Number 28

In Gimme 5 under the 5/39 · since Nov 2013 rules — 2,670 draws, 5 from 1–39.

360times drawn · chance expected 342 +1.02σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

46longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 360 times in 2,670 draws against 342.3 expected, +1.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 360 times in 2,670 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 4 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 smallest0 · chance 1.6
2nd smallest27 · chance 21.7
3rd smallest99 · chance 94.2
4th smallest137 · chance 156.9
5th smallest97 · chance 85.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 37.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 20 12 30 13 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-10-07	2	2nd	6 28 30 35 37
2026-10-05	17	5th	1 14 18 25 28
2026-09-10	1	4th	10 11 20 28 36
2026-09-09	6	4th	6 18 23 28

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-17	7	4th	11 12 23 28 30
2026-02-06	15	4th	9 23 26 28 36
2026-01-16	2	5th	3 6 11 20 28
2026-01-14	4	5th	1 15 19 26 28
2026-01-08	5	3rd	1 7 28 33 34
2026-01-01	10	5th	9 13 17 24 28
2025-12-18	1	4th	8 9 27 28 30
2025-12-17	7	4th	9 17 24 28 32
2025-12-08	8	4th	3 14 19 28 31
2025-11-26	5	3rd	9 12 28 33 34
2025-11-19	2	5th	2 16 17 21 28
2025-11-17	7	4th	13 21 23 28 29
2025-11-06	2	4th	11 16 18 28 31
2025-11-04	20	3rd	15 17 28 29 38
2025-10-07	6	4th	14 17 20 28 33
2025-09-29	11	5th	3 14 15 17 28
2025-09-12	2	5th	5 14 23 25 28
2025-09-10	7	4th	3 12 20 28 36
2025-09-01	5	4th	2 12 19 28 29
2025-08-25	29	4th	4 12 16 28 31
2025-07-15	16	4th	1 21 22 28 37
2025-06-23	15	4th	16 22 24 28 34
2025-06-02	1	3rd	11 25 28 29 36
2025-05-30	2	3rd	9 13 28 33 37
2025-05-28	14	5th	16 21 25 27 28
2025-05-08	7	5th	4 10 18 19 28
2025-04-29	1	4th	1 18 20 28 35
2025-04-28	2	5th	7 12 24 26 28
2025-04-24	8	3rd	16 22 28 33 39
2025-04-14	4	5th	1 8 19 20 28
2025-04-08	10	3rd	15 25 28 34 36
2025-03-25	4	3rd	9 18 28 30 35
2025-03-19	8	5th	9 13 15 17 28
2025-03-07	1	4th	8 21 26 28 34
2025-03-06	25	3rd	8 19 28 35 39
2025-01-30	8	3rd	8 20 28 29 31
2025-01-20	21	2nd	7 28 29 32 35
2024-12-20	1	4th	10 19 27 28 31
2024-12-19	10	3rd	13 25 28 29 31
2024-12-05	5	4th	8 24 27 28 37
2024-11-28	22	4th	24 26 27 28 31
2024-10-29	4	3rd	12 26 28 32 38
2024-10-23	1	5th	10 11 18 25 28
2024-10-22	3	4th	1 4 21 28 37
2024-10-17	26	3rd	2 18 28 33 39
2024-09-11	1	5th	2 15 22 24 28
2024-09-10	3	5th	2 7 22 27 28
2024-09-05	4	3rd	3 27 28 30 34
2024-08-30	4	4th	5 6 19 28 38
2024-08-26	2	3rd	16 23 28 32 36
2024-08-22	29	2nd	12 28 30 31 37
2024-07-12	9	5th	2 15 19 26 28
2024-07-01	16	4th	5 7 26 28 39
2024-06-07	3	3rd	23 25 28 35 36
2024-06-04	27	5th	6 15 17 22 28
2024-04-26	3	5th	13 21 24 27 28
2024-04-23	12	4th	16 21 23 28 32
2024-04-05	4	3rd	14 23 28 32 39
2024-04-01	2	5th	1 12 17 21 28
2024-03-28	3	5th	4 9 11 18 28
2024-03-25	7	4th	2 23 27 28 31
2024-03-14	12	4th	16 19 24 28 32
2024-02-27	18	3rd	9 20 28 33 39
2024-02-01	12	3rd	12 26 28 30 34
2024-01-16	7	4th	4 5 14 28 36
2024-01-05	8	4th	8 11 27 28 37
2023-12-26	5	5th	2 12 14 20 28
2023-12-19	11	4th	4 11 18 28 31
2023-12-04	5	4th	5 18 22 28 31
2023-11-27	4	4th	3 16 18 28 32
2023-11-21	5	4th	3 15 27 28 37
2023-11-14	2	3rd	13 20 28 29 36
2023-11-10	2	4th	8 11 23 28 38
2023-11-08	13	3rd	12 17 28 29 34
2023-10-20	4	3rd	9 19 28 36 37
2023-10-16	19	4th	2 4 16 28 31
2023-09-19	9	5th	6 12 25 27 28
2023-09-06	8	5th	9 12 16 22 28
2023-08-25	2	4th	18 20 24 28 38
2023-08-23	3	2nd	14 28 30 32 38
2023-08-18	6	5th	5 13 20 23 28
2023-08-10	8	5th	1 16 20 23 28
2023-07-31	3	3rd	7 26 28 30 39
2023-07-26	9	5th	7 9 15 24 28
2023-07-13	7	3rd	2 18 28 32 38
2023-07-04	7	4th	6 12 23 28 39
2023-06-23	17	4th	1 6 15 28 29
2023-05-31	16	4th	1 2 8 28 33
2023-05-09	1	3rd	1 13 28 30 33
2023-05-08	1	5th	10 17 21 27 28
2023-05-05	2	4th	2 16 18 28 33
2023-05-03	10	4th	7 9 17 28 35
2023-04-19	14	5th	4 24 25 27 28
2023-03-30	11	5th	3 9 23 27 28
2023-03-15	7	3rd	4 11 28 30 32
2023-03-06	7	2nd	18 28 29 30 37
2023-02-23	7	3rd	7 24 28 31 36
2023-02-14	7	4th	10 14 18 28 38
2023-02-03	1	3rd	17 22 28 35 39
2023-02-02	15	4th	5 17 20 28 36
2023-01-12	4	2nd	13 28 30 37 38
2023-01-06	1	5th	7 11 19 25 28
2023-01-05	4	5th	2 4 9 18 28
2022-12-30	10	3rd	6 14 28 35 36
2022-12-16	16	5th	4 11 13 27 28
2022-11-24	3	4th	12 18 23 28 38
2022-11-21	9	4th	13 17 23 28 32
2022-11-08	8	4th	9 10 18 28 37
2022-10-27	4	5th	14 16 17 20 28
2022-10-21	4	3rd	4 15 28 29 30
2022-10-17	3	5th	2 3 6 7 28
2022-10-12	5	5th	5 11 16 17 28
2022-10-05	23	4th	1 3 22 28 32
2022-09-02	1	3rd	7 26 28 29 38
2022-09-01	7	4th	1 14 17 28 39
2022-08-23	4	4th	1 10 20 28 31
2022-08-17	6	4th	14 20 22 28 32
2022-08-09	3	3rd	1 10 28 33 38
2022-08-04	2	5th	9 14 20 25 28
2022-08-02	4	4th	6 12 20 28 30
2022-07-27	2	3rd	6 24 28 32 38
2022-07-25	13	3rd	11 23 28 29 35
2022-07-06	1	4th	6 11 15 28 30
2022-07-05	10	3rd	15 23 28 33 36
2022-06-21	2	5th	7 10 19 22 28
2022-06-17	9	3rd	3 10 28 31 33
2022-06-06	1	3rd	7 23 28 30 39
2022-06-03	18	4th	3 4 24 28 38
2022-05-10	15	3rd	11 24 28 34 38
2022-04-19	5	3rd	1 4 28 29 33
2022-04-12	8	4th	5 8 21 28 32
2022-03-31	15	3rd	4 23 28 37 38
2022-03-10	4	4th	7 18 25 28 38
2022-03-04	3	5th	3 6 18 25 28
2022-03-01	1	2nd	24 28 34 36 39
2022-02-28	10	4th	9 10 15 28 29
2022-02-14	19	3rd	13 23 28 32 34
2022-01-18	4	2nd	7 28 35 36 39
2022-01-12	9	5th	12 14 20 22 28
2021-12-30	4	5th	10 11 14 15 28
2021-12-24	1	5th	1 6 20 24 28
2021-12-23	2	4th	1 20 22 28 29
2021-12-21	2	3rd	11 13 28 30 37
2021-12-17	22	5th	3 9 19 26 28
2021-11-17	12	4th	4 9 23 28 31
2021-11-01	1	5th	8 10 13 20 28
2021-10-29	10	5th	5 9 14 26 28
2021-10-15	2	4th	7 14 18 28 38
2021-10-13	6	4th	2 4 14 28 33
2021-10-05	44	4th	10 12 16 28 38
2021-08-04	1	5th	2 11 16 21 28
2021-08-03	9	4th	20 21 24 28 39
2021-07-21	2	3rd	4 25 28 30 32
2021-07-19	1	4th	7 19 22 28 30
2021-07-16	4	3rd	10 27 28 29 37
2021-07-12	21	3rd	20 25 28 34 35
2021-06-11	44	4th	3 6 18 28 33
2021-04-12	1	3rd	5 25 28 33 37
2021-04-09	11	5th	4 6 11 15 28
2021-03-25	8	4th	7 14 25 28 30
2021-03-15	5	4th	4 8 17 28 35
2021-03-08	18	4th	3 14 20 28 36
2021-02-10	8	5th	2 11 14 23 28
2021-01-29	3	4th	2 8 26 28 31
2021-01-26	7	4th	22 24 25 28 31
2021-01-15	1	4th	1 12 14 28 35
2021-01-14	7	4th	3 6 26 28 39
2021-01-05	4	4th	14 21 27 28 39
2020-12-30	6	4th	13 19 23 28 29
2020-12-22	3	4th	13 24 25 28 32
2020-12-17	5	5th	13 20 22 24 28
2020-12-10	11	3rd	12 26 28 30 38
2020-11-25	22	4th	2 7 21 28 29
2020-10-26	1	4th	3 12 24 28 32
2020-10-23	4	3rd	2 21 28 33 39
2020-10-19	14	4th	4 11 21 28 32
2020-09-29	2	4th	15 16 18 28 39
2020-09-25	7	4th	16 20 27 28 30
2020-09-16	2	5th	2 10 13 16 28
2020-09-14	1	2nd	23 28 30 32 37
2020-09-11	1	4th	7 16 20 28 30
2020-09-10	9	5th	4 6 8 9 28
2020-08-28	6	4th	2 9 24 28 39
2020-08-20	3	4th	3 11 21 28 36
2020-08-17	1	2nd	5 28 29 31 34
2020-08-14	11	3rd	2 21 28 31 32
2020-07-30	39	4th	2 9 15 28 33
2020-05-11	3	4th	7 13 22 28 33
2020-05-04	9	3rd	14 24 28 31 39
2020-04-13	5	5th	2 11 17 22 28
2020-04-01	2	5th	6 8 13 16 28
2020-03-27	9	4th	1 4 11 28 30
2020-03-06	7	3rd	2 14 28 31 35
2020-02-19	18	4th	5 7 8 28 32
2020-01-08	1	5th	2 4 9 26 28
2020-01-06	13	3rd	4 22 28 35 36
2019-12-06	1	3rd	3 20 28 32 33
2019-12-04	16	2nd	11 28 34 35 36
2019-10-28	7	3rd	4 16 28 32 37
2019-10-11	1	4th	12 22 26 28 35
2019-10-09	4	4th	2 12 19 28 39
2019-09-30	21	3rd	4 21 28 29 31
2019-08-12	2	5th	3 4 10 15 28
2019-08-07	1	5th	9 12 17 19 28
2019-08-05	10	5th	8 15 19 20 28
2019-07-12	5	4th	8 13 20 28 34
2019-07-01	16	3rd	8 17 28 31 32
2019-05-24	10	5th	15 19 22 23 28
2019-05-01	16	3rd	8 9 28 37 39
2019-03-25	2	5th	1 13 19 23 28
2019-03-20	1	4th	7 12 27 28 30
2019-03-18	7	4th	3 5 21 28 31
2019-03-01	6	3rd	9 18 28 29 33
2019-02-15	9	4th	3 12 18 28 33
2019-01-25	1	5th	5 11 19 23 28
2019-01-23	1	4th	3 20 26 28 31
2019-01-21	8	5th	9 11 17 19 28
2019-01-02	14	4th	2 13 24 28 32
2018-11-30	8	4th	6 8 20 28 37
2018-11-12	3	2nd	1 28 32 34 37
2018-11-05	18	3rd	19 21 28 32 37
2018-09-24	1	4th	10 19 22 28 30
2018-09-21	15	5th	2 14 18 26 28
2018-08-17	2	4th	2 6 11 28 29
2018-08-13	4	4th	9 11 15 28 33
2018-08-03	3	4th	3 5 10 28 34
2018-07-27	13	2nd	9 28 33 34 39
2018-06-27	4	5th	19 22 24 25 28
2018-06-18	2	4th	3 20 27 28 34
2018-06-13	7	3rd	13 25 28 30 31
2018-05-28	1	3rd	3 25 28 33 38
2018-05-25	2	3rd	8 19 28 35 37
2018-05-21	4	3rd	18 25 28 31 38
2018-05-11	5	5th	8 13 16 21 28
2018-04-30	1	5th	10 18 21 22 28
2018-04-27	8	5th	4 15 16 18 28
2018-04-09	2	5th	5 15 18 20 28
2018-04-04	12	5th	4 16 20 26 28
2018-03-07	7	5th	8 12 16 21 28
2018-02-19	16	3rd	13 22 28 29 34
2018-01-12	2	4th	21 22 24 28 37
2018-01-08	1	5th	4 7 11 27 28
2018-01-05	1	3rd	15 25 28 38 39
2018-01-03	1	4th	2 6 8 28 38
2018-01-01	6	5th	1 5 17 21 28
2017-12-18	5	5th	4 9 11 20 28
2017-12-04	9	4th	7 15 26 28 34
2017-11-13	3	4th	5 13 15 28 34
2017-11-06	1	3rd	9 18 28 31 33
2017-11-03	2	3rd	24 26 28 29 32
2017-10-30	1	3rd	12 25 28 29 35
2017-10-27	10	3rd	13 15 28 30 36
2017-10-04	21	4th	2 6 27 28 30
2017-08-16	2	4th	4 8 15 28 35
2017-08-11	3	5th	2 11 18 20 28
2017-08-04	5	3rd	2 15 28 38 39
2017-07-24	2	4th	6 17 27 28 29
2017-07-19	3	4th	15 21 27 28 30
2017-07-12	5	5th	5 9 20 21 28
2017-06-30	3	4th	2 8 13 28 34
2017-06-23	21	4th	9 14 17 28 32
2017-05-05	4	5th	1 5 8 22 28
2017-04-26	1	2nd	22 28 29 30 36
2017-04-24	3	5th	13 17 19 22 28
2017-04-17	9	2nd	21 28 29 31 33
2017-03-27	5	4th	16 18 24 28 32
2017-03-15	2	4th	12 15 22 28 31
2017-03-10	1	3rd	9 17 28 30 31
2017-03-08	46	3rd	1 6 28 31 37
2016-11-21	5	5th	4 5 12 23 28
2016-11-09	6	4th	4 10 15 28 34
2016-10-26	2	4th	11 17 23 28 32
2016-10-21	1	4th	4 15 21 28 37
2016-10-19	1	4th	13 22 27 28 37
2016-10-17	8	4th	1 12 13 28 36
2016-09-28	3	5th	4 12 25 27 28
2016-09-21	11	3rd	11 16 28 34 39
2016-08-26	14	5th	7 11 12 22 28
2016-07-25	1	3rd	5 22 28 33 35
2016-07-22	5	3rd	15 22 28 29 33
2016-07-11	11	5th	5 17 19 27 28
2016-06-15	4	3rd	5 10 28 34 38
2016-06-06	2	3rd	6 16 28 36 37
2016-06-01	1	2nd	26 28 30 38 39
2016-05-30	8	2nd	1 28 29 30 39
2016-05-11	4	2nd	25 28 31 32 33
2016-05-02	3	4th	1 8 15 28 33
2016-04-25	9	4th	2 20 22 28 39
2016-04-04	17	5th	6 8 12 21 28
2016-02-24	8	5th	3 16 22 25 28
2016-02-05	4	3rd	3 12 28 34 37
2016-01-27	3	4th	17 22 26 28 35
2016-01-20	7	2nd	9 28 29 33 39
2016-01-04	4	5th	2 11 12 23 28
2015-12-25	1	4th	1 2 8 28 31
2015-12-23	18	3rd	1 22 28 35 39
2015-11-11	13	3rd	7 25 28 33 36
2015-10-12	23	5th	5 12 13 18 28
2015-08-19	1	3rd	16 24 28 37 38
2015-08-17	20	5th	5 7 10 23 28
2015-07-01	1	4th	7 8 17 28 35
2015-06-29	1	5th	2 7 19 24 28
2015-06-26	6	5th	1 7 17 20 28
2015-06-12	12	3rd	11 26 28 30 32
2015-05-15	7	3rd	13 27 28 32 37
2015-04-29	3	4th	4 5 17 28 37
2015-04-22	23	4th	7 13 22 28 30
2015-02-27	5	4th	4 6 16 28 33
2015-02-16	5	2nd	5 28 35 36 38
2015-02-04	10	3rd	4 5 28 34 37
2015-01-12	7	3rd	10 18 28 36 37
2014-12-26	4	3rd	21 24 28 30 34
2014-12-17	13	2nd	14 28 31 34 39
2014-11-17	4	4th	1 20 25 28 34
2014-11-07	7	5th	4 10 12 22 28
2014-10-22	1	5th	2 8 14 20 28
2014-10-20	14	2nd	26 28 30 35 36
2014-09-17	15	3rd	16 24 28 30 34
2014-08-13	22	4th	5 15 23 28 35
2014-06-23	2	4th	7 23 25 28 29
2014-06-18	4	2nd	19 28 29 30 36
2014-06-09	9	2nd	15 28 29 35 39
2014-05-19	6	5th	3 16 18 21 28
2014-05-05	3	4th	17 25 27 28 37
2014-04-28	2	3rd	6 19 28 37 38
2014-04-23	6	3rd	17 21 28 33 34
2014-04-09	3	4th	2 17 23 28 35
2014-04-02	3	5th	5 7 12 21 28
2014-03-26	1	5th	7 10 13 21 28
2014-03-24	13	5th	2 12 13 16 28
2014-02-21	3	3rd	22 25 28 33 39
2014-02-14	1	2nd	27 28 30 36 37
2014-02-12	5	5th	3 5 20 26 28
2014-01-31	12	5th	9 12 13 26 28
2014-01-03	14	2nd	9 28 29 34 36
2013-12-02	—	3rd	1 26 28 29 33