Number 28

In Cash 5 under the 5/43 · since Nov 2018 rules — 2,786 draws, 5 from 1–43.

311times drawn · chance expected 324 −0.77σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 61% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.6

48longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 311 times in 2,786 draws against 324.0 expected, −0.77σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 311 times in 2,786 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 5 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 smallest4 · chance 3.8
2nd smallest35 · chance 34.1
3rd smallest99 · chance 102.4
4th smallest126 · chance 121.9
5th smallest47 · chance 48.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 29.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 26 12 29 33 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2026-10-06	18	2nd	17 28 31 39 40
2026-09-18	9	4th	5 10 21 28 43
2026-09-09	5	4th	4 5 16 28 31
2026-09-04	12	4th	12 14 21 28

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 5/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-14	5	3rd	1 10 28 31 41
2026-01-09	7	4th	4 7 10 28 42
2026-01-02	5	4th	5 13 27 28 38
2025-12-28	7	5th	9 10 16 18 28
2025-12-21	3	4th	7 11 25 28 38
2025-12-18	14	3rd	8 13 28 31 35
2025-12-04	9	5th	1 12 20 21 28
2025-11-25	1	3rd	4 19 28 32 42
2025-11-24	10	4th	6 14 25 28 33
2025-11-14	8	4th	5 7 20 28 37
2025-11-06	2	4th	11 15 26 28 31
2025-11-04	3	4th	3 6 18 28 30
2025-11-01	10	3rd	9 19 28 32 36
2025-10-22	5	3rd	2 8 28 40 43
2025-10-17	6	3rd	3 20 28 31 37
2025-10-11	9	5th	2 11 13 24 28
2025-10-02	1	4th	9 26 27 28 30
2025-10-01	4	3rd	13 25 28 36 40
2025-09-27	4	5th	8 13 14 19 28
2025-09-23	15	5th	2 5 11 17 28
2025-09-08	18	3rd	13 17 28 34 42
2025-08-21	13	3rd	8 14 28 31 41
2025-08-08	8	5th	4 14 15 16 28
2025-07-31	13	4th	1 10 27 28 33
2025-07-18	11	2nd	17 28 32 35 42
2025-07-07	3	4th	8 22 23 28 34
2025-07-04	3	5th	1 5 10 18 28
2025-07-01	20	3rd	11 17 28 36 39
2025-06-11	21	5th	1 11 15 16 28
2025-05-21	2	4th	2 11 13 28 41
2025-05-19	2	4th	4 11 18 28 43
2025-05-17	18	2nd	8 28 29 34 38
2025-04-29	2	2nd	20 28 35 37 40
2025-04-27	10	4th	3 11 13 28 41
2024-12-25	32	3rd	3 9 28 39 40
2024-11-23	22	3rd	2 23 28 33 40
2024-11-01	31	4th	3 4 26 28 29
2024-10-01	2	2nd	6 28 30 32 40
2024-09-29	3	2nd	15 28 30 38 40
2024-09-26	23	4th	4 22 25 28 29
2024-09-03	4	4th	1 19 27 28 30
2024-08-30	2	4th	6 17 24 28 38
2024-08-28	3	1st	28 31 33 40 41
2024-08-25	18	4th	1 12 19 28 43
2024-08-07	6	4th	10 12 21 28 35
2024-08-01	13	2nd	21 28 35 40 42
2024-07-19	11	3rd	2 4 28 32 34
2024-07-08	11	5th	5 21 22 27 28
2024-06-27	16	2nd	8 28 37 39 40
2024-06-11	19	5th	1 8 14 24 28
2024-05-23	1	3rd	12 14 28 30 39
2024-05-22	2	4th	12 22 26 28 42
2024-05-20	3	4th	22 23 27 28 40
2024-05-17	5	5th	4 9 13 19 28
2024-05-12	11	4th	10 13 26 28 32
2024-05-01	3	4th	11 14 22 28 33
2024-04-28	1	4th	6 12 17 28 29
2024-04-27	4	5th	11 20 21 26 28
2024-04-23	1	3rd	13 25 28 30 33
2024-04-22	6	3rd	12 14 28 31 39
2024-04-16	13	5th	4 13 18 26 28
2024-04-03	12	3rd	12 23 28 29 31
2024-03-22	17	2nd	7 28 29 34 39
2024-03-05	7	3rd	13 23 28 29 32
2024-02-27	7	4th	4 7 9 28 39
2024-02-20	5	4th	4 10 26 28 42
2024-02-15	30	4th	10 26 27 28 41
2024-01-16	5	4th	2 5 22 28 36
2024-01-11	2	5th	11 12 20 27 28
2024-01-09	1	4th	9 21 22 28 34
2024-01-08	2	4th	11 15 18 28 29
2024-01-06	1	4th	2 3 18 28 30
2024-01-05	3	3rd	6 20 28 31 42
2024-01-02	2	4th	1 22 23 28 32
2023-12-31	1	2nd	17 28 36 37 41
2023-12-30	5	4th	16 22 25 28 37
2023-12-25	1	3rd	8 9 28 35 39
2023-12-24	8	4th	8 16 25 28 34
2023-12-16	1	4th	8 17 22 28 33
2023-12-15	3	2nd	11 28 29 33 35
2023-12-12	16	4th	5 6 26 28 30
2023-11-26	4	3rd	3 8 28 35 41
2023-11-22	5	3rd	12 14 28 35 36
2023-11-17	27	3rd	6 15 28 29 33
2023-10-21	9	4th	5 12 24 28 42
2023-10-12	27	5th	5 7 9 18 28
2023-09-15	19	4th	13 20 24 28 35
2023-08-27	25	3rd	3 5 28 42 43
2023-08-02	12	4th	13 22 26 28 43
2023-07-21	5	4th	1 9 14 28 31
2023-07-16	18	5th	8 11 19 25 28
2023-06-28	13	3rd	10 13 28 38 39
2023-06-15	12	4th	10 22 24 28 30
2023-06-03	4	5th	1 13 19 24 28
2023-05-30	4	4th	1 13 23 28 32
2023-05-26	4	4th	14 22 26 28 40
2023-05-22	7	4th	12 21 23 28 36
2023-05-15	6	4th	2 10 18 28 39
2023-05-09	15	4th	6 21 24 28 34
2023-04-24	24	3rd	11 19 28 37 39
2023-03-31	1	2nd	17 28 31 35 41
2023-03-30	29	3rd	12 20 28 33 43
2023-03-01	7	4th	7 10 15 28 39
2023-02-22	2	3rd	5 25 28 29 38
2023-02-20	11	4th	9 15 17 28 29
2023-02-09	20	3rd	18 27 28 34 35
2023-01-20	5	4th	16 17 26 28 33
2023-01-15	2	2nd	15 28 30 32 42
2023-01-13	14	2nd	3 28 29 33 38
2022-12-30	9	3rd	6 25 28 36 38
2022-12-21	2	4th	10 12 23 28 38
2022-12-19	3	3rd	2 18 28 31 37
2022-12-16	25	2nd	3 28 29 31 39
2022-11-21	22	4th	18 21 27 28 34
2022-10-30	1	2nd	20 28 31 41 43
2022-10-29	7	5th	6 19 20 27 28
2022-10-22	9	5th	4 9 16 17 28
2022-10-13	6	4th	2 4 22 28 33
2022-10-07	1	4th	3 5 12 28 37
2022-10-06	28	3rd	5 22 28 36 41
2022-09-08	18	2nd	2 28 29 31 34
2022-08-21	4	3rd	3 12 28 34 40
2022-08-17	31	4th	3 17 27 28 43
2022-07-17	23	4th	9 13 20 28 33
2022-06-24	7	3rd	6 15 28 41 43
2022-06-17	3	3rd	5 16 28 33 37
2022-06-14	4	5th	9 12 17 26 28
2022-06-10	2	3rd	2 7 28 29 37
2022-06-08	5	4th	13 16 27 28 38
2022-06-03	5	5th	13 18 20 26 28
2022-05-29	4	4th	4 10 15 28 35
2022-05-25	2	3rd	8 26 28 39 43
2022-05-23	6	3rd	4 20 28 32 36
2022-05-17	2	5th	2 4 16 26 28
2022-05-15	1	4th	2 6 8 28 37
2022-05-14	3	4th	16 22 24 28 33
2022-05-11	7	4th	10 16 27 28 31
2022-05-04	19	4th	19 21 25 28 29
2022-04-15	8	2nd	5 28 34 41 43
2022-04-07	7	5th	16 17 22 27 28
2022-03-31	9	4th	1 9 16 28 40
2022-03-22	3	5th	6 18 19 23 28
2022-03-19	1	4th	16 24 27 28 31
2022-03-18	1	4th	15 22 26 28 30
2022-03-17	19	2nd	22 28 29 31 37
2022-02-26	1	4th	16 25 26 28 34
2022-02-25	7	4th	5 11 26 28 31
2022-02-18	5	3rd	11 14 28 31 35
2022-02-13	8	3rd	19 26 28 41 43
2022-02-05	5	1st	28 32 37 39 42
2022-01-31	4	4th	10 17 26 28 38
2022-01-27	1	5th	5 6 17 24 28
2022-01-26	8	3rd	13 23 28 32 38
2022-01-18	3	3rd	7 16 28 31 41
2022-01-15	1	2nd	8 28 29 33 37
2022-01-14	7	5th	8 9 20 27 28
2022-01-07	10	3rd	11 14 28 33 39
2021-12-28	5	4th	13 15 20 28 41
2021-12-23	15	4th	8 13 24 28 37
2021-12-08	3	4th	2 12 27 28 32
2021-12-05	22	5th	14 16 19 21 28
2021-11-13	5	4th	4 20 26 28 41
2021-11-08	2	3rd	12 15 28 31 34
2021-11-06	17	3rd	6 13 28 29 33
2021-10-20	13	5th	2 7 12 16 28
2021-10-07	13	4th	15 19 21 28 34
2021-09-24	18	4th	3 21 23 28 34
2021-09-06	7	3rd	16 26 28 32 39
2021-08-30	11	5th	12 15 23 25 28
2021-08-19	9	5th	5 8 12 27 28
2021-08-10	1	3rd	17 20 28 32 33
2021-08-09	14	4th	4 8 10 28 38
2021-07-26	4	4th	6 10 21 28 30
2021-07-22	8	5th	8 9 25 27 28
2021-07-14	18	3rd	21 25 28 31 41
2021-06-26	9	3rd	23 26 28 29 40
2021-06-17	16	5th	1 7 10 15 28
2021-06-01	11	1st	28 30 36 38 43
2021-05-21	13	5th	2 20 25 27 28
2021-05-08	30	3rd	4 17 28 38 42
2021-04-08	4	4th	3 11 21 28 32
2021-04-04	6	3rd	11 15 28 31 41
2021-03-29	3	5th	1 8 9 10 28
2021-03-26	8	2nd	6 28 33 36 39
2021-03-18	4	3rd	18 24 28 31 39
2021-03-14	4	4th	7 12 25 28 41
2021-03-10	26	4th	18 20 25 28 29
2021-02-12	27	5th	10 13 16 25 28
2021-01-16	15	3rd	16 26 28 36 42
2021-01-01	11	4th	9 14 25 28 32
2020-12-21	1	4th	1 8 27 28 40
2020-12-20	1	3rd	22 24 28 32 38
2020-12-19	3	3rd	1 20 28 29 43
2020-12-16	11	3rd	2 27 28 32 41
2020-12-05	1	3rd	9 25 28 32 36
2020-12-04	2	3rd	2 10 28 31 37
2020-12-02	3	5th	3 4 12 20 28
2020-11-29	36	4th	1 20 26 28 34
2020-10-24	7	5th	5 7 22 27 28
2020-10-17	6	4th	11 19 24 28 31
2020-10-11	4	2nd	5 28 30 36 42
2020-10-07	8	4th	1 2 7 28 40
2020-09-29	4	4th	4 20 26 28 39
2020-09-25	16	3rd	1 5 28 37 42
2020-09-09	15	3rd	3 22 28 29 43
2020-08-25	6	4th	2 19 24 28 40
2020-08-19	2	4th	4 7 25 28 29
2020-08-17	7	3rd	15 16 28 29 36
2020-08-10	3	2nd	7 28 30 36 41
2020-08-07	8	3rd	12 19 28 35 37
2020-07-30	2	4th	7 18 24 28 31
2020-07-28	3	3rd	4 12 28 29 36
2020-07-25	8	5th	2 10 13 19 28
2020-07-17	3	4th	2 11 24 28 30
2020-07-14	27	4th	6 15 18 28 40
2020-06-17	1	4th	4 16 22 28 30
2020-06-16	11	4th	1 17 21 28 34
2020-06-05	6	5th	12 16 21 26 28
2020-05-30	8	4th	18 24 25 28 43
2020-05-22	1	3rd	14 15 28 31 40
2020-05-21	1	4th	3 5 13 28 36
2020-05-20	4	5th	11 12 13 22 28
2020-05-16	15	3rd	15 24 28 35 40
2020-05-01	6	4th	12 14 19 28 40
2020-04-25	1	5th	5 10 24 27 28
2020-04-24	2	4th	1 10 27 28 31
2020-04-22	19	5th	5 20 22 24 28
2020-04-03	3	4th	12 14 27 28 40
2020-03-31	1	3rd	3 23 28 34 41
2020-03-30	19	4th	3 12 25 28 29
2020-03-11	23	2nd	3 28 30 40 41
2020-02-17	5	4th	9 11 13 28 41
2020-02-12	9	3rd	15 23 28 31 33
2020-02-03	3	3rd	7 26 28 33 35
2020-01-31	4	4th	16 18 24 28 34
2020-01-27	10	3rd	3 21 28 37 42
2020-01-17	1	3rd	11 20 28 35 43
2020-01-16	2	2nd	2 28 34 40 43
2020-01-14	11	4th	11 15 23 28 42
2020-01-03	2	3rd	8 16 28 37 39
2020-01-01	4	4th	3 6 18 28 43
2019-12-28	16	3rd	11 15 28 32 37
2019-12-12	20	3rd	5 6 28 29 35
2019-11-22	3	4th	6 8 10 28 37
2019-11-19	21	4th	2 16 23 28 33
2019-10-29	4	2nd	25 28 30 33 36
2019-10-25	14	3rd	3 11 28 33 38
2019-10-11	5	3rd	14 25 28 32 42
2019-10-06	4	5th	1 5 7 24 28
2019-10-02	7	4th	12 20 27 28 36
2019-09-25	2	3rd	6 23 28 30 31
2019-09-23	5	4th	1 15 26 28 35
2019-09-18	1	1st	28 30 32 33 36
2019-09-17	12	4th	2 15 24 28 43
2019-09-05	6	2nd	16 28 32 38 40
2019-08-30	6	2nd	15 28 31 37 39
2019-08-24	5	4th	18 19 26 28 33
2019-08-19	35	3rd	6 15 28 31 39
2019-07-15	32	4th	4 12 15 28 31
2019-06-13	3	3rd	10 14 28 33 43
2019-06-10	10	4th	15 24 26 28 29
2019-05-31	15	3rd	15 27 28 31 37
2019-05-16	2	2nd	21 28 30 33 39
2019-05-14	6	4th	2 20 24 28 43
2019-05-08	10	4th	16 19 27 28 43
2019-04-28	7	3rd	3 22 28 33 36
2019-04-21	4	3rd	2 21 28 42 43
2019-04-17	7	3rd	23 25 28 30 42
2019-04-10	2	4th	3 17 23 28 39
2019-04-08	3	3rd	11 26 28 29 32
2019-04-05	21	4th	3 10 12 28 37
2019-03-15	10	4th	4 13 20 28 39
2019-03-05	9	4th	1 9 22 28 38
2019-02-24	5	2nd	16 28 33 35 43
2019-02-19	4	4th	3 15 26 28 29
2019-02-15	9	2nd	21 28 32 35 41
2019-02-06	14	2nd	15 28 32 33 36
2019-01-23	5	4th	3 9 22 28 30
2019-01-18	6	4th	7 17 27 28 39
2019-01-12	13	4th	6 24 26 28 30
2018-12-30	1	5th	10 12 19 25 28
2018-12-29	11	5th	10 12 26 27 28
2018-12-18	1	3rd	4 12 28 33 42
2018-12-17	3	3rd	26 27 28 33 40
2018-12-14	29	4th	14 21 24 28 32
2018-11-15	7	3rd	8 12 28 30 35
2018-11-08	—	3rd	10 25 28 29 31