Number 38

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

356times drawn · chance expected 378 −1.19σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

60longest completed wait · 29% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 356 times in 3,400 draws against 377.8 expected, −1.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 356 times in 3,400 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 60 · waiting 1 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 smallest3 · chance 3.4
3rd smallest33 · chance 36.7
4th smallest136 · chance 142.6
5th smallest184 · chance 173.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 32.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 34 36 5 17 31

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	9	5th	5 17 19 36 38
2026-10-01	8	3rd	1 31 38 43 45
2026-09-23	9	5th	1 5 22 29 38
2026-09-14	6	3rd	4 9 38 42

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.

2025-11-28	13	5th	9 12 22 36 38
2025-11-15	23	4th	15 25 31 38 42
2025-10-23	2	4th	6 19 31 38 40
2025-10-21	18	5th	10 11 15 32 38
2025-10-03	16	5th	15 17 21 24 38
2025-09-17	10	4th	3 9 31 38 42
2025-09-07	10	4th	12 14 31 38 44
2025-08-28	29	5th	15 16 33 34 38
2025-07-30	1	5th	7 13 14 21 38
2025-07-29	14	5th	2 6 12 15 38
2025-07-15	15	5th	7 15 27 34 38
2025-06-30	10	5th	8 14 24 36 38
2025-06-20	2	4th	10 30 35 38 45
2025-06-18	9	4th	5 6 15 38 40
2025-06-09	1	4th	1 13 23 38 45
2025-06-08	2	5th	11 20 27 29 38
2025-06-06	5	5th	5 7 29 35 38
2025-06-01	42	4th	17 20 30 38 43
2025-04-20	4	5th	4 11 14 19 38
2025-04-16	15	5th	6 27 34 36 38
2025-04-01	10	5th	1 12 13 36 38
2025-03-22	7	5th	1 3 22 27 38
2025-03-15	4	4th	10 21 34 38 42
2025-03-11	11	5th	26 28 30 34 38
2025-02-28	1	4th	7 29 34 38 43
2025-02-27	8	4th	13 19 34 38 44
2025-02-19	5	5th	11 14 31 36 38
2025-02-14	15	4th	4 5 21 38 41
2025-01-30	10	4th	1 9 27 38 45
2025-01-20	44	5th	4 18 29 34 38
2024-12-07	21	5th	14 18 28 34 38
2024-11-16	6	5th	15 21 30 31 38
2024-11-10	3	5th	2 3 6 9 38
2024-11-07	15	5th	13 17 21 37 38
2024-10-23	4	5th	9 12 32 33 38
2024-10-19	13	4th	3 23 31 38 44
2024-10-06	3	4th	23 30 33 38 44
2024-10-03	22	5th	5 13 20 24 38
2024-09-11	8	5th	17 32 33 35 38
2024-09-03	10	5th	4 13 30 33 38
2024-08-24	49	4th	20 22 34 38 42
2024-07-06	25	4th	4 19 28 38 43
2024-06-11	18	5th	9 15 23 24 38
2024-05-24	20	4th	2 4 13 38 39
2024-05-04	38	4th	1 8 27 38 41
2024-03-27	39	4th	9 17 19 38 42
2024-02-17	10	4th	22 28 33 38 44
2024-02-07	6	3rd	26 36 38 40 41
2024-02-01	9	4th	13 19 23 38 40
2024-01-23	1	4th	8 15 19 38 44
2024-01-22	5	5th	1 15 16 30 38
2024-01-17	1	3rd	5 24 38 40 42
2024-01-16	4	5th	14 29 32 33 38
2024-01-12	2	4th	1 19 25 38 44
2024-01-10	13	5th	1 14 17 26 38
2023-12-28	20	4th	7 15 30 38 44
2023-12-08	2	4th	4 10 14 38 43
2023-12-06	4	5th	8 26 31 35 38
2023-12-02	2	4th	21 27 33 38 40
2023-11-30	3	3rd	3 21 38 42 45
2023-11-27	8	5th	15 26 27 35 38
2023-11-19	7	5th	4 8 12 21 38
2023-11-12	27	5th	5 9 26 36 38
2023-10-16	8	5th	2 9 13 23 38
2023-10-08	1	5th	14 17 29 32 38
2023-10-07	6	5th	6 25 28 32 38
2023-10-01	10	4th	11 28 35 38 39
2023-09-21	13	3rd	16 19 38 40 43
2023-09-08	20	3rd	3 36 38 43 44
2023-08-19	5	4th	19 20 22 38 45
2023-08-14	4	4th	10 11 15 38 45
2023-08-10	2	4th	21 33 35 38 40
2023-08-08	5	4th	2 9 26 38 39
2023-08-03	3	4th	8 13 35 38 44
2023-07-31	20	4th	14 19 22 38 39
2023-07-11	5	5th	12 22 32 35 38
2023-07-06	8	5th	2 8 19 22 38
2023-06-28	3	5th	3 10 21 29 38
2023-06-25	8	5th	5 11 17 18 38
2023-06-17	7	5th	6 8 16 28 38
2023-06-10	9	5th	3 13 21 23 38
2023-06-01	1	5th	10 18 19 20 38
2023-05-31	15	5th	15 20 26 31 38
2023-05-16	7	3rd	19 31 38 40 45
2023-05-09	5	4th	11 30 37 38 42
2023-05-04	3	5th	5 16 26 37 38
2023-05-01	1	4th	12 14 25 38 39
2023-04-30	50	5th	22 23 32 33 38
2023-03-11	12	3rd	8 22 38 40 45
2023-02-27	10	5th	5 21 22 23 38
2023-02-17	12	3rd	31 37 38 42 43
2023-02-05	2	4th	4 16 25 38 43
2023-02-03	14	5th	5 13 23 28 38
2023-01-20	5	5th	6 30 31 37 38
2023-01-15	10	4th	16 30 34 38 41
2023-01-05	3	4th	1 33 34 38 40
2023-01-02	4	4th	12 17 37 38 42
2022-12-29	13	4th	3 19 24 38 45
2022-12-16	7	4th	2 6 13 38 44
2022-12-09	13	3rd	16 36 38 44 45
2022-11-26	3	5th	9 19 35 36 38
2022-11-23	16	4th	3 10 11 38 45
2022-11-07	2	4th	8 13 35 38 45
2022-11-05	9	5th	8 11 24 36 38
2022-10-27	16	5th	6 17 25 28 38
2022-10-11	17	5th	14 24 26 32 38
2022-09-24	9	5th	7 8 32 34 38
2022-09-15	4	4th	5 30 33 38 40
2022-09-11	19	5th	6 8 11 18 38
2022-08-23	15	3rd	27 36 38 39 43
2022-08-08	10	4th	8 11 17 38 41
2022-07-29	8	5th	9 11 22 37 38
2022-07-21	10	5th	1 5 8 36 38
2022-07-11	8	5th	19 20 21 28 38
2022-07-03	3	4th	10 16 27 38 43
2022-06-30	6	5th	14 19 23 36 38
2022-06-24	2	4th	25 29 32 38 45
2022-06-22	2	4th	4 14 17 38 43
2022-06-20	1	5th	12 15 16 37 38
2022-06-19	5	4th	7 15 27 38 45
2022-06-14	9	4th	3 6 14 38 44
2022-06-05	52	3rd	3 25 38 41 44
2022-04-14	5	5th	8 24 31 34 38
2022-04-09	12	4th	13 31 37 38 39
2022-03-28	6	4th	4 28 32 38 45
2022-03-22	5	5th	1 3 11 18 38
2022-03-17	1	5th	7 23 32 34 38
2022-03-16	25	3rd	10 33 38 43 44
2022-02-19	1	5th	8 9 14 20 38
2022-02-18	7	5th	4 8 18 29 38
2022-02-11	3	5th	10 11 20 24 38
2022-02-08	6	4th	18 30 35 38 43
2022-02-02	27	4th	21 22 31 38 41
2022-01-06	11	5th	3 6 13 19 38
2021-12-26	5	5th	2 4 25 31 38
2021-12-21	7	4th	13 16 28 38 43
2021-12-14	12	5th	20 24 26 37 38
2021-12-02	1	4th	2 35 37 38 44
2021-12-01	3	5th	5 7 17 33 38
2021-11-28	4	4th	1 11 26 38 45
2021-11-24	5	5th	7 17 22 27 38
2021-11-19	3	4th	7 11 34 38 45
2021-11-16	17	5th	11 20 24 35 38
2021-10-30	2	5th	15 29 31 32 38
2021-10-28	1	4th	10 15 23 38 42
2021-10-27	5	5th	13 16 21 29 38
2021-10-22	4	4th	18 20 26 38 39
2021-10-18	11	5th	12 17 26 34 38
2021-10-07	5	5th	10 17 20 35 38
2021-10-02	10	5th	2 18 31 35 38
2021-09-22	2	4th	10 23 26 38 41
2021-09-20	10	4th	19 21 27 38 42
2021-09-10	13	4th	4 17 31 38 40
2021-08-28	4	5th	18 23 32 36 38
2021-08-24	4	5th	5 9 14 32 38
2021-08-20	22	4th	7 13 30 38 44
2021-07-29	13	5th	2 23 28 32 38
2021-07-16	5	5th	5 13 30 31 38
2021-07-11	9	5th	1 17 21 23 38
2021-07-02	1	3rd	1 33 38 39 42
2021-07-01	9	4th	2 21 35 38 44
2021-06-22	11	5th	1 19 27 29 38
2021-06-11	7	4th	8 9 10 38 43
2021-06-04	16	4th	2 28 31 38 41
2021-05-19	4	5th	1 12 17 19 38
2021-05-15	9	5th	1 7 26 31 38
2021-05-06	4	5th	3 9 10 13 38
2021-05-02	9	5th	7 10 11 31 38
2021-04-23	7	5th	5 16 17 27 38
2021-04-16	1	4th	12 17 33 38 44
2021-04-15	6	5th	13 17 22 26 38
2021-04-09	4	5th	2 13 27 29 38
2021-04-05	20	2nd	28 38 39 42 45
2021-03-16	5	5th	17 20 26 30 38
2021-03-11	4	4th	1 13 20 38 39
2021-03-07	12	4th	4 14 33 38 42
2021-02-23	10	4th	3 20 23 38 44
2021-02-13	1	5th	6 20 21 29 38
2021-02-12	5	4th	5 12 34 38 41
2021-02-07	15	4th	16 32 36 38 41
2021-01-23	34	5th	1 13 27 37 38
2020-12-20	3	5th	3 5 10 34 38
2020-12-17	2	5th	13 15 19 30 38
2020-12-15	11	5th	1 26 35 37 38
2020-12-04	9	4th	12 29 30 38 43
2020-11-25	15	5th	5 11 26 33 38
2020-11-10	1	3rd	4 33 38 41 43
2020-11-09	19	4th	1 4 23 38 39
2020-10-21	5	5th	10 27 30 33 38
2020-10-16	22	4th	5 13 33 38 39
2020-09-24	2	4th	7 22 35 38 45
2020-09-22	2	3rd	9 18 38 40 42
2020-09-20	5	4th	13 34 36 38 44
2020-09-15	2	5th	9 12 21 31 38
2020-09-13	5	3rd	17 28 38 39 43
2020-09-08	2	5th	14 24 31 34 38
2020-09-06	1	3rd	8 22 38 39 43
2020-09-05	2	5th	12 19 20 27 38
2020-09-03	3	5th	22 23 29 37 38
2020-08-31	18	5th	6 19 27 35 38
2020-08-13	4	5th	8 9 26 34 38
2020-08-09	8	5th	1 13 27 30 38
2020-08-01	13	5th	5 16 17 27 38
2020-07-19	2	3rd	5 37 38 40 45
2020-07-17	9	4th	9 16 23 38 43
2020-07-08	6	4th	11 21 30 38 44
2020-07-02	7	5th	4 16 32 37 38
2020-06-25	7	5th	7 12 15 26 38
2020-06-18	10	5th	5 8 14 20 38
2020-06-08	2	5th	5 9 24 32 38
2020-06-06	1	4th	14 22 30 38 39
2020-06-05	1	4th	2 17 30 38 45
2020-06-04	3	5th	12 19 25 31 38
2020-06-01	2	5th	8 14 23 32 38
2020-05-30	13	4th	8 23 28 38 43
2020-05-17	10	5th	20 26 31 36 38
2020-05-07	3	4th	8 25 26 38 40
2020-05-04	11	4th	20 21 35 38 40
2020-04-23	8	5th	6 17 27 36 38
2020-04-15	3	3rd	4 17 38 40 42
2020-04-12	1	5th	13 17 25 31 38
2020-04-11	3	3rd	9 32 38 40 44
2020-04-08	1	4th	2 16 24 38 42
2020-04-07	25	4th	10 21 24 38 41
2020-03-13	6	5th	12 31 35 36 38
2020-03-07	6	4th	5 17 22 38 41
2020-03-01	13	5th	6 11 17 36 38
2020-02-17	27	5th	18 21 30 34 38
2020-01-21	7	5th	4 25 30 36 38
2020-01-14	5	4th	7 11 22 38 40
2020-01-09	15	5th	14 18 33 34 38
2019-12-25	1	5th	5 15 19 29 38
2019-12-24	10	4th	4 27 36 38 39
2019-12-14	6	4th	1 3 34 38 44
2019-12-08	7	5th	1 8 18 24 38
2019-12-01	2	5th	8 12 35 36 38
2019-11-29	7	5th	3 5 22 33 38
2019-11-22	10	5th	10 18 24 26 38
2019-11-12	1	4th	7 33 37 38 42
2019-11-11	10	4th	28 29 36 38 42
2019-11-01	10	4th	18 35 37 38 41
2019-10-22	12	4th	1 18 34 38 43
2019-10-10	2	4th	2 6 25 38 41
2019-10-08	3	5th	7 17 20 23 38
2019-10-05	4	3rd	7 29 38 39 42
2019-10-01	5	4th	2 4 23 38 40
2019-09-26	1	5th	14 27 29 35 38
2019-09-25	8	4th	2 16 34 38 41
2019-09-17	1	4th	1 7 36 38 43
2019-09-16	5	4th	13 19 35 38 41
2019-09-11	23	4th	19 30 36 38 42
2019-08-19	13	5th	27 28 29 36 38
2019-08-06	18	5th	4 14 24 33 38
2019-07-19	2	5th	3 6 16 26 38
2019-07-17	14	5th	4 12 34 36 38
2019-07-03	2	4th	16 31 34 38 43
2019-07-01	29	4th	13 26 32 38 39
2019-06-02	7	4th	7 11 36 38 42
2019-05-26	27	5th	2 6 27 31 38
2019-04-29	13	3rd	24 28 38 40 45
2019-04-16	1	3rd	15 32 38 40 45
2019-04-15	16	5th	12 23 29 35 38
2019-03-30	9	3rd	8 13 38 42 45
2019-03-21	8	5th	14 15 19 34 38
2019-03-13	4	5th	10 24 28 31 38
2019-03-09	31	5th	5 9 12 28 38
2019-02-06	5	4th	6 13 15 38 41
2019-02-01	7	5th	14 19 22 28 38
2019-01-25	6	5th	4 13 19 29 38
2019-01-19	5	3rd	13 30 38 39 45
2019-01-14	10	4th	5 34 37 38 39
2019-01-04	10	5th	23 26 31 36 38
2018-12-25	33	5th	14 21 35 37 38
2018-11-22	11	4th	4 8 20 38 45
2018-11-11	5	4th	1 2 7 38 43
2018-11-06	5	5th	24 29 31 36 38
2018-11-01	4	5th	1 7 17 36 38
2018-10-28	7	5th	7 11 13 24 38
2018-10-21	1	4th	8 9 17 38 40
2018-10-20	11	4th	1 22 37 38 39
2018-10-09	1	5th	5 14 27 37 38
2018-10-08	3	4th	9 22 37 38 45
2018-10-05	5	5th	1 15 20 29 38
2018-09-30	18	4th	14 18 25 38 41
2018-09-12	22	4th	5 9 25 38 41
2018-08-21	2	5th	15 17 21 32 38
2018-08-19	11	4th	31 32 34 38 44
2018-08-08	7	5th	10 22 28 30 38
2018-08-01	10	5th	1 32 34 36 38
2018-07-22	8	4th	5 15 34 38 41
2018-07-14	12	5th	26 27 29 31 38
2018-07-02	2	3rd	9 10 38 42 44
2018-06-30	31	5th	8 13 36 37 38
2018-05-30	8	5th	8 23 29 33 38
2018-05-22	10	4th	4 16 18 38 39
2018-05-12	3	3rd	18 34 38 40 44
2018-05-09	11	3rd	20 25 38 41 44
2018-04-28	19	4th	31 32 37 38 39
2018-04-09	2	5th	3 8 13 21 38
2018-04-07	16	5th	3 7 12 33 38
2018-03-22	28	4th	2 5 30 38 44
2018-02-22	4	5th	10 15 26 35 38
2018-02-18	9	5th	2 11 20 28 38
2018-02-09	5	4th	4 9 23 38 43
2018-02-04	5	5th	9 27 28 32 38
2018-01-30	8	4th	12 23 32 38 43
2018-01-22	27	4th	18 24 37 38 39
2017-12-26	5	4th	1 5 17 38 44
2017-12-21	4	5th	2 18 23 27 38
2017-12-17	7	2nd	12 38 43 44 45
2017-12-10	1	5th	6 15 17 20 38
2017-12-09	10	5th	4 15 20 27 38
2017-11-29	15	5th	18 19 26 36 38
2017-11-14	4	5th	3 16 35 37 38
2017-11-10	7	5th	8 15 17 32 38
2017-11-03	12	5th	2 3 9 19 38
2017-10-21	6	5th	18 24 30 35 38
2017-10-15	9	5th	9 10 15 34 38
2017-10-06	9	4th	26 28 36 38 39
2017-09-26	10	4th	21 34 37 38 43
2017-09-16	2	4th	3 20 34 38 44
2017-09-14	3	5th	2 3 9 31 38
2017-09-11	1	4th	12 14 27 38 44
2017-09-10	10	4th	1 14 37 38 39
2017-08-31	7	4th	5 6 31 38 43
2017-08-24	4	5th	16 28 34 36 38
2017-08-20	12	5th	14 16 18 36 38
2017-08-08	9	5th	5 27 28 33 38
2017-07-30	4	5th	8 10 12 29 38
2017-07-26	18	5th	5 6 13 34 38
2017-07-08	4	4th	12 24 26 38 40
2017-07-04	—	5th	3 8 19 26 38