Number 28

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

172times drawn · chance expected 170 +0.19σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

61longest completed wait · 24% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 172 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, +0.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 17 times, counted separately.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 172 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 61 · waiting 2 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest5 · chance 6.4
2nd smallest25 · chance 31.9
3rd smallest59 · chance 59.2
4th smallest60 · chance 51.1
5th smallest17 · chance 20.4
6th smallest6 · chance 3.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 31 27 22 41 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-10-03	7	4th	3 18 23 28 30 56
2026-09-09	3	4th	4 13 15 28 54 57
2026-08-29	6	3rd	6 16 28 30 37 40
2026-08-08

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-03	1	3rd	7 11 28 29 30 46
2024-03-30	6	3rd	8 27 28 32 45 51
2024-03-09	1	4th	2 19 23 28 37 48
2024-03-06	4	3rd	2 10 28 30 39 52
2024-02-21	8	2nd	10 28 32 33 35 39
2024-01-24	18	5th	6 10 20 26 28 45
2023-11-22	1	4th	8 15 20 28 38 59
2023-11-18	9	4th	4 13 27 28 40 42
2023-10-18	1	4th	8 24 27 28 50 59
2023-10-14	3	3rd	6 19 28 31 34 46
2023-10-04	17	3rd	4 22 28 30 35 47
2023-08-05	5	3rd	14 27 28 31 45 52
2023-07-19	4	3rd	21 23 28 34 45 58
2023-07-05	32	3rd	5 6 28 31 32 43
2023-03-15	11	4th	11 23 24 28 30 31
2023-02-04	22	3rd	2 14 28 29 49 50
2022-11-19	7	4th	9 12 24 28 30 41
2022-10-26	4	3rd	2 24 28 38 45 59
2022-10-12	4	4th	2 11 27 28 40 50
2022-09-28	7	3rd	6 22 28 32 36 49
2022-09-03	51	2nd	12 28 30 40 43 52
2022-03-09	9	2nd	17 28 29 32 37 40
2022-02-05	16	4th	7 8 16 28 43 53
2021-12-11	1	3rd	16 27 28 36 45 56
2021-12-08	4	3rd	13 22 28 33 42 59
2021-11-24	6	6th	5 10 14 20 23 28
2021-11-03	7	4th	9 10 27 28 35 41
2021-10-09	1	4th	15 18 25 28 41 47
2021-10-06	17	4th	14 16 17 28 37 56
2021-08-07	1	4th	5 14 19 28 50 53
2021-08-04	10	5th	11 13 14 27 28 46
2021-06-30	7	4th	1 12 23 28 29 57
2021-06-05	9	4th	3 18 25 28 31 46
2021-05-05	4	3rd	20 22 28 30 51 54
2021-04-21	17	3rd	5 19 28 31 32 52
2021-02-20	8	3rd	4 16 28 34 40 45
2021-01-23	43	1st	28 44 45 52 56 57
2020-08-26	12	2nd	13 28 38 41 42 51
2020-07-15	3	4th	2 7 18 28 33 56
2020-07-04	1	3rd	8 26 28 48 50 57
2020-07-01	20	2nd	19 28 38 48 52 53
2020-04-22	15	4th	12 18 25 28 32 51
2020-02-29	5	4th	3 4 20 28 31 49
2020-02-12	12	3rd	5 24 28 42 44 57
2020-01-01	3	3rd	13 14 28 50 51 56
2019-12-21	11	2nd	24 28 39 42 48 52
2019-11-13	15	4th	4 19 20 28 56 58
2019-09-21	25	4th	4 10 21 28 30 43
2019-06-26	6	4th	6 15 25 28 36 49
2019-06-05	8	3rd	8 18 28 31 36 54
2019-05-08	4	4th	3 7 14 28 49 54
2019-04-24	31	2nd	2 28 37 43 46 49
2019-01-05	4	1st	28 33 38 45 54 57
2018-12-22	3	1st	28 37 40 41 48 59
2018-12-12	9	4th	5 12 16 28 33 42
2018-11-10	4	5th	3 16 19 25 28 43
2018-10-27	12	4th	5 13 26 28 42 51
2018-09-15	1	2nd	25 28 33 36 37 59
2018-09-12	9	3rd	11 20 28 43 57 59
2018-08-11	3	2nd	25 28 29 47 51 58
2018-08-01	1	3rd	5 27 28 33 40 43
2018-07-28	14	2nd	17 28 34 38 41 52
2018-06-09	1	4th	9 10 20 28 32 37
2018-06-06	3	2nd	17 28 31 33 42 55
2018-05-26	11	4th	3 17 27 28 41 44
2018-04-18	14	3rd	10 27 28 29 51 56
2018-02-28	16	4th	4 6 10 28 30 53
2018-01-03	7	4th	7 11 22 28 41 55
2017-12-09	5	5th	6 11 17 25 28 54
2017-11-22	2	3rd	4 9 28 37 43 48
2017-11-15	18	1st	28 35 37 39 53 54
2017-09-13	13	2nd	2 28 35 45 49 54
2017-07-29	2	4th	19 21 22 28 41 42
2017-07-22	13	3rd	11 23 28 37 40 41
2017-06-07	13	5th	5 8 13 19 28 53
2017-04-22	15	2nd	9 28 31 45 49 50
2017-03-01	3	6th	5 7 8 13 25 28
2017-02-18	2	3rd	9 26 28 34 36 57
2017-02-11	16	3rd	15 23 28 34 45 53
2016-12-17	10	4th	16 24 25 28 51 52
2016-11-12	1	3rd	12 22 28 30 48 59
2016-11-09	8	4th	21 23 25 28 46 59
2016-10-12	2	4th	1 12 17 28 46 47
2016-10-05	10	2nd	1 28 29 31 55 58
2016-08-31	6	4th	17 23 24 28 32 57
2016-08-10	23	6th	9 12 14 17 26 28
2016-05-21	14	2nd	11 28 43 48 51 59
2016-04-02	15	4th	8 10 24 28 40 52
2016-02-10	11	4th	11 14 21 28 40 49
2016-01-02	2	3rd	5 11 28 32 34 35
2015-12-26	7	4th	16 18 22 28 35 46
2015-12-02	6	4th	3 18 26 28 41 53
2015-11-11	4	5th	5 8 9 17 28 48
2015-10-28	14	5th	1 16 18 25 28 55
2015-09-09	26	5th	2 5 8 24 28 41
2015-06-10	2	5th	5 18 21 22 28 31
2015-06-03	5	3rd	22 23 28 39 51 52
2015-05-16	1	3rd	1 20 28 30 34 49
2015-05-13	2	2nd	3 28 37 38 44 59
2015-05-06	7	3rd	5 11 28 31 34 54
2015-04-11	6	3rd	11 15 28 31 40 44
2015-03-21	3	5th	2 12 16 22 28 31
2015-03-11	19	3rd	3 5 28 34 37 53
2015-01-03	2	3rd	22 23 28 30 41 45
2014-12-27	22	2nd	24 28 39 45 46 47
2014-10-11	24	2nd	4 28 30 32 42 46
2014-07-19	5	1st	28 32 36 37 39 47
2014-07-02	1	4th	2 18 25 28 30 35
2014-06-28	7	2nd	15 28 49 50 53 56
2014-06-04	2	2nd	1 28 38 57 58 59
2014-05-28	18	3rd	4 5 28 33 41 46
2014-03-26	16	6th	4 10 11 18 25 28
2014-01-29	6	4th	17 24 27 28 31 34
2014-01-08	4	4th	1 3 9 28 53 55
2013-12-25	3	3rd	22 27 28 38 46 55
2013-12-14	5	6th	4 15 19 20 21 28
2013-11-27	2	3rd	6 22 28 42 50 55
2013-11-20	3	3rd	3 4 28 31 50 58
2013-11-09	12	5th	5 6 24 25 28 33
2013-09-28	1	4th	1 3 13 28 36 41
2013-09-25	8	5th	5 11 16 27 28 59
2013-08-28	61	3rd	2 12 28 43 52 57
2013-01-26	20	4th	5 14 22 28 30 31
2012-11-17	1	4th	8 21 27 28 50 53
2012-11-14	8	4th	17 24 27 28 50 55
2012-10-17	1	5th	2 5 7 27 28 53
2012-10-13	2	4th	1 6 8 28 35 42
2012-10-06	27	3rd	26 27 28 32 47 59
2012-07-04	3	3rd	5 14 28 35 50 53
2012-06-23	4	5th	1 11 14 26 28 56
2012-06-09	2	3rd	7 10 28 43 47 48
2012-06-02	6	4th	7 17 25 28 48 49
2012-05-12	12	3rd	10 24 28 35 43 55
2012-03-31	30	4th	1 14 20 28 35 40
2011-12-17	3	4th	1 17 27 28 39 45
2011-12-07	13	3rd	10 20 28 29 51 52
2011-10-22	8	3rd	15 18 28 35 52 55
2011-09-24	1	6th	6 8 17 22 27 28
2011-09-21	8	3rd	25 26 28 35 49 55
2011-08-24	8	3rd	5 27 28 31 48 58
2011-07-27	8	4th	7 13 14 28 38 43
2011-06-29	5	5th	13 15 21 24 28 45
2011-06-11	10	4th	3 12 22 28 43 59
2011-05-07	11	4th	13 15 20 28 36 56
2011-03-30	26	3rd	6 24 28 34 41 55
2010-12-29	6	2nd	12 28 31 41 42 59
2010-12-08	10	4th	8 15 21 28 53 56
2010-11-03	—	4th	2 15 27 28 31 35