Number 38

In Euro Millions Plus under the 5/50 · since Sep 2024 rules — 211 draws, 5 from 1–50.

18times drawn · chance expected 21 −0.71σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

11.8average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

47longest completed wait · 13% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 18 times in 211 draws against 21.1 expected, −0.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 18 times in 211 draws · average wait 11.8 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 1 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 0.0
2nd smallest1 · chance 0.7
3rd smallest5 · chance 3.7
4th smallest6 · chance 7.9
5th smallest6 · chance 5.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 1.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 20 21 32 34 35

Never drawn alongside 12 of the other 49 numbers; chance expects about 11 such strangers 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 50. 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
2026-10-06	9	2nd	32 38 42 44 48
2026-09-04	5	3rd	1 11 38 39 46
2026-08-18	31	4th	2 6 13 38 39
2026-05-01	6	3rd	12 37

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.