Number 22

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

113times drawn · chance expected 101 +1.28σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 30% for any number

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

35longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 113 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, +1.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 15 times, counted separately.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 113 times in 722 draws · average wait 6.3 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 9 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 smallest5 · chance 3.0
2nd smallest13 · chance 16.7
3rd smallest39 · chance 34.7
4th smallest36 · chance 35.2
5th smallest16 · chance 18.3
6th smallest4 · chance 4.6
7th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

46 9 37 7 18 19

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
2026-03-10	3	3rd	14 16 22 28 33 37 48
2026-02-27	3	3rd	7 9 22 24 34 36 37
2026-02-17	8	4th	10 11 18 22 28 34

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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