Number 28

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,228 draws, 5 from 1–42.

267times drawn · chance expected 265 +0.12σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

38longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 267 times in 2,228 draws against 265.2 expected, +0.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 267 times in 2,228 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 10 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 smallest2 · chance 2.6
2nd smallest19 · chance 25.9
3rd smallest86 · chance 84.2
4th smallest111 · chance 108.0
5th smallest49 · chance 46.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 10 11 25 17 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-02	14	3rd	3 21 28 29 30
2026-09-18	5	4th	4 7 17 28 35
2026-09-13	28	2nd	22 28 31 41 42
2026-08-16	10	4th	5 8 19 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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-05	5	4th	1 23 27 28 33
2026-03-31	6	3rd	2 3 28 30 34
2026-03-25	2	4th	1 8 20 28 39
2026-03-23	33	3rd	11 23 28 29 39
2026-02-18	3	4th	1 8 16 28 39
2026-02-15	14	5th	3 4 5 16 28
2026-02-01	3	5th	7 10 21 25 28
2026-01-29	12	2nd	9 28 36 38 40
2026-01-17	1	4th	11 25 27 28 31
2026-01-16	6	3rd	2 18 28 35 40
2026-01-10	22	4th	3 8 20 28 33
2025-12-19	3	5th	6 10 12 18 28
2025-12-16	15	4th	8 22 23 28 35
2025-12-01	5	3rd	4 5 28 29 31
2025-11-26	8	4th	7 12 22 28 39
2025-11-18	6	4th	1 6 9 28 37
2025-11-12	13	3rd	12 18 28 35 37
2025-10-30	1	4th	13 21 24 28 32
2025-10-29	6	4th	5 23 24 28 37
2025-10-23	6	2nd	27 28 30 31 37
2025-10-17	7	4th	11 22 27 28 36
2025-10-10	9	4th	16 18 24 28 32
2025-10-01	8	4th	5 10 12 28 36
2025-09-23	2	5th	4 5 17 23 28
2025-09-21	8	3rd	21 23 28 30 40
2025-09-13	22	4th	15 24 26 28 32
2025-08-22	3	4th	3 22 26 28 42
2025-08-19	16	3rd	1 22 28 35 40
2025-08-03	1	4th	4 10 27 28 39
2025-08-02	14	3rd	9 17 28 29 30
2025-07-19	4	3rd	4 9 28 36 38
2025-07-15	8	4th	10 14 18 28 37
2025-07-07	1	4th	15 18 19 28 35
2025-07-06	5	3rd	7 19 28 38 42
2025-07-01	2	4th	9 11 13 28 40
2025-06-29	2	3rd	13 19 28 35 41
2025-06-27	3	3rd	21 26 28 32 35
2025-06-24	2	3rd	3 21 28 29 39
2025-06-22	6	4th	14 17 23 28 32
2025-06-16	18	4th	14 22 24 28 35
2025-05-29	18	4th	5 7 10 28 30
2025-05-11	1	4th	2 13 18 28 31
2025-05-10	2	5th	12 13 24 27 28
2025-05-08	21	5th	1 9 11 22 28
2025-04-17	29	5th	2 20 24 26 28
2025-03-19	10	4th	8 16 17 28 38
2025-03-09	5	2nd	18 28 33 36 37
2025-03-04	2	3rd	19 23 28 30 41
2025-03-02	5	4th	3 6 22 28 37
2025-02-25	9	4th	19 21 23 28 32
2025-02-16	5	4th	7 10 25 28 29
2025-02-11	1	4th	10 19 26 28 36
2025-02-10	2	4th	9 21 27 28 35
2025-02-08	8	3rd	16 20 28 30 36
2025-01-31	16	3rd	2 25 28 32 39
2025-01-15	5	2nd	27 28 29 34 38
2025-01-10	32	4th	1 9 26 28 30
2024-12-09	1	3rd	7 18 28 31 33
2024-12-08	19	3rd	1 27 28 38 42
2024-11-19	5	3rd	8 10 28 31 37
2024-11-14	7	4th	12 20 21 28 35
2024-11-07	8	4th	4 19 21 28 32
2024-10-30	19	4th	2 12 14 28 40
2024-10-11	5	3rd	13 20 28 37 41
2024-10-06	3	4th	18 19 21 28 36
2024-10-03	10	3rd	8 23 28 31 42
2024-09-23	3	5th	1 8 10 16 28
2024-09-20	14	4th	1 21 23 28 40
2024-09-06	38	5th	9 18 20 25 28
2024-07-30	1	4th	5 24 26 28 30
2024-07-29	1	5th	11 16 18 19 28
2024-07-28	16	4th	4 19 27 28 37
2024-07-12	7	5th	10 21 23 24 28
2024-07-05	7	3rd	25 27 28 36 37
2024-06-28	4	4th	6 23 25 28 30
2024-06-24	8	4th	6 23 27 28 39
2024-06-16	7	5th	4 7 24 26 28
2024-06-09	2	3rd	6 22 28 30 36
2024-06-07	13	3rd	10 17 28 37 39
2024-05-25	6	5th	5 6 18 19 28
2024-05-19	16	5th	11 13 16 18 28
2024-05-03	19	5th	3 6 17 22 28
2024-04-14	24	4th	3 17 20 28 30
2024-03-21	2	3rd	6 8 28 31 37
2024-03-19	3	3rd	5 11 28 34 35
2024-03-16	14	4th	13 15 17 28 36
2024-03-02	13	4th	7 21 24 28 33
2024-02-18	7	3rd	15 26 28 33 42
2024-02-11	2	3rd	2 21 28 35 39
2024-02-09	6	4th	5 23 25 28 29
2024-02-03	28	3rd	13 17 28 32 39
2024-01-06	19	3rd	13 25 28 39 41
2023-12-18	2	2nd	14 28 32 39 40
2023-12-16	4	5th	12 16 25 26 28
2023-12-12	1	4th	8 26 27 28 29
2023-12-11	2	4th	9 11 12 28 31
2023-12-09	7	3rd	14 24 28 29 31
2023-12-02	10	3rd	4 7 28 38 42
2023-11-22	11	5th	14 18 22 24 28
2023-11-11	2	4th	9 10 21 28 34
2023-11-09	4	3rd	19 23 28 38 40
2023-11-05	8	3rd	16 23 28 33 41
2023-10-28	8	1st	28 29 31 36 39
2023-10-20	3	4th	12 22 25 28 38
2023-10-17	4	4th	3 5 23 28 34
2023-10-13	3	2nd	27 28 30 34 40
2023-10-10	8	4th	2 12 19 28 33
2023-10-02	4	5th	3 12 19 25 28
2023-09-28	3	5th	4 7 16 26 28
2023-09-25	8	3rd	5 17 28 31 36
2023-09-17	9	1st	28 29 34 37 41
2023-09-08	18	4th	2 4 14 28 33
2023-08-21	15	3rd	1 24 28 30 37
2023-08-06	28	5th	6 11 13 26 28
2023-07-09	1	4th	4 17 23 28 38
2023-07-08	5	3rd	18 25 28 35 39
2023-07-03	31	4th	11 20 23 28 40
2023-06-02	17	3rd	1 27 28 34 36
2023-05-16	7	2nd	12 28 30 32 35
2023-05-09	19	4th	1 3 8 28 40
2023-04-20	11	5th	5 7 25 27 28
2023-04-09	2	3rd	6 24 28 32 33
2023-04-07	2	3rd	1 19 28 31 37
2023-04-05	27	4th	2 3 25 28 30
2023-03-09	6	4th	2 15 25 28 32
2023-03-03	2	2nd	22 28 32 38 40
2023-03-01	8	5th	3 10 13 15 28
2023-02-21	12	2nd	5 28 34 37 40
2023-02-09	4	4th	12 13 19 28 41
2023-02-05	24	3rd	2 27 28 33 39
2023-01-12	3	5th	1 6 9 15 28
2023-01-09	2	4th	16 18 20 28 31
2023-01-07	6	3rd	2 10 28 32 34
2023-01-01	2	3rd	11 16 28 36 41
2022-12-30	2	3rd	4 14 28 32 40
2022-12-28	8	4th	13 23 27 28 36
2022-12-20	3	3rd	11 17 28 34 39
2022-12-17	8	3rd	3 8 28 29 32
2022-12-09	4	5th	2 8 9 25 28
2022-12-05	1	4th	4 13 18 28 35
2022-12-04	3	4th	10 21 22 28 33
2022-12-01	18	5th	5 16 23 26 28
2022-11-13	1	4th	8 15 25 28 30
2022-11-12	11	3rd	2 23 28 29 42
2022-11-01	7	4th	22 23 25 28 34
2022-10-25	3	3rd	5 7 28 33 37
2022-10-22	5	5th	2 3 23 25 28
2022-10-17	9	4th	17 23 25 28 32
2022-10-08	4	4th	15 20 22 28 37
2022-10-04	1	4th	1 12 17 28 38
2022-10-03	3	3rd	2 6 28 34 35
2022-09-30	2	3rd	5 19 28 33 38
2022-09-28	17	5th	1 7 11 15 28
2022-09-11	2	4th	14 21 23 28 39
2022-09-09	19	4th	4 11 22 28 41
2022-08-21	2	4th	11 20 22 28 35
2022-08-19	13	3rd	2 16 28 31 33
2022-08-06	6	4th	7 17 23 28 29
2022-07-31	3	3rd	7 27 28 35 41
2022-07-28	1	4th	9 10 15 28 36
2022-07-27	5	4th	8 14 17 28 37
2022-07-22	12	4th	3 14 22 28 30
2022-07-10	2	2nd	14 28 35 39 40
2022-07-08	1	4th	17 24 27 28 38
2022-07-07	4	5th	1 11 14 20 28
2022-07-03	2	4th	8 13 19 28 35
2022-07-01	8	4th	3 17 24 28 35
2022-06-23	10	5th	1 3 10 27 28
2022-06-13	8	3rd	2 10 28 38 40
2022-06-05	11	3rd	5 25 28 31 37
2022-05-25	5	4th	6 11 26 28 38
2022-05-20	6	2nd	10 28 30 31 34
2022-05-14	2	4th	2 10 18 28 34
2022-05-12	29	5th	7 8 10 12 28
2022-04-13	23	5th	5 7 8 24 28
2022-03-21	7	5th	4 6 7 15 28
2022-03-14	14	3rd	5 17 28 37 41
2022-02-28	4	4th	6 14 25 28 42
2022-02-24	18	4th	5 20 24 28 42
2022-02-06	2	3rd	11 25 28 34 38
2022-02-04	14	3rd	15 21 28 31 39
2022-01-21	30	4th	3 13 22 28 35
2021-12-22	19	3rd	23 24 28 40 42
2021-12-03	4	3rd	8 12 28 37 38
2021-11-29	15	5th	2 19 20 24 28
2021-11-14	11	5th	1 4 16 17 28
2021-11-03	1	3rd	4 23 28 33 41
2021-11-02	5	3rd	19 21 28 38 41
2021-10-28	27	3rd	3 19 28 35 42
2021-10-01	3	4th	4 11 20 28 41
2021-09-28	23	3rd	17 20 28 31 38
2021-09-05	1	2nd	13 28 30 32 41
2021-09-04	6	5th	1 11 25 27 28
2021-08-29	10	2nd	4 28 29 33 35
2021-08-19	1	5th	2 13 14 18 28
2021-08-18	3	2nd	7 28 32 36 40
2021-08-15	4	3rd	12 22 28 34 41
2021-08-11	7	5th	8 14 16 20 28
2021-08-04	1	5th	10 14 15 23 28
2021-08-03	4	4th	3 8 26 28 39
2021-07-30	18	4th	22 24 25 28 37
2021-07-12	8	5th	4 10 24 25 28
2021-07-04	6	3rd	9 18 28 34 36
2021-06-28	5	3rd	1 14 28 39 40
2021-06-23	3	3rd	11 13 28 34 39
2021-06-20	9	4th	10 18 21 28 30
2021-06-11	6	3rd	22 27 28 31 40
2021-06-05	3	4th	10 15 18 28 30
2021-06-02	7	4th	7 13 15 28 34
2021-05-26	4	3rd	19 25 28 30 41
2021-05-22	23	2nd	12 28 29 34 41
2021-04-29	13	5th	4 11 21 27 28
2021-04-16	2	5th	12 14 19 25 28
2021-04-14	5	4th	15 21 24 28 34
2021-04-09	4	4th	5 7 15 28 33
2021-04-05	14	4th	5 11 12 28 35
2021-03-22	4	5th	5 11 17 26 28
2021-03-18	15	4th	6 12 25 28 37
2021-03-03	1	4th	1 8 10 28 35
2021-03-02	3	2nd	14 28 30 33 36
2021-02-27	14	3rd	9 18 28 34 35
2021-02-13	3	4th	1 16 23 28 29
2021-02-10	4	4th	11 15 21 28 40
2021-02-06	1	4th	2 22 26 28 34
2021-02-05	7	4th	6 10 21 28 42
2021-01-29	21	4th	6 11 24 28 30
2021-01-08	2	4th	10 11 21 28 32
2021-01-06	1	4th	1 16 24 28 36
2021-01-05	1	4th	17 19 26 28 30
2021-01-04	2	4th	13 15 27 28 34
2021-01-02	6	3rd	17 20 28 39 41
2020-12-27	38	3rd	9 25 28 30 31
2020-11-19	3	3rd	11 15 28 29 34
2020-11-16	13	4th	16 20 21 28 30
2020-11-03	3	3rd	3 17 28 40 42
2020-10-31	12	3rd	17 24 28 29 35
2020-10-19	3	3rd	13 17 28 29 32
2020-10-16	25	5th	11 12 14 26 28
2020-09-21	5	4th	2 15 23 28 36
2020-09-16	2	2nd	9 28 29 34 37
2020-09-14	5	4th	10 11 16 28 38
2020-09-09	3	2nd	1 28 29 38 40
2020-09-06	—	3rd	3 26 28 31 42