Number 28

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,153 draws, 5 from 1–40.

145times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.08σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 20% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

44longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 145 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, +0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 145 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 13 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 0.9
2nd smallest13 · chance 10.5
3rd smallest31 · chance 40.8
4th smallest64 · chance 61.9
5th smallest37 · chance 30.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 3 19 24 35 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-29	15	4th	14 19 24 28 39
2026-09-14	3	5th	8 10 14 16 28
2026-09-11	3	4th	11 17 27 28 33
2026-09-08	5	3rd	13 24 28 29

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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-06-03	20	3rd	7 14 28 32 40
2026-05-14	1	4th	1 6 14 28 34
2026-05-13	4	3rd	4 6 28 30 37
2026-05-09	2	4th	19 25 26 28 34
2026-05-07	7	4th	13 19 22 28 37
2026-04-30	7	4th	2 13 14 28 35
2026-04-23	5	5th	5 9 20 26 28
2026-04-18	21	3rd	11 14 28 37 40
2026-03-28	6	4th	9 14 27 28 35
2026-03-22	4	3rd	2 26 28 33 36
2026-03-18	9	5th	2 9 11 22 28
2026-03-09	1	4th	9 10 12 28 36
2026-03-08	7	5th	1 3 12 20 28
2026-03-01	5	3rd	4 20 28 30 39
2026-02-24	2	5th	6 13 21 24 28
2026-02-22	16	2nd	12 28 33 34 35
2026-02-06	7	4th	1 18 24 28 32
2026-01-30	5	4th	2 14 22 28 33
2026-01-25	4	5th	5 7 9 14 28
2026-01-21	5	4th	10 11 22 28 30
2026-01-16	2	3rd	11 17 28 29 33
2026-01-14	24	4th	2 3 13 28 29
2025-12-21	4	4th	19 20 22 28 29
2025-12-17	7	5th	1 5 7 27 28
2025-12-10	18	2nd	18 28 33 36 37
2025-11-22	1	4th	10 12 18 28 39
2025-11-21	7	4th	3 9 24 28 29
2025-11-14	10	4th	21 23 24 28 40
2025-11-04	5	3rd	10 21 28 29 39
2025-10-30	9	4th	3 6 22 28 30
2025-10-21	7	5th	6 10 11 13 28
2025-10-14	28	3rd	9 12 28 33 38
2025-09-16	12	5th	10 12 15 23 28
2025-09-04	7	3rd	10 16 28 32 35
2025-08-28	25	2nd	20 28 32 34 36
2025-08-03	5	5th	7 10 13 18 28
2025-07-29	8	4th	11 23 25 28 37
2025-07-21	10	2nd	1 28 30 36 38
2025-07-11	1	4th	17 20 22 28 37
2025-07-10	7	5th	7 8 21 23 28
2025-07-03	8	4th	8 9 19 28 34
2025-06-25	12	4th	2 17 24 28 31
2025-06-13	1	4th	3 5 22 28 35
2025-06-12	5	4th	5 16 17 28 31
2025-06-07	5	5th	4 5 14 15 28
2025-06-02	12	2nd	3 28 29 31 36
2025-05-21	2	4th	7 9 14 28 32
2025-05-19	5	4th	4 9 15 28 33
2025-05-14	8	4th	17 19 20 28 29
2025-05-06	44	5th	8 15 19 22 28
2025-03-23	13	4th	11 25 26 28 37
2025-03-10	17	4th	16 17 26 28 29
2025-02-21	6	3rd	3 21 28 33 38
2025-02-15	1	4th	3 5 26 28 30
2025-02-14	2	5th	1 5 16 19 28
2025-02-12	20	3rd	24 25 28 33 38
2025-01-23	8	5th	10 12 13 21 28
2025-01-15	1	4th	23 26 27 28 35
2025-01-14	1	3rd	15 24 28 31 37
2025-01-13	4	3rd	12 26 28 35 37
2025-01-09	1	3rd	19 20 28 31 35
2025-01-08	3	5th	3 6 14 19 28
2025-01-05	2	5th	9 16 17 18 28
2025-01-03	4	5th	1 3 5 16 28
2024-12-30	11	3rd	22 24 28 38 39
2024-12-19	29	4th	1 19 22 28 33
2024-11-20	13	4th	10 12 14 28 32
2024-11-07	9	5th	3 4 23 26 28
2024-10-29	6	5th	1 3 15 19 28
2024-10-23	29	4th	21 24 27 28 32
2024-09-24	10	4th	2 21 27 28 35
2024-09-14	9	4th	1 14 27 28 34
2024-09-05	6	4th	14 15 20 28 30
2024-08-30	28	4th	3 7 17 28 35
2024-08-02	12	5th	10 15 21 25 28
2024-07-21	11	4th	8 10 20 28 32
2024-07-10	7	3rd	5 6 28 29 38
2024-07-03	2	4th	13 15 27 28 40
2024-07-01	13	4th	3 11 20 28 31
2024-06-18	2	4th	8 19 26 28 36
2024-06-16	12	4th	3 22 25 28 30
2024-06-04	10	4th	1 2 25 28 29
2024-05-25	31	2nd	10 28 34 35 37
2024-04-24	1	2nd	17 28 30 33 40
2024-04-23	5	3rd	8 23 28 35 36
2024-04-18	1	4th	3 19 24 28 31
2024-04-17	12	5th	2 6 20 21 28
2024-04-05	4	2nd	6 28 35 38 39
2024-04-01	5	3rd	15 24 28 34 38
2024-03-27	22	5th	10 15 17 24 28
2024-03-05	1	3rd	20 27 28 31 32
2024-03-04	20	4th	20 22 27 28 31
2024-02-13	3	4th	7 8 22 28 36
2024-02-10	2	4th	4 12 16 28 30
2024-02-08	7	4th	9 21 24 28 34
2024-02-01	5	2nd	16 28 33 37 39
2024-01-27	5	5th	7 23 24 25 28
2024-01-22	1	5th	1 4 9 23 28
2024-01-21	3	4th	4 8 11 28 40
2024-01-18	1	5th	12 20 26 27 28
2024-01-17	9	5th	3 10 20 21 28
2024-01-08	2	5th	11 15 19 26 28
2024-01-06	5	4th	9 20 24 28 36
2024-01-01	12	3rd	2 15 28 34 36
2023-12-20	5	2nd	25 28 32 33 37
2023-12-15	7	4th	6 8 10 28 39
2023-12-08	1	2nd	8 28 32 35 38
2023-12-07	3	4th	4 26 27 28 39
2023-12-04	1	3rd	16 17 28 32 39
2023-12-03	8	5th	3 10 11 17 28
2023-11-25	10	4th	1 12 25 28 39
2023-11-15	10	2nd	4 28 33 34 35
2023-11-05	2	4th	12 16 19 28 34
2023-11-03	2	3rd	5 16 28 31 33
2023-11-01	7	3rd	13 26 28 34 38
2023-10-25	6	4th	12 17 20 28 31
2023-10-19	5	3rd	15 16 28 32 34
2023-10-14	12	5th	6 16 19 27 28
2023-10-02	2	4th	10 11 17 28 29
2023-09-30	1	5th	2 7 18 22 28
2023-09-29	—	4th	12 14 19 28 32