Number 38

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

335times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.80σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

60longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 335 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +0.80σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 335 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 60 · 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 smallest0 · chance 0.1
2nd smallest1 · chance 2.4
3rd smallest24 · chance 21.5
4th smallest83 · chance 83.6
5th smallest135 · chance 142.1
6th smallest92 · chance 85.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 30 44 17 28 21

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-28	8	6th	10 18 19 25 33 38
2026-09-09	3	6th	1 19 21 22 26 38
2026-09-02	5	5th	9 12 20 32 38 39
2026-08-22

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-12-03	20	5th	5 16 19 36 38 46
2025-10-18	15	6th	8 13 28 29 30 38
2025-09-13	7	4th	6 18 33 38 40 46
2025-08-27	5	4th	8 10 34 38 43 48
2025-08-16	9	5th	20 24 29 34 38 49
2025-07-26	22	5th	20 26 29 37 38 49
2025-06-04	7	6th	3 9 20 21 33 38
2025-05-19	4	3rd	17 24 38 39 44 47
2025-05-10	14	4th	17 28 29 38 42 46
2025-04-07	20	5th	1 6 12 36 38 45
2025-02-19	26	6th	8 21 27 34 35 38
2024-12-21	13	5th	1 2 9 33 38 39
2024-11-20	1	6th	3 5 11 14 35 38
2024-11-18	10	5th	14 21 22 36 38 44
2024-10-26	10	6th	1 2 20 28 29 38
2024-10-02	1	5th	1 12 20 30 38 42
2024-09-30	1	4th	11 13 21 38 41 48
2024-09-28	2	4th	15 21 22 38 43 45
2024-09-23	22	5th	19 21 26 28 38 43
2024-08-03	4	4th	23 32 36 38 40 48
2024-07-24	13	4th	17 18 25 38 45 49
2024-06-24	3	5th	18 19 29 30 38 48
2024-06-17	3	6th	21 30 32 33 34 38
2024-06-10	1	6th	6 7 17 21 29 38
2024-06-08	5	5th	28 30 32 35 38 43
2024-05-27	15	4th	1 2 36 38 47 49
2024-04-22	5	4th	8 15 20 38 41 44
2024-04-10	9	5th	4 15 19 35 38 43
2024-03-20	1	4th	17 27 33 38 47 48
2024-03-18	18	6th	10 13 18 30 36 38
2024-02-05	1	3rd	9 27 38 41 43 48
2024-02-03	2	4th	7 29 30 38 41 44
2024-01-29	3	5th	1 12 26 37 38 48
2024-01-22	7	4th	12 26 33 38 43 44
2024-01-06	5	5th	8 16 20 28 38 49
2023-12-25	1	4th	12 13 17 38 45 48
2023-12-23	7	5th	3 13 25 35 38 44
2023-12-06	1	5th	6 11 26 35 38 44
2023-12-04	26	3rd	9 12 38 39 41 45
2023-10-04	3	5th	2 15 23 27 38 49
2023-09-27	7	5th	3 10 18 28 38 49
2023-09-11	10	4th	10 25 32 38 41 42
2023-08-19	3	6th	1 6 21 33 35 38
2023-08-12	5	5th	5 19 22 28 38 42
2023-07-31	8	4th	6 18 21 38 44 47
2023-07-12	3	5th	11 13 19 25 38 42
2023-07-05	9	5th	7 12 17 23 38 40
2023-06-14	3	5th	18 20 23 27 38 46
2023-06-07	23	6th	7 11 22 25 30 38
2023-04-15	42	5th	2 9 21 33 38 48
2023-01-07	34	4th	2 19 34 38 46 47
2022-10-19	7	5th	7 11 25 29 38 49
2022-10-03	7	5th	3 8 11 34 38 44
2022-09-17	15	5th	2 8 15 17 38 40
2022-08-13	4	5th	9 17 20 26 38 44
2022-08-03	3	4th	17 21 29 38 47 48
2022-07-27	9	5th	18 22 23 26 38 42
2022-07-06	24	5th	16 24 25 33 38 49
2022-05-11	3	3rd	15 33 38 40 47 49
2022-05-04	4	3rd	18 34 38 41 44 48
2022-04-25	9	5th	14 22 25 32 38 44
2022-04-04	12	5th	11 14 17 21 38 46
2022-03-07	1	5th	7 15 27 35 38 48
2022-03-05	4	4th	17 23 30 38 47 48
2022-02-23	2	4th	15 24 32 38 46 49
2022-02-19	1	5th	20 25 26 31 38 39
2022-02-16	2	4th	2 11 30 38 46 49
2022-02-12	2	4th	11 22 35 38 42 43
2022-02-07	11	6th	10 11 12 13 27 38
2022-01-12	3	6th	15 20 28 35 37 38
2022-01-05	3	4th	2 9 36 38 39 43
2021-12-29	15	4th	1 5 32 38 43 46
2021-11-24	5	5th	14 27 28 29 38 48
2021-11-13	7	4th	1 24 30 38 41 48
2021-10-27	1	3rd	6 12 38 39 41 44
2021-10-25	19	5th	2 12 30 34 38 47
2021-09-11	8	3rd	24 35 38 41 43 47
2021-08-23	2	3rd	30 36 38 39 42 45
2021-08-18	6	5th	1 16 29 32 38 39
2021-08-04	4	3rd	1 37 38 39 45 46
2021-07-26	4	4th	13 32 34 38 42 44
2021-07-17	7	5th	13 23 25 27 38 39
2021-06-30	1	3rd	5 16 38 44 48 49
2021-06-28	3	5th	2 11 14 19 38 44
2021-06-21	14	6th	8 13 14 18 37 38
2021-05-19	2	5th	11 16 17 23 38 46
2021-05-15	22	4th	2 18 30 38 40 46
2021-03-24	5	3rd	7 29 38 39 44 45
2021-03-13	5	4th	11 15 26 38 43 45
2021-03-01	10	6th	1 4 14 25 34 38
2021-02-06	5	3rd	13 31 38 42 43 47
2021-01-25	15	4th	9 23 27 38 42 44
2020-12-21	1	6th	15 24 30 32 33 38
2020-12-19	16	6th	2 5 12 14 34 38
2020-11-11	2	6th	16 21 29 30 36 38
2020-11-07	1	3rd	8 36 38 42 47 48
2020-11-04	3	4th	3 29 32 38 40 41
2020-10-28	4	5th	22 24 26 28 38 42
2020-10-19	7	5th	15 21 27 31 38 48
2020-10-03	14	5th	9 12 21 26 38 47
2020-08-31	5	5th	4 13 20 27 38 40
2020-08-19	6	5th	23 24 30 37 38 41
2020-08-05	1	6th	1 12 29 31 35 38
2020-08-03	11	6th	7 17 28 33 37 38
2020-07-08	8	4th	4 6 36 38 44 47
2020-06-20	1	5th	6 17 24 31 38 47
2020-06-17	3	6th	14 26 27 29 30 38
2020-06-10	15	5th	7 14 17 18 38 39
2020-05-06	6	6th	10 16 25 29 34 38
2020-04-22	1	4th	23 31 35 38 44 49
2020-04-20	6	6th	6 8 12 21 24 38
2020-04-06	5	6th	6 7 18 21 32 38
2020-03-25	16	5th	6 7 30 32 38 44
2020-02-17	1	5th	7 13 18 21 38 44
2020-02-15	5	5th	19 23 28 35 38 44
2020-02-03	2	4th	10 22 29 38 42 46
2020-01-29	1	5th	11 16 21 37 38 39
2020-01-27	1	4th	11 29 33 38 39 44
2020-01-25	3	5th	3 19 22 29 38 41
2020-01-18	11	4th	5 17 28 38 39 48
2019-12-23	1	6th	4 13 21 22 23 38
2019-12-21	8	5th	10 12 22 32 38 46
2019-12-02	1	6th	8 17 21 23 33 38
2019-11-30	17	5th	7 20 21 28 38 39
2019-10-21	2	4th	2 23 35 38 41 49
2019-10-16	10	5th	2 27 30 32 38 40
2019-09-23	13	4th	1 9 13 38 45 49
2019-08-24	4	4th	2 9 26 38 44 48
2019-08-14	3	5th	16 19 22 34 38 44
2019-08-07	6	5th	3 15 28 37 38 49
2019-07-24	9	6th	2 6 12 27 37 38
2019-07-03	16	5th	5 7 26 32 38 49
2019-05-27	4	5th	5 10 19 25 38 39
2019-05-18	2	6th	5 17 20 28 30 38
2019-05-13	27	4th	14 24 28 38 39 40
2019-03-11	3	5th	2 5 30 36 38 41
2019-03-04	1	4th	19 21 23 38 40 48
2019-03-02	4	3rd	27 35 38 42 46 48
2019-02-20	8	4th	19 23 26 38 42 46
2019-02-02	29	5th	6 21 31 34 38 42
2018-11-26	13	5th	3 20 28 29 38 45
2018-10-27	1	5th	2 18 22 30 38 41
2018-10-24	12	6th	11 15 17 23 36 38
2018-09-26	3	5th	3 13 15 37 38 41
2018-09-19	2	6th	4 12 25 27 29 38
2018-09-15	10	4th	11 17 18 38 48 49
2018-08-22	2	6th	3 16 25 28 34 38
2018-08-18	17	5th	10 23 30 33 38 49
2018-07-09	5	5th	5 13 16 30 38 47
2018-06-27	15	6th	8 12 17 24 37 38
2018-05-23	5	3rd	2 13 38 39 47 48
2018-05-12	1	3rd	2 9 38 39 45 48
2018-05-09	11	6th	9 10 26 28 35 38
2018-04-14	6	5th	7 9 15 29 38 41
2018-03-31	7	6th	6 17 21 30 35 38
2018-03-14	1	6th	9 12 18 22 31 38
2018-03-12	3	5th	10 21 24 36 38 43
2018-03-05	10	6th	4 16 22 24 30 38
2018-02-10	1	5th	4 23 31 37 38 49
2018-02-07	3	5th	1 10 24 33 38 49
2018-01-31	3	6th	10 21 23 24 35 38
2018-01-24	3	6th	2 3 6 13 33 38
2018-01-17	39	3rd	24 29 38 40 41 48
2017-10-18	2	4th	12 15 20 38 45 47
2017-10-14	17	5th	1 13 24 27 38 42
2017-09-04	7	4th	5 17 33 38 44 46
2017-08-19	8	6th	25 26 28 32 36 38
2017-07-31	9	6th	1 16 30 35 36 38
2017-07-10	6	4th	18 21 31 38 41 42
2017-06-26	7	3rd	15 22 38 42 44 49
2017-06-10	50	6th	6 8 14 19 37 38
2017-02-13	21	4th	4 33 35 38 41 44
2016-12-26	3	4th	28 29 30 38 40 44
2016-12-19	1	5th	12 24 26 30 38 46
2016-12-17	12	6th	7 28 29 33 35 38
2016-11-19	2	5th	7 10 13 18 38 42
2016-11-14	3	5th	2 4 12 34 38 45
2016-11-07	3	4th	12 24 28 38 43 45
2016-10-31	40	6th	6 10 11 15 29 38
2016-07-30	60	6th	3 16 20 33 37 38
2016-03-12	15	3rd	12 36 38 46 47 49
2016-02-06	15	4th	6 27 37 38 43 44
2016-01-02	10	5th	7 13 15 16 38 43
2015-12-09	7	5th	17 20 35 37 38 42
2015-11-23	3	5th	7 11 19 32 38 40
2015-11-16	15	5th	12 17 28 32 38 45
2015-10-12	28	5th	22 28 29 36 38 46
2015-08-08	9	3rd	13 34 38 40 44 49
2015-07-18	5	6th	8 10 12 29 35 38
2015-07-06	5	5th	9 16 19 32 38 40
2015-06-24	2	5th	10 23 24 34 38 41
2015-06-20	2	5th	2 9 10 30 38 47
2015-06-15	3	5th	6 18 26 35 38 46
2015-06-08	9	6th	1 18 26 29 30 38
2015-05-18	4	4th	22 31 36 38 47 48
2015-05-09	3	4th	13 15 23 38 41 47
2015-05-02	4	4th	4 23 28 38 42 45
2015-04-22	5	6th	2 23 26 27 29 38
2015-04-11	5	4th	6 10 36 38 42 44
2015-03-30	11	2nd	25 38 39 40 44 46
2015-03-04	5	5th	2 9 32 34 38 45
2015-02-21	7	4th	8 24 33 38 40 47
2015-02-04	5	6th	8 20 23 35 36 38
2015-01-24	24	6th	17 31 33 35 37 38
2014-11-29	2	4th	18 20 29 38 40 46
2014-11-24	5	3rd	34 35 38 40 41 43
2014-11-12	3	5th	24 28 29 30 38 41
2014-11-05	1	6th	5 6 14 19 34 38
2014-11-03	2	3rd	32 33 38 40 41 48
2014-10-29	6	6th	7 13 15 17 26 38
2014-10-15	1	4th	6 15 22 38 41 44
2014-10-13	12	5th	12 18 21 28 38 48
2014-09-15	7	6th	4 24 26 30 31 38
2014-08-30	10	3rd	17 30 38 42 43 48
2014-08-06	20	5th	3 10 23 30 38 45
2014-06-21	1	6th	15 17 26 31 37 38
2014-06-18	9	6th	15 18 28 30 34 38
2014-05-28	6	5th	24 25 33 35 38 49
2014-05-14	1	4th	5 8 32 38 41 43
2014-05-12	9	5th	1 4 20 36 38 49
2014-04-21	5	4th	16 20 22 38 45 49
2014-04-09	1	4th	1 12 25 38 44 45
2014-04-07	5	4th	27 32 36 38 40 44
2014-03-26	8	5th	14 23 30 32 38 46
2014-03-08	4	4th	26 30 34 38 39 41
2014-02-26	2	6th	22 28 31 34 35 38
2014-02-22	7	5th	11 14 15 31 38 45
2014-02-05	3	6th	3 8 15 17 36 38
2014-01-29	1	6th	1 8 14 17 24 38
2014-01-27	12	5th	1 23 28 36 38 40
2013-12-30	3	5th	5 26 34 37 38 44
2013-12-23	3	6th	2 9 17 26 37 38
2013-12-16	6	6th	5 17 29 31 32 38
2013-12-02	3	5th	6 8 26 36 38 40
2013-11-25	4	4th	5 6 29 38 41 45
2013-11-16	12	6th	3 7 8 25 29 38
2013-10-19	10	4th	6 18 26 38 48 49
2013-09-25	9	6th	1 3 5 32 34 38
2013-09-04	1	4th	5 21 37 38 47 49
2013-09-02	1	4th	3 6 23 38 46 48
2013-08-31	8	5th	12 14 30 35 38 46
2013-08-12	2	6th	2 16 20 23 34 38
2013-08-07	1	5th	8 30 32 34 38 49
2013-08-05	1	5th	1 21 29 33 38 42
2013-08-03	9	6th	14 16 18 28 36 38
2013-07-13	8	4th	17 21 29 38 42 43
2013-06-24	5	5th	9 14 15 32 38 42
2013-06-12	9	6th	4 14 27 31 37 38
2013-05-22	4	4th	8 30 33 38 40 46
2013-05-13	10	5th	5 9 13 20 38 42
2013-04-20	14	5th	14 17 18 35 38 47
2013-03-18	8	5th	11 17 19 21 38 39
2013-02-27	18	6th	13 22 27 30 33 38
2013-01-16	8	5th	7 22 25 26 38 40
2012-12-29	5	5th	8 13 22 28 38 40
2012-12-17	4	6th	2 11 24 31 36 38
2012-12-08	1	6th	16 18 28 31 37 38
2012-12-05	2	6th	2 4 18 21 28 38
2012-12-01	5	5th	11 13 15 24 38 47
2012-11-19	1	4th	4 9 11 38 41 49
2012-11-17	1	4th	16 35 37 38 39 40
2012-11-14	3	6th	5 11 14 20 29 38
2012-11-07	4	6th	1 6 13 18 23 38
2012-10-29	11	5th	11 13 26 27 38 42
2012-10-03	3	6th	2 4 13 17 18 38
2012-09-26	9	5th	4 7 15 17 38 49
2012-09-05	16	6th	24 25 27 32 37 38
2012-07-30	8	5th	6 13 22 29 38 44
2012-07-11	27	5th	14 15 29 34 38 41
2012-05-09	6	5th	3 19 31 32 38 45
2012-04-25	12	4th	16 25 28 38 45 46
2012-03-28	16	4th	8 10 24 38 40 44
2012-02-20	6	6th	9 19 20 25 33 38
2012-02-06	7	5th	8 10 18 32 38 49
2012-01-21	3	5th	9 23 26 35 38 44
2012-01-14	1	4th	1 27 36 38 41 45
2012-01-11	10	6th	3 4 11 28 31 38
2011-12-19	14	6th	4 8 16 21 28 38
2011-11-16	3	6th	7 14 17 19 37 38
2011-11-09	6	4th	27 28 29 38 46 49
2011-10-26	5	6th	1 7 18 19 24 38
2011-10-15	25	6th	5 12 17 28 30 38
2011-08-17	1	5th	14 22 26 27 38 39
2011-08-15	14	5th	10 16 24 26 38 41
2011-07-13	18	5th	10 12 23 29 38 42
2011-06-01	4	5th	3 20 21 33 38 45
2011-05-23	3	5th	4 9 10 26 38 46
2011-05-16	14	5th	12 20 32 33 38 39
2011-04-13	27	4th	9 27 34 38 40 42
2011-02-09	1	6th	1 10 12 25 33 38
2011-02-07	1	6th	12 17 18 19 24 38
2011-02-05	20	5th	7 12 24 27 38 40
2010-12-20	3	5th	3 17 28 37 38 45
2010-12-13	7	5th	14 22 29 31 38 39
2010-11-27	23	4th	1 5 13 38 44 49
2010-10-04	9	5th	2 8 16 27 38 41
2010-09-13	2	5th	1 6 13 31 38 44
2010-09-08	3	4th	14 23 30 38 41 46
2010-09-01	1	6th	7 16 19 20 24 38
2010-08-30	3	6th	11 15 16 25 29 38
2010-08-23	4	3rd	20 21 38 39 42 44
2010-08-14	11	4th	11 23 24 38 47 49
2010-07-19	5	6th	4 18 21 25 33 38
2010-07-07	6	6th	11 19 20 29 32 38
2010-06-23	5	5th	1 20 21 25 38 41
2010-06-12	8	5th	7 17 23 29 38 46
2010-05-24	7	6th	9 18 19 24 34 38
2010-05-08	13	5th	10 22 30 32 38 46
2010-04-07	12	5th	6 23 25 26 38 44
2010-03-10	10	6th	6 7 18 22 29 38
2010-02-15	—	5th	9 11 15 18 38 47