Number 28

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

212times drawn · chance expected 211 +0.07σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 68% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

68longest completed wait · 3% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 212 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, +0.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 212 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 68 · waiting 4 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 2.5
2nd smallest16 · chance 20.0
3rd smallest60 · chance 57.8
4th smallest86 · chance 76.1
5th smallest40 · chance 45.6
6th smallest8 · chance 10.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

49 23 18 7 19 25

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
2026-09-26	5	5th	21 23 24 25 28 49
2026-09-09	2	4th	8 15 23 28 35 37
2026-09-02	7	5th	15 19 20 23 28 40
2026-08-08	2	4th

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.

2024-06-05	12	5th	2 4 5 25 28 44
2024-04-24	1	4th	3 11 25 28 30 44
2024-04-20	1	4th	14 22 25 28 33 43
2024-04-17	9	4th	6 13 17 28 31 40
2024-03-16	5	5th	1 7 23 25 28 49
2024-02-28	3	5th	10 13 14 21 28 29
2024-02-17	1	3rd	4 18 28 29 35 42
2024-02-14	10	4th	4 19 23 28 34 36
2024-01-10	5	4th	6 20 25 28 30 39
2023-12-23	8	3rd	14 19 28 32 44 45
2023-11-25	4	5th	1 3 4 23 28 41
2023-11-11	4	4th	6 10 23 28 30 38
2023-10-28	5	3rd	12 15 28 31 36 40
2023-10-11	2	5th	5 12 25 27 28 33
2023-10-04	2	4th	1 7 16 28 44 46
2023-09-27	7	4th	3 17 23 28 41 49
2023-09-02	4	4th	9 15 21 28 43 49
2023-08-19	12	5th	4 11 16 24 28 38
2023-07-08	1	4th	5 22 27 28 30 43
2023-07-05	1	4th	15 20 27 28 37 43
2023-07-01	12	4th	8 10 22 28 46 47
2023-05-20	2	4th	7 12 19 28 33 43
2023-05-13	5	5th	7 8 14 19 28 32
2023-04-26	6	2nd	7 28 32 33 36 48
2023-04-05	26	4th	3 10 25 28 38 41
2023-01-04	5	6th	4 6 12 17 27 28
2022-12-17	8	4th	18 20 26 28 30 34
2022-11-19	6	4th	10 18 24 28 47 49
2022-10-29	10	5th	5 11 12 25 28 45
2022-09-24	25	3rd	15 20 28 34 45 49
2022-06-29	19	3rd	18 21 28 29 42 43
2022-04-23	1	1st	28 36 39 40 41 44
2022-04-20	2	6th	10 11 12 14 20 28
2022-04-13	2	4th	1 13 16 28 32 48
2022-04-06	3	4th	11 12 21 28 46 49
2022-03-26	12	4th	2 5 23 28 37 43
2022-02-12	7	5th	4 18 20 23 28 43
2022-01-19	13	4th	14 15 19 28 39 43
2021-12-04	1	5th	3 15 17 26 28 40
2021-12-01	8	4th	7 11 23 28 41 46
2021-11-03	16	3rd	6 12 28 34 39 44
2021-09-08	2	4th	13 18 26 28 34 44
2021-09-01	31	2nd	25 28 34 35 39 48
2021-05-15	3	5th	10 11 15 25 28 42
2021-05-05	6	5th	6 10 23 25 28 46
2021-04-14	7	3rd	13 15 28 38 44 48
2021-03-20	1	6th	1 9 13 20 27 28
2021-03-17	4	4th	2 13 27 28 37 40
2021-03-03	15	3rd	22 26 28 32 33 36
2021-01-09	8	3rd	2 23 28 30 42 44
2020-12-12	1	3rd	1 7 28 30 32 47
2020-12-09	3	5th	19 20 22 27 28 44
2020-11-28	5	5th	10 13 15 19 28 35
2020-11-11	1	4th	17 19 26 28 31 47
2020-11-07	11	3rd	6 15 28 41 44 46
2020-09-30	3	4th	7 24 25 28 32 49
2020-09-19	9	4th	6 22 24 28 33 45
2020-08-19	8	2nd	3 28 29 33 34 49
2020-07-22	40	5th	4 6 17 25 28 31
2020-03-04	4	2nd	7 28 34 37 41 42
2020-02-19	43	5th	5 9 15 22 28 35
2019-09-21	10	6th	2 4 9 16 26 28
2019-08-17	9	4th	6 14 23 28 33 42
2019-07-17	11	5th	3 17 18 22 28 30
2019-06-08	2	3rd	18 26 28 31 39 44
2019-06-01	20	4th	1 3 20 28 29 49
2019-03-23	2	3rd	15 16 28 30 35 41
2019-03-16	2	2nd	26 28 31 40 42 48
2019-03-09	3	3rd	17 18 28 32 44 46
2019-02-27	2	4th	3 9 22 28 31 46
2019-02-20	1	6th	10 13 14 20 27 28
2019-02-16	1	3rd	10 25 28 37 40 46
2019-02-13	8	3rd	11 20 28 29 30 45
2019-01-16	2	3rd	1 5 28 29 37 44
2019-01-09	1	3rd	3 15 28 36 38 41
2019-01-05	10	2nd	21 28 30 44 45 49
2018-12-01	14	3rd	21 26 28 29 36 39
2018-10-13	12	5th	1 5 22 24 28 32
2018-09-01	3	5th	6 9 20 22 28 36
2018-08-22	14	3rd	15 23 28 31 36 41
2018-07-04	5	4th	1 17 25 28 32 45
2018-06-16	2	4th	2 9 19 28 31 33
2018-06-09	6	4th	4 16 24 28 42 45
2018-05-19	1	2nd	24 28 36 43 46 49
2018-05-16	4	4th	2 8 11 28 32 42
2018-05-02	18	4th	3 5 7 28 36 43
2018-02-28	10	4th	7 15 24 28 38 44
2018-01-24	13	4th	10 14 16 28 41 48
2017-12-09	9	3rd	5 17 28 30 42 44
2017-11-08	10	4th	11 14 25 28 35 38
2017-10-04	9	3rd	9 12 28 34 42 48
2017-09-02	4	3rd	6 21 28 31 39 47
2017-08-19	1	4th	4 7 25 28 40 41
2017-08-16	11	5th	3 7 19 21 28 33
2017-07-08	7	4th	12 21 23 28 31 39
2017-06-14	4	4th	8 9 20 28 29 37
2017-05-31	3	3rd	2 9 28 42 47 48
2017-05-20	9	3rd	4 27 28 33 37 49
2017-04-19	3	2nd	8 28 32 45 46 47
2017-04-08	1	3rd	1 6 28 37 46 49
2017-04-05	10	3rd	2 6 28 31 44 49
2017-03-01	3	3rd	19 26 28 37 38 39
2017-02-18	17	4th	10 15 20 28 35 47
2016-12-21	12	4th	4 8 23 28 35 38
2016-11-09	4	5th	20 21 23 27 28 33
2016-10-26	36	4th	8 9 23 28 29 31
2016-06-22	21	4th	2 3 10 28 42 47
2016-04-09	28	2nd	22 28 31 34 35 39
2016-01-02	5	4th	3 12 25 28 30 38
2015-12-16	5	3rd	1 10 28 34 35 38
2015-11-28	2	2nd	11 28 30 35 37 45
2015-11-21	2	4th	6 7 18 28 33 49
2015-11-14	9	3rd	8 13 28 31 36 41
2015-10-14	13	2nd	7 28 35 39 43 45
2015-08-29	3	3rd	2 24 28 40 45 49
2015-08-19	13	2nd	13 28 38 39 40 46
2015-07-04	1	3rd	10 12 28 31 38 46
2015-07-01	3	5th	6 7 11 27 28 32
2015-06-20	10	3rd	5 7 28 30 43 45
2015-05-16	1	4th	2 6 14 28 33 41
2015-05-13	3	4th	9 10 23 28 29 42
2015-05-02	6	3rd	2 9 28 33 35 40
2015-04-11	6	4th	4 19 21 28 45 49
2015-03-21	3	4th	7 20 24 28 30 43
2015-03-11	6	4th	5 6 9 28 36 48
2015-02-18	2	3rd	8 27 28 38 40 45
2015-02-11	5	2nd	12 28 31 36 44 49
2015-01-24	6	3rd	24 27 28 31 45 48
2015-01-03	13	3rd	13 23 28 32 43 48
2014-11-19	68	4th	7 18 26 28 34 45
2014-03-26	9	5th	4 8 15 16 28 45
2014-02-22	6	3rd	6 18 28 30 42 44
2014-02-01	4	4th	7 18 21 28 42 45
2014-01-18	3	4th	19 21 24 28 32 35
2014-01-08	9	3rd	9 18 28 41 43 48
2013-12-07	7	4th	5 15 16 28 47 48
2013-11-13	8	5th	15 16 18 19 28 47
2013-10-16	9	4th	3 13 17 28 48 49
2013-09-14	10	4th	6 8 19 28 35 38
2013-08-10	1	3rd	18 26 28 29 35 39
2013-08-07	3	3rd	5 26 28 32 33 45
2013-07-27	13	2nd	25 28 29 30 38 40
2013-06-12	16	5th	2 8 11 12 28 31
2013-04-17	1	4th	3 19 20 28 32 45
2013-04-13	7	5th	11 16 23 27 28 46
2013-03-20	4	5th	5 11 16 19 28 41
2013-03-06	1	3rd	1 19 28 31 41 46
2013-03-02	7	3rd	5 9 28 38 42 49
2013-02-06	7	4th	5 9 26 28 34 42
2013-01-12	1	5th	3 22 25 27 28 40
2013-01-09	1	4th	3 8 24 28 34 38
2013-01-05	3	4th	8 9 16 28 39 40
2012-12-26	6	3rd	2 12 28 33 35 37
2012-12-05	1	4th	7 16 18 28 30 33
2012-12-01	9	3rd	13 23 28 29 30 32
2012-10-31	4	4th	9 12 14 28 35 47
2012-10-17	7	5th	8 12 13 14 28 49
2012-09-22	10	4th	2 6 8 28 43 44
2012-08-18	4	4th	6 18 24 28 35 48
2012-08-04	11	4th	3 14 21 28 31 35
2012-06-27	8	3rd	2 13 28 41 43 44
2012-05-30	29	5th	1 2 14 19 28 43
2012-02-18	10	4th	20 22 25 28 34 39
2012-01-14	4	4th	17 26 27 28 37 42
2011-12-31	15	5th	7 21 26 27 28 30
2011-11-09	5	3rd	12 18 28 31 46 47
2011-10-22	4	5th	3 4 15 16 28 41
2011-10-08	12	4th	7 15 25 28 34 49
2011-08-27	6	5th	12 16 25 27 28 44
2011-08-06	10	4th	5 12 15 28 40 49
2011-07-02	5	4th	8 21 27 28 46 49
2011-06-15	8	3rd	2 12 28 31 40 46
2011-05-18	4	4th	14 20 27 28 36 48
2011-05-04	5	3rd	9 26 28 31 42 48
2011-04-16	1	6th	1 2 12 19 22 28
2011-04-13	18	3rd	10 20 28 29 38 47
2011-02-09	2	5th	7 12 16 17 28 34
2011-02-02	6	5th	1 7 22 27 28 36
2011-01-12	5	5th	17 20 23 27 28 45
2010-12-25	6	5th	3 8 18 19 28 46
2010-12-04	4	3rd	3 21 28 41 43 49
2010-11-20	7	4th	16 23 25 28 29 49
2010-10-27	1	4th	10 12 21 28 41 49
2010-10-23	2	3rd	10 25 28 33 40 44
2010-10-16	26	3rd	18 23 28 38 40 43
2010-07-17	9	4th	10 12 19 28 35 48
2010-06-16	3	6th	2 3 16 26 27 28
2010-06-05	—	4th	18 21 24 28 37 39