Number 28

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,429 draws, 5 from 1–38.

173times drawn · chance expected 188 −1.18σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

54longest completed wait · 9% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 173 times in 1,429 draws against 188.0 expected, −1.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 173 times in 1,429 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 54 · waiting 9 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 0.6
2nd smallest7 · chance 8.5
3rd smallest41 · chance 41.4
4th smallest85 · chance 76.6
5th smallest40 · chance 46.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 8 16 24 38 2

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
2026-10-02	1	4th	3 11 12 28 34
2026-10-01	1	3rd	6 7 28 31 34
2026-09-30	1	4th	10 14 16 28 31
2026-09-29	2	5th	1

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.

2026-01-11	8	4th	9 10 12 28 36
2026-01-03	15	5th	1 2 10 24 28
2025-12-19	18	4th	1 3 7 28 35
2025-12-01	3	5th	4 9 18 20 28
2025-11-28	19	2nd	5 28 31 36 38
2025-11-09	1	5th	9 12 17 18 28
2025-11-08	10	5th	2 7 15 27 28
2025-10-29	6	4th	6 16 23 28 36
2025-10-23	18	4th	1 5 26 28 29
2025-10-05	8	5th	1 2 21 22 28
2025-09-27	5	4th	1 6 11 28 35
2025-09-22	3	4th	2 18 27 28 38
2025-09-19	5	4th	5 10 16 28 34
2025-09-14	9	5th	5 10 12 20 28
2025-09-05	7	5th	5 13 18 21 28
2025-08-29	12	3rd	8 13 28 36 38
2025-08-17	2	2nd	19 28 29 31 36
2025-08-15	15	5th	7 10 19 24 28
2025-07-31	35	3rd	13 18 28 33 37
2025-06-26	1	4th	7 24 26 28 35
2025-06-25	17	5th	4 7 24 27 28
2025-06-08	8	4th	14 17 21 28 33
2025-05-31	30	3rd	14 25 28 32 37
2025-05-01	1	4th	5 16 19 28 36
2025-04-30	5	3rd	22 23 28 32 38
2025-04-25	12	5th	20 22 23 27 28
2025-04-13	1	4th	2 13 15 28 31
2025-04-12	4	4th	7 9 18 28 36
2025-04-08	4	4th	5 11 12 28 29
2025-04-04	1	5th	1 2 15 20 28
2025-04-03	18	4th	2 3 6 28 32
2025-03-16	4	4th	5 14 17 28 30
2025-03-12	8	3rd	2 15 28 30 33
2025-03-04	1	4th	8 16 20 28 30
2025-03-03	2	5th	8 12 18 19 28
2025-03-01	6	4th	1 15 27 28 30
2025-02-23	12	3rd	7 18 28 34 37
2025-02-11	1	5th	1 6 14 24 28
2025-02-10	6	4th	10 23 25 28 35
2025-02-04	11	3rd	7 25 28 31 37
2025-01-24	2	4th	17 19 23 28 29
2025-01-22	3	5th	8 20 24 27 28
2025-01-19	4	5th	7 11 16 24 28
2025-01-15	15	3rd	5 25 28 30 36
2024-12-31	5	4th	7 12 15 28 34
2024-12-26	8	4th	18 26 27 28 30
2024-12-18	27	4th	7 20 22 28 37
2024-11-21	1	4th	4 5 18 28 38
2024-11-20	6	3rd	18 23 28 32 36
2024-11-14	8	4th	6 15 16 28 35
2024-11-06	4	5th	7 17 21 27 28
2024-11-02	3	4th	11 22 26 28 31
2024-10-30	13	3rd	7 11 28 30 34
2024-10-17	14	2nd	8 28 32 33 38
2024-10-03	7	4th	1 2 6 28 34
2024-09-26	3	4th	2 9 24 28 29
2024-09-23	8	5th	1 9 17 24 28
2024-09-15	41	4th	15 19 27 28 29
2024-08-05	4	4th	17 18 21 28 35
2024-08-01	15	4th	2 25 27 28 38
2024-07-17	19	5th	3 4 14 19 28
2024-06-28	3	4th	16 25 26 28 34
2024-06-25	7	3rd	8 12 28 29 33
2024-06-18	3	5th	9 15 16 27 28
2024-06-15	9	5th	6 7 14 25 28
2024-06-06	1	4th	20 26 27 28 30
2024-06-05	4	4th	3 23 24 28 32
2024-06-01	4	3rd	4 16 28 33 37
2024-05-28	22	3rd	6 23 28 36 38
2024-05-06	3	3rd	10 12 28 32 35
2024-05-03	1	3rd	16 24 28 29 31
2024-05-02	21	4th	4 14 27 28 29
2024-04-11	2	3rd	24 27 28 33 38
2024-04-09	11	3rd	21 24 28 36 38
2024-03-29	18	3rd	10 17 28 36 38
2024-03-11	3	3rd	24 27 28 31 36
2024-03-08	4	4th	8 11 27 28 36
2024-03-04	1	4th	3 8 24 28 32
2024-03-03	2	5th	8 14 21 23 28
2024-03-01	12	3rd	6 11 28 29 34
2024-02-18	2	4th	8 13 14 28 35
2024-02-16	6	4th	5 7 26 28 37
2024-02-10	1	4th	4 9 10 28 32
2024-02-09	3	4th	1 2 22 28 33
2024-02-06	4	4th	8 12 24 28 33
2024-02-02	1	3rd	10 14 28 32 35
2024-02-01	10	2nd	23 28 30 36 38
2024-01-22	8	5th	8 14 18 24 28
2024-01-14	9	3rd	7 8 28 29 30
2024-01-05	5	4th	6 20 21 28 29
2023-12-31	24	4th	8 19 26 28 34
2023-12-07	17	3rd	6 8 28 32 35
2023-11-20	11	4th	5 10 22 28 35
2023-11-09	1	5th	7 13 18 24 28
2023-11-08	17	4th	4 8 11 28 33
2023-10-22	1	4th	9 13 18 28 34
2023-10-21	10	4th	5 9 11 28 34
2023-10-11	12	5th	10 15 18 22 28
2023-09-29	4	3rd	4 18 28 31 34
2023-09-25	4	2nd	10 28 30 32 38
2023-09-21	1	3rd	20 22 28 31 38
2023-09-20	4	4th	2 6 15 28 36
2023-09-16	10	4th	4 16 18 28 36
2023-09-06	2	4th	6 8 15 28 31
2023-09-04	10	4th	3 5 16 28 36
2023-08-25	6	3rd	1 2 28 36 37
2023-08-19	14	4th	1 8 24 28 33
2023-08-05	2	4th	10 12 14 28 34
2023-08-03	7	4th	5 14 23 28 32
2023-07-27	3	5th	10 12 16 17 28
2023-07-24	2	4th	5 6 26 28 38
2023-07-22	2	4th	12 21 27 28 34
2023-07-20	3	5th	3 5 8 18 28
2023-07-17	11	4th	6 18 25 28 30
2023-07-06	6	2nd	27 28 34 36 37
2023-06-30	5	3rd	11 22 28 34 37
2023-06-25	16	5th	1 2 3 15 28
2023-06-09	3	4th	8 16 26 28 38
2023-06-06	1	4th	4 12 16 28 37
2023-06-05	3	4th	8 20 25 28 31
2023-06-02	7	4th	2 7 11 28 33
2023-05-26	8	3rd	4 23 28 34 35
2023-05-18	5	5th	4 6 14 27 28
2023-05-13	16	4th	8 19 26 28 32
2023-04-27	1	4th	1 9 13 28 31
2023-04-26	27	4th	12 14 19 28 32
2023-03-30	6	5th	2 3 23 25 28
2023-03-24	5	4th	10 17 27 28 31
2023-03-19	2	4th	11 24 25 28 38
2023-03-17	6	5th	2 13 15 27 28
2023-03-11	1	4th	1 3 18 28 31
2023-03-10	1	3rd	3 13 28 29 31
2023-03-09	7	3rd	9 16 28 31 36
2023-03-02	9	5th	4 10 13 17 28
2023-02-21	1	4th	9 18 26 28 33
2023-02-20	9	3rd	8 9 28 30 33
2023-02-11	6	4th	11 21 23 28 37
2023-02-05	3	4th	1 21 24 28 37
2023-02-02	6	4th	7 13 16 28 33
2023-01-27	11	4th	3 7 23 28 36
2023-01-16	2	4th	16 23 25 28 32
2023-01-14	1	4th	1 2 14 28 31
2023-01-13	15	5th	4 8 13 24 28
2022-12-29	14	5th	6 11 20 27 28
2022-12-15	1	4th	9 11 27 28 32
2022-12-14	6	3rd	16 19 28 30 34
2022-12-08	8	4th	2 4 17 28 35
2022-11-30	8	3rd	17 24 28 29 34
2022-11-22	—	3rd	8 22 28 30 38