Number 38

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

131times drawn · chance expected 121 +0.96σ

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

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

56longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 131 times in 1,089 draws against 121.0 expected, +0.96σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 131 times in 1,089 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 56 · 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 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest1 · chance 1.2
3rd smallest16 · chance 13.5
4th smallest55 · chance 52.5
5th smallest59 · chance 63.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 41 5 36 23 16

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, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 38 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-08	1	4th	3 28 34 38 39
2026-10-07	3	5th	5 24 26 28 38
2026-10-04	2	3rd	14 33 38 39 41
2026-10-02	18	5th	2 16 26 31

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-09	18	4th	16 22 29 38 42
2026-04-21	6	5th	11 29 31 32 38
2026-04-15	5	5th	5 8 17 33 38
2026-04-10	3	4th	3 30 34 38 45
2026-04-07	1	5th	3 19 21 35 38
2026-04-06	18	5th	5 6 19 22 38
2026-03-19	4	5th	7 14 20 32 38
2026-03-15	56	4th	3 20 28 38 41
2026-01-18	10	4th	21 23 32 38 39
2026-01-08	2	3rd	10 24 38 42 43
2026-01-06	9	4th	12 14 23 38 40
2025-12-28	2	5th	23 25 30 36 38
2025-12-26	1	3rd	7 8 38 43 45
2025-12-25	12	4th	1 3 32 38 44
2025-12-13	44	4th	15 18 35 38 39
2025-10-30	22	3rd	17 18 38 41 45
2025-10-08	3	4th	15 30 32 38 44
2025-10-05	2	5th	24 27 34 37 38
2025-10-03	17	5th	1 9 28 33 38
2025-09-16	4	5th	17 29 35 36 38
2025-09-12	2	4th	25 27 33 38 40
2025-09-10	2	4th	17 21 36 38 42
2025-09-08	8	5th	3 16 31 32 38
2025-08-31	12	4th	4 15 25 38 41
2025-08-19	6	4th	12 18 23 38 39
2025-08-13	13	5th	7 12 25 32 38
2025-07-31	11	5th	5 9 25 29 38
2025-07-20	1	4th	9 17 37 38 41
2025-07-19	8	3rd	10 26 38 41 44
2025-07-11	10	3rd	20 36 38 42 43
2025-07-01	20	5th	13 14 15 30 38
2025-06-11	4	5th	5 25 31 37 38
2025-06-07	14	4th	10 23 35 38 39
2025-05-24	10	2nd	32 38 42 43 45
2025-05-14	2	4th	6 19 36 38 41
2025-05-12	13	4th	4 29 33 38 39
2025-04-29	5	5th	24 30 34 37 38
2025-04-24	6	5th	5 11 15 22 38
2025-04-18	6	4th	2 9 14 38 43
2025-04-12	5	5th	20 22 28 32 38
2025-04-07	9	4th	11 25 37 38 41
2025-03-29	8	5th	12 26 35 36 38
2025-03-21	1	5th	8 11 36 37 38
2025-03-20	4	5th	5 16 28 32 38
2025-03-16	1	5th	1 8 20 26 38
2025-03-15	3	5th	13 23 28 36 38
2025-03-12	2	3rd	18 34 38 41 44
2025-03-10	9	5th	8 10 24 27 38
2025-03-01	9	5th	23 27 30 32 38
2025-02-20	30	4th	16 24 36 38 41
2025-01-21	3	3rd	3 33 38 40 45
2025-01-18	5	5th	10 12 23 37 38
2025-01-13	3	4th	14 21 23 38 41
2025-01-10	7	4th	3 5 6 38 42
2025-01-03	20	5th	3 22 31 37 38
2024-12-14	1	5th	3 21 27 30 38
2024-12-13	2	4th	6 17 28 38 44
2024-12-11	6	3rd	16 28 38 42 45
2024-12-05	1	5th	5 10 32 33 38
2024-12-04	8	5th	2 3 22 30 38
2024-11-26	23	4th	12 22 31 38 44
2024-11-03	4	4th	1 26 28 38 39
2024-10-30	18	4th	16 24 30 38 45
2024-10-12	4	4th	31 32 33 38 39
2024-10-08	19	4th	1 16 32 38 42
2024-09-19	7	4th	7 11 32 38 44
2024-09-12	5	4th	10 26 32 38 39
2024-09-07	16	5th	8 12 17 30 38
2024-08-22	1	5th	21 25 26 37 38
2024-08-21	8	5th	7 16 23 26 38
2024-08-13	2	5th	5 11 27 37 38
2024-08-11	1	4th	1 13 33 38 40
2024-08-10	4	4th	3 6 24 38 41
2024-08-06	8	4th	4 17 35 38 44
2024-07-29	33	5th	20 22 35 36 38
2024-06-26	19	5th	16 27 29 33 38
2024-06-07	3	4th	6 29 30 38 44
2024-06-04	12	4th	18 21 32 38 44
2024-05-23	5	4th	10 19 20 38 41
2024-05-18	9	4th	11 12 34 38 42
2024-05-09	5	5th	17 19 26 36 38
2024-05-04	8	5th	1 13 19 24 38
2024-04-26	24	5th	4 10 12 15 38
2024-04-02	2	4th	4 25 26 38 43
2024-03-31	3	5th	4 6 24 32 38
2024-03-28	6	5th	2 9 23 33 38
2024-03-22	5	5th	18 23 28 35 38
2024-03-17	6	3rd	2 8 38 40 45
2024-03-11	11	4th	6 29 31 38 45
2024-02-29	8	5th	8 15 22 23 38
2024-02-21	5	4th	13 15 36 38 40
2024-02-16	12	4th	1 15 24 38 41
2024-02-04	4	5th	4 11 26 29 38
2024-01-31	7	4th	18 19 34 38 40
2024-01-24	3	5th	7 23 27 36 38
2024-01-21	6	3rd	13 15 38 40 43
2024-01-15	5	4th	9 10 33 38 44
2024-01-10	13	5th	5 13 14 24 38
2023-12-28	9	4th	20 30 36 38 42
2023-12-19	7	5th	4 11 16 17 38
2023-12-12	2	3rd	8 21 38 41 43
2023-12-10	13	5th	12 26 32 35 38
2023-11-27	16	5th	6 26 30 34 38
2023-11-11	3	4th	2 22 29 38 42
2023-11-08	13	5th	8 14 21 32 38
2023-10-26	5	5th	1 5 11 34 38
2023-10-21	—	3rd	6 29 38 40 44