Number 38

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

164times drawn · chance expected 170 −0.46σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 65% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

52longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 164 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −0.46σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 22 times, counted separately.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 164 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 52 · 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 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 smallest1 · chance 0.7
2nd smallest7 · chance 7.9
3rd smallest33 · chance 31.7
4th smallest57 · chance 58.4
5th smallest53 · chance 49.6
6th smallest13 · chance 15.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 8 2 55 13 30

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, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th 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 above 31 ×0.86

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-23	14	6th	1 11 15 17 22 38
2026-08-05	19	4th	2 9 30 38 42 53
2026-05-30	5	4th	8 15 35 38 40 58
2026-05-13

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

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