Number 38

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 6 from 1–48.

335times drawn · chance expected 323 +0.71σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

49longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 335 times in 2,585 draws against 323.1 expected, +0.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 335 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 3 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 1.7
3rd smallest17 · chance 17.5
4th smallest77 · chance 76.4
5th smallest158 · chance 144.2
6th smallest82 · chance 95.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 46 3 12 22 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-10-05	2	5th	3 20 28 34 38 39
2026-09-30	7	5th	10 13 26 29 38 39
2026-09-14	11	5th	1 7 22 37 38 41
2026-08-19	12	5th

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

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