Number 38

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

108times drawn · chance expected 108 +0.00σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 23% for any number

11.2average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

54longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 108 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, +0.00σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 108 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 11.2 draws · longest completed wait 54 · waiting 17 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 38 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 smallest0 · chance 0.3
2nd smallest10 · chance 6.3
3rd smallest33 · chance 38.0
4th smallest65 · chance 63.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 26 22 32 6 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 38 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-12	11	4th	9 20 27 38
2026-08-24	2	2nd	34 38 42 43
2026-08-21	17	4th	10 11 22 38
2026-07-22	20	4th	7 13 21 38
2026-06-17	25	4th	21

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

2025-05-19	7	3rd	13 31 38 40
2025-05-07	6	4th	6 13 15 38
2025-04-26	23	3rd	1 32 38 42
2025-03-17	5	2nd	9 38 42 45
2025-03-08	1	4th	2 18 28 38
2025-03-07	1	3rd	6 16 38 41
2025-03-05	11	4th	19 26 34 38
2025-02-14	14	4th	1 4 16 38
2025-01-20	17	4th	3 15 36 38
2024-12-21	23	3rd	18 27 38 44
2024-11-11	8	4th	1 16 22 38
2024-10-28	25	3rd	1 29 38 41
2024-09-14	4	4th	6 22 32 38
2024-09-07	7	4th	7 15 16 38
2024-08-26	2	3rd	5 26 38 45
2024-08-23	38	3rd	11 29 38 42
2024-06-17	13	3rd	3 28 38 44
2024-05-25	40	4th	8 22 35 38
2024-02-24	23	3rd	16 26 38 42
2024-01-01	1	4th	19 20 26 38
2023-12-30	20	3rd	2 3 38 39
2023-11-13	3	4th	16 23 29 38
2023-11-06	10	4th	14 34 36 38
2023-10-14	45	4th	7 10 23 38
2023-07-01	7	4th	6 7 26 38
2023-06-14	7	4th	1 23 30 38
2023-05-29	11	3rd	16 27 38 39
2023-05-03	5	4th	13 30 35 38
2023-04-22	13	3rd	4 32 38 41
2023-03-22	6	2nd	24 38 40 41
2023-03-08	3	2nd	21 38 41 45
2023-03-01	4	3rd	3 15 38 43
2023-02-20	5	4th	17 30 37 38
2023-02-08	14	3rd	28 31 38 40
2023-01-07	17	4th	2 17 18 38
2022-11-28	3	4th	7 20 37 38
2022-11-21	2	4th	10 25 33 38
2022-11-16	7	4th	20 21 31 38
2022-10-31	23	4th	4 6 26 38
2022-09-07	15	3rd	25 31 38 44
2022-08-03	5	3rd	9 22 38 44
2022-07-23	13	3rd	3 32 38 40
2022-06-22	14	4th	14 16 24 38
2022-05-21	25	3rd	5 23 38 41
2022-03-23	1	4th	2 16 24 38
2022-03-21	1	4th	16 20 33 38
2022-03-19	8	3rd	24 32 38 43
2022-02-28	15	4th	12 22 26 38
2022-01-24	4	4th	1 22 34 38
2022-01-15	50	4th	3 11 19 38
2021-09-20	5	3rd	5 11 38 44
2021-09-08	23	4th	5 6 26 38
2021-07-17	10	4th	14 30 32 38
2021-06-23	1	3rd	29 32 38 40
2021-06-21	11	4th	3 18 33 38
2021-05-26	4	3rd	26 27 38 44
2021-05-17	8	4th	15 29 36 38
2021-04-28	13	4th	1 11 24 38
2021-03-29	5	4th	15 23 34 38
2021-03-17	12	4th	22 24 35 38
2021-02-17	4	4th	15 22 27 38
2021-02-08	5	2nd	29 38 39 45
2021-01-27	4	2nd	36 38 39 45
2021-01-18	2	4th	4 13 29 38
2021-01-13	4	4th	5 14 25 38
2021-01-04	10	3rd	14 20 38 41
2020-12-12	2	3rd	16 35 38 40
2020-12-07	3	4th	10 19 35 38
2020-11-30	3	3rd	13 31 38 42
2020-11-23	11	4th	13 20 35 38
2020-10-28	2	3rd	12 23 38 39
2020-10-24	1	4th	3 30 31 38
2020-10-21	2	2nd	6 38 40 45
2020-10-17	18	4th	8 12 14 38
2020-09-05	2	4th	2 13 32 38
2020-08-31	3	4th	1 2 7 38
2020-08-24	6	3rd	12 32 38 42
2020-08-10	13	4th	2 30 37 38
2020-07-11	25	4th	22 26 27 38
2020-05-13	2	4th	9 31 33 38
2020-05-09	54	3rd	22 35 38 39
2020-01-04	13	2nd	16 38 40 42
2019-12-04	16	4th	2 12 16 38
2019-10-28	—	3rd	18 30 38 43