Number 22

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · Apr 2014 – Jun 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

146times drawn · chance expected 141 +0.45σ

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

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

39longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 146 times in 1,156 draws against 141.0 expected, +0.45σ. 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 146 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 39 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest2 · chance 6.2
2nd smallest37 · chance 32.5
3rd smallest60 · chance 57.4
4th smallest38 · chance 40.4
5th smallest9 · chance 9.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 16 29 36 10 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2017-06-13	3	3rd	3 4 22 31 39
2017-06-10	1	2nd	6 22 24 36 41
2017-06-09	26	5th	7 8 16 21 22
2017-05-14	1	4th	3 15 20

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-12-17	17	2nd	12 22 25 27 30
2016-11-30	1	3rd	1 21 22 31 39
2016-11-29	1	3rd	9 15 22 23 24
2016-11-28	3	3rd	1 6 22 28 37
2016-11-25	1	4th	1 9 15 22 35
2016-11-24	10	3rd	8 18 22 29 33
2016-11-14	4	4th	8 12 20 22 36
2016-11-10	2	4th	4 6 21 22 25
2016-11-08	3	5th	2 6 10 13 22
2016-11-05	2	3rd	13 16 22 38 40
2016-11-03	3	4th	17 20 21 22 36
2016-10-31	14	2nd	17 22 29 32 37
2016-10-17	1	4th	6 12 14 22 32
2016-10-16	7	2nd	9 22 28 30 36
2016-10-09	8	4th	10 16 19 22 34
2016-10-01	1	3rd	15 18 22 23 38
2016-09-30	11	3rd	4 10 22 29 33
2016-09-19	1	2nd	4 22 23 27 28
2016-09-18	2	3rd	4 5 22 24 33
2016-09-16	6	3rd	5 20 22 26 38
2016-09-10	21	3rd	6 8 22 31 34
2016-08-20	20	4th	4 11 15 22 26
2016-07-31	5	4th	2 4 19 22 23
2016-07-26	3	2nd	20 22 25 36 40
2016-07-23	1	2nd	13 22 24 32 35
2016-07-22	3	4th	3 7 16 22 41
2016-07-19	17	3rd	14 21 22 27 31
2016-07-02	11	5th	2 7 10 11 22
2016-06-21	10	3rd	1 3 22 27 38
2016-06-11	3	5th	6 10 11 21 22
2016-06-08	3	4th	12 16 20 22 29
2016-06-05	3	3rd	13 15 22 26 36
2016-06-02	8	4th	6 16 17 22 39
2016-05-25	6	2nd	18 22 24 34 40
2016-05-19	20	2nd	16 22 23 33 40
2016-04-29	10	3rd	3 19 22 34 35
2016-04-19	10	3rd	1 15 22 29 39
2016-04-09	11	3rd	10 20 22 31 39
2016-03-29	5	2nd	4 22 34 36 39
2016-03-24	6	3rd	15 18 22 35 37
2016-03-18	5	2nd	18 22 31 37 38
2016-03-13	33	2nd	5 22 26 29 31
2016-02-09	13	3rd	11 18 22 35 41
2016-01-27	11	2nd	17 22 23 32 36
2016-01-16	4	3rd	7 18 22 24 26
2016-01-12	19	3rd	5 6 22 29 36
2015-12-24	1	3rd	8 13 22 31 38
2015-12-23	3	4th	8 16 17 22 39
2015-12-20	7	4th	5 9 20 22 39
2015-12-13	7	3rd	10 15 22 33 38
2015-12-06	17	4th	4 14 17 22 29
2015-11-19	16	3rd	18 21 22 25 41
2015-11-03	9	3rd	2 9 22 34 41
2015-10-25	9	2nd	9 22 25 28 35
2015-10-16	11	5th	6 7 15 19 22
2015-10-05	4	3rd	4 17 22 29 40
2015-10-01	3	2nd	1 22 24 26 35
2015-09-28	3	3rd	7 18 22 28 32
2015-09-25	4	3rd	2 8 22 24 30
2015-09-21	9	3rd	8 10 22 29 37
2015-09-12	5	2nd	16 22 27 32 41
2015-09-07	1	2nd	13 22 24 26 27
2015-09-06	6	4th	2 7 19 22 29
2015-08-31	2	2nd	14 22 31 33 37
2015-08-29	4	3rd	2 16 22 29 38
2015-08-25	5	4th	5 13 15 22 25
2015-08-20	6	3rd	13 20 22 28 31
2015-08-14	9	4th	13 20 21 22 27
2015-08-05	2	4th	5 10 15 22 28
2015-08-03	22	2nd	7 22 24 34 40
2015-07-12	6	3rd	1 12 22 24 28
2015-07-06	10	2nd	17 22 27 30 34
2015-06-26	21	2nd	3 22 23 35 36
2015-06-05	3	3rd	12 19 22 33 37
2015-06-02	6	3rd	7 21 22 25 33
2015-05-27	5	5th	4 10 13 16 22
2015-05-22	16	4th	3 11 19 22 30
2015-05-06	9	4th	13 15 19 22 39
2015-04-26	6	2nd	17 22 29 32 35
2015-04-20	7	4th	5 11 21 22 26
2015-04-13	4	3rd	3 18 22 36 41
2015-04-09	10	4th	4 5 15 22 29
2015-03-30	15	3rd	5 10 22 24 34
2015-03-15	5	4th	6 15 19 22 27
2015-03-10	3	3rd	11 14 22 33 38
2015-03-07	12	2nd	16 22 23 31 39
2015-02-23	4	3rd	6 14 22 28 31
2015-02-19	7	2nd	16 22 25 29 32
2015-02-12	22	2nd	6 22 28 33 37
2015-01-21	1	3rd	7 12 22 24 37
2015-01-20	4	2nd	7 22 30 38 41
2015-01-16	5	4th	5 16 18 22 29
2015-01-11	15	3rd	1 10 22 23 25
2014-12-27	3	4th	1 4 13 22 36
2014-12-24	1	3rd	2 11 22 30 32
2014-12-23	7	2nd	4 22 23 26 32
2014-12-16	24	3rd	12 16 22 25 37
2014-11-22	13	4th	4 6 10 22 31
2014-11-09	19	4th	1 2 7 22 37
2014-10-21	11	4th	9 12 20 22 29
2014-10-10	3	4th	7 10 12 22 37
2014-10-07	4	3rd	4 18 22 27 32
2014-10-03	17	3rd	4 10 22 24 27
2014-09-16	9	3rd	12 20 22 34 38
2014-09-07	5	1st	22 28 36 37 40
2014-09-02	5	4th	1 16 19 22 36
2014-08-28	3	3rd	6 10 22 23 37
2014-08-25	5	3rd	10 12 22 24 35
2014-08-20	8	4th	1 4 20 22 41
2014-08-12	3	3rd	15 19 22 27 39
2014-08-09	9	3rd	9 18 22 36 39
2014-07-31	6	3rd	8 12 22 40 41
2014-07-25	1	4th	7 19 21 22 32
2014-07-24	1	3rd	9 13 22 35 37
2014-07-23	4	2nd	9 22 27 32 39
2014-07-19	31	5th	8 9 15 18 22
2014-06-18	10	4th	4 6 19 22 26
2014-06-08	2	3rd	1 11 22 31 36
2014-06-06	16	5th	1 9 16 21 22
2014-05-21	1	5th	1 8 9 21 22
2014-05-20	4	3rd	2 8 22 32 34
2014-05-16	—	2nd	16 22 24 37 41