Number 28

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/42 · since Mar 2024 rules — 939 draws, 5 from 1–42.

133times drawn · chance expected 112 +2.14σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 53% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

33longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 133 times in 939 draws against 111.8 expected, +2.14σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 133 times in 939 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 6 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest1 · chance 1.3
2nd smallest14 · chance 12.9
3rd smallest40 · chance 41.9
4th smallest63 · chance 53.8
5th smallest15 · chance 23.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

41 38 8 15 32 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-06	12	3rd	8 25 28 30 40
2026-09-24	6	5th	6 7 11 15 28
2026-09-18	5	5th	19 20 21 26 28
2026-09-13	5	2nd	7 28

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-29	5	2nd	22 28 32 38 39
2026-04-24	1	4th	16 22 27 28 33
2026-04-23	1	3rd	12 27 28 35 41
2026-04-22	11	5th	2 11 13 26 28
2026-04-11	1	4th	4 11 12 28 41
2026-04-10	7	4th	1 8 13 28 35
2026-04-03	3	3rd	3 25 28 37 41
2026-03-31	33	4th	2 9 16 28 39
2026-02-26	15	3rd	8 25 28 29 41
2026-02-11	5	2nd	20 28 30 32 35
2026-02-06	16	5th	6 14 17 18 28
2026-01-21	9	3rd	1 13 28 40 41
2026-01-12	8	1st	28 29 30 40 41
2026-01-04	6	4th	3 15 21 28 31
2025-12-29	7	4th	5 13 24 28 35
2025-12-22	19	5th	2 17 24 25 28
2025-12-03	7	3rd	4 14 28 39 40
2025-11-26	12	3rd	18 24 28 36 41
2025-11-14	9	4th	1 4 26 28 32
2025-11-05	7	5th	11 16 20 22 28
2025-10-29	13	5th	1 15 18 23 28
2025-10-16	2	4th	7 13 16 28 31
2025-10-14	1	4th	6 10 21 28 31
2025-10-13	6	3rd	6 19 28 41 42
2025-10-07	3	3rd	7 14 28 31 32
2025-10-04	2	4th	1 8 19 28 40
2025-10-02	4	5th	3 11 16 22 28
2025-09-28	10	4th	2 21 23 28 29
2025-09-18	4	4th	3 19 22 28 41
2025-09-14	2	3rd	4 19 28 29 36
2025-09-12	2	3rd	7 22 28 29 37
2025-09-10	11	3rd	8 11 28 31 35
2025-08-30	5	3rd	8 24 28 39 41
2025-08-25	10	3rd	8 22 28 32 36
2025-08-15	3	3rd	11 21 28 32 34
2025-08-12	6	3rd	20 25 28 33 38
2025-08-06	4	3rd	11 24 28 32 33
2025-08-02	11	5th	2 8 19 27 28
2025-07-22	18	5th	2 6 19 25 28
2025-07-04	4	3rd	2 24 28 31 34
2025-06-30	8	4th	1 12 27 28 42
2025-06-22	5	4th	4 7 14 28 38
2025-06-17	4	4th	6 9 20 28 40
2025-06-13	7	4th	2 9 26 28 32
2025-06-06	8	3rd	3 4 28 32 34
2025-05-29	19	4th	5 10 19 28 38
2025-05-10	7	4th	8 10 23 28 29
2025-05-03	6	4th	4 6 18 28 40
2025-04-27	13	3rd	7 19 28 32 42
2025-04-14	1	4th	19 23 25 28 31
2025-04-13	1	2nd	10 28 37 38 40
2025-04-12	4	4th	1 8 15 28 41
2025-04-08	7	5th	3 11 21 22 28
2025-04-01	6	3rd	6 10 28 29 41
2025-03-26	3	4th	14 17 27 28 37
2025-03-23	5	3rd	3 19 28 34 39
2025-03-18	1	4th	3 22 27 28 31
2025-03-17	3	4th	10 21 24 28 38
2025-03-14	3	4th	5 9 24 28 32
2025-03-11	19	3rd	22 26 28 33 41
2025-02-20	5	3rd	3 20 28 36 40
2025-02-15	14	4th	6 8 12 28 38
2025-02-01	6	4th	7 11 16 28 39
2025-01-26	9	4th	10 11 24 28 38
2025-01-17	9	4th	2 10 14 28 38
2025-01-08	13	3rd	13 23 28 38 40
2024-12-26	4	4th	3 7 8 28 31
2024-12-22	3	4th	2 15 25 28 29
2024-12-19	2	3rd	15 25 28 29 41
2024-12-17	1	4th	14 15 17 28 37
2024-12-16	3	4th	1 11 27 28 35
2024-12-13	2	4th	8 10 14 28 35
2024-12-11	2	5th	6 13 15 19 28
2024-12-09	4	4th	14 18 23 28 35
2024-12-05	1	4th	4 6 16 28 29
2024-12-04	21	2nd	9 28 32 33 41
2024-11-13	3	4th	7 14 15 28 39
2024-11-10	5	3rd	1 2 28 30 40
2024-11-05	6	4th	2 12 15 28 31
2024-10-30	1	4th	7 16 23 28 42
2024-10-29	1	2nd	26 28 29 36 41
2024-10-28	2	4th	1 8 16 28 32
2024-10-26	1	2nd	15 28 33 38 40
2024-10-25	3	4th	6 17 21 28 33
2024-10-22	7	3rd	13 23 28 31 35
2024-10-15	4	4th	9 10 14 28 32
2024-10-11	2	4th	8 20 24 28 29
2024-10-09	4	3rd	4 18 28 31 32
2024-10-05	4	3rd	24 25 28 33 36
2024-10-01	3	3rd	3 7 28 34 35
2024-09-28	20	2nd	22 28 30 32 39
2024-09-08	17	4th	1 7 8 28 33
2024-08-22	2	3rd	2 14 28 37 42
2024-08-20	29	4th	1 10 12 28 41
2024-07-22	2	5th	3 4 9 26 28
2024-07-20	5	4th	20 21 24 28 35
2024-07-15	1	3rd	4 11 28 33 37
2024-07-14	18	5th	1 9 16 20 28
2024-06-26	7	4th	4 21 27 28 38
2024-06-19	11	4th	3 4 5 28 36
2024-06-08	4	2nd	9 28 29 37 41
2024-06-04	7	4th	17 21 25 28 38
2024-05-28	5	4th	1 2 7 28 30
2024-05-23	12	3rd	3 17 28 41 42
2024-05-11	14	4th	5 7 15 28 34
2024-04-27	21	4th	3 5 9 28 38
2024-04-06	4	5th	3 16 19 23 28
2024-04-02	11	2nd	19 28 34 35 37
2024-03-22	—	3rd	12 19 28 40 41