Number 28

In Dakota Cash under the 5/35 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 5 from 1–35.

254times drawn · chance expected 246 +0.53σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

39longest completed wait · 52% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 254 times in 1,724 draws against 246.3 expected, +0.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 254 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 12 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 smallest0 · chance 0.2
2nd smallest7 · chance 5.2
3rd smallest44 · chance 40.4
4th smallest110 · chance 112.1
5th smallest93 · chance 96.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 29.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 32 7 2 5 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-08-29	5	4th	11 17 22 28 29
2026-08-12	2	5th	1 5 6 27 28
2026-08-05	3	3rd	8 18 28 31 32
2026-07-25	2	3rd	4 8 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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-26	5	5th	7 10 13 17 28
2025-02-08	14	4th	11 20 26 28 34
2024-12-21	3	3rd	9 22 28 30 32
2024-12-11	3	4th	19 22 27 28 35
2024-11-30	2	3rd	9 19 28 31 35
2024-11-23	4	3rd	18 20 28 30 33
2024-11-09	1	5th	5 6 18 25 28
2024-11-06	15	5th	2 5 9 13 28
2024-09-14	9	5th	5 9 11 18 28
2024-08-14	7	3rd	20 21 28 29 33
2024-07-20	7	5th	10 20 22 24 28
2024-06-26	6	4th	6 12 21 28 31
2024-06-05	1	5th	12 20 23 24 28
2024-06-01	1	4th	1 4 17 28 29
2024-05-29	3	4th	18 24 27 28 29
2024-05-18	2	5th	5 7 11 15 28
2024-05-11	1	4th	7 20 23 28 30
2024-05-08	3	4th	1 13 25 28 29
2024-04-27	6	4th	6 7 25 28 34
2024-04-06	15	3rd	3 4 28 32 33
2024-02-14	10	5th	2 10 19 25 28
2024-01-10	11	2nd	2 28 30 31 32
2023-12-02	3	5th	8 19 23 24 28
2023-11-22	1	3rd	3 17 28 29 35
2023-11-18	11	5th	2 7 14 15 28
2023-10-11	7	5th	2 7 8 16 28
2023-09-16	4	4th	5 12 19 28 32
2023-09-02	10	3rd	2 9 28 30 35
2023-07-29	5	4th	1 4 20 28 31
2023-07-12	12	5th	3 10 15 27 28
2023-05-31	4	4th	5 14 23 28 30
2023-05-17	9	4th	14 18 22 28 32
2023-04-15	3	5th	2 5 16 18 28
2023-04-05	6	3rd	13 27 28 30 31
2023-03-15	1	3rd	15 22 28 33 34
2023-03-11	18	4th	6 15 17 28 32
2023-01-07	26	4th	2 23 24 28 32
2022-10-08	26	5th	1 4 18 19 28
2022-07-09	5	4th	6 23 27 28 33
2022-06-22	5	4th	3 6 17 28 29
2022-06-04	3	3rd	10 12 28 30 33
2022-05-25	4	3rd	7 24 28 32 33
2022-05-11	9	4th	6 19 26 28 33
2022-04-09	9	5th	2 9 12 21 28
2022-03-09	4	4th	7 12 26 28 34
2022-02-23	3	4th	4 10 20 28 30
2022-02-12	10	4th	4 13 27 28 34
2022-01-08	9	4th	5 15 27 28 32
2021-12-08	4	5th	5 13 14 16 28
2021-11-24	2	5th	7 8 11 26 28
2021-11-17	5	3rd	2 14 28 33 35
2021-10-30	2	5th	5 9 18 23 28
2021-10-23	9	4th	11 16 24 28 33
2021-09-22	2	4th	7 11 14 28 30
2021-09-15	1	4th	2 4 16 28 29
2021-09-11	4	5th	4 15 16 26 28
2021-08-28	2	4th	9 13 26 28 34
2021-08-21	3	4th	10 14 22 28 31
2021-08-11	12	5th	3 6 15 18 28
2021-06-30	5	5th	1 6 8 20 28
2021-06-12	2	5th	5 7 16 23 28
2021-06-05	7	4th	4 21 26 28 35
2021-05-12	6	5th	7 23 25 26 28
2021-04-21	1	4th	7 14 18 28 31
2021-04-17	6	2nd	20 28 29 31 35
2021-03-27	1	4th	1 8 10 28 35
2021-03-24	6	5th	2 4 6 24 28
2021-03-03	10	2nd	14 28 29 30 34
2021-01-27	7	5th	3 4 17 24 28
2021-01-02	6	5th	10 15 18 20 28
2020-12-12	14	2nd	17 28 30 31 33
2020-10-24	1	5th	2 14 18 20 28
2020-10-21	7	4th	2 5 22 28 30
2020-09-26	2	4th	5 11 16 28 33
2020-09-19	2	4th	12 18 26 28 31
2020-09-12	8	5th	13 20 23 25 28
2020-08-15	3	5th	9 12 20 22 28
2020-08-05	8	5th	2 3 7 14 28
2020-07-08	2	3rd	10 17 28 30 35
2020-07-01	1	5th	3 13 18 20 28
2020-06-27	7	5th	13 16 24 26 28
2020-06-03	5	5th	5 7 12 13 28
2020-05-16	5	3rd	12 17 28 32 34
2020-04-29	4	5th	3 11 16 20 28
2020-04-15	8	5th	1 5 17 19 28
2020-03-18	5	5th	1 14 15 25 28
2020-02-29	4	5th	4 20 21 25 28
2020-02-15	3	4th	11 12 19 28 34
2020-02-05	7	3rd	16 25 28 29 30
2020-01-11	1	5th	2 12 19 27 28
2020-01-08	12	4th	2 5 25 28 35
2019-11-27	4	4th	5 15 18 28 29
2019-11-13	1	4th	2 23 26 28 30
2019-11-09	10	5th	2 3 12 16 28
2019-10-05	1	5th	1 8 19 22 28
2019-10-02	3	4th	6 8 20 28 29
2019-09-21	14	3rd	6 27 28 31 32
2019-08-03	24	5th	3 10 12 18 28
2019-05-11	17	4th	10 11 26 28 32
2019-03-13	7	4th	5 12 27 28 35
2019-02-16	1	4th	13 20 21 28 32
2019-02-13	5	5th	7 23 24 27 28
2019-01-26	7	4th	1 2 18 28 34
2019-01-02	1	4th	7 19 25 28 34
2018-12-29	10	3rd	2 3 28 29 32
2018-11-24	3	5th	3 8 11 17 28
2018-11-14	2	5th	1 4 11 14 28
2018-11-07	11	4th	8 23 26 28 33
2018-09-29	7	4th	4 8 22 28 30
2018-09-05	1	4th	2 12 27 28 34
2018-09-01	13	4th	4 5 11 28 29
2018-07-18	5	4th	10 19 20 28 32
2018-06-30	4	4th	7 11 14 28 33
2018-06-16	1	4th	4 12 15 28 30
2018-06-13	6	5th	4 5 11 20 28
2018-05-23	10	4th	8 11 23 28 31
2018-04-18	1	5th	1 5 8 10 28
2018-04-14	4	4th	11 22 26 28 29
2018-03-31	8	4th	10 19 21 28 29
2018-03-03	2	4th	3 22 24 28 33
2018-02-24	2	5th	15 19 23 27 28
2018-02-17	9	2nd	21 28 29 30 34
2018-01-17	2	4th	3 4 11 28 35
2018-01-10	4	4th	1 8 10 28 33
2017-12-27	3	5th	1 7 8 12 28
2017-12-16	2	4th	4 11 17 28 32
2017-12-09	6	5th	6 15 16 19 28
2017-11-18	24	5th	6 9 18 27 28
2017-08-26	12	4th	7 14 27 28 32
2017-07-15	20	4th	17 21 25 28 29
2017-05-06	6	3rd	5 24 28 29 35
2017-04-15	8	4th	3 4 27 28 31
2017-03-18	8	2nd	21 28 29 31 33
2017-02-18	5	5th	13 14 19 26 28
2017-02-01	2	5th	18 20 21 25 28
2017-01-25	6	4th	6 12 22 28 31
2017-01-04	17	4th	1 18 27 28 35
2016-11-05	3	4th	1 6 22 28 34
2016-10-26	5	4th	11 18 21 28 35
2016-10-08	9	5th	6 8 9 13 28
2016-09-07	8	5th	9 15 22 23 28
2016-08-10	15	4th	7 11 19 28 31
2016-06-18	1	3rd	1 26 28 29 32
2016-06-15	1	5th	6 9 16 23 28
2016-06-11	2	3rd	15 21 28 31 34
2016-06-04	8	3rd	3 11 28 29 34
2016-05-07	13	3rd	4 21 28 31 32
2016-03-23	9	4th	5 8 19 28 30
2016-02-20	8	3rd	1 23 28 33 35
2016-01-23	3	5th	10 11 23 27 28
2016-01-13	4	5th	2 3 7 16 28
2015-12-30	2	4th	3 18 27 28 32
2015-12-23	7	5th	6 7 10 16 28
2015-11-28	7	4th	5 12 25 28 31
2015-11-04	6	5th	11 14 18 19 28
2015-10-14	19	3rd	17 26 28 31 33
2015-08-08	2	4th	12 13 19 28 34
2015-08-01	6	4th	22 25 26 28 29
2015-07-11	33	4th	6 10 14 28 31
2015-03-18	1	3rd	9 13 28 33 35
2015-03-14	3	5th	2 4 20 22 28
2015-03-04	1	3rd	22 25 28 29 33
2015-02-28	5	4th	1 18 22 28 32
2015-02-11	1	3rd	8 20 28 34 35
2015-02-07	1	3rd	18 21 28 32 34
2015-02-04	10	5th	3 21 22 27 28
2014-12-31	4	4th	6 11 24 28 35
2014-12-17	5	5th	12 18 19 21 28
2014-11-29	9	5th	10 20 21 24 28
2014-10-29	4	3rd	12 21 28 33 34
2014-10-15	13	4th	9 19 23 28 34
2014-08-30	18	3rd	3 24 28 33 35
2014-06-28	13	4th	4 17 23 28 34
2014-05-14	20	4th	8 11 16 28 35
2014-03-05	5	5th	13 15 24 26 28
2014-02-15	2	4th	11 17 19 28 31
2014-02-08	6	4th	14 21 24 28 33
2014-01-18	4	5th	3 23 26 27 28
2014-01-04	3	5th	2 6 24 27 28
2013-12-25	15	5th	4 13 19 21 28
2013-11-02	1	5th	1 3 5 18 28
2013-10-30	2	4th	6 18 24 28 30
2013-10-23	14	5th	2 3 13 23 28
2013-09-04	3	5th	3 6 14 27 28
2013-08-24	31	3rd	2 10 28 30 32
2013-05-08	8	4th	8 14 16 28 35
2013-04-10	7	5th	2 14 15 20 28
2013-03-16	7	4th	6 14 27 28 33
2013-02-20	1	4th	7 10 11 28 33
2013-02-16	3	4th	8 14 26 28 34
2013-02-06	5	4th	7 11 12 28 30
2013-01-19	9	3rd	14 27 28 30 34
2012-12-19	27	5th	4 5 7 24 28
2012-09-15	4	4th	13 17 24 28 33
2012-09-01	1	5th	5 11 18 19 28
2012-08-29	13	5th	5 6 7 24 28
2012-07-14	15	4th	2 5 16 28 29
2012-05-23	1	5th	3 4 11 26 28
2012-05-19	15	5th	12 18 19 20 28
2012-03-28	2	3rd	8 16 28 30 34
2012-03-21	1	4th	3 7 23 28 29
2012-03-17	8	3rd	14 19 28 30 32
2012-02-18	1	4th	16 18 23 28 31
2012-02-15	5	2nd	27 28 31 32 35
2012-01-28	7	5th	6 10 17 26 28
2012-01-04	4	5th	5 7 15 20 28
2011-12-21	15	4th	10 14 17 28 31
2011-10-29	3	4th	4 12 16 28 33
2011-10-19	5	5th	1 7 12 21 28
2011-10-01	12	3rd	8 10 28 29 32
2011-08-20	1	5th	6 14 17 25 28
2011-08-17	3	4th	18 22 25 28 30
2011-08-06	2	4th	2 22 27 28 35
2011-07-30	12	3rd	1 18 28 32 35
2011-06-18	15	4th	7 16 24 28 30
2011-04-27	1	3rd	3 9 28 32 33
2011-04-23	3	3rd	1 6 28 32 34
2011-04-13	16	3rd	4 7 28 30 32
2011-02-16	14	3rd	10 18 28 31 32
2010-12-29	9	5th	1 16 21 27 28
2010-11-27	5	3rd	6 7 28 32 34
2010-11-10	13	3rd	16 23 28 31 33
2010-09-25	2	5th	8 17 18 20 28
2010-09-18	4	5th	13 15 16 18 28
2010-09-04	9	4th	18 19 26 28 32
2010-08-04	3	4th	5 20 22 28 29
2010-07-24	3	4th	5 9 10 28 31
2010-07-14	10	4th	2 8 25 28 30
2010-06-09	12	4th	16 19 23 28 29
2010-04-28	—	5th	9 16 17 20 28