Number 38

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

300times drawn · chance expected 322 −1.28σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

40longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 300 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, −1.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 300 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 1 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 0.1
2nd smallest1 · chance 2.1
3rd smallest26 · chance 19.3
4th smallest74 · chance 74.9
5th smallest121 · chance 127.3
6th smallest78 · chance 76.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 31.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 18 23 43 1 49

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-07	19	3rd	1 20 38 46 47 49
2026-08-24	3	6th	19 24 29 32 35 38
2026-08-17	10	5th	23 26 31 37 38 49
2026-07-25	14	3rd	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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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