Number 28

In Easy 5 under the 5/37 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,615 draws, 5 from 1–37.

191times drawn · chance expected 218 −1.98σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 56% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

38longest completed wait · 59% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 191 times in 1,615 draws against 218.2 expected, −1.98σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 191 times in 1,615 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 5 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 smallest0 · chance 0.4
2nd smallest9 · chance 7.4
3rd smallest36 · chance 41.0
4th smallest85 · chance 85.4
5th smallest61 · chance 56.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 7 11 19 3 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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
2026-09-23	3	5th	4 13 14 23 28
2026-09-12	6	4th	6 9 16 28 37
2026-08-22	4	4th	5 11 14 28 34
2026-08-08	4	4th	18 23 25 28

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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-26	1	3rd	13 27 28 30 31
2025-02-22	2	4th	2 9 11 28 33
2025-02-15	2	3rd	19 25 28 29 32
2025-02-08	6	3rd	16 22 28 34 35
2025-01-18	1	5th	6 7 21 22 28
2025-01-15	2	5th	8 16 20 24 28
2025-01-08	13	4th	10 17 27 28 32
2024-11-20	4	5th	2 5 16 20 28
2024-11-06	13	2nd	5 28 30 33 36
2024-09-21	9	4th	6 8 16 28 33
2024-08-21	12	3rd	11 23 28 31 32
2024-07-10	12	4th	3 7 21 28 29
2024-05-29	10	4th	6 7 11 28 32
2024-04-24	7	3rd	7 19 28 30 35
2024-03-30	7	4th	3 6 19 28 33
2024-03-06	2	5th	8 9 23 27 28
2024-02-28	6	4th	3 5 18 28 35
2024-02-07	10	3rd	9 20 28 29 34
2024-01-03	13	4th	2 15 20 28 32
2023-11-18	13	2nd	16 28 29 34 36
2023-10-04	4	4th	11 13 24 28 31
2023-09-20	15	3rd	14 26 28 31 33
2023-07-29	13	5th	5 14 15 23 28
2023-06-14	3	5th	4 7 9 22 28
2023-06-03	1	2nd	21 28 33 34 36
2023-05-31	18	4th	8 21 23 28 37
2023-03-29	16	4th	2 13 24 28 29
2023-02-01	3	3rd	2 5 28 30 32
2023-01-21	1	5th	5 8 18 19 28
2023-01-18	25	4th	19 22 25 28 31
2022-10-22	26	5th	7 21 26 27 28
2022-07-23	7	3rd	3 4 28 29 37
2022-06-29	8	5th	10 17 19 23 28
2022-06-01	1	5th	3 6 12 16 28
2022-05-28	6	4th	11 14 22 28 36
2022-05-07	3	5th	3 12 13 24 28
2022-04-27	16	4th	5 14 18 28 31
2022-03-02	8	4th	7 16 22 28 34
2022-02-02	7	3rd	3 6 28 30 35
2022-01-08	10	4th	4 15 21 28 29
2021-12-01	11	5th	10 13 18 23 28
2021-10-23	1	5th	1 4 10 12 28
2021-10-20	14	4th	1 18 20 28 31
2021-09-01	15	5th	3 4 5 18 28
2021-07-10	1	5th	2 4 9 12 28
2021-07-07	8	3rd	7 27 28 35 37
2021-06-09	19	3rd	7 17 28 29 35
2021-04-03	5	3rd	8 21 28 35 36
2021-03-17	15	5th	3 6 7 20 28
2021-01-23	6	4th	3 17 25 28 33
2021-01-02	15	4th	8 16 19 28 37
2020-11-11	6	5th	18 24 25 27 28
2020-10-21	1	5th	10 11 13 14 28
2020-10-17	8	5th	7 14 24 27 28
2020-09-19	11	4th	2 14 24 28 29
2020-08-12	2	4th	4 10 15 28 29
2020-08-05	1	5th	6 8 11 26 28
2020-08-01	3	5th	3 12 14 27 28
2020-07-22	5	5th	5 9 21 26 28
2020-07-04	3	4th	6 8 13 28 32
2020-06-24	2	4th	2 14 22 28 36
2020-06-17	1	4th	7 15 23 28 29
2020-06-13	13	4th	7 14 27 28 37
2020-04-29	5	4th	6 9 14 28 36
2020-04-11	4	4th	3 8 11 28 34
2020-03-28	23	3rd	1 8 28 33 35
2020-01-08	8	3rd	11 13 28 29 32
2019-12-07	14	4th	4 21 27 28 33
2019-10-19	16	5th	5 13 19 21 28
2019-08-24	17	5th	6 11 20 26 28
2019-06-26	7	4th	2 5 27 28 37
2019-06-01	5	5th	2 4 13 17 28
2019-05-15	8	3rd	7 12 28 31 35
2019-04-17	8	5th	8 17 20 21 28
2019-03-20	7	3rd	17 21 28 36 37
2019-02-23	11	5th	10 19 25 27 28
2019-01-16	36	5th	2 14 15 20 28
2018-09-12	2	4th	7 16 19 28 32
2018-09-05	5	5th	7 20 23 25 28
2018-08-18	1	5th	3 14 17 27 28
2018-08-15	16	4th	7 10 18 28 30
2018-06-20	8	3rd	25 27 28 29 31
2018-05-23	1	5th	1 10 24 26 28
2018-05-19	4	5th	1 6 12 26 28
2018-05-05	3	5th	2 21 23 27 28
2018-04-25	7	2nd	25 28 33 34 36
2018-03-31	26	5th	2 11 16 24 28
2016-12-31	2	4th	5 17 26 28 29
2016-12-24	3	4th	9 20 22 28 30
2016-12-14	7	4th	5 6 27 28 36
2016-11-19	10	3rd	16 23 28 29 35
2016-10-15	4	4th	2 18 25 28 33
2016-10-01	2	5th	7 18 23 24 28
2016-09-24	9	4th	5 18 27 28 33
2016-08-24	37	2nd	10 28 32 33 35
2016-04-16	4	4th	7 12 15 28 34
2016-04-02	17	5th	14 18 22 25 28
2016-02-03	5	3rd	3 21 28 31 36
2016-01-16	9	4th	11 22 24 28 35
2015-12-16	9	4th	13 17 19 28 30
2015-11-14	16	4th	3 8 12 28 36
2015-09-19	1	3rd	2 24 28 29 31
2015-09-16	13	4th	6 11 18 28 32
2015-08-01	16	5th	1 8 17 26 28
2015-06-06	4	3rd	12 17 28 32 34
2015-05-23	1	5th	2 12 16 23 28
2015-05-20	2	4th	13 15 27 28 33
2015-05-13	11	5th	8 20 23 27 28
2015-04-04	1	4th	4 23 27 28 30
2015-04-01	9	5th	3 8 13 19 28
2015-02-28	10	4th	5 8 23 28 36
2015-01-24	2	4th	7 17 24 28 33
2015-01-17	12	5th	2 7 11 16 28
2014-12-06	7	4th	10 13 25 28 34
2014-11-12	3	4th	1 8 14 28 33
2014-11-01	35	3rd	3 11 28 32 35
2014-07-02	5	4th	1 9 20 28 29
2014-06-14	2	3rd	6 8 28 36 37
2014-06-07	5	3rd	19 20 28 33 34
2014-05-21	24	4th	11 15 24 28 37
2014-02-26	6	2nd	15 28 30 32 37
2014-02-05	5	5th	19 23 26 27 28
2014-01-18	1	5th	3 5 6 16 28
2014-01-15	16	5th	2 4 24 26 28
2013-11-16	38	3rd	3 24 28 30 35
2013-07-06	5	4th	4 6 23 28 35
2013-06-19	17	5th	1 6 10 20 28
2013-04-20	20	5th	14 15 19 26 28
2013-02-09	19	4th	1 17 22 28 32
2012-12-05	4	4th	4 13 27 28 30
2012-11-21	3	3rd	3 15 28 33 34
2012-11-10	1	4th	7 12 16 28 33
2012-11-07	32	3rd	5 14 28 33 37
2012-07-18	6	4th	1 5 8 28 36
2012-06-27	1	2nd	22 28 32 36 37
2012-06-23	14	4th	12 13 22 28 36
2012-05-05	16	5th	1 6 26 27 28
2012-03-10	14	3rd	4 20 28 29 33
2012-01-21	3	4th	4 11 19 28 30
2012-01-11	9	4th	3 19 25 28 33
2011-12-10	24	2nd	17 28 31 33 34
2011-09-17	7	4th	2 12 24 28 31
2011-08-24	9	4th	2 10 19 28 30
2011-07-23	5	5th	3 8 9 19 28
2011-07-06	19	4th	1 3 7 28 36
2011-04-30	6	4th	1 3 9 28 36
2011-04-09	12	3rd	11 13 28 30 33
2011-02-26	2	5th	3 6 17 20 28
2011-02-19	8	4th	1 19 22 28 36
2011-01-22	5	5th	1 4 13 14 28
2011-01-05	5	4th	2 8 26 28 29
2010-12-15	1	4th	14 17 25 28 33
2010-12-11	5	5th	12 13 22 25 28
2010-11-24	2	5th	2 6 12 16 28
2010-11-17	3	4th	10 11 25 28 30
2010-11-06	3	4th	12 18 19 28 31
2010-10-27	7	4th	4 16 25 28 29
2010-10-02	1	4th	9 13 14 28 34
2010-09-29	1	4th	9 19 26 28 33
2010-09-25	19	4th	1 18 26 28 30
2010-07-21	2	5th	2 4 6 16 28
2010-07-14	5	4th	12 18 19 28 34
2010-06-26	1	3rd	20 21 28 31 35
2010-06-23	4	4th	7 12 13 28 32
2010-06-09	1	5th	7 17 18 19 28
2010-06-05	15	4th	11 23 27 28 36
2010-04-14	—	4th	1 8 15 28 30