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Star 22 In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,425 draws, 1 from 1–26.
Main numbers Stars 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/35 · Jan 2012 – Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/39 · Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 5/55 + 1/42 · Aug 2005 – Jan 2009 5/53 + 1/42 · Oct 2002 – Aug 2005 5/49 + 1/42 · Nov 1997 – Oct 2002 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 48 times drawn · chance expected 55 −0.94σ
18 draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number
29.5 average wait between appearances · chance says 26.0
119 longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long
22 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 48 times in 1,425 draws against 54.8 expected, −0.94σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
22 Number 22, draw by draw Drawn 48 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 29.5 draws · longest completed wait 119 · waiting 18 draws now
5 draws: 2015-12-12 to 2015-12-30 30 draws: 2015-12-30 to 2016-04-13 47 draws: 2016-04-13 to 2016-09-24 8 draws: 2016-09-24 to 2016-10-22 12 draws: 2016-10-22 to 2016-12-03 15 draws: 2016-12-03 to 2017-01-25 65 draws: 2017-01-25 to 2017-09-09 5 draws: 2017-09-09 to 2017-09-27 12 draws: 2017-09-27 to 2017-11-08 24 draws: 2017-11-08 to 2018-01-31 11 draws: 2018-01-31 to 2018-03-10 34 draws: 2018-03-10 to 2018-07-07 24 draws: 2018-07-07 to 2018-09-29 7 draws: 2018-09-29 to 2018-10-24 22 draws: 2018-10-24 to 2019-01-09 73 draws: 2019-01-09 to 2019-09-21 12 draws: 2019-09-21 to 2019-11-02 19 draws: 2019-11-02 to 2020-01-08 108 draws: 2020-01-08 to 2021-01-20 27 draws: 2021-01-20 to 2021-04-24 74 draws: 2021-04-24 to 2021-11-22 18 draws: 2021-11-22 to 2022-01-03 6 draws: 2022-01-03 to 2022-01-17 57 draws: 2022-01-17 to 2022-05-30 22 draws: 2022-05-30 to 2022-07-20 15 draws: 2022-07-20 to 2022-08-24 17 draws: 2022-08-24 to 2022-10-03 39 draws: 2022-10-03 to 2023-01-02 8 draws: 2023-01-02 to 2023-01-21 85 draws: 2023-01-21 to 2023-08-07 23 draws: 2023-08-07 to 2023-09-30 119 draws: 2023-09-30 to 2024-07-03 19 draws: 2024-07-03 to 2024-08-17 7 draws: 2024-08-17 to 2024-09-02 11 draws: 2024-09-02 to 2024-09-28 4 draws: 2024-09-28 to 2024-10-07 10 draws: 2024-10-07 to 2024-10-30 16 draws: 2024-10-30 to 2024-12-07 86 draws: 2024-12-07 to 2025-06-25 9 draws: 2025-06-25 to 2025-07-16 17 draws: 2025-07-16 to 2025-08-25 4 draws: 2025-08-25 to 2025-09-03 25 draws: 2025-09-03 to 2025-11-01 17 draws: 2025-11-01 to 2025-12-10 64 draws: 2025-12-10 to 2026-05-09 43 draws: 2026-05-09 to 2026-08-17 12 draws: 2026-08-17 to 2026-09-14 Still waiting — at least 18 draws since 2026-09-14 2015-12-12 2015-12-30 2016-04-13 2016-09-24 2016-10-22 2016-12-03 2017-01-25 2017-09-09 2017-09-27 2017-11-08 2018-01-31 2018-03-10 2018-07-07 2018-09-29 2018-10-24 2019-01-09 2019-09-21 2019-11-02 2020-01-08 2021-01-20 2021-04-24 2021-11-22 2022-01-03 2022-01-17 2022-05-30 2022-07-20 2022-08-24 2022-10-03 2023-01-02 2023-01-21 2023-08-07 2023-09-30 2024-07-03 2024-08-17 2024-09-02 2024-09-28 2024-10-07 2024-10-30 2024-12-07 2025-06-25 2025-07-16 2025-08-25 2025-09-03 2025-11-01 2025-12-10 2026-05-09 2026-08-17 2026-09-14 2015-10-07 2026-10-26
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1st smallest 48 · chance 48.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 25 of the other 25 numbers; chance expects about 25 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 — 14th most popular of 26. 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 ← star 21 Every number star 23 → 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 1/26 tonight whatever it did last week.