Number 28

In Tennessee Cash under the 5/35 + 1/5 · since Oct 2010 rules — 2,508 draws, 5 from 1–35.

335times drawn · chance expected 358 −1.33σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

39longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 335 times in 2,508 draws against 358.3 expected, −1.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 335 times in 2,508 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 7 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 0.3
2nd smallest5 · chance 6.8
3rd smallest60 · chance 53.2
4th smallest142 · chance 147.9
5th smallest128 · chance 126.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 39.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 15 11 33 19 18

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
2026-09-23	12	5th	3 17 20 21 28
2026-08-26	2	3rd	10 11 28 29 35
2026-08-21	1	4th	3 4 22 28 32
2026-08-19	29	4th	1 12

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.

2025-04-18	5	4th	3 13 27 28 31
2025-04-07	15	4th	23 26 27 28 33
2025-03-03	9	4th	3 4 5 28 35
2025-02-10	6	5th	7 18 24 25 28
2025-01-27	5	4th	9 10 15 28 35
2025-01-15	5	3rd	15 18 28 30 35
2025-01-03	2	5th	5 12 16 25 28
2024-12-30	6	5th	1 3 11 17 28
2024-12-16	6	5th	5 11 15 21 28
2024-12-02	6	4th	6 23 24 28 35
2024-11-18	39	4th	10 18 22 28 35
2024-08-19	3	3rd	5 21 28 32 35
2024-08-12	6	5th	1 15 21 22 28
2024-07-29	3	4th	13 17 24 28 33
2024-07-22	9	4th	3 25 27 28 29
2024-07-01	6	4th	2 3 19 28 33
2024-06-17	8	4th	11 12 25 28 34
2024-05-29	2	4th	13 21 27 28 29
2024-05-24	15	4th	20 24 25 28 30
2024-04-19	25	4th	3 5 20 28 33
2024-02-21	2	5th	6 12 22 27 28
2024-02-16	14	5th	6 13 16 26 28
2024-01-15	2	3rd	19 22 28 31 35
2024-01-10	30	5th	7 8 19 20 28
2023-11-01	6	4th	3 13 14 28 34
2023-10-18	7	5th	4 5 17 23 28
2023-10-02	14	5th	1 12 13 23 28
2023-08-30	14	3rd	6 9 28 30 33
2023-07-28	30	5th	6 8 18 24 28
2023-05-19	1	5th	10 11 25 26 28
2023-05-17	1	4th	5 24 27 28 30
2023-05-15	4	4th	9 10 14 28 34
2023-05-05	3	4th	6 19 20 28 33
2023-04-28	2	3rd	1 10 28 29 34
2023-04-24	13	5th	3 11 16 21 28
2023-03-24	14	4th	14 17 24 28 34
2023-02-20	3	4th	5 18 25 28 30
2023-02-13	1	4th	4 16 20 28 30
2023-02-10	16	5th	8 19 25 27 28
2023-01-04	5	4th	2 7 25 28 31
2022-12-23	9	5th	2 3 10 18 28
2022-12-02	12	5th	1 10 15 17 28
2022-11-04	22	3rd	3 12 28 29 34
2022-09-14	2	5th	7 14 22 27 28
2022-09-09	10	4th	8 17 19 28 32
2022-08-17	1	2nd	22 28 33 34 35
2022-08-15	4	4th	4 19 24 28 35
2022-08-05	2	3rd	16 26 28 34 35
2022-08-01	7	5th	9 19 21 27 28
2022-07-15	7	5th	5 14 16 18 28
2022-06-29	15	3rd	8 23 28 31 34
2022-05-25	1	3rd	15 19 28 33 35
2022-05-23	7	4th	4 11 18 28 34
2022-05-06	4	5th	1 10 11 14 28
2022-04-27	20	4th	3 19 21 28 35
2022-03-11	28	5th	3 5 12 27 28
2022-01-05	5	4th	3 8 20 28 33
2021-12-24	7	5th	4 11 14 21 28
2021-12-08	1	4th	1 21 22 28 33
2021-12-06	1	3rd	18 25 28 31 34
2021-12-03	10	5th	2 5 19 26 28
2021-11-10	10	5th	8 9 20 25 28
2021-10-18	1	4th	3 13 19 28 33
2021-10-15	3	5th	10 20 23 26 28
2021-10-08	3	5th	9 15 16 19 28
2021-10-01	1	4th	11 12 25 28 31
2021-09-29	19	5th	3 4 11 27 28
2021-08-16	6	4th	2 9 12 28 30
2021-08-02	14	5th	9 12 25 26 28
2021-06-30	16	4th	2 4 13 28 33
2021-05-24	10	5th	14 15 17 19 28
2021-04-30	2	2nd	9 28 29 30 34
2021-04-26	4	3rd	2 7 28 29 30
2021-04-16	14	4th	8 19 21 28 34
2021-03-15	5	4th	4 5 12 28 35
2021-03-03	15	5th	10 12 15 20 28
2021-01-27	5	5th	12 16 17 19 28
2021-01-15	3	5th	9 14 15 18 28
2021-01-08	5	5th	6 7 12 20 28
2020-12-28	14	5th	14 19 21 22 28
2020-11-25	15	5th	5 8 14 19 28
2020-10-21	17	4th	3 9 23 28 34
2020-09-11	5	5th	11 14 16 17 28
2020-08-31	4	3rd	9 18 28 33 35
2020-08-21	8	4th	2 9 22 28 29
2020-08-03	10	5th	5 13 15 25 28
2020-07-10	5	4th	1 17 23 28 31
2020-06-29	2	4th	3 11 26 28 30
2020-06-24	2	4th	1 11 21 28 32
2020-06-19	4	3rd	9 24 28 30 32
2020-06-10	8	4th	2 8 17 28 32
2020-05-22	3	4th	1 7 21 28 31
2020-05-15	8	4th	6 16 20 28 31
2020-04-27	10	4th	14 16 23 28 33
2020-04-03	5	3rd	2 21 28 34 35
2020-03-23	3	5th	5 9 14 23 28
2020-03-16	8	5th	9 12 15 24 28
2020-02-26	7	3rd	6 12 28 33 35
2020-02-10	7	5th	1 9 17 26 28
2020-01-24	3	3rd	9 18 28 31 34
2020-01-17	11	5th	4 5 11 27 28
2019-12-23	3	4th	1 3 16 28 29
2019-12-16	5	5th	9 11 15 27 28
2019-12-04	4	4th	2 19 23 28 30
2019-11-25	29	5th	5 17 18 27 28
2019-09-18	3	4th	8 19 24 28 33
2019-09-11	2	4th	13 22 23 28 32
2019-09-06	10	5th	10 11 24 26 28
2019-08-14	1	5th	4 12 17 23 28
2019-08-12	3	3rd	18 25 28 32 33
2019-08-05	5	3rd	5 20 28 29 34
2019-07-24	4	4th	2 11 27 28 32
2019-07-15	6	4th	7 9 11 28 31
2019-07-01	7	4th	16 20 22 28 33
2019-06-14	3	5th	2 11 12 20 28
2019-06-07	21	4th	3 6 7 28 33
2019-04-19	3	5th	4 10 17 25 28
2019-04-12	3	4th	2 16 27 28 33
2019-04-05	3	5th	9 14 15 24 28
2019-03-29	5	4th	9 16 19 28 35
2019-03-18	19	4th	10 19 21 28 33
2019-02-01	1	4th	13 17 18 28 33
2019-01-30	5	5th	8 13 14 21 28
2019-01-18	12	3rd	15 21 28 30 35
2018-12-21	14	4th	11 23 25 28 31
2018-11-19	19	4th	9 11 18 28 30
2018-10-05	9	4th	1 2 5 28 29
2018-09-14	1	3rd	6 12 28 32 34
2018-09-12	5	3rd	4 6 28 31 33
2018-08-31	18	4th	1 3 14 28 31
2018-07-20	9	5th	3 11 17 27 28
2018-06-29	14	4th	7 13 14 28 33
2018-05-28	2	4th	6 10 15 28 35
2018-05-23	1	3rd	12 22 28 32 34
2018-05-21	5	3rd	6 9 28 30 35
2018-05-09	3	5th	5 15 18 19 28
2018-05-02	2	4th	12 22 26 28 33
2018-04-27	2	5th	1 9 18 19 28
2018-04-23	12	4th	1 24 26 28 30
2018-03-26	8	4th	4 10 22 28 34
2018-03-07	5	5th	9 10 14 20 28
2018-02-23	1	4th	10 24 27 28 33
2018-02-21	7	4th	2 24 25 28 31
2018-02-05	4	4th	1 9 24 28 34
2018-01-26	6	3rd	5 22 28 31 34
2018-01-12	2	5th	4 5 22 27 28
2018-01-08	14	3rd	10 21 28 30 33
2017-12-06	1	3rd	4 15 28 29 33
2017-12-04	6	3rd	6 15 28 30 33
2017-11-20	7	4th	8 13 25 28 34
2017-11-03	6	5th	6 7 10 27 28
2017-10-20	14	4th	7 15 23 28 35
2017-09-18	1	3rd	5 8 28 29 31
2017-09-15	6	5th	2 11 21 22 28
2017-09-01	4	4th	1 20 23 28 33
2017-08-23	4	4th	14 20 27 28 32
2017-08-14	4	4th	3 10 19 28 32
2017-08-04	5	4th	8 19 23 28 34
2017-07-24	4	5th	7 8 20 26 28
2017-07-14	9	5th	8 15 23 25 28
2017-06-23	8	4th	2 8 16 28 31
2017-06-05	10	4th	20 25 26 28 35
2017-05-12	3	5th	3 11 14 15 28
2017-05-05	7	4th	2 10 17 28 34
2017-04-19	7	3rd	1 6 28 33 35
2017-04-03	17	4th	3 4 13 28 32
2017-02-22	6	5th	5 20 24 26 28
2017-02-08	8	5th	6 8 15 22 28
2017-01-20	10	5th	7 10 15 26 28
2016-12-28	11	4th	6 11 12 28 29
2016-12-02	15	4th	9 10 13 28 35
2016-10-28	4	5th	5 16 19 26 28
2016-10-19	21	4th	2 7 15 28 29
2016-08-31	1	5th	13 20 23 26 28
2016-08-29	9	5th	10 13 18 19 28
2016-08-08	1	5th	9 11 21 27 28
2016-08-05	9	5th	1 3 7 15 28
2016-07-15	3	4th	1 4 23 28 34
2016-07-08	1	4th	2 15 21 28 31
2016-07-06	12	5th	4 5 15 20 28
2016-06-08	8	4th	6 18 20 28 34
2016-05-20	14	5th	2 8 18 25 28
2016-04-18	1	5th	7 19 25 27 28
2016-04-15	11	3rd	7 27 28 32 35
2016-03-21	3	3rd	10 20 28 29 35
2016-03-14	8	4th	2 9 20 28 30
2016-02-24	1	4th	10 11 15 28 35
2016-02-22	2	4th	4 21 24 28 35
2016-02-17	10	4th	15 21 23 28 35
2016-01-25	1	4th	12 19 20 28 29
2016-01-22	9	5th	4 11 15 19 28
2016-01-01	2	5th	3 12 16 24 28
2015-12-28	5	5th	17 18 25 27 28
2015-12-16	6	5th	9 14 16 20 28
2015-12-02	6	4th	11 20 24 28 35
2015-11-18	1	4th	2 17 24 28 34
2015-11-16	11	5th	7 9 10 25 28
2015-10-21	1	4th	9 16 18 28 33
2015-10-19	11	5th	5 8 12 26 28
2015-09-23	6	3rd	7 24 28 29 35
2015-09-09	3	5th	10 18 20 24 28
2015-09-02	7	5th	12 15 21 25 28
2015-08-17	2	3rd	7 25 28 29 35
2015-08-12	9	3rd	2 11 28 29 32
2015-07-22	2	4th	2 5 7 28 34
2015-07-17	1	5th	1 17 22 25 28
2015-07-15	8	4th	7 11 27 28 33
2015-06-26	7	4th	3 14 18 28 30
2015-06-10	28	4th	20 26 27 28 32
2015-04-06	5	3rd	15 18 28 33 35
2015-03-25	7	5th	1 7 20 27 28
2015-03-09	18	5th	4 10 18 19 28
2015-01-26	13	4th	5 15 27 28 31
2014-12-26	3	3rd	18 24 28 30 34
2014-12-19	1	3rd	11 12 28 31 34
2014-12-17	1	4th	12 15 18 28 33
2014-12-15	3	5th	8 15 16 26 28
2014-12-08	13	4th	10 17 26 28 29
2014-11-07	4	4th	8 15 17 28 30
2014-10-29	13	4th	6 7 21 28 34
2014-09-29	1	4th	13 21 23 28 34
2014-09-26	2	4th	2 5 25 28 29
2014-09-22	6	5th	4 12 14 19 28
2014-09-08	4	5th	8 9 14 27 28
2014-08-29	2	3rd	7 22 28 34 35
2014-08-25	7	3rd	4 5 28 30 32
2014-08-08	4	5th	1 7 13 26 28
2014-07-30	20	4th	13 20 27 28 33
2014-06-13	6	3rd	10 27 28 31 35
2014-05-30	9	3rd	7 21 28 30 32
2014-05-09	4	5th	11 13 16 21 28
2014-04-30	11	4th	3 22 25 28 29
2014-04-04	3	5th	1 14 17 23 28
2014-03-28	6	5th	9 13 16 18 28
2014-03-14	10	5th	6 8 11 22 28
2014-02-19	6	3rd	1 17 28 32 35
2014-02-05	5	5th	1 11 15 18 28
2014-01-24	9	4th	7 24 27 28 33
2014-01-03	10	2nd	18 28 29 31 33
2013-12-11	14	5th	8 10 13 20 28
2013-11-08	1	5th	1 19 23 24 28
2013-11-06	10	5th	1 4 10 17 28
2013-10-14	8	4th	2 22 24 28 29
2013-09-25	6	5th	5 11 16 20 28
2013-09-11	5	5th	2 6 14 23 28
2013-08-30	1	5th	7 8 13 24 28
2013-08-28	9	4th	15 17 26 28 33
2013-08-07	15	3rd	1 15 28 32 34
2013-07-03	4	3rd	7 11 28 30 35
2013-06-24	3	4th	13 19 24 28 32
2013-06-17	14	5th	21 22 24 25 28
2013-05-15	7	5th	18 23 24 27 28
2013-04-29	12	5th	17 20 21 27 28
2013-04-01	5	4th	4 10 23 28 35
2013-03-20	6	5th	1 6 14 20 28
2013-03-06	6	5th	10 12 16 27 28
2013-02-20	2	4th	5 19 21 28 29
2013-02-15	10	4th	2 21 25 28 33
2013-01-23	2	4th	2 17 19 28 29
2013-01-18	1	2nd	3 28 31 34 35
2013-01-16	8	4th	5 17 23 28 35
2012-12-28	6	5th	1 15 18 26 28
2012-12-14	9	3rd	2 4 28 30 35
2012-11-23	1	3rd	15 19 28 32 35
2012-11-21	7	4th	5 12 19 28 29
2012-11-05	2	5th	5 11 17 20 28
2012-10-31	15	5th	1 4 11 26 28
2012-09-26	4	3rd	1 27 28 32 33
2012-09-17	1	5th	4 9 14 22 28
2012-09-14	15	4th	17 20 24 28 30
2012-08-10	15	5th	7 9 15 25 28
2012-07-06	12	3rd	11 16 28 30 32
2012-06-08	5	5th	5 8 11 23 28
2012-05-28	2	5th	8 11 12 17 28
2012-05-23	13	3rd	11 25 28 30 31
2012-04-23	10	4th	1 5 23 28 30
2012-03-30	22	4th	6 11 15 28 35
2012-02-08	6	5th	2 4 6 7 28
2012-01-25	11	4th	3 7 14 28 31
2011-12-30	1	3rd	6 8 28 33 34
2011-12-28	7	4th	2 9 20 28 29
2011-12-12	8	3rd	8 24 28 32 34
2011-11-23	6	5th	20 23 24 26 28
2011-11-09	9	5th	4 5 13 24 28
2011-10-19	1	4th	4 10 16 28 33
2011-10-17	10	3rd	13 20 28 33 35
2011-09-23	3	3rd	17 18 28 32 35
2011-09-16	9	5th	4 9 10 17 28
2011-08-26	5	4th	10 14 18 28 32
2011-08-15	2	5th	3 9 20 27 28
2011-08-10	4	3rd	8 19 28 32 35
2011-08-01	1	4th	12 15 25 28 31
2011-07-29	4	3rd	1 4 28 31 32
2011-07-20	9	4th	2 18 24 28 34
2011-06-29	12	4th	7 9 19 28 33
2011-06-01	3	3rd	10 25 28 33 35
2011-05-25	1	3rd	2 6 28 33 34
2011-05-23	1	5th	6 18 23 25 28
2011-05-20	14	5th	2 7 10 18 28
2011-04-18	7	3rd	1 23 28 29 31
2011-04-01	1	5th	2 3 21 26 28
2011-03-30	4	5th	15 21 23 27 28
2011-03-21	4	4th	5 18 22 28 35
2011-03-11	6	4th	11 20 23 28 29
2011-02-25	1	5th	1 6 15 25 28
2011-02-23	21	4th	9 11 14 28 33
2011-01-05	11	5th	4 7 25 27 28
2010-12-10	8	4th	3 11 22 28 34
2010-11-22	6	4th	15 19 25 28 35
2010-11-08	7	5th	2 8 10 12 28
2010-10-22	—	5th	2 3 12 13 28