Number 28

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,062 draws, 5 from 1–39.

401times drawn · chance expected 393 +0.46σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

35longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 401 times in 3,062 draws against 392.6 expected, +0.46σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 401 times in 3,062 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 7 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 smallest1 · chance 1.8
2nd smallest21 · chance 24.2
3rd smallest110 · chance 104.9
4th smallest178 · chance 174.8
5th smallest91 · chance 95.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 42.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 38 17 26 30 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-09-29	10	4th	1 17 25 28 31
2026-09-11	8	5th	3 7 17 25 28
2026-08-28	3	4th	6 9 10 28 34
2026-08-22	6	4th	2 13 18

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

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