Number 38

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

96times drawn · chance expected 103 −0.69σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

14.5average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

60longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 96 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, −0.69σ. 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 96 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 14.5 draws · longest completed wait 60 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest4 · chance 3.7
2nd smallest19 · chance 19.6
3rd smallest30 · chance 36.5
4th smallest32 · chance 28.4
5th smallest11 · chance 7.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

66 11 17 68 20 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 38 is picked about 0.93× as often as an indifferent choice — 35th 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.

No documented preference lifts or lowers it — the model treats it as an even pick.

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-24	17	4th	3 16 33 38 68
2026-07-15	5	5th	2 7 18 29 38
2026-07-04	4	2nd	17 38 46 50 69
2026-06-24	6	5th	13 14 16 21

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

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