Number 38

In Powerball under the 6/40 + 1/10 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,350 draws, 6 from 1–40.

191times drawn · chance expected 203 −0.88σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

41longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 191 times in 1,350 draws against 202.5 expected, −0.88σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 191 times in 1,350 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 41 · 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest1 · chance 2.6
5th smallest45 · chance 43.8
6th smallest145 · chance 144.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 7 15 13 17 32

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, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 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	3	6th	3 13 22 27 35 38
2026-09-26	1	6th	5 12 19 21 24 38
2026-09-12	3	5th	3 4 26 29 38 40
2026-09-02	41	6th	4

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-25	2	6th	1 9 17 23 34 38
2025-01-18	17	6th	12 13 21 26 34 38
2024-11-20	2	5th	7 15 20 30 38 40
2024-11-13	2	6th	3 11 29 30 32 38
2024-11-06	8	5th	7 17 30 31 38 40
2024-10-09	13	6th	1 3 10 24 32 38
2024-08-24	1	6th	5 10 14 19 25 38
2024-08-21	7	6th	7 12 16 17 30 38
2024-07-27	1	6th	1 10 12 14 34 38
2024-07-24	3	6th	1 11 18 29 31 38
2024-07-13	8	6th	11 13 15 19 31 38
2024-06-15	4	5th	3 8 13 20 38 40
2024-06-01	6	5th	15 20 33 34 38 39
2024-05-11	2	6th	11 19 31 32 35 38
2024-05-04	11	6th	11 13 15 20 30 38
2024-03-27	3	6th	6 8 12 15 25 38
2024-03-16	3	6th	5 7 17 20 33 38
2024-03-06	3	6th	13 17 27 33 35 38
2024-02-24	5	6th	6 13 16 35 36 38
2024-02-07	11	6th	2 3 24 27 37 38
2023-12-30	2	6th	10 15 17 25 33 38
2023-12-23	1	5th	12 14 30 35 38 40
2023-12-20	21	5th	2 15 26 37 38 40
2023-10-07	5	6th	5 25 28 34 36 38
2023-09-20	10	6th	4 12 27 29 37 38
2023-08-16	8	6th	7 17 19 29 36 38
2023-07-19	4	6th	6 20 23 28 35 38
2023-07-05	12	6th	4 7 26 29 36 38
2023-05-24	1	6th	5 17 28 30 33 38
2023-05-20	1	5th	14 31 32 37 38 40
2023-05-17	2	6th	2 12 13 20 23 38
2023-05-10	10	6th	4 20 22 31 35 38
2023-04-05	4	6th	5 14 17 25 28 38
2023-03-22	1	6th	7 16 29 32 33 38
2023-03-18	18	6th	4 11 17 27 37 38
2023-01-14	14	6th	5 20 28 29 32 38
2022-11-26	20	6th	3 5 27 29 31 38
2022-09-17	3	6th	3 9 12 34 37 38
2022-09-07	1	6th	5 12 19 21 26 38
2022-09-03	4	5th	12 16 19 24 38 39
2022-08-20	4	6th	6 13 28 31 33 38
2022-08-06	8	5th	13 21 29 37 38 39
2022-07-09	1	6th	2 22 23 24 32 38
2022-07-06	5	6th	10 24 28 31 35 38
2022-06-18	14	6th	6 13 15 17 33 38
2022-04-30	7	6th	2 6 15 22 29 38
2022-04-06	1	6th	7 10 27 31 37 38
2022-04-02	9	6th	2 9 17 18 30 38
2022-03-02	4	6th	3 6 16 23 32 38
2022-02-16	6	5th	5 7 33 34 38 40
2022-01-26	5	6th	6 15 25 34 36 38
2022-01-08	1	6th	14 15 16 23 24 38
2022-01-05	3	6th	9 15 17 32 37 38
2021-12-25	17	6th	1 3 5 11 12 38
2021-10-27	7	6th	27 28 31 32 36 38
2021-10-02	1	6th	8 9 10 14 23 38
2021-09-29	10	5th	12 23 25 33 38 40
2021-08-25	3	6th	11 12 29 33 34 38
2021-08-14	7	6th	10 23 24 29 35 38
2021-07-21	2	6th	5 7 28 29 33 38
2021-07-14	6	6th	6 12 13 19 21 38
2021-06-23	6	6th	8 17 18 26 27 38
2021-06-02	1	6th	3 4 10 14 37 38
2021-05-29	2	6th	2 10 16 31 35 38
2021-05-22	5	5th	19 21 23 36 38 39
2021-05-05	4	6th	2 9 21 25 26 38
2021-04-21	15	6th	1 18 23 33 37 38
2021-02-27	1	5th	15 23 26 32 38 40
2021-02-24	5	6th	7 24 26 31 36 38
2021-02-06	5	6th	2 3 8 10 11 38
2021-01-20	2	6th	5 6 9 11 17 38
2021-01-13	5	6th	17 25 26 35 37 38
2020-12-26	1	6th	1 7 11 16 21 38
2020-12-23	10	6th	19 25 26 27 34 38
2020-11-18	8	6th	21 23 24 27 30 38
2020-10-21	25	5th	1 6 18 26 38 40
2020-07-25	11	5th	10 11 12 28 38 40
2020-06-17	8	6th	2 24 32 35 36 38
2020-05-20	3	5th	8 19 32 36 38 39
2020-05-09	2	6th	7 15 22 27 29 38
2020-05-02	2	6th	6 7 9 22 24 38
2020-04-25	22	6th	5 12 19 22 25 38
2020-02-08	11	6th	12 13 14 15 24 38
2020-01-01	2	5th	14 23 33 34 38 40
2019-12-25	19	6th	6 13 15 16 35 38
2019-10-19	3	6th	6 12 21 28 35 38
2019-10-09	8	6th	5 15 22 27 29 38
2019-09-11	1	6th	7 8 13 24 32 38
2019-09-07	17	6th	1 7 20 29 31 38
2019-07-10	2	6th	5 12 28 33 35 38
2019-07-03	2	5th	1 15 22 31 38 39
2019-06-26	16	5th	15 29 30 32 38 39
2019-05-01	2	6th	7 16 17 32 37 38
2019-04-24	6	6th	16 19 20 31 35 38
2019-04-03	10	6th	7 10 12 30 35 38
2019-02-27	1	6th	1 9 31 32 36 38
2019-02-23	7	5th	13 31 33 36 38 40
2019-01-30	15	5th	2 17 22 25 38 40
2018-12-08	3	6th	2 8 12 16 18 38
2018-11-28	19	6th	18 19 20 30 31 38
2018-09-22	10	6th	3 22 25 35 36 38
2018-08-18	2	6th	7 9 13 23 27 38
2018-08-11	11	6th	3 19 25 30 32 38
2018-07-04	12	6th	6 13 21 30 35 38
2018-05-23	3	5th	1 14 21 23 38 39
2018-05-12	11	5th	4 10 12 33 38 40
2018-04-04	4	6th	1 13 14 15 22 38
2018-03-21	5	6th	9 13 14 29 35 38
2018-03-03	8	6th	2 12 19 34 35 38
2018-02-03	9	6th	2 11 15 29 30 38
2018-01-03	3	6th	8 20 21 34 35 38
2017-12-23	12	6th	15 17 19 25 29 38
2017-11-11	8	5th	3 14 18 26 38 39
2017-10-14	41	6th	3 4 7 11 31 38
2017-05-24	8	6th	9 17 19 20 32 38
2017-04-26	8	5th	12 16 17 25 38 39
2017-03-29	1	6th	4 9 15 28 35 38
2017-03-25	3	6th	4 9 10 24 37 38
2017-03-15	3	5th	1 5 23 32 38 40
2017-03-04	1	6th	1 7 14 25 35 38
2017-03-01	7	6th	1 11 18 21 22 38
2017-02-04	6	5th	2 3 16 17 38 39
2017-01-14	2	6th	1 2 11 31 32 38
2017-01-07	16	6th	8 16 23 30 37 38
2016-11-12	2	6th	4 13 27 32 33 38
2016-11-05	11	5th	3 11 16 24 38 40
2016-09-28	5	6th	3 5 15 27 37 38
2016-09-10	5	6th	5 10 11 15 18 38
2016-08-24	10	5th	14 15 17 32 38 39
2016-07-20	18	5th	6 15 25 34 38 39
2016-05-18	3	6th	14 20 23 25 30 38
2016-05-07	14	6th	12 13 19 25 32 38
2016-03-19	18	6th	1 5 7 12 24 38
2016-01-16	6	5th	5 26 33 34 38 40
2015-12-26	5	6th	4 7 16 27 36 38
2015-12-09	10	6th	11 13 23 30 34 38
2015-11-04	9	6th	10 14 17 18 37 38
2015-10-03	6	6th	1 17 22 23 26 38
2015-08-22	7	6th	1 3 8 20 26 38
2015-07-04	3	6th	3 7 10 16 18 38
2015-06-13	4	6th	9 12 17 20 35 38
2015-05-16	22	6th	1 3 5 31 32 38
2014-12-13	11	6th	8 18 21 28 33 38
2014-09-27	3	5th	15 19 20 28 38 40
2014-09-06	6	6th	3 4 14 17 35 38
2014-07-26	4	5th	13 14 27 31 38 40
2014-06-28	8	6th	1 2 3 14 36 38
2014-05-03	3	6th	11 20 22 34 36 38
2014-04-12	10	6th	7 10 22 24 29 38
2014-02-01	1	5th	15 20 27 30 38 39
2014-01-25	20	5th	10 26 28 37 38 39
2013-09-07	4	6th	2 4 24 32 33 38
2013-08-10	5	6th	5 21 23 27 30 38
2013-07-06	1	6th	13 14 19 25 34 38
2013-06-29	8	6th	3 10 16 17 20 38
2013-05-04	3	5th	15 24 26 27 38 40
2013-04-13	1	6th	6 7 16 24 37 38
2013-04-06	1	6th	13 16 25 29 33 38
2013-03-30	5	6th	6 10 11 26 36 38
2013-02-23	23	5th	13 21 28 29 38 40
2012-09-15	1	6th	1 3 14 16 36 38
2012-09-08	5	4th	7 16 31 38 39 40
2012-08-04	13	6th	10 12 13 24 29 38
2012-05-05	13	6th	7 28 31 34 35 38
2012-02-04	2	6th	21 23 26 33 34 38
2012-01-21	8	6th	1 4 7 13 20 38
2011-11-26	—	6th	3 8 17 23 33 38