Number 38

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

101times drawn · chance expected 87 +1.64σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

37longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 101 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, +1.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 101 times in 865 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 37 · 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 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 smallest0 · chance 0.2
2nd smallest4 · chance 3.9
3rd smallest18 · chance 21.0
4th smallest46 · chance 44.4
5th smallest33 · chance 31.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 29 34 4 30 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 — 34th 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 above 31 ×0.86

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-25	1	5th	5 9 22 34 38
2026-09-22	3	4th	2 28 31 38 50
2026-09-11	2	4th	9 11 13 38 43
2026-09-04	9	4th	4 7 27 38

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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