Number 22

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/38 · since Apr 2025 rules — 550 draws, 5 from 1–38.

79times drawn · chance expected 72 +0.84σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 65% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

32longest completed wait · 63% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 79 times in 550 draws against 72.4 expected, +0.84σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 10 times, counted separately.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 79 times in 550 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 32 · 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 smallest1 · chance 2.2
2nd smallest12 · chance 14.1
3rd smallest25 · chance 30.1
4th smallest30 · chance 25.5
5th smallest11 · chance 7.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 3 4 5 11 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2026-10-18	3	4th	9 12 21 22 38
2026-10-15	10	5th	2 5 9 11 22
2026-10-05	1	3rd	3 11 22 28 33
2026-10-04	1	5th	2 11 16

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-06-08	32	4th	2 4 17 22 32
2026-05-07	1	4th	12 13 19 22 29
2026-05-06	31	4th	2 11 15 22 23
2026-04-05	8	2nd	16 22 23 25 35
2026-03-28	14	4th	3 11 20 22 23
2026-03-14	25	3rd	6 16 22 26 36
2026-02-17	1	4th	6 9 11 22 32
2026-02-16	7	4th	7 11 16 22 31
2026-02-09	3	3rd	2 21 22 26 27
2026-02-06	8	2nd	9 22 24 28 31
2026-01-29	7	5th	1 3 16 18 22
2026-01-22	2	3rd	5 16 22 35 37
2026-01-20	8	2nd	17 22 25 29 38
2026-01-12	6	4th	5 8 9 22 30
2026-01-06	11	3rd	4 9 22 26 33
2025-12-26	15	3rd	6 10 22 23 24
2025-12-11	6	2nd	21 22 25 28 34
2025-12-05	4	3rd	8 14 22 24 30
2025-12-01	6	5th	1 8 18 19 22
2025-11-25	1	2nd	13 22 30 31 37
2025-11-24	15	4th	7 13 15 22 38
2025-11-09	12	4th	3 4 13 22 32
2025-10-28	11	3rd	10 18 22 29 36
2025-10-17	2	5th	4 5 14 20 22
2025-10-15	4	4th	9 13 17 22 23
2025-10-11	16	3rd	11 16 22 28 31
2025-09-25	5	3rd	12 16 22 26 27
2025-09-20	6	3rd	3 13 22 34 38
2025-09-14	13	5th	9 11 17 21 22
2025-09-01	4	2nd	16 22 23 27 30
2025-08-28	3	4th	10 13 20 22 29
2025-08-25	3	4th	4 6 8 22 30
2025-08-22	1	3rd	14 18 22 25 35
2025-08-21	1	4th	14 17 18 22 33
2025-08-20	2	3rd	5 19 22 31 38
2025-08-18	1	4th	6 17 19 22 24
2025-08-17	5	3rd	16 18 22 24 35
2025-08-12	1	4th	3 15 21 22 38
2025-08-11	4	3rd	2 12 22 32 38
2025-08-07	1	4th	4 6 20 22 28
2025-08-06	1	3rd	3 11 22 33 36
2025-08-05	11	4th	1 2 18 22 33
2025-07-25	26	4th	3 4 7 22 25
2025-06-29	12	3rd	4 15 22 28 31
2025-06-17	1	2nd	15 22 28 30 32
2025-06-16	6	3rd	14 15 22 23 26
2025-06-10	23	5th	5 8 11 13 22
2025-05-18	3	4th	17 19 20 22 34
2025-05-15	7	5th	5 8 15 16 22
2025-05-08	3	2nd	8 22 32 36 37
2025-05-05	7	4th	5 16 19 22 35
2025-04-28	3	3rd	6 7 22 27 29
2025-04-25	1	3rd	3 4 22 33 37
2025-04-24	2	4th	4 12 18 22 36
2025-04-22	—	3rd	13 19 22 26 35