Number 38

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

240times drawn · chance expected 239 +0.10σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 84% for any number

11.9average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

61longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 240 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, +0.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 240 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 11.9 draws · longest completed wait 61 · waiting 3 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 smallest6 · chance 3.9
2nd smallest25 · chance 30.0
3rd smallest76 · chance 81.1
4th smallest101 · chance 90.1
5th smallest32 · chance 34.8

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.

48 34 25 36 57 59

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, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 35th 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 above 31 ×0.86

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-02-18	10	3rd	3 28 38 40 49
2026-02-08	1	3rd	16 17 38 44 60
2026-02-07	1	3rd	13 31 38 43 56
2026-02-06	13	4th	4 7 10 38

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 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-26	16	5th	5 11 18 30 38
2025-05-10	15	4th	1 4 37 38 44
2025-04-25	22	1st	38 46 51 53 56
2025-04-03	6	3rd	20 24 38 47 52
2025-03-28	19	4th	23 27 36 38 48
2025-03-09	18	4th	12 24 32 38 57
2025-02-19	13	4th	13 21 29 38 57
2025-02-06	7	3rd	22 30 38 47 58
2025-01-30	14	3rd	6 10 38 53 54
2025-01-16	57	3rd	15 22 38 44 58
2024-11-20	16	3rd	27 28 38 39 55
2024-11-04	5	2nd	13 38 44 55 59
2024-10-30	14	3rd	9 16 38 42 55
2024-10-16	3	3rd	2 37 38 39 42
2024-10-13	8	2nd	14 38 48 50 60
2024-10-05	19	5th	20 27 28 35 38
2024-09-16	2	4th	18 22 31 38 55
2024-09-14	1	3rd	14 31 38 39 55
2024-09-13	16	2nd	36 38 46 47 48
2024-08-28	22	4th	4 9 34 38 42
2024-08-06	1	4th	1 5 36 38 57
2024-08-05	9	4th	8 25 33 38 46
2024-07-27	4	2nd	15 38 44 53 60
2024-07-23	10	5th	8 11 24 32 38
2024-07-13	3	4th	13 35 36 38 49
2024-07-10	4	3rd	10 19 38 48 59
2024-07-06	6	3rd	12 25 38 43 59
2024-06-30	14	4th	24 36 37 38 52
2024-06-16	6	2nd	33 38 41 43 57
2024-06-10	4	3rd	6 29 38 41 48
2024-06-06	1	4th	3 8 15 38 41
2024-06-05	3	4th	24 34 36 38 52
2024-06-02	1	4th	9 23 25 38 56
2024-06-01	7	3rd	17 29 38 40 59
2024-05-25	4	4th	16 17 34 38 42
2024-05-21	9	3rd	5 30 38 51 56
2024-05-12	24	3rd	2 7 38 39 57
2024-04-18	5	3rd	5 36 38 45 59
2024-04-13	13	5th	14 21 24 27 38
2024-03-31	4	2nd	25 38 44 55 57
2024-03-27	1	3rd	2 34 38 43 51
2024-03-26	1	2nd	34 38 39 42 52
2024-03-25	3	4th	15 29 31 38 57
2024-03-22	19	4th	3 11 21 38 42
2024-03-03	15	1st	38 39 46 48 52
2024-02-17	6	2nd	5 38 44 48 55
2024-02-11	3	3rd	1 21 38 39 59
2024-02-08	1	4th	5 10 25 38 57
2024-02-07	5	1st	38 40 45 47 57
2024-02-02	25	4th	19 31 34 38 41
2024-01-08	16	2nd	35 38 50 52 56
2023-12-23	2	4th	13 35 36 38 49
2023-12-21	5	5th	1 10 11 36 38
2023-12-16	9	3rd	14 18 38 50 54
2023-12-07	1	4th	16 24 32 38 52
2023-12-06	16	3rd	8 14 38 40 46
2023-11-20	22	4th	1 16 31 38 45
2023-10-29	2	4th	11 15 33 38 48
2023-10-27	4	4th	10 12 25 38 51
2023-10-23	30	4th	8 9 30 38 59
2023-09-23	19	4th	15 19 23 38 55
2023-09-04	2	2nd	3 38 40 44 50
2023-09-02	8	3rd	7 35 38 57 59
2023-08-25	14	2nd	33 38 44 45 58
2023-08-11	1	3rd	8 18 38 44 48
2023-08-10	31	1st	38 44 50 51 53
2023-07-10	14	4th	4 9 33 38 55
2023-06-26	10	2nd	36 38 42 48 60
2023-06-16	1	4th	27 29 36 38 57
2023-06-15	7	5th	6 14 15 25 38
2023-06-08	61	1st	38 46 49 50 59
2023-04-08	7	3rd	24 26 38 50 55
2023-04-01	5	4th	14 17 30 38 45
2023-03-27	7	4th	6 29 37 38 46
2023-03-20	3	3rd	32 34 38 44 45
2023-03-17	7	4th	7 9 30 38 59
2023-03-10	7	4th	15 18 29 38 39
2023-03-03	3	2nd	25 38 57 59 60
2023-02-28	15	4th	3 7 19 38 51
2023-02-13	17	5th	9 11 12 30 38
2023-01-27	10	4th	9 18 34 38 49
2023-01-17	60	4th	1 5 26 38 48
2022-11-18	15	3rd	31 35 38 49 56
2022-11-03	29	3rd	18 22 38 43 56
2022-10-05	39	2nd	15 38 44 54 55
2022-08-27	11	5th	5 19 20 23 38
2022-08-16	18	3rd	4 22 38 48 58
2022-07-29	2	4th	6 7 31 38 41
2022-07-27	8	3rd	16 32 38 39 48
2022-07-19	14	3rd	3 36 38 42 51
2022-07-05	7	4th	8 26 37 38 57
2022-06-28	18	4th	21 34 36 38 45
2022-06-10	21	5th	7 8 22 33 38
2022-05-20	7	2nd	2 38 43 47 55
2022-05-13	30	2nd	30 38 47 57 59
2022-04-13	1	4th	2 4 34 38 60
2022-04-12	1	3rd	18 31 38 52 53
2022-04-11	1	3rd	14 37 38 54 59
2022-04-10	15	5th	4 22 25 28 38
2022-03-26	14	3rd	3 15 38 42 48
2022-03-12	46	3rd	4 34 38 39 44
2022-01-25	5	5th	14 15 19 30 38
2022-01-20	7	3rd	5 26 38 46 58
2022-01-13	17	3rd	22 34 38 42 50
2021-12-27	2	4th	5 29 36 38 59
2021-12-25	11	5th	8 9 16 33 38
2021-12-14	2	4th	15 19 23 38 39
2021-12-12	3	5th	1 5 13 37 38
2021-12-09	13	4th	17 25 34 38 49
2021-11-26	39	4th	20 23 27 38 40
2021-10-18	3	4th	7 13 34 38 59
2021-10-15	4	5th	4 11 21 34 38
2021-10-11	3	4th	1 8 17 38 47
2021-10-08	1	3rd	16 26 38 42 56
2021-10-07	16	4th	6 10 21 38 48
2021-09-21	17	4th	4 10 22 38 46
2021-09-04	12	4th	10 22 33 38 54
2021-08-23	2	4th	3 26 27 38 51
2021-08-21	54	2nd	21 38 48 54 56
2021-06-28	1	3rd	10 19 38 52 60
2021-06-27	31	4th	6 35 36 38 39
2021-05-27	2	4th	5 14 21 38 42
2021-05-25	3	4th	1 16 28 38 41
2021-05-22	28	4th	10 18 22 38 54
2021-04-24	11	4th	13 14 35 38 40
2021-04-13	24	4th	9 30 35 38 59
2021-03-20	21	3rd	28 33 38 50 59
2021-02-27	17	4th	8 18 33 38 53
2021-02-10	1	5th	4 17 23 27 38
2021-02-09	13	3rd	27 35 38 52 57
2021-01-27	1	4th	2 8 13 38 48
2021-01-26	5	3rd	19 24 38 40 60
2021-01-21	2	4th	13 16 36 38 53
2021-01-19	4	5th	12 21 26 33 38
2021-01-15	25	4th	10 18 37 38 51
2020-12-21	3	4th	12 29 32 38 60
2020-12-18	12	2nd	2 38 44 52 57
2020-12-06	7	4th	4 26 30 38 59
2020-11-29	11	5th	9 17 18 28 38
2020-11-18	6	3rd	7 24 38 48 51
2020-11-12	4	3rd	20 25 38 49 51
2020-11-08	46	3rd	19 30 38 41 55
2020-09-23	12	4th	10 28 36 38 45
2020-09-11	21	4th	24 27 28 38 53
2020-08-21	5	3rd	3 30 38 40 60
2020-08-16	3	4th	10 27 30 38 46
2020-08-13	12	3rd	25 31 38 48 49
2020-08-01	31	3rd	13 23 38 48 59
2020-07-01	12	4th	21 31 34 38 47
2020-06-19	16	2nd	20 38 40 47 49
2020-06-03	1	3rd	13 28 38 46 48
2020-06-02	11	5th	6 11 12 29 38
2020-05-22	3	3rd	13 27 38 42 53
2020-05-19	10	4th	7 12 24 38 60
2020-05-09	14	2nd	23 38 42 54 60
2020-04-25	1	4th	27 30 35 38 43
2020-04-24	17	3rd	23 29 38 39 58
2020-04-07	9	3rd	20 37 38 49 55
2020-03-29	17	3rd	3 29 38 45 53
2020-03-12	6	5th	18 26 36 37 38
2020-03-06	10	3rd	9 27 38 41 53
2020-02-25	37	4th	1 31 34 38 47
2020-01-19	3	3rd	19 32 38 51 57
2020-01-16	25	4th	1 9 25 38 57
2019-12-22	7	3rd	32 36 38 42 54
2019-12-15	44	5th	3 10 16 35 38
2019-11-01	32	4th	12 15 16 38 57
2019-09-30	3	4th	2 3 9 38 54
2019-09-27	16	3rd	20 26 38 40 60
2019-09-11	26	5th	3 7 19 31 38
2019-08-16	2	4th	24 28 35 38 56
2019-08-14	17	2nd	7 38 45 47 57
2019-07-28	13	3rd	10 11 38 50 54
2019-07-15	3	4th	7 25 33 38 47
2019-07-12	17	3rd	7 31 38 51 59
2019-06-10	5	3rd	25 28 38 40 48
2019-05-23	21	2nd	34 38 40 41 49
2019-03-11	1	4th	12 17 18 38 46
2019-03-07	4	4th	7 14 20 38 58
2019-02-21	33	4th	3 4 34 38 39
2018-10-29	9	5th	7 23 25 35 38
2018-09-27	6	4th	21 25 34 38 42
2018-09-06	12	5th	6 11 13 32 38
2018-07-26	2	4th	2 20 33 38 45
2018-07-19	12	4th	9 12 20 38 52
2018-06-07	1	3rd	17 22 38 42 45
2018-06-04	29	4th	4 13 30 38 53
2018-02-22	15	3rd	26 28 38 47 51
2018-01-01	12	5th	12 18 20 31 38
2017-11-20	12	4th	3 4 22 38 59
2017-10-09	1	3rd	18 20 38 42 44
2017-10-05	1	4th	12 14 31 38 41
2017-10-02	19	3rd	10 35 38 48 57
2017-07-27	5	3rd	32 37 38 42 43
2017-07-10	19	4th	13 19 34 38 53
2017-05-04	10	5th	1 2 17 24 38
2017-03-30	10	2nd	24 38 40 44 49
2017-02-23	4	3rd	3 24 38 43 52
2017-02-09	11	4th	2 28 37 38 48
2017-01-02	3	4th	26 31 37 38 41
2016-12-22	15	4th	14 19 32 38 43
2016-10-31	3	3rd	17 25 38 41 58
2016-10-20	3	2nd	6 38 40 48 57
2016-10-10	31	3rd	11 35 38 45 58
2016-06-23	13	4th	1 9 36 38 46
2016-05-09	8	3rd	20 23 38 48 56
2016-04-11	3	4th	15 30 34 38 55
2016-03-31	5	4th	9 17 28 38 45
2016-03-14	2	4th	17 28 37 38 41
2016-03-07	5	5th	9 21 24 37 38
2016-02-18	7	4th	21 24 37 38 49
2016-01-25	19	3rd	19 24 38 55 56
2015-11-19	11	4th	2 7 21 38 48
2015-10-12	20	4th	28 30 36 38 39
2015-08-03	22	4th	25 29 30 38 39
2015-05-18	—	4th	16 30 35 38 51