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Number 28 In Lotto Max under the 7/49 + 1/49 · Sep 2009 – May 2019 rules — 503 draws, 7 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
7/52 + 1/52 · since Apr 2026 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 7/49 + 1/49 · Sep 2009 – May 2019 88 times drawn · chance expected 72 +2.06σ
5 draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number
5.7 average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0
20 longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long
28 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 88 times in 503 draws against 71.9 expected, +2.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 10 times, counted separately.
28 Number 28, draw by draw Drawn 88 times in 503 draws · average wait 5.7 draws · longest completed wait 20 · waiting 5 draws now
6 draws: 2009-10-02 to 2009-11-13 1 draws: 2009-11-13 to 2009-11-20 7 draws: 2009-11-20 to 2010-01-08 12 draws: 2010-01-08 to 2010-04-02 3 draws: 2010-04-02 to 2010-04-23 5 draws: 2010-04-23 to 2010-05-28 4 draws: 2010-05-28 to 2010-06-25 2 draws: 2010-06-25 to 2010-07-09 8 draws: 2010-07-09 to 2010-09-03 4 draws: 2010-09-03 to 2010-10-01 3 draws: 2010-10-01 to 2010-10-22 1 draws: 2010-10-22 to 2010-10-29 4 draws: 2010-10-29 to 2010-11-26 2 draws: 2010-11-26 to 2010-12-10 1 draws: 2010-12-10 to 2010-12-17 3 draws: 2010-12-17 to 2011-01-07 20 draws: 2011-01-07 to 2011-05-27 1 draws: 2011-05-27 to 2011-06-03 1 draws: 2011-06-03 to 2011-06-10 3 draws: 2011-06-10 to 2011-07-01 1 draws: 2011-07-01 to 2011-07-08 2 draws: 2011-07-08 to 2011-07-22 8 draws: 2011-07-22 to 2011-09-16 7 draws: 2011-09-16 to 2011-11-04 2 draws: 2011-11-04 to 2011-11-18 6 draws: 2011-11-18 to 2011-12-30 4 draws: 2011-12-30 to 2012-01-27 3 draws: 2012-01-27 to 2012-02-17 4 draws: 2012-02-17 to 2012-03-16 6 draws: 2012-03-16 to 2012-04-27 7 draws: 2012-04-27 to 2012-06-15 2 draws: 2012-06-15 to 2012-06-29 9 draws: 2012-06-29 to 2012-08-31 12 draws: 2012-08-31 to 2012-11-23 5 draws: 2012-11-23 to 2012-12-28 1 draws: 2012-12-28 to 2013-01-04 2 draws: 2013-01-04 to 2013-01-18 4 draws: 2013-01-18 to 2013-02-15 3 draws: 2013-02-15 to 2013-03-08 6 draws: 2013-03-08 to 2013-04-19 9 draws: 2013-04-19 to 2013-06-21 15 draws: 2013-06-21 to 2013-10-04 1 draws: 2013-10-04 to 2013-10-11 1 draws: 2013-10-11 to 2013-10-18 4 draws: 2013-10-18 to 2013-11-15 8 draws: 2013-11-15 to 2014-01-10 7 draws: 2014-01-10 to 2014-02-28 8 draws: 2014-02-28 to 2014-04-25 19 draws: 2014-04-25 to 2014-09-05 5 draws: 2014-09-05 to 2014-10-10 12 draws: 2014-10-10 to 2015-01-02 4 draws: 2015-01-02 to 2015-01-30 9 draws: 2015-01-30 to 2015-04-03 16 draws: 2015-04-03 to 2015-07-24 13 draws: 2015-07-24 to 2015-10-23 4 draws: 2015-10-23 to 2015-11-20 3 draws: 2015-11-20 to 2015-12-11 1 draws: 2015-12-11 to 2015-12-18 6 draws: 2015-12-18 to 2016-01-29 9 draws: 2016-01-29 to 2016-04-01 1 draws: 2016-04-01 to 2016-04-08 5 draws: 2016-04-08 to 2016-05-13 3 draws: 2016-05-13 to 2016-06-03 4 draws: 2016-06-03 to 2016-07-01 3 draws: 2016-07-01 to 2016-07-22 3 draws: 2016-07-22 to 2016-08-12 19 draws: 2016-08-12 to 2016-12-23 4 draws: 2016-12-23 to 2017-01-20 2 draws: 2017-01-20 to 2017-02-03 3 draws: 2017-02-03 to 2017-02-24 11 draws: 2017-02-24 to 2017-05-12 3 draws: 2017-05-12 to 2017-06-02 13 draws: 2017-06-02 to 2017-09-01 13 draws: 2017-09-01 to 2017-12-01 2 draws: 2017-12-01 to 2017-12-15 3 draws: 2017-12-15 to 2018-01-05 4 draws: 2018-01-05 to 2018-02-02 4 draws: 2018-02-02 to 2018-03-02 10 draws: 2018-03-02 to 2018-05-11 5 draws: 2018-05-11 to 2018-06-15 1 draws: 2018-06-15 to 2018-06-22 1 draws: 2018-06-22 to 2018-06-29 7 draws: 2018-06-29 to 2018-08-17 6 draws: 2018-08-17 to 2018-09-28 15 draws: 2018-09-28 to 2019-01-11 10 draws: 2019-01-11 to 2019-03-22 2 draws: 2019-03-22 to 2019-04-05 Still waiting — at least 5 draws since 2019-04-05 2009-10-02 2009-11-13 2009-11-20 2010-01-08 2010-04-02 2010-04-23 2010-05-28 2010-06-25 2010-07-09 2010-09-03 2010-10-01 2010-10-22 2010-10-29 2010-11-26 2010-12-10 2010-12-17 2011-01-07 2011-05-27 2011-06-03 2011-06-10 2011-07-01 2011-07-08 2011-07-22 2011-09-16 2011-11-04 2011-11-18 2011-12-30 2012-01-27 2012-02-17 2012-03-16 2012-04-27 2012-06-15 2012-06-29 2012-08-31 2012-11-23 2012-12-28 2013-01-04 2013-01-18 2013-02-15 2013-03-08 2013-04-19 2013-06-21 2013-10-04 2013-10-11 2013-10-18 2013-11-15 2014-01-10 2014-02-28 2014-04-25 2014-09-05 2014-10-10 2015-01-02 2015-01-30 2015-04-03 2015-07-24 2015-10-23 2015-11-20 2015-12-11 2015-12-18 2016-01-29 2016-04-01 2016-04-08 2016-05-13 2016-06-03 2016-07-01 2016-07-22 2016-08-12 2016-12-23 2017-01-20 2017-02-03 2017-02-24 2017-05-12 2017-06-02 2017-09-01 2017-12-01 2017-12-15 2018-01-05 2018-02-02 2018-03-02 2018-05-11 2018-06-15 2018-06-22 2018-06-29 2018-08-17 2018-09-28 2019-01-11 2019-03-22 2019-04-05 2009-09-25 2019-05-10
1 draws: 13 times 2 draws: 9 times 3 draws: 13 times 4 draws: 13 times 5 draws: 5 times 6 draws: 6 times 7 draws: 5 times 8 draws: 4 times 9 draws: 4 times 10 draws: 2 times 11 draws: 1 time 12 draws: 3 times 13 draws: 3 times 14 draws: 0 times 15 draws: 2 times 16 draws: 1 time 17 draws: 0 times 18 draws: 0 times 19 draws: 2 times 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 0 · chance 0.4 2nd smallest 3 · chance 3.9 3rd smallest 16 · chance 15.1 4th smallest 27 · chance 27.9 5th smallest 27 · chance 26.4 6th smallest 13 · chance 12.2 7th smallest 2 · chance 2.1 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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 ← number 27 Every number number 29 → 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 7/49 tonight whatever it did last week.