Number 28

In Match 5 under the 5/35 · since Apr 2021 rules — 1,497 draws, 5 from 1–35.

226times drawn · chance expected 214 +0.90σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

41longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 226 times in 1,497 draws against 213.9 expected, +0.90σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 226 times in 1,497 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 41 · 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 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 smallest0 · chance 0.2
2nd smallest2 · chance 4.6
3rd smallest37 · chance 35.9
4th smallest102 · chance 99.8
5th smallest85 · chance 85.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 19 25 12 33 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-11	16	4th	6 24 27 28 31
2026-09-25	4	5th	5 15 22 23 28
2026-09-21	22	3rd	2 18 28 30 31
2026-08-30	7	5th	14 17 19 26

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-20	10	5th	8 9 16 23 28
2026-05-10	1	5th	1 13 21 26 28
2026-05-09	2	5th	1 5 13 21 28
2026-05-07	23	4th	1 3 20 28 29
2026-04-14	1	4th	1 10 25 28 33
2026-04-13	3	4th	10 23 24 28 34
2026-04-10	2	4th	17 18 24 28 31
2026-04-08	1	4th	1 12 26 28 29
2026-04-07	4	5th	2 6 20 25 28
2026-04-03	9	5th	4 9 14 20 28
2026-03-25	3	4th	4 11 14 28 33
2026-03-22	5	5th	3 20 24 27 28
2026-03-17	3	4th	5 6 10 28 34
2026-03-14	31	4th	4 9 12 28 33
2026-02-11	5	4th	1 7 12 28 32
2026-02-06	2	3rd	4 14 28 29 32
2026-02-04	3	4th	7 10 25 28 30
2026-02-01	11	4th	15 19 25 28 32
2026-01-21	5	5th	3 6 18 20 28
2026-01-16	4	4th	9 21 22 28 30
2026-01-12	6	5th	2 4 13 26 28
2026-01-06	1	4th	2 6 17 28 35
2026-01-05	10	4th	11 19 22 28 35
2025-12-26	11	4th	5 7 15 28 33
2025-12-15	4	4th	7 10 24 28 33
2025-12-11	6	5th	1 10 12 20 28
2025-12-05	2	5th	2 18 20 25 28
2025-12-03	7	4th	12 18 19 28 29
2025-11-26	1	4th	15 19 20 28 35
2025-11-25	3	4th	5 15 23 28 33
2025-11-22	5	5th	1 9 24 26 28
2025-11-17	8	4th	4 15 25 28 33
2025-11-09	2	4th	14 18 24 28 32
2025-11-07	8	4th	3 18 22 28 31
2025-10-30	1	4th	4 9 12 28 35
2025-10-29	12	4th	16 21 26 28 29
2025-10-17	7	4th	4 16 17 28 33
2025-10-10	11	3rd	18 21 28 29 31
2025-09-29	10	5th	1 7 11 27 28
2025-09-19	12	4th	2 11 24 28 29
2025-09-07	1	3rd	22 26 28 32 34
2025-09-06	41	3rd	6 24 28 32 33
2025-07-27	17	4th	5 17 27 28 34
2025-07-10	6	5th	2 19 20 22 28
2025-07-04	1	3rd	7 13 28 31 34
2025-07-03	5	5th	7 8 11 12 28
2025-06-28	5	3rd	2 3 28 31 33
2025-06-23	9	5th	3 9 15 26 28
2025-06-14	3	3rd	2 12 28 31 34
2025-06-11	9	5th	1 2 22 24 28
2025-06-02	3	5th	7 8 17 27 28
2025-05-30	5	4th	7 19 20 28 33
2025-05-25	1	5th	13 15 16 23 28
2025-05-24	3	3rd	2 21 28 31 32
2025-05-21	5	4th	15 23 25 28 34
2025-05-16	27	4th	3 4 25 28 32
2025-04-19	3	4th	1 5 13 28 31
2025-04-16	6	2nd	25 28 29 31 35
2025-04-10	29	4th	11 17 20 28 33
2025-03-12	1	4th	7 14 16 28 32
2025-03-11	1	3rd	6 22 28 30 31
2025-03-10	12	4th	6 12 25 28 33
2025-02-26	3	3rd	19 27 28 33 34
2025-02-23	7	5th	5 16 18 19 28
2025-02-16	10	5th	4 9 11 15 28
2025-02-06	6	3rd	14 21 28 29 33
2025-01-31	1	4th	5 13 20 28 34
2025-01-30	12	5th	5 9 25 26 28
2025-01-18	4	4th	16 19 27 28 30
2025-01-14	10	4th	8 19 26 28 34
2025-01-04	2	4th	8 20 25 28 32
2025-01-02	1	4th	4 11 19 28 35
2025-01-01	9	4th	4 11 21 28 31
2024-12-23	3	5th	1 7 14 22 28
2024-12-20	14	3rd	4 13 28 30 35
2024-12-06	3	5th	1 12 18 22 28
2024-12-03	23	4th	4 9 11 28 30
2024-11-10	3	4th	1 2 5 28 35
2024-11-07	3	5th	8 10 12 15 28
2024-11-04	3	4th	2 5 22 28 30
2024-11-01	9	3rd	20 24 28 34 35
2024-10-23	10	2nd	18 28 30 33 34
2024-10-13	4	5th	7 14 21 26 28
2024-10-09	9	4th	2 4 24 28 30
2024-09-30	2	4th	5 13 19 28 32
2024-09-28	1	5th	1 10 23 24 28
2024-09-27	1	4th	7 17 18 28 35
2024-09-26	1	3rd	21 26 28 31 34
2024-09-25	8	4th	3 8 24 28 31
2024-09-17	1	3rd	5 25 28 33 34
2024-09-16	3	5th	1 2 7 25 28
2024-09-13	5	4th	6 13 19 28 29
2024-09-08	9	4th	4 5 13 28 34
2024-08-30	14	5th	3 10 16 23 28
2024-08-16	1	3rd	6 13 28 29 33
2024-08-15	5	4th	4 15 26 28 35
2024-08-10	12	5th	5 11 13 14 28
2024-07-29	8	4th	6 13 20 28 29
2024-07-21	4	5th	2 3 6 7 28
2024-07-17	10	5th	13 14 17 18 28
2024-07-07	10	4th	15 16 24 28 35
2024-06-27	1	4th	11 19 21 28 35
2024-06-26	1	4th	3 21 24 28 33
2024-06-25	1	3rd	3 15 28 32 35
2024-06-24	1	5th	7 9 12 22 28
2024-06-23	1	5th	1 2 4 11 28
2024-06-22	3	5th	4 7 15 19 28
2024-06-19	3	5th	5 12 18 20 28
2024-06-16	1	4th	23 26 27 28 32
2024-06-15	5	5th	8 11 14 17 28
2024-06-10	6	5th	5 8 24 26 28
2024-06-04	4	5th	4 6 12 19 28
2024-05-31	2	5th	3 6 10 19 28
2024-05-29	4	5th	1 20 25 27 28
2024-05-25	7	5th	1 9 10 12 28
2024-05-18	10	4th	5 21 25 28 34
2024-05-08	1	5th	18 19 21 26 28
2024-05-07	11	4th	5 17 24 28 31
2024-04-26	2	5th	3 4 16 25 28
2024-04-24	1	5th	2 11 12 14 28
2024-04-23	5	5th	6 10 12 15 28
2024-04-18	6	4th	12 19 22 28 35
2024-04-12	9	3rd	8 14 28 30 35
2024-04-03	14	4th	3 8 19 28 34
2024-03-20	6	5th	4 8 10 24 28
2024-03-14	9	4th	11 21 23 28 31
2024-03-05	16	4th	10 11 25 28 34
2024-02-18	9	5th	2 5 6 20 28
2024-02-09	2	4th	4 13 22 28 33
2024-02-07	13	4th	13 18 26 28 29
2024-01-25	1	4th	4 19 26 28 33
2024-01-24	4	4th	4 19 20 28 32
2024-01-20	3	4th	5 22 23 28 29
2024-01-17	3	4th	12 19 25 28 32
2024-01-14	10	4th	4 6 21 28 32
2024-01-04	2	5th	5 10 20 25 28
2024-01-02	9	3rd	3 13 28 33 35
2023-12-24	8	5th	4 10 13 23 28
2023-12-16	2	5th	7 11 15 24 28
2023-12-14	2	4th	6 7 10 28 32
2023-12-12	6	4th	7 19 23 28 31
2023-12-06	7	4th	4 17 26 28 31
2023-11-29	1	5th	7 12 21 24 28
2023-11-28	10	4th	2 16 25 28 32
2023-11-18	11	5th	11 12 14 20 28
2023-11-07	3	4th	1 9 15 28 33
2023-11-04	11	3rd	13 19 28 32 33
2023-10-24	2	3rd	1 4 28 30 33
2023-10-22	3	4th	6 19 21 28 30
2023-10-19	2	5th	12 13 14 17 28
2023-10-17	13	5th	1 4 23 26 28
2023-10-04	16	4th	5 9 18 28 29
2023-09-18	2	4th	7 11 26 28 34
2023-09-16	5	5th	8 13 23 25 28
2023-09-11	5	4th	5 18 24 28 31
2023-09-02	32	4th	5 8 10 28 33
2023-06-20	1	4th	1 12 13 28 34
2023-06-17	4	5th	3 4 5 16 28
2023-06-08	4	5th	2 16 17 20 28
2023-05-30	1	5th	12 20 25 26 28
2023-05-27	7	5th	8 12 13 16 28
2023-05-11	2	4th	12 18 24 28 32
2023-05-06	8	5th	1 7 8 26 28
2023-04-18	3	4th	17 20 23 28 32
2023-04-11	2	3rd	19 21 28 32 35
2023-04-06	2	3rd	4 23 28 33 34
2023-04-01	5	3rd	16 27 28 31 35
2023-03-21	19	4th	12 23 26 28 35
2023-02-04	5	4th	10 12 18 28 31
2023-01-24	26	5th	3 5 15 17 28
2022-11-24	14	5th	1 3 9 27 28
2022-10-22	7	5th	14 21 23 27 28
2022-10-06	19	5th	4 11 19 27 28
2022-08-23	3	5th	13 14 18 21 28
2022-08-16	20	5th	12 21 22 25 28
2022-06-30	4	4th	7 18 19 28 30
2022-06-21	8	4th	2 16 22 28 31
2022-06-02	3	4th	18 22 26 28 31
2022-05-26	4	3rd	9 20 28 29 30
2022-05-17	7	5th	13 18 19 21 28
2022-04-30	10	5th	1 6 16 18 28
2022-04-07	1	3rd	21 22 28 29 35
2022-04-05	2	4th	14 15 25 28 30
2022-03-31	3	3rd	13 20 28 33 34
2022-03-24	10	4th	6 17 21 28 32
2022-03-01	6	3rd	6 21 28 33 34
2022-02-15	14	5th	2 13 15 19 28
2022-01-13	2	4th	2 12 25 28 34
2022-01-08	4	3rd	1 19 28 30 34
2021-12-30	22	5th	12 14 17 27 28
2021-11-09	1	3rd	12 23 28 29 31
2021-11-06	1	4th	18 20 22 28 30
2021-11-04	18	4th	4 10 13 28 32
2021-09-23	20	4th	19 23 25 28 31
2021-08-07	1	4th	6 11 24 28 34
2021-08-05	21	5th	3 15 17 25 28
2021-06-17	5	5th	3 8 19 22 28
2021-06-05	6	5th	1 6 21 27 28
2021-05-20	3	5th	3 4 5 18 28
2021-05-13	1	5th	15 18 25 27 28
2021-05-11	3	5th	4 11 18 26 28
2021-05-04	—	4th	10 16 25 28 33