In Hoosier Lotto +PLUS under the 6/46 · since Apr 2022 rules — 466 draws, 6 from 1–46.
42times drawn · chance expected 61 −2.58σ
1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number
11.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.7
47longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long
38 looks unusual on its own — and unremarkable among 46 numbers
Drawn 42 times in 466 draws against 60.8 expected, −2.58σ. Testing all 46 numbers at once means about 0.5 should look this way by luck alone, so the threshold tightens to 2.2e-4 and this does not pass it.
38
Number 38, draw by draw
Drawn 42 times in 466 draws · average wait 11.3 draws · longest completed wait 47 · 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.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 45 numbers; chance expected about 0.4 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 46. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/46 tonight whatever it did last week.