Number 28

In UK Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,065 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

254times drawn · chance expected 253 +0.08σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

49longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 254 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, +0.08σ. 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 45 times, counted separately.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 254 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 5 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 smallest3 · chance 3.0
2nd smallest19 · chance 24.0
3rd smallest89 · chance 69.2
4th smallest88 · chance 91.1
5th smallest44 · chance 54.7
6th smallest11 · chance 12.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 26 40 24 11 42

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

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2015-09-19	2	3rd	14 26 28 31 32 44
2015-09-12	6	3rd	14 20 28 31 40 46
2015-08-22	4	4th	7 19 22 28 40 44
2015-08-08	1	3rd

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2014-05-21	17	4th	2 5 9 28 29 48
2014-03-22	13	3rd	17 20 28 39 43 44
2014-02-05	7	3rd	12 13 28 33 46 49
2014-01-11	2	5th	22 23 25 27 28 46
2014-01-04	4	4th	4 11 18 28 41 44
2013-12-21	4	4th	12 18 25 28 33 40
2013-12-07	10	4th	10 12 17 28 30 42
2013-11-02	17	2nd	10 28 32 36 37 49
2013-09-04	8	6th	6 7 8 13 24 28
2013-08-07	13	5th	3 16 20 26 28 43
2013-06-22	3	4th	8 24 26 28 36 43
2013-06-12	49	6th	2 7 10 15 17 28
2012-12-22	2	3rd	4 14 28 34 43 44
2012-12-15	5	5th	6 19 22 23 28 29
2012-11-28	23	2nd	14 28 37 38 45 48
2012-09-08	3	5th	8 15 21 26 28 32
2012-08-29	2	4th	4 7 12 28 32 37
2012-08-22	12	4th	3 11 23 28 30 48
2012-07-11	5	3rd	12 19 28 29 38 49
2012-06-23	19	3rd	3 25 28 30 39 45
2012-04-18	12	6th	7 8 16 22 24 28
2012-03-07	1	4th	2 8 11 28 35 44
2012-03-03	5	4th	7 20 23 28 31 40
2012-02-15	5	2nd	9 28 30 33 40 44
2012-01-28	7	4th	10 12 25 28 31 40
2012-01-04	4	3rd	9 26 28 30 42 43
2011-12-21	2	2nd	7 28 30 34 38 45
2011-12-14	9	4th	3 10 25 28 30 43
2011-11-12	4	4th	6 12 13 28 33 38
2011-10-29	2	4th	5 9 14 28 46 49
2011-10-22	11	3rd	20 27 28 34 43 44
2011-09-14	11	2nd	23 28 29 37 38 42
2011-08-06	24	6th	1 14 18 24 26 28
2011-05-14	16	4th	8 18 27 28 46 48
2011-03-19	10	3rd	10 26 28 34 35 39
2011-02-12	29	4th	16 24 27 28 30 36
2010-11-03	18	3rd	13 21 28 37 39 45
2010-09-01	2	5th	7 20 21 27 28 41
2010-08-25	10	5th	5 10 12 17 28 30
2010-07-21	1	5th	8 16 25 27 28 34
2010-07-17	20	2nd	15 28 32 43 44 45
2010-05-08	2	3rd	1 26 28 32 46 48
2010-05-01	8	3rd	6 15 28 29 30 47
2010-04-03	3	4th	8 9 19 28 31 37
2010-03-24	3	4th	3 5 23 28 42 49
2010-03-13	2	3rd	23 25 28 33 44 49
2010-03-06	9	4th	6 13 27 28 34 42
2010-02-03	4	6th	3 11 12 20 21 28
2010-01-20	9	6th	2 16 17 18 27 28
2009-12-19	21	3rd	1 20 28 33 40 45
2009-10-07	2	3rd	26 27 28 43 45 46
2009-09-30	2	4th	2 10 15 28 36 41
2009-09-23	4	3rd	23 25 28 41 46 47
2009-09-09	2	4th	2 11 23 28 35 39
2009-09-02	9	5th	2 4 7 27 28 35
2009-08-01	4	4th	2 6 27 28 40 49
2009-07-18	2	3rd	9 27 28 33 39 41
2009-07-11	7	4th	4 6 10 28 35 39
2009-06-17	11	5th	8 10 11 14 28 36
2009-05-09	10	3rd	6 9 28 31 37 42
2009-04-04	2	3rd	11 18 28 32 36 39
2009-03-28	19	4th	2 17 19 28 31 47
2009-01-21	2	3rd	3 25 28 29 32 45
2009-01-14	9	3rd	3 18 28 37 39 42
2008-12-13	18	4th	2 4 16 28 37 47
2008-10-11	2	6th	20 21 23 24 27 28
2008-10-04	6	3rd	17 18 28 29 32 40
2008-09-13	13	3rd	5 21 28 29 40 44
2008-07-30	5	3rd	4 26 28 32 44 46
2008-07-12	2	3rd	16 27 28 29 30 42
2008-07-05	7	4th	2 22 26 28 30 39
2008-06-11	4	4th	1 8 22 28 35 44
2008-05-28	17	3rd	10 25 28 36 45 48
2008-03-29	13	3rd	11 17 28 31 40 43
2008-02-13	10	4th	9 14 24 28 32 41
2008-01-09	3	4th	14 24 26 28 44 49
2007-12-29	19	4th	4 13 23 28 30 32
2007-10-24	24	4th	14 16 24 28 45 48
2007-08-01	7	5th	3 6 15 23 28 42
2007-07-07	9	3rd	16 22 28 30 33 35
2007-06-06	3	4th	7 21 22 28 37 40
2007-05-26	3	5th	3 15 19 24 28 34
2007-05-16	5	6th	9 20 22 24 27 28
2007-04-28	10	4th	11 17 24 28 41 47
2007-03-24	6	4th	9 14 26 28 30 45
2007-03-03	12	5th	1 5 11 19 28 36
2007-01-20	2	4th	4 7 26 28 39 49
2007-01-13	18	5th	5 8 12 20 28 48
2006-11-11	14	3rd	23 24 28 33 34 41
2006-09-23	21	3rd	6 26 28 35 42 43
2006-07-12	3	5th	18 20 26 27 28 39
2006-07-01	8	2nd	18 28 33 37 39 42
2006-06-03	2	5th	4 6 7 9 28 39
2006-05-27	5	5th	5 8 12 24 28 31
2006-05-10	9	3rd	8 13 28 32 36 46
2006-04-08	11	5th	5 6 7 18 28 40
2006-03-01	6	4th	15 16 19 28 38 42
2006-02-08	7	3rd	9 27 28 31 41 42
2006-01-14	2	5th	4 8 16 23 28 47
2006-01-07	10	4th	8 14 19 28 29 48
2005-12-03	2	4th	2 10 11 28 36 47
2005-11-26	9	3rd	19 27 28 34 39 46
2005-10-26	46	4th	10 14 26 28 33 38
2005-05-18	15	5th	4 19 22 27 28 47
2005-03-26	15	4th	5 21 23 28 40 48
2005-02-02	4	3rd	2 19 28 33 44 49
2005-01-19	3	3rd	15 24 28 33 34 47
2005-01-08	14	4th	7 10 17 28 29 33
2004-11-20	1	5th	1 4 8 26 28 36
2004-11-17	15	5th	11 14 20 24 28 36
2004-09-25	2	3rd	3 10 28 29 42 43
2004-09-18	12	5th	5 10 13 14 28 42
2004-08-07	12	3rd	8 11 28 33 38 41
2004-06-26	2	4th	16 21 24 28 31 33
2004-06-19	9	3rd	2 23 28 31 42 45
2004-05-19	3	3rd	10 22 28 33 37 39
2004-05-08	10	4th	14 17 23 28 42 49
2004-04-03	11	4th	3 9 12 28 29 38
2004-02-25	10	3rd	6 21 28 34 38 41
2004-01-21	6	4th	3 11 25 28 34 45
2003-12-31	5	2nd	19 28 31 34 41 47
2003-12-13	3	4th	1 7 9 28 33 39
2003-12-03	16	2nd	2 28 34 35 38 47
2003-10-08	4	5th	6 22 25 26 28 44
2003-09-24	4	3rd	11 13 28 34 37 45
2003-09-10	8	3rd	9 25 28 37 41 48
2003-08-13	3	6th	10 15 16 18 19 28
2003-08-02	40	3rd	5 26 28 45 47 49
2003-03-15	7	4th	4 24 25 28 38 47
2003-02-19	22	5th	1 4 10 17 28 35
2002-12-04	9	5th	2 4 23 26 28 40
2002-11-02	5	2nd	5 28 32 39 42 48
2002-10-16	10	4th	13 19 25 28 34 45
2002-09-11	2	3rd	15 20 28 37 40 44
2002-09-04	3	3rd	2 23 28 33 45 47
2002-08-24	4	4th	4 17 26 28 38 46
2002-08-10	4	4th	13 16 23 28 31 32
2002-07-27	8	3rd	24 26 28 29 34 44
2002-06-29	6	3rd	4 25 28 36 42 49
2002-06-08	22	4th	15 16 18 28 36 47
2002-03-23	1	3rd	9 24 28 30 31 40
2002-03-20	6	4th	10 18 25 28 37 43
2002-02-27	5	3rd	6 12 28 31 39 44
2002-02-09	9	4th	7 15 20 28 40 48
2002-01-09	1	3rd	16 20 28 29 41 45
2002-01-05	5	3rd	2 16 28 34 41 42
2001-12-19	20	2nd	7 28 34 43 46 48
2001-10-10	19	3rd	18 26 28 30 38 46
2001-08-04	9	5th	4 7 11 15 28 47
2001-07-04	18	2nd	13 28 32 38 40 47
2001-05-02	8	5th	2 17 20 23 28 43
2001-04-04	11	5th	10 16 23 24 28 45
2001-02-24	9	4th	1 3 12 28 29 41
2001-01-24	3	3rd	10 11 28 29 31 39
2001-01-13	12	3rd	12 23 28 34 36 40
2000-12-02	1	3rd	2 19 28 37 46 47
2000-11-29	4	3rd	7 19 28 30 33 37
2000-11-15	1	3rd	13 19 28 31 41 44
2000-11-11	10	3rd	18 23 28 34 35 47
2000-10-07	3	4th	1 6 20 28 31 45
2000-09-27	18	4th	4 10 24 28 40 47
2000-07-26	6	2nd	2 28 29 40 43 47
2000-07-05	8	6th	6 11 19 23 25 28
2000-06-07	12	5th	2 5 20 24 28 39
2000-04-26	3	4th	4 9 14 28 36 39
2000-04-15	5	3rd	2 23 28 31 46 48
2000-03-29	4	5th	11 18 20 23 28 32
2000-03-15	3	4th	7 12 25 28 30 40
2000-03-04	11	5th	11 13 19 26 28 47
2000-01-26	16	4th	6 14 21 28 41 43
1999-12-01	5	1st	28 36 37 38 42 47
1999-11-13	1	4th	7 10 21 28 29 39
1999-11-10	11	5th	2 10 18 19 28 35
1999-10-02	3	3rd	3 14 28 37 38 49
1999-09-22	23	4th	6 16 21 28 37 44
1999-07-03	8	3rd	11 17 28 36 42 44
1999-06-05	14	4th	11 20 24 28 35 48
1999-04-17	25	3rd	3 16 28 29 41 46
1999-01-20	1	5th	4 8 14 19 28 40
1999-01-16	8	3rd	11 26 28 32 41 42
1998-12-19	2	5th	9 10 18 25 28 48
1998-12-12	3	2nd	26 28 38 39 41 46
1998-12-02	18	4th	7 11 16 28 37 49
1998-09-30	2	4th	10 12 14 28 31 38
1998-09-23	1	5th	9 11 14 26 28 39
1998-09-19	1	4th	24 26 27 28 34 40
1998-09-16	1	3rd	18 25 28 36 40 45
1998-09-12	1	5th	3 15 23 25 28 33
1998-09-09	14	5th	1 2 9 27 28 32
1998-07-22	6	1st	28 34 38 39 46 47
1998-07-01	6	3rd	17 18 28 40 44 46
1998-06-10	12	4th	2 9 26 28 33 46
1998-04-29	9	3rd	12 15 28 34 36 40
1998-03-28	5	4th	11 13 23 28 29 37
1998-03-11	2	4th	16 22 23 28 33 37
1998-03-04	5	2nd	6 28 30 34 41 45
1998-02-14	9	6th	8 13 14 17 20 28
1998-01-14	3	3rd	20 27 28 31 33 41
1998-01-03	2	4th	1 13 26 28 35 45
1997-12-27	10	3rd	14 21 28 31 40 46
1997-11-22	10	4th	8 14 24 28 39 45
1997-10-18	4	4th	4 9 25 28 32 46
1997-10-04	13	3rd	12 19 28 36 40 46
1997-08-20	5	4th	8 20 27 28 36 41
1997-08-02	3	3rd	2 16 28 37 43 47
1997-07-23	8	5th	4 11 21 27 28 34
1997-06-25	7	4th	12 17 27 28 38 40
1997-05-31	7	4th	2 5 9 28 29 45
1997-05-07	9	3rd	12 19 28 31 34 43
1997-04-05	9	3rd	1 3 28 31 41 46
1997-03-05	8	5th	7 12 20 24 28 43
1997-02-05	1	3rd	9 25 28 29 31 35
1997-02-01	1	4th	12 16 20 28 36 48
1997-01-25	23	3rd	1 24 28 31 35 47
1996-08-17	2	2nd	2 28 33 39 42 44
1996-08-03	15	4th	13 17 26 28 31 36
1996-04-20	3	2nd	9 28 29 31 40 48
1996-03-30	2	4th	12 26 27 28 37 49
1996-03-16	5	4th	2 12 19 28 38 48
1996-02-10	8	5th	4 11 14 15 28 42
1995-12-16	3	4th	7 8 23 28 35 49
1995-11-25	2	3rd	16 23 28 30 42 46
1995-11-11	5	4th	7 10 23 28 30 48
1995-10-07	5	3rd	10 22 28 30 36 37
1995-09-02	2	4th	1 15 22 28 40 49
1995-08-19	1	5th	5 8 23 24 28 48
1995-08-12	2	3rd	11 25 28 33 34 47
1995-07-29	10	1st	28 34 41 45 46 49
1995-05-20	1	4th	15 16 17 28 32 46
1995-05-13	—	5th	7 16 25 26 28 41