Number 38

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,151 draws, 5 from 1–52.

108times drawn · chance expected 111 −0.27σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 74% for any number

10.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

51longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 108 times in 1,151 draws against 110.7 expected, −0.27σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 108 times in 1,151 draws · average wait 10.7 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 4 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 0.4
2nd smallest9 · chance 5.8
3rd smallest29 · chance 26.2
4th smallest50 · chance 47.0
5th smallest20 · chance 28.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

50 6 9 29 24 39

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 — 34th most popular of 52. 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
2026-09-30	39	3rd	16 23 38 39 48
2026-07-01	37	4th	10 20 35 38 46
2026-04-06	14	3rd	22 33 38 44 50
2026-03-04	11	2nd	33 38 39

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-17	2	5th	10 20 24 29 38
2024-04-13	2	5th	7 9 10 29 38
2024-04-08	16	5th	24 28 29 32 38
2024-03-02	2	4th	9 19 35 38 45
2024-02-26	11	4th	21 30 36 38 49
2024-01-31	7	3rd	3 30 38 39 48
2024-01-15	1	3rd	28 29 38 41 52
2024-01-13	1	4th	6 9 30 38 46
2024-01-10	12	4th	7 19 27 38 51
2023-12-13	5	4th	4 25 34 38 46
2023-12-02	3	4th	3 8 11 38 48
2023-11-25	6	4th	3 11 18 38 41
2023-11-11	14	4th	5 25 27 38 50
2023-10-09	6	4th	10 13 30 38 40
2023-09-25	13	4th	19 23 31 38 52
2023-08-26	1	3rd	8 21 38 43 51
2023-08-23	8	4th	9 11 29 38 39
2023-08-05	12	3rd	1 36 38 41 43
2023-07-08	1	3rd	29 33 38 43 49
2023-07-05	4	3rd	9 21 38 39 48
2023-06-26	7	5th	3 31 33 34 38
2023-06-10	11	3rd	4 6 38 46 52
2023-05-15	17	4th	9 16 33 38 41
2023-04-05	2	3rd	23 28 38 39 41
2023-04-01	1	2nd	2 38 43 46 51
2023-03-29	12	3rd	19 24 38 45 46
2023-03-01	3	4th	8 14 17 38 41
2023-02-22	10	5th	6 24 25 31 38
2023-01-30	7	5th	2 16 28 32 38
2023-01-14	10	4th	25 35 37 38 48
2022-12-21	17	4th	12 14 23 38 45
2022-11-12	6	5th	8 20 21 26 38
2022-10-29	10	4th	14 16 27 38 49
2022-10-05	2	4th	14 21 37 38 47
2022-10-01	1	5th	5 7 13 16 38
2022-09-28	3	2nd	13 38 39 44 45
2022-09-21	15	3rd	6 32 38 43 45
2022-08-17	23	5th	4 17 23 37 38
2022-06-15	20	4th	12 19 35 38 48
2022-04-06	10	3rd	22 27 38 42 43
2022-03-02	19	5th	8 17 24 26 38
2021-12-25	30	5th	17 27 34 36 38
2021-09-11	5	4th	3 14 36 38 52
2021-08-25	2	3rd	3 37 38 43 50
2021-08-18	3	3rd	27 30 38 45 50
2021-08-07	1	4th	2 6 34 38 41
2021-08-04	1	4th	12 15 27 38 52
2021-07-31	11	5th	14 19 34 35 38
2021-06-23	10	5th	3 9 16 19 38
2021-05-19	10	4th	5 18 34 38 42
2021-04-14	20	4th	2 3 6 38 39
2021-02-03	2	3rd	12 35 38 40 43
2021-01-27	2	5th	1 10 36 37 38
2021-01-20	11	4th	6 14 16 38 49
2020-12-12	3	4th	10 29 36 38 46
2020-12-02	2	4th	9 12 22 38 40
2020-11-25	22	4th	1 7 12 38 40
2020-09-09	12	4th	6 15 35 38 52
2020-07-29	14	3rd	29 30 38 45 51
2020-06-10	5	4th	13 16 33 38 52
2020-05-23	37	2nd	29 38 39 49 50
2020-01-15	2	3rd	1 11 38 50 51
2020-01-08	1	4th	1 11 31 38 49
2020-01-04	9	4th	5 24 34 38 47
2019-12-04	39	2nd	34 38 45 47 51
2019-07-20	11	5th	5 8 9 25 38
2019-06-12	1	4th	4 12 15 38 49
2019-06-08	1	4th	14 24 37 38 48
2019-06-05	22	4th	2 9 29 38 46
2019-03-20	11	4th	4 21 22 38 42
2019-02-09	3	3rd	6 25 38 47 50
2019-01-30	37	4th	6 10 23 38 41
2018-09-22	16	3rd	1 7 38 43 47
2018-07-28	5	3rd	2 13 38 39 51
2018-07-11	1	5th	9 22 24 31 38
2018-07-07	12	4th	3 6 13 38 40
2018-05-26	3	4th	23 30 31 38 39
2018-05-16	15	4th	24 25 29 38 50
2018-03-24	3	4th	10 28 37 38 49
2018-03-14	12	3rd	8 21 38 50 51
2018-01-31	7	5th	11 14 22 27 38
2018-01-06	3	4th	9 13 26 38 48
2017-12-27	8	3rd	4 30 38 47 48
2017-11-29	—	5th	1 4 5 16 38