Number 38

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

161times drawn · chance expected 147 +1.25σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

30longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 161 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, +1.25σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 30 times, counted separately.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 161 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 30 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest2 · chance 0.5
3rd smallest2 · chance 6.6
4th smallest33 · chance 32.9
5th smallest75 · chance 69.8
6th smallest49 · chance 51.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 14 2 40 29 30

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, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-10	9	5th	6 9 29 34 38 39
2026-09-09	2	6th	13 16 18 31 34 38
2026-09-02	1	4th	2 13 37 38 41 46
2026-08-29	15	5th	17 21

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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