Number 28

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

321times drawn · chance expected 304 +1.02σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

41longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 321 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, +1.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 321 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 41 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest2 · chance 1.0
2nd smallest10 · chance 15.7
3rd smallest71 · chance 76.8
4th smallest135 · chance 142.2
5th smallest103 · chance 85.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 11 4 31 5 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 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 38. 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
2025-04-20	10	3rd	7 10 28 30 37
2025-04-10	5	3rd	17 25 28 31 38
2025-04-05	1	5th	5 10 16 25 28
2025-04-04	1	5th	1 5

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-31	28	3rd	5 16 28 36 38
2024-12-03	2	4th	6 10 21 28 34
2024-12-01	18	2nd	16 28 30 32 37
2024-11-13	7	5th	4 7 17 23 28
2024-11-06	1	3rd	4 11 28 30 31
2024-11-05	1	3rd	14 21 28 31 36
2024-11-04	8	4th	14 18 24 28 33
2024-10-27	1	4th	13 19 25 28 32
2024-10-26	10	5th	1 8 20 21 28
2024-10-16	15	5th	2 5 6 16 28
2024-10-01	5	4th	4 23 25 28 34
2024-09-26	9	2nd	17 28 31 34 35
2024-09-17	20	5th	2 14 17 18 28
2024-08-28	2	4th	3 8 16 28 36
2024-08-26	19	5th	4 12 14 21 28
2024-08-07	2	4th	4 11 13 28 30
2024-08-05	4	3rd	17 22 28 29 36
2024-08-01	2	5th	15 16 20 22 28
2024-07-30	1	3rd	15 20 28 31 36
2024-07-29	1	5th	16 17 19 24 28
2024-07-28	5	3rd	13 26 28 29 37
2024-07-23	19	4th	4 15 26 28 32
2024-07-04	8	3rd	1 13 28 34 38
2024-06-26	10	3rd	4 24 28 30 36
2024-06-16	2	4th	5 6 23 28 36
2024-06-14	3	4th	17 20 25 28 33
2024-06-11	3	3rd	17 24 28 30 35
2024-06-08	4	4th	5 7 16 28 31
2024-06-04	4	3rd	1 25 28 32 37
2024-05-31	11	5th	5 14 18 26 28
2024-05-20	14	5th	1 8 18 20 28
2024-05-06	17	3rd	4 18 28 33 37
2024-04-19	2	4th	4 8 10 28 33
2024-04-17	14	3rd	1 9 28 29 34
2024-04-03	3	3rd	19 24 28 34 35
2024-03-31	7	4th	9 20 25 28 37
2024-03-24	4	4th	1 11 25 28 34
2024-03-20	2	4th	4 6 22 28 33
2024-03-18	2	5th	9 12 20 24 28
2024-03-16	3	4th	14 21 27 28 33
2024-03-13	2	4th	8 15 19 28 33
2024-03-11	1	4th	7 10 19 28 31
2024-03-10	10	3rd	7 26 28 31 35
2024-02-29	11	4th	6 9 23 28 33
2024-02-18	8	4th	6 7 19 28 36
2024-02-10	1	4th	4 9 27 28 37
2024-02-09	1	4th	5 19 26 28 35
2024-02-08	1	4th	7 11 17 28 31
2024-02-07	3	3rd	10 19 28 34 38
2024-02-04	5	3rd	18 20 28 29 32
2024-01-30	7	5th	5 7 10 16 28
2024-01-23	13	5th	8 9 16 19 28
2024-01-10	4	5th	3 5 11 17 28
2024-01-06	17	2nd	18 28 34 35 38
2023-12-20	6	4th	8 9 23 28 36
2023-12-14	9	4th	1 8 9 28 31
2023-12-05	3	4th	8 12 14 28 32
2023-12-02	15	3rd	23 26 28 31 38
2023-11-17	4	4th	7 16 26 28 29
2023-11-13	2	4th	16 19 23 28 31
2023-11-11	5	4th	2 9 26 28 34
2023-11-06	2	5th	2 4 19 20 28
2023-11-04	19	5th	3 5 6 26 28
2023-10-16	7	5th	5 8 19 27 28
2023-10-09	2	1st	28 30 33 34 37
2023-10-07	15	4th	3 13 27 28 36
2023-09-22	1	5th	2 4 17 27 28
2023-09-21	19	5th	4 11 21 27 28
2023-09-02	1	4th	4 19 27 28 29
2023-09-01	14	5th	14 16 22 24 28
2023-08-18	9	4th	9 15 22 28 34
2023-08-09	8	5th	2 9 13 25 28
2023-08-01	1	5th	2 17 19 24 28
2023-07-31	12	3rd	6 21 28 29 35
2023-07-19	9	4th	7 16 17 28 30
2023-07-10	7	4th	8 14 23 28 38
2023-07-03	15	3rd	5 15 28 34 37
2023-06-18	12	5th	4 17 22 23 28
2023-06-06	3	4th	1 12 21 28 29
2023-06-03	5	5th	5 7 15 19 28
2023-05-29	7	4th	5 15 16 28 30
2023-05-22	4	4th	2 15 23 28 38
2023-05-18	2	3rd	12 16 28 30 36
2023-05-16	4	3rd	22 27 28 30 35
2023-05-12	7	5th	10 20 24 25 28
2023-05-05	11	4th	6 14 27 28 35
2023-04-24	15	3rd	2 22 28 34 36
2023-04-09	35	4th	12 17 27 28 32
2023-03-05	16	4th	5 17 23 28 35
2023-02-17	2	5th	10 14 24 26 28
2023-02-15	10	4th	5 8 25 28 35
2023-02-05	1	3rd	6 10 28 33 37
2023-02-04	16	5th	11 15 20 27 28
2023-01-19	1	4th	12 21 24 28 31
2023-01-18	4	4th	6 21 26 28 35
2023-01-14	1	1st	28 31 33 35 36
2023-01-13	1	4th	6 14 22 28 35
2023-01-12	8	4th	11 12 16 28 37
2023-01-04	8	4th	9 10 17 28 33
2022-12-27	11	4th	17 22 23 28 30
2022-12-16	6	3rd	24 25 28 34 38
2022-12-10	6	4th	2 11 15 28 37
2022-12-04	12	3rd	26 27 28 29 38
2022-11-22	2	4th	4 8 11 28 35
2022-11-20	4	4th	2 13 21 28 33
2022-11-16	1	3rd	1 20 28 31 33
2022-11-15	3	4th	7 16 19 28 30
2022-11-12	4	4th	11 12 21 28 32
2022-11-08	4	3rd	2 22 28 30 31
2022-11-04	5	3rd	17 22 28 33 37
2022-10-30	21	4th	10 11 19 28 30
2022-10-09	5	4th	4 13 18 28 38
2022-10-04	1	4th	4 7 17 28 31
2022-10-03	10	3rd	12 27 28 30 31
2022-09-23	15	4th	11 14 18 28 35
2022-09-08	4	5th	8 9 22 25 28
2022-09-04	33	4th	7 11 13 28 35
2022-08-02	7	5th	3 10 18 26 28
2022-07-26	10	4th	20 23 24 28 29
2022-07-16	2	2nd	11 28 30 33 36
2022-07-14	20	3rd	17 22 28 31 33
2022-06-24	6	4th	5 7 16 28 36
2022-06-18	12	3rd	16 21 28 30 31
2022-06-06	3	3rd	12 13 28 33 34
2022-06-03	4	5th	4 5 13 19 28
2022-05-30	5	4th	1 14 15 28 32
2022-05-25	18	4th	12 20 26 28 30
2022-05-07	6	4th	1 9 17 28 30
2022-05-01	7	4th	7 10 12 28 38
2022-04-24	4	5th	4 7 16 25 28
2022-04-20	2	5th	3 8 12 23 28
2022-04-18	7	5th	2 8 9 10 28
2022-04-11	4	5th	9 21 24 27 28
2022-04-07	8	5th	2 8 10 19 28
2022-03-30	1	3rd	1 23 28 35 36
2022-03-29	4	5th	5 8 12 13 28
2022-03-25	41	5th	4 7 17 25 28
2022-02-12	7	5th	3 6 11 23 28
2022-02-05	12	3rd	7 26 28 32 35
2022-01-24	5	4th	5 20 26 28 31
2022-01-19	19	4th	1 7 12 28 37
2021-12-31	1	5th	11 14 20 26 28
2021-12-30	3	3rd	18 27 28 35 36
2021-12-27	3	3rd	10 24 28 31 35
2021-12-24	10	5th	3 18 20 24 28
2021-12-14	6	5th	9 13 16 23 28
2021-12-08	3	3rd	12 20 28 34 38
2021-12-05	3	4th	5 16 27 28 34
2021-12-02	18	4th	10 17 22 28 30
2021-11-14	3	3rd	5 12 28 29 30
2021-11-11	3	3rd	19 25 28 31 36
2021-11-08	1	4th	6 11 27 28 36
2021-11-07	1	2nd	11 28 29 37 38
2021-11-06	13	5th	6 12 14 17 28
2021-10-24	2	3rd	8 13 28 32 33
2021-10-22	26	4th	3 4 7 28 32
2021-09-26	3	5th	11 14 17 25 28
2021-09-23	1	5th	1 2 17 21 28
2021-09-22	6	2nd	5 28 35 37 38
2021-09-16	6	4th	4 14 22 28 35
2021-09-10	2	4th	7 11 27 28 35
2021-09-08	11	3rd	20 26 28 31 35
2021-08-28	1	5th	5 13 17 18 28
2021-08-27	12	4th	4 17 26 28 32
2021-08-15	5	4th	6 11 15 28 35
2021-08-10	6	4th	10 13 17 28 30
2021-08-04	10	3rd	3 11 28 29 38
2021-07-25	13	4th	16 19 22 28 32
2021-07-12	12	4th	6 17 27 28 32
2021-06-30	1	5th	5 7 8 27 28
2021-06-29	2	4th	2 12 17 28 34
2021-06-27	4	2nd	11 28 29 31 37
2021-06-23	4	4th	10 15 27 28 32
2021-06-19	25	4th	1 14 25 28 38
2021-05-25	2	4th	6 8 22 28 30
2021-05-23	5	5th	4 17 23 25 28
2021-05-18	3	4th	10 24 26 28 30
2021-05-15	2	5th	1 11 24 25 28
2021-05-13	7	3rd	14 24 28 29 34
2021-05-06	2	3rd	3 14 28 32 33
2021-05-04	1	4th	9 12 27 28 29
2021-05-03	8	2nd	9 28 31 34 36
2021-04-25	1	4th	2 5 22 28 32
2021-04-24	1	3rd	11 23 28 29 30
2021-04-23	7	5th	3 4 13 20 28
2021-04-16	11	4th	14 17 27 28 33
2021-04-05	5	3rd	7 11 28 32 35
2021-03-31	5	4th	3 11 23 28 31
2021-03-26	7	5th	1 3 9 24 28
2021-03-19	2	5th	11 12 15 20 28
2021-03-17	12	5th	3 5 10 17 28
2021-03-05	19	5th	3 15 19 24 28
2021-02-14	4	3rd	12 23 28 29 38
2021-02-10	16	4th	7 11 15 28 32
2021-01-25	2	5th	7 13 16 20 28
2021-01-23	3	3rd	12 25 28 29 34
2021-01-20	1	3rd	6 11 28 30 31
2021-01-19	1	3rd	6 18 28 35 37
2021-01-18	8	4th	11 15 23 28 31
2021-01-10	12	5th	1 8 9 22 28
2020-12-29	22	4th	4 6 26 28 31
2020-12-07	24	4th	8 12 22 28 37
2020-11-13	6	4th	1 10 13 28 30
2020-11-07	3	5th	18 19 21 24 28
2020-11-04	4	5th	1 3 8 26 28
2020-10-31	9	4th	1 5 24 28 35
2020-10-22	1	3rd	19 22 28 30 37
2020-10-21	40	5th	4 9 13 18 28
2020-09-11	11	5th	6 9 15 25 28
2020-08-31	3	5th	11 12 16 19 28
2020-08-28	27	5th	4 5 20 26 28
2020-08-01	3	3rd	6 10 28 31 37
2020-07-29	1	3rd	5 9 28 31 33
2020-07-28	17	5th	5 6 7 15 28
2020-07-07	4	4th	5 13 23 28 35
2020-06-27	1	4th	2 13 21 28 34
2020-06-25	3	5th	14 16 25 26 28
2020-06-18	4	4th	21 23 26 28 29
2020-06-09	1	5th	10 12 17 23 28
2020-06-06	1	2nd	17 28 33 34 35
2020-06-04	15	5th	5 11 21 25 28
2020-04-30	8	4th	11 25 27 28 29
2020-04-11	3	4th	2 7 19 28 34
2020-04-04	10	4th	4 9 23 28 35
2020-03-12	5	4th	3 26 27 28 35
2020-02-29	10	5th	8 9 16 25 28
2020-02-06	22	4th	4 12 17 28 31
2019-12-17	10	5th	1 2 6 14 28
2019-11-23	7	5th	4 6 10 21 28
2019-11-07	3	4th	7 10 21 28 31
2019-10-31	10	4th	6 9 23 28 32
2019-10-08	4	5th	7 12 17 25 28
2019-09-28	12	5th	1 3 23 26 28
2019-08-31	10	3rd	14 18 28 32 35
2019-08-08	1	3rd	3 14 28 34 35
2019-08-06	2	4th	4 7 20 28 29
2019-08-01	3	5th	5 7 12 19 28
2019-07-25	1	3rd	9 26 28 31 32
2019-07-23	9	5th	1 16 25 26 28
2019-07-02	5	5th	6 17 20 27 28
2019-06-20	8	5th	7 8 13 16 28
2019-06-01	19	4th	2 3 12 28 32
2019-04-18	25	3rd	11 18 28 29 30
2019-02-19	13	4th	6 23 24 28 30
2019-01-19	5	4th	5 24 27 28 34
2019-01-08	7	4th	3 13 19 28 33
2018-12-22	3	4th	13 17 21 28 30
2018-12-15	2	4th	24 25 26 28 29
2018-12-11	4	4th	4 14 16 28 35
2018-12-01	8	4th	3 5 11 28 29
2018-11-13	2	5th	8 11 16 19 28
2018-11-08	1	5th	1 5 13 17 28
2018-11-06	5	5th	4 6 18 20 28
2018-10-25	4	5th	1 3 10 18 28
2018-10-16	2	4th	4 17 19 28 32
2018-10-11	10	4th	2 4 26 28 30
2018-09-18	2	3rd	12 13 28 31 35
2018-09-13	1	5th	4 9 18 26 28
2018-09-11	8	3rd	17 23 28 30 34
2018-08-23	15	4th	14 25 26 28 31
2018-07-19	6	5th	2 3 4 16 28
2018-07-05	14	5th	2 10 18 23 28
2018-06-02	17	4th	16 18 22 28 32
2018-04-24	4	5th	1 18 19 27 28
2018-04-14	12	4th	10 12 24 28 29
2018-03-17	2	5th	2 13 22 27 28
2018-03-13	19	4th	6 9 11 28 34
2018-01-27	1	3rd	3 13 28 32 33
2018-01-25	10	4th	12 17 27 28 32
2018-01-02	3	5th	8 10 13 15 28
2017-12-26	1	5th	2 13 16 23 28
2017-12-23	10	5th	4 8 18 26 28
2017-11-30	22	5th	1 16 18 26 28
2017-10-10	1	3rd	2 6 28 33 35
2017-10-07	11	4th	17 19 25 28 30
2017-09-12	9	5th	1 16 17 18 28
2017-08-22	6	2nd	10 28 31 33 34
2017-08-08	1	4th	6 7 20 28 31
2017-08-05	2	5th	9 14 18 23 28
2017-08-01	3	5th	7 9 12 27 28
2017-07-25	1	4th	12 13 20 28 29
2017-07-22	6	4th	10 21 24 28 35
2017-07-08	19	4th	11 13 26 28 30
2017-05-25	17	5th	4 11 23 27 28
2017-04-15	5	4th	3 9 24 28 35
2017-04-04	4	5th	7 12 16 17 28
2017-03-25	5	5th	1 4 23 24 28
2017-03-14	3	5th	7 11 14 18 28
2017-03-07	4	5th	6 15 19 25 28
2017-02-25	13	5th	5 8 12 13 28
2017-01-26	5	4th	2 11 27 28 34
2017-01-14	1	4th	1 5 21 28 31
2017-01-12	1	4th	9 18 26 28 33
2017-01-10	1	5th	10 23 24 26 28
2017-01-07	18	3rd	7 12 28 32 34
2016-11-26	4	5th	7 12 15 23 28
2016-11-17	—	4th	11 15 25 28 34