Number 28

In Lotto under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,355 draws, 6 from 1–40.

208times drawn · chance expected 203 +0.36σ

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

6.4average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

36longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 208 times in 1,355 draws against 203.3 expected, +0.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 26 times, counted separately.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 208 times in 1,355 draws · average wait 6.4 draws · longest completed wait 36 · 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 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 0.3
2nd smallest6 · chance 4.8
3rd smallest28 · chance 27.9
4th smallest57 · chance 69.7
5th smallest80 · chance 76.1
6th smallest37 · chance 29.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 19 12 5 17 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-07	5	5th	7 14 18 22 28 39
2026-09-19	11	4th	7 10 11 28 35 37
2026-08-12	7	5th	2 8 13 19 28 39
2026-07-18	3	2nd	13 28

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-12	11	3rd	2 10 28 31 33 34
2025-01-04	10	4th	2 16 20 28 31 36
2024-11-30	1	6th	3 10 17 25 27 28
2024-11-27	3	5th	12 17 25 27 28 39
2024-11-16	2	5th	3 5 12 19 28 39
2024-11-09	4	6th	2 12 13 16 18 28
2024-10-26	1	6th	1 10 17 25 26 28
2024-10-23	3	4th	12 17 21 28 30 32
2024-10-12	3	5th	10 11 20 24 28 33
2024-10-02	1	4th	10 12 22 28 31 39
2024-09-28	7	4th	12 16 24 28 34 35
2024-09-04	9	3rd	9 16 28 31 35 36
2024-08-03	8	5th	1 17 19 27 28 29
2024-07-06	1	6th	9 12 16 17 24 28
2024-07-03	11	3rd	12 27 28 34 35 37
2024-05-25	3	3rd	7 10 28 33 37 39
2024-05-15	2	5th	6 11 13 21 28 37
2024-05-08	13	5th	6 12 13 17 28 29
2024-03-23	6	5th	7 9 11 16 28 37
2024-03-02	1	4th	1 5 6 28 29 40
2024-02-28	2	4th	5 13 26 28 30 34
2024-02-21	3	5th	1 20 22 24 28 34
2024-02-10	9	4th	5 10 17 28 33 40
2024-01-10	20	5th	4 5 12 13 28 34
2023-11-01	4	5th	2 6 13 26 28 32
2023-10-18	3	4th	6 11 13 28 36 40
2023-10-07	4	3rd	5 25 28 34 36 38
2023-09-23	10	4th	15 25 27 28 37 40
2023-08-19	4	4th	5 18 26 28 31 39
2023-08-05	1	5th	18 23 24 26 28 32
2023-08-02	4	5th	6 23 25 27 28 32
2023-07-19	8	4th	6 20 23 28 35 38
2023-06-21	8	5th	4 8 10 16 28 32
2023-05-24	12	3rd	5 17 28 30 33 38
2023-04-12	2	5th	1 10 12 19 28 35
2023-04-05	3	5th	5 14 17 25 28 38
2023-03-25	4	5th	4 5 8 19 28 31
2023-03-11	4	4th	6 19 26 28 37 39
2023-02-25	3	4th	14 18 22 28 30 32
2023-02-15	1	5th	7 24 26 27 28 39
2023-02-11	4	3rd	5 14 28 32 34 36
2023-01-28	2	6th	13 16 17 22 27 28
2023-01-21	1	3rd	4 19 28 35 37 40
2023-01-18	1	5th	1 4 7 23 28 35
2023-01-14	13	3rd	5 20 28 29 32 38
2022-11-30	8	6th	4 8 10 12 21 28
2022-11-02	12	5th	12 20 22 24 28 31
2022-09-21	9	5th	8 13 24 27 28 35
2022-08-20	2	3rd	6 13 28 31 33 38
2022-08-13	3	4th	19 23 24 28 30 36
2022-08-03	2	5th	2 7 25 27 28 35
2022-07-27	2	5th	13 15 19 20 28 32
2022-07-20	4	6th	5 19 22 24 25 28
2022-07-06	2	3rd	10 24 28 31 35 38
2022-06-29	11	5th	7 10 25 27 28 29
2022-05-21	3	4th	12 15 19 28 39 40
2022-05-11	2	4th	21 22 25 28 33 37
2022-05-04	7	5th	5 19 21 26 28 31
2022-04-09	8	4th	4 13 27 28 35 36
2022-03-12	1	5th	5 22 23 26 28 34
2022-03-09	26	5th	5 13 15 16 28 39
2021-12-08	2	4th	5 10 12 28 32 36
2021-12-01	3	5th	6 10 11 15 28 31
2021-11-20	7	6th	2 3 4 17 24 28
2021-10-27	3	2nd	27 28 31 32 36 38
2021-10-16	1	4th	2 7 19 28 32 40
2021-10-13	1	4th	5 19 21 28 30 39
2021-10-09	5	4th	1 5 13 28 33 37
2021-09-22	2	5th	8 11 21 23 28 34
2021-09-15	5	5th	14 19 22 24 28 37
2021-08-28	7	4th	6 22 26 28 29 39
2021-08-04	4	3rd	13 26 28 30 34 39
2021-07-21	29	3rd	5 7 28 29 33 38
2021-04-10	21	4th	6 23 24 28 30 35
2021-01-27	5	5th	10 15 17 23 28 29
2021-01-09	3	4th	11 14 17 28 30 34
2020-12-30	17	6th	2 5 9 24 26 28
2020-10-31	1	5th	3 19 22 26 28 39
2020-10-28	23	3rd	12 17 28 35 37 40
2020-08-08	3	6th	4 7 11 16 23 28
2020-07-29	1	3rd	6 21 28 36 37 40
2020-07-25	16	4th	10 11 12 28 38 40
2020-05-30	2	6th	2 4 12 13 15 28
2020-05-23	12	4th	10 12 14 28 32 35
2020-04-11	3	6th	8 17 23 25 27 28
2020-04-01	3	4th	8 21 25 28 32 35
2020-03-21	1	6th	9 16 18 19 20 28
2020-03-18	5	5th	2 12 18 20 28 36
2020-02-29	9	5th	4 18 25 27 28 32
2020-01-29	1	5th	10 21 26 27 28 31
2020-01-25	8	5th	10 11 19 24 28 34
2019-12-28	5	5th	6 10 16 24 28 34
2019-12-11	4	5th	2 7 11 16 28 39
2019-11-27	1	6th	1 4 9 22 26 28
2019-11-23	10	5th	16 17 20 22 28 29
2019-10-19	26	4th	6 12 21 28 35 38
2019-07-20	2	6th	4 5 13 22 24 28
2019-07-13	1	4th	7 10 16 28 33 36
2019-07-10	7	3rd	5 12 28 33 35 38
2019-06-15	3	5th	6 15 25 27 28 35
2019-06-05	4	5th	5 17 26 27 28 39
2019-05-22	4	6th	2 3 12 14 16 28
2019-05-08	7	6th	7 8 9 11 19 28
2019-04-13	2	6th	1 8 10 18 26 28
2019-04-06	8	5th	10 11 14 22 28 40
2019-03-09	5	4th	7 20 25 28 32 34
2019-02-20	17	6th	1 7 20 22 23 28
2018-12-22	18	5th	10 15 25 27 28 31
2018-10-20	5	4th	4 12 26 28 32 35
2018-10-03	12	3rd	1 16 28 32 39 40
2018-08-22	8	6th	2 5 10 15 25 28
2018-07-25	16	5th	10 16 18 19 28 35
2018-05-30	4	4th	14 18 22 28 29 34
2018-05-16	4	5th	1 13 14 16 28 29
2018-05-02	10	5th	2 7 8 25 28 29
2018-03-28	4	3rd	1 12 28 34 36 37
2018-03-14	14	6th	17 18 19 20 24 28
2018-01-24	8	6th	1 16 20 24 25 28
2017-12-27	3	5th	3 15 16 22 28 30
2017-12-16	7	4th	11 19 23 28 30 33
2017-11-22	1	5th	5 8 12 18 28 36
2017-11-18	4	4th	11 12 20 28 31 36
2017-11-04	17	5th	3 5 12 25 28 40
2017-09-06	5	5th	3 7 25 27 28 30
2017-08-19	5	5th	4 17 22 27 28 32
2017-08-02	19	6th	1 2 6 8 26 28
2017-05-27	3	5th	2 3 8 9 28 36
2017-05-17	8	5th	9 10 11 12 28 30
2017-04-19	6	5th	1 2 11 26 28 34
2017-03-29	2	4th	4 9 15 28 35 38
2017-03-22	1	4th	2 11 24 28 29 37
2017-03-18	8	5th	10 17 23 27 28 33
2017-02-18	1	5th	6 10 14 24 28 35
2017-02-15	14	3rd	3 5 28 29 32 36
2016-12-28	1	4th	17 19 22 28 35 36
2016-12-24	6	6th	3 6 9 25 26 28
2016-12-03	4	5th	5 6 10 15 28 37
2016-11-19	7	6th	10 13 17 20 23 28
2016-10-26	2	5th	3 4 6 11 28 29
2016-10-19	3	5th	9 18 20 21 28 30
2016-10-08	11	5th	2 19 22 23 28 29
2016-08-31	3	3rd	16 21 28 31 33 37
2016-08-20	4	4th	11 19 27 28 29 36
2016-08-06	1	5th	8 10 18 23 28 34
2016-08-03	9	3rd	10 15 28 29 33 35
2016-07-02	5	5th	5 6 13 20 28 39
2016-06-15	17	3rd	8 24 28 30 32 36
2016-04-16	3	5th	3 4 19 20 28 35
2016-04-06	1	4th	7 22 27 28 36 40
2016-04-02	7	5th	7 10 13 21 28 31
2016-03-09	9	6th	9 15 16 17 18 28
2016-02-06	2	2nd	8 28 30 34 36 37
2016-01-30	3	4th	10 14 21 28 29 37
2016-01-20	2	5th	4 12 17 24 28 34
2016-01-13	2	4th	3 15 22 28 35 39
2016-01-06	4	4th	9 13 27 28 29 40
2015-12-23	16	6th	1 2 7 13 23 28
2015-10-28	5	5th	14 15 23 24 28 33
2015-10-10	1	5th	12 16 23 27 28 30
2015-10-07	36	5th	3 7 14 23 28 31
2015-01-31	1	4th	8 15 16 28 31 32
2015-01-24	4	6th	8 19 22 24 27 28
2014-12-27	2	6th	9 10 15 19 24 28
2014-12-13	2	4th	8 18 21 28 33 38
2014-11-29	1	5th	1 2 5 23 28 39
2014-11-22	1	4th	3 17 23 28 34 37
2014-11-15	3	4th	16 23 27 28 34 40
2014-10-25	3	4th	2 9 19 28 31 35
2014-10-04	1	6th	2 11 17 19 26 28
2014-09-27	23	4th	15 19 20 28 38 40
2014-04-19	6	4th	3 19 26 28 30 37
2014-03-08	3	5th	3 6 8 18 28 35
2014-02-15	3	6th	8 9 17 19 24 28
2014-01-25	9	3rd	10 26 28 37 38 39
2013-11-23	1	3rd	14 26 28 30 37 40
2013-11-16	1	6th	4 8 9 18 25 28
2013-11-09	5	4th	6 9 18 28 30 39
2013-10-05	5	5th	1 13 19 20 28 37
2013-08-31	27	6th	6 12 17 20 25 28
2013-02-23	2	3rd	13 21 28 29 38 40
2013-02-09	12	6th	4 9 17 19 20 28
2012-11-17	21	5th	1 17 18 22 28 32
2012-06-23	7	3rd	25 26 28 29 30 32
2012-05-05	—	2nd	7 28 31 34 35 38