Number 28

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

143times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.82σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 70% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

50longest completed wait · 36% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 143 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, +0.82σ. 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 143 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 50 · 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 smallest0 · chance 2.5
2nd smallest13 · chance 19.3
3rd smallest58 · chance 50.3
4th smallest53 · chance 52.4
5th smallest19 · chance 18.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 25 34 10 13 5

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, 28 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th 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 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
2026-09-28	26	3rd	7 13 28 39 42
2026-06-29	2	3rd	10 16 28 34 40
2026-06-22	8	5th	1 3 16 23 28
2026-05-25	5	4th	5 17 23

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-16	7	5th	9 14 19 25 28
2024-08-22	2	3rd	13 19 28 30 42
2024-08-15	9	4th	9 10 20 28 42
2024-07-15	3	4th	8 16 26 28 43
2024-07-04	2	2nd	2 28 33 38 40
2024-06-27	5	3rd	17 18 28 29 35
2024-06-10	11	3rd	13 27 28 32 34
2024-05-02	8	4th	2 9 11 28 33
2024-04-04	2	4th	22 24 26 28 39
2024-03-28	1	3rd	19 23 28 34 35
2024-03-25	3	4th	11 18 20 28 32
2024-03-14	1	4th	16 17 24 28 36
2024-03-11	17	3rd	3 8 28 30 41
2024-01-11	2	4th	3 4 10 28 29
2024-01-04	33	5th	5 10 13 23 28
2023-09-11	2	5th	1 2 11 19 28
2023-09-04	4	4th	1 5 26 28 34
2023-08-21	1	4th	1 12 16 28 35
2023-08-17	9	3rd	5 27 28 34 38
2023-07-17	9	3rd	3 12 28 32 43
2023-06-15	1	2nd	24 28 33 37 45
2023-06-12	2	4th	11 13 22 28 40
2023-06-05	2	3rd	10 16 28 29 44
2023-05-29	11	5th	4 8 16 25 28
2023-04-20	7	4th	11 14 21 28 32
2023-03-27	5	3rd	3 27 28 39 45
2023-03-09	23	4th	8 20 25 28 37
2022-12-19	3	3rd	16 25 28 35 36
2022-12-08	14	4th	6 7 24 28 44
2022-10-20	7	4th	2 14 17 28 37
2022-09-26	1	3rd	6 14 28 30 34
2022-09-22	17	5th	4 9 16 20 28
2022-07-25	10	5th	3 10 11 20 28
2022-06-20	9	5th	13 17 20 21 28
2022-05-19	8	3rd	18 25 28 30 39
2022-04-21	16	2nd	3 28 35 39 43
2022-02-24	9	4th	6 9 24 28 34
2022-01-24	36	5th	2 3 17 20 28
2021-09-20	2	4th	8 18 23 28 37
2021-09-13	1	3rd	2 13 28 30 38
2021-09-09	4	4th	6 15 22 28 33
2021-08-26	36	3rd	13 21 28 29 32
2021-04-22	22	2nd	15 28 31 41 42
2021-02-04	2	3rd	6 11 28 34 37
2021-01-28	3	2nd	20 28 31 41 42
2021-01-18	14	4th	12 18 25 28 40
2020-11-30	3	3rd	10 15 28 36 44
2020-11-19	11	4th	9 25 27 28 38
2020-10-12	8	3rd	1 7 28 30 34
2020-09-14	12	3rd	6 25 28 35 39
2020-08-03	16	3rd	1 7 28 39 40
2020-06-08	8	3rd	9 27 28 41 43
2020-05-11	11	3rd	3 9 28 38 45
2020-04-02	5	5th	1 8 25 26 28
2020-03-16	3	3rd	5 16 28 31 37
2020-03-05	7	4th	18 22 26 28 29
2020-02-10	2	3rd	3 6 28 36 44
2020-02-03	6	5th	2 4 6 8 28
2020-01-13	30	4th	3 22 24 28 38
2019-09-30	3	3rd	3 18 28 29 39
2019-09-19	1	3rd	12 20 28 38 40
2019-09-16	15	3rd	19 23 28 31 45
2019-07-25	1	3rd	4 12 28 30 37
2019-07-22	3	5th	4 16 22 27 28
2019-07-11	1	3rd	8 16 28 34 38
2019-07-08	50	4th	11 12 26 28 40
2019-01-14	1	3rd	7 15 28 38 41
2019-01-10	2	3rd	5 13 28 41 42
2019-01-03	4	5th	4 5 6 9 28
2018-12-20	1	5th	4 5 6 11 28
2018-12-17	22	4th	3 5 8 28 36
2018-10-01	2	3rd	7 23 28 29 41
2018-09-24	6	2nd	19 28 32 37 39
2018-09-03	2	3rd	13 27 28 34 36
2018-08-27	4	3rd	1 17 28 36 38
2018-08-13	30	5th	9 12 13 20 28
2018-04-30	3	3rd	10 27 28 36 45
2018-04-19	1	3rd	18 22 28 31 44
2018-04-16	12	3rd	25 27 28 43 44
2018-03-05	7	4th	5 10 25 28 39
2018-02-08	3	4th	4 5 12 28 41
2018-01-29	1	3rd	8 26 28 30 31
2018-01-25	11	3rd	2 24 28 35 41
2017-12-18	9	2nd	18 28 30 33 44
2017-11-16	19	4th	6 8 16 28 37
2017-09-11	19	4th	7 10 26 28 36
2017-07-06	10	3rd	7 9 28 34 35
2017-06-01	9	5th	3 8 16 27 28
2017-05-01	7	3rd	11 25 28 31 34
2017-04-06	17	4th	8 10 13 28 42
2017-02-06	9	3rd	5 17 28 34 42
2017-01-05	16	4th	10 11 17 28 44
2016-11-10	1	4th	6 24 25 28 31
2016-11-07	2	2nd	20 28 31 43 44
2016-10-31	13	4th	5 10 21 28 34
2016-09-15	3	4th	10 12 25 28 33
2016-09-05	1	4th	10 17 25 28 32
2016-09-01	1	4th	6 15 21 28 38
2016-08-29	6	3rd	5 26 28 33 35
2016-08-08	6	4th	10 15 16 28 35
2016-07-18	7	2nd	23 28 33 36 37
2016-06-23	24	3rd	16 22 28 35 43
2016-03-31	3	4th	1 14 26 28 29
2016-03-21	5	3rd	11 20 28 29 33
2016-03-03	1	3rd	19 20 28 39 42
2016-02-29	7	3rd	13 14 28 38 44
2016-02-04	4	3rd	1 13 28 35 45
2016-01-21	6	3rd	16 17 28 39 45
2015-12-31	19	4th	12 15 27 28 29
2015-10-26	1	4th	2 19 21 28 32
2015-10-22	13	3rd	5 16 28 37 44
2015-09-07	6	4th	1 21 25 28 41
2015-08-17	5	4th	1 21 27 28 30
2015-07-30	16	4th	8 22 24 28 42
2015-06-01	1	2nd	16 28 35 40 45
2015-05-28	11	4th	8 24 25 28 32
2015-04-20	5	3rd	16 22 28 33 44
2015-04-02	1	4th	5 13 22 28 40
2015-03-30	—	5th	4 11 21 26 28