Number 38

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

131times drawn · chance expected 124 +0.70σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 65% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

33longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 131 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, +0.70σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 47 times, counted separately.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 131 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 33 · 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 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 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.2
3rd smallest2 · chance 2.8
4th smallest17 · chance 19.7
5th smallest55 · chance 55.8
6th smallest57 · chance 52.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 3 27 18 22 29

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	1	6th	3 9 20 27 30 38
2026-09-05	33	4th	5 17 27 38 40 43
2026-01-17	13	5th	8 9 19 35 38 44
2025-10-18	4	6th

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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