Number 22

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

95times drawn · chance expected 87 +0.96σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

39longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 95 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, +0.96σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 95 times in 865 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 4 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 9.2
2nd smallest33 · chance 30.8
3rd smallest33 · chance 35.6
4th smallest18 · chance 16.7
5th smallest2 · chance 2.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 49 6 31 38 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-09-25	8	3rd	5 9 22 34 38
2026-08-28	6	2nd	19 22 24 25 47
2026-08-07	4	2nd	8 22 31 39 40
2026-07-24	15	4th	4 8 13 22

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-27	10	2nd	12 22 29 43 47
2024-08-23	2	2nd	20 22 37 39 40
2024-08-16	9	4th	9 14 15 22 36
2024-07-16	3	3rd	2 10 22 48 49
2024-07-05	2	3rd	18 19 22 38 49
2024-06-28	5	2nd	19 22 31 40 47
2024-06-11	3	2nd	12 22 25 43 50
2024-05-31	4	3rd	17 20 22 35 43
2024-05-17	10	2nd	18 22 23 31 32
2024-04-12	8	1st	22 26 42 43 45
2024-03-15	6	4th	4 9 20 22 33
2024-02-23	22	3rd	3 19 22 35 38
2023-12-08	21	2nd	2 22 24 32 33
2023-09-26	21	2nd	8 22 25 35 44
2023-07-14	1	2nd	1 22 31 32 41
2023-07-11	9	4th	10 19 20 22 48
2023-06-09	4	3rd	5 17 22 27 37
2023-05-26	2	4th	4 9 21 22 41
2023-05-19	12	3rd	3 16 22 42 49
2023-04-07	3	4th	9 15 21 22 26
2023-03-28	2	2nd	10 22 27 42 49
2023-03-21	1	2nd	7 22 28 34 41
2023-03-17	2	2nd	21 22 27 41 43
2023-03-10	3	3rd	12 19 22 27 37
2023-02-28	2	4th	2 14 21 22 40
2023-02-21	12	3rd	10 18 22 36 48
2023-01-10	20	2nd	8 22 27 37 50
2022-11-01	5	3rd	3 6 22 29 47
2022-10-14	10	3rd	6 17 22 33 37
2022-09-09	24	3rd	9 14 22 35 47
2022-06-17	7	2nd	4 22 32 46 48
2022-05-24	4	4th	7 16 21 22 32
2022-05-10	15	1st	22 38 42 48 49
2022-03-18	18	5th	3 12 15 19 22
2022-01-14	13	2nd	12 22 26 29 49
2021-11-30	39	3rd	2 17 22 31 35
2021-07-16	22	2nd	20 22 25 41 45
2021-04-30	1	3rd	6 12 22 38 45
2021-04-27	4	3rd	1 8 22 29 49
2021-04-13	20	3rd	6 8 22 31 42
2021-02-02	1	3rd	6 13 22 34 49
2021-01-29	11	4th	2 11 16 22 47
2020-12-18	8	2nd	20 22 24 28 47
2020-11-20	23	4th	7 10 13 22 50
2020-09-01	4	3rd	16 21 22 36 39
2020-08-18	8	2nd	6 22 30 39 49
2020-07-21	20	3rd	17 20 22 32 41
2020-05-12	2	2nd	6 22 34 44 45
2020-05-05	3	2nd	6 22 41 46 49
2020-04-24	4	3rd	10 12 22 42 50
2020-04-10	8	3rd	7 14 22 24 41
2020-03-13	9	4th	5 6 12 22 50
2020-02-11	12	2nd	9 22 40 43 46
2019-12-31	3	1st	22 31 44 49 50
2019-12-20	17	3rd	8 10 22 36 40
2019-10-22	7	2nd	3 22 31 35 48
2019-09-27	2	4th	14 16 18 22 39
2019-09-20	30	3rd	9 16 22 29 35
2019-06-07	1	4th	4 11 21 22 45
2019-06-04	7	3rd	10 16 22 46 50
2019-05-10	1	2nd	14 22 23 39 43
2019-05-07	9	2nd	15 22 30 45 48
2019-04-05	8	2nd	15 22 29 31 48
2019-03-08	8	5th	4 5 7 11 22
2019-02-08	14	1st	22 30 39 41 42
2018-12-21	4	1st	22 34 40 44 48
2018-12-07	17	3rd	3 6 22 33 47
2018-10-09	6	3rd	5 13 22 24 40
2018-09-18	17	2nd	15 22 23 31 38
2018-07-20	6	3rd	9 21 22 33 39
2018-06-29	—	2nd	15 22 25 31 37