Number 22

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/38 · Apr 2010 – Mar 2024 rules — 2,502 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

345times drawn · chance expected 329 +0.93σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

45longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 345 times in 2,502 draws against 329.2 expected, +0.93σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 345 times in 2,502 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 3 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 smallest10 · chance 9.5
2nd smallest57 · chance 61.4
3rd smallest147 · chance 131.6
4th smallest96 · chance 111.2
5th smallest35 · chance 31.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 37.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 28 8 11 15 1

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
2024-03-14	2	4th	8 14 18 22 29
2024-03-12	11	3rd	2 21 22 28 36
2024-03-01	15	2nd	18 22 24 28 33
2024-02-15	3	2nd	7

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.

2023-10-02	5	1st	22 30 31 34 35
2023-09-27	11	3rd	13 15 22 26 32
2023-09-16	9	3rd	14 15 22 34 36
2023-09-07	2	4th	8 12 18 22 32
2023-09-05	8	3rd	13 15 22 25 32
2023-08-28	1	4th	1 8 9 22 31
2023-08-27	13	5th	1 3 13 18 22
2023-08-14	1	3rd	11 17 22 33 35
2023-08-13	14	1st	22 26 27 31 37
2023-07-30	1	3rd	7 16 22 24 25
2023-07-29	3	2nd	1 22 28 32 34
2023-07-26	1	3rd	5 6 22 34 35
2023-07-25	11	4th	1 16 19 22 34
2023-07-14	1	3rd	1 20 22 30 32
2023-07-13	16	3rd	10 21 22 28 31
2023-06-27	20	3rd	14 15 22 26 38
2023-06-07	5	4th	1 7 9 22 25
2023-06-02	5	4th	11 15 17 22 31
2023-05-28	6	3rd	17 18 22 28 37
2023-05-22	2	3rd	5 6 22 34 36
2023-05-20	3	4th	8 12 15 22 37
2023-05-17	11	2nd	21 22 33 34 37
2023-05-06	4	4th	5 16 21 22 35
2023-05-02	2	3rd	3 8 22 26 32
2023-04-30	5	5th	3 8 10 18 22
2023-04-25	27	3rd	7 17 22 34 38
2023-03-29	1	4th	1 7 16 22 36
2023-03-28	8	3rd	4 11 22 25 31
2023-03-20	4	3rd	5 14 22 29 35
2023-03-16	2	2nd	13 22 25 33 38
2023-03-14	1	4th	10 17 21 22 36
2023-03-13	1	2nd	4 22 25 33 38
2023-03-12	1	1st	22 23 25 28 33
2023-03-11	21	5th	4 5 17 20 22
2023-02-18	9	4th	13 14 15 22 34
2023-02-09	9	5th	2 4 14 16 22
2023-01-31	3	4th	1 13 15 22 34
2023-01-28	2	3rd	12 19 22 24 27
2023-01-26	5	3rd	1 13 22 24 32
2023-01-21	2	3rd	14 18 22 27 34
2023-01-19	10	5th	1 4 17 20 22
2023-01-09	1	4th	1 5 13 22 38
2023-01-08	8	5th	5 11 14 20 22
2015-12-31	1	4th	5 19 21 22 23
2015-12-30	30	3rd	9 11 22 27 32
2015-11-30	11	3rd	3 19 22 31 33
2015-11-19	28	3rd	11 12 22 25 31
2015-10-22	13	3rd	14 20 22 23 29
2015-10-09	7	2nd	11 22 24 31 36
2015-10-02	4	4th	2 11 12 22 30
2015-09-28	7	4th	5 13 15 22 27
2015-09-21	7	5th	7 14 16 20 22
2015-09-14	2	2nd	14 22 30 31 38
2015-09-12	21	5th	2 4 6 15 22
2015-08-22	4	5th	5 10 13 19 22
2015-08-18	6	4th	7 9 11 22 30
2015-08-12	2	3rd	4 21 22 35 37
2015-08-10	11	2nd	13 22 23 28 32
2015-07-30	1	2nd	19 22 29 36 38
2015-07-29	15	3rd	8 18 22 32 34
2015-07-14	14	2nd	19 22 23 30 38
2015-06-30	1	4th	2 7 11 22 36
2015-06-29	1	3rd	8 19 22 35 37
2015-06-28	1	4th	7 14 20 22 27
2015-06-27	2	3rd	7 15 22 23 37
2015-06-25	1	2nd	2 22 25 32 34
2015-06-24	8	3rd	13 16 22 24 31
2015-06-16	15	4th	2 10 11 22 36
2015-06-01	1	4th	2 3 4 22 36
2015-05-31	4	2nd	15 22 24 26 28
2015-05-27	11	3rd	1 16 22 24 35
2015-05-16	8	3rd	1 17 22 24 32
2015-05-08	3	2nd	2 22 27 28 38
2015-05-05	45	4th	3 8 14 22 37
2015-03-21	1	3rd	12 20 22 35 38
2015-03-20	3	5th	3 13 14 20 22
2015-03-17	22	2nd	2 22 35 37 38
2015-02-23	5	2nd	13 22 29 32 35
2015-02-18	13	2nd	13 22 24 30 33
2015-02-05	2	3rd	15 19 22 26 28
2015-02-03	5	2nd	16 22 23 29 30
2015-01-29	8	3rd	8 21 22 28 36
2015-01-21	3	3rd	11 19 22 25 35
2015-01-18	5	4th	3 19 21 22 37
2015-01-13	18	2nd	17 22 25 33 36
2014-12-26	2	3rd	16 20 22 34 35
2014-12-24	10	3rd	1 9 22 28 35
2014-12-14	1	3rd	5 11 22 25 31
2014-12-13	13	4th	2 4 6 22 29
2014-11-30	4	2nd	20 22 30 32 33
2014-11-26	7	3rd	2 14 22 24 26
2014-11-19	10	5th	1 8 18 20 22
2014-11-09	3	4th	5 11 15 22 36
2014-11-06	7	4th	4 5 14 22 28
2014-10-30	15	3rd	2 9 22 26 30
2014-10-15	4	4th	1 9 14 22 26
2014-10-11	17	5th	1 7 16 18 22
2014-09-24	8	4th	4 16 19 22 28
2014-09-16	8	5th	3 5 10 15 22
2014-09-08	1	3rd	1 7 22 36 38
2014-09-07	1	4th	7 10 14 22 37
2014-09-06	2	3rd	12 13 22 34 37
2014-09-04	4	4th	1 2 3 22 29
2014-08-31	12	3rd	2 8 22 29 38
2014-08-19	5	3rd	5 19 22 31 38
2014-08-14	8	4th	9 17 21 22 35
2014-08-06	11	3rd	3 6 22 24 29
2014-07-26	4	3rd	6 12 22 32 36
2014-07-22	1	4th	11 13 14 22 28
2014-07-21	17	4th	3 13 21 22 24
2014-07-04	2	3rd	15 16 22 28 38
2014-07-02	2	4th	4 14 20 22 33
2014-06-30	1	2nd	11 22 24 28 36
2014-06-29	19	1st	22 23 25 36 38
2014-06-10	3	1st	22 27 31 33 34
2014-06-07	11	2nd	7 22 25 28 35
2014-05-27	1	3rd	8 15 22 28 31
2014-05-26	1	4th	7 16 21 22 29
2014-05-25	4	3rd	11 18 22 27 34
2014-05-21	32	3rd	1 8 22 30 35
2014-04-19	6	5th	1 8 9 17 22
2014-04-13	4	2nd	14 22 30 34 35
2014-04-09	4	4th	13 16 21 22 30
2014-04-05	1	3rd	3 9 22 26 36
2014-04-04	4	4th	4 18 19 22 25
2014-03-31	2	5th	2 5 16 19 22
2014-03-29	2	4th	6 11 15 22 32
2014-03-27	9	2nd	18 22 23 28 32
2014-03-18	14	3rd	1 13 22 29 36
2014-03-04	8	2nd	2 22 24 28 29
2014-02-24	30	4th	8 17 21 22 33
2014-01-25	2	3rd	15 21 22 24 38
2014-01-23	2	3rd	3 15 22 25 36
2014-01-21	3	2nd	8 22 30 31 34
2014-01-18	15	4th	5 8 11 22 28
2014-01-03	2	3rd	3 19 22 23 29
2014-01-01	14	4th	8 12 21 22 34
2013-12-18	12	4th	6 7 19 22 31
2013-12-06	4	3rd	1 4 22 25 28
2013-12-02	7	3rd	6 12 22 33 35
2013-11-25	24	3rd	13 15 22 24 35
2013-11-01	11	3rd	14 18 22 26 38
2013-10-21	17	3rd	3 12 22 30 31
2013-10-04	4	4th	7 14 19 22 30
2013-09-30	14	3rd	3 5 22 26 38
2013-09-16	7	3rd	9 18 22 27 31
2013-09-09	4	3rd	7 13 22 24 31
2013-09-05	1	2nd	3 22 23 34 35
2013-09-04	3	3rd	4 6 22 27 33
2013-09-01	1	3rd	9 16 22 29 37
2013-08-31	4	4th	8 15 18 22 27
2013-08-27	13	2nd	7 22 24 27 37
2013-08-14	14	3rd	16 17 22 23 35
2013-07-31	4	2nd	17 22 29 30 34
2013-07-27	11	3rd	1 17 22 25 33
2013-07-16	8	2nd	15 22 31 33 35
2013-07-08	1	5th	1 6 8 11 22
2013-07-07	4	5th	1 8 13 14 22
2013-07-03	9	3rd	3 11 22 29 32
2013-06-24	16	3rd	2 13 22 30 38
2013-06-08	15	3rd	6 7 22 23 33
2013-05-24	1	5th	4 10 12 14 22
2013-05-23	6	5th	5 6 9 14 22
2013-05-17	3	1st	22 23 27 29 37
2013-05-14	1	3rd	8 18 22 26 34
2013-05-13	16	3rd	15 21 22 25 33
2013-04-27	6	2nd	6 22 25 32 35
2013-04-21	3	4th	8 10 11 22 23
2013-04-18	1	3rd	2 15 22 33 34
2013-04-17	4	3rd	11 17 22 23 24
2013-04-13	3	4th	6 7 10 22 26
2013-04-10	19	4th	3 11 21 22 24
2013-03-22	5	2nd	2 22 24 36 38
2013-03-17	7	3rd	9 14 22 24 26
2013-03-10	5	4th	8 12 16 22 27
2013-03-05	2	4th	2 5 20 22 28
2013-03-03	2	3rd	8 16 22 28 35
2013-03-01	6	4th	1 12 21 22 33
2013-02-23	1	2nd	14 22 25 32 36
2013-02-22	4	4th	4 17 21 22 27
2013-02-18	5	3rd	15 16 22 30 37
2013-02-13	1	3rd	2 5 22 23 37
2013-02-12	13	5th	1 10 19 20 22
2013-01-30	2	4th	9 12 13 22 34
2013-01-28	3	3rd	4 13 22 26 27
2013-01-25	26	3rd	6 7 22 23 32
2012-12-30	6	4th	1 5 20 22 27
2012-12-24	9	3rd	2 15 22 34 37
2012-12-15	8	3rd	6 20 22 28 31
2012-12-07	22	4th	8 10 18 22 23
2012-11-15	5	3rd	12 16 22 23 38
2012-11-10	7	3rd	6 13 22 23 37
2012-11-03	14	3rd	9 12 22 27 31
2012-10-20	10	3rd	9 14 22 25 26
2012-10-10	12	2nd	18 22 26 28 30
2012-09-28	7	3rd	6 17 22 35 38
2012-09-21	1	4th	6 17 18 22 24
2012-09-20	7	2nd	14 22 29 30 37
2012-09-13	15	4th	1 6 17 22 32
2012-08-29	1	3rd	8 10 22 26 35
2012-08-28	8	2nd	17 22 26 32 37
2012-08-20	1	4th	11 16 21 22 38
2012-08-19	6	3rd	4 17 22 26 37
2012-08-13	1	2nd	20 22 28 31 34
2012-08-12	9	1st	22 30 33 34 37
2012-08-03	36	2nd	21 22 25 26 32
2012-06-28	8	5th	3 13 16 17 22
2012-06-20	1	5th	2 13 15 17 22
2012-06-19	5	3rd	13 18 22 26 34
2012-06-14	3	2nd	11 22 29 33 34
2012-06-11	1	3rd	7 9 22 29 33
2012-06-10	25	3rd	5 18 22 23 33
2012-05-16	6	2nd	7 22 24 30 31
2012-05-10	1	4th	7 8 15 22 25
2012-05-09	3	4th	13 18 21 22 27
2012-05-06	2	1st	22 28 33 34 37
2012-05-04	1	2nd	2 22 28 29 36
2012-05-03	2	3rd	5 16 22 25 29
2012-05-01	13	4th	1 17 18 22 29
2012-04-18	8	4th	6 17 19 22 35
2012-04-10	8	3rd	8 21 22 28 38
2012-04-02	7	5th	2 11 13 18 22
2012-03-26	3	2nd	3 22 26 28 35
2012-03-23	11	3rd	4 18 22 36 38
2012-03-12	1	3rd	9 20 22 23 27
2012-03-11	17	3rd	6 11 22 31 38
2012-02-23	2	4th	3 12 21 22 30
2012-02-21	16	3rd	2 12 22 30 32
2012-02-05	8	3rd	12 20 22 24 26
2012-01-28	2	4th	4 12 21 22 36
2012-01-26	1	3rd	14 19 22 35 36
2012-01-25	3	2nd	7 22 23 35 38
2012-01-22	4	3rd	13 17 22 31 37
2012-01-18	3	4th	4 5 17 22 30
2012-01-15	10	3rd	7 8 22 24 29
2012-01-05	9	3rd	2 5 22 28 32
2011-12-27	18	3rd	6 16 22 27 30
2011-12-09	4	4th	12 15 17 22 34
2011-12-05	13	3rd	11 18 22 28 32
2011-11-22	2	4th	14 16 21 22 31
2011-11-20	7	4th	4 13 21 22 38
2011-11-13	9	4th	1 9 14 22 28
2011-11-04	13	2nd	4 22 23 32 34
2011-10-22	1	4th	6 16 21 22 32
2011-10-21	1	2nd	13 22 24 29 32
2011-10-20	4	3rd	1 14 22 28 37
2011-10-16	6	4th	7 12 15 22 33
2011-10-10	11	3rd	1 2 22 24 32
2011-09-29	19	2nd	12 22 28 32 37
2011-09-10	8	4th	15 18 21 22 24
2011-09-02	1	4th	4 16 17 22 28
2011-09-01	22	5th	6 7 17 19 22
2011-08-10	18	3rd	11 15 22 25 35
2011-07-23	4	3rd	18 20 22 24 29
2011-07-19	10	4th	4 7 12 22 23
2011-07-09	12	3rd	17 18 22 29 38
2011-06-27	8	5th	8 10 17 18 22
2011-06-19	8	3rd	11 15 22 23 29
2011-06-11	4	2nd	5 22 32 33 35
2011-06-07	3	2nd	18 22 24 35 37
2011-06-04	12	3rd	4 6 22 24 37
2011-05-23	15	1st	22 27 28 29 38
2011-05-08	1	2nd	2 22 26 31 35
2011-05-07	3	5th	3 5 12 19 22
2011-05-04	8	4th	10 11 18 22 32
2011-04-26	4	3rd	6 20 22 27 31
2011-04-22	5	3rd	3 11 22 33 37
2011-04-17	7	3rd	9 10 22 33 38
2011-04-10	7	3rd	2 18 22 26 33
2011-04-03	16	3rd	6 12 22 31 36
2011-03-18	1	3rd	4 7 22 23 25
2011-03-17	15	3rd	3 8 22 23 31
2011-03-02	12	2nd	4 22 25 30 32
2011-02-18	9	3rd	1 3 22 24 38
2011-02-09	1	3rd	8 11 22 28 38
2011-02-08	8	3rd	12 20 22 25 27
2011-01-31	2	3rd	1 21 22 25 26
2011-01-29	7	5th	5 11 15 18 22
2011-01-22	6	3rd	6 9 22 28 35
2011-01-16	4	4th	5 15 18 22 25
2011-01-12	12	4th	3 10 21 22 35
2010-12-31	7	4th	1 10 12 22 27
2010-12-24	6	4th	9 16 18 22 38
2010-12-18	10	5th	3 5 10 15 22
2010-12-08	5	3rd	1 18 22 26 30
2010-12-03	4	3rd	5 15 22 23 32
2010-11-29	1	3rd	1 16 22 28 33
2010-11-27	3	3rd	7 14 22 25 27
2010-11-24	4	4th	2 18 20 22 29
2010-11-19	11	4th	15 20 21 22 28
2010-11-06	4	4th	11 13 16 22 27
2010-11-02	3	3rd	1 18 22 36 37
2010-10-29	21	4th	12 16 20 22 24
2010-10-05	15	3rd	18 20 22 26 31
2010-09-17	11	3rd	4 11 22 30 33
2010-09-04	1	3rd	2 18 22 34 36
2010-09-03	1	4th	2 4 9 22 28
2010-09-02	4	5th	10 11 13 20 22
2010-08-28	4	5th	5 7 18 21 22
2010-08-24	1	4th	4 8 14 22 33
2010-08-23	3	3rd	3 8 22 29 38
2010-08-19	15	3rd	2 15 22 26 33
2010-08-02	2	3rd	4 10 22 25 36
2010-07-30	2	2nd	16 22 23 29 36
2010-07-28	2	3rd	5 7 22 25 26
2010-07-26	3	2nd	16 22 24 32 37
2010-07-22	2	4th	15 19 21 22 32
2010-07-20	5	2nd	8 22 26 30 33
2010-07-14	10	4th	10 11 16 22 29
2010-07-02	2	4th	5 6 14 22 28
2010-06-30	1	3rd	1 16 22 25 33
2010-06-29	2	3rd	1 16 22 26 30
2010-06-26	7	5th	9 11 12 18 22
2010-06-18	10	4th	2 8 11 22 36
2010-06-07	15	3rd	5 8 22 23 30
2010-05-20	7	2nd	21 22 23 27 34
2010-05-12	4	2nd	4 22 25 31 34
2010-05-07	4	5th	3 14 15 19 22
2010-05-03	7	3rd	11 16 22 26 29
2010-04-24	11	3rd	12 15 22 24 33
2010-04-12	—	3rd	10 12 22 25 33