Number 38

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

235times drawn · chance expected 304 −4.27σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

41longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

38 deviates beyond what chance explains for a pool of 38

Drawn 235 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, −4.27σ. It passes even the threshold tightened for testing every number at once. Read the draw-by-draw history below before reading anything into it — and it still says nothing about the next draw.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 235 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 3 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest235 · chance 235.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 29 5 14 32 7

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, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd 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 above 31 ×0.86

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-04-17	1	5th	12 30 31 37 38
2025-04-16	6	5th	2 14 29 35 38
2025-04-10	8	5th	17 25 28 31 38
2025-04-02	8	5th	7 18

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

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