Number 28

In Hoosier Lotto under the 6/48 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–48.

215times drawn · chance expected 219 −0.28σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 39% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

46longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 215 times in 1,751 draws against 218.9 expected, −0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 215 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 8 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 smallest2 · chance 2.2
2nd smallest21 · chance 18.3
3rd smallest51 · chance 56.1
4th smallest73 · chance 77.9
5th smallest55 · chance 49.2
6th smallest13 · chance 11.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 39 13 7 16 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-09-12	4	4th	1 18 27 28 34 43
2026-08-29	5	2nd	5 28 32 39 43 46
2026-08-12	27	2nd	11 28 34 35 36 42
2026-05-09

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-06-01	6	6th	2 7 8 11 14 28
2024-05-11	3	3rd	9 15 28 30 37 43
2024-05-01	1	4th	19 22 24 28 39 44
2024-04-27	14	4th	1 12 19 28 38 43
2024-03-09	6	3rd	6 18 28 31 43 46
2024-02-17	19	4th	3 7 17 28 29 31
2023-12-13	8	6th	5 7 10 11 18 28
2023-11-15	17	5th	7 18 22 23 28 38
2023-09-16	1	3rd	5 24 28 34 39 43
2023-09-13	5	4th	11 26 27 28 29 35
2023-08-26	1	4th	8 11 22 28 36 39
2023-08-23	3	4th	10 15 26 28 35 46
2023-08-12	2	4th	2 5 8 28 29 45
2023-08-05	1	4th	7 19 24 28 32 36
2023-08-02	4	5th	2 4 8 20 28 38
2023-07-19	4	5th	4 18 20 21 28 29
2023-07-05	7	5th	3 4 7 26 28 33
2023-06-10	13	4th	4 7 10 28 39 46
2023-04-26	5	4th	13 18 21 28 31 32
2023-04-08	13	3rd	6 21 28 31 43 45
2023-02-22	6	3rd	5 25 28 30 37 41
2023-02-01	7	3rd	19 20 28 29 38 40
2023-01-07	5	4th	10 25 26 28 34 35
2022-12-21	19	3rd	5 17 28 29 34 38
2022-10-15	2	4th	17 18 23 28 32 34
2022-10-08	1	6th	4 8 13 14 22 28
2022-10-05	7	4th	1 3 25 28 33 43
2022-09-10	5	3rd	13 15 28 30 39 45
2022-08-24	6	5th	6 7 16 18 28 32
2022-08-03	6	4th	3 5 25 28 30 40
2022-07-13	3	3rd	12 18 28 29 36 38
2022-07-02	10	3rd	5 8 28 38 43 44
2022-05-28	2	3rd	3 16 28 40 41 42
2022-05-21	3	4th	8 9 24 28 40 43
2022-05-11	3	3rd	3 17 28 40 45 46
2022-04-30	17	5th	14 16 18 20 28 40
2022-03-02	2	6th	5 11 13 18 22 28
2022-02-23	5	5th	13 21 25 26 28 29
2022-02-05	2	4th	14 22 27 28 34 46
2022-01-29	3	2nd	22 28 32 35 37 46
2022-01-19	3	3rd	6 11 28 31 39 40
2022-01-08	19	5th	13 15 18 26 28 32
2021-11-03	1	5th	12 13 16 17 28 29
2021-10-30	4	3rd	1 23 28 29 31 42
2021-10-16	4	5th	4 13 16 23 28 35
2021-10-02	3	2nd	12 28 32 33 39 45
2021-09-22	16	5th	5 13 19 23 28 30
2021-07-28	5	3rd	5 11 28 31 38 40
2021-07-10	5	3rd	5 22 28 29 38 42
2021-06-23	5	5th	9 10 25 27 28 43
2021-06-05	1	5th	2 9 14 18 28 45
2021-06-02	11	3rd	4 22 28 29 42 46
2021-04-24	5	3rd	2 12 28 35 38 40
2021-04-07	14	4th	7 16 17 28 35 44
2021-02-17	11	3rd	9 16 28 29 32 42
2021-01-09	6	3rd	9 18 28 29 41 43
2020-12-19	1	4th	9 17 24 28 31 45
2020-12-16	8	5th	15 18 25 27 28 41
2020-11-18	2	5th	3 9 10 16 28 35
2020-11-11	22	3rd	2 19 28 29 35 43
2020-08-26	15	3rd	15 26 28 41 44 46
2020-07-04	8	2nd	23 28 34 37 39 44
2020-06-06	8	2nd	22 28 29 32 43 45
2020-05-09	16	3rd	7 23 28 38 39 42
2020-03-14	8	5th	3 7 17 23 28 39
2020-02-15	10	5th	2 5 9 22 28 40
2020-01-11	10	2nd	27 28 34 35 42 46
2019-12-07	4	5th	20 23 25 27 28 35
2019-11-23	6	5th	12 13 21 22 28 39
2019-11-02	2	5th	3 17 21 26 28 41
2019-10-26	7	3rd	16 26 28 32 36 44
2019-10-02	4	2nd	2 28 29 33 39 41
2019-09-18	1	5th	6 11 20 22 28 31
2019-09-14	22	3rd	15 26 28 32 36 38
2019-06-29	4	3rd	2 6 28 36 43 45
2019-06-15	10	4th	2 19 23 28 30 44
2019-05-11	6	4th	4 8 10 28 31 41
2019-04-20	9	6th	4 10 14 16 18 28
2019-03-20	3	6th	4 8 16 18 20 28
2019-03-09	10	4th	3 6 22 28 30 36
2019-02-02	2	5th	9 15 23 27 28 37
2019-01-26	14	4th	3 11 21 28 35 44
2018-12-08	1	2nd	19 28 29 33 44 46
2018-12-05	17	5th	4 5 7 16 28 39
2018-10-06	11	4th	1 2 19 28 29 30
2018-08-29	13	2nd	27 28 31 33 37 45
2018-07-14	20	2nd	3 28 31 32 38 43
2018-05-05	6	4th	1 9 27 28 35 37
2018-04-14	5	5th	1 3 11 14 28 40
2018-03-28	2	4th	12 18 21 28 35 45
2018-03-21	4	4th	4 13 27 28 37 44
2018-03-07	14	4th	5 17 21 28 39 40
2018-01-17	22	5th	9 15 16 21 28 29
2017-11-01	1	4th	4 11 27 28 39 46
2017-10-28	16	3rd	5 8 28 33 38 40
2017-09-02	12	5th	1 6 16 23 28 41
2017-07-22	1	4th	3 5 11 28 30 43
2017-07-19	15	6th	1 6 14 21 25 28
2017-05-27	6	5th	1 6 15 25 28 37
2017-05-06	6	1st	28 30 32 39 43 46
2017-04-15	12	2nd	9 28 29 33 35 43
2017-03-04	4	5th	12 16 18 27 28 34
2017-02-18	6	1st	28 30 32 34 39 41
2017-01-28	4	3rd	7 20 28 36 37 46
2017-01-14	7	4th	5 18 25 28 41 45
2016-12-21	5	2nd	27 28 33 38 39 43
2016-12-03	12	5th	3 5 15 24 28 43
2016-10-22	5	4th	7 19 22 28 33 41
2016-10-05	1	2nd	15 28 29 30 31 45
2016-10-01	2	4th	17 19 20 28 39 45
2016-09-24	10	2nd	3 28 32 37 39 45
2016-08-20	36	2nd	9 28 33 35 40 44
2016-04-16	3	4th	1 5 22 28 30 31
2016-04-06	8	5th	2 6 12 24 28 30
2016-03-09	11	4th	3 17 23 28 31 37
2016-01-30	2	4th	1 7 25 28 37 44
2016-01-23	1	5th	6 18 21 24 28 43
2016-01-20	2	4th	5 12 27 28 35 44
2016-01-13	4	4th	10 11 15 28 37 44
2015-12-30	2	4th	3 8 11 28 41 46
2015-12-23	2	5th	1 5 13 22 28 40
2015-12-16	6	2nd	13 28 31 35 38 43
2015-11-25	10	5th	12 20 23 26 28 32
2015-10-21	10	4th	5 18 22 28 31 40
2015-09-16	1	3rd	7 15 28 38 40 42
2015-09-12	11	4th	2 12 23 28 31 48
2015-08-05	5	4th	14 15 17 28 34 43
2015-07-18	13	3rd	5 8 28 29 34 41
2015-06-03	1	3rd	10 25 28 33 34 40
2015-05-30	21	3rd	11 19 28 34 40 46
2015-03-18	7	5th	14 16 19 26 28 42
2015-02-21	8	5th	5 12 16 21 28 39
2015-01-24	12	6th	4 12 14 16 19 28
2014-12-13	1	4th	6 7 15 28 37 39
2014-12-10	5	4th	5 13 16 28 32 39
2014-11-22	25	4th	4 15 16 28 31 46
2014-08-27	2	4th	8 11 12 28 30 46
2014-08-20	1	2nd	3 28 35 38 39 44
2014-08-16	7	4th	7 16 21 28 33 35
2014-07-23	7	3rd	4 13 28 36 37 42
2014-06-28	16	5th	6 8 13 19 28 33
2014-05-03	4	5th	7 13 17 27 28 38
2014-04-19	12	3rd	7 10 28 31 32 36
2014-03-08	2	3rd	3 14 28 34 37 41
2014-03-01	12	3rd	20 25 28 31 41 45
2014-01-18	16	4th	15 21 22 28 33 36
2013-11-23	8	4th	8 10 12 28 31 46
2013-10-26	8	3rd	13 22 28 32 33 36
2013-09-28	12	3rd	6 15 28 33 41 47
2013-08-17	3	4th	7 14 18 28 36 48
2013-08-07	4	4th	13 18 25 28 36 45
2013-07-24	7	4th	2 9 18 28 34 48
2013-06-29	1	5th	3 4 13 24 28 40
2013-06-26	10	3rd	4 13 28 36 45 47
2013-05-22	13	5th	10 19 22 25 28 34
2013-04-06	7	4th	1 3 16 28 36 46
2013-03-13	13	5th	2 10 12 21 28 37
2013-01-26	4	5th	3 4 10 20 28 30
2013-01-12	19	6th	7 8 20 21 27 28
2012-11-07	10	3rd	4 24 28 39 43 46
2012-10-03	7	2nd	24 28 31 37 41 44
2012-09-08	18	3rd	12 20 28 34 39 48
2012-07-07	2	5th	1 5 14 17 28 33
2012-06-30	2	5th	5 8 11 17 28 48
2012-06-23	6	4th	22 23 27 28 44 45
2012-06-02	7	3rd	7 12 28 33 43 48
2012-05-09	2	5th	4 16 22 27 28 41
2012-05-02	1	4th	13 16 24 28 30 46
2012-04-28	6	6th	5 10 17 21 23 28
2012-04-07	2	4th	4 5 6 28 33 48
2012-03-31	3	4th	17 19 25 28 32 37
2012-03-21	13	4th	7 8 25 28 36 37
2012-02-04	1	5th	4 8 11 12 28 36
2012-02-01	5	5th	3 18 20 24 28 44
2012-01-14	11	3rd	17 21 28 32 35 47
2011-12-07	46	5th	1 15 19 25 28 29
2011-06-29	23	4th	10 16 18 28 42 47
2011-04-09	22	3rd	11 13 28 34 42 43
2011-01-22	13	3rd	2 12 28 29 33 44
2010-12-08	33	2nd	6 28 35 36 39 42
2010-08-14	5	3rd	4 16 28 32 38 42
2010-07-28	1	4th	4 9 19 28 32 46
2010-07-24	2	4th	11 13 16 28 32 47
2010-07-17	12	5th	9 13 24 27 28 33
2010-06-05	7	3rd	3 23 28 29 33 41
2010-05-12	11	4th	2 13 14 28 40 46
2010-04-03	10	3rd	11 24 28 38 42 44
2010-02-27	4	6th	3 7 12 16 20 28
2010-02-13	4	6th	1 3 11 13 24 28
2010-01-30	6	6th	7 13 14 15 27 28
2010-01-09	—	4th	3 4 13 28 32 47