Number 38

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

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

53longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long

38 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 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 144 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 8 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 1.4
3rd smallest12 · chance 14.8
4th smallest48 · chance 57.7
5th smallest84 · chance 70.1

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.

36 10 8 25 9 15

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-12	1	5th	8 10 22 30 38
2026-09-09	5	5th	7 15 35 36 38
2026-08-22	2	5th	7 15 16 29 38
2026-08-15	22	4th	4 8 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-08	18	4th	5 26 32 38 40
2024-11-06	7	5th	9 18 20 25 38
2024-10-12	12	5th	12 25 27 29 38
2024-08-31	1	3rd	23 34 38 40 44
2024-08-28	10	5th	4 9 16 27 38
2024-07-24	14	5th	2 10 17 27 38
2024-06-05	14	5th	13 18 34 36 38
2024-04-17	14	4th	14 24 28 38 40
2024-02-28	3	5th	9 11 13 32 38
2024-02-17	6	4th	7 19 28 38 42
2024-01-27	7	4th	12 18 19 38 43
2024-01-03	3	5th	8 9 28 32 38
2023-12-23	1	4th	18 25 35 38 41
2023-12-20	6	5th	6 14 17 36 38
2023-11-29	1	5th	3 20 23 26 38
2023-11-25	3	5th	9 22 34 36 38
2023-11-15	4	4th	7 34 35 38 45
2023-11-01	7	4th	23 26 27 38 43
2023-10-07	1	5th	9 10 27 35 38
2023-10-04	1	5th	1 8 26 27 38
2023-09-30	16	5th	5 15 17 24 38
2023-08-05	2	5th	1 2 9 13 38
2023-07-29	7	5th	3 10 18 22 38
2023-07-05	7	5th	3 4 13 25 38
2023-06-10	9	4th	2 7 34 38 41
2023-05-10	1	3rd	26 32 38 42 43
2023-05-06	14	5th	3 13 31 32 38
2023-03-18	14	4th	3 20 34 38 43
2023-01-28	6	5th	3 10 21 28 38
2023-01-07	13	3rd	3 24 38 42 43
2022-11-23	17	4th	10 26 32 38 41
2022-09-24	2	5th	13 14 15 31 38
2022-09-17	1	5th	14 18 22 32 38
2022-09-14	4	4th	6 23 36 38 45
2022-08-31	3	5th	6 9 23 25 38
2022-08-20	2	4th	7 8 12 38 44
2022-08-13	53	5th	10 17 18 31 38
2022-02-09	3	5th	19 21 22 32 38
2022-01-29	1	5th	5 11 20 21 38
2022-01-26	1	4th	8 27 31 38 42
2022-01-22	4	3rd	9 34 38 39 40
2022-01-08	29	4th	4 16 36 38 39
2021-09-29	13	4th	15 21 35 38 40
2021-08-14	1	5th	3 10 25 31 38
2021-08-11	11	5th	11 14 15 36 38
2021-07-03	1	5th	29 31 32 37 38
2021-06-30	2	4th	5 9 13 38 44
2021-06-23	13	5th	10 17 19 20 38
2021-05-08	3	5th	13 22 24 26 38
2021-04-28	2	5th	6 14 24 33 38
2021-04-21	11	5th	2 5 7 12 38
2021-03-13	4	4th	20 24 25 38 44
2021-02-27	10	5th	15 31 34 36 38
2021-01-23	26	4th	16 25 34 38 45
2020-10-24	50	5th	5 10 11 23 38
2020-05-02	25	5th	1 8 9 29 38
2020-02-05	23	4th	5 16 28 38 44
2019-11-16	6	5th	13 19 21 34 38
2019-10-26	9	5th	7 8 23 28 38
2019-09-25	7	5th	2 11 12 26 38
2019-08-31	9	4th	17 25 36 38 39
2019-07-31	6	5th	1 4 15 23 38
2019-07-10	5	3rd	19 33 38 43 44
2019-06-22	12	5th	2 11 27 28 38
2019-05-11	15	4th	26 30 35 38 41
2019-03-20	3	4th	9 35 36 38 43
2019-03-09	6	5th	7 11 27 29 38
2019-02-16	2	4th	12 19 36 38 45
2019-02-09	2	5th	8 13 18 37 38
2019-02-02	13	5th	9 14 28 31 38
2018-12-19	11	5th	6 15 16 33 38
2018-11-10	8	5th	14 20 28 36 38
2018-10-13	28	5th	11 24 36 37 38
2018-07-07	7	5th	4 8 28 29 38
2018-06-13	14	4th	23 31 32 38 43
2018-04-25	10	5th	5 14 26 34 38
2018-03-21	12	5th	1 5 17 31 38
2018-02-07	12	5th	1 7 23 25 38
2017-12-27	4	4th	7 11 24 38 45
2017-12-13	6	3rd	10 34 38 43 45
2017-11-22	16	5th	11 13 22 30 38
2017-09-27	3	5th	7 9 11 14 38
2017-09-16	15	3rd	18 24 38 39 43
2017-07-26	2	4th	8 21 31 38 41
2017-07-19	5	5th	5 24 28 36 38
2017-07-01	7	4th	10 11 27 38 39
2017-06-07	1	5th	2 14 25 28 38
2017-06-03	16	5th	3 15 20 36 38
2017-04-08	17	4th	2 11 30 38 42
2017-02-08	2	5th	10 20 22 24 38
2017-02-01	10	5th	15 25 31 34 38
2016-12-28	6	5th	9 21 22 25 38
2016-12-07	2	4th	5 8 14 38 42
2016-11-30	9	5th	22 24 29 35 38
2016-10-29	1	4th	5 32 34 38 40
2016-10-26	32	4th	3 15 28 38 40
2016-07-06	18	4th	8 15 18 38 39
2016-05-04	17	4th	10 12 29 38 41
2016-03-05	4	5th	12 21 22 26 38
2016-02-20	1	5th	15 16 27 33 38
2016-02-17	16	3rd	25 33 38 39 41
2015-12-23	20	3rd	20 36 38 39 43
2015-10-14	3	5th	5 20 24 36 38
2015-10-03	8	5th	2 10 12 34 38
2015-09-05	13	5th	1 23 30 37 38
2015-07-22	12	3rd	13 36 38 39 43
2015-06-10	1	4th	9 11 19 38 45
2015-06-06	4	4th	3 33 36 38 44
2015-05-23	4	5th	12 19 22 29 38
2015-05-09	8	5th	7 8 19 26 38
2015-04-11	10	4th	18 21 28 38 45
2015-03-07	3	5th	2 17 18 27 38
2015-02-25	10	5th	6 8 14 29 38
2015-01-21	15	4th	1 8 36 38 41
2014-11-29	2	5th	21 26 33 36 38
2014-11-22	6	5th	6 16 27 30 38
2014-11-01	13	4th	10 20 30 38 39
2014-09-17	1	5th	1 10 12 27 38
2014-09-13	34	4th	1 16 28 38 40
2014-05-17	—	4th	1 21 34 38 42