Number 38

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · since Jul 2009 rules — 2,425 draws, 6 from 1–90.

164times drawn · chance expected 162 +0.19σ

35draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

14.7average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

77longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 164 times in 2,425 draws against 161.7 expected, +0.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 35 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 21 times, counted separately.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 164 times in 2,425 draws · average wait 14.7 draws · longest completed wait 77 · waiting 35 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest15 · chance 10.3
2nd smallest50 · chance 39.6
3rd smallest61 · chance 58.2
4th smallest29 · chance 40.7
5th smallest9 · chance 13.6
6th smallest0 · chance 1.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

65 45 66 19 77 54

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 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 — 38th most popular of 90. 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
2026-08-11	12	3rd	8 19 38 53 66 79
2026-07-21	35	5th	13 14 15 29 38 63
2026-05-21	20	2nd	1 38 57 58 64 81
2026-04-16	2	4th

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-11-18	1	3rd	22 24 38 42 44 87
2021-11-16	5	4th	7 17 19 38 66 71
2021-11-04	7	3rd	22 25 38 41 61 68
2021-10-19	11	3rd	21 28 38 42 66 88
2021-09-23	16	3rd	8 21 38 42 49 51
2021-08-17	35	4th	2 3 10 38 64 70
2021-05-27	8	2nd	24 38 81 86 88 89
2021-05-08	1	2nd	37 38 44 45 60 65
2021-05-06	21	3rd	5 28 38 55 79 89
2021-03-18	24	2nd	11 38 51 58 62 63
2021-01-21	1	3rd	15 17 38 40 45 65
2021-01-19	9	4th	2 27 28 38 43 65
2020-12-29	21	3rd	15 22 38 51 60 74
2020-11-10	11	3rd	13 34 38 41 76 88
2020-10-15	6	2nd	29 38 47 61 68 86
2020-10-01	2	3rd	7 31 38 52 61 75
2020-09-26	10	3rd	4 16 38 70 86 88
2020-09-03	10	3rd	16 17 38 39 68 84
2020-08-11	16	3rd	7 9 38 68 78 80
2020-07-04	23	2nd	33 38 46 59 65 73
2020-05-12	4	2nd	21 38 55 60 65 85
2020-03-21	30	3rd	5 13 38 39 52 59
2020-01-11	38	3rd	34 36 38 63 72 81
2019-10-15	4	2nd	5 38 45 54 59 65
2019-10-05	7	2nd	20 38 52 58 68 72
2019-09-19	52	1st	38 50 53 56 65 76
2019-05-21	5	2nd	20 38 76 82 84 87
2019-05-09	15	4th	3 17 26 38 54 82
2019-04-04	7	3rd	7 29 38 49 66 70
2019-03-19	30	3rd	12 15 38 43 56 85
2019-01-08	12	3rd	23 34 38 54 57 87
2018-12-11	7	4th	6 17 32 38 47 90
2018-11-24	3	2nd	30 38 63 68 77 80
2018-11-17	8	3rd	3 5 38 53 54 82
2018-10-30	4	1st	38 40 43 59 67 72
2018-10-20	39	4th	4 14 27 38 89 90
2018-07-21	1	3rd	22 36 38 56 59 67
2018-07-19	7	2nd	11 38 47 71 76 77
2018-07-03	21	3rd	28 33 38 41 66 72
2018-05-15	14	3rd	3 10 38 52 65 71
2018-04-12	25	4th	8 28 34 38 47 54
2018-02-13	8	3rd	3 11 38 53 70 71
2018-01-25	27	2nd	15 38 48 52 66 71
2017-11-23	8	2nd	14 38 40 51 53 64
2017-11-04	4	4th	6 7 8 38 45 78
2017-10-26	10	2nd	14 38 43 57 65 72
2017-10-03	6	3rd	6 21 38 48 79 90
2017-09-19	30	1st	38 45 46 55 65 73
2017-07-11	5	3rd	6 12 38 42 49 83
2017-06-29	4	3rd	16 19 38 40 58 79
2017-06-20	15	1st	38 46 54 76 82 86
2017-05-16	41	2nd	29 38 75 79 80 90
2017-02-09	1	4th	18 25 35 38 45 75
2017-02-07	17	3rd	2 21 38 74 79 83
2016-12-29	66	3rd	31 33 38 58 76 85
2016-07-28	6	3rd	29 37 38 61 63 85
2016-07-14	32	1st	38 56 61 67 72 82
2016-04-30	2	2nd	22 38 47 51 61 85
2016-04-26	8	1st	38 49 51 59 77 90
2016-04-07	10	1st	38 42 45 59 66 87
2016-03-15	12	5th	2 4 17 19 38 56
2016-02-16	6	5th	2 10 27 34 38 40
2016-02-02	11	2nd	19 38 40 56 65 80
2016-01-07	5	2nd	10 38 61 62 74 86
2015-12-28	10	2nd	5 38 48 52 81 88
2015-12-03	10	1st	38 46 53 65 77 84
2015-11-10	7	4th	8 31 33 38 66 77
2015-10-24	23	4th	9 14 33 38 46 87
2015-09-01	25	3rd	13 30 38 48 50 77
2015-07-04	9	3rd	8 30 38 51 62 66
2015-06-13	25	4th	19 35 36 38 45 80
2015-04-16	5	2nd	37 38 43 69 79 86
2015-04-04	7	2nd	11 38 44 48 56 83
2015-03-19	3	4th	5 7 20 38 57 85
2015-03-12	14	3rd	7 36 38 63 73 90
2015-02-07	35	3rd	24 27 38 40 56 81
2014-11-18	2	1st	38 58 65 66 72 88
2014-11-13	13	2nd	2 38 47 50 55 79
2014-10-14	19	3rd	19 21 38 45 51 69
2014-08-30	12	2nd	23 38 43 46 60 75
2014-08-02	12	2nd	29 38 54 58 72 86
2014-07-05	18	3rd	15 31 38 47 55 82
2014-05-24	27	3rd	3 22 38 70 77 81
2014-03-22	2	4th	19 22 31 38 87 89
2014-03-18	10	1st	38 39 46 58 66 83
2014-02-22	5	5th	17 19 28 34 38 82
2014-02-11	10	3rd	12 27 38 43 65 67
2014-01-18	49	3rd	14 18 38 41 74 78
2013-09-26	17	2nd	4 38 42 57 64 75
2013-08-19	10	5th	3 5 11 14 38 79
2013-07-25	37	2nd	33 38 41 43 46 57
2013-04-30	44	3rd	5 35 38 75 82 86
2013-01-17	5	3rd	25 34 38 69 83 86
2013-01-05	5	3rd	3 11 38 59 67 74
2012-12-24	7	5th	6 22 31 37 38 51
2012-12-10	24	3rd	11 28 38 49 66 77
2012-10-13	21	3rd	14 17 38 58 60 81
2012-08-25	4	2nd	7 38 66 67 71 88
2012-08-16	14	1st	38 39 46 74 85 89
2012-07-14	17	2nd	27 38 70 75 78 82
2012-06-05	3	3rd	15 29 38 44 67 74
2012-05-29	5	1st	38 39 42 49 55 81
2012-05-17	1	2nd	14 38 41 58 65 75
2012-05-15	3	2nd	5 38 56 76 77 89
2012-05-08	16	4th	13 19 35 38 52 64
2012-03-31	30	3rd	11 23 38 47 57 83
2012-01-21	28	4th	12 19 33 38 62 80
2011-11-17	1	5th	12 25 30 33 38 84
2011-11-15	35	4th	18 21 36 38 45 62
2011-08-25	4	2nd	18 38 39 45 57 90
2011-08-16	9	5th	2 6 27 29 38 55
2011-07-26	4	2nd	6 38 50 63 65 74
2011-07-16	22	3rd	17 20 38 51 53 74
2011-05-26	12	4th	20 24 31 38 54 72
2011-04-28	8	1st	38 42 45 69 86 90
2011-04-09	6	4th	12 13 17 38 74 87
2011-03-26	9	2nd	37 38 56 62 70 83
2011-03-05	5	3rd	3 12 38 50 54 55
2011-02-22	28	3rd	2 3 38 42 56 74
2010-12-18	9	2nd	30 38 52 63 74 89
2010-11-27	5	2nd	21 38 41 43 52 77
2010-11-16	14	2nd	26 38 40 66 76 81
2010-10-14	1	4th	9 15 19 38 48 77
2010-10-12	3	4th	18 23 31 38 47 51
2010-10-05	27	2nd	17 38 42 50 68 86
2010-08-03	14	2nd	8 38 48 66 70 86
2010-07-01	2	3rd	1 14 38 77 80 89
2010-06-26	10	4th	9 28 33 38 50 55
2010-06-03	6	2nd	30 38 46 47 62 67
2010-05-20	9	2nd	19 38 48 54 71 84
2010-04-29	6	2nd	31 38 49 54 62 76
2010-04-15	6	3rd	34 37 38 39 59 90
2010-04-01	67	4th	23 25 37 38 50 86
2009-10-27	1	1st	38 43 44 45 63 77
2009-10-24	9	4th	6 26 37 38 55 73
2009-10-03	14	2nd	28 38 59 60 71 83
2009-09-01	5	4th	12 14 19 38 41 45
2009-08-20	15	3rd	2 16 38 67 70 84
2009-07-16	6	3rd	6 35 38 48 58 76
2009-07-02	—	3rd	12 13 38 46 47 72