Number 28

In Weekday Windfall under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,863 draws, 6 from 1–45.

243times drawn · chance expected 248 −0.37σ

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

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

33longest completed wait · 92% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 243 times in 1,863 draws against 248.4 expected, −0.37σ. 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 82 times, counted separately.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 243 times in 1,863 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 33 · 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 1.4
2nd smallest21 · chance 14.4
3rd smallest73 · chance 53.4
4th smallest77 · chance 89.0
5th smallest57 · chance 66.8
6th smallest14 · chance 18.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 30 31 35 8 24

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
2026-08-21	1	5th	10 11 19 22 28 38
2026-08-19	6	2nd	12 28 30 33 42 45
2026-08-05	11	4th	4 14 25 28 42 43
2026-07-10

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.

2025-04-28	20	3rd	8 12 28 29 36 45
2025-03-12	16	3rd	21 24 28 34 39 40
2025-02-03	9	5th	3 7 18 26 28 38
2025-01-13	3	2nd	25 28 31 37 42 45
2025-01-06	2	4th	1 2 11 28 30 39
2025-01-01	2	3rd	10 12 28 32 36 39
2024-12-27	2	1st	28 31 35 36 39 41
2024-12-23	5	5th	5 15 16 26 28 30
2024-12-11	10	4th	14 17 24 28 31 43
2024-11-18	1	3rd	11 22 28 31 32 41
2024-11-15	7	3rd	9 24 28 30 32 41
2024-10-30	5	5th	3 6 7 11 28 35
2024-10-18	32	2nd	4 28 29 30 37 42
2024-08-05	1	6th	1 6 17 19 24 28
2024-08-02	4	4th	16 21 27 28 30 39
2024-07-24	1	4th	3 16 27 28 40 44
2024-07-22	11	4th	10 16 26 28 35 37
2024-06-26	2	3rd	15 17 28 29 37 39
2024-06-21	2	3rd	11 24 28 35 37 45
2024-06-17	13	4th	3 7 24 28 38 44
2024-05-15	2	4th	4 18 23 28 41 42
2024-05-08	3	3rd	4 15 28 37 38 43
2024-04-29	1	3rd	10 23 28 32 34 43
2024-04-24	12	5th	7 13 17 20 28 34
2024-03-13	26	3rd	3 4 28 30 35 44
2023-12-13	1	4th	7 15 19 28 29 34
2023-12-11	1	4th	11 23 24 28 31 42
2023-12-06	15	4th	11 24 27 28 39 42
2023-10-16	10	3rd	20 25 28 31 35 41
2023-09-11	22	4th	8 18 20 28 42 43
2023-06-26	6	4th	6 12 13 28 33 37
2023-06-05	1	4th	1 11 23 28 35 37
2023-05-31	8	4th	2 20 26 28 29 44
2023-05-03	7	3rd	11 13 28 30 35 38
2023-04-10	17	4th	4 13 17 28 36 41
2023-02-08	9	3rd	19 23 28 31 38 40
2023-01-09	10	5th	8 12 15 18 28 45
2022-12-05	8	5th	9 15 23 25 28 44
2022-11-07	5	3rd	7 8 28 32 36 41
2022-10-19	10	3rd	12 16 28 32 33 40
2022-09-14	2	4th	6 10 16 28 35 43
2022-09-07	1	3rd	5 25 28 31 38 44
2022-09-05	8	5th	9 15 25 26 28 35
2022-08-08	3	4th	13 17 25 28 34 36
2022-07-27	9	3rd	21 24 28 29 37 39
2022-06-27	9	3rd	4 21 28 36 38 42
2022-05-25	11	4th	1 16 24 28 32 37
2022-04-18	3	6th	3 6 7 11 25 28
2022-04-06	6	4th	10 13 17 28 36 37
2022-03-16	8	5th	2 6 9 19 28 31
2022-02-16	16	6th	4 7 10 14 26 28
2021-12-22	3	6th	3 10 15 21 23 28
2021-12-13	11	5th	2 14 20 27 28 29
2021-11-03	20	5th	5 10 23 25 28 33
2021-08-25	26	6th	8 20 22 23 27 28
2021-05-26	7	3rd	26 27 28 31 38 44
2021-05-03	22	4th	3 16 21 28 32 34
2021-02-15	13	4th	1 5 25 28 36 42
2020-12-30	1	5th	2 4 11 20 28 30
2020-12-28	7	4th	10 16 19 28 39 42
2020-12-02	15	3rd	24 25 28 34 39 45
2020-10-12	2	5th	2 5 9 10 28 33
2020-10-05	33	4th	5 7 22 28 37 39
2020-06-10	2	4th	3 6 14 28 33 43
2020-06-03	6	4th	1 13 24 28 35 41
2020-05-13	1	3rd	9 25 28 31 33 38
2020-05-11	20	3rd	6 23 28 35 39 41
2020-03-02	2	4th	8 9 14 28 29 34
2020-02-24	6	5th	10 17 24 26 28 44
2020-02-03	4	4th	7 20 26 28 34 40
2020-01-20	7	2nd	2 28 30 33 36 45
2019-12-25	4	4th	2 23 26 28 31 40
2019-12-11	3	5th	3 4 8 22 28 41
2019-12-02	4	4th	7 14 16 28 32 42
2019-11-18	14	3rd	8 19 28 39 42 45
2019-09-30	10	5th	6 12 19 20 28 39
2019-08-26	13	3rd	12 24 28 32 33 45
2019-07-10	20	3rd	7 27 28 30 36 45
2019-05-01	2	3rd	8 13 28 34 35 36
2019-04-24	4	4th	6 11 21 28 35 44
2019-04-10	5	3rd	11 22 28 34 36 37
2019-03-25	2	4th	4 13 23 28 37 42
2019-03-18	3	3rd	10 25 28 30 36 42
2019-03-06	10	3rd	1 22 28 34 40 43
2019-01-30	4	2nd	11 28 37 40 41 42
2019-01-16	3	3rd	14 19 28 35 42 44
2019-01-07	8	3rd	8 9 28 39 42 43
2018-12-10	10	3rd	3 14 28 33 35 36
2018-11-05	18	2nd	8 28 29 33 40 42
2018-09-03	1	5th	5 6 11 17 28 33
2018-08-29	1	2nd	17 28 37 40 41 42
2018-08-27	11	4th	12 16 17 28 30 33
2018-07-18	6	5th	9 13 21 23 28 45
2018-06-27	4	6th	2 5 10 22 24 28
2018-06-13	5	3rd	13 27 28 31 32 39
2018-05-28	1	3rd	10 19 28 32 40 44
2018-05-23	3	4th	9 13 23 28 29 39
2018-05-14	5	5th	12 17 20 25 28 45
2018-04-25	5	4th	4 7 23 28 36 41
2018-04-09	11	5th	2 11 13 26 28 41
2018-02-28	11	2nd	2 28 31 32 37 38
2018-01-22	1	3rd	12 17 28 33 40 42
2018-01-17	1	4th	6 21 27 28 32 42
2018-01-15	1	3rd	10 14 28 40 43 45
2018-01-10	2	4th	16 20 23 28 29 30
2018-01-03	14	3rd	2 20 28 29 32 41
2017-11-15	6	5th	10 14 17 20 28 37
2017-10-25	3	5th	10 14 22 24 28 43
2017-10-16	5	3rd	4 25 28 39 40 42
2017-09-27	16	3rd	5 26 28 33 34 37
2017-08-02	1	5th	8 9 17 25 28 45
2017-07-31	2	5th	4 8 12 27 28 35
2017-07-24	9	5th	1 13 20 23 28 39
2017-06-21	3	2nd	16 28 30 35 38 40
2017-06-12	14	3rd	5 22 28 34 38 44
2017-04-24	5	4th	9 22 26 28 31 34
2017-04-05	26	5th	4 6 11 24 28 43
2017-01-04	6	5th	7 15 19 26 28 34
2016-12-14	13	4th	1 9 19 28 29 41
2016-10-31	12	2nd	8 28 32 37 38 39
2016-09-19	10	5th	3 14 16 27 28 45
2016-08-15	13	5th	3 15 22 24 28 45
2016-06-29	4	4th	21 22 23 28 31 42
2016-06-15	7	2nd	25 28 30 39 40 42
2016-05-23	2	6th	6 17 20 25 26 28
2016-05-16	6	5th	4 8 22 24 28 31
2016-04-25	7	3rd	8 20 28 29 35 43
2016-03-30	9	3rd	18 19 28 36 39 44
2016-02-29	7	3rd	5 7 28 33 43 45
2016-02-03	2	4th	8 14 25 28 30 35
2016-01-27	1	2nd	16 28 35 43 44 45
2016-01-25	3	6th	8 13 14 17 25 28
2016-01-13	4	6th	11 13 15 19 21 28
2015-12-30	2	5th	13 18 22 24 28 33
2015-12-23	5	5th	2 3 7 20 28 31
2015-12-07	1	4th	12 20 24 28 29 34
2015-12-02	1	4th	12 16 22 28 32 40
2015-11-30	12	3rd	16 20 28 30 33 34
2015-10-19	26	4th	15 24 25 28 30 34
2015-07-20	7	3rd	3 27 28 31 33 42
2015-06-24	3	5th	5 15 19 26 28 37
2015-06-15	10	4th	12 19 27 28 31 39
2015-05-11	22	5th	1 7 8 16 28 36
2015-02-23	6	5th	3 12 15 25 28 39
2015-02-02	2	4th	6 7 19 28 31 35
2015-01-26	4	5th	9 14 15 25 28 30
2015-01-12	14	3rd	15 16 28 29 37 41
2014-11-24	5	4th	4 9 23 28 34 43
2014-11-05	1	3rd	4 13 28 34 37 43
2014-11-03	4	3rd	4 24 28 32 40 45
2014-10-20	4	3rd	1 9 28 35 38 45
2014-10-06	4	4th	4 13 25 28 31 34
2014-09-22	4	2nd	13 28 29 30 35 39
2014-09-08	4	3rd	22 26 28 30 32 43
2014-08-25	6	5th	13 14 15 23 28 30
2014-08-04	6	2nd	11 28 33 39 40 44
2014-07-14	6	4th	2 11 18 28 33 39
2014-06-23	1	4th	13 22 26 28 35 39
2014-06-18	3	3rd	1 12 28 29 31 45
2014-06-09	1	5th	13 15 22 26 28 37
2014-06-04	10	5th	7 8 20 26 28 32
2014-04-30	15	5th	1 8 14 22 28 38
2014-03-10	7	3rd	20 27 28 37 40 44
2014-02-12	2	3rd	8 14 28 34 36 44
2014-02-05	7	2nd	4 28 30 41 43 45
2014-01-13	8	3rd	16 18 28 34 36 38
2013-12-16	8	4th	18 23 24 28 29 43
2013-11-18	1	3rd	7 16 28 30 31 34
2013-11-13	7	3rd	13 26 28 33 38 44
2013-10-21	3	2nd	10 28 30 33 40 42
2013-10-09	8	4th	10 16 22 28 31 34
2013-09-11	1	5th	1 2 7 11 28 32
2013-09-09	2	3rd	5 8 28 40 41 44
2013-09-02	4	3rd	13 20 28 30 43 45
2013-08-19	3	3rd	3 19 28 34 35 39
2013-08-07	8	4th	7 18 24 28 31 42
2013-07-10	15	3rd	8 27 28 29 36 45
2013-05-20	3	4th	3 15 16 28 33 42
2013-05-08	9	4th	5 19 26 28 36 37
2013-04-08	1	2nd	18 28 31 33 41 45
2013-04-03	3	4th	13 17 19 28 36 39
2013-03-25	8	4th	3 22 23 28 32 42
2013-02-25	7	5th	1 7 23 24 28 44
2013-01-30	5	4th	5 10 15 28 31 39
2013-01-14	23	6th	3 5 6 12 21 28
2012-10-24	6	5th	2 8 20 23 28 29
2012-10-03	10	3rd	16 25 28 29 30 43
2012-08-29	17	3rd	6 20 28 30 39 40
2012-07-02	20	4th	12 20 21 28 32 35
2012-04-23	31	4th	7 11 21 28 29 31
2012-01-04	23	4th	5 9 11 28 29 31
2011-10-17	14	6th	5 8 19 24 27 28
2011-08-29	3	5th	1 9 17 26 28 34
2011-08-17	21	4th	4 11 27 28 29 43
2011-06-06	3	3rd	9 14 28 31 37 38
2011-05-25	5	5th	11 15 18 22 28 38
2011-05-09	10	5th	2 3 4 7 28 30
2011-04-04	4	5th	4 8 24 25 28 29
2011-03-21	10	6th	4 7 10 24 27 28
2011-02-14	8	4th	11 16 23 28 35 43
2011-01-17	3	5th	6 13 21 26 28 31
2011-01-05	1	6th	3 10 11 14 17 28
2011-01-03	10	2nd	19 28 37 38 41 42
2010-11-29	4	4th	4 12 15 28 33 34
2010-11-15	1	3rd	10 12 28 30 32 45
2010-11-10	2	4th	2 23 27 28 36 44
2010-11-03	23	5th	7 8 26 27 28 42
2010-08-16	5	5th	5 16 19 24 28 32
2010-07-28	2	4th	1 5 10 28 30 40
2010-07-21	10	4th	2 10 23 28 35 38
2010-06-16	2	3rd	4 8 28 35 37 45
2010-06-09	1	3rd	16 22 28 38 41 42
2010-06-07	6	5th	1 7 18 27 28 33
2010-05-17	2	4th	2 17 25 28 37 44
2010-05-10	23	3rd	14 21 28 40 41 43
2010-02-17	7	5th	8 25 26 27 28 39
2010-01-25	2	4th	7 20 21 28 34 38
2010-01-18	4	4th	8 13 19 28 29 43
2010-01-04	—	3rd	4 20 28 35 37 43