In Lotto Plus 1 under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Sep 2024 rules — 213 draws, 6 from 1–47.
21times drawn · chance expected 27 −1.27σ
11draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number
9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8
21longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long
38 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 21 times in 213 draws against 27.2 expected, −1.27σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 4 times, counted separately.
38
Number 38, draw by draw
Drawn 21 times in 213 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 21 · waiting 11 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.
Never drawn alongside 4 of the other 46 numbers; chance expects about 5 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 — 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.
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.