Number 38

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

187times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.06σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

64longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 187 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, +0.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 187 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 10 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 smallest1 · chance 0.1
2nd smallest6 · chance 3.6
3rd smallest21 · chance 27.5
4th smallest87 · chance 80.1
5th smallest72 · chance 75.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 36 43 23 33 18

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-05	3	4th	8 9 19 38 42
2026-08-26	14	5th	25 26 30 37 38
2026-07-08	1	5th	18 22 28 33 38
2026-07-04	6	5th	11 18

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-23	2	4th	7 13 19 38 46
2024-10-16	33	4th	18 25 31 38 39
2024-06-22	1	4th	7 36 37 38 43
2024-06-19	16	4th	22 23 32 38 41
2024-04-24	3	4th	13 14 27 38 45
2024-04-13	8	5th	7 13 22 33 38
2024-03-16	5	5th	9 12 29 32 38
2024-02-28	8	4th	13 20 35 38 39
2024-01-31	7	4th	33 35 36 38 40
2024-01-06	15	4th	5 13 31 38 47
2023-11-15	9	3rd	31 37 38 39 43
2023-10-14	1	5th	2 10 13 32 38
2023-10-11	4	4th	17 30 36 38 39
2023-09-27	2	4th	1 21 34 38 43
2023-09-20	2	4th	2 11 12 38 46
2023-09-13	3	4th	2 11 13 38 46
2023-09-02	14	5th	4 17 28 34 38
2023-07-15	36	5th	17 23 25 36 38
2023-03-11	6	5th	13 16 35 36 38
2023-02-18	1	4th	2 3 36 38 45
2023-02-15	19	4th	10 11 15 38 47
2022-12-10	1	5th	13 18 19 22 38
2022-12-07	9	4th	16 26 32 38 43
2022-11-05	22	4th	3 15 21 38 42
2022-08-20	1	5th	1 7 18 22 38
2022-08-17	12	4th	2 9 25 38 41
2022-07-06	2	4th	10 13 34 38 41
2022-06-29	2	4th	12 19 25 38 46
2022-06-22	8	4th	24 33 35 38 42
2022-05-25	2	2nd	9 38 42 43 47
2022-05-18	16	4th	2 10 26 38 45
2022-03-23	6	4th	24 25 32 38 41
2022-03-02	4	5th	6 14 16 19 38
2022-02-16	34	4th	1 8 36 38 40
2021-10-20	4	4th	2 12 30 38 46
2021-10-06	7	4th	2 30 37 38 43
2021-09-11	1	2nd	33 38 39 44 47
2021-09-08	6	5th	4 5 7 25 38
2021-08-18	5	3rd	9 22 38 39 45
2021-07-31	5	5th	16 18 30 32 38
2021-07-14	6	4th	8 15 28 38 39
2021-06-23	2	3rd	4 9 38 40 41
2021-06-16	7	4th	1 6 21 38 39
2021-05-22	14	2nd	26 38 39 41 44
2021-04-03	3	5th	1 7 8 31 38
2021-03-24	8	5th	10 11 13 32 38
2021-02-24	3	3rd	7 34 38 44 47
2021-02-13	21	3rd	18 22 38 40 42
2020-12-02	1	5th	6 8 13 31 38
2020-11-28	5	5th	2 14 26 32 38
2020-11-11	10	5th	6 7 11 29 38
2020-10-07	1	1st	38 41 42 43 45
2020-10-03	5	3rd	5 32 38 39 43
2020-09-16	31	4th	13 18 28 38 42
2020-05-30	10	5th	6 13 21 36 38
2020-04-25	15	4th	15 20 27 38 40
2020-03-04	42	4th	1 4 26 38 46
2019-10-09	3	5th	7 9 14 18 38
2019-09-28	13	4th	5 13 33 38 39
2019-08-14	17	2nd	6 38 44 45 47
2019-06-15	2	5th	2 19 28 35 38
2019-06-08	7	5th	6 9 18 33 38
2019-05-15	3	5th	5 22 23 27 38
2019-05-04	25	4th	4 5 33 38 43
2019-02-06	22	5th	1 4 17 18 38
2018-11-21	7	4th	1 10 12 38 43
2018-10-27	2	5th	1 8 23 28 38
2018-10-20	2	4th	11 19 36 38 45
2018-10-13	11	4th	3 23 30 38 40
2018-09-05	2	5th	6 8 24 27 38
2018-08-29	1	4th	10 23 28 38 39
2018-08-25	2	5th	3 13 14 17 38
2018-08-18	4	5th	4 5 24 30 38
2018-08-04	9	4th	14 19 33 38 46
2018-07-04	6	4th	21 32 33 38 44
2018-06-13	6	2nd	8 38 40 44 47
2018-05-23	5	3rd	6 34 38 39 44
2018-05-05	8	4th	1 15 36 38 43
2018-04-07	12	4th	13 16 24 38 39
2018-02-24	29	5th	6 15 22 29 38
2017-11-15	2	4th	18 20 21 38 45
2017-11-08	8	4th	16 17 22 38 41
2017-10-11	6	4th	17 32 33 38 43
2017-09-20	6	3rd	4 36 38 40 46
2017-08-30	7	4th	21 22 35 38 47
2017-08-05	2	5th	6 9 19 27 38
2017-07-29	2	4th	8 14 16 38 39
2017-07-22	7	5th	17 24 35 36 38
2017-06-28	1	4th	12 21 22 38 44
2017-06-24	13	5th	1 12 25 35 38
2017-05-10	6	5th	7 16 17 36 38
2017-04-19	9	5th	2 28 33 34 38
2017-03-18	2	3rd	29 33 38 44 46
2017-03-11	19	4th	16 17 19 38 47
2017-01-04	8	4th	11 15 20 38 47
2016-12-07	2	5th	2 10 11 15 38
2016-11-30	20	4th	17 21 28 38 47
2016-09-21	28	3rd	6 36 38 41 46
2016-06-15	11	3rd	15 21 38 43 46
2016-05-07	2	5th	6 14 18 20 38
2016-04-30	11	5th	13 16 24 29 38
2016-03-23	10	3rd	5 23 38 43 47
2016-02-17	5	4th	21 26 28 38 44
2016-01-30	3	5th	2 31 33 36 38
2016-01-20	17	5th	3 14 18 25 38
2015-11-21	5	4th	7 15 19 38 47
2015-11-04	1	5th	4 10 18 29 38
2015-10-31	17	4th	25 32 35 38 44
2015-09-02	23	4th	17 23 36 38 40
2015-06-13	9	4th	14 15 33 38 41
2015-05-13	7	4th	12 18 28 38 43
2015-04-18	1	4th	7 22 36 38 45
2015-04-15	15	5th	3 5 6 14 38
2015-02-21	3	5th	13 18 21 31 38
2015-02-11	10	3rd	10 26 38 43 46
2015-01-07	4	5th	11 19 30 36 38
2014-12-24	5	5th	3 6 8 22 38
2014-12-06	11	3rd	20 30 38 44 45
2014-10-29	1	4th	12 13 32 38 41
2014-10-25	10	4th	1 18 22 38 44
2014-09-20	2	5th	2 7 12 15 38
2014-09-13	6	3rd	36 37 38 41 47
2014-08-23	5	4th	13 23 25 38 43
2014-08-06	11	5th	2 29 32 37 38
2014-06-28	5	4th	18 27 29 38 42
2014-06-11	16	5th	3 15 23 25 38
2014-04-16	1	4th	11 16 23 38 39
2014-04-12	6	5th	2 12 20 27 38
2014-03-22	10	4th	8 30 35 38 41
2014-02-15	6	5th	8 21 24 28 38
2014-01-25	28	4th	5 7 13 38 43
2013-10-19	3	4th	4 21 33 38 41
2013-10-09	2	4th	1 32 33 38 43
2013-10-02	24	4th	23 30 37 38 45
2013-07-10	8	5th	1 2 3 28 38
2013-06-12	1	2nd	30 38 41 42 43
2013-06-08	64	4th	10 23 30 38 43
2012-10-27	9	4th	5 14 36 38 47
2012-09-26	9	4th	13 18 31 38 44
2012-08-25	11	5th	4 7 11 15 38
2012-07-18	6	5th	16 18 19 29 38
2012-06-27	40	3rd	4 19 38 42 44
2012-02-08	7	5th	11 24 26 36 38
2012-01-14	7	5th	4 8 25 29 38
2011-12-21	7	3rd	8 21 38 43 44
2011-11-26	3	5th	15 16 28 33 38
2011-11-16	29	4th	22 23 26 38 42
2011-08-06	2	4th	12 20 30 38 40
2011-07-30	20	4th	10 14 29 38 47
2011-05-21	38	5th	3 11 16 26 38
2011-01-08	1	5th	8 10 13 19 38
2011-01-05	8	4th	12 26 31 38 41
2010-12-08	8	5th	3 9 12 20 38
2010-11-10	18	3rd	10 27 38 39 46
2010-09-08	4	5th	1 8 17 32 38
2010-08-25	5	5th	6 21 22 30 38
2010-08-07	13	4th	8 9 36 38 45
2010-06-23	7	5th	13 23 33 34 38
2010-05-29	4	5th	13 17 29 34 38
2010-05-15	13	5th	3 9 12 13 38
2010-03-31	6	4th	17 23 36 38 46
2010-03-10	2	4th	5 8 33 38 47
2010-03-03	—	4th	1 3 16 38 47