Number 28

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,025 draws, 5 from 1–45.

211times drawn · chance expected 225 −0.99σ

33draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

51longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 211 times in 2,025 draws against 225.0 expected, −0.99σ. Each draw is independent: after 33 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 211 times in 2,025 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 33 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 smallest1 · chance 3.7
2nd smallest32 · chance 28.5
3rd smallest80 · chance 74.2
4th smallest70 · chance 77.3
5th smallest28 · chance 27.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 24 23 12 32 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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	6	5th	12 17 19 23 28
2026-09-02	4	4th	3 18 27 28 37
2026-08-29	4	4th	3 17 21 28 41
2026-08-25	9	2nd	21 28 29

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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