Number 22

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

212times drawn · chance expected 211 +0.07σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

37longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 212 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, +0.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 212 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 5 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 smallest12 · chance 10.0
2nd smallest48 · chance 45.6
3rd smallest75 · chance 76.1
4th smallest53 · chance 57.8
5th smallest24 · chance 20.0
6th smallest0 · chance 2.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 46 3 43 17 20

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
2026-09-23	12	3rd	11 17 22 26 31 49
2026-08-12	5	2nd	17 22 26 35 41 45
2026-07-25	16	3rd	13 16 22 32 42 46
2026-05-30	3	3rd

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.

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