Number 28

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

110times drawn · chance expected 124 −1.33σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

35longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 110 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, −1.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 43 times, counted separately.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 110 times in 928 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 9 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 smallest1 · chance 0.6
2nd smallest6 · chance 6.5
3rd smallest32 · chance 24.2
4th smallest37 · chance 40.3
5th smallest29 · chance 30.2
6th smallest5 · chance 8.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

40 10 24 36 37 41

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, 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
2026-08-08	6	4th	6 22 26 28 33 36
2026-06-27	4	4th	15 17 24 28 36 37
2026-05-30	1	5th	8 10 12 19 28 36
2026-05-23	17	4th

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-12-17	29	3rd	3 8 28 36 37 41
2022-05-28	29	4th	15 17 19 28 32 33
2021-11-06	5	3rd	11 15 28 30 33 39
2021-10-02	1	4th	13 17 26 28 33 44
2021-09-25	6	2nd	6 28 29 33 36 40
2021-08-14	1	6th	3 9 13 19 24 28
2021-08-07	4	5th	5 11 12 22 28 36
2021-07-10	4	3rd	22 23 28 30 34 38
2021-06-12	2	4th	5 13 15 28 37 45
2021-05-29	35	4th	2 7 16 28 30 42
2020-09-26	2	4th	1 7 22 28 36 42
2020-09-12	11	3rd	12 27 28 31 36 39
2020-06-27	16	4th	15 19 24 28 35 41
2020-03-07	11	3rd	3 7 28 33 34 40
2019-12-21	5	3rd	18 23 28 30 35 37
2019-11-16	1	3rd	11 22 28 31 32 34
2019-11-09	2	5th	1 10 25 27 28 36
2019-10-26	10	3rd	2 7 28 29 31 45
2019-08-17	2	5th	6 19 23 24 28 35
2019-08-03	12	3rd	3 5 28 32 38 44
2019-05-11	21	3rd	17 27 28 32 34 44
2018-12-15	32	2nd	23 28 32 33 35 39
2018-05-05	20	3rd	10 22 28 34 42 45
2017-12-16	1	4th	1 5 26 28 39 45
2017-12-09	3	3rd	14 17 28 30 34 36
2017-11-18	10	4th	6 19 26 28 40 42
2017-09-09	6	3rd	12 21 28 35 40 42
2017-07-29	18	1st	28 30 31 34 42 43
2017-03-25	3	4th	16 20 23 28 35 39
2017-03-04	2	5th	9 12 15 18 28 34
2017-02-18	3	3rd	21 25 28 30 33 37
2017-01-28	21	4th	6 10 19 28 37 40
2016-09-03	10	3rd	7 23 28 32 36 40
2016-06-25	14	5th	4 7 10 17 28 31
2016-03-19	1	5th	8 10 16 24 28 31
2016-03-12	4	5th	1 3 8 16 28 37
2016-02-13	2	5th	2 8 25 27 28 43
2016-01-30	8	4th	5 20 25 28 29 45
2015-12-05	3	3rd	15 18 28 32 40 42
2015-11-14	13	4th	6 10 21 28 37 42
2015-08-15	1	5th	6 12 23 26 28 36
2015-08-08	4	4th	1 13 24 28 29 33
2015-07-11	32	4th	14 23 24 28 41 45
2014-11-29	18	2nd	18 28 31 36 41 42
2014-07-26	1	4th	5 7 12 28 40 45
2014-07-19	4	5th	4 8 13 27 28 42
2014-06-21	4	3rd	1 12 28 31 32 34
2014-05-24	6	3rd	11 13 28 37 43 45
2014-04-12	8	5th	13 18 20 21 28 45
2014-02-15	6	3rd	6 27 28 32 39 40
2014-01-04	4	4th	5 6 10 28 32 40
2013-12-07	4	3rd	3 7 28 31 38 41
2013-11-09	8	5th	2 16 20 27 28 32
2013-09-14	2	4th	3 11 20 28 34 40
2013-08-31	12	4th	15 18 26 28 39 41
2013-06-08	7	5th	7 8 10 25 28 42
2013-04-20	6	3rd	7 10 28 34 41 44
2013-03-09	9	4th	7 10 12 28 44 45
2013-01-05	18	2nd	20 28 30 31 32 37
2012-09-01	1	4th	9 19 24 28 29 31
2012-08-25	4	5th	4 17 21 27 28 30
2012-07-28	10	3rd	1 27 28 33 37 42
2012-05-19	4	3rd	9 12 28 29 32 41
2012-04-21	2	6th	1 2 15 16 21 28
2012-04-07	9	4th	17 26 27 28 30 38
2012-02-04	1	4th	3 10 20 28 40 41
2012-01-28	2	2nd	22 28 31 32 40 43
2012-01-14	2	6th	13 16 18 19 23 28
2011-12-31	5	3rd	7 8 28 33 38 41
2011-11-26	5	4th	9 12 22 28 41 42
2011-10-22	17	3rd	7 19 28 29 43 45
2011-06-25	7	6th	10 11 12 15 22 28
2011-05-07	26	4th	12 24 26 28 39 44
2010-11-06	3	4th	15 24 25 28 30 39
2010-10-16	6	3rd	15 19 28 36 39 41
2010-09-04	4	3rd	1 20 28 35 36 44
2010-08-07	9	2nd	5 28 35 39 40 41
2010-06-05	13	5th	5 13 24 26 28 41
2010-03-06	10	5th	4 18 21 24 28 41
2009-12-26	4	5th	6 9 11 24 28 42
2009-11-28	1	3rd	11 19 28 36 37 40
2009-11-21	14	5th	4 16 19 23 28 44
2009-08-15	2	3rd	1 18 28 30 37 43
2009-08-01	22	5th	5 16 24 27 28 40
2009-02-28	8	5th	17 21 22 24 28 34
2009-01-03	—	3rd	17 25 28 34 37 45