Number 38

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

97times drawn · chance expected 92 +0.60σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

37longest completed wait · 31% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 97 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, +0.60σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 97 times in 642 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 11 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 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.3
4th smallest4 · chance 6.0
5th smallest35 · chance 34.2
6th smallest58 · chance 56.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 28 16 22 5 10

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, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 38 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-02	10	6th	20 21 23 25 32 38
2026-07-29	1	6th	4 6 24 26 29 38
2026-07-25	8	6th	1 23 24 29 34 38
2026-06-27	11	6th	1

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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