Number 28

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

111times drawn · chance expected 101 +1.06σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

33longest completed wait · 59% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 111 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, +1.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 12 times, counted separately.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 111 times in 722 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 33 · 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 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 0.6
2nd smallest6 · chance 5.6
3rd smallest19 · chance 20.4
4th smallest34 · chance 35.8
5th smallest37 · chance 32.2
6th smallest12 · chance 14.1
7th smallest3 · chance 2.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 26 32 41 4 6

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, 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
2026-04-10	9	5th	1 11 16 20 28 32 45
2026-03-10	1	4th	14 16 22 28 33 37 48
2026-03-06	5	5th	3 6 12 21 28 35

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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