Number 28

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

84times drawn · chance expected 87 −0.28σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

10.1average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

35longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 84 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, −0.28σ. 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 84 times in 865 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 35 · 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 smallest5 · chance 2.9
2nd smallest16 · chance 16.5
3rd smallest29 · chance 32.1
4th smallest28 · chance 25.5
5th smallest6 · chance 7.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 20 3 12 21 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 50. 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
2026-10-02	3	4th	15 26 27 28 39
2026-09-22	32	2nd	2 28 31 38 50
2026-06-02	8	4th	2 10 22 28 49
2026-05-05	11	5th	1 4 5 22

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-02	7	3rd	13 20 28 39 47
2024-03-08	9	5th	7 18 19 27 28
2024-02-06	14	5th	2 6 10 18 28
2023-12-19	12	4th	4 17 25 28 35
2023-11-07	15	3rd	3 13 28 31 40
2023-09-15	12	3rd	3 21 28 35 46
2023-08-04	15	3rd	19 27 28 37 43
2023-06-13	6	2nd	10 28 31 35 42
2023-05-23	7	4th	20 24 26 28 38
2023-04-28	11	3rd	20 21 28 35 44
2023-03-21	24	3rd	7 22 28 34 41
2022-12-27	3	4th	3 19 24 28 45
2022-12-16	4	2nd	26 28 36 43 48
2022-12-02	6	3rd	12 14 28 31 34
2022-11-11	16	2nd	1 28 34 35 39
2022-09-16	14	4th	7 16 27 28 29
2022-07-29	8	3rd	7 14 28 32 36
2022-07-01	1	5th	6 8 13 21 28
2022-06-28	20	3rd	9 12 28 29 50
2022-04-19	2	4th	12 25 26 28 43
2022-04-12	5	3rd	11 15 28 34 42
2022-03-25	28	2nd	15 28 32 43 50
2021-12-17	7	2nd	19 28 34 38 48
2021-11-23	16	5th	3 18 21 24 28
2021-09-28	5	4th	13 15 20 28 29
2021-09-10	13	4th	8 12 17 28 43
2021-07-27	4	4th	5 12 15 28 29
2021-07-13	7	2nd	2 28 29 38 42
2021-06-18	3	4th	3 8 19 28 49
2021-06-08	7	4th	1 3 17 28 50
2021-05-14	19	3rd	3 16 28 31 48
2021-03-09	14	1st	28 30 36 37 41
2021-01-19	2	3rd	13 16 28 42 45
2021-01-12	1	3rd	11 13 28 36 37
2021-01-08	3	3rd	11 16 28 32 41
2020-12-29	2	4th	15 17 24 28 30
2020-12-18	19	4th	20 22 24 28 47
2020-10-13	4	5th	13 15 20 27 28
2020-09-29	2	4th	7 12 16 28 38
2020-09-22	14	3rd	3 10 28 31 41
2020-08-04	2	2nd	4 28 34 38 47
2020-07-28	4	2nd	3 28 30 38 40
2020-07-14	7	3rd	20 21 28 48 49
2020-06-19	4	2nd	21 28 29 33 48
2020-06-05	19	3rd	14 23 28 40 48
2020-03-31	7	3rd	14 20 28 43 49
2020-03-06	16	4th	6 23 26 28 47
2020-01-10	35	3rd	23 25 28 30 40
2019-09-10	18	4th	10 15 24 28 50
2019-07-09	1	3rd	9 12 28 44 49
2019-07-05	4	1st	28 37 39 46 47
2019-06-21	20	3rd	8 15 28 46 49
2019-04-12	1	1st	28 35 41 43 50
2019-04-09	12	4th	5 11 13 28 38
2019-02-26	6	3rd	10 20 28 31 33
2019-02-05	12	2nd	5 28 31 35 50
2018-12-25	18	3rd	13 16 28 29 30
2018-10-23	9	4th	4 17 21 28 48
2018-09-21	4	1st	28 32 39 43 46
2018-09-07	—	4th	9 11 20 28 44