Number 38

In Fantasy 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,098 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

264times drawn · chance expected 269 −0.32σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 33% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

50longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 264 times in 2,098 draws against 269.0 expected, −0.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 264 times in 2,098 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 9 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest26 · chance 27.8
5th smallest238 · chance 236.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 2 28 37 26 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 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 — 32nd most popular of 39. 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
2015-09-24	15	5th	6 33 34 37 38
2015-09-09	5	5th	3 4 29 33 38
2015-09-04	3	5th	17 20 30 36 38
2015-09-01	16	5th	16 18

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2015-03-04	4	5th	17 19 30 31 38
2015-02-28	1	5th	7 10 14 21 38
2015-02-27	1	5th	5 10 12 36 38
2015-02-26	1	5th	3 6 9 16 38
2015-02-25	12	5th	7 15 19 26 38
2015-02-13	3	5th	8 10 17 30 38
2015-02-10	3	5th	3 5 6 30 38
2015-02-07	12	5th	9 17 24 28 38
2015-01-26	12	5th	5 13 19 29 38
2015-01-14	5	5th	11 35 36 37 38
2015-01-09	1	5th	3 7 10 36 38
2015-01-08	8	5th	14 19 21 27 38
2014-12-31	10	5th	20 24 32 35 38
2014-12-21	2	5th	14 21 29 30 38
2014-12-19	13	5th	9 14 15 16 38
2014-12-06	7	5th	9 10 11 20 38
2014-11-29	9	5th	2 14 31 35 38
2014-11-20	5	5th	11 16 28 33 38
2014-11-15	31	4th	10 17 18 38 39
2014-10-15	28	5th	1 19 32 34 38
2014-09-17	12	5th	1 6 16 25 38
2014-09-05	6	5th	15 19 22 24 38
2014-08-30	3	5th	3 11 20 22 38
2014-08-27	2	4th	15 20 29 38 39
2014-08-25	10	5th	11 12 15 17 38
2014-08-15	2	5th	14 16 30 32 38
2014-08-13	18	5th	2 5 6 22 38
2014-07-26	12	5th	18 23 27 36 38
2014-07-14	3	5th	7 12 18 35 38
2014-07-11	16	5th	14 18 19 37 38
2014-06-25	17	5th	9 13 23 27 38
2014-06-08	1	5th	7 11 32 33 38
2014-06-07	5	4th	7 27 28 38 39
2014-06-02	10	5th	7 11 16 37 38
2014-05-23	1	5th	4 16 19 21 38
2014-05-22	7	5th	31 32 34 35 38
2014-05-15	2	5th	5 21 30 36 38
2014-05-13	12	5th	1 5 17 30 38
2014-05-01	3	5th	5 11 14 24 38
2014-04-28	2	5th	9 10 21 26 38
2014-04-26	16	5th	9 15 17 25 38
2014-04-10	14	5th	1 2 8 9 38
2014-03-27	26	5th	2 8 25 32 38
2014-03-01	2	4th	22 34 36 38 39
2014-02-27	27	5th	6 7 9 37 38
2014-01-31	4	5th	1 8 18 36 38
2014-01-27	1	5th	16 28 34 37 38
2014-01-26	2	5th	21 25 28 33 38
2014-01-24	1	5th	5 18 20 22 38
2014-01-23	7	5th	4 20 22 35 38
2014-01-16	11	4th	28 30 33 38 39
2014-01-05	19	5th	5 11 14 32 38
2013-12-17	2	5th	10 15 22 27 38
2013-12-15	3	5th	1 17 18 33 38
2013-12-12	1	5th	14 27 28 37 38
2013-12-11	5	5th	2 5 25 30 38
2013-12-06	1	5th	11 17 30 34 38
2013-12-05	7	5th	4 14 15 33 38
2013-11-28	4	5th	13 15 25 27 38
2013-11-24	5	5th	4 11 26 33 38
2013-11-19	12	5th	9 14 28 37 38
2013-11-07	3	4th	23 26 37 38 39
2013-11-04	15	5th	5 12 19 35 38
2013-10-20	1	5th	4 7 11 36 38
2013-10-19	12	4th	8 14 20 38 39
2013-10-07	5	5th	11 17 20 37 38
2013-10-02	2	5th	16 17 27 31 38
2013-09-30	10	5th	10 12 13 16 38
2013-09-20	11	4th	6 10 26 38 39
2013-09-09	11	5th	11 16 18 33 38
2013-08-29	7	5th	8 11 15 19 38
2013-08-22	7	5th	20 34 36 37 38
2013-08-15	1	5th	26 27 28 32 38
2013-08-14	2	5th	11 15 26 34 38
2013-08-12	16	5th	8 12 17 20 38
2013-07-27	4	5th	8 17 29 32 38
2013-07-23	2	5th	1 2 12 33 38
2013-07-21	16	5th	12 13 20 27 38
2013-07-05	5	5th	6 8 9 30 38
2013-06-30	14	5th	2 10 27 35 38
2013-06-16	32	5th	2 4 26 32 38
2013-05-15	9	5th	9 11 14 32 38
2013-05-06	1	5th	10 15 24 36 38
2013-05-05	10	5th	18 23 26 35 38
2013-04-25	4	5th	4 7 14 24 38
2013-04-21	5	5th	1 7 8 33 38
2013-04-16	12	5th	1 34 36 37 38
2013-04-04	4	4th	20 22 32 38 39
2013-03-31	8	5th	13 18 29 36 38
2013-03-23	2	5th	2 3 17 28 38
2013-03-21	6	5th	3 7 8 11 38
2013-03-15	1	5th	3 22 24 30 38
2013-03-14	7	5th	9 17 24 33 38
2013-03-07	25	5th	5 7 8 22 38
2013-02-10	6	5th	5 11 12 29 38
2013-02-04	6	5th	5 8 13 24 38
2013-01-29	11	5th	8 22 36 37 38
2013-01-18	15	5th	12 14 20 27 38
2013-01-03	3	5th	5 19 23 35 38
2012-12-31	5	5th	17 24 34 36 38
2012-12-26	14	5th	1 14 20 31 38
2012-12-12	10	5th	2 4 27 29 38
2012-12-02	4	4th	7 8 32 38 39
2012-11-28	6	5th	2 9 12 35 38
2012-11-22	7	5th	20 25 31 32 38
2012-11-15	12	5th	3 12 16 32 38
2012-11-03	7	5th	8 14 18 35 38
2012-10-27	4	4th	5 13 27 38 39
2012-10-23	7	5th	8 19 26 31 38
2012-10-16	2	5th	2 3 35 37 38
2012-10-14	4	5th	9 11 13 20 38
2012-10-10	4	5th	15 31 34 36 38
2012-10-06	3	5th	14 26 35 37 38
2012-10-03	3	5th	2 5 8 21 38
2012-09-30	12	5th	13 16 20 29 38
2012-09-18	31	5th	4 16 17 35 38
2012-08-18	2	5th	3 16 19 29 38
2012-08-16	5	5th	3 5 33 35 38
2012-08-11	14	5th	19 20 21 35 38
2012-07-28	3	5th	28 30 31 34 38
2012-07-25	6	4th	4 13 26 38 39
2012-07-19	4	5th	3 20 34 36 38
2012-07-15	12	5th	6 12 26 28 38
2012-07-03	4	5th	15 19 27 28 38
2012-06-29	10	5th	1 18 31 33 38
2012-06-19	4	5th	2 18 27 32 38
2012-06-15	15	5th	18 20 24 26 38
2012-05-31	13	5th	9 32 35 36 38
2012-05-18	5	5th	2 9 11 28 38
2012-05-13	15	5th	3 23 26 29 38
2012-04-28	5	5th	17 25 31 37 38
2012-04-23	7	5th	4 6 17 35 38
2012-04-16	3	5th	6 7 21 22 38
2012-04-13	1	4th	5 7 37 38 39
2012-04-12	1	5th	6 20 22 34 38
2012-04-11	2	5th	3 4 15 32 38
2012-04-09	12	5th	10 18 29 33 38
2012-03-28	15	5th	10 11 26 37 38
2012-03-13	1	5th	8 9 12 16 38
2012-03-12	5	4th	15 23 28 38 39
2012-03-07	9	4th	27 30 31 38 39
2012-02-27	15	5th	8 9 18 23 38
2012-02-12	3	5th	2 6 22 23 38
2012-02-09	8	5th	6 19 22 27 38
2012-02-01	1	4th	15 19 29 38 39
2012-01-31	6	5th	8 10 21 35 38
2012-01-25	16	4th	8 23 28 38 39
2012-01-09	7	5th	2 8 11 12 38
2012-01-02	4	5th	6 10 17 36 38
2011-12-29	4	5th	25 28 31 36 38
2011-12-25	2	5th	7 20 26 29 38
2011-12-23	27	5th	10 14 28 33 38
2011-11-26	28	5th	5 23 27 35 38
2011-10-29	1	5th	6 11 13 35 38
2011-10-28	1	5th	4 9 17 29 38
2011-10-27	5	5th	1 34 36 37 38
2011-10-22	2	5th	13 24 25 27 38
2011-10-20	4	5th	4 25 28 34 38
2011-10-16	11	5th	3 7 8 30 38
2011-10-05	6	5th	5 8 10 19 38
2011-09-29	9	5th	1 16 26 29 38
2011-09-20	3	5th	1 27 28 33 38
2011-09-17	12	5th	2 12 15 33 38
2011-09-05	2	5th	2 13 16 33 38
2011-09-03	1	5th	7 29 30 37 38
2011-09-02	16	5th	6 9 17 35 38
2011-08-16	1	4th	25 26 35 38 39
2011-08-15	7	4th	8 13 18 38 39
2011-08-06	2	5th	18 24 29 33 38
2011-08-04	1	5th	8 19 30 37 38
2011-08-03	24	5th	11 18 24 31 38
2011-07-10	11	5th	18 20 24 33 38
2011-06-29	8	5th	24 26 28 30 38
2011-06-21	21	5th	7 14 18 24 38
2011-05-31	2	5th	1 16 22 37 38
2011-05-29	22	5th	3 6 7 26 38
2011-05-07	12	5th	10 14 21 33 38
2011-04-25	2	5th	4 12 22 28 38
2011-04-23	15	5th	5 6 15 21 38
2011-04-07	30	5th	2 7 8 32 38
2011-03-08	4	5th	9 10 17 28 38
2011-03-04	4	5th	4 11 27 34 38
2011-02-28	8	5th	3 5 7 14 38
2011-02-20	1	5th	5 13 14 27 38
2011-02-19	2	5th	18 19 21 29 38
2011-02-17	4	5th	2 17 33 36 38
2011-02-13	2	4th	14 26 32 38 39
2011-02-11	7	5th	2 22 28 31 38
2011-02-04	7	5th	3 7 14 26 38
2011-01-28	3	5th	2 27 28 37 38
2011-01-25	50	5th	14 19 20 32 38
2010-12-06	3	5th	7 20 21 31 38
2010-12-03	3	5th	5 19 23 32 38
2010-11-30	12	5th	13 19 28 37 38
2010-11-18	10	5th	12 16 25 36 38
2010-11-08	5	5th	5 6 36 37 38
2010-11-03	23	5th	1 9 18 32 38
2010-10-11	6	5th	19 26 33 35 38
2010-10-05	4	5th	9 14 35 37 38
2010-10-01	18	5th	1 11 24 25 38
2010-09-13	1	5th	3 10 18 34 38
2010-09-12	6	5th	6 9 23 26 38
2010-09-06	15	5th	10 15 22 24 38
2010-08-22	1	5th	2 7 14 34 38
2010-08-21	9	5th	2 19 20 27 38
2010-08-12	18	5th	3 16 23 24 38
2010-07-25	1	5th	3 8 12 14 38
2010-07-24	3	4th	1 11 26 38 39
2010-07-21	1	5th	3 6 12 37 38
2010-07-20	10	5th	1 2 14 33 38
2010-07-10	1	5th	6 14 26 30 38
2010-07-09	2	5th	2 15 24 28 38
2010-07-07	17	5th	15 25 26 34 38
2010-06-20	2	4th	10 24 30 38 39
2010-06-18	10	5th	4 17 18 31 38
2010-06-08	5	5th	12 21 22 27 38
2010-06-03	2	5th	6 14 28 34 38
2010-06-01	6	5th	2 3 25 29 38
2010-05-26	2	5th	10 17 18 33 38
2010-05-24	3	5th	8 19 23 32 38
2010-05-21	4	5th	15 16 24 28 38
2010-05-17	31	5th	17 24 26 28 38
2010-04-16	5	5th	4 6 18 36 38
2010-04-11	3	5th	5 13 14 26 38
2010-04-08	15	5th	5 6 34 37 38
2010-03-24	3	5th	12 34 36 37 38
2010-03-21	11	5th	18 22 25 35 38
2010-03-10	3	5th	8 15 32 37 38
2010-03-07	7	5th	19 20 26 33 38
2010-02-28	3	5th	5 16 30 33 38
2010-02-25	1	5th	2 24 29 35 38
2010-02-24	2	5th	2 8 12 20 38
2010-02-22	8	5th	6 8 22 37 38
2010-02-14	4	5th	6 15 19 26 38
2010-02-10	16	4th	12 31 37 38 39
2010-01-25	8	5th	4 14 17 26 38
2010-01-17	9	5th	7 11 31 34 38
2010-01-08	4	5th	5 9 11 24 38
2010-01-04	1	5th	2 9 34 37 38
2010-01-03	—	5th	5 28 34 35 38