Number 28

In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/16 · since Oct 2024 rules — 727 draws, 4 from 1–31.

90times drawn · chance expected 94 −0.42σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 7% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

28longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 90 times in 727 draws against 93.8 expected, −0.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 90 times in 727 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 28 · waiting 20 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest1 · chance 1.8
3rd smallest27 · chance 23.3
4th smallest62 · chance 64.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 9 22 4 2 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 30 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 31. 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
2026-09-22	1	4th	20 21 26 28
2026-09-21	7	4th	4 9 17 28
2026-09-14	1	4th	7 8 12 28
2026-09-13	5	4th	10 19 20 28
2026-09-08	5	4th

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 4/31 tonight whatever it did last week.

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