Number 28

In Powerball under the 7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018 rules — 443 draws, 7 from 1–35.

88times drawn · chance expected 89 −0.07σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number

4.9average wait between appearances · chance says 5.0

22longest completed wait · 55% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 88 times in 443 draws against 88.6 expected, −0.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 88 times in 443 draws · average wait 4.9 draws · longest completed wait 22 · 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 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest1 · chance 0.8
4th smallest9 · chance 6.7
5th smallest17 · chance 24.1
6th smallest42 · chance 37.0
7th smallest19 · chance 19.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 17 3 29 11 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 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 35. 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
2026-09-10	2	4th	2 11 24 28 29 32 34
2026-08-27	6	6th	3 13 17 21 23 28 34
2026-07-16	4	7th	4 5 13 14 15 22 28

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 7/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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