Number 38

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

128times drawn · chance expected 144 −1.44σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 67% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

64longest completed wait · 3% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, −1.44σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 128 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 4 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 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 1.0
4th smallest26 · chance 24.2
5th smallest102 · chance 102.8

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.

22 37 14 8 17 18

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-08	15	5th	4 14 25 37 38
2026-09-23	6	5th	6 12 18 25 38
2026-09-17	4	5th	2 16 20 23 38
2026-09-13	3	4th	5 7 11 38

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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-17	1	4th	5 6 13 38 40
2026-04-16	3	4th	1 8 33 38 40
2026-04-13	10	5th	2 23 27 34 38
2026-04-03	11	5th	10 12 22 27 38
2026-03-23	24	5th	1 17 21 31 38
2026-02-27	2	5th	10 11 14 25 38
2026-02-25	11	5th	15 18 19 30 38
2026-02-14	32	4th	19 27 37 38 40
2026-01-13	1	5th	17 23 25 36 38
2026-01-12	2	5th	1 6 11 24 38
2026-01-10	8	5th	9 18 19 23 38
2026-01-02	21	5th	4 5 22 37 38
2025-12-12	3	5th	8 22 27 35 38
2025-12-09	6	5th	2 11 14 15 38
2025-12-03	2	4th	5 22 25 38 40
2025-12-01	2	5th	2 10 13 20 38
2025-11-29	4	5th	2 12 32 34 38
2025-11-25	13	5th	18 19 29 31 38
2025-11-12	4	5th	22 26 36 37 38
2025-11-08	15	5th	1 6 23 26 38
2025-10-24	10	5th	10 17 22 36 38
2025-10-14	2	5th	9 12 28 33 38
2025-10-12	5	5th	1 27 30 34 38
2025-10-07	13	5th	3 13 17 21 38
2025-09-24	2	5th	2 4 12 26 38
2025-09-22	30	5th	3 9 32 35 38
2025-08-23	27	4th	12 31 37 38 39
2025-07-27	3	5th	9 18 20 24 38
2025-07-24	3	4th	4 16 18 38 40
2025-07-21	8	5th	1 28 30 36 38
2025-07-13	1	5th	8 15 17 30 38
2025-07-12	3	5th	1 22 24 32 38
2025-07-09	4	4th	6 21 32 38 40
2025-07-05	1	5th	3 13 14 19 38
2025-07-04	30	4th	6 35 37 38 39
2025-06-04	7	5th	5 17 21 36 38
2025-05-28	3	5th	2 11 14 26 38
2025-05-25	31	5th	10 27 31 35 38
2025-04-24	1	5th	7 13 15 36 38
2025-04-23	3	5th	10 15 17 32 38
2025-04-20	8	5th	4 17 33 34 38
2025-04-12	17	5th	13 22 25 29 38
2025-03-26	6	5th	8 14 29 37 38
2025-03-20	5	5th	3 14 23 37 38
2025-03-15	11	5th	4 12 22 36 38
2025-03-04	11	5th	5 17 18 21 38
2025-02-21	9	5th	3 21 28 33 38
2025-02-12	11	5th	24 25 28 33 38
2025-02-01	3	5th	6 12 22 35 38
2025-01-29	30	5th	7 9 16 36 38
2024-12-30	2	4th	22 24 28 38 39
2024-12-28	5	5th	3 10 31 37 38
2024-12-23	1	4th	9 23 26 38 40
2024-12-22	16	5th	15 17 24 34 38
2024-12-06	18	5th	4 26 29 32 38
2024-11-18	1	5th	11 14 26 30 38
2024-11-17	21	5th	8 9 33 34 38
2024-10-27	1	5th	3 11 33 36 38
2024-10-26	6	5th	5 26 31 34 38
2024-10-20	14	5th	5 11 17 37 38
2024-10-06	4	5th	14 21 25 35 38
2024-10-02	14	5th	1 32 36 37 38
2024-09-18	21	5th	9 13 21 30 38
2024-08-28	2	5th	14 22 23 27 38
2024-08-26	1	5th	4 5 24 32 38
2024-08-25	11	5th	7 15 23 30 38
2024-08-14	2	5th	12 20 21 24 38
2024-08-12	23	5th	8 9 14 35 38
2024-07-20	10	5th	8 23 25 27 38
2024-07-10	10	5th	5 6 28 29 38
2024-06-30	1	4th	3 16 17 38 39
2024-06-29	64	5th	14 25 33 37 38
2024-04-26	11	5th	17 24 29 34 38
2024-04-15	10	5th	3 7 13 32 38
2024-04-05	1	4th	6 28 35 38 39
2024-04-04	1	5th	17 26 29 31 38
2024-04-03	2	5th	8 25 31 37 38
2024-04-01	8	5th	15 24 28 34 38
2024-03-24	15	5th	8 13 22 27 38
2024-03-09	11	5th	9 18 20 22 38
2024-02-27	6	5th	3 29 31 33 38
2024-02-21	3	4th	6 26 32 38 40
2024-02-18	4	5th	2 7 16 18 38
2024-02-14	54	5th	18 27 29 31 38
2023-12-22	1	4th	4 6 37 38 40
2023-12-21	13	4th	10 14 18 38 39
2023-12-08	6	5th	8 28 32 35 38
2023-12-02	1	5th	1 6 9 34 38
2023-12-01	14	5th	13 14 16 25 38
2023-11-17	3	5th	8 9 25 37 38
2023-11-14	1	5th	3 8 22 33 38
2023-11-13	2	5th	6 22 24 36 38
2023-11-11	9	5th	7 18 35 36 38
2023-11-02	1	4th	3 27 29 38 40
2023-11-01	10	5th	13 26 28 34 38
2023-10-22	10	5th	2 4 22 31 38
2023-10-12	15	4th	1 12 37 38 39
2023-09-27	17	5th	5 11 18 37 38
2023-09-10	4	4th	22 27 31 38 39
2023-09-06	8	5th	8 14 26 35 38
2023-08-29	4	5th	1 5 12 18 38
2023-08-25	4	4th	4 22 35 38 39
2023-08-21	4	4th	11 27 29 38 39
2023-08-17	—	4th	10 11 19 38 39