Number 22

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,163 draws, 6 from 1–40.

182times drawn · chance expected 174 +0.62σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

25longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long

22 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 182 times in 1,163 draws against 174.4 expected, +0.62σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 24 times, counted separately.

Number 22, draw by draw

Drawn 182 times in 1,163 draws · average wait 6.3 draws · longest completed wait 25 · 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 smallest2 · chance 2.7
2nd smallest19 · chance 20.3
3rd smallest63 · chance 54.2
4th smallest65 · chance 64.3
5th smallest26 · chance 34.1
6th smallest7 · chance 6.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

40 7 24 39 4 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-10	6	3rd	3 11 22 25 27 37
2026-09-19	4	2nd	6 22 23 32 36 37
2026-09-05	7	6th	2 7 8 17 21 22
2026-08-12

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-19	13	4th	7 10 11 22 36 37
2025-01-04	1	3rd	7 13 22 30 31 39
2025-01-01	3	3rd	2 15 22 23 27 39
2024-12-21	6	4th	18 19 21 22 37 40
2024-11-30	3	5th	1 8 15 17 22 31
2024-11-20	17	5th	1 7 13 16 22 29
2024-09-21	13	4th	3 7 14 22 23 24
2024-08-07	4	4th	7 10 18 22 33 39
2024-07-24	2	4th	4 14 16 22 28 40
2024-07-17	8	4th	7 9 21 22 34 39
2024-06-19	1	4th	2 7 21 22 23 26
2024-06-15	2	3rd	1 2 22 30 32 36
2024-06-08	14	5th	4 6 19 21 22 35
2024-04-20	11	3rd	4 11 22 25 27 31
2024-03-13	1	3rd	7 20 22 26 35 39
2024-03-09	2	5th	3 4 17 18 22 23
2024-03-02	7	5th	4 8 12 13 22 39
2024-02-07	24	2nd	16 22 29 31 36 40
2023-11-15	7	4th	1 7 14 22 29 30
2023-10-21	2	5th	2 3 13 14 22 39
2023-10-14	2	5th	5 7 11 15 22 34
2023-10-07	1	3rd	3 11 22 27 28 37
2023-10-04	2	4th	1 2 18 22 35 40
2023-09-27	14	5th	3 16 17 19 22 23
2023-08-09	4	4th	5 13 19 22 25 28
2023-07-26	14	3rd	3 6 22 31 32 35
2023-06-07	5	3rd	19 21 22 27 33 40
2023-05-20	3	4th	11 12 17 22 23 27
2023-05-10	3	5th	1 2 15 18 22 26
2023-04-29	12	4th	12 17 21 22 28 35
2023-03-18	6	5th	8 11 20 21 22 31
2023-02-25	1	3rd	12 13 22 24 35 38
2023-02-22	3	4th	3 6 7 22 24 29
2023-02-11	2	4th	18 19 20 22 27 38
2023-02-04	1	5th	11 13 18 21 22 25
2023-02-01	1	4th	6 9 20 22 30 38
2023-01-28	11	4th	5 6 14 22 32 40
2022-12-21	8	3rd	11 14 22 27 31 40
2022-11-23	4	3rd	9 18 22 24 26 33
2022-11-09	14	3rd	1 5 22 25 30 31
2022-09-21	3	2nd	8 22 26 29 32 35
2022-09-10	5	4th	2 7 8 22 34 36
2022-08-24	5	4th	10 11 20 22 33 40
2022-08-06	11	4th	2 4 16 22 26 40
2022-06-29	15	3rd	4 17 22 30 31 40
2022-05-07	4	5th	4 5 14 15 22 29
2022-04-23	14	4th	7 17 21 22 28 33
2022-03-05	12	2nd	21 22 28 31 34 36
2022-01-22	8	2nd	7 22 25 30 33 40
2021-12-25	17	4th	5 6 16 22 25 29
2021-10-27	18	1st	22 24 27 28 35 39
2021-08-25	20	4th	4 13 17 22 38 39
2021-06-16	9	6th	5 9 12 13 20 22
2021-05-15	8	4th	5 6 13 22 26 37
2021-04-17	9	3rd	3 18 22 30 31 34
2021-03-17	2	4th	1 5 21 22 30 33
2021-03-10	10	4th	4 9 20 22 25 39
2021-02-03	9	4th	4 18 19 22 23 24
2021-01-02	2	5th	8 13 16 20 22 26
2020-12-26	1	3rd	2 19 22 28 29 39
2020-12-23	3	3rd	6 20 22 25 30 36
2020-12-12	6	3rd	2 13 22 31 37 40
2020-11-21	2	6th	2 4 8 12 21 22
2020-11-14	13	3rd	10 15 22 29 31 33
2020-09-30	9	3rd	9 14 22 24 31 40
2020-08-29	4	4th	1 14 21 22 24 37
2020-08-15	5	3rd	2 15 22 28 35 40
2020-07-29	1	3rd	14 21 22 32 36 40
2020-07-25	7	2nd	18 22 24 32 38 40
2020-07-01	15	2nd	4 22 26 28 29 39
2020-05-09	4	5th	1 7 12 14 22 24
2020-04-25	1	2nd	3 22 27 32 34 37
2020-04-22	4	3rd	7 16 22 23 33 34
2020-04-08	2	4th	2 15 19 22 24 37
2020-04-01	5	2nd	14 22 28 30 36 38
2020-03-14	8	4th	1 8 21 22 29 31
2020-02-15	3	4th	8 14 19 22 31 35
2020-02-05	11	3rd	4 19 22 24 27 30
2019-12-28	4	3rd	19 21 22 24 30 40
2019-12-14	13	4th	4 7 13 22 26 36
2019-10-30	1	5th	2 10 16 19 22 34
2019-10-26	2	3rd	1 16 22 25 28 40
2019-10-19	1	3rd	8 11 22 29 33 34
2019-10-16	8	3rd	17 18 22 24 32 36
2019-09-18	2	5th	3 14 20 21 22 23
2019-09-11	20	4th	13 15 18 22 25 39
2019-07-03	3	3rd	4 18 22 26 32 39
2019-06-22	6	3rd	4 7 22 24 36 39
2019-06-01	3	3rd	3 13 22 26 31 34
2019-05-22	5	3rd	6 20 22 28 34 40
2019-05-04	5	2nd	14 22 26 29 32 39
2019-04-17	1	4th	3 17 20 22 28 35
2019-04-13	6	4th	1 13 19 22 24 40
2019-03-23	2	4th	3 5 12 22 24 38
2019-03-16	5	2nd	4 22 27 33 34 37
2019-02-27	7	5th	7 10 17 21 22 35
2019-02-02	1	5th	1 3 9 12 22 26
2019-01-30	9	4th	14 18 20 22 29 33
2018-12-29	3	4th	1 7 19 22 34 39
2018-12-19	1	2nd	6 22 27 35 39 40
2018-12-15	10	4th	2 14 17 22 23 24
2018-11-10	10	4th	11 12 18 22 29 39
2018-10-06	5	2nd	12 22 27 30 33 37
2018-09-19	9	4th	6 7 9 22 30 34
2018-08-18	7	3rd	12 20 22 24 39 40
2018-07-25	2	4th	7 9 15 22 26 36
2018-07-18	4	3rd	2 14 22 33 35 40
2018-07-04	5	3rd	4 8 22 23 32 36
2018-06-16	4	4th	4 10 20 22 27 38
2018-06-02	3	5th	6 7 11 21 22 31
2018-05-23	2	3rd	14 15 22 24 30 40
2018-05-16	2	4th	5 13 21 22 30 31
2018-05-09	3	3rd	6 11 22 24 29 30
2018-04-28	1	3rd	9 20 22 24 33 37
2018-04-25	2	6th	2 7 8 9 18 22
2018-04-18	14	5th	5 15 16 19 22 34
2018-02-28	3	3rd	5 7 22 37 38 39
2018-02-17	4	3rd	11 17 22 27 30 31
2018-02-03	25	3rd	1 8 22 24 27 28
2017-11-08	2	3rd	3 10 22 29 32 37
2017-11-01	4	2nd	4 22 28 30 36 38
2017-10-18	7	2nd	13 22 27 35 37 39
2017-09-23	1	5th	2 8 10 16 22 32
2017-09-20	1	3rd	3 8 22 23 28 31
2017-09-16	4	4th	3 13 14 22 27 36
2017-09-02	17	3rd	1 19 22 24 25 40
2017-07-05	1	2nd	19 22 24 35 36 37
2017-07-01	5	3rd	3 14 22 29 36 39
2017-06-14	1	3rd	7 12 22 33 35 37
2017-06-10	3	4th	8 10 18 22 23 39
2017-05-31	3	3rd	14 20 22 28 31 37
2017-05-20	4	3rd	7 12 22 27 32 39
2017-05-06	12	5th	4 10 14 20 22 27
2017-03-25	1	4th	3 9 14 22 23 26
2017-03-22	2	4th	13 14 19 22 26 27
2017-03-15	17	3rd	4 16 22 34 35 40
2017-01-14	6	4th	5 6 19 22 35 39
2016-12-24	7	3rd	16 21 22 30 35 40
2016-11-30	9	3rd	10 19 22 36 39 40
2016-10-29	6	5th	5 9 13 19 22 24
2016-10-08	1	4th	11 15 20 22 26 28
2016-10-05	11	4th	1 6 14 22 30 34
2016-08-27	1	6th	1 3 11 13 21 22
2016-08-24	3	3rd	1 5 22 24 30 32
2016-08-13	16	3rd	11 14 22 24 28 38
2016-06-18	4	4th	4 14 21 22 31 39
2016-06-04	5	2nd	7 22 23 24 25 26
2016-05-18	3	6th	7 8 12 17 21 22
2016-05-07	3	4th	4 6 11 22 23 29
2016-04-27	2	3rd	18 21 22 33 36 37
2016-04-20	16	4th	2 6 7 22 27 36
2016-02-24	2	4th	4 5 21 22 29 36
2016-02-17	2	4th	4 5 12 22 24 32
2016-02-10	11	4th	2 7 18 22 33 39
2016-01-02	7	5th	3 4 5 9 22 31
2015-12-09	3	3rd	8 21 22 23 31 33
2015-11-28	7	3rd	15 16 22 33 39 40
2015-11-04	—	4th	3 16 18 22 23 37