Number 38

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

91times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.42σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 93% for any number

15.5average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

76longest completed wait · 40% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 91 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 14 times, counted separately.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 91 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 15.5 draws · longest completed wait 76 · waiting 2 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 38 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 smallest6 · chance 5.7
2nd smallest25 · chance 22.0
3rd smallest28 · chance 32.3
4th smallest24 · chance 22.6
5th smallest8 · chance 7.5
6th smallest0 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

71 1 2 8 17 82

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.5 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 — 38th 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 above 31 ×0.86

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2009-06-25	1	3rd	23 36 38 52 62 63
2009-06-23	1	4th	2 3 37 38 58 59
2009-06-20	21	3rd	1 7 38 58 62 78

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2007-05-31	5	4th	7 21 36 38 77 79
2007-05-19	4	5th	7 8 13 17 38 43
2007-05-10	6	2nd	32 38 55 58 66 85
2007-04-26	37	2nd	36 38 54 56 75 85
2007-01-30	46	3rd	1 23 38 50 60 77
2006-10-14	38	3rd	12 37 38 42 79 82
2006-07-18	28	4th	3 27 30 38 43 60
2006-05-13	21	3rd	11 31 38 50 59 62
2006-03-25	19	5th	16 20 29 31 38 45
2006-02-09	4	3rd	7 33 38 51 53 67
2006-01-31	8	2nd	34 38 53 60 72 88
2006-01-12	3	3rd	26 30 38 55 69 75
2006-01-05	12	4th	8 27 29 38 64 82
2005-12-09	1	4th	15 23 35 38 69 89
2005-12-06	19	2nd	18 38 43 57 73 88
2005-10-22	33	3rd	24 35 38 61 70 86
2005-08-06	4	5th	1 4 22 24 38 46
2005-07-28	14	4th	8 18 25 38 41 43
2005-06-25	21	3rd	4 8 38 60 82 89
2005-04-16	16	5th	5 13 20 32 38 59
2005-02-19	22	4th	22 26 32 38 42 86
2004-12-04	4	3rd	20 24 38 42 44 79
2004-11-20	2	3rd	29 30 38 54 66 78
2004-11-13	28	4th	2 21 33 38 45 46
2004-08-07	16	3rd	8 29 38 53 77 80
2004-06-12	35	1st	38 44 46 55 67 85
2004-02-11	21	3rd	12 19 38 43 52 85
2003-11-29	41	1st	38 50 63 65 84 88
2003-07-09	9	2nd	36 38 39 66 76 83
2003-06-07	7	3rd	15 37 38 57 76 87
2003-05-14	1	3rd	16 21 38 44 67 87
2003-05-10	3	2nd	22 38 46 47 77 86
2003-04-30	76	2nd	35 38 60 68 74 86
2002-08-24	3	4th	8 25 26 38 66 79
2002-08-14	9	5th	5 7 20 25 38 59
2002-07-13	5	2nd	21 38 63 70 71 83
2002-06-26	5	4th	9 11 17 38 81 88
2002-06-08	2	2nd	1 38 70 75 83 86
2002-06-01	1	1st	38 50 58 80 85 90
2002-05-29	18	3rd	21 36 38 72 79 82
2002-03-27	1	4th	3 11 16 38 69 82
2002-03-23	55	4th	1 29 35 38 45 51
2001-09-15	7	3rd	2 14 38 53 56 71
2001-08-22	35	3rd	10 12 38 57 72 84
2001-04-21	19	5th	2 7 12 31 38 71
2001-02-14	32	3rd	15 22 38 62 83 86
2000-10-25	40	2nd	2 38 39 41 61 76
2000-06-07	7	4th	2 4 23 38 53 59
2000-05-13	11	2nd	32 38 40 59 62 79
2000-04-05	26	4th	10 17 33 38 67 71
2000-01-05	1	5th	2 13 31 37 38 82
2000-01-03	25	2nd	17 38 48 51 55 62
1999-10-06	1	1st	38 58 61 64 82 87
1999-10-02	2	3rd	6 10 38 48 49 65
1999-09-25	5	4th	6 27 37 38 47 79
1999-09-08	1	2nd	15 38 48 74 75 80
1999-09-04	14	1st	38 40 41 69 76 81
1999-07-17	3	4th	5 22 35 38 74 82
1999-07-07	13	1st	38 46 63 82 83 87
1999-05-22	55	3rd	3 28 38 43 73 75
1998-11-11	29	2nd	19 38 60 80 81 90
1998-08-01	10	4th	5 14 37 38 50 72
1998-06-27	5	3rd	2 16 38 40 44 57
1998-06-10	15	4th	5 14 17 38 64 68
1998-04-18	8	2nd	17 38 47 56 76 85
1998-03-21	1	3rd	17 30 38 51 77 80
1998-03-18	—	4th	1 5 17 38 61 71