Number 28

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Aug 2020 rules — 642 draws, 6 from 1–42.

101times drawn · chance expected 92 +1.05σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

27longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 101 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, +1.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 101 times in 642 draws · average wait 6.3 draws · longest completed wait 27 · waiting 7 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 0.3
2nd smallest1 · chance 3.6
3rd smallest20 · chance 17.2
4th smallest33 · chance 35.9
5th smallest33 · chance 33.1
6th smallest14 · chance 10.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 8 38 14 27 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-09-16	6	4th	10 11 27 28 36 40
2026-08-26	2	5th	4 10 18 19 28 36
2026-08-19	5	4th	13 14 24 28 36 40
2026-08-01	15	4th	11

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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