Number 38

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

122times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.60σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 34% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

56longest completed wait · 28% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 122 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.60σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 29 times, counted separately.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 122 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 11 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 0.5
2nd smallest8 · chance 5.9
3rd smallest18 · chance 23.6
4th smallest52 · chance 43.4
5th smallest32 · chance 36.9
6th smallest12 · chance 11.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

47 54 4 31 19 22

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-07-29	18	4th	5 10 22 38 56 58
2026-05-27	8	3rd	33 36 38 46 47 50
2026-04-29	33	5th	4 14 22 32 38 52
2026-01-03	1	4th	6 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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

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