Number 38

In La Primitiva under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Oct 1985 – Jan 2013 rules — 2,558 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

336times drawn · chance expected 313 +1.37σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

43longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 336 times in 2,558 draws against 313.2 expected, +1.37σ. 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 53 times, counted separately.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 336 times in 2,558 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 43 · 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 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 0.1
2nd smallest2 · chance 2.4
3rd smallest26 · chance 21.6
4th smallest75 · chance 83.9
5th smallest144 · chance 142.6
6th smallest89 · chance 85.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 9 39 47 19 24

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, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2012-12-29	15	6th	2 3 7 10 21 38
2012-11-08	3	5th	5 7 12 23 38 43
2012-10-27	4	4th	1 25 26 38 41 49
2012-10-13

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2010-10-28	4	4th	2 24 28 38 46 48
2010-10-14	13	5th	12 25 35 36 38 44
2010-08-28	9	4th	14 18 32 38 40 44
2010-07-29	5	3rd	26 31 38 41 47 49
2010-07-10	19	4th	23 32 34 38 42 45
2010-05-06	3	4th	5 23 36 38 39 47
2010-04-24	3	5th	2 3 5 11 38 39
2010-04-15	1	5th	1 17 20 29 38 39
2010-04-10	15	4th	5 28 29 38 44 45
2010-02-18	12	4th	26 30 34 38 39 41
2010-01-07	3	4th	19 24 25 38 43 49
2009-12-26	1	5th	2 5 26 34 38 45
2009-12-24	7	4th	8 27 30 38 42 43
2009-11-28	9	3rd	9 10 38 45 46 47
2009-10-29	8	5th	1 14 28 33 38 40
2009-10-01	4	5th	5 15 20 29 38 39
2009-09-17	8	4th	33 35 36 38 41 42
2009-08-20	6	5th	9 15 24 36 38 39
2009-07-30	3	3rd	9 27 38 39 44 45
2009-07-18	28	6th	5 14 22 28 30 38
2009-04-11	15	6th	2 6 18 28 31 38
2009-02-19	7	5th	4 8 16 20 38 39
2009-01-24	17	6th	3 11 19 24 27 38
2008-11-27	7	6th	12 16 20 25 37 38
2008-11-01	1	5th	2 21 33 36 38 48
2008-10-30	3	5th	1 6 11 15 38 40
2008-10-18	5	5th	3 33 34 37 38 45
2008-10-02	16	4th	2 13 24 38 45 47
2008-08-07	11	5th	2 12 13 20 38 44
2008-06-28	1	5th	2 23 26 32 38 46
2008-06-26	5	6th	16 17 26 27 34 38
2008-06-07	1	5th	4 7 10 33 38 40
2008-06-05	1	6th	2 4 9 11 26 38
2008-05-31	1	4th	12 27 31 38 48 49
2008-05-29	9	5th	17 23 27 29 38 41
2008-04-26	7	5th	10 14 23 25 38 41
2008-04-03	20	5th	10 17 20 25 38 41
2008-01-24	4	4th	12 20 35 38 39 42
2008-01-10	7	4th	3 15 33 38 48 49
2007-12-15	8	5th	16 26 28 35 38 48
2007-11-17	2	4th	3 34 36 38 42 48
2007-11-10	1	6th	4 8 9 30 33 38
2007-11-08	6	4th	9 16 25 38 40 48
2007-10-18	18	4th	26 29 32 38 42 46
2007-08-16	4	5th	1 6 25 32 38 40
2007-08-02	20	5th	1 19 20 34 38 40
2007-05-24	6	6th	4 6 10 13 33 38
2007-05-03	3	6th	5 10 20 22 36 38
2007-04-21	9	5th	17 25 28 32 38 42
2007-03-22	1	5th	5 16 17 20 38 43
2007-03-17	1	5th	2 10 25 37 38 40
2007-03-15	2	2nd	22 38 41 42 45 49
2007-03-08	1	5th	2 20 21 29 38 39
2007-03-03	1	5th	11 12 13 34 38 47
2007-03-01	15	4th	14 24 36 38 40 49
2007-01-06	1	5th	15 18 19 30 38 39
2007-01-04	3	3rd	25 33 38 41 45 47
2006-12-23	6	3rd	18 28 38 44 47 48
2006-12-02	7	4th	20 27 32 38 41 42
2006-11-09	23	5th	15 20 28 32 38 41
2006-08-19	29	5th	3 5 24 31 38 48
2006-05-11	2	5th	3 6 32 33 38 42
2006-05-04	4	6th	1 7 20 21 32 38
2006-04-20	4	6th	2 17 30 34 37 38
2006-04-06	2	6th	1 3 12 30 31 38
2006-03-30	25	3rd	18 34 38 41 46 47
2005-12-31	11	5th	6 14 30 33 38 45
2005-11-24	6	6th	18 21 24 29 35 38
2005-11-03	2	6th	1 21 24 28 33 38
2005-10-27	3	5th	1 17 18 33 38 39
2005-10-15	3	4th	8 10 14 38 39 43
2005-10-06	7	6th	5 8 22 26 29 38
2005-09-10	5	5th	16 25 30 36 38 44
2005-08-25	16	4th	4 29 37 38 47 49
2005-06-30	6	4th	13 19 24 38 39 48
2005-06-09	7	6th	2 21 25 28 34 38
2005-05-14	8	4th	4 13 35 38 46 48
2005-04-16	1	5th	9 12 14 24 38 46
2005-04-14	5	5th	3 8 32 36 38 47
2005-03-26	18	6th	6 9 11 19 28 38
2005-01-22	7	5th	5 13 27 34 38 47
2004-12-30	7	5th	1 11 12 32 38 45
2004-12-04	12	4th	16 24 26 38 44 45
2004-10-23	8	4th	2 3 15 38 41 45
2004-09-25	7	6th	14 15 18 21 34 38
2004-09-02	8	3rd	24 29 38 45 47 49
2004-08-05	20	5th	4 22 32 37 38 39
2004-05-27	20	6th	11 12 21 32 37 38
2004-03-18	8	5th	1 17 23 30 38 46
2004-02-19	9	5th	4 12 16 31 38 45
2004-01-17	3	5th	3 9 19 21 38 46
2004-01-08	2	3rd	5 27 38 41 44 47
2004-01-01	7	5th	2 8 10 25 38 47
2003-12-06	2	5th	2 8 9 35 38 40
2003-11-29	9	6th	1 12 14 16 35 38
2003-10-30	9	5th	6 27 32 36 38 47
2003-09-27	6	6th	6 16 21 22 28 38
2003-09-06	21	4th	7 13 19 38 39 46
2003-06-26	1	6th	9 11 15 17 35 38
2003-06-21	1	4th	15 23 31 38 46 47
2003-06-19	5	6th	2 14 24 33 37 38
2003-05-31	11	4th	1 2 29 38 39 46
2003-04-24	12	5th	20 25 29 37 38 46
2003-03-13	1	3rd	14 35 38 39 47 48
2003-03-08	4	4th	1 15 37 38 48 49
2003-02-22	8	5th	7 17 28 32 38 43
2003-01-25	6	3rd	19 26 38 43 47 49
2003-01-04	8	4th	24 30 35 38 43 45
2002-12-07	30	5th	18 19 27 30 38 44
2002-08-24	6	5th	3 12 14 27 38 46
2002-08-03	7	4th	22 34 35 38 45 48
2002-07-11	4	4th	5 7 18 38 39 40
2002-06-27	7	5th	8 19 23 30 38 46
2002-06-01	4	5th	9 20 31 37 38 40
2002-05-18	2	5th	1 4 13 17 38 39
2002-05-11	19	6th	8 9 23 31 33 38
2002-03-07	26	6th	4 18 21 30 35 38
2001-12-06	17	3rd	20 36 38 40 42 46
2001-10-06	6	5th	5 20 28 35 38 49
2001-09-15	6	5th	3 9 15 23 38 43
2001-08-25	16	6th	11 12 15 20 27 38
2001-06-30	9	5th	5 18 20 34 38 40
2001-05-31	4	4th	7 12 32 38 46 47
2001-05-17	3	5th	4 6 9 27 38 46
2001-05-05	2	6th	10 17 19 23 27 38
2001-04-28	6	5th	1 2 3 34 38 39
2001-04-07	13	6th	4 18 23 28 33 38
2001-02-22	12	5th	3 11 15 19 38 48
2001-01-11	3	5th	1 9 20 22 38 48
2000-12-30	2	4th	4 24 28 38 39 46
2000-12-23	33	4th	11 18 21 38 44 47
2000-08-31	2	6th	8 13 24 33 35 38
2000-08-24	25	6th	3 5 9 17 35 38
2000-05-27	5	6th	9 12 30 31 34 38
2000-05-11	3	4th	3 23 37 38 47 48
2000-04-29	4	6th	4 13 26 32 36 38
2000-04-15	12	5th	14 23 27 28 38 43
2000-03-04	4	5th	7 10 16 26 38 39
2000-02-19	1	5th	15 31 32 35 38 44
2000-02-17	5	4th	5 21 36 38 41 44
2000-01-29	16	5th	10 11 15 19 38 41
1999-12-04	5	5th	6 12 23 30 38 41
1999-11-18	23	6th	1 3 12 29 34 38
1999-08-28	14	5th	8 15 16 23 38 39
1999-07-10	1	5th	21 29 34 37 38 48
1999-07-08	12	6th	9 10 15 30 36 38
1999-05-27	5	4th	5 16 35 38 46 47
1999-05-08	4	5th	4 5 7 31 38 44
1999-04-24	1	5th	8 15 16 37 38 43
1999-04-22	4	4th	9 28 29 38 45 46
1999-04-08	17	5th	22 30 32 34 38 39
1999-02-06	3	6th	1 6 24 27 31 38
1999-01-28	4	5th	1 6 10 34 38 39
1999-01-14	1	4th	4 22 31 38 47 49
1999-01-09	3	5th	1 6 16 28 38 43
1998-12-31	1	6th	1 3 27 34 37 38
1998-12-26	18	6th	14 17 20 21 33 38
1998-10-24	9	5th	2 19 28 31 38 47
1998-09-24	3	5th	17 19 22 35 38 45
1998-09-12	1	6th	13 17 20 22 25 38
1998-09-10	3	5th	1 15 20 37 38 45
1998-08-29	1	5th	5 6 19 37 38 47
1998-08-27	7	6th	3 9 12 14 33 38
1998-08-01	2	6th	2 6 11 22 34 38
1998-07-25	1	6th	9 15 19 32 33 38
1998-07-23	6	3rd	17 27 38 41 42 44
1998-07-02	7	6th	9 10 18 31 34 38
1998-06-06	12	6th	6 14 25 26 36 38
1998-04-25	26	5th	25 31 32 36 38 39
1998-01-24	14	6th	7 14 15 30 31 38
1997-12-06	2	4th	1 8 21 38 41 49
1997-11-29	14	5th	6 19 30 35 38 40
1997-10-11	3	5th	3 13 16 35 38 44
1997-10-02	1	6th	5 7 17 24 25 38
1997-09-27	3	5th	21 26 34 37 38 49
1997-09-18	3	5th	3 19 25 27 38 47
1997-09-06	8	5th	3 8 18 26 38 42
1997-08-09	3	4th	27 30 34 38 45 47
1997-07-31	3	4th	17 33 37 38 42 44
1997-07-19	4	6th	4 7 18 31 35 38
1997-07-05	12	5th	5 27 30 37 38 48
1997-05-24	2	5th	16 22 26 32 38 41
1997-05-17	2	4th	4 23 28 38 46 47
1997-05-10	1	6th	3 4 21 27 29 38
1997-05-08	8	6th	10 13 27 30 34 38
1997-04-10	1	5th	19 21 22 25 38 41
1997-04-05	27	4th	22 29 33 38 44 49
1997-01-02	1	5th	8 25 29 36 38 48
1996-12-28	2	5th	3 10 15 32 38 49
1996-12-21	7	6th	8 10 20 21 24 38
1996-11-28	1	3rd	7 9 38 39 40 43
1996-11-23	17	5th	3 9 23 37 38 44
1996-09-26	4	4th	5 16 20 38 43 45
1996-09-12	2	5th	3 14 15 30 38 48
1996-09-05	9	6th	14 25 28 35 36 38
1996-08-03	14	5th	6 32 33 34 38 47
1996-06-15	7	4th	7 25 27 38 40 41
1996-05-23	5	5th	6 16 19 20 38 49
1996-05-04	1	5th	10 13 26 37 38 45
1996-05-02	10	5th	13 14 23 28 38 41
1996-03-28	3	6th	7 13 14 20 29 38
1996-03-16	6	2nd	17 38 39 44 45 47
1996-02-24	43	4th	24 29 37 38 39 45
1995-09-28	11	4th	10 15 36 38 44 45
1995-08-19	18	4th	16 34 35 38 45 46
1995-06-17	1	4th	13 17 35 38 42 48
1995-06-15	12	3rd	10 11 38 40 42 47
1995-05-04	8	5th	11 17 20 23 38 45
1995-04-06	3	5th	3 12 19 37 38 48
1995-03-25	10	5th	9 21 25 37 38 39
1995-02-18	4	5th	7 8 12 36 38 44
1995-02-04	4	5th	6 10 15 16 38 43
1995-01-21	1	6th	4 7 9 21 31 38
1995-01-19	14	4th	18 25 37 38 44 49
1994-12-01	14	3rd	4 14 38 43 44 48
1994-10-13	23	6th	3 10 12 26 30 38
1994-07-23	1	3rd	16 30 38 39 42 44
1994-07-21	1	6th	10 13 28 31 34 38
1994-07-16	24	5th	11 15 26 33 38 45
1994-04-23	2	4th	3 13 22 38 42 48
1994-04-16	1	5th	2 11 24 28 38 48
1994-04-14	2	5th	8 13 29 32 38 42
1994-04-07	20	4th	18 25 35 38 40 42
1994-01-27	7	5th	18 28 29 33 38 41
1994-01-01	8	5th	8 23 25 32 38 47
1993-12-04	10	6th	2 11 13 29 32 38
1993-10-30	1	4th	9 23 31 38 40 46
1993-10-28	4	6th	13 23 24 25 26 38
1993-10-14	11	5th	9 10 22 26 38 43
1993-09-04	2	5th	20 22 27 31 38 39
1993-08-28	1	6th	12 20 23 29 32 38
1993-08-26	3	6th	1 17 27 33 36 38
1993-08-14	20	5th	24 28 31 36 38 48
1993-06-05	2	5th	14 25 28 29 38 41
1993-05-29	4	4th	12 28 31 38 45 49
1993-05-15	5	4th	10 17 26 38 39 41
1993-04-29	11	4th	9 16 35 38 41 48
1993-03-20	15	4th	4 18 27 38 43 47
1993-01-28	26	3rd	23 26 38 42 43 45
1992-10-29	11	5th	3 9 30 34 38 40
1992-09-19	5	4th	25 28 33 38 43 44
1992-09-03	13	5th	1 8 13 21 38 46
1992-07-18	2	6th	10 22 23 28 31 38
1992-07-11	3	4th	3 13 27 38 42 44
1992-07-02	6	5th	8 9 11 32 38 39
1992-06-11	1	4th	9 14 32 38 39 47
1992-06-06	6	6th	8 11 15 23 25 38
1992-05-16	2	6th	3 19 23 32 33 38
1992-05-09	14	6th	5 9 21 24 25 38
1992-03-21	3	5th	4 13 22 28 38 42
1992-03-12	1	5th	7 12 22 29 38 43
1992-03-07	5	4th	4 18 28 38 41 43
1992-02-20	12	5th	2 3 9 14 38 47
1992-01-09	5	6th	3 14 17 24 27 38
1991-12-21	19	6th	4 10 19 29 30 38
1991-10-17	4	6th	8 19 25 33 34 38
1991-10-03	1	4th	2 19 24 38 39 44
1991-09-28	4	4th	14 22 23 38 40 43
1991-09-14	4	4th	4 14 31 38 41 44
1991-08-31	12	5th	16 19 20 29 38 48
1991-07-20	21	6th	1 6 13 17 24 38
1991-04-04	3	6th	3 4 15 20 34 38
1991-03-14	3	4th	2 29 31 38 42 45
1991-02-21	2	4th	9 13 17 38 39 43
1991-02-07	1	6th	2 5 14 21 27 38
1991-01-31	12	5th	2 20 25 33 38 45
1990-11-08	2	3rd	6 8 38 41 43 46
1990-10-25	8	3rd	4 10 38 39 43 47
1990-08-30	1	4th	12 19 34 38 41 46
1990-08-25	3	6th	22 23 24 29 35 38
1990-08-16	2	5th	1 4 23 37 38 43
1990-08-09	1	6th	9 13 16 17 27 38
1990-08-04	9	6th	6 13 23 27 29 38
1990-07-05	2	6th	3 10 14 24 25 38
1990-06-28	1	5th	8 16 19 23 38 43
1990-06-23	4	6th	3 11 15 22 34 38
1990-06-09	2	5th	2 4 13 22 38 48
1990-06-02	17	3rd	11 31 38 43 46 47
1990-02-22	2	6th	12 14 16 29 33 38
1990-02-08	4	5th	17 19 26 29 38 49
1990-01-11	13	6th	8 9 14 16 23 38
1989-10-12	4	5th	3 5 23 24 38 47
1989-09-14	19	5th	6 22 24 25 38 42
1989-05-04	7	4th	22 24 35 38 40 42
1989-03-16	12	5th	16 19 23 32 38 39
1988-12-22	1	5th	24 26 27 32 38 42
1988-12-15	13	6th	4 10 11 25 37 38
1988-09-15	17	4th	12 19 23 38 39 41
1988-05-19	13	3rd	22 28 38 42 44 45
1988-02-18	4	3rd	3 27 38 39 42 45
1988-01-21	2	5th	2 3 10 24 38 43
1988-01-07	1	3rd	1 4 38 39 41 43
1987-12-31	16	6th	8 11 18 27 33 38
1987-09-10	2	5th	19 24 29 34 38 48
1987-08-27	1	5th	2 3 4 6 38 43
1987-08-20	6	6th	9 13 21 24 35 38
1987-07-09	4	6th	15 16 19 32 36 38
1987-06-11	3	5th	10 20 29 31 38 45
1987-05-21	6	6th	6 12 21 25 37 38
1987-04-09	1	6th	4 22 26 31 36 38
1987-04-02	5	5th	10 13 19 27 38 43
1987-02-26	2	5th	6 15 19 20 38 45
1987-02-12	19	6th	2 4 7 16 24 38
1986-09-25	6	4th	8 21 28 38 43 46
1986-08-14	4	3rd	30 34 38 43 47 48
1986-07-17	1	5th	16 19 24 37 38 49
1986-07-10	2	5th	1 29 30 34 38 48
1986-06-26	12	6th	9 14 15 25 36 38
1986-04-03	3	6th	1 7 16 20 36 38
1986-03-13	7	5th	1 4 12 13 38 45
1986-01-23	3	5th	9 17 35 37 38 46
1986-01-02	—	3rd	16 18 38 43 44 47