Number 28

In Daily Lotto under the 5/36 · since Mar 2019 rules — 2,767 draws, 5 from 1–36.

386times drawn · chance expected 384 +0.09σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

45longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 386 times in 2,767 draws against 384.3 expected, +0.09σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 386 times in 2,767 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 2 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 0.5
2nd smallest11 · chance 11.1
3rd smallest71 · chance 72.5
4th smallest175 · chance 172.5
5th smallest129 · chance 129.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 44.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 12 3 15 33 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 35 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 36. 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	16	3rd	15 20 28 31 32
2026-09-24	4	3rd	3 10 28 30 35
2026-09-20	5	5th	6 14 21 23 28
2026-09-15	6	4th	5 16 19 28

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 5/36 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-29	7	3rd	10 23 28 34 35
2026-03-22	6	2nd	5 28 31 32 33
2026-03-16	1	5th	8 15 19 23 28
2026-03-15	2	5th	3 7 18 21 28
2026-03-13	22	4th	10 16 25 28 35
2026-02-19	5	4th	8 11 14 28 29
2026-02-14	16	4th	7 18 25 28 31
2026-01-29	4	5th	5 8 15 26 28
2026-01-25	8	3rd	21 26 28 30 32
2026-01-17	3	3rd	4 7 28 33 35
2026-01-14	9	2nd	6 28 29 31 35
2026-01-05	13	5th	1 7 13 20 28
2025-12-22	2	4th	17 23 25 28 36
2025-12-20	6	5th	3 8 12 13 28
2025-12-14	4	4th	2 7 9 28 36
2025-12-10	2	4th	9 17 19 28 29
2025-12-08	25	4th	16 19 25 28 36
2025-11-13	1	4th	4 14 26 28 31
2025-11-12	8	4th	25 26 27 28 32
2025-11-04	1	4th	20 26 27 28 31
2025-11-03	9	5th	17 20 24 27 28
2025-10-25	8	2nd	23 28 30 32 33
2025-10-17	7	4th	7 18 23 28 29
2025-10-10	6	5th	6 7 8 12 28
2025-10-04	4	5th	4 11 14 26 28
2025-09-30	4	4th	11 22 26 28 34
2025-09-26	2	3rd	12 17 28 29 36
2025-09-24	10	3rd	10 18 28 31 32
2025-09-14	2	3rd	3 11 28 29 35
2025-09-12	33	3rd	7 10 28 30 34
2025-08-10	12	5th	2 16 18 22 28
2025-07-29	2	5th	12 14 26 27 28
2025-07-27	2	4th	14 17 25 28 32
2025-07-25	5	3rd	2 6 28 30 34
2025-07-20	3	3rd	6 24 28 31 36
2025-07-17	9	4th	4 5 7 28 36
2025-07-08	1	3rd	2 20 28 31 33
2025-07-07	5	4th	1 3 22 28 33
2025-07-02	1	4th	11 16 26 28 36
2025-07-01	1	3rd	11 21 28 30 32
2025-06-30	3	5th	6 12 19 20 28
2025-06-27	2	3rd	9 19 28 31 33
2025-06-25	36	5th	2 3 13 26 28
2025-05-20	10	3rd	13 16 28 29 30
2025-05-10	7	5th	9 19 21 23 28
2025-05-03	5	5th	4 6 24 26 28
2025-04-28	4	4th	1 4 13 28 35
2025-04-24	3	2nd	27 28 32 34 35
2025-04-21	3	4th	13 15 17 28 33
2025-04-18	1	4th	2 3 9 28 31
2025-04-17	6	5th	2 10 12 20 28
2025-04-11	6	5th	3 10 13 25 28
2025-04-05	6	4th	2 17 19 28 31
2025-03-30	6	5th	3 12 14 20 28
2025-03-24	34	5th	5 7 13 17 28
2025-02-18	3	5th	2 4 17 21 28
2025-02-15	12	4th	2 6 17 28 34
2025-02-03	2	5th	3 7 8 10 28
2025-02-01	1	4th	4 6 14 28 35
2025-01-31	2	5th	1 3 8 26 28
2025-01-29	1	3rd	10 14 28 29 33
2025-01-28	3	4th	9 20 27 28 33
2025-01-25	2	5th	2 3 4 22 28
2025-01-23	3	5th	7 9 17 18 28
2025-01-20	4	5th	5 6 8 23 28
2025-01-16	5	5th	13 24 26 27 28
2025-01-11	6	4th	9 12 17 28 35
2025-01-05	5	5th	3 5 9 12 28
2024-12-31	7	4th	7 18 19 28 30
2024-12-23	9	5th	1 8 14 18 28
2024-12-14	3	4th	6 17 22 28 31
2024-12-11	1	5th	6 7 9 18 28
2024-12-10	9	4th	5 11 20 28 35
2024-12-01	1	5th	5 15 18 24 28
2024-11-30	10	3rd	17 24 28 30 36
2024-11-20	3	3rd	13 23 28 30 35
2024-11-17	4	5th	6 10 22 25 28
2024-11-13	9	5th	2 9 14 23 28
2024-11-04	5	4th	5 11 12 28 36
2024-10-30	6	4th	15 17 26 28 36
2024-10-24	7	4th	8 11 23 28 30
2024-10-17	3	4th	6 7 8 28 32
2024-10-14	13	4th	14 22 25 28 36
2024-10-01	10	3rd	22 23 28 32 34
2024-09-21	5	4th	1 6 15 28 33
2024-09-16	3	5th	7 9 10 20 28
2024-09-13	8	4th	4 17 26 28 29
2024-09-05	15	4th	11 13 23 28 33
2024-08-21	1	4th	5 22 27 28 34
2024-08-20	2	5th	4 18 21 24 28
2024-08-18	10	3rd	1 7 28 31 32
2024-08-08	18	3rd	15 25 28 29 36
2024-07-21	10	4th	2 4 14 28 30
2024-07-11	2	5th	4 13 15 25 28
2024-07-09	19	4th	3 15 17 28 31
2024-06-20	35	5th	1 5 10 20 28
2024-05-16	8	4th	12 15 26 28 32
2024-05-08	1	5th	8 18 22 26 28
2024-05-07	2	5th	1 5 11 22 28
2024-05-05	11	4th	14 17 18 28 31
2024-04-24	4	4th	3 5 26 28 33
2024-04-20	2	4th	8 14 17 28 33
2024-04-18	9	3rd	15 19 28 33 34
2024-04-09	1	4th	2 8 26 28 31
2024-04-08	12	4th	8 11 14 28 31
2024-03-27	10	5th	1 3 8 10 28
2024-03-17	1	5th	4 5 19 26 28
2024-03-16	4	5th	3 13 15 25 28
2024-03-12	5	3rd	3 27 28 34 36
2024-03-07	1	5th	3 12 13 22 28
2024-03-06	6	4th	4 9 12 28 30
2024-02-29	4	5th	7 14 16 21 28
2024-02-25	8	5th	15 21 26 27 28
2024-02-17	12	5th	8 10 15 25 28
2024-02-05	4	5th	3 10 12 14 28
2024-02-01	16	3rd	10 18 28 34 35
2024-01-16	24	4th	7 9 25 28 34
2023-12-22	29	4th	20 24 25 28 36
2023-11-23	3	4th	3 21 24 28 33
2023-11-20	1	3rd	2 11 28 30 35
2023-11-19	3	5th	8 10 20 23 28
2023-11-16	2	4th	2 8 19 28 36
2023-11-14	6	5th	5 6 11 13 28
2023-11-08	2	2nd	21 28 30 34 36
2023-11-06	3	5th	4 7 15 19 28
2023-11-03	3	5th	15 18 20 21 28
2023-10-31	5	4th	13 16 20 28 29
2023-10-26	9	5th	1 3 12 22 28
2023-10-17	14	3rd	12 22 28 30 35
2023-10-03	9	5th	2 7 11 18 28
2023-09-24	2	5th	8 9 15 26 28
2023-09-22	8	4th	10 13 16 28 30
2023-09-14	18	5th	8 12 16 22 28
2023-08-27	2	5th	8 12 20 26 28
2023-08-25	7	3rd	13 21 28 29 35
2023-08-18	5	4th	2 16 25 28 33
2023-08-13	8	4th	14 15 16 28 33
2023-08-05	15	4th	5 8 23 28 33
2023-07-21	4	5th	6 10 11 13 28
2023-07-17	6	4th	4 19 22 28 34
2023-07-11	3	3rd	14 20 28 31 33
2023-07-08	3	5th	1 17 19 21 28
2023-07-05	1	5th	2 3 11 12 28
2023-07-04	5	3rd	11 26 28 33 34
2023-06-29	2	5th	1 5 9 18 28
2023-06-27	4	5th	4 8 9 18 28
2023-06-23	2	4th	4 6 9 28 34
2023-06-21	6	4th	1 14 25 28 33
2023-06-15	7	5th	4 16 19 24 28
2023-06-08	1	4th	11 21 25 28 36
2023-06-07	18	4th	15 18 27 28 32
2023-05-20	7	5th	11 14 16 26 28
2023-05-13	6	3rd	3 10 28 30 31
2023-05-07	1	5th	5 13 16 19 28
2023-05-06	11	5th	3 8 11 15 28
2023-04-25	15	4th	7 12 27 28 32
2023-04-10	2	5th	10 14 16 26 28
2023-04-08	13	3rd	2 7 28 31 35
2023-03-26	3	5th	1 9 14 17 28
2023-03-23	8	5th	17 23 24 27 28
2023-03-15	30	3rd	15 27 28 30 36
2023-02-13	15	4th	7 11 15 28 35
2023-01-29	3	5th	10 13 25 27 28
2023-01-26	9	4th	6 18 19 28 29
2023-01-17	2	5th	6 13 18 21 28
2023-01-15	8	4th	6 12 25 28 31
2023-01-07	5	4th	1 13 27 28 31
2023-01-02	11	4th	16 17 22 28 34
2022-12-21	4	4th	17 19 26 28 32
2022-12-17	9	3rd	18 24 28 31 34
2022-12-08	1	4th	7 25 27 28 32
2022-12-07	3	3rd	3 26 28 34 35
2022-12-04	1	4th	9 11 15 28 34
2022-12-03	8	2nd	6 28 30 34 35
2022-11-25	6	4th	6 13 25 28 36
2022-11-19	8	5th	1 4 7 23 28
2022-11-11	3	5th	7 17 20 24 28
2022-11-08	1	4th	5 17 18 28 31
2022-11-07	1	5th	2 4 12 21 28
2022-11-06	6	4th	2 7 26 28 34
2022-10-31	1	5th	7 14 25 26 28
2022-10-30	1	4th	2 20 24 28 29
2022-10-29	2	4th	12 21 27 28 31
2022-10-27	12	5th	7 13 21 25 28
2022-10-15	1	4th	10 11 18 28 34
2022-10-14	3	5th	6 10 14 27 28
2022-10-11	2	5th	3 5 16 19 28
2022-10-09	4	4th	8 22 23 28 32
2022-10-05	12	4th	8 12 21 28 33
2022-09-23	2	5th	5 9 12 27 28
2022-09-21	3	4th	1 3 26 28 30
2022-09-18	4	4th	2 11 15 28 34
2022-09-14	14	4th	5 16 17 28 31
2022-08-31	1	5th	11 18 22 27 28
2022-08-30	11	4th	16 22 25 28 33
2022-08-19	2	4th	1 16 27 28 34
2022-08-17	4	4th	2 5 8 28 34
2022-08-13	8	4th	4 18 19 28 31
2022-08-05	6	5th	1 16 17 26 28
2022-07-30	1	3rd	4 10 28 32 36
2022-07-29	4	5th	2 5 10 20 28
2022-07-25	1	4th	9 19 24 28 36
2022-07-24	1	4th	3 10 19 28 34
2022-07-23	4	5th	4 9 10 26 28
2022-07-19	4	4th	10 16 18 28 31
2022-07-15	7	4th	19 20 24 28 31
2022-07-08	8	3rd	1 5 28 31 32
2022-06-30	1	5th	7 21 25 27 28
2022-06-29	5	5th	4 9 10 13 28
2022-06-24	2	4th	2 13 21 28 33
2022-06-22	14	4th	13 15 19 28 30
2022-06-08	10	5th	1 6 7 15 28
2022-05-29	1	3rd	18 26 28 29 31
2022-05-28	2	4th	14 15 26 28 31
2022-05-26	1	4th	3 18 22 28 33
2022-05-25	21	2nd	16 28 32 33 35
2022-05-04	6	3rd	2 26 28 32 36
2022-04-28	2	5th	2 10 14 19 28
2022-04-26	4	3rd	5 27 28 31 35
2022-04-22	3	4th	2 5 21 28 34
2022-04-19	3	4th	3 9 13 28 32
2022-04-16	9	3rd	2 15 28 33 35
2022-04-07	9	5th	5 13 18 20 28
2022-03-29	32	5th	1 3 7 8 28
2022-02-25	2	3rd	3 19 28 29 34
2022-02-23	2	4th	3 16 19 28 34
2022-02-21	3	4th	2 5 12 28 36
2022-02-18	6	4th	15 17 26 28 32
2022-02-12	6	4th	7 12 15 28 36
2022-02-06	13	5th	10 14 24 27 28
2022-01-24	8	4th	15 16 25 28 30
2022-01-16	3	4th	1 19 23 28 33
2022-01-13	14	4th	6 7 23 28 30
2021-12-30	12	5th	2 6 21 23 28
2021-12-17	1	5th	1 8 17 24 28
2021-12-16	2	5th	3 10 16 25 28
2021-12-14	13	5th	3 12 15 20 28
2021-12-01	2	5th	4 11 15 17 28
2021-11-29	3	4th	3 5 13 28 33
2021-11-26	10	3rd	3 9 28 29 30
2021-11-16	9	3rd	5 17 28 29 31
2021-11-07	18	4th	4 26 27 28 33
2021-10-20	25	5th	3 9 10 16 28
2021-09-25	6	4th	6 8 14 28 29
2021-09-19	11	3rd	16 21 28 30 33
2021-09-08	3	4th	2 6 15 28 36
2021-09-05	7	4th	4 6 26 28 29
2021-08-29	3	3rd	6 24 28 29 35
2021-08-26	10	4th	5 19 21 28 29
2021-08-16	5	3rd	3 22 28 29 31
2021-08-11	9	4th	1 5 15 28 31
2021-08-02	38	3rd	18 20 28 29 32
2021-06-25	1	5th	6 11 22 27 28
2021-06-24	2	5th	11 19 22 24 28
2021-06-22	4	5th	7 8 25 27 28
2021-06-18	7	4th	1 5 13 28 33
2021-06-11	31	4th	4 6 12 28 32
2021-05-11	1	3rd	18 22 28 32 36
2021-05-10	7	4th	2 7 21 28 29
2021-05-03	3	4th	11 18 23 28 34
2021-04-30	11	4th	1 8 20 28 29
2021-04-19	27	3rd	13 21 28 31 36
2021-03-23	11	3rd	6 11 28 30 32
2021-03-12	5	4th	1 19 23 28 30
2021-03-07	6	4th	19 22 27 28 33
2021-03-01	2	4th	6 13 24 28 33
2021-02-27	6	5th	11 12 17 27 28
2021-02-21	1	5th	1 3 9 22 28
2021-02-20	34	4th	6 8 13 28 34
2021-01-17	4	4th	12 22 26 28 34
2021-01-13	2	3rd	15 25 28 30 33
2021-01-11	11	4th	2 18 19 28 36
2020-12-31	4	4th	12 20 24 28 34
2020-12-27	2	4th	13 25 27 28 32
2020-12-24	5	4th	10 15 26 28 33
2020-12-19	2	4th	19 24 27 28 29
2020-12-17	1	5th	1 2 5 24 28
2020-12-16	5	4th	12 14 16 28 32
2020-12-11	13	4th	8 12 26 28 35
2020-11-28	1	5th	5 9 14 25 28
2020-11-27	16	4th	1 12 26 28 32
2020-11-11	5	5th	2 10 19 21 28
2020-11-06	13	3rd	1 10 28 31 32
2020-10-24	1	4th	11 15 24 28 30
2020-10-23	12	5th	8 10 21 22 28
2020-10-11	17	4th	8 10 15 28 30
2020-09-24	2	4th	12 17 24 28 29
2020-09-22	1	5th	3 5 12 20 28
2020-09-21	2	4th	2 3 9 28 35
2020-09-19	4	5th	9 16 22 25 28
2020-09-15	6	2nd	18 28 29 32 34
2020-09-09	16	3rd	12 21 28 29 35
2020-08-24	8	5th	3 13 18 19 28
2020-08-16	32	4th	9 25 27 28 34
2020-07-15	1	5th	3 10 18 20 28
2020-07-14	9	4th	7 9 10 28 32
2020-07-05	5	5th	2 16 21 23 28
2020-06-30	9	4th	10 21 22 28 30
2020-06-21	2	2nd	12 28 33 35 36
2020-06-19	4	4th	9 14 24 28 36
2020-06-15	7	3rd	18 21 28 29 30
2020-06-08	1	3rd	2 15 28 31 32
2020-06-07	18	4th	17 22 23 28 33
2020-05-20	6	4th	16 24 26 28 33
2020-05-14	3	5th	2 11 12 22 28
2020-05-11	3	3rd	12 13 28 30 31
2020-05-08	2	3rd	20 25 28 34 35
2020-05-06	12	2nd	12 28 34 35 36
2020-04-24	2	5th	1 13 20 26 28
2020-04-22	45	5th	3 8 22 23 28
2020-03-08	4	3rd	9 15 28 32 34
2020-03-04	4	3rd	9 12 28 34 36
2020-02-29	18	4th	7 16 20 28 35
2020-02-11	8	5th	12 13 15 26 28
2020-02-03	11	4th	5 6 12 28 36
2020-01-23	9	4th	6 18 24 28 30
2020-01-14	8	4th	7 11 19 28 32
2020-01-06	2	5th	8 14 25 26 28
2020-01-04	27	4th	4 14 24 28 30
2019-12-07	8	4th	8 9 22 28 35
2019-11-29	1	3rd	22 23 28 33 36
2019-11-28	22	4th	4 12 17 28 34
2019-11-06	3	5th	2 16 20 22 28
2019-11-03	6	4th	6 21 24 28 36
2019-10-28	1	3rd	18 23 28 34 36
2019-10-27	6	5th	5 6 7 9 28
2019-10-21	9	3rd	19 27 28 29 34
2019-10-12	2	4th	1 17 18 28 36
2019-10-10	9	4th	5 6 22 28 36
2019-10-01	3	4th	11 17 27 28 34
2019-09-28	1	3rd	8 9 28 31 33
2019-09-27	2	4th	19 21 22 28 33
2019-09-25	4	5th	4 12 13 23 28
2019-09-21	26	4th	14 17 23 28 29
2019-08-26	12	3rd	17 27 28 29 36
2019-08-14	1	4th	7 18 21 28 31
2019-08-13	3	4th	2 12 26 28 33
2019-08-10	4	4th	3 13 22 28 32
2019-08-06	13	5th	10 13 15 24 28
2019-07-24	2	4th	5 14 18 28 29
2019-07-22	3	5th	6 9 15 24 28
2019-07-19	1	4th	6 10 11 28 31
2019-07-18	16	3rd	4 20 28 29 36
2019-07-02	12	4th	8 13 14 28 35
2019-06-20	3	4th	19 23 26 28 33
2019-06-17	2	5th	8 9 17 20 28
2019-06-15	5	4th	13 15 21 28 33
2019-06-10	2	4th	7 22 25 28 35
2019-06-08	1	3rd	5 18 28 31 36
2019-06-07	2	5th	6 15 23 24 28
2019-06-05	7	4th	6 9 20 28 36
2019-05-29	8	3rd	19 20 28 32 33
2019-05-21	1	4th	2 12 26 28 34
2019-05-20	7	4th	11 22 25 28 31
2019-05-13	2	4th	8 16 24 28 32
2019-05-11	11	4th	6 7 11 28 36
2019-04-30	3	5th	3 5 20 25 28
2019-04-27	1	4th	13 18 21 28 29
2019-04-26	1	3rd	1 23 28 33 34
2019-04-25	10	4th	4 14 19 28 33
2019-04-15	22	4th	4 5 19 28 33
2019-03-24	—	4th	1 21 24 28 29