Number 38

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

134times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.00σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

38longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 134 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, +0.00σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 134 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 38 · 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 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 smallest1 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 1.3
3rd smallest16 · chance 13.8
4th smallest49 · chance 53.7
5th smallest68 · chance 65.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 14 12 3 10 13

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-12	3	4th	3 26 30 38 40
2026-10-01	2	3rd	13 14 38 40 42
2026-09-24	3	5th	15 22 29 31 38
2026-09-14	16	5th	7 10 14

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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