Number 28

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

309times drawn · chance expected 322 −0.75σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

40longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 309 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, −0.75σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 309 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 40 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest3 · chance 3.7
2nd smallest32 · chance 29.2
3rd smallest82 · chance 84.2
4th smallest98 · chance 110.8
5th smallest80 · chance 66.5
6th smallest14 · chance 14.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 32.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 33 23 10 37 47

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-10	7	3rd	12 13 28 35 46 49
2026-09-23	17	6th	2 4 10 18 20 28
2026-08-15	4	5th	1 10 23 27 28 49
2026-08-05	8	3rd	1

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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