 17 22 36 45
2018-07-04	4	3rd	1 5 22 30 35 42
2018-06-25	4	3rd	7 12 22 31 36 47
2018-06-16	6	5th	6 9 15 17 22 47
2018-06-02	7	3rd	7 8 22 24 31 48
2018-05-16	10	4th	2 3 10 22 33 35
2018-04-23	7	2nd	21 22 28 33 42 43
2018-04-07	15	3rd	12 21 22 36 37 45
2018-03-03	7	2nd	20 22 30 35 40 47
2018-02-14	2	2nd	20 22 35 38 43 49
2018-02-10	1	4th	5 13 20 22 31 36
2018-02-07	8	3rd	1 16 22 29 30 35
2018-01-20	9	3rd	8 16 22 30 34 35
2017-12-30	1	6th	2 5 16 18 20 22
2017-12-27	4	3rd	3 4 22 33 36 42
2017-12-18	1	3rd	1 17 22 30 43 49
2017-12-16	23	2nd	13 22 24 25 31 42
2017-10-23	13	2nd	12 22 27 31 32 43
2017-09-23	1	4th	13 14 15 22 25 35
2017-09-20	2	3rd	10 18 22 24 28 48
2017-09-16	1	4th	6 9 13 22 24 46
2017-09-13	20	6th	7 11 13 16 18 22
2017-07-29	12	3rd	8 19 22 30 35 40
2017-07-01	8	5th	1 8 9 21 22 30
2017-06-12	3	2nd	16 22 26 34 39 41
2017-06-05	5	3rd	3 14 22 27 45 49
2017-05-24	3	5th	4 5 12 15 22 32
2017-05-17	4	5th	11 13 14 19 22 47
2017-05-08	7	2nd	3 22 23 30 46 47
2017-04-22	5	3rd	3 5 22 23 34 39
2017-04-10	2	3rd	11 14 22 24 31 38
2017-04-05	37	3rd	4 20 22 25 34 40
2017-01-09	14	2nd	13 22 24 25 36 43
2016-12-07	7	3rd	1 13 22 24 34 45
2016-11-21	22	4th	6 15 17 22 33 42
2016-10-01	5	3rd	1 13 22 39 41 44
2016-09-19	3	2nd	3 22 30 31 42 46
2016-09-12	1	4th	2 5 16 22 34 45
2016-09-10	11	3rd	13 20 22 25 28 40
2016-08-15	3	4th	3 9 15 22 38 40
2016-08-08	1	4th	4 14 15 22 28 47
2016-08-06	6	4th	2 9 20 22 36 47
2016-07-23	5	3rd	4 5 22 31 45 48
2016-07-11	3	1st	22 26 31 37 43 48
2016-07-04	4	4th	13 20 21 22 26 37
2016-06-25	10	5th	1 17 20 21 22 44
2016-06-01	2	2nd	7 22 24 31 41 45
2016-05-28	7	3rd	9 10 22 25 37 46
2016-05-11	9	2nd	10 22 23 35 41 48
2016-04-20	15	3rd	1 21 22 30 37 45
2016-03-16	2	4th	9 19 21 22 29 38
2016-03-12	1	2nd	9 22 25 26 28 40
2016-03-09	1	2nd	6 22 24 40 41 46
2016-03-07	8	3rd	8 13 22 44 45 47
2016-02-17	16	3rd	2 17 22 30 37 44
2016-01-11	1	2nd	4 22 34 35 48 49
2016-01-09	2	3rd	2 17 22 43 47 48
2016-01-04	6	3rd	19 20 22 27 41 43
2015-12-21	1	3rd	10 20 22 29 33 37
2015-12-19	1	2nd	7 22 29 33 40 46
2015-12-16	8	4th	4 11 18 22 34 37
2015-11-28	5	3rd	4 12 22 29 32 39
2015-11-16	23	3rd	5 10 22 25 43 44
2015-09-23	6	3rd	2 3 22 32 40 41
2015-09-09	11	2nd	16 22 23 25 31 46
2015-08-15	6	1st	22 26 28 32 34 36
2015-08-01	6	4th	3 12 19 22 44 48
2015-07-18	1	2nd	18 22 24 26 28 36
2015-07-15	2	5th	3 11 12 14 22 42
2015-07-11	4	5th	4 9 11 18 22 34
2015-07-01	3	2nd	5 22 29 30 32 36
2015-06-24	27	2nd	2 22 36 37 40 45
2015-04-22	14	2nd	7 22 26 36 38 42
2015-03-21	2	4th	11 14 20 22 36 48
2015-03-16	2	4th	7 10 21 22 32 35
2015-03-11	5	4th	3 4 14 22 38 40
2015-02-28	12	4th	8 11 16 22 36 43
2015-01-31	4	4th	3 11 15 22 33 41
2015-01-21	13	4th	11 12 13 22 25 32
2014-12-22	1	3rd	4 20 22 40 41 42
2014-12-20	6	3rd	2 4 22 31 34 45
2014-12-06	16	4th	11 17 21 22 32 46
2014-10-29	1	4th	5 18 19 22 33 45
2014-10-27	2	4th	6 10 12 22 24 49
2014-10-22	23	4th	9 12 19 22 34 39
2014-08-30	12	4th	6 8 15 22 46 47
2014-08-02	9	3rd	1 20 22 38 44 46
2014-07-12	11	3rd	4 21 22 29 46 47
2014-06-16	3	4th	9 18 19 22 30 44
2014-06-09	8	2nd	9 22 28 40 45 46
2014-05-21	11	1st	22 23 34 37 45 47
2014-04-26	1	5th	10 14 15 17 22 45
2014-04-23	2	4th	4 18 19 22 39 41
2014-04-19	23	6th	3 5 6 7 9 22
2014-02-24	17	3rd	19 20 22 34 39 45
2014-01-15	3	4th	5 9 16 22 24 33
2014-01-08	12	3rd	1 5 22 26 29 39
2013-12-11	1	2nd	11 22 28 30 40 46
2013-12-09	3	2nd	21 22 31 32 35 37
2013-12-02	1	4th	6 8 16 22 33 38
2013-11-30	41	4th	5 8 21 22 31 39
2013-08-26	5	3rd	2 20 22 25 32 34
2013-08-14	13	4th	4 18 20 22 26 37
2013-07-15	4	3rd	3 8 22 29 30 34
2013-07-06	3	3rd	14 20 22 23 42 48
2013-06-29	4	5th	3 4 16 18 22 32
2013-06-19	1	4th	4 5 11 22 28 49
2013-06-17	2	3rd	4 8 22 25 37 49
2013-06-12	1	3rd	13 16 22 24 26 33
2013-06-10	4	5th	7 8 13 19 22 23
2013-06-01	1	3rd	13 16 22 25 44 47
2013-05-29	12	3rd	5 16 22 26 32 34
2013-05-01	15	2nd	17 22 25 30 32 34
2013-03-27	19	1st	22 23 24 29 32 33
2013-02-11	14	4th	5 9 17 22 37 38
2013-01-09	2	4th	7 14 16 22 25 48
2013-01-05	3	2nd	8 22 24 31 36 40
2012-12-29	7	5th	3 8 14 21 22 42
2012-12-12	17	2nd	7 22 35 37 40 49
2012-11-03	2	4th	3 6 18 22 24 43
2012-10-29	1	3rd	5 14 22 32 33 48
2012-10-27	6	4th	6 10 17 22 31 44
2012-10-13	6	4th	2 10 18 22 44 47
2012-09-29	1	3rd	6 18 22 23 28 49
2012-09-26	4	3rd	10 16 22 23 40 42
2012-09-17	4	2nd	9 22 26 39 41 44
2012-09-08	4	3rd	3 19 22 33 41 43
2012-08-29	7	4th	10 13 20 22 39 40
2012-08-13	4	2nd	17 22 24 35 45 47
2012-08-04	27	2nd	15 22 24 26 35 48
2012-06-02	3	3rd	9 11 22 38 41 45
2012-05-26	9	4th	3 12 13 22 23 31
2012-05-05	19	4th	14 17 20 22 42 45
2012-03-21	2	4th	1 14 18 22 40 49
2012-03-17	1	2nd	7 22 26 29 31 37
2012-03-14	4	3rd	13 16 22 26 27 41
2012-03-05	5	2nd	17 22 23 27 28 41
2012-02-22	21	4th	3 12 20 22 38 48
2012-01-04	4	2nd	20 22 23 24 31 37
2011-12-26	18	4th	9 11 12 22 44 47
2011-11-14	4	4th	3 8 11 22 24 33
2011-11-05	2	3rd	2 15 22 30 31 48
2011-10-31	14	4th	2 6 13 22 36 42
2011-09-28	7	4th	16 17 19 22 27 35
2011-09-12	6	3rd	6 10 22 23 28 39
2011-08-29	2	5th	1 2 7 20 22 31
2011-08-24	2	5th	8 11 18 20 22 48
2011-08-20	9	4th	11 18 19 22 33 47
2011-07-30	6	3rd	4 10 22 27 33 43
2011-07-16	4	4th	2 12 20 22 38 44
2011-07-06	4	4th	8 12 21 22 40 43
2011-06-27	6	3rd	3 9 22 43 48 49
2011-06-13	11	3rd	16 17 22 25 35 49
2011-05-18	8	3rd	8 11 22 28 42 49
2011-04-30	14	3rd	10 13 22 28 36 48
2011-03-28	25	3rd	9 21 22 28 31 34
2011-01-29	7	2nd	11 22 37 38 44 49
2011-01-12	5	2nd	2 22 40 41 43 45
2011-01-01	15	5th	6 13 14 18 22 35
2010-11-27	3	3rd	7 12 22 25 26 45
2010-11-20	1	2nd	6 22 32 36 37 44
2010-11-17	1	5th	2 3 8 13 22 23
2010-11-15	2	2nd	20 22 26 30 34 42
2010-11-10	3	3rd	10 16 22 35 41 45
2010-11-03	3	3rd	12 16 22 30 43 44
2010-10-27	2	4th	1 9 21 22 32 47
2010-10-23	8	2nd	17 22 26 28 33 36
2010-10-04	3	5th	1 2 8 20 22 34
2010-09-27	15	2nd	13 22 37 41 44 45
2010-08-23	18	4th	6 13 15 22 34 41
2010-07-12	4	3rd	1 14 22 41 47 48
2010-07-03	1	3rd	9 19 22 26 28 40
2010-06-30	7	1st	22 27 37 40 45 46
2010-06-14	1	3rd	3 21 22 25 28 35
2010-06-12	1	4th	1 4 14 22 28 38
2010-06-09	2	4th	16 18 21 22 35 38
2010-06-05	15	3rd	4 6 22 28 42 44
2010-05-01	17	2nd	12 22 23 26 33 43
2010-03-22	2	3rd	8 15 22 23 39 44
2010-03-17	3	2nd	6 22 24 26 29 44
2010-03-10	8	4th	2 12 13 22 26 42
2010-02-20	—	5th	2 7 8 20 22 31