Number 28

In Lotto under the 6/44 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–44.

223times drawn · chance expected 239 −1.10σ

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

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

38longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 223 times in 1,751 draws against 238.8 expected, −1.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 223 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 38 · 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 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 1.0
2nd smallest11 · chance 11.4
3rd smallest44 · chance 45.5
4th smallest74 · chance 81.3
5th smallest75 · chance 65.1
6th smallest16 · chance 18.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 12 25 32 21 6

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, 28 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th 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 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
2026-09-08	16	4th	10 26 27 28 30 33
2026-07-14	38	3rd	7 17 28 32 38 39
2026-03-03	3	4th	15 20 25 28 39 40
2026-02-20	11	6th	4

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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

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