Number 28

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009 rules — 1,425 draws, 6 from 1–90 (an earlier era).

84times drawn · chance expected 95 −1.17σ

26draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

16.5average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

116longest completed wait · 3% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 84 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −1.17σ. Each draw is independent: after 26 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 21 times, counted separately.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 84 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 16.5 draws · longest completed wait 116 · waiting 26 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest18 · chance 13.1
2nd smallest27 · chance 30.5
3rd smallest25 · chance 26.9
4th smallest11 · chance 11.2
5th smallest2 · chance 2.2
6th smallest1 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

63 85 6 77 86 3

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 89 numbers; chance expects about 0.8 such strangers 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 90. 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
2009-04-30	30	1st	28 64 65 77 85 89
2009-02-19	11	1st	28 30 32 33 34 52
2009-01-24	18	5th	2 4 13 23 28 68

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2007-03-24	13	1st	28 45 60 63 74 86
2007-02-22	12	1st	28 44 51 72 81 90
2007-01-25	13	4th	4 6 26 28 53 64
2006-12-27	4	3rd	3 11 28 29 68 88
2006-12-16	3	2nd	14 28 40 52 54 83
2006-12-09	13	3rd	21 23 28 48 49 54
2006-11-09	22	3rd	5 6 28 61 77 87
2006-09-19	15	6th	4 6 8 14 21 28
2006-08-16	20	3rd	8 25 28 57 71 72
2006-06-29	47	2nd	27 28 56 67 75 86
2006-03-11	39	2nd	26 28 55 61 62 85
2005-12-10	7	3rd	20 27 28 46 64 85
2005-11-24	27	2nd	25 28 34 44 57 80
2005-09-22	4	2nd	18 28 34 46 66 82
2005-09-13	12	4th	18 21 24 28 74 77
2005-08-16	3	3rd	18 22 28 33 57 71
2005-08-09	4	4th	3 8 13 28 50 61
2005-07-30	6	2nd	25 28 29 54 74 88
2005-07-16	2	3rd	8 22 28 36 74 85
2005-07-12	13	3rd	5 24 28 41 51 73
2005-06-08	18	3rd	6 8 28 29 32 73
2005-04-06	11	1st	28 41 56 75 83 90
2005-02-26	7	3rd	4 23 28 60 64 65
2005-02-02	34	1st	28 32 46 49 85 87
2004-10-06	116	4th	3 11 19 28 52 87
2003-08-27	9	4th	1 8 22 28 64 77
2003-07-26	19	4th	3 4 8 28 77 86
2003-05-21	14	2nd	5 28 48 53 75 88
2003-04-02	25	2nd	27 28 40 63 67 78
2003-01-04	41	4th	16 17 26 28 37 85
2002-08-31	16	2nd	21 28 29 36 45 54
2002-07-06	14	3rd	3 15 28 76 83 86
2002-05-18	11	2nd	13 28 31 58 59 79
2002-04-10	11	2nd	2 28 43 57 79 90
2002-03-02	8	3rd	19 26 28 45 86 88
2002-02-02	28	2nd	21 28 60 68 71 88
2001-10-31	5	5th	5 11 17 21 28 63
2001-10-13	6	2nd	13 28 45 58 70 86
2001-09-22	55	4th	22 26 27 28 72 73
2001-03-14	6	1st	28 35 36 62 66 70
2001-02-21	6	2nd	6 28 46 55 56 62
2001-01-31	3	1st	28 46 65 70 77 86
2001-01-20	19	3rd	14 25 28 42 82 90
2000-11-15	3	4th	1 25 26 28 53 79
2000-11-04	18	3rd	19 21 28 50 53 62
2000-09-02	20	1st	28 44 49 57 64 89
2000-06-24	30	2nd	1 28 52 53 63 77
2000-03-11	6	1st	28 42 46 56 74 87
2000-02-19	5	2nd	25 28 37 51 54 81
2000-02-02	14	3rd	12 13 28 30 47 63
1999-12-15	32	3rd	18 21 28 35 41 85
1999-08-25	27	3rd	1 25 28 39 51 89
1999-05-22	5	2nd	3 28 38 43 73 75
1999-05-05	39	3rd	3 10 28 71 81 88
1998-12-19	19	4th	3 6 13 28 49 50
1998-10-14	5	2nd	15 28 42 55 76 88
1998-09-26	41	1st	28 31 40 67 74 90
1998-05-06	1	2nd	5 28 33 64 81 84
1998-05-02	17	4th	6 12 23 28 77 79
1998-03-04	—	1st	28 36 59 79 84 88