Number 38

In Florida Lotto under the 6/53 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–53.

207times drawn · chance expected 198 +0.66σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 30% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

36longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 207 times in 1,751 draws against 198.2 expected, +0.66σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 207 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 11 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 smallest0 · chance 0.2
2nd smallest8 · chance 4.0
3rd smallest32 · chance 24.1
4th smallest69 · chance 65.0
5th smallest62 · chance 78.9
6th smallest36 · chance 34.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

43 49 1 13 15 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 52 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 — 34th most popular of 53. 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
2026-09-02	9	3rd	1 19 38 43 44 49
2026-08-01	5	6th	19 23 25 32 36 38
2026-07-15	2	5th	13 17 31 37 38 45
2026-07-08

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 6/53 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-02	24	4th	1 7 32 38 43 51
2025-01-08	9	3rd	12 14 38 43 44 45
2024-12-07	9	4th	2 10 30 38 43 52
2024-11-06	7	5th	1 10 13 20 38 49
2024-10-12	1	5th	1 6 10 33 38 51
2024-10-09	35	4th	9 19 37 38 40 49
2024-06-08	2	6th	5 12 16 33 34 38
2024-06-01	3	3rd	4 19 38 43 47 50
2024-05-22	8	2nd	27 38 46 49 50 51
2024-04-24	3	4th	20 31 35 38 39 43
2024-04-13	10	4th	1 14 36 38 42 43
2024-03-09	1	6th	1 8 11 21 36 38
2024-03-06	21	3rd	23 35 38 40 43 50
2023-12-23	32	6th	1 14 20 33 34 38
2023-09-02	22	3rd	8 14 38 44 45 51
2023-06-17	2	4th	5 16 27 38 39 49
2023-06-10	7	6th	5 6 11 25 28 38
2023-05-17	3	6th	1 9 10 11 13 38
2023-05-06	3	5th	5 9 13 29 38 41
2023-04-26	3	5th	4 7 8 18 38 52
2023-04-15	8	5th	1 2 28 29 38 44
2023-03-18	1	4th	14 21 26 38 45 49
2023-03-15	7	5th	1 19 25 32 38 47
2023-02-18	30	3rd	23 36 38 43 46 53
2022-11-05	10	4th	5 28 31 38 44 53
2022-10-01	8	4th	20 29 37 38 43 45
2022-09-03	4	4th	17 28 29 38 49 50
2022-08-20	9	4th	17 28 29 38 49 50
2022-07-20	11	4th	27 32 36 38 40 48
2022-06-11	3	3rd	1 9 38 45 51 52
2022-06-01	9	4th	11 15 33 38 42 51
2022-04-30	1	4th	4 5 10 38 39 46
2022-04-27	2	3rd	6 27 38 48 49 52
2022-04-20	2	5th	3 13 32 33 38 50
2022-04-13	1	3rd	21 30 38 43 48 49
2022-04-09	7	3rd	2 26 38 40 43 50
2022-03-16	5	5th	8 27 34 36 38 50
2022-02-26	5	5th	21 23 34 35 38 39
2022-02-09	9	4th	7 9 35 38 45 47
2022-01-08	1	4th	9 13 28 38 48 49
2022-01-05	22	2nd	9 38 42 45 48 51
2021-10-20	2	4th	14 26 27 38 40 45
2021-10-13	18	6th	1 13 23 28 33 38
2021-08-11	29	5th	3 23 33 37 38 45
2021-05-01	15	6th	10 13 21 22 28 38
2021-03-10	14	5th	7 14 31 36 38 49
2021-01-20	18	2nd	11 38 39 40 51 52
2020-11-18	1	2nd	2 38 42 45 47 50
2020-11-14	8	4th	15 29 30 38 41 53
2020-10-17	4	4th	2 5 36 38 39 53
2020-10-03	11	5th	2 22 24 29 38 44
2020-08-26	10	5th	19 22 27 34 38 45
2020-07-22	3	6th	7 11 23 24 36 38
2020-07-11	4	5th	2 20 24 26 38 48
2020-06-27	1	6th	2 4 6 11 16 38
2020-06-24	5	3rd	26 33 38 42 44 49
2020-06-06	3	4th	27 32 36 38 43 50
2020-05-27	6	5th	18 21 27 31 38 52
2020-05-06	1	3rd	16 30 38 43 51 53
2020-05-02	3	3rd	6 26 38 41 42 47
2020-04-22	8	6th	10 19 20 25 29 38
2020-03-25	14	6th	7 11 14 15 23 38
2020-02-05	23	6th	3 5 6 9 18 38
2019-11-16	4	3rd	16 33 38 42 46 51
2019-11-02	18	6th	4 13 22 27 30 38
2019-08-31	1	5th	6 12 18 19 38 51
2019-08-28	2	4th	1 13 18 38 42 53
2019-08-21	6	4th	4 13 35 38 41 50
2019-07-31	13	5th	2 4 25 28 38 46
2019-06-15	7	3rd	3 34 38 42 45 52
2019-05-22	2	4th	8 14 27 38 49 51
2019-05-15	36	4th	16 22 36 38 42 43
2019-01-09	9	6th	4 18 19 28 33 38
2018-12-08	29	4th	10 15 28 38 43 44
2018-08-29	3	5th	15 20 23 36 38 44
2018-08-18	5	3rd	11 14 38 43 51 52
2018-08-01	10	3rd	18 35 38 40 46 53
2018-06-27	6	4th	3 21 28 38 42 52
2018-06-06	9	3rd	19 21 38 43 47 48
2018-05-05	1	4th	9 21 37 38 39 47
2018-05-02	21	3rd	29 32 38 42 44 49
2018-02-17	1	4th	3 28 31 38 39 51
2018-02-14	7	6th	1 2 14 26 32 38
2018-01-20	10	5th	10 12 20 29 38 49
2017-12-16	15	4th	6 12 32 38 40 45
2017-10-25	4	4th	8 19 29 38 47 49
2017-10-11	18	6th	9 15 25 29 37 38
2017-08-09	9	4th	7 12 22 38 51 53
2017-07-08	6	5th	1 15 22 35 38 46
2017-06-17	9	4th	2 6 19 38 47 48
2017-05-17	19	5th	3 7 20 34 38 43
2017-03-11	12	5th	1 23 29 31 38 53
2017-01-28	7	5th	1 5 9 37 38 53
2017-01-04	1	4th	13 21 24 38 47 48
2016-12-31	5	5th	2 4 11 14 38 44
2016-12-14	5	6th	4 5 26 32 37 38
2016-11-26	4	6th	8 21 33 36 37 38
2016-11-12	2	5th	2 16 22 28 38 42
2016-11-05	3	4th	13 15 34 38 44 49
2016-10-26	2	4th	4 15 19 38 47 50
2016-10-19	15	4th	14 15 29 38 39 49
2016-08-27	20	4th	5 9 36 38 43 47
2016-06-18	8	4th	17 26 31 38 45 52
2016-05-21	11	4th	8 16 28 38 43 49
2016-04-13	4	5th	15 19 31 36 38 43
2016-03-30	3	4th	3 12 25 38 40 47
2016-03-19	4	5th	2 17 25 27 38 50
2016-03-05	1	5th	1 19 32 33 38 48
2016-03-02	11	6th	18 19 20 21 24 38
2016-01-23	1	5th	8 20 24 28 38 42
2016-01-20	3	2nd	35 38 39 43 44 48
2016-01-09	5	5th	5 10 17 27 38 47
2015-12-23	3	5th	14 18 23 31 38 49
2015-12-12	17	5th	9 11 24 31 38 39
2015-10-14	3	6th	7 10 19 21 31 38
2015-10-03	21	4th	13 15 30 38 52 53
2015-07-22	4	4th	10 26 29 38 42 46
2015-07-08	9	5th	16 19 20 23 38 39
2015-06-06	3	6th	16 21 23 29 32 38
2015-05-27	9	4th	11 13 24 38 39 42
2015-04-25	2	4th	16 19 31 38 42 52
2015-04-18	3	5th	3 15 16 27 38 49
2015-04-08	7	5th	12 15 26 37 38 52
2015-03-14	14	5th	4 9 11 37 38 45
2015-01-24	35	5th	4 10 22 32 38 41
2014-09-24	33	4th	3 20 23 38 39 53
2014-05-31	3	4th	2 11 31 38 49 52
2014-05-21	4	5th	10 12 23 34 38 53
2014-05-07	9	5th	4 12 15 24 38 40
2014-04-05	1	4th	9 23 24 38 40 47
2014-04-02	1	3rd	13 23 38 41 45 48
2014-03-29	3	5th	4 8 13 36 38 45
2014-03-19	9	5th	8 9 24 36 38 40
2014-02-15	18	5th	1 3 5 10 38 49
2013-12-14	1	4th	13 15 22 38 43 49
2013-12-11	7	3rd	2 33 38 51 52 53
2013-11-16	9	6th	8 19 22 29 32 38
2013-10-16	11	4th	19 23 28 38 48 53
2013-09-07	15	4th	7 16 31 38 39 42
2013-07-17	23	6th	1 3 4 12 15 38
2013-04-27	16	5th	10 12 17 28 38 44
2013-03-02	10	6th	7 10 15 17 19 38
2013-01-26	11	4th	3 4 5 38 39 41
2012-12-19	1	4th	25 29 37 38 44 45
2012-12-15	15	5th	13 28 30 32 38 40
2012-10-24	8	6th	8 11 21 26 28 38
2012-09-26	16	6th	1 3 16 19 25 38
2012-08-01	18	4th	22 27 31 38 39 42
2012-05-30	21	5th	4 6 19 20 38 48
2012-03-17	9	2nd	30 38 39 43 44 49
2012-02-15	4	3rd	29 37 38 39 42 44
2012-02-01	3	3rd	15 23 38 48 52 53
2012-01-21	11	5th	11 12 27 35 38 45
2011-12-14	9	6th	1 3 4 9 33 38
2011-11-12	2	6th	3 11 15 22 37 38
2011-11-05	7	5th	1 4 5 37 38 51
2011-10-12	1	4th	8 9 25 38 50 52
2011-10-08	21	5th	10 16 20 34 38 45
2011-07-27	1	4th	13 19 23 38 42 51
2011-07-23	3	4th	3 8 24 38 39 40
2011-07-13	1	3rd	25 28 38 42 44 48
2011-07-09	22	3rd	5 34 38 40 45 52
2011-04-23	10	4th	12 22 32 38 43 53
2011-03-19	2	4th	5 29 31 38 52 53
2011-03-12	1	6th	9 10 23 24 37 38
2011-03-09	4	4th	6 9 17 38 43 52
2011-02-23	5	4th	4 11 32 38 40 49
2011-02-05	4	5th	4 5 20 23 38 48
2011-01-22	4	5th	7 20 35 36 38 48
2011-01-08	8	3rd	13 35 38 40 49 52
2010-12-11	7	4th	24 27 33 38 50 52
2010-11-17	3	5th	8 11 13 35 38 39
2010-11-06	1	6th	3 14 24 30 33 38
2010-11-03	4	3rd	15 29 38 47 50 51
2010-10-20	2	5th	1 4 6 37 38 51
2010-10-13	25	5th	1 2 32 35 38 47
2010-07-17	3	2nd	18 38 40 43 46 52
2010-07-07	14	6th	2 5 9 20 26 38
2010-05-19	21	3rd	5 26 38 43 50 53
2010-03-06	1	3rd	18 32 38 39 43 47
2010-03-03	5	4th	21 33 34 38 43 44
2010-02-13	12	6th	6 15 23 24 34 38
2010-01-02	—	5th	15 19 28 29 38 51