Number 38

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

97times drawn · chance expected 105 −0.80σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number

10.8average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

43longest completed wait · 69% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 97 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, −0.80σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 97 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 10.8 draws · longest completed wait 43 · 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 0.2
2nd smallest4 · chance 3.7
3rd smallest22 · chance 20.1
4th smallest43 · chance 42.7
5th smallest28 · chance 30.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 12 21 31 14 20

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, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 38 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-25	11	4th	11 12 15 38 49
2026-08-18	3	3rd	3 9 38 40 50
2026-08-07	23	4th	26 29 35 38 47
2026-05-19	1	4th	2 12 20

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-03-10	7	4th	9 16 37 38 48
2023-02-14	22	3rd	24 26 38 43 46
2022-11-29	11	5th	15 20 24 35 38
2022-10-21	16	4th	25 26 28 38 40
2022-08-26	2	4th	22 23 25 38 44
2022-08-19	6	5th	2 9 13 19 38
2022-07-29	4	3rd	3 23 38 43 48
2022-07-15	8	4th	9 17 29 38 39
2022-06-17	20	5th	19 21 22 31 38
2022-04-08	14	4th	1 15 16 38 45
2022-02-18	2	2nd	25 38 41 43 50
2022-02-11	2	3rd	13 18 38 42 45
2022-02-04	1	3rd	3 25 38 43 49
2022-02-01	12	4th	1 19 36 38 49
2021-12-21	3	5th	12 17 21 34 38
2021-12-10	1	4th	11 21 33 38 42
2021-12-07	5	3rd	22 31 38 46 47
2021-11-19	17	3rd	22 26 38 47 50
2021-09-21	2	5th	20 25 26 30 38
2021-09-14	21	4th	12 18 35 38 45
2021-07-02	11	4th	9 14 29 38 49
2021-05-25	2	5th	1 21 26 30 38
2021-05-18	1	3rd	5 13 38 39 40
2021-05-14	2	5th	6 16 18 29 38
2021-05-07	9	4th	14 22 33 38 47
2021-04-06	18	4th	2 21 37 38 50
2021-02-02	5	4th	18 20 35 38 48
2021-01-15	3	4th	4 10 27 38 40
2021-01-05	9	4th	12 34 37 38 42
2020-12-04	3	5th	14 20 27 34 38
2020-11-24	4	3rd	25 33 38 42 50
2020-11-10	7	5th	3 19 29 32 38
2020-10-16	1	3rd	15 33 38 40 50
2020-10-13	8	3rd	5 14 38 41 46
2020-09-15	1	5th	16 20 25 30 38
2020-09-11	18	2nd	34 38 42 43 45
2020-07-10	18	5th	15 17 23 30 38
2020-05-08	2	5th	8 25 32 33 38
2020-05-01	16	3rd	19 20 38 45 47
2020-03-06	5	2nd	15 38 43 45 46
2020-02-18	6	4th	11 32 34 38 47
2020-01-28	16	5th	1 19 27 31 38
2019-12-03	21	4th	18 31 32 38 48
2019-09-20	5	4th	8 21 25 38 50
2019-09-03	8	3rd	7 11 38 39 44
2019-08-06	4	5th	12 13 29 36 38
2019-07-23	30	5th	1 14 19 23 38
2019-04-09	15	4th	18 21 29 38 41
2019-02-15	18	4th	15 27 34 38 49
2018-12-14	23	3rd	12 29 38 42 44
2018-09-25	4	5th	6 15 20 30 38
2018-09-11	3	4th	9 18 32 38 46
2018-08-31	8	4th	4 30 31 38 42
2018-08-03	8	4th	7 26 36 38 43
2018-07-06	6	4th	8 30 33 38 48
2018-06-15	1	4th	23 26 33 38 49
2018-06-12	4	5th	7 21 23 36 38
2018-05-29	31	4th	6 11 20 38 43
2018-02-09	1	4th	22 31 36 38 44
2018-02-06	8	5th	8 17 28 34 38
2018-01-09	1	4th	6 12 15 38 49
2018-01-05	5	4th	2 5 20 38 41
2017-12-19	32	4th	8 15 30 38 46
2017-08-29	19	5th	4 12 15 32 38
2017-06-23	2	5th	3 4 21 31 38
2017-06-16	5	3rd	15 17 38 41 42
2017-05-30	12	4th	7 12 27 38 48
2017-04-18	11	4th	17 22 31 38 45
2017-03-10	9	3rd	31 36 38 47 49
2017-02-07	20	4th	4 10 31 38 44
2016-11-29	5	5th	21 26 27 28 38
2016-11-11	11	4th	3 22 23 38 49
2016-10-04	—	5th	4 7 14 34 38