Number 28

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 5 from 1–47.

168times drawn · chance expected 186 −1.42σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

66longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 168 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, −1.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 168 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 66 · waiting 7 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 smallest3 · chance 4.0
2nd smallest21 · chance 26.9
3rd smallest72 · chance 61.8
4th smallest54 · chance 57.2
5th smallest18 · chance 18.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 21 8 22 15 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-09-16	2	2nd	26 28 33 35 41
2026-09-09	5	3rd	9 24 28 34 41
2026-08-22	8	4th	11 16 21 28 37
2026-07-25	5	3rd	3 27

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-12-30	5	4th	6 14 24 28 40
2023-12-13	13	3rd	4 9 28 36 41
2023-10-28	1	3rd	5 14 28 31 40
2023-10-25	15	5th	4 14 22 27 28
2023-09-02	4	3rd	4 17 28 34 38
2023-08-19	18	3rd	15 21 28 42 43
2023-06-17	2	4th	1 14 21 28 43
2023-06-10	25	5th	7 9 17 21 28
2023-03-15	2	4th	6 9 20 28 30
2023-03-08	20	3rd	14 15 28 29 43
2022-12-28	12	3rd	11 23 28 30 43
2022-11-16	5	4th	12 16 25 28 45
2022-10-29	7	5th	6 12 19 24 28
2022-10-05	2	4th	2 8 9 28 43
2022-09-28	4	3rd	13 16 28 33 45
2022-09-14	2	4th	1 7 8 28 42
2022-09-07	9	3rd	24 25 28 39 44
2022-08-06	2	3rd	19 26 28 35 39
2022-07-30	36	3rd	2 11 28 29 33
2022-03-26	3	4th	4 6 14 28 35
2022-03-16	11	2nd	21 28 33 45 46
2022-02-05	22	4th	7 10 15 28 34
2021-11-20	19	3rd	2 27 28 35 45
2021-09-15	18	4th	1 5 7 28 45
2021-07-14	12	3rd	8 15 28 38 39
2021-06-02	7	4th	9 23 27 28 41
2021-05-08	7	5th	10 12 21 22 28
2021-04-14	11	4th	7 10 20 28 33
2021-03-06	1	4th	12 18 27 28 34
2021-03-03	1	4th	11 18 22 28 37
2021-02-27	7	4th	3 8 22 28 34
2021-02-03	26	4th	4 15 27 28 34
2020-11-04	10	2nd	8 28 30 41 42
2020-09-30	4	3rd	3 23 28 46 47
2020-09-16	7	3rd	13 18 28 38 42
2020-08-22	43	3rd	20 24 28 35 37
2020-03-25	3	4th	18 22 24 28 44
2020-03-14	5	5th	4 16 19 25 28
2020-02-26	5	4th	4 11 24 28 41
2020-02-08	3	4th	6 24 26 28 32
2020-01-29	4	3rd	22 26 28 29 36
2020-01-15	12	3rd	7 21 28 42 44
2019-12-04	12	4th	1 14 21 28 39
2019-10-23	2	5th	11 16 19 22 28
2019-10-16	16	3rd	7 18 28 41 44
2019-08-21	6	3rd	19 25 28 34 39
2019-07-31	3	3rd	1 8 28 37 41
2019-07-20	4	3rd	1 17 28 29 43
2019-07-06	6	3rd	3 22 28 35 46
2019-06-15	3	3rd	2 19 28 35 38
2019-06-05	5	4th	12 16 21 28 41
2019-05-18	17	4th	14 22 27 28 36
2019-03-20	1	4th	15 21 25 28 41
2019-03-16	15	4th	2 21 23 28 45
2019-01-23	4	4th	6 22 25 28 34
2019-01-09	18	2nd	3 28 29 43 44
2018-11-07	2	3rd	12 25 28 45 47
2018-10-31	1	1st	28 36 40 41 47
2018-10-27	9	4th	1 8 23 28 38
2018-09-26	3	3rd	9 21 28 32 36
2018-09-15	2	3rd	17 20 28 34 39
2018-09-08	3	3rd	17 25 28 41 47
2018-08-29	5	3rd	10 23 28 38 39
2018-08-11	15	4th	11 23 24 28 46
2018-06-20	12	5th	6 15 19 25 28
2018-05-09	2	3rd	4 7 28 37 41
2018-05-02	6	3rd	11 25 28 33 44
2018-04-11	25	5th	5 9 16 22 28
2018-01-13	44	3rd	3 24 28 33 40
2017-08-12	1	3rd	10 27 28 34 41
2017-08-09	18	2nd	20 28 29 30 31
2017-06-07	12	1st	28 34 36 46 47
2017-04-26	2	3rd	6 19 28 42 45
2017-04-19	8	2nd	2 28 33 34 38
2017-03-22	8	3rd	8 26 28 33 42
2017-02-22	18	2nd	15 28 32 34 47
2016-12-21	6	3rd	16 21 28 40 41
2016-11-30	4	3rd	17 21 28 38 47
2016-11-16	31	2nd	14 28 33 37 43
2016-07-30	9	4th	2 3 27 28 30
2016-06-29	1	3rd	10 25 28 37 39
2016-06-25	1	3rd	7 23 28 39 45
2016-06-22	17	4th	6 12 26 28 33
2016-04-23	7	3rd	16 26 28 33 39
2016-03-30	9	3rd	22 24 28 33 39
2016-02-27	3	4th	2 8 10 28 47
2016-02-17	9	3rd	21 26 28 38 44
2016-01-16	24	4th	10 11 26 28 47
2015-10-24	4	4th	1 12 15 28 45
2015-10-10	1	2nd	21 28 33 34 37
2015-10-07	12	4th	4 11 12 28 41
2015-08-26	7	2nd	19 28 31 39 47
2015-08-01	23	5th	1 3 6 17 28
2015-05-13	15	3rd	12 18 28 38 43
2015-03-21	3	3rd	2 21 28 39 45
2015-03-11	6	2nd	7 28 32 44 47
2015-02-18	13	2nd	24 28 29 32 44
2015-01-03	11	4th	6 14 15 28 44
2014-11-26	18	4th	3 10 20 28 32
2014-09-24	11	3rd	17 23 28 33 42
2014-08-16	10	5th	12 13 22 27 28
2014-07-12	17	5th	11 15 18 23 28
2014-05-14	4	4th	8 12 15 28 33
2014-04-30	12	5th	7 14 16 22 28
2014-03-19	9	5th	3 9 13 20 28
2014-02-15	1	4th	8 21 24 28 38
2014-02-12	13	3rd	10 19 28 32 39
2013-12-28	7	4th	4 23 27 28 33
2013-12-04	12	3rd	7 24 28 43 46
2013-10-23	13	3rd	4 16 28 35 45
2013-09-07	17	2nd	25 28 35 45 47
2013-07-10	10	4th	1 2 3 28 38
2013-06-05	8	3rd	5 8 28 35 39
2013-05-08	11	3rd	9 27 28 34 47
2013-03-30	4	3rd	5 22 28 37 43
2013-03-16	6	3rd	14 23 28 30 35
2013-02-23	10	2nd	8 28 32 43 44
2013-01-19	6	4th	5 10 26 28 43
2012-12-29	3	4th	6 9 20 28 33
2012-12-19	1	4th	6 9 11 28 45
2012-12-15	24	5th	11 15 24 26 28
2012-09-22	1	4th	4 7 13 28 34
2012-09-19	13	3rd	5 11 28 34 39
2012-08-04	16	3rd	5 18 28 43 44
2012-06-09	10	4th	2 18 22 28 40
2012-05-05	3	2nd	25 28 29 37 42
2012-04-25	6	5th	12 15 19 20 28
2012-04-04	6	4th	7 21 26 28 30
2012-03-14	1	1st	28 32 33 34 45
2012-03-10	21	3rd	14 24 28 35 40
2011-12-28	9	3rd	12 22 28 31 42
2011-11-26	4	3rd	15 16 28 33 38
2011-11-12	9	4th	21 22 25 28 43
2011-10-12	17	2nd	2 28 35 44 47
2011-08-13	8	4th	7 9 17 28 42
2011-07-16	5	3rd	9 10 28 29 33
2011-06-29	2	4th	2 5 15 28 43
2011-06-22	5	5th	1 16 24 27 28
2011-06-04	22	2nd	20 28 33 41 43
2011-03-19	18	3rd	1 27 28 32 45
2011-01-15	12	2nd	15 28 29 41 45
2010-12-04	31	2nd	8 28 32 37 44
2010-08-18	21	3rd	18 21 28 43 47
2010-06-05	—	3rd	4 11 28 34 42