Number 38

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

237times drawn · chance expected 245 −0.55σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

9.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

54longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 237 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, −0.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 237 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 54 · waiting 14 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 smallest1 · chance 0.3
2nd smallest3 · chance 5.9
3rd smallest44 · chance 39.8
4th smallest95 · chance 103.2
5th smallest94 · chance 87.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 12 28 32 46 31

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-02-07	17	5th	8 30 31 37 38
2026-01-21	8	5th	3 10 22 32 38
2026-01-13	3	5th	21 32 34 35 38
2026-01-10	6	4th	17 24 36

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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-06	5	3rd	10 15 38 41 45
2025-06-01	9	3rd	28 29 38 39 42
2025-05-23	6	5th	4 11 15 19 38
2025-05-17	15	4th	1 4 27 38 46
2025-05-02	6	5th	2 17 18 33 38
2025-04-26	2	2nd	15 38 40 45 48
2025-04-24	8	5th	13 15 20 31 38
2025-04-16	6	3rd	1 34 38 43 47
2025-04-10	3	3rd	9 18 38 39 45
2025-04-07	25	5th	21 25 31 37 38
2025-03-13	7	5th	19 24 27 32 38
2025-03-06	8	5th	20 28 30 31 38
2025-02-26	11	5th	5 18 27 33 38
2025-02-15	21	3rd	21 34 38 40 48
2025-01-25	17	4th	8 26 28 38 46
2025-01-08	10	5th	13 14 24 37 38
2024-12-29	30	5th	7 18 26 35 38
2024-11-29	7	4th	19 21 31 38 39
2024-11-22	7	4th	17 31 33 38 46
2024-11-15	5	4th	5 28 34 38 44
2024-11-10	5	4th	11 18 32 38 40
2024-11-05	15	4th	1 9 14 38 45
2024-10-21	1	5th	3 14 23 37 38
2024-10-20	2	5th	3 15 21 37 38
2024-10-18	3	5th	10 31 32 36 38
2024-10-15	16	5th	15 20 21 24 38
2024-09-29	1	5th	7 15 27 31 38
2024-09-28	4	4th	7 20 23 38 48
2024-09-24	12	5th	6 9 18 36 38
2024-09-12	9	3rd	23 32 38 41 44
2024-09-03	10	3rd	25 36 38 39 48
2024-08-24	9	5th	13 19 26 33 38
2024-08-15	54	5th	3 7 19 24 38
2024-06-22	5	4th	12 14 22 38 46
2024-06-17	1	4th	15 26 32 38 46
2024-06-16	3	4th	1 12 20 38 43
2024-06-13	29	5th	1 12 18 23 38
2024-05-15	46	4th	12 18 24 38 40
2024-03-30	2	4th	17 29 36 38 47
2024-03-28	9	4th	9 15 29 38 39
2024-03-19	1	5th	2 5 19 26 38
2024-03-18	7	5th	8 20 35 36 38
2024-03-11	5	4th	24 26 31 38 42
2024-03-06	9	5th	13 24 28 36 38
2024-02-26	18	4th	1 7 17 38 46
2024-02-08	5	4th	7 29 31 38 46
2024-02-03	3	5th	8 9 18 31 38
2024-01-31	1	3rd	2 28 38 43 46
2024-01-30	5	5th	1 10 23 36 38
2024-01-25	2	5th	2 14 35 37 38
2024-01-23	1	4th	5 8 11 38 40
2024-01-22	8	5th	7 26 30 31 38
2024-01-14	8	4th	20 28 33 38 42
2024-01-06	10	4th	8 15 20 38 39
2023-12-27	20	4th	8 12 36 38 45
2023-12-07	8	5th	3 11 17 18 38
2023-11-29	2	3rd	16 33 38 39 47
2023-11-27	3	5th	6 20 22 26 38
2023-11-24	30	4th	3 12 15 38 44
2023-10-25	4	5th	1 19 31 32 38
2023-10-21	6	5th	2 6 24 27 38
2023-10-15	4	4th	4 10 14 38 42
2023-10-11	2	5th	23 25 26 37 38
2023-10-09	3	5th	9 13 17 30 38
2023-10-06	4	5th	7 28 33 37 38
2023-10-02	2	4th	9 10 21 38 46
2023-09-30	1	3rd	23 26 38 43 45
2023-09-29	2	5th	12 20 21 33 38
2023-09-27	9	5th	15 26 31 33 38
2023-09-18	2	5th	2 22 28 31 38
2023-09-16	7	4th	8 20 32 38 43
2023-09-09	2	4th	11 16 27 38 42
2023-09-07	11	3rd	12 34 38 46 48
2023-08-27	17	1st	38 41 42 45 46
2023-08-10	3	4th	8 15 23 38 42
2023-08-07	12	5th	4 8 12 37 38
2023-07-26	21	5th	4 15 32 34 38
2023-07-05	6	5th	8 16 26 30 38
2023-06-29	1	4th	5 24 28 38 46
2023-06-28	5	3rd	14 27 38 40 45
2023-06-23	7	4th	15 23 27 38 48
2023-06-16	8	4th	2 6 34 38 46
2023-06-08	2	3rd	12 32 38 42 46
2023-06-06	11	3rd	3 35 38 43 47
2023-05-26	8	5th	2 12 27 32 38
2023-05-18	12	5th	10 16 23 36 38
2023-05-06	10	4th	24 32 35 38 42
2023-04-26	4	4th	20 26 28 38 43
2023-04-22	5	3rd	5 18 38 41 45
2023-04-17	3	4th	3 6 12 38 46
2023-04-14	24	3rd	3 15 38 40 44
2023-03-21	1	4th	7 25 36 38 43
2023-03-20	13	5th	1 6 12 31 38
2023-03-07	8	5th	10 28 30 37 38
2023-02-27	1	4th	2 3 17 38 40
2023-02-26	1	5th	5 9 18 35 38
2023-02-25	2	3rd	26 28 38 42 46
2023-02-23	14	5th	1 7 20 21 38
2023-02-09	12	4th	17 33 35 38 48
2023-01-28	5	4th	2 5 35 38 45
2023-01-23	7	5th	1 2 26 36 38
2023-01-16	25	5th	11 17 25 31 38
2022-12-22	1	5th	8 16 24 27 38
2022-12-21	16	5th	1 5 21 27 38
2022-12-05	1	4th	15 19 20 38 48
2022-12-04	13	4th	4 8 22 38 43
2022-11-21	26	5th	1 2 5 33 38
2022-10-26	2	5th	18 21 22 35 38
2022-10-24	7	5th	1 5 9 31 38
2022-10-17	9	5th	12 19 24 27 38
2022-10-08	7	4th	6 18 33 38 39
2022-10-01	4	5th	11 24 29 32 38
2022-09-27	31	3rd	2 10 38 42 47
2022-08-27	3	5th	1 5 10 33 38
2022-08-24	4	4th	23 26 30 38 40
2022-08-20	8	2nd	3 38 43 44 48
2022-08-12	12	4th	15 26 28 38 42
2022-07-31	5	5th	1 7 8 18 38
2022-07-26	2	4th	5 7 16 38 44
2022-07-24	4	4th	11 27 37 38 48
2022-07-20	22	3rd	6 36 38 46 47
2022-06-28	8	3rd	1 14 38 45 48
2022-06-20	1	5th	8 22 27 32 38
2022-06-19	17	4th	2 16 23 38 47
2022-06-02	4	4th	3 28 32 38 39
2022-05-29	2	5th	6 15 29 35 38
2022-05-27	14	4th	2 3 17 38 47
2022-05-13	6	5th	6 9 13 28 38
2022-05-07	6	4th	10 23 24 38 41
2022-05-01	5	5th	7 8 19 36 38
2022-04-26	7	4th	2 22 35 38 39
2022-04-19	6	3rd	1 26 38 41 42
2022-04-13	2	3rd	10 26 38 39 40
2022-04-11	12	3rd	1 8 38 41 43
2022-03-30	21	3rd	5 37 38 46 48
2022-03-09	12	4th	6 12 25 38 47
2022-02-25	8	5th	9 23 25 32 38
2022-02-17	2	4th	9 29 33 38 41
2022-02-15	29	5th	25 27 28 31 38
2022-01-17	8	4th	9 29 33 38 45
2022-01-09	16	4th	3 10 28 38 46
2021-12-24	8	4th	2 9 22 38 42
2021-12-16	33	4th	8 10 17 38 48
2021-11-13	11	5th	1 29 33 36 38
2021-11-02	9	4th	8 19 26 38 39
2021-10-24	8	5th	3 20 21 32 38
2021-10-16	2	3rd	20 33 38 39 40
2021-10-14	13	4th	20 28 32 38 45
2021-10-01	1	3rd	2 15 38 43 47
2021-09-30	2	4th	12 23 32 38 47
2021-09-28	6	4th	2 17 23 38 42
2021-09-22	2	3rd	11 34 38 43 46
2021-09-20	13	3rd	22 35 38 40 41
2021-09-07	1	5th	8 14 16 32 38
2021-09-06	9	4th	3 6 18 38 44
2021-08-28	9	5th	2 6 8 11 38
2021-08-19	17	4th	11 12 16 38 48
2021-08-02	14	5th	4 5 24 36 38
2021-07-19	8	2nd	11 38 42 46 48
2021-06-21	9	4th	22 28 33 38 43
2021-05-20	7	3rd	7 13 38 43 44
2021-04-26	17	5th	8 22 33 37 38
2021-02-25	19	4th	16 34 35 38 45
2020-12-21	1	4th	3 32 35 38 40
2020-12-17	5	4th	1 20 28 38 45
2020-11-30	4	5th	11 18 21 36 38
2020-11-16	6	4th	3 8 16 38 44
2020-10-26	53	5th	9 12 20 30 38
2020-04-23	10	3rd	5 31 38 41 45
2020-03-19	27	4th	13 19 24 38 42
2019-12-16	1	4th	11 20 21 38 45
2019-12-12	14	5th	16 17 21 28 38
2019-10-24	5	4th	5 13 24 38 48
2019-10-07	9	4th	13 18 31 38 43
2019-09-05	30	4th	5 20 32 38 47
2019-05-23	3	5th	12 23 29 35 38
2019-05-13	15	5th	6 11 13 28 38
2019-03-21	10	5th	9 24 26 27 38
2019-02-14	3	4th	24 26 32 38 42
2019-02-04	5	5th	14 24 30 37 38
2019-01-17	10	4th	9 22 27 38 46
2018-12-13	6	3rd	15 31 38 39 40
2018-11-22	2	3rd	8 18 38 40 48
2018-11-15	2	4th	14 28 29 38 42
2018-11-08	8	3rd	10 16 38 39 40
2018-10-11	36	4th	10 18 33 38 42
2018-06-07	4	4th	2 9 27 38 43
2018-05-24	11	3rd	18 32 38 39 48
2018-04-16	17	5th	9 11 26 33 38
2018-02-15	30	4th	1 11 36 38 46
2017-11-02	21	4th	2 4 8 38 47
2017-08-21	7	3rd	5 29 38 42 45
2017-07-27	10	4th	16 17 31 38 40
2017-06-22	27	5th	1 7 12 32 38
2017-03-20	10	4th	6 8 18 38 46
2017-02-13	12	3rd	4 9 38 41 42
2017-01-02	41	5th	13 17 28 35 38
2016-08-11	4	4th	14 31 32 38 43
2016-07-28	11	4th	12 29 33 38 45
2016-06-20	21	3rd	3 25 38 45 46
2016-04-07	9	5th	3 5 27 28 38
2016-03-07	10	5th	7 8 12 23 38
2016-02-01	31	5th	14 15 22 25 38
2015-10-15	35	4th	7 15 18 38 42
2015-06-15	1	5th	4 5 7 9 38
2015-06-11	7	4th	17 27 35 38 43
2015-05-18	1	3rd	3 29 38 40 47
2015-05-14	1	5th	22 23 24 26 38
2015-05-11	3	3rd	12 29 38 39 42
2015-04-30	2	5th	9 12 27 34 38
2015-04-23	12	5th	12 21 32 37 38
2015-03-12	5	4th	8 28 35 38 45
2015-02-23	—	4th	17 22 24 38 40