Number 38

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

126times drawn · chance expected 112 +1.43σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 41% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

41longest completed wait · 55% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 126 times in 939 draws against 111.8 expected, +1.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 126 times in 939 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 8 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 0.2
3rd smallest3 · chance 5.0
4th smallest36 · chance 38.7
5th smallest87 · chance 82.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 15 37 3 17 33

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, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-04	6	5th	12 15 25 34 38
2026-09-28	26	4th	1 8 37 38 42
2026-09-02	2	5th	1 18 23 34 38
2026-08-31	2	4th	7 9

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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