Number 28

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,089 draws, 5 from 1–45.

119times drawn · chance expected 121 −0.19σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

72longest completed wait · 3% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 119 times in 1,089 draws against 121.0 expected, −0.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 119 times in 1,089 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 72 · waiting 3 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 2.1
2nd smallest20 · chance 16.1
3rd smallest49 · chance 41.8
4th smallest37 · chance 43.6
5th smallest13 · chance 15.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 25 26 39 41 45

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-08	1	2nd	3 28 34 38 39
2026-10-07	11	4th	5 24 26 28 38
2026-09-26	3	3rd	5 9 28 32 39
2026-09-23	10	4th	1 14 26 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-26	2	3rd	7 12 28 37 39
2026-01-24	4	3rd	19 25 28 31 43
2026-01-20	1	3rd	17 25 28 34 35
2026-01-19	8	3rd	3 7 28 34 45
2026-01-11	18	4th	12 13 21 28 43
2025-12-24	16	3rd	2 4 28 30 45
2025-12-08	3	4th	12 19 23 28 32
2025-12-05	5	5th	5 9 16 17 28
2025-11-30	3	5th	1 9 10 23 28
2025-11-27	13	4th	11 19 21 28 40
2025-11-14	33	4th	7 11 21 28 30
2025-10-12	8	5th	7 15 22 26 28
2025-10-04	1	3rd	13 19 28 29 43
2025-10-03	9	3rd	1 9 28 33 38
2025-09-24	4	4th	7 15 18 28 37
2025-09-20	16	4th	20 23 26 28 33
2025-09-04	14	2nd	26 28 32 41 44
2025-08-21	1	4th	8 14 16 28 33
2025-08-20	9	4th	3 8 13 28 34
2025-08-11	4	4th	7 9 20 28 41
2025-08-07	25	3rd	9 21 28 31 39
2025-07-13	17	3rd	5 18 28 42 43
2025-06-26	1	3rd	9 23 28 36 39
2025-06-25	11	4th	5 9 10 28 29
2025-06-14	10	3rd	6 19 28 34 41
2025-06-04	9	4th	1 3 5 28 34
2025-05-26	13	4th	4 5 25 28 36
2025-05-13	2	3rd	3 20 28 37 43
2025-05-11	8	4th	12 17 27 28 35
2025-05-03	3	3rd	2 20 28 40 44
2025-04-30	7	5th	9 14 22 24 28
2025-04-23	11	3rd	13 26 28 34 42
2025-04-12	23	3rd	20 22 28 32 38
2025-03-20	5	3rd	5 16 28 32 38
2025-03-15	10	3rd	13 23 28 36 38
2025-03-05	6	2nd	15 28 30 32 36
2025-02-27	1	3rd	14 20 28 33 45
2025-02-26	12	3rd	14 23 28 39 45
2025-02-14	8	2nd	10 28 29 33 36
2025-02-06	9	3rd	12 25 28 31 32
2025-01-28	1	4th	2 7 12 28 44
2025-01-27	16	3rd	16 22 28 33 45
2025-01-11	2	3rd	18 26 28 41 45
2025-01-09	7	5th	3 4 21 27 28
2025-01-02	15	5th	1 2 15 19 28
2024-12-18	2	4th	4 5 6 28 36
2024-12-16	3	3rd	18 24 28 31 40
2024-12-13	2	3rd	6 17 28 38 44
2024-12-11	1	2nd	16 28 38 42 45
2024-12-10	3	5th	4 5 18 26 28
2024-12-07	4	3rd	6 22 28 39 45
2024-12-03	22	4th	3 12 25 28 36
2024-11-11	8	3rd	13 25 28 36 39
2024-11-03	42	3rd	1 26 28 38 39
2024-09-22	14	4th	8 18 19 28 39
2024-09-08	12	2nd	24 28 33 37 40
2024-08-27	24	4th	10 22 27 28 41
2024-08-03	16	4th	2 18 22 28 42
2024-07-18	10	5th	2 7 18 25 28
2024-07-08	1	4th	3 16 20 28 45
2024-07-07	5	2nd	18 28 29 36 40
2024-07-02	7	3rd	23 26 28 43 44
2024-06-25	1	3rd	1 15 28 39 40
2024-06-24	8	4th	11 13 19 28 36
2024-06-16	10	5th	4 9 16 24 28
2024-06-06	22	4th	2 7 18 28 41
2024-05-15	4	4th	4 12 26 28 29
2024-05-11	9	4th	24 25 27 28 45
2024-05-02	2	4th	11 21 24 28 29
2024-04-30	5	5th	4 8 15 18 28
2024-04-25	14	3rd	17 26 28 30 35
2024-04-11	2	5th	12 18 19 25 28
2024-04-09	3	4th	6 15 17 28 35
2024-04-06	3	2nd	26 28 29 30 32
2024-04-03	10	4th	1 6 18 28 31
2024-03-24	2	2nd	13 28 36 39 45
2024-03-22	6	3rd	18 23 28 35 38
2024-03-16	3	4th	10 21 24 28 31
2024-03-13	6	4th	9 10 25 28 43
2024-03-07	3	3rd	9 27 28 35 43
2024-03-04	1	3rd	1 16 28 30 33
2024-03-03	13	4th	8 16 18 28 37
2024-02-19	20	2nd	8 28 30 31 43
2024-01-30	13	3rd	2 6 28 29 35
2024-01-17	5	3rd	10 22 28 31 40
2024-01-12	3	3rd	15 20 28 39 44
2024-01-09	7	2nd	1 28 37 39 41
2024-01-02	11	4th	12 14 19 28 43
2023-12-22	5	3rd	5 25 28 33 41
2023-12-17	12	3rd	2 3 28 34 42
2023-12-05	22	3rd	20 25 28 41 42
2023-11-13	12	5th	1 2 6 8 28
2023-11-01	8	2nd	2 28 33 34 44
2023-10-24	6	3rd	4 17 28 31 40
2023-10-18	—	4th	5 11 25 28 43