Number 38

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

263times drawn · chance expected 268 −0.30σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

59longest completed wait · 5% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 263 times in 1,962 draws against 267.5 expected, −0.30σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 263 times in 1,962 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 9 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.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.2
3rd smallest3 · chance 3.6
4th smallest38 · chance 31.8
5th smallest109 · chance 108.3
6th smallest113 · chance 119.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 44 36 18 33 41

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, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 38 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-21	2	5th	2 31 32 35 38 39
2026-09-16	1	6th	5 7 10 19 32 38
2026-09-14	9	5th	11 13 30 37 38 40
2026-08-24	16	6th	17

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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-09-01	1	6th	16 30 33 35 36 38
2025-08-30	2	5th	4 17 24 27 38 40
2025-08-25	5	5th	2 4 7 13 38 39
2025-08-13	12	6th	10 19 30 35 36 38
2025-07-16	4	6th	5 23 27 32 33 38
2025-07-07	21	6th	1 19 22 24 36 38
2025-05-19	1	6th	4 7 24 32 34 38
2025-05-17	3	5th	2 11 21 29 38 41
2025-05-10	1	6th	2 3 18 24 28 38
2025-05-07	4	6th	4 11 15 22 35 38
2025-04-28	9	6th	1 11 19 33 36 38
2025-04-07	2	6th	2 3 17 26 27 38
2025-04-02	16	6th	3 15 18 33 36 38
2025-02-24	1	5th	1 10 18 25 38 43
2025-02-22	2	5th	21 25 32 35 38 43
2025-02-17	10	4th	3 21 37 38 40 44
2025-01-25	5	5th	1 7 33 34 38 41
2025-01-13	3	5th	7 20 22 35 38 39
2025-01-06	3	6th	1 8 10 33 34 38
2024-12-30	6	6th	4 13 16 31 35 38
2024-12-16	31	4th	4 8 36 38 40 42
2024-10-05	8	5th	1 7 9 31 38 41
2024-09-16	1	5th	2 19 27 33 38 41
2024-09-14	13	4th	11 17 33 38 40 41
2024-08-14	12	5th	6 17 20 29 38 40
2024-07-17	3	4th	17 22 35 38 39 42
2024-07-10	12	5th	2 13 17 27 38 44
2024-06-12	12	5th	19 20 21 28 38 43
2024-05-15	3	5th	4 5 32 37 38 42
2024-05-08	5	6th	1 6 12 25 35 38
2024-04-27	1	5th	19 25 36 37 38 40
2024-04-24	9	5th	18 29 30 37 38 44
2024-04-03	7	5th	3 8 15 30 38 44
2024-03-18	7	6th	5 11 14 21 28 38
2024-03-02	10	4th	3 31 35 38 42 43
2024-02-07	4	6th	14 23 32 34 36 38
2024-01-29	1	3rd	2 15 38 41 43 44
2024-01-27	21	5th	13 19 22 30 38 40
2023-12-09	1	4th	16 26 35 38 40 43
2023-12-06	8	5th	4 5 18 30 38 40
2023-11-18	4	6th	4 10 27 29 31 38
2023-11-08	4	5th	9 23 29 34 38 42
2023-10-30	9	4th	21 24 36 38 39 40
2023-10-09	14	5th	7 18 34 35 38 39
2023-09-06	12	6th	2 9 19 33 35 38
2023-08-09	2	5th	3 6 13 14 38 43
2023-08-05	9	6th	2 3 13 21 30 38
2023-07-15	2	5th	3 7 26 31 38 43
2023-07-10	1	5th	19 24 25 28 38 44
2023-07-08	30	6th	10 11 24 34 37 38
2023-04-29	21	6th	2 3 10 22 29 38
2023-03-11	20	5th	4 7 28 32 38 44
2023-01-23	1	6th	2 9 25 29 37 38
2023-01-21	3	4th	8 18 23 38 42 44
2023-01-14	18	5th	1 14 24 32 38 39
2022-12-03	12	5th	7 14 24 36 38 41
2022-11-05	4	5th	8 12 16 26 38 44
2022-10-26	2	5th	3 14 21 26 38 44
2022-10-22	13	6th	7 17 21 23 26 38
2022-09-21	8	5th	12 17 24 25 38 41
2022-09-03	4	4th	7 19 25 38 40 42
2022-08-24	7	5th	18 22 23 24 38 42
2022-08-08	2	5th	9 20 25 33 38 43
2022-08-03	15	6th	8 10 15 23 31 38
2022-06-29	5	6th	7 10 11 31 33 38
2022-06-18	5	5th	12 13 28 35 38 43
2022-06-06	6	6th	8 10 15 34 37 38
2022-05-23	7	5th	1 13 22 25 38 44
2022-05-07	3	5th	13 15 24 31 38 40
2022-04-30	13	5th	5 7 12 25 38 40
2022-03-30	9	3rd	20 35 38 41 42 44
2022-02-26	3	6th	11 14 15 22 27 38
2022-02-16	1	6th	10 29 32 35 36 38
2022-02-12	4	5th	16 18 29 37 38 39
2022-01-29	5	6th	7 13 21 26 33 38
2022-01-12	1	6th	1 11 15 33 36 38
2022-01-08	9	5th	6 10 34 36 38 44
2021-12-08	3	5th	12 24 26 37 38 39
2021-11-27	2	6th	2 12 24 26 34 38
2021-11-20	8	6th	5 6 23 27 32 38
2021-10-23	14	5th	20 23 25 30 38 41
2021-09-04	11	5th	11 17 28 37 38 44
2021-07-28	8	6th	1 2 5 29 37 38
2021-06-30	4	5th	4 28 30 32 38 39
2021-06-16	12	6th	11 17 20 22 37 38
2021-05-05	17	5th	9 18 29 35 38 40
2021-03-06	2	6th	1 19 26 34 35 38
2021-02-27	2	5th	2 11 15 20 38 44
2021-02-20	10	5th	12 16 32 34 38 39
2021-01-16	4	6th	3 9 23 24 27 38
2021-01-02	2	6th	7 9 19 32 34 38
2020-12-26	5	5th	3 5 11 21 38 44
2020-12-09	5	6th	3 14 17 25 31 38
2020-11-21	5	6th	9 13 26 33 36 38
2020-11-04	19	5th	7 14 26 32 38 40
2020-08-29	1	5th	14 21 26 30 38 44
2020-08-26	6	5th	5 19 22 29 38 41
2020-08-05	5	5th	4 10 15 33 38 42
2020-07-18	8	6th	5 10 12 18 19 38
2020-06-20	2	6th	14 21 24 30 34 38
2020-06-13	3	6th	3 12 16 22 24 38
2020-06-03	5	4th	4 6 19 38 41 44
2020-05-16	2	4th	13 27 33 38 41 43
2020-05-09	19	6th	5 12 16 18 29 38
2020-03-04	5	6th	1 2 4 11 26 38
2020-02-15	5	5th	1 15 19 20 38 43
2020-01-29	2	5th	7 17 31 33 38 41
2020-01-22	22	4th	10 14 18 38 40 44
2019-11-06	1	4th	13 26 37 38 41 42
2019-11-02	5	5th	2 9 26 36 38 41
2019-10-16	7	4th	3 5 36 38 41 43
2019-09-21	5	3rd	9 14 38 40 41 44
2019-09-04	6	5th	10 12 18 20 38 41
2019-08-14	1	4th	4 6 28 38 39 43
2019-08-10	8	6th	8 11 16 21 27 38
2019-07-13	2	6th	1 4 22 31 36 38
2019-07-06	2	6th	1 3 6 10 14 38
2019-06-29	10	5th	14 16 27 29 38 44
2019-05-25	1	6th	14 17 29 32 34 38
2019-05-22	3	5th	5 7 19 23 38 40
2019-05-11	10	4th	14 36 37 38 41 44
2019-04-06	6	6th	5 6 7 27 28 38
2019-03-16	7	6th	3 4 11 30 33 38
2019-02-20	2	5th	3 15 20 32 38 43
2019-02-13	2	6th	5 9 23 24 37 38
2019-02-06	19	5th	2 25 27 35 38 41
2018-12-01	37	6th	1 6 8 17 23 38
2018-07-25	19	5th	14 17 18 28 38 39
2018-05-19	2	6th	3 4 20 30 36 38
2018-05-12	4	5th	3 8 18 26 38 43
2018-04-28	11	6th	7 15 17 35 36 38
2018-03-21	4	5th	3 7 13 35 38 39
2018-03-07	3	5th	10 14 17 33 38 39
2018-02-24	2	4th	7 20 32 38 42 44
2018-02-17	3	6th	2 23 26 32 35 38
2018-02-07	8	6th	7 8 15 20 22 38
2018-01-10	3	6th	7 11 19 23 31 38
2017-12-30	59	5th	4 15 19 24 38 39
2017-06-07	29	5th	12 17 20 32 38 40
2017-02-25	7	4th	1 6 34 38 41 44
2017-02-01	2	6th	1 6 18 22 27 38
2017-01-25	7	6th	6 13 25 34 36 38
2016-12-31	25	5th	1 3 15 21 38 42
2016-10-05	16	5th	6 12 13 29 38 43
2016-08-10	3	6th	14 15 19 26 33 38
2016-07-30	3	5th	12 17 23 37 38 40
2016-07-20	4	6th	26 30 34 35 36 38
2016-07-06	1	4th	5 14 26 38 40 44
2016-07-02	4	5th	5 9 16 36 38 41
2016-06-18	2	5th	1 14 15 19 38 44
2016-06-11	4	6th	13 18 35 36 37 38
2016-05-28	3	4th	17 22 30 38 39 43
2016-05-18	5	6th	3 7 18 34 36 38
2016-04-30	6	4th	6 14 32 38 40 42
2016-04-09	3	6th	5 12 19 20 33 38
2016-03-30	5	6th	2 8 25 33 36 38
2016-03-12	4	6th	6 15 16 23 26 38
2016-02-27	1	6th	1 16 21 23 26 38
2016-02-24	4	6th	14 18 22 25 28 38
2016-02-10	3	5th	1 31 32 34 38 40
2016-01-30	8	6th	2 4 16 21 31 38
2016-01-02	1	6th	6 8 9 23 32 38
2015-12-30	15	5th	8 16 17 27 38 40
2015-11-07	4	6th	3 4 16 18 27 38
2015-10-24	2	5th	3 6 21 34 38 41
2015-10-17	4	4th	19 23 34 38 41 42
2015-10-03	6	5th	5 19 32 35 38 39
2015-09-12	10	6th	8 11 19 23 37 38
2015-08-08	24	5th	13 25 29 36 38 41
2015-05-16	1	6th	8 20 29 33 34 38
2015-05-13	1	5th	8 13 14 32 38 41
2015-05-09	6	6th	4 7 8 15 34 38
2015-04-18	4	6th	2 6 13 33 34 38
2015-04-04	1	6th	3 13 22 31 35 38
2015-04-01	5	5th	5 21 27 37 38 44
2015-03-14	7	6th	2 16 21 27 37 38
2015-02-18	10	6th	5 18 27 30 35 38
2015-01-14	14	5th	11 14 30 37 38 40
2014-11-26	7	4th	26 27 37 38 39 41
2014-11-01	6	5th	8 17 18 20 38 41
2014-10-11	2	6th	8 10 14 22 33 38
2014-10-04	1	5th	2 8 17 18 38 44
2014-10-01	10	5th	8 25 32 33 38 44
2014-08-27	4	4th	2 16 32 38 43 44
2014-08-13	20	6th	2 16 17 27 30 38
2014-06-04	6	6th	4 8 10 18 24 38
2014-05-14	5	6th	8 21 22 25 30 38
2014-04-26	19	6th	9 13 22 29 36 38
2014-02-19	9	5th	3 8 17 36 38 44
2014-01-18	3	6th	8 27 29 30 34 38
2014-01-08	1	6th	4 8 11 18 22 38
2014-01-04	5	6th	11 27 30 33 37 38
2013-12-18	5	5th	5 21 23 33 38 42
2013-11-30	7	4th	10 15 34 38 39 42
2013-11-06	16	5th	14 22 23 26 38 39
2013-09-11	39	6th	2 4 11 18 29 38
2013-04-27	3	4th	9 25 36 38 40 43
2013-04-17	9	6th	1 18 19 25 31 38
2013-03-16	9	4th	2 5 7 38 41 44
2013-02-13	2	6th	3 9 29 32 34 38
2013-02-06	6	5th	6 22 24 37 38 42
2013-01-16	8	4th	7 16 23 38 40 42
2012-12-19	6	5th	12 16 21 28 38 44
2012-11-28	13	5th	2 12 23 28 38 42
2012-10-13	10	5th	8 25 26 35 38 44
2012-09-08	11	5th	2 7 21 27 38 41
2012-08-01	7	6th	1 7 12 17 24 38
2012-07-07	1	6th	9 11 23 30 36 38
2012-07-04	6	6th	1 10 14 17 29 38
2012-06-13	3	6th	9 16 28 35 37 38
2012-06-02	5	5th	7 20 23 30 38 41
2012-05-16	21	6th	9 18 27 28 29 38
2012-03-03	2	5th	4 16 22 27 38 44
2012-02-25	4	4th	1 7 10 38 41 42
2012-02-11	5	5th	1 5 18 34 38 42
2012-01-25	5	5th	28 32 33 37 38 39
2012-01-07	5	6th	19 22 29 32 33 38
2011-12-21	10	6th	8 10 21 23 29 38
2011-11-16	6	6th	9 14 19 25 34 38
2011-10-26	10	5th	13 18 23 34 38 42
2011-09-21	2	4th	14 23 35 38 39 43
2011-09-14	7	5th	1 14 21 36 38 43
2011-08-20	18	4th	14 20 33 38 42 44
2011-06-18	6	6th	25 31 32 36 37 38
2011-05-28	6	4th	11 17 22 38 39 42
2011-05-07	5	5th	3 6 15 18 38 40
2011-04-20	3	5th	2 8 11 25 38 40
2011-04-09	13	4th	3 23 30 38 39 43
2011-02-23	4	5th	4 9 16 29 38 41
2011-02-09	17	5th	2 11 21 33 38 41
2010-12-11	12	4th	11 16 24 38 41 44
2010-10-30	10	6th	13 16 18 21 33 38
2010-09-25	7	6th	13 23 34 35 36 38
2010-09-01	7	4th	2 6 19 38 40 43
2010-08-07	3	5th	6 25 27 35 38 42
2010-07-28	10	5th	10 13 17 28 38 40
2010-06-23	2	6th	6 14 15 18 25 38
2010-06-16	18	6th	1 4 14 25 33 38
2010-04-14	—	4th	13 21 25 38 42 44