Number 28

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

120times drawn · chance expected 103 +1.77σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

11.6average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

63longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 120 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, +1.77σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 120 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 11.6 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 14 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 smallest18 · chance 14.9
2nd smallest53 · chance 42.4
3rd smallest31 · chance 42.4
4th smallest13 · chance 17.7
5th smallest5 · chance 2.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

63 1 5 58 6 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 28 is picked about 1.06× as often as an indifferent choice — 16th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 28 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-07	31	3rd	15 19 28 39 56
2026-06-27	16	3rd	3 16 28 30 59
2026-05-20	26	2nd	10 28 30 46 57
2026-03-21	5	2nd	12 28 36 41

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-05	2	2nd	1 28 34 50 58
2025-06-30	16	2nd	13 28 44 52 55
2025-05-24	6	3rd	12 18 28 48 52
2025-05-10	24	3rd	5 20 28 39 42
2025-03-15	1	2nd	12 28 33 36 54
2025-03-12	3	3rd	11 13 28 51 58
2025-03-05	3	2nd	24 28 40 63 65
2025-02-26	3	1st	28 48 55 60 62
2025-02-19	21	3rd	6 21 28 49 60
2025-01-01	12	3rd	6 12 28 35 66
2024-12-04	46	4th	1 23 25 28 61
2024-08-19	34	5th	1 2 15 23 28
2024-06-01	37	1st	28 38 52 54 68
2024-03-06	8	3rd	6 19 28 44 60
2024-02-17	3	2nd	6 28 59 62 69
2024-02-10	14	2nd	27 28 34 37 44
2024-01-08	15	3rd	7 17 28 40 45
2023-12-04	1	4th	18 19 27 28 45
2023-12-02	12	1st	28 35 41 47 60
2023-11-04	30	2nd	1 28 30 34 52
2023-08-26	2	4th	20 22 26 28 63
2023-08-21	12	5th	3 4 12 22 28
2023-07-24	12	4th	3 4 12 28 49
2023-06-26	18	2nd	6 28 39 43 54
2023-05-15	23	3rd	1 26 28 55 58
2023-03-22	9	2nd	27 28 37 50 57
2023-03-01	1	3rd	2 9 28 36 53
2023-02-27	35	2nd	16 28 49 51 55
2022-12-07	8	2nd	6 28 44 59 61
2022-11-19	1	2nd	7 28 62 63 64
2022-11-16	5	1st	28 34 51 53 56
2022-11-05	28	1st	28 45 53 56 69
2022-08-31	6	5th	7 8 19 24 28
2022-08-17	27	2nd	23 28 41 50 55
2022-06-15	7	2nd	19 28 41 42 51
2022-05-30	2	2nd	27 28 51 68 69
2022-05-25	8	2nd	19 28 39 42 57
2022-05-07	15	4th	4 5 6 28 67
2022-04-02	7	2nd	6 28 47 58 59
2022-03-16	1	2nd	3 28 34 35 58
2022-03-14	45	2nd	21 28 32 44 49
2021-11-29	13	3rd	18 26 28 38 47
2021-10-30	12	3rd	5 23 28 43 56
2021-10-02	18	1st	28 38 42 47 52
2021-08-21	9	2nd	16 28 36 39 59
2021-07-21	12	2nd	27 28 44 67 68
2021-06-09	10	2nd	19 28 46 50 54
2021-05-05	19	3rd	16 23 28 40 63
2021-02-27	4	2nd	2 28 31 44 52
2021-02-13	6	2nd	20 28 33 63 68
2021-01-23	15	5th	5 8 17 27 28
2020-12-02	10	1st	28 31 40 41 46
2020-10-28	34	2nd	11 28 37 40 53
2020-07-01	63	2nd	15 28 52 53 63
2019-11-23	3	1st	28 35 38 61 66
2019-11-13	2	4th	23 26 27 28 66
2019-11-06	44	2nd	15 28 46 62 64
2019-06-05	10	3rd	17 23 28 34 38
2019-05-01	24	3rd	5 23 28 56 66
2019-02-06	13	3rd	5 13 28 38 63
2018-12-22	13	2nd	21 28 30 40 59
2018-11-07	16	2nd	26 28 34 42 50
2018-09-12	8	2nd	6 28 48 63 64
2018-08-15	8	3rd	12 15 28 47 48
2018-07-18	6	4th	1 10 27 28 36
2018-06-27	6	2nd	7 28 37 62 63
2018-06-06	11	2nd	23 28 41 53 56
2018-04-28	28	3rd	20 22 28 45 50
2018-01-20	6	2nd	26 28 47 49 58
2017-12-30	5	1st	28 36 41 51 58
2017-12-13	3	3rd	2 24 28 51 58
2017-12-02	1	1st	28 30 32 36 58
2017-11-29	3	3rd	24 26 28 59 63
2017-11-18	23	2nd	17 28 31 32 39
2017-08-30	7	2nd	19 28 43 67 69
2017-08-05	2	3rd	11 21 28 33 45
2017-07-29	18	2nd	1 28 40 45 48
2017-05-27	1	3rd	5 10 28 55 67
2017-05-24	26	1st	28 32 33 38 62
2017-02-22	2	3rd	10 13 28 52 61
2017-02-15	6	2nd	5 28 33 38 42
2017-01-25	7	2nd	18 28 62 66 68
2016-12-31	2	3rd	1 3 28 57 67
2016-12-24	10	1st	28 38 42 51 52
2016-11-19	1	3rd	16 24 28 43 61
2016-11-16	2	1st	28 41 61 63 65
2016-11-09	5	3rd	1 25 28 31 54
2016-10-22	9	2nd	1 28 33 55 56
2016-09-21	2	2nd	1 28 63 67 69
2016-09-14	19	4th	10 11 23 28 31
2016-07-09	27	2nd	10 28 32 61 64
2016-04-06	1	2nd	4 28 49 60 65
2016-04-02	6	2nd	9 28 30 40 61
2016-03-12	11	2nd	11 28 50 57 62
2016-02-03	13	2nd	26 28 31 60 67
2015-12-19	—	1st	28 30 41 59 68