Number 28

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,160 draws, 6 from 1–40.

177times drawn · chance expected 174 +0.25σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 6% for any number

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

33longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 177 times in 1,160 draws against 174.0 expected, +0.25σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 24 times, counted separately.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 177 times in 1,160 draws · average wait 6.3 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 18 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 smallest4 · chance 4.1
3rd smallest27 · chance 23.7
4th smallest58 · chance 59.3
5th smallest64 · chance 64.7
6th smallest24 · chance 24.8

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.

21 17 34 14 36 39

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-08-08	2	3rd	14 27 28 29 30 34
2026-08-01	17	2nd	27 28 30 31 33 35
2026-06-03	3	4th	10 20 24 28 32 36
2026-05-23

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-07	2	4th	9 17 19 28 34 38
2025-04-30	5	4th	5 8 16 28 32 40
2025-04-12	9	3rd	7 12 28 31 33 38
2025-03-12	3	5th	12 20 22 24 28 38
2025-03-01	1	4th	1 5 26 28 36 39
2025-02-26	5	5th	2 11 17 23 28 29
2025-02-08	3	3rd	6 27 28 30 32 37
2025-01-29	4	4th	1 6 26 28 32 33
2025-01-15	5	4th	4 10 13 28 34 35
2024-12-28	6	5th	5 15 25 27 28 29
2024-12-07	1	5th	2 3 6 12 28 30
2024-12-04	3	4th	1 6 7 28 32 36
2024-11-23	33	4th	1 8 10 28 37 38
2024-07-31	2	5th	8 16 18 21 28 35
2024-07-24	30	5th	4 14 16 22 28 40
2024-04-10	1	6th	5 9 13 15 21 28
2024-04-06	1	6th	1 17 21 23 25 28
2024-04-03	5	6th	2 6 12 21 26 28
2024-03-16	8	6th	2 6 9 21 24 28
2024-02-17	2	4th	7 13 19 28 33 36
2024-02-10	3	5th	1 10 23 26 28 34
2024-01-31	8	5th	9 11 17 21 28 40
2024-01-03	8	4th	13 19 21 28 29 36
2023-12-06	8	5th	1 19 26 27 28 32
2023-11-08	2	4th	15 19 26 28 34 38
2023-11-01	7	5th	5 6 17 23 28 36
2023-10-07	2	5th	3 11 22 27 28 37
2023-09-30	2	4th	11 18 25 28 29 39
2023-09-23	4	3rd	4 23 28 30 32 37
2023-09-09	9	3rd	23 24 28 34 35 39
2023-08-09	9	6th	5 13 19 22 25 28
2023-07-08	12	3rd	21 23 28 32 35 40
2023-05-27	8	4th	19 20 21 28 34 39
2023-04-29	1	5th	12 17 21 22 28 35
2023-04-26	2	2nd	5 28 29 30 39 40
2023-04-19	3	3rd	3 24 28 30 34 40
2023-04-08	21	5th	4 14 15 24 28 35
2023-01-25	5	5th	2 7 12 19 28 29
2023-01-07	11	5th	3 4 7 15 28 38
2022-11-30	11	6th	1 11 16 17 20 28
2022-10-22	11	4th	11 18 25 28 33 37
2022-09-14	14	4th	4 17 25 28 30 32
2022-07-27	2	3rd	1 25 28 30 35 37
2022-07-20	7	5th	4 14 20 23 28 31
2022-06-25	1	6th	4 8 9 16 17 28
2022-06-22	1	5th	1 5 9 24 28 37
2022-06-18	7	6th	1 2 7 11 25 28
2022-05-25	7	4th	10 11 17 28 29 32
2022-04-30	2	5th	1 21 24 26 28 32
2022-04-23	5	5th	7 17 21 22 28 33
2022-04-06	1	5th	2 4 21 23 28 32
2022-04-02	5	5th	2 12 14 16 28 39
2022-03-16	3	6th	3 10 11 12 14 28
2022-03-05	9	3rd	21 22 28 31 34 36
2022-02-02	7	4th	1 14 24 28 32 36
2022-01-08	7	4th	13 17 25 28 33 38
2021-12-15	2	5th	2 7 10 21 28 39
2021-12-08	5	6th	2 10 13 14 18 28
2021-11-20	6	5th	6 8 14 19 28 40
2021-10-30	1	4th	3 11 15 28 34 37
2021-10-27	2	4th	22 24 27 28 35 39
2021-10-20	2	5th	3 9 14 18 28 29
2021-10-13	1	5th	5 9 14 16 28 34
2021-10-09	8	5th	9 13 19 23 28 39
2021-09-11	6	4th	3 24 25 28 31 38
2021-08-21	2	5th	16 20 24 27 28 31
2021-08-14	20	3rd	12 20 28 32 33 37
2021-06-05	5	4th	13 15 19 28 31 34
2021-05-19	11	5th	3 8 19 23 28 40
2021-04-10	2	5th	19 20 21 27 28 36
2021-04-03	23	4th	3 8 11 28 33 35
2021-01-13	5	5th	8 13 15 27 28 40
2020-12-26	7	4th	2 19 22 28 29 39
2020-12-02	31	4th	1 18 27 28 34 38
2020-08-15	4	4th	2 15 22 28 35 40
2020-08-01	7	5th	11 12 14 21 28 31
2020-07-08	1	4th	8 9 25 28 30 37
2020-07-04	1	4th	6 11 27 28 34 37
2020-07-01	8	4th	4 22 26 28 29 39
2020-06-03	3	4th	4 17 18 28 29 38
2020-05-23	15	3rd	6 8 28 34 36 39
2020-04-01	4	3rd	14 22 28 30 36 38
2020-03-18	3	6th	2 20 23 24 26 28
2020-03-07	4	3rd	8 13 28 35 36 37
2020-02-22	6	4th	13 17 19 28 32 37
2020-02-01	22	4th	3 14 21 28 30 39
2019-11-16	3	2nd	5 28 30 32 36 38
2019-11-06	3	4th	6 13 17 28 30 36
2019-10-26	8	5th	1 16 22 25 28 40
2019-09-28	12	4th	4 15 18 28 34 39
2019-08-17	2	5th	7 8 15 27 28 38
2019-08-10	3	4th	2 13 26 28 30 36
2019-07-31	1	3rd	16 20 28 35 36 40
2019-07-27	6	4th	18 21 27 28 29 36
2019-07-06	7	5th	14 15 17 27 28 31
2019-06-12	1	5th	11 12 24 25 28 35
2019-06-08	5	4th	14 18 21 28 32 36
2019-05-22	4	4th	6 20 22 28 34 40
2019-05-08	4	4th	4 10 13 28 36 39
2019-04-24	2	6th	4 10 13 18 25 28
2019-04-17	2	5th	3 17 20 22 28 35
2019-04-10	6	4th	4 5 11 28 33 34
2019-03-20	9	3rd	2 3 28 32 36 39
2019-02-16	3	3rd	13 19 28 38 39 40
2019-02-06	8	6th	9 11 16 21 24 28
2019-01-09	2	3rd	2 15 28 34 37 40
2019-01-02	28	5th	5 12 17 20 28 33
2018-09-26	9	2nd	9 28 29 30 36 40
2018-08-25	5	5th	4 17 21 23 28 37
2018-08-08	3	5th	14 17 20 26 28 30
2018-07-28	31	4th	2 12 21 28 36 40
2018-04-11	3	3rd	9 19 28 34 38 39
2018-03-31	5	4th	2 8 11 28 30 39
2018-03-14	5	6th	8 12 16 20 27 28
2018-02-24	6	3rd	14 27 28 32 37 39
2018-02-03	4	6th	1 8 22 24 27 28
2018-01-20	1	5th	5 7 14 17 28 39
2018-01-17	8	6th	5 8 17 20 24 28
2017-12-20	2	4th	17 19 24 28 29 34
2017-12-13	1	5th	1 17 25 26 28 30
2017-12-09	11	5th	4 7 12 18 28 37
2017-11-01	12	3rd	4 22 28 30 36 38
2017-09-20	6	5th	3 8 22 23 28 31
2017-08-30	1	5th	5 10 14 27 28 40
2017-08-26	5	6th	2 8 21 23 24 28
2017-08-09	1	4th	8 12 16 28 34 35
2017-08-05	3	5th	6 7 8 19 28 40
2017-07-26	5	3rd	13 17 28 36 37 39
2017-07-08	3	5th	3 19 23 26 28 34
2017-06-28	2	3rd	13 20 28 36 37 39
2017-06-21	6	5th	13 14 23 26 28 37
2017-05-31	1	4th	14 20 22 28 31 37
2017-05-27	5	6th	5 6 16 26 27 28
2017-05-10	6	4th	6 16 17 28 31 33
2017-04-19	15	6th	4 6 7 18 26 28
2017-02-25	7	6th	15 19 20 23 26 28
2017-02-01	3	5th	5 10 23 25 28 40
2017-01-21	14	4th	1 17 27 28 32 34
2016-12-03	12	5th	1 7 19 27 28 39
2016-10-22	4	5th	8 9 13 19 28 36
2016-10-08	5	6th	11 15 20 22 26 28
2016-09-21	2	3rd	15 24 28 29 33 38
2016-09-14	2	5th	12 13 16 18 28 38
2016-09-07	7	5th	6 8 10 23 28 30
2016-08-13	2	5th	11 14 22 24 28 38
2016-08-06	11	4th	3 5 20 28 29 39
2016-06-29	11	4th	10 12 24 28 34 40
2016-05-21	6	4th	3 17 24 28 35 40
2016-04-30	18	3rd	1 7 28 29 34 40
2016-02-27	4	5th	1 6 21 27 28 32
2016-02-13	3	4th	16 20 25 28 35 38
2016-02-03	3	5th	10 12 16 23 28 40
2016-01-23	—	3rd	7 17 28 35 37 38