Number 28

In Cash4Life under the 5/60 + 1/4 · since May 2015 rules — 2,862 draws, 5 from 1–60.

231times drawn · chance expected 239 −0.51σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

12.4average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

56longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 231 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, −0.51σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 231 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 12.4 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 1 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest16 · chance 18.3
2nd smallest73 · chance 68.0
3rd smallest80 · chance 88.4
4th smallest53 · chance 47.5
5th smallest9 · chance 8.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 10 27 44 53 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 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 60. 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
2026-02-20	2	2nd	2 28 49 50 56
2026-02-18	19	2nd	3 28 38 40 49
2026-01-30	11	2nd	2 28 37 58 60
2026-01-19	3	2nd	8 28 31 44

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 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-24	8	3rd	6 23 28 29 47
2025-04-16	5	3rd	3 21 28 42 57
2025-04-11	22	5th	12 15 22 24 28
2025-03-20	8	5th	2 10 13 25 28
2025-03-12	40	3rd	1 2 28 48 57
2025-01-31	20	3rd	13 15 28 32 46
2025-01-11	8	4th	18 23 27 28 60
2025-01-03	5	3rd	12 25 28 47 55
2024-12-29	1	3rd	3 13 28 42 48
2024-12-28	1	4th	5 17 27 28 41
2024-12-27	37	4th	10 11 21 28 51
2024-11-20	2	2nd	27 28 38 39 55
2024-11-18	7	3rd	2 15 28 29 40
2024-11-11	37	2nd	11 28 49 52 53
2024-10-05	27	3rd	20 27 28 35 38
2024-09-08	5	2nd	4 28 31 49 60
2024-09-03	1	2nd	22 28 30 51 55
2024-09-02	3	2nd	5 28 29 47 50
2024-08-30	8	4th	10 12 14 28 29
2024-08-22	5	2nd	21 28 30 40 53
2024-08-17	9	4th	7 11 22 28 30
2024-08-08	10	4th	3 6 17 28 58
2024-07-29	8	3rd	9 10 28 34 53
2024-07-21	4	3rd	15 24 28 33 36
2024-07-17	19	3rd	5 17 28 43 54
2024-06-28	35	2nd	26 28 49 50 56
2024-05-24	4	4th	1 4 8 28 44
2024-05-20	23	2nd	5 28 43 44 50
2024-04-27	1	3rd	5 7 28 44 52
2024-04-26	12	4th	13 15 23 28 33
2024-04-14	10	2nd	16 28 33 54 55
2024-04-04	20	3rd	23 26 28 30 36
2024-03-15	2	2nd	23 28 44 46 47
2024-03-13	24	3rd	2 8 28 29 49
2024-02-18	2	3rd	7 22 28 42 45
2024-02-16	17	2nd	2 28 41 45 59
2024-01-30	5	2nd	4 28 35 47 57
2024-01-25	3	2nd	9 28 55 58 59
2024-01-22	5	2nd	26 28 43 50 56
2024-01-17	2	1st	28 41 49 55 57
2024-01-15	1	2nd	17 28 30 37 48
2024-01-14	8	4th	3 16 27 28 44
2024-01-06	1	4th	5 7 26 28 42
2024-01-05	2	3rd	7 10 28 36 57
2024-01-03	14	2nd	12 28 32 46 51
2023-12-20	2	3rd	15 26 28 34 37
2023-12-18	13	3rd	4 18 28 36 60
2023-12-05	11	2nd	17 28 49 56 59
2023-11-24	53	1st	28 41 44 53 56
2023-10-02	4	2nd	6 28 49 52 59
2023-09-28	17	4th	3 9 14 28 52
2023-09-11	4	4th	1 9 19 28 52
2023-09-07	18	3rd	15 26 28 51 54
2023-08-20	6	2nd	5 28 32 39 54
2023-08-14	26	3rd	13 27 28 52 59
2023-07-19	2	1st	28 31 37 46 58
2023-07-17	1	2nd	19 28 46 52 53
2023-07-16	1	3rd	12 20 28 44 47
2023-07-15	6	3rd	14 26 28 33 45
2023-07-09	5	2nd	11 28 30 34 47
2023-07-04	2	3rd	3 9 28 30 57
2023-07-02	2	1st	28 31 39 53 60
2023-06-30	16	4th	10 14 22 28 51
2023-06-14	12	2nd	18 28 42 45 54
2023-06-02	10	2nd	13 28 40 55 57
2023-05-23	14	3rd	13 18 28 31 35
2023-05-09	4	2nd	11 28 31 35 37
2023-05-05	26	2nd	14 28 49 54 55
2023-04-09	14	5th	9 16 21 27 28
2023-03-26	31	3rd	5 26 28 43 45
2023-02-23	7	3rd	15 16 28 44 57
2023-02-16	10	4th	14 17 27 28 48
2023-02-06	3	3rd	5 8 28 30 55
2023-02-03	13	2nd	23 28 34 48 53
2023-01-21	1	3rd	4 21 28 32 36
2023-01-20	4	2nd	13 28 53 54 58
2023-01-16	12	2nd	22 28 32 44 54
2023-01-04	5	4th	1 5 6 28 41
2022-12-30	7	3rd	1 6 28 30 60
2022-12-23	1	3rd	6 27 28 39 49
2022-12-22	18	4th	1 6 11 28 33
2022-12-04	26	2nd	22 28 32 49 55
2022-11-08	6	4th	2 22 25 28 44
2022-11-02	43	2nd	26 28 43 53 56
2022-09-20	16	3rd	1 10 28 44 45
2022-09-04	54	4th	10 11 20 28 36
2022-07-12	5	2nd	8 28 35 46 57
2022-07-07	21	1st	28 31 37 47 58
2022-06-16	45	4th	1 4 11 28 43
2022-05-02	12	2nd	17 28 31 41 43
2022-04-20	4	1st	28 33 48 53 55
2022-04-16	1	3rd	3 13 28 42 59
2022-04-15	5	1st	28 34 44 53 56
2022-04-10	9	4th	4 22 25 28 38
2022-04-01	29	2nd	3 28 55 56 58
2022-03-03	21	2nd	10 28 31 32 58
2022-02-10	7	2nd	3 28 36 46 53
2022-02-03	1	3rd	11 25 28 34 37
2022-02-02	27	4th	17 21 22 28 44
2022-01-06	4	4th	1 13 15 28 52
2022-01-02	13	5th	8 14 19 27 28
2021-12-20	48	3rd	1 23 28 39 40
2021-11-02	13	2nd	15 28 33 39 50
2021-10-20	11	3rd	3 5 28 33 42
2021-10-09	3	3rd	9 12 28 48 57
2021-10-06	26	4th	2 10 14 28 31
2021-09-10	13	4th	9 12 15 28 58
2021-08-28	3	3rd	1 18 28 32 36
2021-08-25	1	3rd	3 27 28 37 59
2021-08-24	5	4th	6 10 14 28 58
2021-08-19	7	2nd	3 28 33 43 51
2021-08-12	22	4th	9 10 15 28 46
2021-07-21	16	2nd	11 28 45 47 52
2021-07-05	2	4th	3 10 21 28 51
2021-07-03	8	3rd	5 14 28 39 40
2021-06-25	18	2nd	9 28 44 46 53
2021-06-07	13	4th	6 14 25 28 33
2021-05-25	21	3rd	1 16 28 38 41
2021-05-04	1	2nd	24 28 40 50 54
2021-05-03	35	4th	13 18 27 28 60
2021-03-29	4	2nd	5 28 35 39 60
2021-03-25	5	4th	1 3 13 28 49
2021-03-20	10	1st	28 33 38 50 59
2021-03-10	16	4th	3 5 18 28 31
2021-02-22	7	4th	21 22 24 28 41
2021-02-15	34	4th	8 18 21 28 46
2021-01-12	12	1st	28 32 40 41 44
2020-12-31	1	2nd	11 28 40 48 57
2020-12-30	3	3rd	2 19 28 29 30
2020-12-27	19	1st	28 35 36 42 53
2020-12-08	9	4th	19 21 24 28 30
2020-11-29	2	4th	9 17 18 28 38
2020-11-27	25	4th	12 14 20 28 51
2020-11-02	1	3rd	13 16 28 36 56
2020-11-01	15	3rd	2 12 28 50 60
2020-10-17	24	4th	17 18 23 28 33
2020-09-23	12	2nd	10 28 36 38 45
2020-09-11	8	3rd	24 27 28 38 53
2020-09-03	9	2nd	18 28 41 43 48
2020-08-25	22	3rd	1 12 28 47 49
2020-08-03	31	3rd	10 15 28 36 48
2020-07-03	16	3rd	7 23 28 42 47
2020-06-17	14	2nd	10 28 51 54 57
2020-06-03	27	2nd	13 28 38 46 48
2020-05-07	7	1st	28 31 40 52 54
2020-04-30	12	4th	8 17 19 28 44
2020-04-18	10	2nd	20 28 37 41 44
2020-04-08	9	4th	2 21 22 28 46
2020-03-30	22	3rd	2 7 28 30 52
2020-03-08	16	2nd	12 28 34 47 49
2020-02-21	17	1st	28 49 56 58 59
2020-02-04	13	5th	8 18 20 22 28
2020-01-22	4	2nd	2 28 29 45 46
2020-01-18	4	2nd	17 28 36 40 60
2020-01-14	7	3rd	16 21 28 45 51
2020-01-07	7	3rd	11 13 28 58 59
2019-12-31	46	4th	10 22 26 28 39
2019-11-15	4	3rd	12 21 28 46 56
2019-11-11	9	4th	7 14 27 28 39
2019-11-02	2	5th	12 14 16 17 28
2019-10-31	10	3rd	18 25 28 41 47
2019-10-21	22	1st	28 32 36 43 46
2019-09-29	9	1st	28 41 48 51 57
2019-09-20	7	3rd	3 23 28 31 32
2019-09-13	28	2nd	3 28 32 49 56
2019-08-16	23	2nd	24 28 35 38 56
2019-07-24	2	3rd	9 19 28 54 60
2019-07-22	16	3rd	5 21 28 56 58
2019-07-06	6	3rd	1 5 28 32 53
2019-06-27	1	4th	11 14 17 28 39
2019-06-24	4	5th	7 10 18 21 28
2019-06-10	35	2nd	25 28 38 40 48
2019-02-07	5	2nd	20 28 50 51 60
2019-01-21	6	4th	4 8 27 28 32
2018-12-31	2	2nd	18 28 39 46 54
2018-12-24	4	2nd	3 28 31 37 40
2018-12-10	1	2nd	11 28 41 47 53
2018-12-06	5	1st	28 32 35 42 48
2018-11-19	27	3rd	14 16 28 46 49
2018-08-16	10	3rd	9 25 28 29 48
2018-07-12	2	3rd	1 20 28 48 56
2018-07-05	5	3rd	16 21 28 31 44
2018-06-18	5	3rd	4 27 28 40 59
2018-05-31	12	2nd	1 28 42 47 55
2018-04-19	16	3rd	4 15 28 35 42
2018-02-22	9	2nd	26 28 38 47 51
2018-01-22	47	4th	1 5 10 28 57
2017-08-10	7	3rd	4 5 28 33 42
2017-07-17	4	4th	8 17 27 28 39
2017-07-03	14	2nd	4 28 40 41 48
2017-05-15	12	3rd	2 27 28 34 39
2017-04-03	3	3rd	12 15 28 46 57
2017-03-23	7	2nd	2 28 30 39 53
2017-02-27	5	3rd	6 19 28 57 60
2017-02-09	9	2nd	2 28 37 38 48
2017-01-09	9	2nd	21 28 31 44 51
2016-12-08	54	2nd	8 28 29 49 57
2016-06-02	1	2nd	18 28 30 31 37
2016-05-30	17	4th	5 7 27 28 36
2016-03-31	5	3rd	9 17 28 38 45
2016-03-14	34	2nd	17 28 37 38 41
2015-11-16	10	3rd	6 20 28 34 40
2015-10-12	1	1st	28 30 36 38 39
2015-10-08	22	3rd	25 27 28 42 53
2015-07-23	16	3rd	8 26 28 41 52
2015-05-28	4	3rd	8 25 28 33 47
2015-05-14	—	2nd	6 28 34 39 43