In Jackpot Triple Play under the 6/46 · since May 2025 rules — 146 draws, 6 from 1–46.
20times drawn · chance expected 19 +0.24σ
22draws waiting · a wait this long: 5% for any number
5.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.7
17longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long
28 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 20 times in 146 draws against 19.0 expected, +0.24σ. Each draw is independent: after 22 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
28
Number 28, draw by draw
Drawn 20 times in 146 draws · average wait 5.9 draws · longest completed wait 17 · waiting 22 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.
Never drawn alongside 7 of the other 45 numbers; chance expects about 5 such strangers 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 46. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/46 tonight whatever it did last week.