Number 38

In Jackpot Triple Play under the 6/46 + 1/0 · Apr 2022 – May 2025 rules — 320 draws, 6 from 1–46 (an earlier era).

31times drawn · chance expected 42 −1.78σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.7

39longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 31 times in 320 draws against 41.7 expected, −1.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 31 times in 320 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 4 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest1 · chance 0.1
3rd smallest2 · chance 0.9
4th smallest6 · chance 5.5
5th smallest13 · chance 13.4
6th smallest9 · chance 11.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 3.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

44 31 2 12 15 24

Never drawn alongside 2 of the other 45 numbers; chance expects about 1 such strangers 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 46. 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
2025-05-02	8	5th	1 6 7 37 38 41
2025-04-04	17	2nd	2 38 41 42 43 46
2025-02-04	2	4th	2 20 37 38 44 45
2025-01-28	7	6th	8 12 17 28 30 38
2025-01-03	3	6th	4 12 15 24 28 38
2024-12-24	4	6th	12 13 15 20 24 38
2024-12-10	3	5th	4 12 18 26 38 44
2024-11-29	11	5th	3 17 31 32 38 39
2024-10-22	9	4th	20 21 24 38 40 41
2024-09-20	3	6th	7 17 19 31 36 38
2024-09-10	7	6th	3 6 18 25 31 38
2024-08-16	8	5th	14 22 28 32 38 41
2024-07-19	2	5th	5 19 24 33 38 44
2024-07-12	7	6th	2 4 14 15 31 38
2024-06-18	39	3rd	22 29 38 40 42 44
2024-02-02	2	5th	2 24 26 34 38 44
2024-01-26	20	5th	1 12 26 29 38 40
2023-11-17	14	4th	15 31 37 38 40 44
2023-09-29	21	6th	6 10 17 22 31 38
2023-07-18	6	6th	2 6 10 23 27 38
2023-06-27	13	5th	6 19 28 34 38 39
2023-05-12	2	4th	13 20 33 38 40 43
2023-05-05	10	4th	2 16 19 38 42 44
2023-03-31	5	5th	2 7 30 37 38 44

The other 7 appearances

2023-03-14	3	6th	4 10 12 20 22 38
2023-03-03	2	3rd	1 3 38 39 40 45
2023-02-24	19	5th	7 8 15 23 38 44
2022-12-20

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 6/46 tonight whatever it did last week.

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