Number 28

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

95times drawn · chance expected 108 −1.31σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 91% for any number

12.8average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

45longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 95 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, −1.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 95 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 12.8 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 2 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 28 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 smallest6 · chance 4.9
2nd smallest28 · chance 26.3
3rd smallest44 · chance 42.8
4th smallest17 · chance 21.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 10 11 22 1 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 28 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th most popular of 45. 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 28 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-09	5	2nd	15 28 33 36
2026-09-30	24	4th	14 22 25 28
2026-08-19	6	1st	28 30 42 45
2026-08-08	2	3rd	6 22 28 33
2026-08-05	15	3rd

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: 28 is drawn with probability 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-14	9	4th	1 6 19 28
2025-05-30	10	1st	28 32 34 36
2025-05-12	8	2nd	7 28 35 40
2025-04-28	5	3rd	8 12 28 29
2025-04-19	22	3rd	10 21 28 44
2025-03-12	2	1st	28 34 39 40
2025-03-08	19	3rd	2 18 28 38
2025-02-03	16	4th	3 18 26 28
2025-01-06	3	3rd	1 11 28 39
2025-01-01	3	2nd	12 28 32 39
2024-12-27	2	1st	28 31 35 41
2024-12-23	20	4th	5 15 26 28
2024-11-18	18	2nd	22 28 31 41
2024-10-18	42	2nd	4 28 29 30
2024-08-05	2	4th	1 6 19 28
2024-08-02	5	3rd	21 27 28 30
2024-07-24	1	3rd	3 16 28 44
2024-07-22	20	2nd	10 28 35 37
2024-06-17	9	2nd	3 28 38 44
2024-06-01	12	2nd	22 28 39 42
2024-05-08	4	2nd	4 28 37 43
2024-04-29	2	2nd	10 28 32 34
2024-04-24	18	3rd	13 17 28 34
2024-03-13	11	2nd	3 28 35 44
2024-02-17	28	3rd	11 22 28 34
2023-12-13	1	3rd	15 19 28 34
2023-12-11	2	3rd	11 23 28 31
2023-12-06	11	3rd	11 27 28 42
2023-11-11	24	3rd	1 2 28 30
2023-09-16	2	3rd	11 27 28 37
2023-09-11	33	3rd	8 18 28 42
2023-06-26	11	2nd	13 28 33 37
2023-05-31	2	2nd	20 28 29 44
2023-05-27	20	3rd	7 8 28 37
2023-04-10	26	3rd	4 17 28 36
2023-02-08	13	1st	28 31 38 40
2023-01-09	15	3rd	8 12 28 45
2022-12-05	12	4th	9 23 25 28
2022-11-07	8	2nd	7 28 36 41
2022-10-19	36	2nd	12 28 32 33
2022-07-27	13	1st	28 29 37 39
2022-06-27	14	3rd	4 21 28 36
2022-05-25	21	3rd	1 16 28 32
2022-04-06	9	2nd	10 28 36 37
2022-03-16	12	4th	2 6 19 28
2022-02-16	24	4th	4 10 14 28
2021-12-22	20	4th	3 10 23 28
2021-11-06	1	2nd	15 28 30 33
2021-11-03	14	4th	5 10 23 28
2021-10-02	16	3rd	13 26 28 44
2021-08-25	8	4th	22 23 27 28
2021-08-07	12	4th	11 12 22 28
2021-07-10	12	3rd	22 23 28 30
2021-06-12	6	3rd	5 13 28 45
2021-05-29	11	3rd	2 7 28 42
2021-05-03	33	3rd	16 21 28 32
2021-02-15	20	3rd	5 25 28 42
2020-12-30	1	3rd	2 20 28 30
2020-12-28	40	3rd	10 16 28 39
2020-09-26	6	3rd	1 7 28 36
2020-09-12	33	2nd	12 28 31 39
2020-06-27	7	2nd	19 28 35 41
2020-06-10	3	3rd	3 6 28 43
2020-06-03	40	3rd	13 24 28 41
2020-03-02	3	3rd	8 9 28 29
2020-02-24	15	4th	17 24 26 28
2020-01-20	11	2nd	2 28 30 33
2019-12-25	2	2nd	2 28 31 40
2019-12-21	14	3rd	18 23 28 30
2019-11-18	4	2nd	8 28 39 42
2019-11-09	—	3rd	1 25 28 36