Number 28

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

263times drawn · chance expected 245 +1.20σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

53longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 263 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, +1.20σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 263 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 53 · 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 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 smallest9 · chance 7.1
2nd smallest42 · chance 45.4
3rd smallest105 · chance 98.3
4th smallest81 · chance 86.3
5th smallest26 · chance 25.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 34 25 1 37 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-02-17	28	3rd	12 21 28 32 34
2026-01-20	8	3rd	6 9 28 41 45
2026-01-12	9	4th	21 23 24 28 39
2026-01-03	26	3rd	1 2 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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-22	44	3rd	12 16 28 31 37
2025-04-08	5	2nd	3 28 32 44 48
2025-04-03	13	5th	2 5 11 14 28
2025-03-21	5	3rd	7 25 28 40 45
2025-03-16	2	4th	4 14 16 28 34
2025-03-14	3	3rd	7 16 28 40 48
2025-03-11	4	5th	2 7 17 18 28
2025-03-07	1	4th	2 7 25 28 36
2025-03-06	5	2nd	20 28 30 31 38
2025-03-01	18	3rd	12 25 28 30 43
2025-02-11	2	3rd	8 25 28 41 46
2025-02-09	6	4th	8 13 22 28 39
2025-02-03	8	3rd	3 24 28 33 35
2025-01-26	1	4th	1 10 21 28 40
2025-01-25	16	3rd	8 26 28 38 46
2025-01-09	6	5th	2 4 14 17 28
2025-01-03	25	5th	14 15 20 23 28
2024-12-09	6	5th	1 13 19 22 28
2024-12-03	15	3rd	6 11 28 30 37
2024-11-18	1	4th	4 9 10 28 29
2024-11-17	2	4th	10 20 26 28 42
2024-11-15	11	2nd	5 28 34 38 44
2024-11-04	5	3rd	8 18 28 36 43
2024-10-30	23	4th	14 17 27 28 43
2024-10-07	7	4th	8 21 22 28 47
2024-09-30	11	2nd	21 28 29 40 42
2024-09-19	1	3rd	11 20 28 35 43
2024-09-18	4	3rd	10 13 28 43 47
2024-09-14	12	4th	5 13 27 28 44
2024-09-02	10	4th	3 4 8 28 29
2024-08-23	18	3rd	17 24 28 34 39
2024-08-05	7	3rd	20 26 28 33 44
2024-07-29	7	2nd	18 28 30 32 33
2024-07-22	20	4th	17 19 20 28 29
2024-07-02	12	4th	9 15 18 28 34
2024-06-20	14	4th	22 24 25 28 35
2024-06-06	14	2nd	21 28 30 31 37
2024-05-23	27	4th	4 8 9 28 29
2024-04-26	6	4th	11 15 27 28 46
2024-04-20	1	3rd	17 23 28 33 37
2024-04-19	3	4th	5 8 24 28 34
2024-04-16	40	3rd	20 22 28 41 45
2024-03-07	1	3rd	14 17 28 31 39
2024-03-06	7	3rd	13 24 28 36 38
2024-02-28	1	4th	2 9 19 28 34
2024-02-27	3	3rd	10 16 28 45 46
2024-02-24	24	3rd	14 21 28 33 35
2024-01-31	2	2nd	2 28 38 43 46
2024-01-29	15	3rd	14 16 28 30 43
2024-01-14	3	2nd	20 28 33 38 42
2024-01-11	30	5th	9 10 21 24 28
2023-12-12	3	1st	28 30 31 34 45
2023-12-09	1	4th	1 6 19 28 48
2023-12-08	5	2nd	26 28 31 33 37
2023-12-03	3	3rd	11 15 28 36 40
2023-11-30	18	3rd	7 12 28 37 41
2023-11-12	2	4th	2 13 27 28 34
2023-11-10	6	3rd	6 18 28 31 42
2023-11-04	4	4th	10 12 20 28 48
2023-10-31	13	1st	28 31 33 40 47
2023-10-18	6	3rd	14 24 28 39 47
2023-10-12	6	4th	11 15 22 28 29
2023-10-06	2	2nd	7 28 33 37 38
2023-10-04	10	3rd	11 25 28 43 45
2023-09-24	6	4th	6 25 26 28 31
2023-09-18	28	3rd	2 22 28 31 38
2023-08-21	6	4th	2 12 15 28 43
2023-08-15	15	4th	1 21 23 28 30
2023-07-31	10	3rd	8 26 28 30 35
2023-07-21	2	3rd	1 13 28 30 41
2023-07-19	8	3rd	12 16 28 32 45
2023-07-11	12	4th	3 21 24 28 35
2023-06-29	8	3rd	5 24 28 38 46
2023-06-21	1	3rd	2 5 28 30 37
2023-06-20	6	4th	10 17 26 28 30
2023-06-14	13	3rd	6 16 28 34 45
2023-06-01	2	5th	2 15 17 22 28
2023-05-30	11	2nd	25 28 35 43 46
2023-05-19	2	3rd	1 10 28 30 40
2023-05-17	3	3rd	15 22 28 29 41
2023-05-14	9	3rd	5 10 28 45 48
2023-05-05	9	3rd	6 9 28 37 39
2023-04-26	1	3rd	20 26 28 38 43
2023-04-25	12	2nd	17 28 33 40 42
2023-04-13	4	4th	4 11 19 28 37
2023-04-09	9	3rd	12 15 28 35 37
2023-03-31	3	3rd	16 19 28 31 34
2023-03-28	12	4th	7 9 16 28 30
2023-03-16	5	3rd	5 22 28 34 45
2023-03-11	2	4th	3 7 10 28 35
2023-03-09	2	1st	28 39 43 44 47
2023-03-07	1	2nd	10 28 30 37 38
2023-03-06	9	5th	3 7 24 25 28
2023-02-25	10	2nd	26 28 38 42 46
2023-02-15	22	3rd	9 16 28 35 44
2023-01-24	4	3rd	1 25 28 39 47
2023-01-20	40	3rd	2 10 28 30 44
2022-12-11	19	3rd	4 15 28 32 45
2022-11-22	7	5th	8 11 13 20 28
2022-11-15	15	2nd	17 28 33 34 36
2022-10-31	1	5th	3 13 16 19 28
2022-10-30	3	3rd	25 27 28 34 44
2022-10-27	8	2nd	15 28 29 37 43
2022-10-19	1	4th	1 6 26 28 31
2022-10-18	8	3rd	2 18 28 29 43
2022-10-10	18	4th	15 16 20 28 40
2022-09-22	1	3rd	4 10 28 31 41
2022-09-21	1	4th	8 19 25 28 35
2022-09-20	7	3rd	5 26 28 37 42
2022-09-13	2	3rd	12 15 28 29 48
2022-09-11	9	3rd	3 5 28 33 43
2022-09-02	18	4th	1 12 17 28 44
2022-08-15	3	4th	1 22 26 28 47
2022-08-12	30	3rd	15 26 28 38 42
2022-07-13	6	3rd	2 23 28 33 34
2022-07-07	6	2nd	2 28 33 34 43
2022-07-01	7	2nd	13 28 30 36 37
2022-06-24	22	3rd	15 18 28 41 44
2022-06-02	8	2nd	3 28 32 38 39
2022-05-25	7	3rd	11 12 28 30 37
2022-05-18	5	2nd	13 28 36 37 42
2022-05-13	19	4th	6 9 13 28 38
2022-04-24	4	3rd	11 13 28 30 37
2022-04-20	2	3rd	11 17 28 32 42
2022-04-18	2	3rd	2 14 28 41 48
2022-04-16	11	3rd	6 27 28 35 44
2022-04-05	10	3rd	1 15 28 29 41
2022-03-26	1	3rd	13 23 28 34 39
2022-03-25	2	1st	28 30 32 33 39
2022-03-23	6	3rd	1 3 28 34 42
2022-03-17	4	3rd	10 26 28 42 45
2022-03-13	18	5th	4 7 9 15 28
2022-02-23	1	4th	1 21 22 28 32
2022-02-22	7	4th	7 23 24 28 48
2022-02-15	5	3rd	25 27 28 31 38
2022-02-10	3	4th	8 16 25 28 48
2022-02-07	3	2nd	6 28 36 39 41
2022-02-04	4	4th	19 20 22 28 41
2022-01-31	2	3rd	3 27 28 35 41
2022-01-29	8	2nd	3 28 31 35 46
2022-01-21	5	4th	4 23 25 28 35
2022-01-16	1	4th	5 10 18 28 48
2022-01-15	6	4th	2 9 25 28 36
2022-01-09	2	3rd	3 10 28 38 46
2022-01-07	11	4th	5 9 22 28 44
2021-12-27	1	3rd	12 14 28 37 47
2021-12-26	9	4th	4 16 27 28 46
2021-12-17	3	4th	6 7 25 28 45
2021-12-14	23	4th	10 23 24 28 45
2021-11-21	4	5th	3 11 17 20 28
2021-11-17	2	4th	7 11 24 28 29
2021-11-15	14	4th	5 12 14 28 34
2021-11-01	10	3rd	4 27 28 29 47
2021-10-22	1	5th	1 3 14 21 28
2021-10-21	2	5th	6 13 17 25 28
2021-10-19	5	4th	1 8 22 28 44
2021-10-14	5	2nd	20 28 32 38 45
2021-10-09	13	3rd	12 27 28 30 33
2021-09-26	13	3rd	7 23 28 30 39
2021-09-13	3	4th	5 7 22 28 30
2021-09-10	7	5th	1 6 19 21 28
2021-09-03	4	3rd	7 16 28 36 44
2021-08-30	16	3rd	13 22 28 30 44
2021-08-14	23	1st	28 34 39 42 45
2021-07-22	11	2nd	20 28 29 33 34
2021-06-21	6	2nd	22 28 33 38 43
2021-05-31	11	3rd	2 19 28 31 47
2021-04-22	10	2nd	20 28 29 35 37
2021-03-18	2	4th	2 5 21 28 45
2021-03-11	13	3rd	15 19 28 30 48
2021-01-25	5	3rd	1 24 28 34 41
2021-01-07	2	4th	3 20 25 28 30
2020-12-31	4	2nd	11 28 30 39 43
2020-12-17	20	3rd	1 20 28 38 45
2020-10-08	5	1st	28 30 31 42 43
2020-09-21	1	2nd	7 28 39 41 47
2020-09-17	2	2nd	5 28 34 41 44
2020-09-10	18	4th	4 13 25 28 33
2020-07-09	7	3rd	10 24 28 33 39
2020-06-15	6	2nd	25 28 32 47 48
2020-05-25	4	2nd	4 28 31 32 41
2020-05-11	4	3rd	1 24 28 36 45
2020-04-27	3	4th	1 5 9 28 35
2020-04-16	24	4th	6 8 20 28 43
2020-01-23	4	3rd	11 25 28 33 42
2020-01-09	6	4th	1 14 21 28 37
2019-12-19	2	3rd	6 27 28 40 44
2019-12-12	7	4th	16 17 21 28 38
2019-11-18	4	3rd	15 22 28 35 37
2019-11-04	13	1st	28 34 42 44 48
2019-09-19	6	4th	13 21 27 28 39
2019-08-29	3	3rd	11 24 28 33 43
2019-08-19	3	4th	8 17 26 28 40
2019-08-08	18	2nd	25 28 34 45 46
2019-06-06	6	3rd	4 22 28 29 42
2019-05-16	1	4th	9 18 26 28 32
2019-05-13	4	4th	6 11 13 28 38
2019-04-29	3	3rd	7 22 28 39 48
2019-04-18	13	4th	2 10 27 28 47
2019-03-04	24	3rd	4 12 28 35 45
2018-12-10	1	4th	16 20 26 28 47
2018-12-06	1	4th	5 14 26 28 31
2018-12-03	5	3rd	7 8 28 37 43
2018-11-15	3	2nd	14 28 29 38 42
2018-11-05	9	3rd	8 18 28 34 37
2018-10-04	12	4th	1 10 15 28 34
2018-08-23	9	3rd	6 10 28 34 45
2018-07-23	42	4th	1 5 11 28 48
2018-02-26	11	4th	6 11 16 28 37
2018-01-18	3	4th	5 15 21 28 36
2018-01-08	1	5th	1 3 15 22 28
2018-01-04	13	4th	11 12 19 28 46
2017-11-20	4	5th	7 16 20 24 28
2017-11-06	10	3rd	22 24 28 44 46
2017-10-02	7	3rd	24 25 28 37 47
2017-09-07	28	3rd	19 27 28 29 33
2017-06-01	35	2nd	7 28 34 40 46
2017-01-30	8	3rd	6 8 28 36 42
2017-01-02	21	3rd	13 17 28 35 38
2016-10-20	2	4th	4 5 9 28 37
2016-10-13	2	4th	2 3 9 28 42
2016-10-06	6	3rd	21 24 28 31 45
2016-09-15	1	4th	1 4 16 28 29
2016-09-12	6	2nd	25 28 30 41 47
2016-08-22	27	5th	4 17 18 20 28
2016-05-19	3	4th	4 13 24 28 30
2016-05-09	9	5th	2 3 9 26 28
2016-04-07	25	4th	3 5 27 28 38
2016-01-11	1	3rd	21 26 28 35 47
2016-01-07	4	3rd	5 21 28 35 47
2015-12-24	2	3rd	13 17 28 29 30
2015-12-17	9	4th	9 14 22 28 46
2015-11-16	6	3rd	14 25 28 37 42
2015-10-26	6	2nd	24 28 30 33 34
2015-10-05	3	2nd	8 28 31 41 48
2015-09-24	41	5th	2 18 24 26 28
2015-05-04	15	2nd	10 28 36 45 48
2015-03-12	11	2nd	8 28 35 38 45
2015-02-02	—	5th	7 11 18 19 28