Number 28

In Jersey Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2020 rules — 2,277 draws, 5 from 1–45.

259times drawn · chance expected 253 +0.40σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 15% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

64longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 259 times in 2,277 draws against 253.0 expected, +0.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 259 times in 2,277 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 17 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 4.5
2nd smallest26 · chance 35.0
3rd smallest103 · chance 91.1
4th smallest93 · chance 94.9
5th smallest33 · chance 33.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 41 2 3 39 13

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
2026-09-23	5	5th	2 5 19 20 28
2026-09-17	2	4th	8 14 16 28 40
2026-09-13	2	4th	3 17 21 28 32
2026-09-07	5	4th	11 14 15

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.

2026-03-05	2	3rd	3 11 28 39 44
2026-03-03	1	5th	8 9 20 22 28
2026-03-02	3	4th	3 6 19 28 29
2026-02-27	12	3rd	2 3 28 37 40
2026-02-15	20	4th	1 8 9 28 45
2026-01-26	5	4th	8 9 23 28 33
2026-01-21	7	3rd	12 22 28 31 44
2026-01-14	23	4th	1 16 17 28 31
2025-12-21	1	4th	3 13 20 28 42
2025-12-20	12	5th	5 6 12 16 28
2025-12-08	19	3rd	13 25 28 30 35
2025-11-19	13	3rd	2 19 28 32 42
2025-11-06	1	4th	14 15 18 28 31
2025-11-05	4	3rd	8 9 28 34 42
2025-11-01	20	3rd	4 20 28 35 40
2025-10-12	14	3rd	22 24 28 29 32
2025-09-28	13	3rd	13 16 28 31 45
2025-09-15	3	3rd	12 22 28 30 39
2025-09-12	21	4th	1 3 27 28 32
2025-08-22	18	3rd	1 3 28 31 32
2025-08-04	3	2nd	5 28 33 39 41
2025-08-01	5	3rd	5 24 28 38 41
2025-07-27	2	4th	6 8 27 28 44
2025-07-25	24	3rd	14 17 28 41 44
2025-07-01	1	4th	3 14 23 28 30
2025-06-30	1	3rd	19 26 28 39 45
2025-06-29	28	3rd	3 13 28 36 39
2025-06-01	1	2nd	22 28 29 32 38
2025-05-31	2	5th	2 3 8 27 28
2025-05-29	9	3rd	26 27 28 30 34
2025-05-20	40	3rd	4 19 28 29 36
2025-04-10	12	3rd	17 18 28 29 32
2025-03-29	1	4th	2 7 20 28 37
2025-03-28	18	4th	2 18 19 28 37
2025-03-10	17	2nd	4 28 31 35 41
2025-02-21	9	5th	6 15 19 26 28
2025-02-12	1	2nd	5 28 30 32 43
2025-02-11	4	3rd	6 7 28 30 45
2025-02-07	19	3rd	8 26 28 35 37
2025-01-19	8	3rd	7 16 28 33 41
2025-01-11	3	4th	16 22 25 28 41
2025-01-08	9	2nd	4 28 33 40 44
2024-12-30	13	5th	2 3 16 24 28
2024-12-16	10	3rd	15 22 28 32 45
2024-12-06	15	3rd	7 21 28 31 38
2024-11-21	3	4th	5 6 13 28 43
2024-11-18	1	2nd	26 28 32 42 44
2024-11-17	3	5th	3 10 21 24 28
2024-11-14	6	4th	9 15 21 28 38
2024-11-08	1	5th	2 6 21 24 28
2024-11-07	2	4th	4 9 23 28 34
2024-11-05	5	4th	6 13 21 28 37
2024-10-31	1	3rd	5 17 28 30 31
2024-10-30	4	3rd	8 17 28 36 41
2024-10-26	1	3rd	12 27 28 29 41
2024-10-25	3	5th	2 7 8 25 28
2024-10-22	1	2nd	11 28 29 34 35
2024-10-21	1	3rd	4 9 28 33 44
2024-10-20	14	4th	8 9 23 28 36
2024-10-06	10	2nd	27 28 33 35 41
2024-09-26	7	4th	3 11 24 28 31
2024-09-19	20	3rd	11 21 28 41 44
2024-08-30	20	1st	28 33 36 38 39
2024-08-10	32	4th	11 14 15 28 31
2024-07-09	6	2nd	19 28 29 30 40
2024-07-03	10	1st	28 29 33 40 45
2024-06-23	10	3rd	18 27 28 29 43
2024-06-13	26	5th	5 7 15 23 28
2024-05-18	4	4th	4 22 25 28 34
2024-05-14	13	5th	5 6 9 27 28
2024-05-01	5	4th	1 3 25 28 32
2024-04-26	7	4th	6 12 19 28 44
2024-04-19	2	4th	7 14 23 28 42
2024-04-17	5	3rd	14 17 28 29 30
2024-04-12	17	5th	2 4 21 25 28
2024-03-26	18	4th	11 17 23 28 43
2024-03-08	15	4th	2 10 12 28 37
2024-02-22	5	3rd	3 11 28 41 42
2024-02-17	8	3rd	1 24 28 29 33
2024-02-09	3	4th	15 25 26 28 37
2024-02-06	18	3rd	16 17 28 41 45
2024-01-19	20	3rd	4 16 28 35 39
2023-12-30	20	3rd	16 26 28 34 43
2023-12-09	9	2nd	22 28 38 40 41
2023-11-30	4	3rd	4 16 28 42 44
2023-11-26	4	5th	10 21 23 27 28
2023-11-22	11	3rd	12 27 28 39 42
2023-11-11	1	4th	12 26 27 28 39
2023-11-10	32	4th	4 9 14 28 37
2023-10-09	3	4th	18 20 26 28 31
2023-10-06	11	4th	6 15 25 28 45
2023-09-25	5	4th	8 9 23 28 40
2023-09-20	11	4th	6 13 27 28 39
2023-09-09	12	4th	9 12 19 28 29
2023-08-28	1	3rd	1 26 28 31 44
2023-08-27	17	3rd	8 24 28 37 43
2023-08-10	2	4th	18 19 22 28 34
2023-08-08	2	5th	3 6 14 19 28
2023-08-06	7	5th	2 6 13 22 28
2023-07-30	2	5th	4 8 11 13 28
2023-07-28	16	5th	6 7 19 21 28
2023-07-12	8	4th	3 8 15 28 37
2023-07-04	64	4th	4 5 17 28 34
2023-05-01	12	2nd	11 28 35 43 45
2023-04-19	16	3rd	12 17 28 30 43
2023-04-03	23	5th	2 3 10 19 28
2023-03-11	17	4th	14 22 23 28 39
2023-02-22	7	4th	9 13 22 28 44
2023-02-15	2	4th	2 13 19 28 42
2023-02-13	6	5th	1 3 5 9 28
2023-02-07	1	4th	3 8 17 28 33
2023-02-06	6	3rd	16 26 28 33 41
2023-01-31	1	3rd	1 21 28 38 45
2023-01-30	9	4th	1 3 13 28 38
2023-01-21	3	4th	14 18 22 28 30
2023-01-18	4	3rd	17 21 28 30 42
2023-01-14	6	4th	3 17 25 28 39
2023-01-08	33	4th	2 8 14 28 35
2022-12-05	5	4th	10 11 18 28 43
2022-11-30	2	5th	4 11 12 22 28
2022-11-28	17	3rd	15 26 28 40 43
2022-11-11	21	5th	12 15 18 22 28
2022-10-21	1	3rd	4 24 28 32 39
2022-10-20	7	4th	3 5 20 28 29
2022-10-13	7	3rd	20 21 28 33 35
2022-10-06	4	3rd	7 9 28 36 43
2022-10-02	1	3rd	1 23 28 38 41
2022-10-01	1	4th	1 5 14 28 44
2022-09-30	2	3rd	10 24 28 30 39
2022-09-28	17	3rd	21 23 28 32 37
2022-09-11	15	4th	2 16 27 28 37
2022-08-27	3	3rd	2 26 28 29 36
2022-08-24	7	5th	2 9 15 26 28
2022-08-17	12	2nd	8 28 36 44 45
2022-08-05	9	5th	4 16 19 25 28
2022-07-27	13	3rd	12 27 28 37 41
2022-07-14	1	3rd	11 24 28 34 38
2022-07-13	4	5th	2 8 19 23 28
2022-07-09	13	4th	9 11 23 28 40
2022-06-26	9	3rd	2 6 28 30 39
2022-06-17	1	4th	10 12 25 28 36
2022-06-16	5	3rd	20 27 28 32 35
2022-06-11	21	4th	8 16 27 28 44
2022-05-21	3	5th	1 11 22 24 28
2022-05-18	3	2nd	7 28 29 30 34
2022-05-15	8	4th	1 13 25 28 38
2022-05-07	1	4th	7 13 16 28 34
2022-05-06	7	3rd	10 11 28 31 38
2022-04-29	5	4th	22 24 27 28 34
2022-04-24	3	4th	12 19 23 28 31
2022-04-21	4	2nd	26 28 34 37 41
2022-04-17	1	3rd	26 27 28 40 42
2022-04-16	3	4th	14 25 27 28 34
2022-04-13	22	2nd	3 28 36 39 40
2022-03-22	1	4th	3 14 19 28 34
2022-03-21	7	3rd	16 22 28 36 39
2022-03-14	2	3rd	11 13 28 31 36
2022-03-12	5	3rd	13 15 28 35 43
2022-03-07	2	3rd	12 26 28 36 41
2022-03-05	4	3rd	6 18 28 33 43
2022-03-01	15	4th	1 5 6 28 43
2022-02-14	2	3rd	11 20 28 42 45
2022-02-12	21	4th	8 15 26 28 30
2022-01-22	6	5th	2 10 13 17 28
2022-01-16	1	3rd	4 11 28 41 42
2022-01-15	3	4th	8 20 27 28 31
2022-01-12	11	2nd	8 28 29 30 40
2022-01-01	2	4th	11 16 23 28 39
2021-12-30	19	3rd	8 11 28 40 43
2021-12-10	10	2nd	4 28 31 35 44
2021-11-30	4	3rd	7 23 28 32 34
2021-11-26	3	3rd	8 19 28 38 39
2021-11-23	1	4th	9 14 17 28 29
2021-11-22	7	1st	28 32 33 35 42
2021-11-15	9	4th	7 24 26 28 34
2021-11-06	16	3rd	6 8 28 31 42
2021-10-21	1	5th	13 16 17 26 28
2021-10-20	9	3rd	1 2 28 32 37
2021-10-11	5	3rd	5 7 28 32 41
2021-10-06	10	4th	1 7 19 28 32
2021-09-26	18	4th	14 18 22 28 34
2021-09-08	4	2nd	25 28 36 41 42
2021-09-04	10	1st	28 36 40 41 43
2021-08-25	11	4th	2 25 26 28 33
2021-08-14	13	3rd	12 21 28 32 37
2021-08-01	2	3rd	6 17 28 37 44
2021-07-30	4	3rd	17 18 28 30 35
2021-07-26	6	5th	3 10 13 16 28
2021-07-20	39	3rd	22 25 28 30 45
2021-06-11	3	2nd	11 28 29 35 39
2021-06-08	17	3rd	7 10 28 32 38
2021-05-22	1	4th	10 12 27 28 40
2021-05-21	8	3rd	10 27 28 34 44
2021-05-13	8	3rd	14 22 28 29 39
2021-05-05	4	5th	8 17 21 27 28
2021-05-01	1	4th	1 2 15 28 31
2021-04-30	5	3rd	11 15 28 29 38
2021-04-25	6	4th	2 4 13 28 40
2021-04-19	12	3rd	11 14 28 29 37
2021-04-07	5	2nd	24 28 30 38 41
2021-04-02	12	2nd	7 28 43 44 45
2021-03-21	10	3rd	15 25 28 40 43
2021-03-11	4	4th	8 15 17 28 45
2021-03-07	7	3rd	2 3 28 35 45
2021-02-28	12	3rd	12 24 28 41 42
2021-02-16	8	3rd	9 18 28 38 41
2021-02-08	30	2nd	25 28 35 36 45
2021-01-09	5	4th	12 24 26 28 36
2021-01-04	7	2nd	13 28 33 34 41
2020-12-28	2	3rd	4 14 28 30 34
2020-12-26	13	3rd	12 27 28 33 36
2020-12-12	8	4th	7 8 23 28 42
2020-12-04	2	4th	11 13 20 28 45
2020-12-02	11	4th	3 9 24 28 40
2020-11-21	3	3rd	12 25 28 35 43
2020-11-18	15	3rd	4 13 28 33 41
2020-11-03	6	3rd	14 20 28 39 42
2020-10-28	6	3rd	8 13 28 38 43
2020-10-22	5	4th	8 24 26 28 45
2020-10-17	1	4th	6 13 24 28 37
2020-10-16	5	4th	1 2 23 28 44
2020-10-11	17	5th	9 16 17 20 28
2020-09-24	20	3rd	5 27 28 30 39
2020-09-04	1	4th	5 22 26 28 43
2020-09-03	1	2nd	2 28 32 33 35
2020-09-02	1	4th	7 8 25 28 29
2020-09-01	18	4th	3 19 26 28 36
2020-08-14	1	4th	10 20 21 28 37
2020-08-13	1	3rd	1 12 28 29 31
2020-08-12	4	3rd	2 4 28 30 40
2020-08-08	15	3rd	15 18 28 37 39
2020-07-24	3	5th	4 16 19 27 28
2020-07-21	10	3rd	23 25 28 35 45
2020-07-11	7	4th	4 13 17 28 41
2020-07-04	—	2nd	21 28 29 31 37