Number 28

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

99times drawn · chance expected 105 −0.60σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 53% for any number

10.5average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

49longest completed wait · 47% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 99 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, −0.60σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 99 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 10.5 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 7 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 smallest2 · chance 3.4
2nd smallest20 · chance 19.4
3rd smallest37 · chance 37.9
4th smallest31 · chance 30.1
5th smallest9 · chance 8.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 48 16 2 46 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-09-15	5	5th	10 16 18 22 28
2026-08-28	11	3rd	7 14 28 42 45
2026-07-21	3	4th	2 3 8 28 39
2026-07-10	24	3rd	2 14 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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-06	5	4th	2 7 21 28 45
2024-01-19	11	2nd	27 28 44 48 50
2023-12-12	15	2nd	6 28 37 39 43
2023-10-20	2	3rd	2 20 28 40 45
2023-10-13	27	3rd	21 26 28 40 41
2023-07-11	6	3rd	2 11 28 42 48
2023-06-20	12	3rd	11 17 28 32 35
2023-05-09	9	4th	13 17 21 28 46
2023-04-07	2	3rd	5 26 28 36 46
2023-03-31	5	3rd	16 18 28 34 47
2023-03-14	39	3rd	16 26 28 31 46
2022-10-28	2	4th	14 16 21 28 35
2022-10-21	2	3rd	25 26 28 38 40
2022-10-14	3	2nd	24 28 29 34 48
2022-10-04	18	3rd	3 18 28 42 43
2022-08-02	7	3rd	7 18 28 40 48
2022-07-08	4	1st	28 31 35 43 46
2022-06-24	6	3rd	10 17 28 44 50
2022-06-03	2	2nd	12 28 29 34 48
2022-05-27	3	3rd	15 23 28 34 48
2022-05-17	2	2nd	5 28 30 48 49
2022-05-10	4	4th	3 25 27 28 29
2022-04-26	2	3rd	4 25 28 34 45
2022-04-19	30	4th	2 12 17 28 46
2022-01-04	3	2nd	18 28 35 36 41
2021-12-24	16	3rd	2 26 28 34 41
2021-10-29	14	3rd	10 15 28 32 49
2021-09-10	37	5th	1 6 7 18 28
2021-05-04	1	4th	3 10 13 28 46
2021-04-30	3	4th	1 16 24 28 46
2021-04-20	6	3rd	5 17 28 41 46
2021-03-30	25	3rd	24 27 28 29 42
2021-01-01	12	2nd	16 28 32 44 48
2020-11-20	2	1st	28 29 39 48 50
2020-11-13	4	4th	1 5 17 28 31
2020-10-30	1	5th	12 16 20 21 28
2020-10-27	10	3rd	13 15 28 32 44
2020-09-22	17	3rd	16 25 28 39 40
2020-07-24	7	4th	8 9 27 28 50
2020-06-30	18	4th	1 6 11 28 42
2020-04-28	1	4th	15 23 26 28 32
2020-04-24	1	5th	1 5 19 21 28
2020-04-21	1	5th	10 11 14 23 28
2020-04-17	49	2nd	16 28 32 37 45
2019-10-29	4	3rd	16 18 28 42 49
2019-10-15	25	2nd	3 28 31 32 34
2019-07-19	15	5th	13 14 17 26 28
2019-05-28	3	4th	7 19 20 28 29
2019-05-17	10	2nd	16 28 42 43 45
2019-04-12	29	2nd	1 28 35 36 46
2019-01-01	13	5th	1 8 11 25 28
2018-11-16	9	4th	9 10 13 28 41
2018-10-16	12	2nd	15 28 37 40 42
2018-09-04	8	3rd	5 14 28 30 47
2018-08-07	21	2nd	16 28 29 30 36
2018-05-25	9	4th	13 15 16 28 41
2018-04-24	7	3rd	20 23 28 30 44
2018-03-30	10	3rd	12 17 28 35 47
2018-02-23	5	4th	10 17 18 28 47
2018-02-06	3	3rd	8 17 28 34 38
2018-01-26	7	4th	6 15 24 28 48
2018-01-02	11	4th	10 20 21 28 48
2017-11-24	1	3rd	19 24 28 30 50
2017-11-21	22	4th	2 10 14 28 31
2017-09-05	7	4th	6 9 18 28 29
2017-08-11	13	2nd	18 28 39 46 48
2017-06-27	13	4th	9 17 21 28 45
2017-05-12	12	3rd	2 20 28 29 44
2017-03-31	18	4th	17 24 26 28 45
2017-01-27	13	3rd	17 20 28 45 48
2016-12-13	1	2nd	14 28 29 48 50
2016-12-09	3	3rd	6 12 28 37 40
2016-11-29	1	4th	21 26 27 28 38
2016-11-25	9	5th	5 11 17 23 28
2016-10-25	—	5th	3 15 20 21 28