Number 22

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · May 2016 – Nov 2018 rules — 897 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

108times drawn · chance expected 109 −0.14σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 68% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

35longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 108 times in 897 draws against 109.4 expected, −0.14σ. 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 108 times in 897 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 35 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest5 · chance 4.6
2nd smallest31 · chance 24.0
3rd smallest45 · chance 42.4
4th smallest21 · chance 29.9
5th smallest6 · chance 7.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 4 26 27 33 10

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
2018-10-30	2	2nd	13 22 23 28 32
2018-10-28	5	4th	1 8 13 22 37
2018-10-23	7	3rd	12 14 22 33 37
2018-10-16	3	1st	22 23 27

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.

2018-04-16	7	2nd	11 22 27 32 38
2018-04-09	12	3rd	3 9 22 29 32
2018-03-28	3	1st	22 23 27 28 41
2018-03-25	5	3rd	7 21 22 24 30
2018-03-20	5	3rd	4 17 22 29 30
2018-03-15	10	2nd	7 22 24 31 34
2018-03-05	1	2nd	13 22 26 29 35
2018-03-04	6	4th	10 12 21 22 40
2018-02-26	12	2nd	14 22 27 31 36
2018-02-14	4	5th	4 7 10 21 22
2018-02-10	3	3rd	4 11 22 37 39
2018-02-07	33	4th	6 13 17 22 26
2018-01-05	5	2nd	10 22 23 28 34
2017-12-31	2	3rd	2 20 22 30 31
2017-12-29	3	4th	8 13 17 22 28
2017-12-26	13	2nd	4 22 23 24 41
2017-12-13	2	3rd	10 20 22 27 33
2017-12-11	6	5th	11 15 20 21 22
2017-12-05	21	5th	8 10 17 21 22
2017-11-14	1	1st	22 28 30 31 34
2017-11-13	7	4th	10 12 18 22 25
2017-11-06	4	3rd	7 11 22 27 31
2017-11-02	18	2nd	5 22 25 27 39
2017-10-14	14	5th	3 4 5 16 22
2017-09-29	12	2nd	19 22 36 38 41
2017-09-17	6	4th	1 6 10 22 33
2017-09-11	2	3rd	3 6 22 23 26
2017-09-09	5	3rd	7 12 22 24 28
2017-09-04	1	2nd	12 22 23 25 39
2017-09-03	20	2nd	8 22 27 35 39
2017-08-14	4	4th	4 10 17 22 35
2017-08-10	9	5th	4 6 9 16 22
2017-08-01	2	2nd	15 22 23 36 37
2017-07-30	3	2nd	21 22 24 25 26
2017-07-27	11	3rd	7 12 22 34 41
2017-07-16	3	3rd	3 10 22 30 40
2017-07-13	7	2nd	17 22 24 25 28
2017-07-06	11	4th	12 15 21 22 26
2017-06-25	3	4th	5 17 20 22 25
2017-06-22	1	2nd	9 22 25 34 35
2017-06-21	5	4th	5 12 19 22 39
2017-06-16	1	3rd	16 20 22 37 40
2017-06-15	2	4th	2 14 19 22 32
2017-06-13	21	3rd	2 9 22 32 35
2017-05-23	9	2nd	1 22 29 33 36
2017-05-14	22	3rd	14 18 22 26 28
2017-04-22	19	4th	3 8 16 22 34
2017-04-01	5	3rd	4 16 22 24 25
2017-03-27	15	3rd	8 12 22 23 28
2017-03-12	11	3rd	4 10 22 26 33
2017-03-01	8	4th	1 11 14 22 30
2017-02-21	2	3rd	2 5 22 27 34
2017-02-19	20	2nd	8 22 23 29 37
2017-01-30	9	2nd	18 22 30 33 36
2017-01-21	3	3rd	2 4 22 32 38
2017-01-18	7	2nd	21 22 29 38 40
2017-01-11	10	2nd	20 22 26 33 37
2017-01-01	8	3rd	7 18 22 23 34
2016-12-24	5	4th	6 16 17 22 27
2016-12-19	3	3rd	1 5 22 26 30
2016-12-16	7	4th	3 6 20 22 26
2016-12-09	15	3rd	1 4 22 23 32
2016-11-24	8	4th	2 17 20 22 30
2016-11-16	9	4th	2 9 10 22 41
2016-11-07	10	3rd	2 3 22 24 40
2016-10-28	2	2nd	17 22 29 32 34
2016-10-26	4	3rd	2 10 22 30 32
2016-10-22	5	3rd	6 11 22 37 38
2016-10-17	4	3rd	13 21 22 33 34
2016-10-13	19	3rd	1 20 22 27 33
2016-09-24	11	3rd	9 19 22 30 33
2016-09-13	3	3rd	1 5 22 33 37
2016-09-10	11	4th	7 12 18 22 34
2016-08-30	31	2nd	8 22 25 27 33
2016-07-30	3	1st	22 24 26 29 36
2016-07-27	13	4th	4 8 11 22 25
2016-07-14	6	2nd	20 22 25 34 38
2016-07-08	3	2nd	15 22 25 31 41
2016-07-05	4	2nd	18 22 30 35 38
2016-07-01	5	3rd	4 7 22 33 36
2016-06-26	3	3rd	2 12 22 26 36
2016-06-23	26	3rd	8 17 22 35 38
2016-05-28	1	4th	9 13 17 22 40
2016-05-27	—	2nd	13 22 28 36 39