Number 28

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

112times drawn · chance expected 116 −0.38σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

46longest completed wait · 59% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 112 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −0.38σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 27 times, counted separately.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 112 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 2 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest2 · chance 4.2
2nd smallest22 · chance 20.8
3rd smallest44 · chance 38.6
4th smallest31 · chance 33.2
5th smallest12 · chance 13.3
6th smallest1 · chance 2.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 37 27 33 41 42

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-08-29	2	3rd	2 6 28 33 43 54
2026-08-22	2	2nd	11 28 41 48 57 59
2026-08-15	15	3rd	17 27 28 42 47 59
2026-06-24	1	5th	7 8

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-17	10	3rd	11 26 28 31 35 39
2024-03-13	7	3rd	24 26 28 34 35 37
2024-02-17	4	3rd	5 19 28 39 41 42
2024-02-03	5	4th	8 19 25 28 29 50
2024-01-17	10	3rd	10 24 28 30 44 48
2023-12-13	9	2nd	10 28 31 34 43 48
2023-11-11	4	3rd	12 26 28 34 41 42
2023-10-28	4	2nd	25 28 37 38 42 50
2023-10-14	16	3rd	4 27 28 31 51 57
2023-08-19	4	4th	2 7 17 28 31 37
2023-08-05	14	3rd	5 22 28 38 50 58
2023-06-17	5	3rd	11 13 28 32 46 47
2023-05-31	8	3rd	19 24 28 33 41 54
2023-05-03	15	2nd	12 28 33 37 42 49
2023-03-11	3	4th	1 19 27 28 41 50
2023-03-01	6	2nd	5 28 36 39 48 49
2023-02-08	2	3rd	13 26 28 33 42 53
2023-02-01	38	2nd	16 28 29 31 53 59
2022-09-21	1	3rd	6 13 28 34 37 45
2022-09-17	13	4th	11 22 25 28 45 55
2022-08-03	40	3rd	5 25 28 29 53 58
2022-03-16	9	4th	14 20 23 28 33 54
2022-02-12	10	4th	9 16 26 28 47 58
2022-01-08	1	2nd	21 28 33 36 43 46
2022-01-05	2	4th	3 5 21 28 56 57
2021-12-29	4	3rd	3 17 28 42 52 57
2021-12-15	9	4th	2 15 17 28 30 45
2021-11-13	6	4th	13 14 16 28 43 52
2021-10-23	15	5th	4 13 21 27 28 37
2021-09-01	3	3rd	3 19 28 33 41 43
2021-08-21	8	4th	17 18 27 28 35 57
2021-07-24	11	4th	6 7 17 28 34 37
2021-06-16	6	3rd	6 22 28 36 48 53
2021-05-26	15	1st	28 33 36 45 49 51
2021-04-03	5	3rd	2 8 28 32 40 45
2021-03-17	11	4th	7 16 26 28 36 58
2021-02-06	2	2nd	27 28 32 39 46 52
2021-01-30	12	2nd	4 28 31 36 51 55
2020-12-19	1	6th	4 10 14 21 27 28
2020-12-16	2	2nd	2 28 30 36 38 43
2020-12-09	6	5th	7 8 10 14 28 33
2020-11-18	4	4th	18 26 27 28 41 54
2020-11-04	4	3rd	10 20 28 32 35 50
2020-10-21	2	4th	9 12 27 28 29 44
2020-10-14	6	3rd	9 12 28 31 46 50
2020-09-23	5	3rd	8 17 28 35 47 51
2020-09-05	4	3rd	3 11 28 36 38 47
2020-08-22	5	4th	19 23 24 28 37 51
2020-08-05	29	2nd	1 28 42 43 51 58
2020-04-25	4	5th	3 9 21 25 28 59
2020-04-11	2	2nd	20 28 30 31 44 55
2020-04-04	13	3rd	4 22 28 39 45 49
2020-02-19	11	5th	7 18 21 27 28 48
2020-01-11	11	2nd	27 28 46 51 55 57
2019-12-04	3	5th	9 13 21 25 28 31
2019-11-23	6	3rd	23 25 28 38 47 58
2019-11-02	13	3rd	13 16 28 34 41 56
2019-09-18	10	3rd	1 25 28 34 39 57
2019-08-14	6	4th	14 16 24 28 30 53
2019-07-24	1	4th	2 4 17 28 37 45
2019-07-20	27	4th	14 18 23 28 36 37
2019-04-17	29	3rd	8 23 28 42 43 51
2019-01-05	19	4th	18 25 27 28 32 47
2018-10-31	22	5th	5 14 20 24 28 45
2018-08-15	13	2nd	3 28 34 41 48 58
2018-06-30	46	2nd	6 28 32 45 46 49
2018-01-20	4	4th	2 10 19 28 29 31
2018-01-06	5	2nd	18 28 31 32 44 51
2017-12-20	36	3rd	10 20 28 38 41 46
2017-08-16	19	3rd	7 17 28 43 44 45
2017-06-10	3	3rd	10 18 28 35 36 50
2017-05-31	28	3rd	18 23 28 52 56 59
2017-02-22	2	3rd	1 16 28 31 38 54
2017-02-15	8	3rd	17 23 28 38 47 56
2017-01-18	15	5th	8 14 20 27 28 53
2016-11-26	2	3rd	1 2 28 40 48 49
2016-11-19	14	5th	5 7 8 16 28 37
2016-10-01	3	4th	4 5 18 28 43 58
2016-09-21	5	3rd	20 21 28 33 49 56
2016-09-03	10	4th	2 6 17 28 38 55
2016-07-30	15	3rd	14 26 28 41 51 57
2016-06-08	5	1st	28 33 43 49 55 58
2016-05-21	1	4th	6 7 19 28 30 52
2016-05-18	42	3rd	1 3 28 34 37 46
2015-12-23	4	5th	1 2 4 19 28 41
2015-12-09	2	4th	3 8 14 28 34 53
2015-12-02	6	4th	9 11 14 28 37 42
2015-11-11	—	4th	2 17 27 28 51 52