Number 28

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

144times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.00σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 55% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

36longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 144 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, +0.00σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 144 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 6 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 smallest2 · chance 2.5
2nd smallest12 · chance 19.5
3rd smallest52 · chance 50.6
4th smallest59 · chance 52.7
5th smallest19 · chance 18.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 14 44 2 21 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-19	23	4th	9 14 26 28 35
2026-07-01	3	4th	12 21 25 28 44
2026-06-20	2	3rd	5 22 28 30 34
2026-06-13	26	2nd	8 28 40

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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