Number 38

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

265times drawn · chance expected 239 +1.83σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

31longest completed wait · 96% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 265 times in 1,751 draws against 238.8 expected, +1.83σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 265 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 31 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.2
3rd smallest3 · chance 3.7
4th smallest40 · chance 32.1
5th smallest114 · chance 109.1
6th smallest108 · chance 120.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 41 5 13 27 12

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-09	1	5th	1 5 26 33 38 44
2026-10-06	2	6th	9 13 19 22 32 38
2026-09-29	1	6th	2 12 16 20 21 38
2026-09-25	9	4th	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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-27	17	6th	2 4 13 18 34 38
2025-04-29	2	6th	4 9 15 17 27 38
2025-04-22	2	6th	9 12 16 26 28 38
2025-04-15	1	4th	5 25 32 38 42 44
2025-04-11	4	6th	4 6 15 22 28 38
2025-03-28	3	6th	1 7 12 15 16 38
2025-03-18	2	6th	1 2 3 17 25 38
2025-03-11	3	5th	4 25 27 28 38 44
2025-02-28	12	6th	12 16 18 22 30 38
2025-01-17	9	6th	2 12 18 27 28 38
2024-12-17	13	5th	4 14 31 33 38 40
2024-11-01	1	5th	9 11 14 32 38 41
2024-10-29	19	6th	1 7 13 25 32 38
2024-08-23	8	5th	13 14 24 36 38 41
2024-07-26	3	6th	10 13 24 28 35 38
2024-07-16	19	5th	4 6 7 15 38 44
2024-05-10	14	5th	1 9 14 36 38 40
2024-03-22	1	6th	4 12 13 16 36 38
2024-03-19	1	5th	2 10 12 17 38 40
2024-03-15	3	6th	5 27 29 34 37 38
2024-03-05	2	6th	12 18 22 31 35 38
2024-02-27	12	6th	9 12 21 26 28 38
2024-01-16	3	6th	15 27 30 32 37 38
2024-01-05	17	6th	1 12 24 31 36 38
2023-11-07	9	4th	16 28 33 38 39 41
2023-10-06	1	5th	9 21 27 35 38 41
2023-10-03	8	5th	5 25 31 35 38 41
2023-09-05	2	4th	13 23 33 38 39 42
2023-08-29	1	5th	10 12 15 33 38 41
2023-08-25	13	5th	12 13 19 33 38 41
2023-07-11	5	6th	2 7 12 24 27 38
2023-06-23	3	6th	2 10 11 27 35 38
2023-06-13	3	6th	1 2 13 18 25 38
2023-06-02	4	5th	7 17 30 35 38 44
2023-05-19	2	5th	5 7 26 32 38 43
2023-05-12	5	4th	2 36 37 38 42 43
2023-04-25	5	6th	1 5 21 29 36 38
2023-04-07	2	5th	5 12 19 23 38 42
2023-03-31	2	6th	8 9 12 24 37 38
2023-03-24	12	5th	3 6 10 35 38 42
2023-02-10	4	5th	7 14 21 33 38 39
2023-01-27	6	3rd	29 35 38 39 40 42
2023-01-06	4	5th	2 19 20 34 38 43
2022-12-23	6	5th	14 16 18 24 38 42
2022-12-02	2	5th	9 18 31 32 38 40
2022-11-25	14	5th	8 13 15 35 38 43
2022-10-07	6	6th	8 14 21 29 34 38
2022-09-16	5	6th	6 13 19 21 32 38
2022-08-30	1	4th	18 21 31 38 42 44
2022-08-26	20	5th	2 3 19 36 38 41
2022-06-17	5	6th	4 7 17 20 36 38
2022-05-31	3	5th	3 10 23 30 38 43
2022-05-20	3	6th	4 6 13 18 19 38
2022-05-10	1	5th	5 14 22 28 38 42
2022-05-06	16	5th	1 4 17 35 38 39
2022-03-11	4	4th	5 26 29 38 39 42
2022-02-25	17	5th	13 14 28 32 38 42
2021-12-28	5	5th	4 18 29 33 38 41
2021-12-10	2	5th	10 21 29 30 38 39
2021-12-03	12	6th	14 15 18 23 26 38
2021-10-22	6	5th	10 18 22 35 38 40
2021-10-01	8	6th	5 15 29 30 33 38
2021-09-03	10	6th	6 16 17 24 31 38
2021-07-30	10	4th	2 21 31 38 43 44
2021-06-25	9	4th	1 6 8 38 39 42
2021-05-25	9	6th	5 19 20 29 37 38
2021-04-23	18	4th	13 18 28 38 40 42
2021-02-19	3	5th	22 29 36 37 38 39
2021-02-09	10	6th	6 12 14 23 33 38
2021-01-05	2	5th	2 17 19 27 38 41
2020-12-29	2	5th	5 13 21 22 38 41
2020-12-22	2	4th	11 12 17 38 40 42
2020-12-15	1	5th	5 12 23 34 38 39
2020-12-11	13	6th	4 6 11 32 37 38
2020-10-27	5	6th	1 5 9 13 24 38
2020-10-09	13	6th	1 9 15 27 34 38
2020-08-25	2	6th	1 22 24 32 35 38
2020-08-18	2	6th	21 26 31 33 35 38
2020-08-11	4	6th	3 5 18 32 33 38
2020-07-28	7	6th	1 12 25 33 37 38
2020-07-03	14	4th	1 2 21 38 39 41
2020-05-15	3	5th	21 25 27 32 38 42
2020-05-05	4	4th	10 30 36 38 41 42
2020-04-21	11	3rd	19 22 38 39 41 42
2020-03-13	2	5th	13 27 34 37 38 42
2020-03-06	13	4th	1 6 32 38 39 42
2020-01-21	3	5th	14 15 30 36 38 39
2020-01-10	13	5th	3 5 23 37 38 41
2019-11-26	2	6th	13 20 29 34 37 38
2019-11-19	7	5th	7 17 20 37 38 43
2019-10-25	8	6th	4 21 30 31 34 38
2019-09-27	1	5th	13 16 17 26 38 43
2019-09-24	7	5th	5 18 26 37 38 42
2019-08-30	2	6th	11 18 26 30 37 38
2019-08-23	1	6th	11 25 27 36 37 38
2019-08-20	11	4th	4 19 30 38 42 44
2019-07-12	9	6th	14 17 18 20 27 38
2019-06-11	12	4th	5 17 20 38 43 44
2019-04-30	4	6th	1 3 15 24 32 38
2019-04-16	11	6th	16 22 28 29 35 38
2019-03-08	14	5th	7 22 23 37 38 43
2019-01-18	11	6th	16 20 22 30 36 38
2018-12-11	10	6th	4 24 25 31 35 38
2018-11-06	19	4th	10 27 29 38 39 42
2018-08-31	14	5th	2 20 22 33 38 41
2018-07-13	4	5th	10 31 32 33 38 42
2018-06-29	2	5th	4 6 36 37 38 41
2018-06-22	3	5th	5 12 14 20 38 43
2018-06-12	27	6th	10 13 18 19 25 38
2018-03-09	2	6th	10 22 24 29 35 38
2018-03-02	2	5th	1 11 13 20 38 39
2018-02-23	1	5th	5 27 30 34 38 41
2018-02-20	1	5th	4 6 24 25 38 41
2018-02-16	7	6th	1 24 27 35 37 38
2018-01-23	7	6th	11 16 22 25 30 38
2017-12-29	5	5th	1 9 33 37 38 43
2017-12-12	1	6th	2 12 21 29 30 38
2017-12-08	8	3rd	10 13 38 39 43 44
2017-11-10	2	5th	6 11 16 29 38 40
2017-11-03	8	5th	24 30 34 37 38 39
2017-10-06	11	5th	5 20 22 36 38 44
2017-08-29	11	5th	9 13 21 24 38 43
2017-07-21	6	5th	18 22 28 30 38 41
2017-06-30	1	5th	8 16 17 27 38 39
2017-06-27	2	6th	3 4 10 18 34 38
2017-06-20	6	5th	2 8 14 32 38 39
2017-05-30	4	6th	5 9 13 21 33 38
2017-05-16	28	6th	2 3 4 25 27 38
2017-02-07	31	4th	28 32 36 38 39 42
2016-10-21	9	5th	1 10 27 33 38 43
2016-09-20	3	6th	7 16 25 31 33 38
2016-09-09	25	5th	19 27 35 36 38 40
2016-06-14	2	6th	8 13 15 30 36 38
2016-06-07	7	5th	5 6 22 23 38 43
2016-05-13	7	5th	7 10 27 36 38 42
2016-04-19	12	5th	5 7 31 34 38 40
2016-03-08	4	4th	21 24 26 38 42 43
2016-02-23	1	5th	5 6 15 20 38 40
2016-02-19	3	5th	2 3 23 27 38 41
2016-02-09	3	5th	13 15 22 36 38 40
2016-01-29	6	5th	4 8 12 31 38 40
2016-01-08	24	5th	4 10 14 29 38 41
2015-10-16	23	4th	16 27 32 38 40 42
2015-07-28	4	5th	12 14 26 31 38 41
2015-07-14	3	6th	6 18 19 27 36 38
2015-07-03	13	6th	13 20 28 32 33 38
2015-05-19	4	6th	1 6 16 25 26 38
2015-05-05	13	4th	7 30 32 38 39 41
2015-03-20	2	6th	1 27 28 32 35 38
2015-03-13	21	6th	5 6 11 33 35 38
2014-12-30	29	6th	8 13 17 23 30 38
2014-09-19	3	4th	5 26 29 38 40 44
2014-09-09	3	4th	6 8 36 38 40 42
2014-08-29	5	4th	4 9 30 38 42 44
2014-08-12	10	6th	7 8 9 12 26 38
2014-07-08	12	6th	4 11 16 20 21 38
2014-05-27	2	5th	4 8 25 33 38 41
2014-05-20	5	4th	2 20 21 38 41 42
2014-05-02	5	5th	4 6 20 32 38 39
2014-04-15	2	5th	1 2 8 25 38 44
2014-04-08	7	6th	5 6 10 12 28 38
2014-03-14	6	5th	1 13 28 33 38 39
2014-02-21	4	5th	1 18 20 29 38 44
2014-02-07	13	6th	8 19 21 22 30 38
2013-12-24	5	6th	17 18 22 26 33 38
2013-12-06	4	5th	4 10 16 34 38 40
2013-11-22	1	6th	10 11 18 19 32 38
2013-11-19	4	6th	2 11 29 35 37 38
2013-11-05	4	5th	7 23 34 37 38 44
2013-10-22	2	6th	2 10 17 29 36 38
2013-10-15	4	6th	12 15 16 21 36 38
2013-10-01	5	4th	9 22 31 38 40 43
2013-09-13	4	5th	19 24 29 34 38 43
2013-08-30	5	5th	7 8 23 32 38 40
2013-08-13	3	6th	13 14 30 31 36 38
2013-08-02	6	5th	7 8 22 27 38 43
2013-07-12	5	6th	7 17 25 28 31 38
2013-06-25	16	4th	2 22 37 38 41 43
2013-04-30	12	5th	8 11 14 22 38 39
2013-03-19	10	6th	9 11 23 35 37 38
2013-02-12	1	6th	6 8 9 16 17 38
2013-02-08	3	5th	6 8 16 22 38 40
2013-01-29	14	6th	1 9 10 26 30 38
2012-12-11	1	5th	6 7 9 35 38 44
2012-12-07	2	5th	3 13 27 37 38 40
2012-11-30	1	6th	2 10 11 17 36 38
2012-11-27	2	6th	1 12 26 31 37 38
2012-11-20	3	5th	1 2 16 17 38 42
2012-11-09	1	5th	1 19 25 26 38 44
2012-11-06	3	6th	7 14 15 33 36 38
2012-10-26	14	6th	3 7 24 25 27 38
2012-09-07	13	4th	3 25 33 38 39 43
2012-07-24	6	5th	3 9 19 37 38 41
2012-07-03	4	5th	4 25 34 37 38 43
2012-06-19	7	5th	1 9 16 35 38 43
2012-05-25	10	5th	15 29 30 34 38 43
2012-04-20	1	5th	1 21 22 29 38 43
2012-04-17	11	4th	17 24 36 38 39 41
2012-03-09	12	6th	6 8 12 16 31 38
2012-01-27	10	6th	1 2 12 15 23 38
2011-12-23	3	6th	4 13 22 26 32 38
2011-12-13	1	5th	3 14 34 37 38 42
2011-12-09	3	5th	8 17 29 34 38 39
2011-11-29	3	5th	1 20 29 36 38 42
2011-11-18	9	6th	3 11 16 18 30 38
2011-10-18	2	6th	6 10 27 29 32 38
2011-10-11	4	5th	11 21 26 37 38 41
2011-09-27	2	6th	3 13 20 22 23 38
2011-09-20	15	4th	12 18 30 38 40 42
2011-07-29	4	6th	17 23 24 27 28 38
2011-07-15	9	6th	3 5 6 33 35 38
2011-06-14	6	5th	7 12 20 28 38 41
2011-05-24	1	5th	1 25 32 33 38 43
2011-05-20	6	6th	8 14 17 24 25 38
2011-04-29	6	5th	4 12 14 36 38 41
2011-04-08	1	4th	12 13 33 38 41 42
2011-04-05	13	6th	4 5 15 17 19 38
2011-02-18	11	4th	4 9 15 38 41 43
2011-01-11	2	6th	2 3 9 16 32 38
2011-01-04	5	6th	9 14 20 26 33 38
2010-12-17	11	5th	14 18 21 28 38 42
2010-11-09	1	6th	2 7 11 23 25 38
2010-11-05	5	5th	2 18 24 34 38 41
2010-10-19	3	4th	4 12 28 38 42 44
2010-10-08	8	6th	7 10 11 27 37 38
2010-09-10	4	5th	20 26 29 32 38 40
2010-08-27	6	5th	2 20 24 32 38 44
2010-08-06	1	6th	5 13 20 33 36 38
2010-08-03	5	5th	6 20 33 37 38 44
2010-07-16	2	4th	1 25 34 38 39 43
2010-07-09	2	4th	11 17 18 38 39 44
2010-07-02	5	5th	5 13 17 37 38 40
2010-06-15	8	5th	14 26 31 32 38 39
2010-05-18	6	5th	1 2 8 27 38 40
2010-04-27	9	4th	7 27 30 38 40 41
2010-03-26	4	6th	3 4 5 31 33 38
2010-03-12	2	6th	16 18 21 22 27 38
2010-03-05	1	5th	4 10 26 36 38 44
2010-03-02	13	6th	5 13 15 19 32 38
2010-01-15	2	5th	13 24 28 31 38 40
2010-01-08	—	5th	1 16 19 36 38 44