Number 28

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

144times drawn · chance expected 147 −0.25σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

51longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 144 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, −0.25σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 16 times, counted separately.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 144 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 51 · 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 smallest0 · chance 1.2
2nd smallest10 · chance 11.0
3rd smallest36 · chance 35.7
4th smallest55 · chance 52.5
5th smallest36 · chance 35.0
6th smallest7 · chance 8.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 8 21 29 34 44

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 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
2026-09-19	9	4th	10 11 20 28 41 44
2026-08-19	31	4th	11 17 26 28 33 46
2026-05-02	19	4th	1 7 27 28 34 42
2026-02-25	32	5th	19 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: 28 is drawn with probability 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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