Number 28

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

346times drawn · chance expected 322 +1.46σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 68% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

50longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 346 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +1.46σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 346 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 50 · 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 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 smallest5 · chance 4.1
2nd smallest31 · chance 32.7
3rd smallest108 · chance 94.3
4th smallest130 · chance 124.1
5th smallest61 · chance 74.5
6th smallest11 · chance 16.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 36.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 38 49 20 11 43

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-30	8	3rd	20 24 28 39 43 48
2026-09-12	14	3rd	19 22 28 29 32 34
2026-08-10	6	3rd	5 21 28 34 38 49
2026-07-27

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-10	4	2nd	17 28 29 38 42 46
2025-04-30	12	2nd	19 28 35 37 40 41
2025-04-02	9	4th	8 11 20 28 37 41
2025-03-12	17	4th	4 11 15 28 32 44
2025-02-01	2	4th	4 15 22 28 36 44
2025-01-27	4	6th	2 3 23 25 26 28
2025-01-18	7	4th	13 20 22 28 41 46
2025-01-01	6	3rd	9 16 28 29 45 47
2024-12-18	8	3rd	15 23 28 35 36 37
2024-11-30	9	3rd	7 16 28 36 39 45
2024-11-09	6	3rd	15 16 28 41 42 43
2024-10-26	3	4th	1 2 20 28 29 38
2024-10-19	1	3rd	13 14 28 31 33 41
2024-10-16	1	4th	10 18 26 28 32 39
2024-10-14	4	5th	1 5 10 20 28 31
2024-10-05	5	4th	5 11 25 28 35 44
2024-09-23	7	4th	19 21 26 28 38 43
2024-09-07	11	5th	1 14 16 22 28 33
2024-08-12	15	3rd	24 27 28 32 37 44
2024-07-08	11	5th	2 8 18 23 28 39
2024-06-12	2	4th	5 6 22 28 34 35
2024-06-08	3	1st	28 30 32 35 38 43
2024-06-01	10	5th	4 7 24 27 28 35
2024-05-08	3	4th	15 16 27 28 29 36
2024-05-01	3	5th	6 14 16 23 28 43
2024-04-24	4	5th	2 10 12 24 28 39
2024-04-15	6	3rd	14 24 28 31 39 47
2024-04-01	10	5th	1 16 21 23 28 37
2024-03-09	1	2nd	4 28 36 42 43 44
2024-03-06	7	3rd	4 22 28 31 42 44
2024-02-19	3	5th	4 6 19 20 28 41
2024-02-12	14	4th	1 10 11 28 43 45
2024-01-10	2	3rd	3 19 28 37 40 49
2024-01-06	18	4th	8 16 20 28 38 49
2023-11-25	7	5th	1 4 14 26 28 46
2023-11-08	8	1st	28 33 35 41 44 48
2023-10-21	4	2nd	20 28 37 40 43 44
2023-10-11	6	2nd	4 28 32 40 46 47
2023-09-27	9	4th	3 10 18 28 38 49
2023-09-06	11	4th	7 16 22 28 39 47
2023-08-12	10	4th	5 19 22 28 38 42
2023-07-19	1	4th	7 15 27 28 31 42
2023-07-17	13	3rd	4 12 28 29 45 47
2023-06-17	8	1st	28 32 33 39 40 42
2023-05-29	11	5th	2 7 16 19 28 41
2023-05-03	7	4th	8 15 24 28 43 47
2023-04-17	2	5th	6 9 17 27 28 34
2023-04-12	5	4th	5 11 16 28 33 45
2023-04-01	2	3rd	19 20 28 39 44 46
2023-03-27	10	3rd	1 15 28 29 32 39
2023-03-04	9	3rd	8 10 28 31 41 48
2023-02-11	12	3rd	8 24 28 34 43 47
2023-01-14	1	4th	9 20 26 28 29 40
2023-01-11	8	3rd	5 22 28 37 45 47
2022-12-24	7	4th	4 9 14 28 37 40
2022-12-07	11	4th	8 22 27 28 45 46
2022-11-12	15	3rd	2 5 28 41 44 46
2022-10-08	6	3rd	16 27 28 36 40 41
2022-09-24	5	4th	2 9 16 28 41 47
2022-09-12	2	4th	19 24 26 28 32 48
2022-09-07	3	4th	12 20 24 28 42 46
2022-08-31	4	4th	17 18 19 28 42 48
2022-08-22	9	4th	5 17 25 28 34 49
2022-08-01	9	4th	3 10 27 28 29 34
2022-07-11	4	4th	8 10 22 28 29 32
2022-07-02	2	3rd	15 22 28 29 41 43
2022-06-27	1	4th	15 17 26 28 33 36
2022-06-25	8	3rd	11 17 28 35 44 45
2022-06-06	12	3rd	12 15 28 42 43 44
2022-05-09	4	5th	2 11 15 18 28 33
2022-04-30	4	5th	2 11 13 26 28 45
2022-04-20	3	5th	15 20 23 25 28 44
2022-04-13	8	3rd	17 23 28 36 37 40
2022-03-26	12	5th	11 21 22 24 28 41
2022-02-26	7	4th	8 9 15 28 45 46
2022-02-09	12	4th	18 21 26 28 30 49
2022-01-12	9	3rd	15 20 28 35 37 38
2021-12-22	3	5th	3 5 8 25 28 43
2021-12-15	9	3rd	12 27 28 32 34 42
2021-11-24	15	3rd	14 27 28 29 38 48
2021-10-20	9	3rd	10 27 28 32 43 46
2021-09-29	2	4th	1 5 6 28 32 43
2021-09-25	3	6th	1 3 11 13 21 28
2021-09-18	5	5th	1 4 17 27 28 41
2021-09-06	5	3rd	7 10 28 30 43 44
2021-08-25	20	5th	3 11 12 27 28 31
2021-07-10	9	3rd	6 19 28 34 42 48
2021-06-19	9	4th	8 13 20 28 35 40
2021-05-29	7	5th	2 6 24 26 28 29
2021-05-12	2	3rd	2 6 28 29 32 48
2021-05-08	6	3rd	5 15 28 32 43 44
2021-04-24	14	5th	6 11 23 26 28 39
2021-03-22	3	3rd	5 20 28 32 37 46
2021-03-15	9	4th	6 20 21 28 36 45
2021-02-22	10	4th	1 4 17 28 31 32
2021-01-30	12	2nd	7 28 30 32 33 47
2021-01-02	11	5th	11 21 22 26 28 43
2020-12-07	8	4th	9 10 14 28 32 39
2020-11-18	9	4th	15 20 21 28 33 35
2020-10-28	10	4th	22 24 26 28 38 42
2020-10-05	3	5th	1 12 14 21 28 30
2020-09-28	19	4th	8 9 26 28 43 49
2020-08-15	5	4th	3 8 27 28 31 34
2020-08-03	17	3rd	7 17 28 33 37 38
2020-06-24	13	2nd	7 28 31 37 44 46
2020-05-25	9	3rd	5 7 28 32 45 46
2020-05-04	1	4th	3 4 16 28 30 33
2020-05-02	27	4th	1 18 27 28 41 49
2020-02-29	3	2nd	21 28 33 36 43 48
2020-02-22	3	3rd	15 19 28 29 43 46
2020-02-15	4	3rd	19 23 28 35 38 44
2020-02-05	8	4th	13 17 25 28 33 34
2020-01-18	2	3rd	5 17 28 38 39 48
2020-01-13	11	4th	14 21 25 28 33 44
2019-12-18	8	2nd	26 28 33 36 44 45
2019-11-30	2	4th	7 20 21 28 38 39
2019-11-25	8	5th	10 13 14 27 28 33
2019-11-06	3	4th	2 9 15 28 40 47
2019-10-30	14	4th	17 18 25 28 29 45
2019-09-28	3	5th	1 13 15 21 28 36
2019-09-21	11	5th	6 10 19 20 28 47
2019-08-26	2	4th	19 25 26 28 48 49
2019-08-21	2	4th	11 24 26 28 44 45
2019-08-17	3	3rd	4 19 28 33 37 45
2019-08-10	1	3rd	18 20 28 29 46 47
2019-08-07	1	3rd	3 15 28 37 38 49
2019-08-05	6	4th	9 23 24 28 34 49
2019-07-22	3	4th	8 11 26 28 31 44
2019-07-15	25	3rd	6 11 28 32 44 46
2019-05-18	2	4th	5 17 20 28 30 38
2019-05-13	1	3rd	14 24 28 38 39 40
2019-05-11	11	5th	3 9 12 24 28 30
2019-04-15	7	5th	1 8 12 22 28 41
2019-03-30	5	4th	7 14 22 28 36 41
2019-03-18	5	3rd	2 5 28 45 46 48
2019-03-06	4	2nd	21 28 39 40 43 46
2019-02-25	4	4th	5 14 26 28 31 43
2019-02-16	12	3rd	2 3 28 43 47 49
2019-01-19	2	5th	5 7 10 27 28 35
2019-01-14	10	4th	1 5 13 28 44 49
2018-12-22	9	4th	2 6 24 28 45 49
2018-12-01	1	4th	3 11 17 28 31 37
2018-11-28	1	3rd	23 26 28 29 42 43
2018-11-26	35	3rd	3 20 28 29 38 45
2018-09-05	5	5th	7 14 17 20 28 44
2018-08-25	1	5th	5 10 16 24 28 41
2018-08-22	9	4th	3 16 25 28 34 38
2018-08-01	16	6th	7 12 15 21 23 28
2018-06-25	20	5th	13 14 16 25 28 34
2018-05-09	2	4th	9 10 26 28 35 38
2018-05-05	10	4th	8 9 12 28 32 48
2018-04-11	4	5th	1 7 16 21 28 32
2018-04-02	36	4th	3 5 25 28 44 49
2018-01-08	3	4th	4 10 16 28 39 48
2018-01-01	41	4th	13 16 22 28 39 45
2017-09-27	4	4th	2 17 24 28 37 44
2017-09-18	7	2nd	1 28 30 33 42 45
2017-09-02	6	3rd	5 10 28 30 31 45
2017-08-19	7	3rd	25 26 28 32 36 38
2017-08-02	9	3rd	3 6 28 32 42 48
2017-07-12	17	1st	28 37 39 47 48 49
2017-06-03	1	4th	1 21 23 28 39 46
2017-05-31	3	4th	18 24 27 28 39 40
2017-05-24	7	4th	11 17 18 28 35 40
2017-05-08	6	5th	7 9 10 11 28 33
2017-04-24	3	3rd	7 26 28 35 40 45
2017-04-17	6	5th	2 12 17 26 28 48
2017-04-03	1	4th	15 17 23 28 33 34
2017-04-01	1	5th	7 12 13 14 28 39
2017-03-29	10	4th	13 14 19 28 44 45
2017-03-06	2	4th	8 9 26 28 42 46
2017-03-01	1	3rd	3 23 28 42 43 45
2017-02-27	3	2nd	5 28 36 37 40 45
2017-02-20	1	6th	4 7 10 21 24 28
2017-02-18	1	4th	3 18 20 28 32 41
2017-02-15	9	2nd	19 28 31 35 40 49
2017-01-25	5	4th	9 11 19 28 35 42
2017-01-14	1	4th	15 21 22 28 41 45
2017-01-11	7	6th	1 3 4 16 25 28
2016-12-26	1	1st	28 29 30 38 40 44
2016-12-24	3	3rd	6 19 28 36 39 44
2016-12-17	17	2nd	7 28 29 33 35 38
2016-11-07	4	3rd	12 24 28 38 43 45
2016-10-29	4	5th	4 13 14 27 28 35
2016-10-19	23	3rd	5 20 28 31 34 42
2016-08-27	17	5th	10 11 19 20 28 42
2016-07-18	1	4th	1 11 18 28 31 36
2016-07-16	6	3rd	10 21 28 34 40 44
2016-07-02	1	4th	6 17 24 28 48 49
2016-06-29	4	3rd	5 23 28 43 48 49
2016-06-20	3	4th	6 11 23 28 30 49
2016-06-13	4	6th	3 13 16 19 23 28
2016-06-04	18	5th	2 11 17 18 28 46
2016-04-23	6	3rd	4 6 28 39 43 47
2016-04-09	6	5th	2 9 19 27 28 29
2016-03-26	10	4th	1 7 14 28 39 40
2016-03-02	4	4th	11 14 19 28 43 49
2016-02-22	1	5th	9 15 20 24 28 47
2016-02-20	3	4th	12 15 21 28 37 40
2016-02-13	38	3rd	3 4 28 34 40 48
2015-11-16	9	3rd	12 17 28 32 38 45
2015-10-26	6	4th	8 20 23 28 33 35
2015-10-12	6	2nd	22 28 29 36 38 46
2015-09-28	32	3rd	3 22 28 30 31 49
2015-07-15	1	5th	1 20 21 26 28 45
2015-07-13	18	3rd	1 9 28 31 39 45
2015-06-01	11	4th	6 7 10 28 35 41
2015-05-06	2	4th	15 20 22 28 33 45
2015-05-02	3	3rd	4 23 28 38 42 45
2015-04-25	3	4th	5 7 18 28 37 39
2015-04-18	50	4th	4 13 24 28 36 49
2014-12-22	11	3rd	2 21 28 33 44 45
2014-11-26	3	4th	12 13 14 28 36 47
2014-11-19	3	5th	1 7 11 25 28 36
2014-11-12	10	2nd	24 28 29 30 38 41
2014-10-20	3	4th	8 11 26 28 35 46
2014-10-13	2	4th	12 18 21 28 38 48
2014-10-08	16	3rd	9 25 28 29 45 49
2014-09-01	2	3rd	3 23 28 30 43 46
2014-08-27	6	3rd	6 23 28 29 43 46
2014-08-13	2	6th	2 11 16 21 25 28
2014-08-09	5	5th	6 10 11 22 28 33
2014-07-28	1	2nd	10 28 36 42 43 49
2014-07-26	2	5th	4 11 24 25 28 37
2014-07-21	3	4th	2 6 18 28 34 43
2014-07-14	11	3rd	20 25 28 36 47 48
2014-06-18	2	3rd	15 18 28 30 34 38
2014-06-14	1	4th	3 8 26 28 34 35
2014-06-11	34	3rd	4 7 28 44 46 49
2014-03-24	11	5th	1 18 20 26 28 35
2014-02-26	3	2nd	22 28 31 34 35 38
2014-02-19	5	5th	10 14 19 26 28 40
2014-02-08	5	5th	4 7 20 22 28 29
2014-01-27	1	3rd	1 23 28 36 38 40
2014-01-25	1	4th	7 14 16 28 42 46
2014-01-22	18	4th	3 9 24 28 36 49
2013-12-11	9	5th	12 14 18 24 28 30
2013-11-20	1	5th	13 17 22 25 28 47
2013-11-18	4	4th	12 20 21 28 45 46
2013-11-09	2	4th	16 17 22 28 39 44
2013-11-04	2	3rd	4 5 28 32 42 47
2013-10-30	8	6th	2 3 6 8 20 28
2013-10-12	8	3rd	3 14 28 32 41 44
2013-09-23	12	3rd	1 9 28 31 32 49
2013-08-26	5	5th	5 11 13 22 28 41
2013-08-14	5	4th	11 14 16 28 36 48
2013-08-03	6	4th	14 16 18 28 36 38
2013-07-20	6	3rd	17 18 28 31 37 40
2013-07-06	8	4th	1 20 25 28 40 44
2013-06-17	17	4th	9 11 17 28 45 48
2013-05-08	9	3rd	1 19 28 36 37 48
2013-04-17	3	3rd	4 5 28 34 35 49
2013-04-10	26	4th	4 21 26 28 34 47
2013-02-09	6	4th	5 23 27 28 31 42
2013-01-26	7	6th	12 15 16 20 25 28
2013-01-09	3	3rd	12 18 28 31 39 45
2013-01-02	2	4th	1 4 18 28 35 47
2012-12-29	4	4th	8 13 22 28 38 40
2012-12-19	5	5th	5 16 18 26 28 48
2012-12-08	1	3rd	16 18 28 31 37 38
2012-12-05	13	5th	2 4 18 21 28 38
2012-11-05	1	3rd	2 22 28 42 47 49
2012-11-03	18	4th	9 23 25 28 30 40
2012-09-22	4	4th	7 23 25 28 46 48
2012-09-12	2	5th	1 14 19 21 28 43
2012-09-08	3	2nd	6 28 34 37 40 45
2012-09-01	4	3rd	14 21 28 29 40 49
2012-08-22	12	4th	2 9 10 28 31 41
2012-07-25	10	3rd	5 26 28 29 37 45
2012-07-02	5	4th	1 3 22 28 42 48
2012-06-20	3	4th	3 8 20 28 29 49
2012-06-13	2	5th	2 5 8 12 28 31
2012-06-09	5	5th	2 3 15 20 28 33
2012-05-28	13	5th	7 23 25 27 28 33
2012-04-28	1	3rd	5 23 28 42 44 46
2012-04-25	11	3rd	16 25 28 38 45 46
2012-03-31	15	2nd	3 28 29 30 35 49
2012-02-25	4	2nd	14 28 31 32 34 37
2012-02-15	6	5th	14 17 20 27 28 47
2012-02-01	9	3rd	6 15 28 31 33 45
2012-01-11	1	4th	3 4 11 28 31 38
2012-01-09	2	4th	4 7 9 28 34 40
2012-01-04	7	3rd	16 26 28 37 43 47
2011-12-19	3	5th	4 8 16 21 28 38
2011-12-12	12	2nd	22 28 35 36 37 39
2011-11-14	2	5th	10 14 18 24 28 45
2011-11-09	5	2nd	27 28 29 38 46 49
2011-10-29	3	6th	5 6 18 21 26 28
2011-10-22	3	4th	6 10 24 28 32 42
2011-10-15	16	4th	5 12 17 28 30 38
2011-09-07	6	4th	5 14 25 28 34 43
2011-08-24	5	3rd	6 13 28 29 39 48
2011-08-13	9	4th	3 9 11 28 32 36
2011-07-23	6	3rd	2 17 28 35 37 42
2011-07-09	4	5th	1 12 21 27 28 33
2011-06-29	28	3rd	3 10 28 33 35 42
2011-04-25	1	3rd	11 19 28 32 34 40
2011-04-23	17	2nd	15 28 30 31 35 49
2011-03-14	4	3rd	6 26 28 34 36 49
2011-03-05	1	3rd	10 17 28 29 32 49
2011-03-02	3	3rd	20 22 28 29 30 41
2011-02-23	10	3rd	7 10 28 37 48 49
2011-01-31	16	3rd	7 11 28 31 37 40
2010-12-25	2	4th	4 6 10 28 36 42
2010-12-20	12	3rd	3 17 28 37 38 45
2010-11-22	3	5th	16 20 21 25 28 31
2010-11-15	3	3rd	12 23 28 30 40 48
2010-11-08	38	2nd	11 28 29 31 41 49
2010-08-11	2	4th	3 14 22 28 35 45
2010-08-07	12	4th	7 11 20 28 41 44
2010-07-10	6	4th	12 13 24 28 36 40
2010-06-26	10	4th	5 15 22 28 35 45
2010-06-02	5	4th	2 4 8 28 34 42
2010-05-22	12	4th	18 19 27 28 42 49
2010-04-24	2	4th	12 17 19 28 31 43
2010-04-19	19	4th	14 15 26 28 44 45
2010-03-06	10	2nd	2 28 34 39 43 47
2010-02-10	6	3rd	7 21 28 41 42 44
2010-01-27	7	4th	10 12 21 28 34 49
2010-01-11	3	4th	13 19 24 28 42 43
2010-01-04	1	3rd	6 8 28 31 45 46
2010-01-02	—	4th	1 7 25 28 39 40