Number 38

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,026 draws, 5 from 1–45.

229times drawn · chance expected 225 +0.27σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 89% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

45longest completed wait · 72% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 229 times in 2,026 draws against 225.1 expected, +0.27σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 229 times in 2,026 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 2 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 0.1
2nd smallest2 · chance 2.2
3rd smallest28 · chance 23.6
4th smallest82 · chance 91.8
5th smallest117 · chance 111.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 22 28 4 24 30

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-10	16	4th	8 31 36 38 40
2026-09-24	20	5th	11 14 31 33 38
2026-09-04	27	4th	4 15 22 38 43
2026-08-08	1	4th	1 13 23

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-21	9	4th	21 34 36 38 43
2026-02-12	41	3rd	11 31 38 43 44
2026-01-02	3	4th	4 19 24 38 43
2025-12-30	4	4th	3 21 25 38 43
2025-12-26	3	4th	7 19 35 38 45
2025-12-23	2	5th	2 3 21 31 38
2025-12-21	2	4th	10 23 33 38 44
2025-12-19	6	5th	10 12 29 34 38
2025-12-13	1	4th	1 20 27 38 40
2025-12-12	8	4th	14 24 37 38 41
2025-12-04	2	5th	12 22 24 33 38
2025-12-02	18	5th	9 14 15 26 38
2025-11-13	12	4th	3 6 24 38 39
2025-11-01	14	4th	4 7 12 38 44
2025-10-17	1	5th	5 8 12 18 38
2025-10-16	12	5th	12 26 35 36 38
2025-10-04	7	4th	4 7 10 38 39
2025-09-27	1	4th	1 12 36 38 43
2025-09-26	11	5th	4 12 21 37 38
2025-09-15	1	4th	4 15 29 38 44
2025-09-14	1	3rd	4 36 38 39 43
2025-09-13	4	4th	30 33 36 38 40
2025-09-09	2	5th	21 23 28 30 38
2025-09-07	4	4th	2 6 20 38 45
2025-09-03	7	4th	1 4 37 38 41
2025-08-27	45	5th	6 11 14 20 38
2025-07-13	10	4th	3 24 33 38 43
2025-07-03	15	4th	11 19 36 38 42
2025-06-18	15	4th	3 9 37 38 41
2025-06-03	17	5th	8 9 15 19 38
2025-05-17	4	5th	9 17 30 34 38
2025-05-13	2	5th	13 19 30 36 38
2025-05-11	1	5th	1 3 18 19 38
2025-05-10	10	5th	4 11 14 28 38
2025-04-30	4	4th	8 18 33 38 40
2025-04-26	7	5th	10 11 24 31 38
2025-04-19	3	5th	5 28 32 33 38
2025-04-16	5	4th	10 17 23 38 45
2025-04-11	17	3rd	30 36 38 40 42
2025-03-25	18	5th	20 22 26 36 38
2025-03-07	1	5th	4 5 19 31 38
2025-03-06	1	5th	5 11 12 28 38
2025-03-05	8	5th	16 23 25 32 38
2025-02-25	9	4th	13 14 17 38 44
2025-02-16	4	5th	8 24 28 30 38
2025-02-12	16	5th	19 28 30 31 38
2025-01-27	3	4th	14 16 25 38 44
2025-01-24	23	4th	16 19 30 38 42
2025-01-01	26	5th	1 4 7 23 38
2024-12-06	12	4th	7 22 36 38 44
2024-11-24	3	5th	5 12 23 31 38
2024-11-21	3	5th	11 15 26 28 38
2024-11-18	16	5th	5 12 23 36 38
2024-11-02	14	5th	7 14 22 30 38
2024-10-19	3	5th	22 23 35 36 38
2024-10-16	1	5th	19 26 27 31 38
2024-10-15	2	4th	18 19 28 38 40
2024-10-13	5	4th	3 8 24 38 43
2024-10-08	6	3rd	15 22 38 40 45
2024-10-02	7	4th	7 29 32 38 45
2024-09-25	5	3rd	21 32 38 40 41
2024-09-20	1	5th	4 7 8 36 38
2024-09-19	24	4th	13 16 19 38 39
2024-08-26	11	5th	14 20 28 30 38
2024-08-15	2	4th	25 28 34 38 44
2024-08-13	23	5th	1 2 3 22 38
2024-07-21	4	4th	15 23 27 38 45
2024-07-17	1	5th	5 15 19 28 38
2024-07-16	3	5th	5 8 32 35 38
2024-07-13	9	5th	11 15 18 25 38
2024-07-04	3	4th	23 28 30 38 42
2024-07-01	3	3rd	13 37 38 43 45
2024-06-28	4	4th	16 18 21 38 44
2024-06-24	1	5th	1 2 25 28 38
2024-06-23	11	5th	3 6 20 26 38
2024-06-12	1	5th	10 12 22 26 38
2024-06-11	42	5th	12 18 31 33 38
2024-04-30	37	5th	1 2 16 32 38
2024-03-24	4	4th	24 34 36 38 40
2024-03-20	4	5th	1 10 15 24 38
2024-03-16	3	5th	6 8 25 27 38
2024-03-13	8	5th	10 11 17 23 38
2024-03-05	3	5th	15 24 28 32 38
2024-03-02	6	4th	18 19 22 38 44
2024-02-25	22	5th	10 13 16 34 38
2024-02-03	14	4th	13 15 22 38 42
2024-01-20	1	3rd	19 35 38 41 44
2024-01-19	2	4th	4 12 18 38 39
2024-01-17	3	5th	10 22 30 33 38
2024-01-14	4	5th	7 19 20 24 38
2024-01-10	7	5th	24 28 29 30 38
2024-01-03	13	5th	4 5 9 12 38
2023-12-21	13	5th	18 27 28 35 38
2023-12-08	1	5th	4 13 22 24 38
2023-12-07	4	5th	22 24 25 35 38
2023-12-03	5	4th	2 13 22 38 39
2023-11-28	1	5th	6 15 22 33 38
2023-11-27	3	3rd	5 17 38 39 44
2023-11-24	1	5th	15 17 18 34 38
2023-11-23	17	4th	7 31 34 38 41
2023-11-06	13	3rd	8 34 38 39 43
2023-10-24	5	5th	3 5 26 27 38
2023-10-19	27	3rd	11 28 38 43 45
2023-09-22	25	3rd	9 36 38 40 45
2023-08-28	3	5th	12 15 31 35 38
2023-08-25	4	3rd	21 26 38 41 44
2023-08-21	6	3rd	11 26 38 44 45
2023-08-15	4	4th	7 25 37 38 45
2023-08-11	13	4th	11 18 25 38 42
2023-07-29	6	4th	4 8 19 38 44
2023-07-23	7	4th	15 20 34 38 44
2023-07-16	6	4th	20 22 36 38 43
2023-07-10	1	3rd	7 20 38 42 44
2023-07-09	15	3rd	7 29 38 40 44
2023-06-24	11	3rd	1 23 38 41 44
2023-06-13	12	5th	5 8 14 18 38
2023-06-01	4	4th	20 25 35 38 39
2023-05-28	8	5th	4 30 35 37 38
2023-05-20	13	5th	10 18 28 31 38
2023-05-07	9	3rd	15 18 38 39 40
2023-04-28	3	3rd	18 24 38 40 45
2023-04-25	8	4th	23 31 36 38 42
2023-04-17	4	5th	8 13 23 36 38
2023-04-13	6	3rd	26 27 38 40 41
2023-04-07	16	5th	5 17 20 22 38
2023-03-22	20	5th	4 23 30 34 38
2023-03-02	4	3rd	27 35 38 41 44
2023-02-26	2	5th	11 28 29 36 38
2023-02-24	3	5th	7 34 35 36 38
2023-02-21	1	4th	16 32 35 38 44
2023-02-20	32	4th	15 24 25 38 42
2023-01-19	8	5th	2 13 16 30 38
2023-01-11	5	5th	8 23 24 30 38
2023-01-06	1	4th	7 12 34 38 45
2023-01-05	31	2nd	11 38 41 42 43
2022-12-05	2	5th	5 6 10 32 38
2022-12-03	2	5th	21 24 29 33 38
2022-12-01	6	5th	7 13 20 33 38
2022-11-25	5	4th	15 34 36 38 42
2022-11-20	10	5th	2 13 32 37 38
2022-11-10	4	4th	10 22 37 38 39
2022-11-06	3	4th	6 15 24 38 43
2022-11-03	8	5th	15 17 34 36 38
2022-10-12	4	4th	2 14 28 38 40
2022-09-14	10	5th	17 24 27 36 38
2022-08-10	5	4th	19 25 37 38 41
2022-07-23	4	5th	10 15 22 30 38
2022-07-09	2	3rd	18 19 38 43 45
2022-07-02	5	5th	15 26 27 36 38
2022-06-15	12	4th	14 27 36 38 39
2022-05-04	28	5th	4 7 18 28 38
2022-01-26	14	5th	10 17 20 31 38
2021-12-08	2	5th	2 7 20 28 38
2021-12-01	37	5th	8 21 30 32 38
2021-07-24	13	5th	7 20 21 35 38
2021-06-09	5	4th	12 27 31 38 39
2021-05-22	3	4th	19 24 29 38 43
2021-05-12	5	5th	1 3 8 11 38
2021-04-24	4	5th	10 23 27 30 38
2021-04-10	5	5th	1 6 14 36 38
2021-03-24	19	5th	15 22 25 35 38
2021-01-16	3	4th	9 21 37 38 43
2021-01-06	2	3rd	8 13 38 41 45
2020-12-30	6	5th	8 9 13 23 38
2020-12-09	16	4th	7 11 31 38 44
2020-10-14	30	3rd	4 36 38 40 45
2020-07-01	6	5th	10 14 25 35 38
2020-06-10	1	4th	1 17 29 38 42
2020-06-06	28	4th	18 22 36 38 43
2020-02-29	9	5th	6 26 29 33 38
2020-01-29	19	4th	1 10 22 38 44
2019-11-23	11	4th	11 14 28 38 44
2019-10-16	6	5th	3 4 13 26 38
2019-09-25	3	5th	12 25 34 36 38
2019-09-14	14	5th	22 28 30 31 38
2019-07-27	12	4th	18 21 30 38 45
2019-06-15	2	4th	9 10 12 38 40
2019-06-08	1	4th	11 14 24 38 43
2019-06-05	12	4th	12 19 23 38 42
2019-04-24	12	4th	4 23 35 38 45
2019-03-13	1	4th	4 8 25 38 39
2019-03-09	1	5th	10 22 28 33 38
2019-03-06	8	5th	17 20 22 32 38
2019-02-06	3	4th	13 23 29 38 45
2019-01-26	1	5th	17 22 25 37 38
2019-01-23	6	5th	11 14 22 33 38
2019-01-02	3	4th	17 25 29 38 45
2018-12-22	8	5th	4 8 16 30 38
2018-11-24	20	5th	11 13 31 36 38
2018-09-15	27	3rd	2 15 38 42 45
2018-06-13	8	4th	2 12 20 38 39
2018-05-16	13	4th	8 16 26 38 39
2018-03-31	11	5th	2 28 32 34 38
2018-02-21	5	3rd	14 22 38 40 45
2018-02-03	5	5th	5 11 12 34 38
2018-01-17	9	4th	16 26 35 38 42
2017-12-16	17	5th	6 17 22 29 38
2017-10-18	16	5th	1 21 27 30 38
2017-08-23	1	5th	12 28 30 36 38
2017-08-19	11	5th	8 26 30 35 38
2017-07-12	6	5th	6 7 21 25 38
2017-06-21	6	5th	2 4 10 21 38
2017-05-31	3	4th	5 21 27 38 40
2017-05-20	13	5th	1 9 23 28 38
2017-04-05	—	2nd	5 38 39 42 45