Number 28

In Loto under the 5/49 + 1/10 · since Oct 2008 rules — 2,820 draws, 5 from 1–49.

289times drawn · chance expected 288 +0.08σ

25draws waiting · a wait this long: 8% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

53longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 289 times in 2,820 draws against 287.8 expected, +0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 25 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 289 times in 2,820 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 25 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 smallest9 · chance 8.9
2nd smallest51 · chance 53.3
3rd smallest102 · chance 109.5
4th smallest96 · chance 91.2
5th smallest31 · chance 26.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

40 42 26 9 41 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-08-15	16	1st	28 31 34 38 48
2026-07-08	11	4th	7 16 18 28 35
2026-06-13	10	3rd	11 27 28 39 41
2026-05-20	22	3rd	8 15 28 30 48

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 5/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-15	11	4th	1 22 27 28 40
2024-12-21	4	3rd	6 16 28 36 41
2024-12-11	2	4th	8 19 24 28 43
2024-12-07	32	4th	9 21 24 28 30
2024-09-23	5	4th	7 9 27 28 40
2024-09-11	5	3rd	10 24 28 30 39
2024-08-31	2	3rd	14 18 28 40 43
2024-08-26	3	5th	3 6 12 24 28
2024-08-19	2	5th	10 18 19 20 28
2024-08-14	2	4th	17 23 25 28 46
2024-08-10	6	2nd	17 28 31 36 37
2024-07-27	11	3rd	8 21 28 42 47
2024-07-01	6	5th	3 6 7 22 28
2024-06-17	2	4th	6 11 25 28 46
2024-06-12	1	4th	3 6 13 28 33
2024-06-10	5	2nd	5 28 34 39 47
2024-05-29	26	3rd	10 19 28 37 38
2024-03-30	1	2nd	8 28 40 41 42
2024-03-27	8	4th	2 15 23 28 45
2024-03-09	10	3rd	7 25 28 29 35
2024-02-14	15	3rd	3 15 28 36 46
2024-01-10	6	2nd	12 28 32 38 45
2023-12-27	2	4th	13 16 26 28 41
2023-12-23	6	3rd	5 26 28 29 39
2023-12-09	3	2nd	15 28 34 36 40
2023-12-02	18	5th	11 12 19 25 28
2023-10-21	12	4th	3 14 25 28 47
2023-09-23	5	3rd	6 26 28 37 40
2023-09-11	6	2nd	13 28 31 40 44
2023-08-28	14	3rd	9 23 28 35 37
2023-07-26	17	4th	11 17 18 28 49
2023-06-17	2	1st	28 29 38 43 44
2023-06-12	1	5th	12 19 21 26 28
2023-06-10	1	3rd	11 16 28 32 49
2023-06-07	3	4th	3 4 23 28 41
2023-05-31	1	3rd	9 13 28 40 43
2023-05-29	2	3rd	12 24 28 36 38
2023-05-24	42	4th	11 17 20 28 36
2023-02-15	10	4th	5 20 24 28 44
2023-01-23	3	3rd	6 10 28 32 35
2023-01-16	20	4th	5 10 19 28 31
2022-11-30	2	2nd	18 28 30 44 49
2022-11-26	3	5th	2 5 7 23 28
2022-11-19	2	4th	1 19 24 28 40
2022-11-14	7	3rd	14 23 28 34 44
2022-10-29	2	2nd	26 28 33 44 48
2022-10-24	24	1st	28 29 33 37 43
2022-08-29	8	4th	5 10 22 28 34
2022-08-10	2	4th	9 11 15 28 35
2022-08-06	21	3rd	6 23 28 37 38
2022-06-18	3	3rd	1 12 28 31 32
2022-06-11	30	5th	4 7 10 11 28
2022-04-02	15	5th	6 11 15 24 28
2022-02-26	6	2nd	22 28 29 30 39
2022-02-12	4	2nd	22 28 37 40 45
2022-02-02	24	2nd	11 28 37 40 49
2021-12-08	5	4th	1 16 26 28 30
2021-11-27	20	4th	12 25 27 28 46
2021-10-11	5	5th	1 7 9 26 28
2021-09-29	20	3rd	6 13 28 33 39
2021-08-14	2	2nd	4 28 35 42 49
2021-08-09	5	1st	28 37 38 43 45
2021-07-28	4	4th	1 3 8 28 29
2021-07-19	9	5th	2 3 4 15 28
2021-06-28	9	4th	4 8 15 28 48
2021-06-07	8	4th	6 7 11 28 34
2021-05-19	22	4th	3 17 23 28 41
2021-03-29	2	3rd	13 18 28 38 41
2021-03-24	17	3rd	9 22 28 37 38
2021-02-13	32	4th	9 13 17 28 31
2020-11-30	5	4th	9 18 26 28 29
2020-11-18	8	3rd	11 14 28 41 43
2020-10-31	5	4th	9 13 22 28 35
2020-10-19	1	3rd	7 25 28 35 48
2020-10-17	13	5th	9 20 23 24 28
2020-09-16	10	4th	17 19 23 28 49
2020-08-24	6	4th	18 19 22 28 37
2020-08-10	8	4th	1 2 11 28 38
2020-07-22	1	4th	4 18 20 28 38
2020-07-20	4	4th	8 22 26 28 42
2020-07-11	12	2nd	6 28 32 35 40
2020-06-13	9	4th	5 6 25 28 32
2020-05-23	13	4th	3 22 23 28 29
2020-04-22	9	1st	28 30 40 41 43
2020-04-01	4	2nd	3 28 41 42 48
2020-03-23	2	3rd	5 21 28 48 49
2020-03-18	2	2nd	10 28 29 46 48
2020-03-14	22	1st	28 31 38 41 43
2020-01-22	22	4th	12 25 26 28 42
2019-12-02	4	3rd	11 14 28 39 42
2019-11-23	5	5th	4 9 22 27 28
2019-11-11	24	5th	13 14 25 27 28
2019-09-14	2	5th	18 19 23 26 28
2019-09-09	9	3rd	2 5 28 42 44
2019-08-19	1	4th	2 7 14 28 31
2019-08-17	4	4th	1 8 21 28 37
2019-08-07	5	3rd	5 26 28 29 36
2019-07-27	2	2nd	25 28 31 39 47
2019-07-22	2	3rd	7 11 28 37 44
2019-07-17	18	4th	4 26 27 28 47
2019-06-05	4	3rd	17 26 28 38 47
2019-05-27	28	3rd	13 18 28 33 42
2019-03-23	53	4th	1 12 26 28 40
2018-11-19	8	3rd	20 21 28 33 46
2018-10-31	3	3rd	2 14 28 34 38
2018-10-24	41	2nd	9 28 34 36 45
2018-07-21	44	4th	1 9 18 28 44
2018-04-09	3	3rd	1 20 28 32 42
2018-04-02	14	4th	13 14 18 28 34
2018-02-28	3	2nd	5 28 31 42 49
2018-02-21	1	4th	2 12 16 28 41
2018-02-19	11	3rd	8 9 28 29 32
2018-01-24	4	3rd	9 23 28 35 37
2018-01-15	7	5th	2 5 15 22 28
2017-12-30	7	3rd	12 13 28 35 40
2017-12-13	31	3rd	17 24 28 43 49
2017-10-02	11	5th	1 11 12 20 28
2017-09-06	20	2nd	19 28 39 46 49
2017-07-22	8	3rd	5 16 28 30 40
2017-07-03	16	4th	2 8 10 28 48
2017-05-27	3	4th	8 9 17 28 40
2017-05-20	3	1st	28 31 33 34 42
2017-05-13	8	4th	9 13 16 28 47
2017-04-24	4	2nd	7 28 41 42 45
2017-04-15	1	1st	28 29 40 41 49
2017-04-12	9	3rd	3 18 28 40 48
2017-03-22	1	4th	2 11 25 28 43
2017-03-20	7	2nd	13 28 39 40 42
2017-03-04	16	3rd	4 14 28 32 37
2017-01-25	6	5th	4 10 19 20 28
2017-01-11	14	4th	13 19 22 28 30
2016-12-10	22	3rd	24 27 28 41 43
2016-10-19	5	2nd	26 28 29 32 38
2016-10-08	1	3rd	5 26 28 35 46
2016-10-05	20	4th	2 15 18 28 43
2016-08-20	16	3rd	10 15 28 35 43
2016-07-13	13	2nd	7 28 30 34 47
2016-06-13	13	4th	5 8 21 28 36
2016-05-14	16	3rd	1 27 28 30 42
2016-04-06	4	4th	19 21 24 28 44
2016-03-28	13	5th	2 4 15 26 28
2016-02-27	8	4th	10 11 13 28 47
2016-02-08	1	3rd	1 11 28 30 39
2016-02-06	1	3rd	2 25 28 41 44
2016-02-03	18	4th	5 24 25 28 44
2015-12-23	7	3rd	13 17 28 42 46
2015-12-07	9	3rd	14 22 28 37 42
2015-11-16	4	2nd	12 28 40 42 47
2015-11-07	13	4th	4 7 23 28 32
2015-10-07	1	4th	2 14 27 28 29
2015-10-05	6	3rd	13 27 28 31 42
2015-09-21	8	3rd	12 27 28 42 47
2015-09-02	10	4th	6 9 17 28 29
2015-08-10	6	3rd	12 14 28 37 44
2015-07-27	33	3rd	6 14 28 37 41
2015-05-11	6	2nd	1 28 31 34 49
2015-04-27	3	3rd	5 15 28 41 43
2015-04-20	7	4th	2 10 15 28 37
2015-04-04	6	3rd	15 23 28 33 39
2015-03-21	5	3rd	21 22 28 41 47
2015-03-09	6	2nd	26 28 31 34 35
2015-02-23	8	4th	3 4 22 28 40
2015-02-04	14	3rd	9 24 28 35 49
2015-01-03	13	2nd	12 28 31 32 48
2014-12-03	8	3rd	11 26 28 31 49
2014-11-15	8	4th	3 16 23 28 39
2014-10-27	5	3rd	12 13 28 32 33
2014-10-15	2	2nd	9 28 37 41 46
2014-10-11	5	5th	10 15 19 24 28
2014-09-29	7	3rd	4 17 28 33 41
2014-09-13	13	4th	7 23 27 28 33
2014-08-13	4	4th	3 13 18 28 43
2014-08-04	8	3rd	16 24 28 36 43
2014-07-16	20	2nd	3 28 36 42 49
2014-05-31	11	4th	2 14 16 28 40
2014-05-05	11	4th	2 16 19 28 37
2014-04-09	3	3rd	12 14 28 38 39
2014-04-02	1	3rd	6 16 28 34 41
2014-03-31	1	4th	2 6 7 28 32
2014-03-29	4	3rd	12 19 28 29 45
2014-03-19	7	5th	5 19 26 27 28
2014-03-03	29	2nd	21 28 36 40 41
2013-12-25	15	3rd	23 24 28 36 45
2013-11-20	1	3rd	14 18 28 35 46
2013-11-18	21	2nd	3 28 29 36 46
2013-09-30	7	4th	10 15 26 28 45
2013-09-14	14	3rd	18 24 28 43 49
2013-08-12	5	4th	4 11 21 28 38
2013-07-31	5	3rd	8 23 28 31 41
2013-07-20	3	3rd	9 17 28 30 48
2013-07-13	20	3rd	10 21 28 31 37
2013-05-27	16	4th	9 13 15 28 37
2013-04-20	4	4th	3 9 24 28 42
2013-04-10	15	4th	3 9 18 28 45
2013-03-06	16	2nd	26 28 36 42 44
2013-01-28	22	2nd	20 28 29 38 40
2012-12-08	1	3rd	22 24 28 45 47
2012-12-05	3	3rd	24 27 28 36 45
2012-11-28	2	4th	4 11 16 28 34
2012-11-24	14	5th	5 18 19 21 28
2012-10-22	18	4th	14 24 25 28 41
2012-09-10	4	4th	3 19 25 28 43
2012-09-01	17	5th	5 13 22 25 28
2012-07-23	2	2nd	23 28 31 38 40
2012-07-18	52	4th	4 25 26 28 32
2012-03-19	6	5th	4 10 11 15 28
2012-03-05	28	2nd	17 28 30 31 34
2011-12-31	2	3rd	2 17 28 32 35
2011-12-26	1	2nd	23 28 36 42 43
2011-12-24	6	5th	7 10 11 12 28
2011-12-10	29	3rd	14 26 28 30 43
2011-10-03	10	4th	4 12 27 28 40
2011-09-10	13	5th	1 10 15 24 28
2011-08-10	21	3rd	4 27 28 29 38
2011-06-22	4	4th	21 22 26 28 33
2011-06-13	14	5th	3 17 18 22 28
2011-05-11	2	3rd	14 26 28 38 45
2011-05-07	4	2nd	3 28 37 38 42
2011-04-27	2	5th	5 14 23 26 28
2011-04-23	14	3rd	8 21 28 32 40
2011-03-21	11	3rd	3 23 28 31 40
2011-02-23	18	4th	2 5 21 28 33
2011-01-12	12	2nd	17 28 30 40 41
2010-12-15	2	4th	4 6 16 28 37
2010-12-11	17	4th	3 9 11 28 38
2010-11-01	27	5th	1 15 17 24 28
2010-08-30	3	4th	3 16 22 28 49
2010-08-23	3	3rd	9 16 28 41 49
2010-08-16	7	3rd	13 22 28 31 40
2010-07-31	6	4th	2 8 25 28 44
2010-07-17	6	3rd	20 22 28 32 47
2010-07-03	1	3rd	2 10 28 33 46
2010-06-30	10	4th	14 17 18 28 44
2010-06-07	11	2nd	26 28 29 42 48
2010-05-12	5	5th	14 22 23 27 28
2010-05-01	10	3rd	3 6 28 39 42
2010-04-07	3	3rd	2 11 28 33 43
2010-03-31	3	2nd	21 28 39 46 49
2010-03-24	2	3rd	8 9 28 35 42
2010-03-20	25	3rd	2 15 28 36 49
2010-01-20	1	2nd	13 28 37 45 48
2010-01-18	12	4th	7 8 22 28 38
2009-12-21	7	3rd	3 27 28 38 42
2009-12-05	1	4th	7 16 22 28 39
2009-12-02	8	4th	10 20 21 28 47
2009-11-14	9	3rd	16 24 28 39 47
2009-10-24	5	3rd	15 27 28 38 39
2009-10-12	21	2nd	7 28 38 43 48
2009-08-24	2	4th	11 18 22 28 33
2009-08-19	12	2nd	7 28 33 35 42
2009-07-22	9	3rd	17 24 28 35 45
2009-07-01	1	3rd	5 13 28 29 34
2009-06-29	3	3rd	9 10 28 35 43
2009-06-22	4	2nd	17 28 36 41 42
2009-06-13	10	3rd	16 24 28 39 46
2009-05-20	1	4th	3 15 23 28 35
2009-05-18	4	2nd	26 28 34 35 49
2009-05-09	14	3rd	20 22 28 30 45
2009-04-06	20	1st	28 31 33 43 48
2009-02-18	11	3rd	10 23 28 40 43
2009-01-24	25	4th	5 15 20 28 40
2008-11-26	12	4th	11 13 25 28 49
2008-10-29	3	2nd	22 28 41 43 49
2008-10-22	3	4th	11 12 14 28 48
2008-10-15	—	3rd	18 20 28 40 49