Number 28

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2017 rules — 3,400 draws, 5 from 1–45.

396times drawn · chance expected 378 +0.99σ

36draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

69longest completed wait · 12% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 396 times in 3,400 draws against 377.8 expected, +0.99σ. Each draw is independent: after 36 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 396 times in 3,400 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 69 · waiting 36 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 smallest16 · chance 6.9
2nd smallest46 · chance 53.6
3rd smallest118 · chance 139.3
4th smallest170 · chance 145.1
5th smallest46 · chance 51.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 36.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 9 32 20 21 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, 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
2026-09-05	7	2nd	13 28 33 40 43
2026-08-29	2	4th	16 21 27 28 44
2026-08-27	9	1st	28 29 38 39 42
2026-08-18	5	3rd	5 24 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.

2026-03-13	1	4th	21 22 23 28 34
2026-03-12	18	2nd	22 28 30 32 43
2026-02-22	1	4th	1 10 20 28 33
2026-02-21	6	5th	2 3 14 26 28
2026-02-15	12	3rd	8 25 28 30 41
2026-02-03	4	4th	6 9 16 28 39
2026-01-30	1	3rd	1 7 28 35 41
2026-01-29	11	4th	1 9 10 28 32
2026-01-18	2	2nd	23 28 32 33 43
2026-01-16	12	2nd	5 28 33 39 42
2026-01-04	2	1st	28 29 30 35 41
2026-01-02	15	5th	5 9 14 23 28
2025-12-18	16	3rd	12 16 28 37 40
2025-12-02	19	4th	7 20 26 28 44
2025-11-13	2	4th	6 10 20 28 31
2025-11-11	5	4th	12 20 22 28 39
2025-11-06	3	1st	28 33 40 44 45
2025-11-03	10	3rd	2 14 28 32 34
2025-10-24	8	4th	6 15 18 28 36
2025-10-16	27	2nd	11 28 36 40 44
2025-09-19	5	5th	15 21 24 25 28
2025-09-14	14	4th	9 18 19 28 31
2025-08-31	19	1st	28 29 30 33 36
2025-08-12	23	3rd	18 25 28 32 36
2025-07-20	1	3rd	15 18 28 30 41
2025-07-19	3	3rd	16 21 28 35 37
2025-07-16	2	4th	2 23 27 28 41
2025-07-14	1	3rd	2 17 28 30 35
2025-07-13	69	3rd	14 26 28 40 45
2025-05-05	2	3rd	8 10 28 30 44
2025-05-03	2	3rd	9 18 28 35 36
2025-05-01	4	4th	3 20 24 28 43
2025-04-27	5	1st	28 32 33 37 45
2025-04-22	3	3rd	8 17 28 35 37
2025-04-19	9	3rd	2 24 28 30 31
2025-04-10	2	4th	6 9 23 28 30
2025-04-08	3	3rd	6 14 28 37 39
2025-04-05	5	5th	10 14 19 24 28
2025-03-31	4	4th	3 9 15 28 40
2025-03-27	8	3rd	8 9 28 31 45
2025-03-19	8	4th	8 9 16 28 31
2025-03-11	26	2nd	26 28 30 34 38
2025-02-13	5	4th	12 16 20 28 31
2025-02-08	8	3rd	2 17 28 29 34
2025-01-31	7	2nd	7 28 34 44 45
2025-01-24	6	4th	7 20 22 28 43
2025-01-18	14	3rd	8 25 28 29 34
2025-01-04	3	5th	6 16 21 26 28
2025-01-01	23	4th	1 5 25 28 31
2024-12-09	2	3rd	10 16 28 30 33
2024-12-07	13	3rd	14 18 28 34 38
2024-11-24	10	5th	2 15 22 26 28
2024-11-14	19	4th	3 6 24 28 37
2024-10-26	4	3rd	3 23 28 31 33
2024-10-22	7	4th	7 12 21 28 31
2024-10-15	16	4th	2 12 22 28 29
2024-09-29	8	4th	6 20 23 28 39
2024-09-21	2	3rd	3 20 28 30 40
2024-09-19	24	4th	9 18 24 28 32
2024-08-26	4	3rd	6 15 28 33 41
2024-08-22	2	4th	3 13 21 28 34
2024-08-20	3	3rd	10 16 28 34 45
2024-08-17	4	2nd	1 28 31 34 43
2024-08-13	9	3rd	15 23 28 40 43
2024-08-04	23	3rd	12 15 28 30 33
2024-07-12	4	4th	1 6 14 28 30
2024-07-08	1	4th	12 20 27 28 36
2024-07-07	1	4th	10 21 23 28 42
2024-07-06	14	3rd	4 19 28 38 43
2024-06-22	4	3rd	8 23 28 36 41
2024-06-18	17	3rd	12 13 28 34 44
2024-06-01	5	3rd	3 22 28 34 37
2024-05-27	9	4th	5 6 10 28 33
2024-05-18	1	4th	9 17 20 28 44
2024-05-17	12	5th	1 16 23 25 28
2024-05-05	19	4th	9 21 23 28 43
2024-04-16	1	2nd	9 28 36 43 44
2024-04-15	3	3rd	2 18 28 31 40
2024-04-12	1	4th	10 11 20 28 36
2024-04-11	1	4th	8 9 22 28 34
2024-04-10	18	3rd	7 24 28 32 42
2024-03-23	2	5th	1 7 12 23 28
2024-03-21	4	3rd	1 8 28 32 43
2024-03-17	1	4th	5 14 27 28 33
2024-03-16	17	4th	5 16 22 28 29
2024-02-28	3	4th	12 17 23 28 44
2024-02-25	7	5th	1 3 26 27 28
2024-02-18	1	4th	10 13 15 28 37
2024-02-17	12	2nd	22 28 33 38 44
2024-02-05	10	5th	14 21 23 27 28
2024-01-26	40	4th	7 24 25 28 36
2023-12-17	10	4th	4 7 11 28 32
2023-12-07	3	4th	7 11 18 28 30
2023-12-04	6	4th	4 12 22 28 31
2023-11-28	22	4th	8 11 20 28 29
2023-11-06	5	4th	8 14 26 28 43
2023-11-01	6	4th	12 19 21 28 35
2023-10-26	4	4th	7 23 24 28 36
2023-10-22	2	3rd	7 11 28 29 41
2023-10-20	1	5th	3 9 17 23 28
2023-10-19	7	4th	2 14 26 28 36
2023-10-12	5	3rd	16 23 28 31 36
2023-10-07	6	3rd	6 25 28 32 38
2023-10-01	2	2nd	11 28 35 38 39
2023-09-29	2	3rd	13 25 28 32 37
2023-09-27	10	3rd	3 10 28 32 42
2023-09-17	2	3rd	18 27 28 29 45
2023-09-15	16	4th	11 18 26 28 40
2023-08-30	8	4th	19 20 25 28 31
2023-08-22	13	3rd	5 24 28 32 39
2023-08-09	7	4th	4 5 14 28 40
2023-08-02	6	3rd	8 11 28 35 40
2023-07-27	6	4th	11 22 27 28 36
2023-07-21	3	5th	7 10 15 18 28
2023-07-18	15	4th	15 22 25 28 30
2023-07-03	7	4th	4 5 8 28 37
2023-06-26	7	5th	7 11 12 14 28
2023-06-19	2	4th	7 12 14 28 44
2023-06-17	2	4th	6 8 16 28 38
2023-06-15	2	2nd	9 28 29 30 41
2023-06-13	6	4th	11 15 26 28 45
2023-06-07	8	5th	1 9 21 27 28
2023-05-30	1	3rd	2 23 28 41 42
2023-05-29	3	3rd	8 20 28 30 37
2023-05-26	2	3rd	6 7 28 34 41
2023-05-24	2	3rd	13 18 28 32 40
2023-05-22	2	4th	9 20 21 28 36
2023-05-20	7	3rd	1 4 28 34 41
2023-05-13	49	3rd	12 27 28 29 37
2023-03-25	20	3rd	15 26 28 42 44
2023-03-05	11	5th	6 7 13 22 28
2023-02-22	15	4th	5 8 24 28 40
2023-02-07	4	5th	1 11 21 22 28
2023-02-03	15	4th	5 13 23 28 38
2023-01-19	20	4th	8 14 15 28 33
2022-12-30	2	4th	17 18 26 28 45
2022-12-28	38	4th	2 4 19 28 31
2022-11-20	9	2nd	4 28 37 40 42
2022-11-11	7	5th	12 15 19 21 28
2022-11-04	1	4th	5 9 25 28 41
2022-11-03	7	4th	13 20 25 28 32
2022-10-27	1	4th	6 17 25 28 38
2022-10-26	3	2nd	27 28 30 32 42
2022-10-23	15	4th	4 12 16 28 31
2022-10-08	29	5th	7 8 12 22 28
2022-09-09	8	2nd	26 28 32 33 41
2022-09-01	5	3rd	1 11 28 36 40
2022-08-27	2	4th	8 16 23 28 39
2022-08-25	4	3rd	16 20 28 32 40
2022-08-21	3	1st	28 29 30 34 42
2022-08-18	3	3rd	12 21 28 40 45
2022-08-15	2	3rd	4 18 28 37 45
2022-08-13	1	5th	1 7 11 13 28
2022-08-12	3	4th	6 10 16 28 45
2022-08-09	13	5th	9 10 12 22 28
2022-07-27	9	5th	6 14 18 21 28
2022-07-18	2	5th	2 11 12 23 28
2022-07-16	5	3rd	7 23 28 29 32
2022-07-11	31	4th	19 20 21 28 38
2022-06-10	3	3rd	3 18 28 29 31
2022-06-07	4	4th	1 12 23 28 41
2022-06-03	11	2nd	21 28 30 37 43
2022-05-23	11	2nd	23 28 35 42 43
2022-05-12	2	4th	11 12 25 28 35
2022-05-10	10	5th	14 15 22 24 28
2022-04-30	1	4th	4 7 27 28 32
2022-04-29	5	2nd	14 28 37 40 43
2022-04-24	1	4th	6 7 20 28 43
2022-04-23	20	4th	19 25 27 28 30
2022-04-03	2	4th	1 21 25 28 34
2022-04-01	4	4th	5 18 20 28 44
2022-03-28	2	2nd	4 28 32 38 45
2022-03-26	2	2nd	18 28 33 37 40
2022-03-24	15	4th	2 21 23 28 45
2022-03-09	10	3rd	23 27 28 31 32
2022-02-27	1	2nd	13 28 29 32 41
2022-02-26	10	5th	3 7 18 24 28
2022-02-16	20	4th	3 4 9 28 34
2022-01-27	18	4th	2 6 17 28 34
2022-01-09	7	5th	2 5 17 27 28
2022-01-02	4	5th	7 9 12 19 28
2021-12-29	7	2nd	23 28 32 37 41
2021-12-22	1	1st	28 34 35 39 42
2021-12-21	1	3rd	13 16 28 38 43
2021-12-20	17	4th	11 17 24 28 35
2021-12-03	4	4th	19 21 27 28 41
2021-11-29	22	4th	5 12 20 28 32
2021-11-07	12	5th	19 21 22 23 28
2021-10-26	16	4th	11 17 19 28 34
2021-10-10	1	4th	6 17 21 28 30
2021-10-09	5	4th	9 16 23 28 34
2021-10-04	4	2nd	18 28 29 43 45
2021-09-30	4	3rd	6 19 28 29 35
2021-09-26	25	3rd	15 21 28 29 42
2021-09-01	1	3rd	1 19 28 31 42
2021-08-31	16	5th	5 14 17 23 28
2021-08-15	16	3rd	3 19 28 37 41
2021-07-30	1	4th	6 15 16 28 39
2021-07-29	6	3rd	2 23 28 32 38
2021-07-23	44	4th	4 5 24 28 41
2021-06-09	5	5th	2 12 21 22 28
2021-06-04	5	2nd	2 28 31 38 41
2021-05-30	4	4th	8 18 25 28 29
2021-05-26	5	3rd	13 15 28 42 45
2021-05-21	13	2nd	12 28 31 40 45
2021-05-08	13	4th	2 7 19 28 40
2021-04-25	7	4th	8 14 20 28 31
2021-04-18	8	3rd	13 20 28 29 33
2021-04-10	2	3rd	7 20 28 32 45
2021-04-08	3	4th	12 16 19 28 34
2021-04-05	7	1st	28 38 39 42 45
2021-03-29	5	3rd	7 27 28 34 44
2021-03-24	4	4th	19 20 21 28 41
2021-03-20	14	5th	14 15 21 22 28
2021-03-06	4	4th	2 8 17 28 45
2021-03-02	5	4th	7 9 22 28 30
2021-02-25	16	3rd	15 17 28 31 45
2021-02-09	10	1st	28 33 36 43 44
2021-01-30	5	4th	10 18 25 28 30
2021-01-25	13	4th	3 12 16 28 32
2021-01-12	9	4th	6 17 19 28 40
2021-01-03	1	4th	11 18 23 28 37
2021-01-02	5	4th	8 9 10 28 30
2020-12-28	14	1st	28 31 33 37 44
2020-12-14	6	4th	9 11 21 28 32
2020-12-08	3	4th	19 21 24 28 30
2020-12-05	20	3rd	9 23 28 39 40
2020-11-15	10	3rd	24 25 28 32 39
2020-11-05	14	5th	6 9 19 26 28
2020-10-22	5	3rd	2 14 28 34 44
2020-10-17	7	3rd	10 12 28 32 40
2020-10-10	5	3rd	6 8 28 35 40
2020-10-05	1	4th	7 9 18 28 33
2020-10-04	1	4th	10 21 26 28 34
2020-10-03	20	4th	3 12 20 28 39
2020-09-13	19	2nd	17 28 38 39 43
2020-08-25	8	4th	1 26 27 28 30
2020-08-17	9	3rd	6 21 28 30 36
2020-08-08	3	3rd	1 17 28 35 37
2020-08-05	21	4th	13 22 26 28 29
2020-07-15	4	4th	5 10 27 28 41
2020-07-11	5	4th	6 18 21 28 44
2020-07-06	1	4th	5 6 22 28 41
2020-07-05	1	2nd	12 28 32 35 44
2020-07-04	7	4th	2 8 26 28 30
2020-06-27	1	3rd	4 27 28 35 41
2020-06-26	2	4th	9 15 26 28 33
2020-06-24	2	4th	10 25 26 28 32
2020-06-22	13	4th	3 5 20 28 34
2020-06-09	10	4th	9 16 19 28 37
2020-05-30	11	3rd	8 23 28 38 43
2020-05-19	16	3rd	5 23 28 35 37
2020-05-03	14	4th	4 14 16 28 40
2020-04-19	3	3rd	8 12 28 31 43
2020-04-16	14	3rd	4 20 28 30 40
2020-04-02	3	3rd	16 20 28 34 40
2020-03-30	5	3rd	18 22 28 29 45
2020-03-25	25	2nd	2 28 32 39 41
2020-02-29	40	2nd	14 28 33 34 44
2020-01-20	4	2nd	23 28 35 43 44
2020-01-16	32	5th	1 9 20 26 28
2019-12-15	34	5th	5 12 26 27 28
2019-11-11	17	1st	28 29 36 38 42
2019-10-25	10	4th	6 19 25 28 45
2019-10-15	12	4th	10 15 19 28 36
2019-10-03	4	4th	1 13 18 28 29
2019-09-29	40	5th	2 4 10 15 28
2019-08-20	1	2nd	27 28 29 35 40
2019-08-19	23	2nd	27 28 29 36 38
2019-07-27	4	2nd	23 28 33 34 39
2019-07-23	1	4th	9 11 25 28 29
2019-07-22	6	4th	4 10 15 28 35
2019-07-16	1	4th	11 19 23 28 35
2019-07-15	4	4th	5 16 17 28 31
2019-07-11	6	2nd	6 28 39 42 45
2019-07-05	9	1st	28 30 32 39 44
2019-06-26	5	4th	20 22 23 28 41
2019-06-21	13	4th	4 19 21 28 36
2019-06-08	3	4th	2 9 15 28 44
2019-06-05	16	4th	7 11 19 28 44
2019-05-20	2	5th	4 6 8 10 28
2019-05-18	4	3rd	2 19 28 29 30
2019-05-14	6	3rd	1 13 28 29 41
2019-05-08	9	1st	28 31 32 39 43
2019-04-29	3	2nd	24 28 38 40 45
2019-04-26	7	3rd	4 21 28 41 45
2019-04-19	22	3rd	11 21 28 30 42
2019-03-28	1	4th	8 17 20 28 34
2019-03-27	1	4th	8 16 18 28 33
2019-03-26	13	5th	3 4 9 16 28
2019-03-13	4	3rd	10 24 28 31 38
2019-03-09	6	4th	5 9 12 28 38
2019-03-03	5	4th	14 17 19 28 41
2019-02-26	1	3rd	8 12 28 33 34
2019-02-25	1	3rd	3 4 28 39 45
2019-02-24	10	2nd	22 28 31 33 35
2019-02-14	2	4th	10 24 26 28 45
2019-02-12	5	2nd	25 28 36 37 40
2019-02-07	6	4th	2 19 23 28 32
2019-02-01	3	4th	14 19 22 28 38
2019-01-29	1	4th	16 17 25 28 33
2019-01-28	7	4th	3 14 26 28 30
2019-01-21	19	4th	1 4 22 28 43
2019-01-02	7	3rd	8 14 28 31 32
2018-12-26	12	5th	4 10 11 25 28
2018-12-14	24	3rd	20 26 28 30 33
2018-11-20	5	4th	3 10 21 28 44
2018-11-15	19	3rd	12 23 28 35 39
2018-10-27	15	4th	7 10 16 28 36
2018-10-12	9	3rd	17 19 28 40 43
2018-10-03	9	4th	9 15 27 28 42
2018-09-24	8	4th	2 12 16 28 32
2018-09-16	6	2nd	27 28 36 42 45
2018-09-10	4	4th	1 20 22 28 33
2018-09-06	9	4th	3 6 17 28 30
2018-08-28	4	4th	14 15 18 28 30
2018-08-24	1	4th	14 15 22 28 37
2018-08-23	9	4th	9 14 21 28 41
2018-08-14	4	3rd	8 12 28 41 45
2018-08-10	2	2nd	7 28 31 40 42
2018-08-08	4	3rd	10 22 28 30 38
2018-08-04	5	3rd	7 11 28 30 41
2018-07-30	9	3rd	2 19 28 35 42
2018-07-21	1	3rd	9 20 28 30 42
2018-07-20	2	5th	4 8 13 24 28
2018-07-18	5	4th	8 9 17 28 37
2018-07-13	2	3rd	16 26 28 32 42
2018-07-11	4	3rd	8 26 28 29 35
2018-07-07	2	4th	1 9 22 28 36
2018-07-05	2	5th	1 20 24 27 28
2018-07-03	20	5th	13 17 23 24 28
2018-06-13	1	4th	1 9 14 28 42
2018-06-12	7	2nd	6 28 40 43 44
2018-06-05	12	3rd	7 21 28 36 41
2018-05-24	7	3rd	9 27 28 35 45
2018-05-17	15	4th	4 20 21 28 31
2018-05-02	3	3rd	14 23 28 29 34
2018-04-29	3	4th	7 11 14 28 32
2018-04-26	5	4th	2 21 27 28 43
2018-04-21	3	3rd	1 19 28 30 31
2018-04-18	14	3rd	1 17 28 30 32
2018-04-04	2	5th	17 18 21 23 28
2018-04-02	2	5th	1 11 21 26 28
2018-03-31	28	4th	15 22 23 28 34
2018-03-03	13	4th	17 19 27 28 41
2018-02-18	2	4th	2 11 20 28 38
2018-02-16	12	4th	3 5 23 28 34
2018-02-04	4	3rd	9 27 28 32 38
2018-01-31	2	4th	2 3 18 28 42
2018-01-29	2	4th	2 15 25 28 34
2018-01-27	20	4th	7 13 24 28 43
2018-01-07	8	4th	1 5 18 28 31
2017-12-30	1	2nd	11 28 30 39 43
2017-12-29	5	2nd	19 28 31 34 43
2017-12-24	21	4th	3 5 9 28 31
2017-12-03	1	3rd	3 15 28 29 39
2017-12-02	27	3rd	14 20 28 29 37
2017-11-05	29	3rd	5 20 28 37 39
2017-10-06	1	2nd	26 28 36 38 39
2017-10-05	4	4th	17 18 24 28 42
2017-09-30	15	4th	6 13 23 28 32
2017-09-15	13	3rd	19 20 28 35 36
2017-09-02	6	3rd	9 19 28 32 39
2017-08-27	1	4th	7 18 20 28 34
2017-08-26	2	4th	2 19 24 28 40
2017-08-24	7	2nd	16 28 34 36 38
2017-08-17	4	3rd	8 17 28 42 45
2017-08-13	5	4th	6 21 26 28 35
2017-08-08	3	3rd	5 27 28 33 38
2017-08-05	14	4th	22 23 26 28 37
2017-07-22	15	4th	13 15 23 28 35
2017-07-07	—	1st	28 32 33 34 40