Number 28

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 4 from 1–77.

124times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.91σ

41draws waiting · a wait this long: 12% for any number

20.7average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

102longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 124 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, −0.91σ. Each draw is independent: after 41 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 124 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 20.7 draws · longest completed wait 102 · waiting 41 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 smallest30 · chance 32.5
2nd smallest57 · chance 56.0
3rd smallest35 · chance 30.3
4th smallest2 · chance 5.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 16 23 25 33 49

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.6 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 77. 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
2026-07-08	1	2nd	27 28 60 68
2026-07-06	7	2nd	18 28 41 70
2026-06-20	2	1st	28 33 47 52
2026-06-15	19	1st	28 35 49 73
2026-05-02	15	2nd

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-01-13	44	2nd	3 28 39 72
2023-10-02	33	2nd	9 28 53 70
2023-07-17	4	2nd	2 28 35 74
2023-07-08	9	2nd	15 28 34 73
2023-06-17	6	1st	28 41 47 58
2023-06-03	12	2nd	7 28 37 69
2023-05-06	2	3rd	1 13 28 46
2023-05-01	11	3rd	8 13 28 51
2023-04-05	41	2nd	4 28 32 49
2022-12-31	46	2nd	2 28 46 71
2022-09-14	4	1st	28 30 55 63
2022-09-05	35	3rd	16 19 28 57
2022-06-15	12	1st	28 65 66 69
2022-05-18	2	2nd	11 28 47 73
2022-05-14	11	2nd	18 28 37 52
2022-04-18	34	2nd	5 28 40 76
2022-01-29	7	3rd	15 26 28 57
2022-01-12	5	2nd	16 28 65 71
2022-01-01	16	1st	28 52 55 70
2021-11-24	89	2nd	27 28 35 62
2021-05-01	15	2nd	8 28 33 54
2021-03-27	4	2nd	18 28 35 40
2021-03-17	7	2nd	26 28 35 68
2021-03-01	24	2nd	23 28 49 68
2021-01-04	59	3rd	2 6 28 33
2020-08-19	7	1st	28 49 55 73
2020-08-03	21	1st	28 45 46 50
2020-06-15	43	2nd	5 28 60 71
2020-03-07	18	2nd	12 28 37 61
2020-01-25	19	2nd	20 28 44 68
2019-12-11	20	1st	28 49 56 60
2019-10-26	36	2nd	27 28 55 76
2019-08-03	18	1st	28 29 43 53
2019-06-22	24	3rd	12 25 28 39
2019-04-27	26	2nd	25 28 50 70
2019-02-25	19	3rd	11 26 28 61
2019-01-12	15	2nd	11 28 46 69
2018-12-08	52	2nd	20 28 51 56
2018-08-08	26	1st	28 43 56 57
2018-06-09	20	3rd	2 20 28 33
2018-04-23	6	1st	28 34 56 71
2018-04-09	41	1st	28 34 55 58
2018-01-03	5	1st	28 49 55 59
2017-12-23	21	2nd	27 28 35 60
2017-11-04	10	4th	9 23 25 28
2017-10-11	34	3rd	16 24 28 36
2017-07-24	13	3rd	12 15 28 39
2017-06-24	14	3rd	16 23 28 57
2017-05-22	38	3rd	7 12 28 71
2017-02-22	23	1st	28 38 65 72
2016-12-31	20	1st	28 50 69 75
2016-11-14	23	2nd	24 28 32 58
2016-09-21	26	1st	28 42 62 69
2016-07-23	33	3rd	3 16 28 73
2016-05-07	29	2nd	22 28 45 60
2016-02-29	13	2nd	15 28 57 61
2016-01-30	9	2nd	7 28 53 55
2016-01-09	13	1st	28 52 53 75
2015-12-09	17	1st	28 39 67 72
2015-10-31	24	2nd	23 28 43 58
2015-09-05	16	2nd	26 28 34 76
2015-07-29	18	1st	28 37 49 52
2015-06-17	80	2nd	13 28 46 66
2014-12-13	11	2nd	12 28 41 45
2014-11-17	44	2nd	9 28 39 72
2014-08-06	11	2nd	25 28 31 63
2014-07-12	2	2nd	12 28 33 74
2014-07-07	13	3rd	8 21 28 50
2014-06-07	17	1st	28 41 46 47
2014-04-28	9	1st	28 49 75 77
2014-04-07	9	3rd	17 22 28 77
2014-03-17	26	2nd	25 28 65 76
2014-01-15	17	3rd	5 23 28 31
2013-12-07	40	3rd	13 20 28 60
2013-09-04	84	2nd	10 28 64 69
2013-02-20	1	2nd	8 28 59 73
2013-02-18	38	1st	28 43 56 60
2012-11-21	2	3rd	6 26 28 29
2012-11-17	10	2nd	6 28 64 67
2012-10-24	15	2nd	6 28 42 70
2012-09-19	2	3rd	11 22 28 62
2012-09-15	26	3rd	3 10 28 37
2012-07-16	25	1st	28 45 64 71
2012-05-19	3	2nd	17 28 48 72
2012-05-09	1	2nd	5 28 61 67
2012-05-07	2	1st	28 40 44 50
2012-05-02	13	2nd	27 28 62 67
2012-04-02	20	2nd	16 28 63 65
2012-02-15	12	3rd	16 26 28 74
2012-01-18	11	2nd	23 28 33 48
2011-12-24	22	1st	28 47 67 70
2011-11-02	50	1st	28 31 52 69
2011-07-09	15	2nd	10 28 36 50
2011-06-04	32	3rd	1 20 28 31
2011-03-21	15	3rd	1 7 28 30
2011-02-14	102	3rd	11 21 28 57
2010-06-21	22	3rd	16 21 28 55
2010-05-01	6	3rd	15 25 28 53
2010-04-17	3	3rd	22 27 28 33
2010-04-10	—	2nd	9 28 42 75