Number 28

In The Pick under the 6/44 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,962 draws, 6 from 1–44.

264times drawn · chance expected 268 −0.23σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

51longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 264 times in 1,962 draws against 267.5 expected, −0.23σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 264 times in 1,962 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 51 · 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 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 smallest2 · chance 1.2
2nd smallest14 · chance 13.5
3rd smallest51 · chance 53.9
4th smallest114 · chance 96.3
5th smallest69 · chance 77.0
6th smallest14 · chance 22.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 23 29 41 33 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-10-12	4	5th	1 7 8 22 28 34
2026-10-03	4	5th	18 22 23 26 28 34
2026-09-23	15	4th	2 20 23 28 30 31
2026-08-19	9	5th	1

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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-21	6	4th	17 25 27 28 42 44
2025-06-07	5	3rd	1 5 28 29 37 43
2025-05-26	2	4th	6 7 24 28 32 33
2025-05-21	4	3rd	23 27 28 30 35 42
2025-05-12	1	3rd	11 16 28 33 35 40
2025-05-10	4	5th	2 3 18 24 28 38
2025-04-30	13	4th	3 5 13 28 36 37
2025-03-31	3	4th	8 19 25 28 31 39
2025-03-24	5	4th	1 7 19 28 31 41
2025-03-12	4	4th	5 26 27 28 31 41
2025-03-03	10	5th	1 9 13 25 28 33
2025-02-08	3	4th	5 8 27 28 29 31
2025-02-01	15	4th	3 6 13 28 36 42
2024-12-28	10	3rd	19 22 28 29 41 42
2024-12-04	4	4th	2 12 25 28 36 41
2024-11-25	1	4th	12 15 22 28 32 36
2024-11-23	5	3rd	3 5 28 30 34 39
2024-11-11	3	3rd	18 27 28 32 40 42
2024-11-04	1	3rd	18 22 28 32 40 41
2024-11-02	4	4th	2 14 17 28 32 34
2024-10-23	3	4th	21 22 24 28 34 44
2024-10-16	12	4th	2 9 15 28 40 42
2024-09-18	7	5th	2 4 7 22 28 37
2024-09-02	3	6th	1 11 18 19 23 28
2024-08-26	1	3rd	1 26 28 35 39 43
2024-08-24	2	3rd	4 11 28 29 30 34
2024-08-19	12	3rd	11 13 28 33 34 40
2024-07-22	3	3rd	1 13 28 29 37 43
2024-07-15	1	2nd	15 28 30 34 37 39
2024-07-13	8	4th	8 16 17 28 39 41
2024-06-24	5	1st	28 29 31 33 39 41
2024-06-12	16	4th	19 20 21 28 38 43
2024-05-06	6	4th	11 15 23 28 29 43
2024-04-22	11	3rd	2 8 28 31 32 41
2024-03-27	1	4th	8 12 13 28 36 42
2024-03-25	3	5th	3 17 19 24 28 35
2024-03-18	16	5th	5 11 14 21 28 38
2024-02-10	4	3rd	4 18 28 29 37 44
2024-01-31	13	5th	2 3 14 21 28 33
2024-01-01	7	5th	1 9 16 22 28 42
2023-12-16	8	4th	1 15 25 28 39 43
2023-11-27	2	3rd	18 24 28 29 31 39
2023-11-22	3	4th	4 16 26 28 32 44
2023-11-15	15	6th	4 7 13 15 17 28
2023-10-11	5	6th	5 6 7 14 27 28
2023-09-30	5	3rd	13 21 28 31 36 41
2023-09-18	22	4th	1 8 26 28 34 37
2023-07-29	2	5th	7 13 18 19 28 41
2023-07-24	6	5th	1 4 23 24 28 35
2023-07-10	22	4th	19 24 25 28 38 44
2023-05-20	5	3rd	4 19 28 33 39 40
2023-05-08	14	4th	4 23 27 28 35 43
2023-04-05	1	4th	3 16 27 28 37 41
2023-04-03	6	5th	12 14 15 20 28 42
2023-03-20	1	4th	2 10 16 28 41 44
2023-03-18	3	4th	2 3 16 28 29 31
2023-03-11	3	3rd	4 7 28 32 38 44
2023-03-04	4	5th	2 12 15 27 28 43
2023-02-22	15	4th	1 4 9 28 29 44
2023-01-18	7	4th	7 12 23 28 30 41
2023-01-02	4	4th	12 15 16 28 37 39
2022-12-24	1	5th	1 3 21 23 28 34
2022-12-21	1	2nd	23 28 29 32 35 44
2022-12-19	2	6th	10 17 22 25 26 28
2022-12-14	1	2nd	26 28 33 35 40 41
2022-12-12	30	4th	6 10 14 28 31 35
2022-10-03	9	4th	7 17 25 28 37 39
2022-09-12	26	6th	12 14 21 22 25 28
2022-07-13	4	2nd	19 28 29 32 35 39
2022-07-04	1	4th	1 3 14 28 36 37
2022-07-02	4	4th	1 20 21 28 39 44
2022-06-22	2	4th	4 21 25 28 41 42
2022-06-18	8	3rd	12 13 28 35 38 43
2022-05-30	1	2nd	8 28 30 33 40 44
2022-05-28	3	4th	11 15 23 28 35 42
2022-05-21	15	5th	7 11 16 20 28 35
2022-04-16	1	4th	17 18 22 28 33 34
2022-04-13	3	4th	2 13 17 28 33 36
2022-04-06	7	5th	2 8 18 24 28 40
2022-03-16	10	5th	8 10 11 20 28 41
2022-02-09	27	4th	4 6 20 28 39 42
2021-11-06	15	4th	5 9 20 28 31 33
2021-09-15	3	5th	2 7 9 19 28 42
2021-09-04	5	3rd	11 17 28 37 38 44
2021-08-18	14	5th	8 15 18 21 28 30
2021-06-30	12	2nd	4 28 30 32 38 39
2021-05-19	6	4th	13 19 25 28 32 34
2021-04-28	3	5th	5 7 14 15 28 40
2021-04-17	5	3rd	18 25 28 30 36 39
2021-03-31	12	4th	15 18 25 28 32 42
2021-02-17	2	4th	11 14 21 28 30 33
2021-02-10	8	5th	8 11 20 23 28 35
2021-01-13	2	5th	12 14 20 27 28 33
2021-01-06	14	4th	8 11 23 28 40 42
2020-11-18	1	4th	8 12 18 28 31 39
2020-11-14	4	4th	7 16 25 28 29 33
2020-10-31	10	2nd	26 28 32 40 43 44
2020-09-26	13	5th	1 11 15 21 28 36
2020-08-12	5	5th	4 21 23 24 28 34
2020-07-25	6	4th	5 18 20 28 33 41
2020-07-04	2	3rd	14 25 28 31 34 43
2020-06-27	20	4th	8 15 21 28 31 32
2020-04-18	3	4th	1 2 16 28 33 40
2020-04-08	5	4th	9 19 23 28 29 30
2020-03-21	3	3rd	12 13 28 29 33 40
2020-03-11	1	6th	1 2 3 22 25 28
2020-03-07	12	5th	5 11 13 20 28 42
2020-01-25	7	5th	2 15 17 23 28 39
2020-01-01	15	4th	10 20 25 28 34 42
2019-11-09	6	4th	20 23 26 28 31 42
2019-10-19	9	4th	15 22 23 28 32 33
2019-09-18	2	4th	3 23 24 28 39 41
2019-09-11	8	4th	5 16 23 28 31 32
2019-08-14	8	3rd	4 6 28 38 39 43
2019-07-17	12	3rd	8 21 28 34 41 43
2019-06-05	11	5th	4 14 22 24 28 43
2019-04-27	4	4th	4 5 24 28 34 37
2019-04-13	2	2nd	4 28 40 41 43 44
2019-04-06	2	5th	5 6 7 27 28 38
2019-03-30	12	4th	2 21 27 28 29 37
2019-02-16	2	3rd	6 17 28 30 36 40
2019-02-09	15	3rd	2 3 28 31 35 44
2018-12-19	11	5th	1 15 18 20 28 31
2018-11-10	4	4th	5 7 12 28 35 40
2018-10-27	5	4th	5 7 22 28 35 43
2018-10-10	2	3rd	5 15 28 30 31 36
2018-10-03	4	4th	6 13 24 28 34 35
2018-09-19	16	4th	10 13 18 28 36 42
2018-07-25	1	4th	14 17 18 28 38 39
2018-07-21	5	5th	8 17 26 27 28 39
2018-07-04	9	3rd	17 19 28 41 43 44
2018-06-02	24	5th	4 5 15 18 28 33
2018-03-10	18	4th	17 24 27 28 33 37
2018-01-06	22	5th	13 21 23 26 28 43
2017-10-21	2	3rd	23 25 28 35 39 41
2017-10-14	6	6th	2 7 8 11 24 28
2017-09-23	5	4th	16 22 25 28 30 36
2017-09-06	1	3rd	3 13 28 33 36 44
2017-09-02	8	3rd	8 23 28 29 31 33
2017-08-05	3	3rd	14 24 28 29 34 42
2017-07-26	3	5th	1 15 23 26 28 31
2017-07-15	2	2nd	27 28 30 33 36 41
2017-07-08	16	2nd	12 28 29 37 41 42
2017-05-13	5	3rd	11 26 28 30 35 43
2017-04-26	1	4th	5 7 15 28 43 44
2017-04-22	1	4th	22 25 26 28 29 30
2017-04-19	3	5th	11 12 19 24 28 33
2017-04-08	15	3rd	1 9 28 41 42 43
2017-02-15	16	3rd	17 20 28 34 36 41
2016-12-21	2	5th	4 7 8 21 28 36
2016-12-14	1	3rd	10 24 28 29 37 44
2016-12-10	1	5th	3 4 15 22 28 37
2016-12-07	5	4th	6 18 19 28 34 43
2016-11-19	14	5th	9 18 21 23 28 44
2016-10-01	22	4th	3 4 26 28 37 44
2016-07-16	2	5th	6 13 15 23 28 29
2016-07-09	3	4th	4 14 23 28 35 42
2016-06-29	15	4th	3 5 6 28 30 41
2016-05-07	10	3rd	2 12 28 29 32 34
2016-04-02	5	5th	14 16 21 26 28 29
2016-03-16	6	3rd	9 26 28 35 41 43
2016-02-24	2	5th	14 18 22 25 28 38
2016-02-17	8	4th	11 15 20 28 35 41
2016-01-20	10	4th	1 6 24 28 31 40
2015-12-16	18	4th	4 12 27 28 32 41
2015-10-14	8	4th	7 10 18 28 32 34
2015-09-16	45	4th	6 18 23 28 33 42
2015-04-11	5	5th	1 7 15 23 28 44
2015-03-25	7	4th	15 17 22 28 30 44
2015-02-28	8	4th	8 9 27 28 37 44
2015-01-31	1	4th	2 9 18 28 29 35
2015-01-28	1	2nd	21 28 29 34 35 36
2015-01-24	4	5th	17 21 25 26 28 30
2015-01-10	3	4th	1 18 24 28 29 42
2014-12-31	12	3rd	9 17 28 30 32 33
2014-11-19	3	3rd	10 17 28 29 31 41
2014-11-08	12	5th	2 9 13 27 28 30
2014-09-27	3	3rd	7 26 28 39 40 41
2014-09-17	31	5th	1 6 15 18 28 34
2014-05-31	1	5th	1 5 11 20 28 31
2014-05-28	3	4th	7 12 24 28 37 40
2014-05-17	10	4th	7 13 18 28 29 36
2014-04-12	2	6th	2 3 10 17 22 28
2014-04-05	14	4th	5 6 27 28 30 42
2014-02-15	15	3rd	2 15 28 37 40 44
2013-12-25	6	4th	7 19 22 28 29 36
2013-12-04	9	3rd	2 4 28 30 31 44
2013-11-02	3	4th	10 16 19 28 35 37
2013-10-23	3	4th	6 9 17 28 33 40
2013-10-12	11	5th	6 12 16 26 28 34
2013-09-04	6	2nd	14 28 29 36 39 41
2013-08-14	2	6th	6 10 12 16 20 28
2013-08-07	5	5th	2 8 14 20 28 31
2013-07-20	13	5th	13 15 16 22 28 35
2013-06-05	1	4th	7 12 13 28 30 39
2013-06-01	5	4th	6 26 27 28 32 40
2013-05-15	4	5th	8 10 17 20 28 35
2013-05-01	2	5th	4 9 24 26 28 39
2013-04-24	24	4th	6 24 26 28 31 44
2013-01-30	12	4th	1 3 17 28 29 34
2012-12-19	6	4th	12 16 21 28 38 44
2012-11-28	7	4th	2 12 23 28 38 42
2012-11-03	4	5th	7 8 15 21 28 44
2012-10-20	5	5th	4 16 20 24 28 44
2012-10-03	1	4th	5 15 26 28 39 41
2012-09-29	11	4th	5 15 24 28 35 36
2012-08-22	7	4th	14 17 19 28 41 42
2012-07-28	8	5th	3 14 23 25 28 32
2012-06-30	5	5th	7 19 20 25 28 37
2012-06-13	5	3rd	9 16 28 35 37 38
2012-05-26	3	3rd	6 26 28 33 35 36
2012-05-16	7	4th	9 18 27 28 29 38
2012-04-21	2	4th	7 18 21 28 33 37
2012-04-14	23	5th	13 16 20 22 28 40
2012-01-25	8	1st	28 32 33 37 38 39
2011-12-28	3	4th	5 10 24 28 31 39
2011-12-17	21	5th	2 14 18 24 28 42
2011-10-05	3	3rd	6 18 28 33 34 41
2011-09-24	2	5th	17 19 24 27 28 32
2011-09-17	4	3rd	3 23 28 32 35 42
2011-09-03	11	4th	15 16 25 28 34 35
2011-07-27	1	5th	7 14 15 18 28 43
2011-07-23	3	5th	18 19 21 27 28 40
2011-07-13	12	4th	1 9 21 28 29 41
2011-06-01	30	3rd	18 20 28 37 40 44
2011-02-16	3	5th	1 4 6 10 28 30
2011-02-05	2	5th	2 7 22 23 28 44
2011-01-29	12	4th	4 17 24 28 29 34
2010-12-18	3	6th	11 17 23 25 26 28
2010-12-08	7	5th	1 6 11 25 28 31
2010-11-13	12	4th	2 17 23 28 32 43
2010-10-02	5	6th	1 6 21 22 24 28
2010-09-15	5	4th	4 11 16 28 42 43
2010-08-28	2	6th	1 2 6 15 17 28
2010-08-21	7	2nd	2 28 31 35 36 41
2010-07-28	6	4th	10 13 17 28 38 40
2010-07-07	5	6th	2 3 8 11 24 28
2010-06-19	7	4th	6 15 22 28 36 37
2010-05-26	14	5th	4 9 11 15 28 32
2010-04-07	—	4th	12 15 23 28 40 42