Number 22

In Cash 5 under the 5/39 · Apr 2010 – May 2016 rules — 2,219 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

295times drawn · chance expected 284 +0.67σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

36longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 295 times in 2,219 draws against 284.5 expected, +0.67σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 295 times in 2,219 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 17 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 smallest19 · chance 9.5
2nd smallest56 · chance 57.1
3rd smallest102 · chance 114.1
4th smallest92 · chance 90.4
5th smallest26 · chance 23.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 31.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 8 1 11 7 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2016-04-29	4	1st	22 24 27 35 36
2016-04-25	17	3rd	13 19 22 25 39
2016-04-08	3	3rd	8 13 22 28 33
2016-04-05	5	2nd	10 22 26

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2015-11-25	3	3rd	18 21 22 26 32
2015-11-22	4	4th	6 14 20 22 35
2015-11-18	1	3rd	5 14 22 31 38
2015-11-17	3	3rd	18 20 22 32 36
2015-11-14	1	2nd	19 22 29 33 39
2015-11-13	4	2nd	11 22 26 30 32
2015-11-09	1	3rd	2 6 22 37 39
2015-11-08	8	2nd	8 22 27 34 35
2015-10-31	2	4th	1 10 16 22 38
2015-10-29	9	3rd	7 13 22 25 34
2015-10-20	4	3rd	5 10 22 25 26
2015-10-16	6	2nd	5 22 28 29 37
2015-10-10	4	3rd	2 9 22 24 30
2015-10-06	19	4th	1 2 19 22 37
2015-09-17	5	2nd	3 22 24 30 34
2015-09-12	2	3rd	12 15 22 23 34
2015-09-10	2	4th	1 7 15 22 24
2015-09-08	1	3rd	13 17 22 28 31
2015-09-07	2	3rd	12 19 22 34 35
2015-09-05	7	2nd	13 22 25 31 37
2015-08-29	1	3rd	10 20 22 29 31
2015-08-28	5	4th	1 5 12 22 23
2015-08-23	15	3rd	3 16 22 24 36
2015-08-08	1	2nd	12 22 31 34 37
2015-08-07	9	4th	3 10 12 22 39
2015-07-29	1	2nd	15 22 30 34 39
2015-07-28	5	2nd	18 22 35 37 39
2015-07-23	5	5th	1 7 8 13 22
2015-07-18	1	4th	1 6 8 22 37
2015-07-17	2	3rd	5 11 22 35 37
2015-07-15	2	3rd	4 7 22 31 33
2015-07-13	10	4th	18 19 21 22 25
2015-07-03	13	2nd	11 22 23 28 39
2015-06-20	13	4th	8 10 11 22 33
2015-06-07	3	1st	22 25 35 36 38
2015-06-04	15	2nd	14 22 25 35 37
2015-05-20	1	4th	8 14 18 22 28
2015-05-19	4	3rd	1 20 22 31 32
2015-05-15	3	4th	5 10 21 22 30
2015-05-12	11	2nd	20 22 24 26 32
2015-04-30	14	3rd	6 13 22 30 32
2015-04-16	12	2nd	13 22 25 26 35
2015-04-04	6	3rd	9 10 22 23 39
2015-03-29	1	3rd	9 19 22 26 34
2015-03-28	3	3rd	11 20 22 26 29
2015-03-25	19	3rd	6 8 22 31 33
2015-03-06	5	3rd	6 8 22 26 38
2015-03-01	4	1st	22 24 30 31 37
2015-02-25	24	2nd	6 22 24 34 39
2015-02-01	1	5th	2 5 7 14 22
2015-01-31	5	1st	22 24 28 29 31
2015-01-26	1	4th	6 7 18 22 25
2015-01-25	6	4th	14 18 19 22 35
2015-01-19	1	2nd	13 22 24 29 37
2015-01-18	9	4th	1 16 17 22 29
2015-01-09	9	3rd	15 19 22 23 37
2014-12-31	11	4th	1 3 13 22 23
2014-12-20	5	3rd	12 17 22 30 34
2014-12-15	7	5th	1 5 9 16 22
2014-12-08	2	4th	2 3 10 22 33
2014-12-06	26	1st	22 25 28 30 35
2014-11-10	3	3rd	11 12 22 26 28
2014-11-07	11	5th	4 10 14 15 22
2014-10-27	10	4th	7 14 21 22 27
2014-10-17	11	2nd	15 22 29 33 39
2014-10-06	2	1st	22 27 28 31 37
2014-10-04	19	3rd	14 19 22 23 26
2014-09-15	8	4th	7 10 21 22 24
2014-09-07	13	3rd	4 7 22 28 32
2014-08-25	5	4th	2 9 13 22 35
2014-08-20	3	3rd	17 19 22 36 38
2014-08-17	28	2nd	9 22 32 36 37
2014-07-20	5	3rd	2 16 22 25 37
2014-07-15	5	3rd	12 16 22 31 36
2014-07-10	3	2nd	1 22 24 32 39
2014-07-07	2	4th	3 5 12 22 37
2014-07-05	7	3rd	15 21 22 24 36
2014-06-28	9	3rd	9 11 22 30 35
2014-06-19	1	3rd	1 8 22 30 34
2014-06-18	1	2nd	13 22 26 29 36
2014-06-17	3	5th	8 12 13 20 22
2014-06-14	3	4th	4 8 9 22 32
2014-06-11	3	3rd	6 7 22 24 35
2014-06-08	20	5th	4 5 11 14 22
2014-05-19	8	2nd	15 22 30 31 37
2014-05-11	2	1st	22 29 32 33 37
2014-05-09	13	3rd	4 17 22 27 36
2014-04-26	13	4th	7 16 21 22 35
2014-04-13	5	3rd	4 11 22 29 36
2014-04-08	1	3rd	1 19 22 34 36
2014-04-07	7	4th	1 5 15 22 23
2014-03-31	20	1st	22 25 28 37 38
2014-03-11	12	5th	11 14 20 21 22
2014-02-27	36	3rd	5 8 22 30 39
2014-01-22	4	3rd	10 16 22 24 30
2014-01-18	7	4th	15 16 21 22 29
2014-01-11	7	3rd	15 17 22 35 37
2014-01-04	3	2nd	3 22 23 33 37
2014-01-01	27	4th	5 14 18 22 31
2013-12-05	6	3rd	6 10 22 27 34
2013-11-29	6	3rd	1 20 22 23 28
2013-11-23	1	4th	5 10 12 22 34
2013-11-22	3	3rd	6 7 22 35 37
2013-11-19	9	5th	2 5 7 11 22
2013-11-10	1	4th	11 17 19 22 27
2013-11-09	7	5th	3 5 13 17 22
2013-11-02	3	3rd	12 21 22 36 38
2013-10-30	2	3rd	1 7 22 27 35
2013-10-28	11	3rd	1 11 22 25 37
2013-10-16	3	2nd	19 22 24 29 35
2013-10-13	7	5th	3 4 20 21 22
2013-10-06	7	2nd	10 22 27 29 38
2013-09-29	3	2nd	15 22 26 30 37
2013-09-26	7	3rd	6 14 22 30 37
2013-09-19	6	2nd	9 22 27 30 32
2013-09-13	3	5th	2 3 12 15 22
2013-09-10	8	2nd	20 22 24 37 38
2013-09-02	15	4th	12 14 21 22 29
2013-08-18	1	4th	7 8 19 22 29
2013-08-17	4	3rd	8 16 22 25 33
2013-08-13	5	4th	2 4 9 22 25
2013-08-08	6	5th	2 8 16 20 22
2013-08-02	2	4th	7 14 19 22 38
2013-07-31	4	4th	8 11 13 22 36
2013-07-27	11	1st	22 27 28 36 39
2013-07-16	3	4th	14 17 18 22 30
2013-07-13	18	1st	22 30 34 36 38
2013-06-25	2	3rd	3 15 22 38 39
2013-06-23	5	3rd	6 13 22 33 38
2013-06-18	2	4th	8 12 18 22 32
2013-06-16	4	3rd	13 21 22 27 34
2013-06-12	10	4th	1 6 10 22 28
2013-06-02	1	2nd	14 22 23 26 28
2013-06-01	3	3rd	1 13 22 26 32
2013-05-29	2	5th	1 5 13 19 22
2013-05-27	21	1st	22 23 25 26 38
2013-05-06	2	3rd	5 11 22 33 36
2013-05-04	11	4th	4 12 13 22 27
2013-04-23	4	2nd	1 22 27 29 37
2013-04-19	18	3rd	11 21 22 26 32
2013-04-01	9	4th	14 18 20 22 25
2013-03-23	4	3rd	4 15 22 28 35
2013-03-19	6	4th	2 5 21 22 35
2013-03-13	7	3rd	5 6 22 29 37
2013-03-06	1	4th	8 9 21 22 35
2013-03-05	3	4th	3 19 20 22 23
2013-03-02	8	3rd	2 7 22 25 27
2013-02-22	6	3rd	7 19 22 23 25
2013-02-16	1	2nd	11 22 33 34 39
2013-02-15	4	3rd	8 17 22 27 30
2013-02-11	35	3rd	10 15 22 23 24
2013-01-07	13	3rd	3 21 22 33 35
2012-12-25	5	5th	7 13 20 21 22
2012-12-20	13	2nd	2 22 29 33 34
2012-12-07	13	2nd	4 22 23 26 38
2012-11-24	10	5th	3 9 19 20 22
2012-11-14	8	3rd	12 13 22 26 33
2012-11-06	19	2nd	1 22 26 27 33
2012-10-18	1	2nd	13 22 25 32 33
2012-10-17	2	3rd	5 21 22 24 31
2012-10-15	5	4th	4 5 20 22 25
2012-10-10	3	2nd	15 22 24 25 37
2012-10-07	2	3rd	10 21 22 29 37
2012-10-05	3	4th	1 9 21 22 29
2012-10-02	28	5th	1 3 10 18 22
2012-09-04	23	3rd	6 16 22 26 39
2012-08-12	8	2nd	13 22 27 29 30
2012-08-04	2	4th	8 9 13 22 23
2012-08-02	3	3rd	11 17 22 37 38
2012-07-30	13	4th	7 8 11 22 39
2012-07-17	10	3rd	7 15 22 31 39
2012-07-07	1	3rd	4 18 22 29 38
2012-07-06	13	4th	8 11 12 22 32
2012-06-22	1	3rd	8 19 22 24 31
2012-06-21	2	2nd	3 22 28 36 37
2012-06-19	5	3rd	3 11 22 29 30
2012-06-14	2	4th	3 14 15 22 27
2012-06-12	3	4th	16 19 20 22 37
2012-06-09	2	3rd	5 18 22 32 35
2012-06-07	3	4th	3 12 19 22 36
2012-06-04	3	4th	1 9 20 22 26
2012-06-01	5	3rd	1 2 22 33 35
2012-05-27	15	2nd	4 22 24 26 37
2012-05-09	2	4th	7 8 10 22 34
2012-05-07	15	4th	1 3 5 22 28
2012-04-22	5	5th	7 19 20 21 22
2012-04-17	1	2nd	20 22 32 36 38
2012-04-16	8	4th	4 6 10 22 28
2012-04-08	8	4th	11 16 19 22 36
2012-03-31	1	2nd	10 22 31 34 36
2012-03-30	13	4th	1 11 17 22 23
2012-03-17	4	4th	14 16 20 22 28
2012-03-13	2	2nd	10 22 24 25 32
2012-03-11	7	1st	22 23 24 29 34
2012-03-04	4	2nd	14 22 29 32 35
2012-02-29	6	2nd	7 22 26 32 37
2012-02-23	7	4th	12 14 15 22 32
2012-02-16	16	4th	10 11 17 22 33
2012-01-31	15	2nd	4 22 23 26 37
2012-01-16	8	4th	2 6 8 22 33
2012-01-08	6	2nd	5 22 28 29 38
2012-01-02	12	1st	22 23 32 35 36
2011-12-21	1	4th	3 4 18 22 27
2011-12-20	3	1st	22 24 29 36 39
2011-12-17	1	1st	22 27 28 32 35
2011-12-16	27	4th	4 5 9 22 29
2011-11-19	24	3rd	7 8 22 33 35
2011-10-26	3	4th	1 14 18 22 27
2011-10-23	15	4th	10 16 21 22 37
2011-10-06	11	4th	7 17 20 22 34
2011-09-25	4	4th	3 15 20 22 34
2011-09-21	1	4th	2 8 9 22 36
2011-09-20	1	3rd	7 18 22 26 31
2011-09-19	2	4th	1 7 20 22 25
2011-09-17	3	2nd	10 22 23 25 26
2011-09-14	7	4th	4 13 14 22 33
2011-09-07	9	4th	4 6 10 22 37
2011-08-29	4	3rd	14 21 22 26 31
2011-08-24	5	4th	6 8 9 22 33
2011-08-19	14	3rd	11 17 22 29 33
2011-08-03	29	4th	6 8 9 22 39
2011-07-05	12	3rd	1 10 22 28 36
2011-06-23	5	3rd	16 17 22 29 35
2011-06-18	18	4th	4 7 19 22 24
2011-05-31	17	4th	7 11 17 22 28
2011-05-14	4	4th	8 16 19 22 34
2011-05-10	3	3rd	3 4 22 24 34
2011-05-07	11	4th	14 18 21 22 33
2011-04-26	6	3rd	5 18 22 24 39
2011-04-20	8	2nd	15 22 28 35 38
2011-04-11	21	4th	10 19 20 22 27
2011-03-21	1	3rd	17 19 22 34 37
2011-03-20	8	3rd	11 18 22 28 30
2011-03-12	13	4th	5 11 12 22 24
2011-02-27	6	1st	22 23 35 37 38
2011-02-21	7	5th	1 7 8 20 22
2011-02-14	9	4th	4 13 20 22 38
2011-02-05	20	4th	2 13 17 22 23
2011-01-15	2	4th	3 4 12 22 25
2011-01-13	8	3rd	4 5 22 25 33
2011-01-05	1	1st	22 23 25 31 32
2011-01-04	4	4th	11 15 21 22 29
2010-12-31	10	3rd	1 12 22 31 33
2010-12-21	3	4th	13 14 17 22 29
2010-12-18	15	3rd	8 17 22 31 34
2010-12-03	3	2nd	12 22 25 33 38
2010-11-30	8	3rd	3 8 22 30 34
2010-11-22	9	3rd	5 16 22 31 32
2010-11-13	4	4th	4 15 18 22 28
2010-11-09	2	3rd	8 16 22 32 37
2010-11-07	1	3rd	8 21 22 24 27
2010-11-06	3	3rd	8 12 22 34 39
2010-11-03	21	3rd	1 7 22 31 33
2010-10-13	3	4th	7 11 17 22 32
2010-10-10	1	5th	9 10 15 21 22
2010-10-09	5	3rd	3 17 22 25 31
2010-10-04	25	2nd	14 22 26 31 36
2010-09-09	1	2nd	16 22 23 24 38
2010-09-08	12	3rd	1 19 22 32 39
2010-08-27	10	5th	1 5 8 12 22
2010-08-17	17	4th	11 18 21 22 34
2010-07-31	4	4th	8 11 19 22 34
2010-07-27	7	3rd	8 19 22 24 30
2010-07-20	7	3rd	11 14 22 26 27
2010-07-13	20	4th	5 18 21 22 34
2010-06-23	6	5th	7 11 17 18 22
2010-06-17	8	3rd	10 20 22 28 32
2010-06-09	2	4th	5 14 20 22 23
2010-06-07	15	4th	6 11 12 22 33
2010-05-23	4	5th	6 10 12 16 22
2010-05-19	—	4th	9 10 13 22 38