Number 28

In Health Lottery under the 5/50 + 1/50 · since May 2013 rules — 3,274 draws, 5 from 1–50.

337times drawn · chance expected 327 +0.56σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 48% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

60longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 337 times in 3,274 draws against 327.4 expected, +0.56σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 60 times, counted separately.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 337 times in 3,274 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 60 · waiting 8 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 smallest9 · chance 11.6
2nd smallest69 · chance 66.1
3rd smallest116 · chance 129.0
4th smallest110 · chance 102.4
5th smallest33 · chance 27.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 26 39 6 7 24

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
2026-10-14	6	4th	11 13 22 28 37
2026-10-08	14	3rd	7 23 28 33 49
2026-09-24	2	4th	3 15 17 28 36
2026-09-22	2	1st	28 37 40

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.

2026-05-03	10	4th	4 5 11 28 36
2026-04-23	22	4th	3 11 24 28 43
2026-04-01	13	1st	28 37 43 45 46
2026-03-19	14	3rd	5 27 28 30 48
2026-03-05	60	5th	3 18 20 21 28
2026-01-04	6	4th	6 18 25 28 35
2025-12-29	9	4th	12 15 22 28 49
2025-12-20	8	4th	4 10 14 28 29
2025-12-12	1	3rd	10 25 28 31 39
2025-12-11	33	2nd	3 28 32 34 37
2025-11-08	3	3rd	6 10 28 37 42
2025-11-05	4	2nd	12 28 35 40 44
2025-11-01	42	3rd	4 16 28 35 45
2025-09-20	23	3rd	18 19 28 35 38
2025-08-28	3	5th	4 9 17 23 28
2025-08-25	3	4th	3 10 12 28 33
2025-08-22	19	3rd	13 25 28 34 45
2025-08-03	27	4th	10 26 27 28 47
2025-07-07	2	2nd	15 28 36 39 47
2025-07-05	4	3rd	2 26 28 36 41
2025-07-01	4	3rd	19 27 28 31 38
2025-06-27	5	4th	2 16 21 28 34
2025-06-22	20	5th	1 9 11 26 28
2025-05-31	8	2nd	26 28 37 45 46
2025-05-21	29	3rd	11 19 28 30 42
2025-04-10	15	4th	8 11 20 28 37
2025-03-20	2	4th	6 24 26 28 41
2025-03-18	16	3rd	8 16 28 40 50
2025-02-22	5	3rd	16 27 28 47 49
2025-02-15	3	4th	3 4 23 28 45
2025-02-12	50	5th	1 8 18 25 28
2024-12-04	1	2nd	24 28 38 47 50
2024-12-03	6	3rd	15 23 28 46 49
2024-11-23	10	2nd	10 28 34 36 39
2024-11-09	35	4th	10 22 23 28 40
2024-09-21	4	2nd	14 28 29 49 50
2024-09-17	8	4th	11 15 22 28 36
2024-09-05	2	4th	12 26 27 28 50
2024-09-03	7	2nd	24 28 35 40 45
2024-08-23	3	3rd	5 12 28 35 40
2024-08-20	3	3rd	14 18 28 39 46
2024-08-15	5	2nd	12 28 31 38 42
2024-08-08	23	3rd	4 6 28 41 49
2024-07-06	19	3rd	11 26 28 31 32
2024-06-11	11	4th	7 16 26 28 30
2024-05-25	26	3rd	2 19 28 41 49
2024-04-19	2	4th	3 15 21 28 45
2024-04-17	7	4th	8 13 27 28 45
2024-04-06	24	2nd	16 28 35 38 46
2024-03-05	16	4th	13 18 26 28 30
2024-02-10	4	2nd	8 28 37 48 49
2024-02-06	7	4th	3 13 25 28 39
2024-01-26	4	4th	1 14 25 28 40
2024-01-20	5	4th	2 8 23 28 49
2024-01-13	14	2nd	2 28 38 41 50
2023-12-26	3	4th	4 10 21 28 31
2023-12-21	2	4th	7 25 26 28 39
2023-12-19	10	5th	3 7 8 22 28
2023-12-05	4	3rd	15 16 28 42 50
2023-11-29	3	3rd	3 23 28 36 38
2023-11-24	2	2nd	9 28 29 35 37
2023-11-22	10	5th	8 15 19 26 28
2023-11-08	38	5th	15 17 19 25 28
2023-09-15	12	3rd	9 22 28 31 42
2023-08-30	12	3rd	7 9 28 35 46
2023-08-12	11	4th	6 24 27 28 48
2023-07-28	7	4th	14 23 24 28 38
2023-07-19	1	2nd	1 28 36 38 44
2023-07-18	12	3rd	4 22 28 41 50
2023-06-30	8	4th	4 11 18 28 39
2023-06-20	17	4th	7 10 17 28 41
2023-05-26	1	3rd	4 21 28 32 44
2023-05-25	14	5th	20 22 25 26 28
2023-05-05	8	2nd	5 28 38 41 48
2023-04-25	12	3rd	6 24 28 44 48
2023-04-07	38	2nd	9 28 29 45 49
2023-02-14	30	5th	10 13 22 27 28
2023-01-03	13	4th	2 6 10 28 48
2022-12-15	14	3rd	6 26 28 36 45
2022-11-25	19	3rd	20 24 28 29 30
2022-10-29	5	2nd	6 28 30 45 49
2022-10-22	2	3rd	13 20 28 32 45
2022-10-20	8	4th	9 11 15 28 40
2022-10-08	1	2nd	15 28 37 40 50
2022-10-07	3	3rd	8 17 28 29 39
2022-10-04	13	3rd	3 26 28 38 39
2022-09-15	14	3rd	6 25 28 37 45
2022-08-26	19	3rd	18 19 28 37 50
2022-07-30	23	4th	12 17 19 28 42
2022-06-29	1	4th	3 13 21 28 38
2022-06-28	2	2nd	16 28 33 43 45
2022-06-24	13	2nd	6 28 37 41 45
2022-06-07	11	4th	24 25 27 28 39
2022-05-21	10	2nd	11 28 44 48 49
2022-05-07	5	3rd	19 23 28 33 48
2022-04-30	6	4th	9 11 21 28 31
2022-04-22	21	3rd	19 21 28 30 40
2022-03-24	2	3rd	1 10 28 30 38
2022-03-22	3	2nd	4 28 34 42 46
2022-03-17	4	3rd	4 24 28 31 49
2022-03-11	7	2nd	23 28 32 35 42
2022-03-02	22	2nd	16 28 29 40 49
2022-01-29	4	3rd	11 24 28 35 44
2022-01-25	20	3rd	4 5 28 30 38
2021-12-28	15	4th	15 17 21 28 49
2021-12-07	30	3rd	6 8 28 33 50
2021-10-26	4	3rd	1 2 28 30 39
2021-10-20	7	2nd	2 28 38 39 45
2021-10-09	10	2nd	10 28 46 47 50
2021-09-25	6	5th	3 6 9 16 28
2021-09-17	1	3rd	1 15 28 40 43
2021-09-16	10	3rd	9 17 28 31 46
2021-09-02	4	2nd	8 28 29 33 35
2021-08-27	14	3rd	4 21 28 41 49
2021-08-07	10	3rd	5 24 28 35 50
2021-07-24	4	4th	8 11 26 28 35
2021-07-20	15	4th	1 6 23 28 49
2021-06-29	1	3rd	7 11 28 33 34
2021-06-26	14	3rd	12 27 28 37 44
2021-06-08	3	3rd	1 21 28 37 39
2021-06-03	5	4th	20 26 27 28 37
2021-05-27	16	2nd	18 28 29 43 47
2021-05-05	7	3rd	4 5 28 39 48
2021-04-24	45	2nd	20 28 31 37 38
2021-02-20	3	3rd	3 27 28 30 33
2021-02-17	10	1st	28 31 39 43 50
2021-02-03	6	1st	28 30 31 36 38
2021-01-26	9	4th	3 14 24 28 39
2021-01-13	9	3rd	14 16 28 32 36
2020-12-31	2	2nd	16 28 31 36 47
2020-12-29	9	2nd	4 28 34 37 42
2020-12-16	36	3rd	4 14 28 34 38
2020-10-27	8	2nd	18 28 30 35 42
2020-10-15	16	5th	6 9 22 25 28
2020-09-23	2	3rd	6 16 28 30 31
2020-09-19	33	3rd	9 24 28 43 46
2020-08-05	1	3rd	7 13 28 37 48
2020-08-04	4	3rd	2 25 28 44 48
2020-07-29	4	3rd	9 14 28 38 40
2020-07-23	7	4th	4 8 22 28 40
2020-07-14	3	4th	10 19 26 28 47
2020-07-09	12	4th	7 8 14 28 35
2020-06-23	9	4th	10 19 20 28 45
2020-06-10	8	2nd	27 28 43 47 48
2020-05-29	20	4th	6 15 24 28 35
2020-05-01	7	4th	9 12 16 28 32
2020-04-22	8	3rd	7 26 28 31 46
2020-04-10	17	2nd	4 28 32 43 49
2020-03-18	2	4th	15 16 22 28 38
2020-03-14	20	3rd	25 27 28 29 50
2020-02-15	32	5th	3 5 19 26 28
2020-01-02	9	3rd	24 27 28 44 49
2019-12-20	9	4th	7 12 19 28 45
2019-12-07	8	2nd	7 28 32 34 45
2019-11-27	11	3rd	20 27 28 36 48
2019-11-12	9	4th	10 12 15 28 30
2019-10-30	4	3rd	6 17 28 37 39
2019-10-24	10	3rd	12 13 28 31 37
2019-10-10	11	5th	16 18 20 25 28
2019-09-25	3	4th	3 17 25 28 33
2019-09-20	4	3rd	14 23 28 47 48
2019-09-14	3	3rd	11 19 28 35 44
2019-09-11	6	3rd	21 23 28 32 50
2019-09-03	6	3rd	5 25 28 38 46
2019-08-24	2	4th	8 15 18 28 35
2019-08-22	14	3rd	14 19 28 36 46
2019-08-02	12	3rd	19 21 28 36 45
2019-07-17	10	4th	10 11 14 28 35
2019-07-03	3	3rd	6 27 28 47 50
2019-06-28	6	4th	4 10 19 28 45
2019-06-20	10	2nd	27 28 29 39 44
2019-06-06	4	3rd	17 22 28 30 32
2019-05-31	2	3rd	11 24 28 32 46
2019-05-29	27	2nd	4 28 29 30 36
2019-04-20	4	1st	28 32 34 37 40
2019-04-16	21	3rd	9 16 28 39 48
2019-03-16	24	2nd	5 28 32 38 40
2019-02-12	3	4th	10 21 22 28 29
2019-02-07	4	3rd	22 27 28 32 37
2019-02-01	6	5th	3 12 21 24 28
2019-01-24	3	2nd	19 28 30 38 41
2019-01-19	9	4th	7 12 22 28 41
2019-01-08	2	1st	28 30 40 44 49
2019-01-04	13	2nd	22 28 31 42 45
2018-12-18	15	4th	6 14 24 28 47
2018-11-27	10	4th	5 17 23 28 49
2018-11-13	13	3rd	14 22 28 43 46
2018-10-25	7	4th	11 12 16 28 37
2018-10-16	4	3rd	18 25 28 36 39
2018-10-10	5	4th	1 3 20 28 50
2018-10-03	2	4th	6 19 23 28 30
2018-09-29	7	1st	28 30 37 40 41
2018-09-20	42	3rd	1 18 28 34 35
2018-07-24	10	3rd	8 17 28 31 41
2018-07-10	2	2nd	3 28 46 47 50
2018-07-06	17	2nd	6 28 39 40 41
2018-06-13	1	3rd	14 27 28 29 35
2018-06-12	3	5th	15 16 24 25 28
2018-06-07	17	4th	2 13 19 28 31
2018-05-15	7	4th	3 16 21 28 37
2018-05-04	4	4th	6 20 24 28 44
2018-04-28	5	4th	2 13 18 28 42
2018-04-21	15	3rd	19 21 28 47 48
2018-03-31	4	2nd	5 28 39 40 44
2018-03-27	7	4th	7 18 23 28 43
2018-03-16	18	2nd	11 28 31 36 49
2018-02-20	1	3rd	3 11 28 37 42
2018-02-17	3	2nd	1 28 32 39 40
2018-02-14	1	5th	3 12 22 23 28
2018-02-13	15	4th	6 16 25 28 32
2018-01-23	16	2nd	27 28 42 48 50
2017-12-30	1	2nd	17 28 30 41 50
2017-12-29	7	2nd	3 28 36 42 48
2017-12-20	1	2nd	25 28 36 48 49
2017-12-19	4	3rd	3 26 28 36 49
2017-12-13	2	5th	6 7 9 23 28
2017-12-09	37	3rd	22 24 28 32 33
2017-10-19	9	4th	3 9 16 28 31
2017-10-06	7	4th	3 7 23 28 31
2017-09-27	3	5th	3 8 14 17 28
2017-09-22	7	4th	4 7 24 28 50
2017-09-13	11	4th	7 21 26 28 50
2017-08-29	9	4th	7 21 26 28 48
2017-08-16	1	4th	18 22 24 28 40
2017-08-15	1	2nd	18 28 43 44 47
2017-08-12	12	4th	8 9 13 28 30
2017-07-27	3	3rd	1 6 28 29 39
2017-07-22	2	3rd	8 27 28 39 50
2017-07-20	17	3rd	19 22 28 33 49
2017-06-27	4	5th	4 6 12 24 28
2017-06-21	3	4th	21 24 27 28 48
2017-06-16	1	3rd	9 13 28 41 50
2017-06-15	4	3rd	20 26 28 35 48
2017-06-09	10	4th	3 5 17 28 49
2017-05-26	9	3rd	7 14 28 31 36
2017-05-13	9	3rd	7 23 28 32 44
2017-05-02	2	2nd	21 28 32 36 43
2017-04-28	5	2nd	27 28 30 33 41
2017-04-21	1	3rd	4 26 28 39 47
2017-04-20	6	2nd	20 28 40 44 46
2017-04-12	16	4th	14 18 22 28 41
2017-03-21	1	2nd	3 28 30 44 46
2017-03-18	1	3rd	8 9 28 38 39
2017-03-17	2	3rd	9 13 28 29 31
2017-03-15	9	4th	2 6 7 28 29
2017-03-02	12	5th	7 21 26 27 28
2017-02-14	8	2nd	22 28 30 35 45
2017-02-02	2	5th	5 15 20 22 28
2017-01-31	44	3rd	1 19 28 36 43
2016-11-30	5	3rd	7 25 28 29 32
2016-11-23	4	4th	5 18 27 28 36
2016-11-17	8	4th	2 19 20 28 38
2016-11-05	2	2nd	21 28 33 40 47
2016-11-03	16	5th	8 9 24 26 28
2016-10-12	29	4th	6 17 21 28 46
2016-09-01	5	5th	5 7 16 21 28
2016-08-25	13	4th	1 7 26 28 37
2016-08-03	4	5th	5 21 22 24 28
2016-07-28	25	3rd	3 26 28 31 41
2016-06-23	3	1st	28 32 35 39 50
2016-06-18	3	4th	6 9 27 28 37
2016-06-15	13	4th	3 20 21 28 46
2016-05-27	2	5th	2 20 25 26 28
2016-05-25	11	4th	8 11 23 28 38
2016-05-10	8	3rd	18 23 28 41 45
2016-04-28	11	2nd	17 28 38 42 48
2016-04-13	4	4th	1 8 23 28 41
2016-04-07	20	4th	11 12 19 28 30
2016-03-10	1	3rd	4 20 28 44 46
2016-03-09	7	4th	14 19 25 28 47
2016-02-27	11	5th	1 6 11 24 28
2016-02-12	5	2nd	7 28 32 44 49
2016-02-05	12	3rd	5 15 28 31 37
2016-01-20	4	5th	12 17 20 26 28
2016-01-14	1	4th	7 16 22 28 35
2016-01-13	3	4th	2 5 10 28 41
2016-01-08	6	3rd	3 7 28 33 39
2015-12-30	8	3rd	14 18 28 36 45
2015-12-17	11	4th	19 21 22 28 45
2015-12-02	12	3rd	10 25 28 41 49
2015-11-14	14	5th	5 9 19 20 28
2015-10-24	28	5th	3 9 11 20 28
2015-08-20	2	2nd	13 28 39 41 44
2015-08-15	19	4th	2 6 24 28 41
2015-06-13	1	3rd	2 6 28 36 46
2015-06-10	1	5th	4 17 24 26 28
2015-06-06	11	4th	14 18 20 28 35
2015-04-29	17	4th	4 5 14 28 42
2015-02-28	2	4th	12 25 27 28 30
2015-02-21	6	3rd	3 11 28 31 48
2015-01-31	4	4th	13 18 20 28 45
2015-01-17	18	3rd	22 26 28 38 46
2014-11-15	16	4th	4 5 23 28 42
2014-09-20	8	4th	3 7 26 28 41
2014-08-23	1	4th	18 23 24 28 43
2014-08-20	6	3rd	17 19 28 30 40
2014-07-30	4	4th	4 9 26 28 36
2014-07-16	3	4th	3 11 22 28 35
2014-07-05	14	5th	9 13 19 22 28
2014-05-17	6	4th	1 14 21 28 39
2014-04-26	13	3rd	14 16 28 38 47
2014-03-12	10	2nd	15 28 39 41 44
2014-02-05	9	4th	5 8 10 28 43
2014-01-04	3	5th	5 7 8 24 28
2013-12-24	3	2nd	26 28 31 38 42
2013-12-14	5	3rd	10 26 28 33 36
2013-11-27	7	4th	14 18 20 28 46
2013-11-02	2	2nd	21 28 31 36 39
2013-10-26	31	4th	5 14 26 28 48
2013-07-10	4	3rd	21 27 28 37 40
2013-06-26	2	3rd	25 27 28 35 36
2013-06-19	2	2nd	15 28 41 45 50
2013-06-12	—	4th	8 15 16 28 39