Number 38

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

127times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.65σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

20.0average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

91longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 127 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, −0.65σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 127 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 20.0 draws · longest completed wait 91 · waiting 20 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest14 · chance 16.5
2nd smallest47 · chance 49.5
3rd smallest51 · chance 46.9
4th smallest15 · chance 14.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 35 17 66 24 26

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 76 numbers; chance expects about 0.5 such strangers 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 — 36th 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 above 31 ×0.86

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-26	19	4th	11 24 30 38
2026-07-13	20	4th	18 26 35 38
2026-05-27	30	2nd	19 38 50 68
2026-03-18	2	3rd	5 17 38 57
2026-03-14	9	3rd

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-01-28	4	2nd	12 38 58 64
2023-01-18	27	1st	38 40 41 69
2022-11-16	13	1st	38 46 56 76
2022-10-17	24	1st	38 39 75 77
2022-08-22	5	2nd	32 38 41 63
2022-08-10	14	2nd	16 38 43 61
2022-07-09	9	2nd	8 38 65 70
2022-06-18	8	3rd	14 29 38 62
2022-05-30	24	3rd	27 33 38 77
2022-04-04	8	2nd	12 38 66 71
2022-03-16	22	2nd	36 38 41 44
2022-01-24	2	3rd	4 6 38 42
2022-01-19	1	2nd	17 38 40 53
2022-01-17	36	1st	38 68 70 74
2021-10-25	10	4th	13 31 36 38
2021-10-02	83	2nd	5 38 61 75
2021-03-22	59	3rd	9 17 38 50
2020-11-04	29	3rd	4 31 38 59
2020-08-29	25	3rd	13 19 38 57
2020-07-01	15	3rd	4 36 38 76
2020-05-27	14	3rd	12 20 38 73
2020-04-25	23	3rd	17 37 38 50
2020-03-02	54	3rd	2 23 38 46
2019-10-28	16	2nd	11 38 47 49
2019-09-21	6	1st	38 57 58 74
2019-09-07	2	3rd	13 24 38 54
2019-09-02	7	3rd	19 21 38 60
2019-08-17	39	3rd	19 35 38 67
2019-05-18	22	2nd	22 38 50 55
2019-03-27	5	3rd	20 27 38 69
2019-03-16	20	4th	4 17 19 38
2019-01-28	19	3rd	4 29 38 70
2018-12-15	5	4th	7 12 24 38
2018-12-03	41	3rd	17 29 38 45
2018-08-29	3	4th	5 9 14 38
2018-08-22	3	2nd	14 38 40 50
2018-08-15	27	2nd	22 38 40 44
2018-06-13	37	2nd	34 38 56 76
2018-03-19	28	4th	3 14 27 38
2018-01-13	14	2nd	20 38 49 75
2017-12-11	43	2nd	10 38 49 64
2017-09-02	46	3rd	9 22 38 64
2017-05-17	14	2nd	23 38 43 52
2017-04-15	8	3rd	16 35 38 56
2017-03-27	14	3rd	31 34 38 56
2017-02-22	52	2nd	28 38 65 72
2016-10-24	1	2nd	7 38 74 75
2016-10-22	16	2nd	13 38 46 64
2016-09-14	15	3rd	18 34 38 72
2016-08-10	43	2nd	35 38 66 67
2016-05-02	6	3rd	15 20 38 66
2016-04-18	19	1st	38 47 57 74
2016-03-05	69	3rd	3 25 38 53
2015-09-26	46	4th	9 12 36 38
2015-06-10	10	2nd	22 38 72 74
2015-05-18	7	2nd	27 38 52 59
2015-05-02	2	1st	38 44 48 68
2015-04-27	16	2nd	7 38 72 75
2015-03-21	7	3rd	4 25 38 73
2015-03-04	31	2nd	3 38 53 59
2014-12-22	14	2nd	10 38 50 75
2014-11-19	22	3rd	13 24 38 75
2014-09-29	35	2nd	30 38 74 76
2014-07-09	2	2nd	13 38 49 62
2014-07-05	27	4th	13 26 35 38
2014-05-03	9	3rd	16 17 38 45
2014-04-12	15	4th	12 23 26 38
2014-03-08	33	4th	9 19 35 38
2013-12-21	16	3rd	3 29 38 64
2013-11-13	13	1st	38 39 66 71
2013-10-14	21	1st	38 45 57 66
2013-08-26	4	2nd	2 38 52 66
2013-08-17	1	3rd	29 34 38 57
2013-08-14	1	2nd	22 38 54 62
2013-08-12	9	3rd	10 35 38 45
2013-07-22	1	2nd	31 38 46 68
2013-07-20	13	1st	38 46 55 58
2013-06-19	8	2nd	21 38 58 60
2013-06-01	1	3rd	5 14 38 61
2013-05-29	7	3rd	2 14 38 65
2013-05-13	3	2nd	15 38 39 52
2013-05-06	5	3rd	18 27 38 72
2013-04-24	5	3rd	23 24 38 42
2013-04-13	4	2nd	33 38 40 64
2013-04-03	7	3rd	4 8 38 64
2013-03-18	4	2nd	22 38 63 66
2013-03-09	20	2nd	8 38 54 69
2013-01-21	30	2nd	23 38 68 71
2012-11-12	62	3rd	23 35 38 44
2012-06-20	30	2nd	14 38 73 76
2012-04-09	12	2nd	32 38 66 69
2012-03-12	44	4th	11 18 30 38
2011-11-30	8	2nd	17 38 47 76
2011-11-12	3	3rd	8 24 38 54
2011-11-05	2	3rd	5 30 38 46
2011-10-31	27	2nd	26 38 65 66
2011-08-29	14	1st	38 46 68 77
2011-07-27	22	3rd	24 27 38 73
2011-06-06	35	3rd	7 12 38 63
2011-03-16	30	2nd	26 38 56 65
2011-01-05	45	2nd	27 38 40 52
2010-09-22	23	3rd	12 32 38 68
2010-07-31	—	1st	38 58 59 71