Number 38

In Gopher 5 under the 5/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,586 draws, 5 from 1–47.

292times drawn · chance expected 275 +1.08σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

69longest completed wait · 13% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 292 times in 2,586 draws against 275.1 expected, +1.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 292 times in 2,586 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 69 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 0.2
2nd smallest2 · chance 5.6
3rd smallest47 · chance 42.9
4th smallest126 · chance 125.1
5th smallest117 · chance 118.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 12 34 35 21 22

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-10-09	28	3rd	4 12 38 45 47
2026-08-05	19	5th	17 24 34 35 38
2026-06-22	6	4th	1 13 19 38 46
2026-06-08	1	5th	5 10 25 30

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-05	6	4th	18 35 37 38 43
2025-04-21	2	4th	12 16 22 38 47
2025-04-16	21	4th	12 27 36 38 47
2025-02-26	6	5th	1 18 31 32 38
2025-02-12	2	4th	12 18 25 38 46
2025-02-07	12	3rd	18 21 38 44 45
2025-01-10	1	4th	2 14 19 38 44
2025-01-08	12	5th	2 13 19 36 38
2024-12-11	5	4th	10 22 37 38 39
2024-11-29	5	5th	8 12 16 26 38
2024-11-18	22	3rd	9 23 38 40 46
2024-09-27	9	3rd	26 30 38 44 46
2024-09-06	20	3rd	31 37 38 41 44
2024-07-22	3	5th	7 9 17 22 38
2024-07-15	2	4th	25 33 34 38 46
2024-07-10	2	5th	4 8 20 32 38
2024-07-05	1	5th	4 5 25 27 38
2024-07-03	6	4th	14 15 21 38 42
2024-06-19	10	4th	21 28 33 38 47
2024-05-27	2	5th	18 22 27 31 38
2024-05-22	1	5th	2 11 24 27 38
2024-05-20	3	4th	22 30 36 38 41
2024-05-13	12	4th	1 7 15 38 41
2024-04-15	4	3rd	29 35 38 39 40
2024-04-05	4	3rd	5 14 38 40 47
2024-03-27	11	5th	4 30 32 36 38
2024-03-01	24	5th	10 16 19 32 38
2024-01-05	3	5th	1 2 21 36 38
2023-12-29	21	5th	7 15 24 26 38
2023-11-10	17	5th	6 7 14 31 38
2023-10-02	9	5th	7 17 25 27 38
2023-09-11	1	3rd	13 25 38 39 44
2023-09-08	1	4th	9 12 34 38 47
2023-09-06	6	4th	9 14 33 38 39
2023-08-23	7	4th	16 21 26 38 45
2023-08-07	9	4th	25 31 33 38 40
2023-07-17	13	4th	5 12 15 38 41
2023-06-16	17	2nd	8 38 42 44 47
2023-05-08	7	5th	2 20 26 32 38
2023-04-21	2	5th	7 23 35 36 38
2023-04-17	27	4th	13 21 36 38 45
2023-02-13	7	3rd	22 31 38 40 47
2023-01-27	1	5th	13 23 33 35 38
2023-01-25	5	5th	11 21 36 37 38
2023-01-13	7	4th	12 17 18 38 39
2022-12-28	5	4th	2 28 33 38 43
2022-12-16	4	3rd	16 22 38 42 46
2022-12-07	7	4th	30 34 37 38 47
2022-11-21	12	4th	13 20 27 38 39
2022-10-26	6	5th	8 10 24 28 38
2022-10-12	35	4th	7 15 37 38 46
2022-07-22	48	3rd	17 20 38 41 47
2022-04-01	3	5th	20 35 36 37 38
2022-03-25	4	5th	4 11 18 30 38
2022-03-16	14	4th	1 24 36 38 40
2022-02-11	1	4th	4 7 17 38 44
2022-02-09	10	5th	10 26 31 36 38
2022-01-17	2	5th	12 16 18 19 38
2022-01-12	2	4th	6 15 32 38 39
2022-01-07	19	4th	3 19 30 38 45
2021-11-24	29	4th	12 19 20 38 41
2021-09-17	4	5th	9 17 33 35 38
2021-09-08	4	4th	1 15 26 38 45
2021-08-30	44	4th	1 4 25 38 46
2021-05-19	2	3rd	14 34 38 43 45
2021-05-14	2	4th	4 27 35 38 44
2021-05-10	20	5th	16 24 30 36 38
2021-03-24	18	3rd	3 29 38 46 47
2021-02-10	1	4th	12 21 23 38 42
2021-02-08	4	4th	7 20 26 38 39
2021-01-29	1	5th	8 16 20 25 38
2021-01-27	11	4th	26 28 30 38 46
2021-01-01	7	4th	1 11 21 38 44
2020-12-16	5	5th	1 5 28 34 38
2020-12-04	7	4th	15 28 31 38 45
2020-11-18	11	5th	8 19 22 30 38
2020-10-23	7	5th	4 17 28 35 38
2020-10-07	5	4th	18 31 34 38 39
2020-09-25	4	5th	17 27 29 32 38
2020-09-16	6	5th	16 19 20 31 38
2020-09-02	1	5th	5 22 33 34 38
2020-08-31	11	5th	1 7 17 26 38
2020-08-05	2	5th	12 18 19 36 38
2020-07-31	5	5th	2 8 9 23 38
2020-07-20	2	5th	4 12 27 30 38
2020-07-15	1	5th	9 14 31 34 38
2020-07-13	1	3rd	9 35 38 39 41
2020-07-10	4	4th	20 27 33 38 42
2020-07-01	6	4th	18 27 34 38 43
2020-06-17	11	5th	1 5 17 26 38
2020-05-22	4	4th	16 25 34 38 44
2020-05-13	7	5th	3 5 12 15 38
2020-04-27	3	4th	2 24 35 38 42
2020-04-20	1	3rd	15 29 38 42 46
2020-04-17	69	4th	11 20 27 38 40
2019-11-08	10	3rd	11 21 38 41 45
2019-10-16	12	5th	11 12 13 14 38
2019-09-18	8	5th	12 17 21 35 38
2019-08-30	2	4th	17 24 31 38 40
2019-08-26	11	3rd	1 13 38 43 45
2019-07-31	7	5th	3 9 21 31 38
2019-07-15	5	5th	3 30 34 35 38
2019-07-03	2	4th	6 17 28 38 45
2019-06-28	3	4th	16 20 32 38 42
2019-06-21	10	3rd	32 34 38 40 42
2019-05-29	10	5th	1 5 27 31 38
2019-05-06	1	3rd	20 31 38 39 44
2019-05-03	6	4th	13 25 35 38 44
2019-04-19	1	5th	4 20 28 34 38
2019-04-17	2	3rd	9 21 38 42 44
2019-04-12	14	3rd	12 25 38 39 42
2019-03-11	4	5th	3 9 31 35 38
2019-03-01	15	4th	2 7 8 38 43
2019-01-25	1	5th	9 22 28 37 38
2019-01-23	1	5th	16 22 23 32 38
2019-01-21	3	4th	14 25 29 38 41
2019-01-14	3	5th	4 6 26 28 38
2019-01-07	12	4th	6 19 25 38 43
2018-12-10	20	5th	3 13 22 32 38
2018-10-24	5	4th	9 22 25 38 46
2018-10-12	32	5th	17 22 24 36 38
2018-07-30	23	4th	8 25 36 38 47
2018-06-06	8	4th	5 21 24 38 46
2018-05-18	14	4th	14 17 21 38 43
2018-04-16	20	5th	12 18 19 29 38
2018-02-28	10	4th	16 20 22 38 43
2018-02-05	5	5th	3 28 31 35 38
2018-01-24	18	3rd	11 24 38 41 43
2017-12-13	1	5th	3 20 27 33 38
2017-12-11	5	4th	22 30 37 38 43
2017-11-29	18	3rd	2 14 38 42 43
2017-10-18	1	4th	7 35 36 38 44
2017-10-16	2	5th	7 12 18 25 38
2017-10-11	2	5th	16 25 33 36 38
2017-10-06	4	5th	9 12 15 31 38
2017-09-27	1	4th	10 22 32 38 46
2017-09-25	11	5th	7 11 17 30 38
2017-08-30	4	5th	5 10 27 34 38
2017-08-21	21	5th	13 20 27 33 38
2017-07-03	2	4th	32 34 37 38 43
2017-06-28	3	4th	4 5 32 38 44
2017-06-21	1	3rd	16 29 38 43 45
2017-06-19	16	4th	9 29 34 38 45
2017-05-12	5	5th	18 23 27 31 38
2017-05-01	3	4th	21 29 37 38 45
2017-04-24	8	4th	8 25 30 38 40
2017-04-05	5	4th	18 24 34 38 39
2017-03-24	7	5th	16 19 21 37 38
2017-03-08	13	3rd	21 36 38 40 47
2017-02-06	7	3rd	11 12 38 40 43
2017-01-20	15	3rd	30 33 38 41 43
2016-12-16	1	4th	14 22 33 38 42
2016-12-14	19	4th	4 22 31 38 47
2016-10-31	1	5th	8 16 21 26 38
2016-10-28	11	5th	13 18 21 22 38
2016-10-03	6	4th	13 22 23 38 47
2016-09-19	16	5th	12 20 24 34 38
2016-08-12	4	5th	6 33 34 37 38
2016-08-03	35	5th	6 13 21 24 38
2016-05-13	2	5th	13 18 23 32 38
2016-05-09	3	4th	14 30 31 38 46
2016-05-02	10	3rd	11 20 38 44 46
2016-04-08	2	5th	7 16 24 37 38
2016-04-04	5	4th	11 32 33 38 46
2016-03-23	12	5th	1 21 25 34 38
2016-02-24	9	3rd	7 28 38 39 44
2016-02-03	57	3rd	4 36 38 40 43
2015-09-23	3	4th	1 27 28 38 45
2015-09-16	5	5th	2 27 31 36 38
2015-09-04	2	4th	10 12 23 38 43
2015-08-31	1	4th	10 26 37 38 40
2015-08-28	6	4th	15 16 25 38 46
2015-08-14	9	5th	1 14 32 33 38
2015-07-24	4	5th	3 18 20 31 38
2015-07-15	9	4th	19 20 24 38 47
2015-06-24	28	5th	3 15 25 34 38
2015-04-20	11	4th	10 17 24 38 44
2015-03-25	7	4th	3 14 24 38 40
2015-03-09	19	4th	15 34 36 38 42
2015-01-23	2	4th	5 12 29 38 47
2015-01-19	11	5th	19 30 33 37 38
2014-12-24	1	4th	3 14 27 38 39
2014-12-22	2	4th	24 32 35 38 46
2014-12-17	11	3rd	9 36 38 39 46
2014-11-21	27	5th	5 18 22 35 38
2014-09-19	3	4th	1 9 13 38 42
2014-09-12	3	4th	13 26 30 38 41
2014-09-05	1	4th	1 33 35 38 41
2014-09-03	13	4th	11 14 18 38 40
2014-08-04	8	4th	4 12 33 38 45
2014-07-16	3	5th	11 15 34 35 38
2014-07-09	5	4th	8 18 22 38 40
2014-06-27	2	5th	5 8 10 36 38
2014-06-23	2	4th	9 13 33 38 47
2014-06-18	5	3rd	22 33 38 40 44
2014-06-06	23	5th	8 9 19 36 38
2014-04-14	4	3rd	26 27 38 45 47
2014-04-04	5	5th	7 12 22 37 38
2014-03-24	2	5th	7 8 15 16 38
2014-03-19	12	4th	3 6 11 38 46
2014-02-19	1	4th	2 7 18 38 47
2014-02-17	14	4th	1 10 22 38 47
2014-01-15	20	4th	20 29 35 38 47
2013-11-29	18	4th	3 22 31 38 40
2013-10-18	13	3rd	9 11 38 41 43
2013-09-18	7	3rd	27 32 38 45 47
2013-09-02	4	4th	10 30 36 38 46
2013-08-23	1	4th	2 14 27 38 41
2013-08-21	5	5th	10 13 16 26 38
2013-08-09	2	5th	7 17 27 34 38
2013-08-05	22	4th	14 21 37 38 41
2013-06-14	3	5th	1 21 33 36 38
2013-06-07	19	3rd	7 14 38 40 41
2013-04-24	1	4th	5 6 23 38 41
2013-04-22	1	5th	5 8 22 30 38
2013-04-19	7	4th	3 20 21 38 45
2013-04-03	13	5th	8 13 21 36 38
2013-03-04	2	4th	3 5 25 38 43
2013-02-27	1	3rd	6 26 38 45 47
2013-02-25	6	5th	27 28 35 36 38
2013-02-11	7	5th	13 14 18 30 38
2013-01-25	6	4th	23 25 33 38 43
2013-01-11	14	5th	14 24 31 36 38
2012-12-10	7	5th	7 17 25 33 38
2012-11-23	14	5th	2 7 12 23 38
2012-10-22	8	5th	3 10 24 35 38
2012-10-03	7	4th	3 6 29 38 41
2012-09-17	24	4th	9 25 36 38 42
2012-07-23	15	5th	2 3 8 11 38
2012-06-18	1	5th	1 22 25 28 38
2012-06-15	19	4th	3 4 31 38 47
2012-05-02	4	4th	3 9 16 38 43
2012-04-23	11	4th	5 16 29 38 42
2012-03-28	42	4th	5 36 37 38 43
2011-12-21	14	5th	6 9 21 26 38
2011-11-18	8	3rd	2 5 38 40 47
2011-10-31	7	4th	4 12 35 38 46
2011-10-14	6	4th	14 17 20 38 47
2011-09-30	2	3rd	24 36 38 44 46
2011-09-26	7	3rd	9 14 38 39 43
2011-09-09	5	3rd	10 23 38 41 42
2011-08-29	12	4th	4 14 30 38 46
2011-08-01	17	4th	9 21 35 38 45
2011-06-22	1	5th	13 17 29 36 38
2011-06-20	7	3rd	7 14 38 40 44
2011-06-03	8	5th	18 21 27 35 38
2011-05-16	1	5th	4 7 34 37 38
2011-05-13	6	5th	10 16 20 32 38
2011-04-29	2	5th	4 14 16 34 38
2011-04-25	6	5th	4 15 16 18 38
2011-04-11	2	4th	8 22 33 38 42
2011-04-06	28	5th	6 13 15 19 38
2011-01-31	3	5th	10 11 14 28 38
2011-01-24	26	5th	13 16 25 29 38
2010-11-24	19	3rd	6 34 38 43 47
2010-10-11	4	3rd	11 12 38 43 44
2010-10-01	3	5th	8 20 34 35 38
2010-09-24	6	3rd	18 21 38 40 41
2010-09-10	7	4th	30 32 34 38 44
2010-08-25	9	4th	26 32 35 38 44
2010-08-04	17	5th	11 12 20 22 38
2010-06-25	10	4th	9 11 23 38 42
2010-06-02	1	4th	10 31 37 38 42
2010-05-31	13	4th	19 27 33 38 43
2010-04-30	6	3rd	33 34 38 41 44
2010-04-16	1	4th	6 10 15 38 44
2010-04-14	3	5th	10 11 18 35 38
2010-04-07	—	5th	9 10 13 17 38