Number 38

In Lotto Texas under the 6/54 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,020 draws, 6 from 1–54.

241times drawn · chance expected 224 +1.17σ

23draws waiting · a wait this long: 7% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

37longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 241 times in 2,020 draws against 224.4 expected, +1.17σ. Each draw is independent: after 23 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 241 times in 2,020 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 23 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 smallest1 · chance 0.4
2nd smallest4 · chance 5.7
3rd smallest30 · chance 31.3
4th smallest82 · chance 78.3
5th smallest88 · chance 88.7
6th smallest36 · chance 36.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 4 49 1 12 32

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 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 — 34th most popular of 54. 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
2026-08-19	4	2nd	20 38 40 43 47 49
2026-08-10	1	5th	15 16 25 28 38 53
2026-08-08	18	4th	8 11 31 38 44 47
2026-06-27	4	5th

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 6/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-14	11	5th	6 16 27 36 38 51
2025-05-19	11	5th	7 14 29 32 38 43
2025-04-23	8	4th	4 19 33 38 41 54
2025-04-05	37	3rd	12 28 38 47 51 53
2025-01-08	4	5th	12 17 26 37 38 44
2024-12-30	3	6th	8 21 25 28 35 38
2024-12-23	10	4th	7 15 27 38 42 47
2024-11-30	1	6th	2 6 24 25 33 38
2024-11-27	17	5th	1 4 14 19 38 49
2024-10-19	4	5th	2 12 22 25 38 39
2024-10-09	13	2nd	33 38 43 45 47 50
2024-09-09	1	4th	9 27 28 38 39 48
2024-09-07	2	5th	2 4 31 37 38 49
2024-09-02	4	4th	24 25 37 38 40 46
2024-08-24	2	4th	5 6 8 38 41 51
2024-08-19	8	4th	14 15 22 38 44 45
2024-07-31	4	5th	6 15 29 30 38 44
2024-07-22	21	4th	4 25 27 38 42 47
2024-06-03	12	4th	17 20 32 38 39 45
2024-05-06	18	5th	14 26 27 32 38 46
2024-03-25	7	4th	14 15 37 38 49 50
2024-03-09	28	5th	17 23 26 32 38 45
2024-01-03	3	5th	10 12 21 33 38 47
2023-12-27	12	5th	13 23 35 37 38 53
2023-11-29	12	5th	5 8 32 37 38 51
2023-11-01	3	5th	9 13 18 19 38 42
2023-10-25	30	4th	4 6 32 38 41 49
2023-08-16	2	5th	10 14 17 31 38 48
2023-08-12	1	4th	15 19 31 38 43 49
2023-08-09	7	6th	6 15 31 35 36 38
2023-07-24	2	4th	2 13 34 38 41 53
2023-07-19	1	5th	12 15 23 24 38 41
2023-07-17	1	3rd	18 34 38 41 49 54
2023-07-15	11	3rd	8 31 38 44 47 49
2023-06-19	1	5th	3 21 24 33 38 44
2023-06-17	1	6th	2 5 13 16 23 38
2023-06-14	26	4th	18 27 32 38 41 44
2023-04-15	1	3rd	19 28 38 43 44 47
2023-04-12	23	4th	6 12 29 38 50 54
2023-02-18	2	4th	3 4 31 38 41 48
2023-02-13	5	5th	6 9 20 22 38 48
2023-02-01	1	5th	1 8 22 26 38 40
2023-01-30	23	4th	2 4 23 38 43 46
2022-12-07	11	5th	3 5 6 24 38 46
2022-11-12	4	4th	1 19 24 38 39 48
2022-11-02	3	4th	3 9 30 38 49 54
2022-10-26	8	6th	3 8 14 19 32 38
2022-10-08	16	4th	23 29 35 38 40 49
2022-08-31	3	6th	1 15 18 32 37 38
2022-08-24	19	5th	2 5 24 29 38 53
2022-07-11	3	2nd	30 38 42 43 47 48
2022-07-04	3	4th	10 29 30 38 40 46
2022-06-27	14	4th	19 26 36 38 39 45
2022-05-25	2	5th	19 20 26 37 38 44
2022-05-21	13	5th	16 17 22 25 38 46
2022-04-20	6	5th	5 13 15 34 38 48
2022-04-06	1	6th	6 9 18 23 31 38
2022-04-04	20	4th	9 29 32 38 42 46
2022-02-16	9	6th	5 9 21 22 27 38
2022-01-26	21	3rd	4 30 38 40 44 51
2021-12-08	13	5th	5 9 20 26 38 40
2021-11-08	12	4th	14 31 34 38 44 47
2021-10-11	14	5th	1 32 36 37 38 51
2021-09-08	3	3rd	10 20 38 42 47 52
2021-09-01	8	3rd	15 32 38 41 48 51
2021-08-11	4	4th	10 20 23 38 41 42
2021-07-28	3	5th	22 25 29 30 38 48
2021-07-17	19	5th	1 2 5 36 38 43
2021-05-12	19	4th	5 11 19 38 50 54
2021-03-06	5	5th	13 15 19 24 38 41
2021-02-17	16	4th	2 10 31 38 40 54
2020-12-23	11	4th	4 7 33 38 47 53
2020-11-14	6	5th	10 19 27 36 38 53
2020-10-24	4	5th	5 10 27 36 38 44
2020-10-10	14	4th	2 7 23 38 51 53
2020-08-22	13	5th	6 9 11 31 38 54
2020-07-08	1	6th	2 10 23 32 34 38
2020-07-04	7	5th	1 14 22 36 38 40
2020-06-10	13	4th	5 15 28 38 45 51
2020-04-25	14	4th	14 19 22 38 39 54
2020-03-07	4	4th	9 10 31 38 49 54
2020-02-22	3	4th	8 16 23 38 41 47
2020-02-12	8	6th	2 6 7 10 28 38
2020-01-15	11	3rd	16 34 38 40 49 54
2019-12-07	8	3rd	2 7 38 42 47 51
2019-11-09	13	4th	4 10 36 38 41 49
2019-09-25	19	4th	5 9 26 38 41 44
2019-07-20	1	3rd	3 35 38 45 50 51
2019-07-17	31	4th	8 15 25 38 39 52
2019-03-30	8	5th	13 24 28 30 38 43
2019-03-02	3	3rd	13 24 38 40 44 49
2019-02-20	1	4th	12 30 36 38 51 54
2019-02-16	7	4th	5 27 35 38 48 51
2019-01-23	2	6th	1 7 17 23 34 38
2019-01-16	7	4th	1 4 31 38 43 50
2018-12-22	1	4th	7 8 20 38 47 48
2018-12-19	3	3rd	30 34 38 41 43 51
2018-12-08	8	6th	4 6 21 23 25 38
2018-11-10	12	4th	16 19 37 38 40 54
2018-09-29	11	5th	4 11 26 34 38 43
2018-08-22	2	4th	11 25 37 38 51 53
2018-08-15	30	3rd	12 22 38 39 43 44
2018-05-02	1	6th	1 2 16 27 36 38
2018-04-28	9	6th	7 12 13 30 33 38
2018-03-28	1	6th	3 13 15 22 27 38
2018-03-24	2	5th	4 6 16 34 38 39
2018-03-17	12	4th	4 25 26 38 48 49
2018-02-03	8	5th	3 12 24 29 38 50
2018-01-06	3	5th	10 11 30 32 38 44
2017-12-27	7	4th	2 4 15 38 48 53
2017-12-02	10	5th	12 15 17 31 38 47
2017-10-28	5	5th	3 7 13 37 38 50
2017-10-11	11	6th	3 4 6 11 19 38
2017-09-02	3	6th	2 10 14 15 31 38
2017-08-23	1	4th	6 9 34 38 39 46
2017-08-19	6	4th	17 20 27 38 43 53
2017-07-29	1	6th	15 20 22 24 37 38
2017-07-26	5	5th	12 16 17 33 38 43
2017-07-08	14	3rd	8 33 38 43 51 53
2017-05-20	3	5th	8 9 15 20 38 39
2017-05-10	1	5th	21 23 27 31 38 46
2017-05-06	10	3rd	14 25 38 44 46 48
2017-04-01	4	5th	3 21 28 33 38 52
2017-03-18	8	5th	12 15 16 23 38 43
2017-02-18	19	5th	5 11 14 21 38 44
2016-12-14	11	3rd	29 35 38 39 49 53
2016-11-05	5	4th	4 27 30 38 47 49
2016-10-19	2	4th	16 22 31 38 43 51
2016-10-12	6	3rd	14 33 38 39 47 52
2016-09-21	2	4th	8 24 29 38 45 46
2016-09-14	4	4th	6 15 37 38 51 54
2016-08-31	5	4th	2 14 31 38 46 52
2016-08-13	1	6th	9 11 12 25 37 38
2016-08-10	4	4th	1 2 17 38 51 54
2016-07-27	2	3rd	27 37 38 40 49 54
2016-07-20	19	6th	12 18 19 20 21 38
2016-05-14	22	5th	2 11 29 32 38 52
2016-02-27	11	3rd	16 21 38 43 45 50
2016-01-20	1	4th	7 15 20 38 41 46
2016-01-16	19	6th	20 28 29 30 37 38
2015-11-11	2	4th	22 34 35 38 39 41
2015-11-04	8	5th	1 14 26 29 38 46
2015-10-07	10	5th	1 7 32 37 38 45
2015-09-02	16	4th	8 12 20 38 49 51
2015-07-08	7	4th	1 4 36 38 39 51
2015-06-13	1	6th	4 9 13 17 18 38
2015-06-10	2	5th	1 5 13 23 38 46
2015-06-03	15	4th	7 8 27 38 43 50
2015-04-11	2	6th	3 11 23 25 33 38
2015-04-04	5	5th	4 11 15 21 38 42
2015-03-18	3	5th	12 28 30 35 38 49
2015-03-07	5	4th	1 15 27 38 39 50
2015-02-18	20	4th	9 17 21 38 39 41
2014-12-10	1	5th	13 21 28 35 38 39
2014-12-06	9	4th	14 32 34 38 39 45
2014-11-05	5	4th	1 26 34 38 45 49
2014-10-18	9	6th	1 8 12 23 30 38
2014-09-17	3	6th	5 14 26 30 32 38
2014-09-06	3	5th	17 18 28 32 38 52
2014-08-27	28	6th	11 21 27 28 37 38
2014-05-21	4	4th	15 23 24 38 44 53
2014-05-07	2	5th	1 4 13 30 38 54
2014-04-30	33	5th	1 6 8 11 38 43
2014-01-04	33	6th	14 21 27 35 37 38
2013-09-11	2	5th	7 10 21 25 38 42
2013-09-04	2	5th	3 13 15 20 38 50
2013-08-28	10	2nd	29 38 40 42 50 54
2013-07-24	10	5th	2 19 20 30 38 41
2013-06-19	7	4th	7 9 12 38 42 46
2013-05-25	6	4th	17 20 29 38 41 51
2013-05-04	6	5th	5 6 15 35 38 39
2013-04-13	4	6th	4 13 14 18 26 38
2013-03-30	3	5th	10 24 26 29 38 39
2013-03-20	1	4th	4 10 35 38 41 49
2013-03-16	16	6th	2 8 22 29 35 38
2013-01-19	4	5th	5 12 22 32 38 47
2013-01-05	6	4th	2 9 34 38 43 51
2012-12-15	2	4th	9 14 17 38 45 54
2012-12-08	7	4th	12 15 16 38 40 53
2012-11-14	6	5th	9 21 25 26 38 53
2012-10-24	16	5th	1 3 26 31 38 51
2012-08-29	12	3rd	1 12 38 40 41 48
2012-07-18	7	4th	19 25 31 38 48 52
2012-06-23	8	5th	8 12 16 30 38 45
2012-05-26	1	6th	5 12 25 34 37 38
2012-05-23	2	5th	23 28 35 37 38 49
2012-05-16	1	5th	1 10 11 31 38 49
2012-05-12	14	3rd	13 36 38 45 46 49
2012-03-24	1	5th	1 10 18 28 38 49
2012-03-21	2	6th	11 24 28 33 37 38
2012-03-14	6	1st	38 39 42 44 52 54
2012-02-22	13	5th	3 5 6 12 38 50
2012-01-07	2	3rd	17 22 38 40 47 50
2011-12-31	5	5th	4 17 22 25 38 45
2011-12-14	2	6th	9 13 14 31 32 38
2011-12-07	12	4th	1 24 30 38 45 48
2011-10-26	19	5th	5 16 32 35 38 47
2011-08-20	2	3rd	25 27 38 48 51 54
2011-08-13	4	4th	4 15 17 38 48 54
2011-07-30	16	6th	1 3 20 30 37 38
2011-06-04	13	5th	3 6 27 28 38 42
2011-04-20	3	4th	9 28 36 38 41 42
2011-04-09	10	3rd	32 33 38 39 42 54
2011-03-05	1	6th	11 13 19 23 33 38
2011-03-02	11	4th	23 26 29 38 39 47
2011-01-22	7	3rd	32 36 38 44 45 47
2010-12-29	3	3rd	4 19 38 43 44 46
2010-12-18	11	5th	16 17 23 31 38 46
2010-11-10	4	5th	4 17 28 33 38 40
2010-10-27	12	6th	5 19 20 31 36 38
2010-09-15	2	5th	3 6 24 36 38 49
2010-09-08	12	5th	11 14 20 34 38 43
2010-07-28	9	3rd	6 37 38 39 46 51
2010-06-26	9	4th	6 7 18 38 47 51
2010-05-26	16	5th	11 12 21 34 38 54
2010-03-31	4	4th	4 13 34 38 40 42
2010-03-17	—	4th	14 24 32 38 42 48