Number 28

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 791 draws, 5 from 1–47.

70times drawn · chance expected 84 −1.63σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 57% for any number

11.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

61longest completed wait · 8% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 70 times in 791 draws against 84.1 expected, −1.63σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 70 times in 791 draws · average wait 11.2 draws · longest completed wait 61 · waiting 6 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 smallest3 · chance 1.7
2nd smallest12 · chance 11.2
3rd smallest28 · chance 25.7
4th smallest22 · chance 23.8
5th smallest5 · chance 7.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 30 23 29 32 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 47. 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
2026-09-21	7	2nd	24 28 37 40 42
2026-08-27	1	3rd	1 24 28 31 47
2026-08-24	17	3rd	11 19 28 38 43
2026-06-25	9	4th	1 9 26 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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-27	25	4th	4 7 13 28 34
2024-02-29	7	3rd	4 6 28 29 45
2024-02-05	16	5th	3 4 8 10 28
2023-12-11	21	4th	12 14 20 28 41
2023-09-28	3	3rd	18 23 28 29 37
2023-09-18	17	4th	1 3 11 28 43
2023-07-20	26	1st	28 31 37 40 47
2023-04-20	15	2nd	10 28 29 42 46
2023-02-27	3	2nd	23 28 34 45 46
2023-02-16	6	4th	2 10 25 28 30
2023-01-26	10	3rd	2 13 28 30 34
2022-12-22	25	3rd	14 27 28 40 43
2022-09-26	10	4th	11 21 25 28 39
2022-08-22	37	2nd	21 28 33 38 47
2022-04-14	23	3rd	11 17 28 34 42
2022-01-24	11	3rd	14 18 28 29 38
2021-12-16	8	3rd	4 25 28 39 40
2021-11-18	1	2nd	18 28 39 42 45
2021-11-15	20	3rd	13 21 28 32 36
2021-09-06	17	3rd	15 20 28 33 34
2021-07-08	6	3rd	8 20 28 33 47
2021-06-17	21	4th	7 20 27 28 29
2021-04-05	2	2nd	13 28 29 30 34
2021-03-29	1	2nd	17 28 39 42 43
2021-03-25	5	3rd	10 13 28 30 38
2021-03-08	1	3rd	2 16 28 32 45
2021-03-04	4	4th	4 8 18 28 44
2021-02-18	8	3rd	7 19 28 38 39
2021-01-21	61	3rd	24 27 28 35 40
2020-06-22	1	3rd	16 25 28 35 38
2020-06-18	4	3rd	6 8 28 32 44
2020-06-04	11	4th	8 9 27 28 47
2020-04-27	10	5th	9 16 17 21 28
2020-03-23	6	2nd	21 28 35 37 42
2020-03-02	20	2nd	8 28 39 45 47
2019-12-23	15	3rd	14 18 28 33 35
2019-10-31	2	1st	28 30 32 35 45
2019-10-24	1	4th	4 12 17 28 36
2019-10-21	8	4th	7 16 24 28 29
2019-09-23	3	4th	1 19 26 28 42
2019-09-12	2	2nd	10 28 33 36 37
2019-09-05	13	3rd	20 23 28 30 38
2019-07-22	11	4th	8 23 26 28 31
2019-06-13	13	3rd	10 16 28 29 46
2019-04-29	1	5th	6 8 13 20 28
2019-04-25	—	3rd	5 26 28 32 37