In Western Max under the 7/50 · since May 2025 rules — 148 draws, 7 from 1–50.
18times drawn · chance expected 21 −0.64σ
13draws waiting · a wait this long: 16% for any number
7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1
26longest completed wait · 33% chance of one at least that long
22 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 18 times in 148 draws against 20.7 expected, −0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
22
Number 22, draw by draw
Drawn 18 times in 148 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 26 · waiting 13 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.
Never drawn alongside 4 of the other 49 numbers; chance expects about 5 such strangers 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.
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.