Number 28

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

197times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.82σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

45longest completed wait · 59% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 197 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, +0.82σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 197 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 45 · 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 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 smallest6 · chance 3.6
2nd smallest16 · chance 24.1
3rd smallest56 · chance 59.6
4th smallest74 · chance 67.7
5th smallest43 · chance 35.3
6th smallest2 · chance 6.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 11 43 44 15 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-04-17	16	1st	28 34 35 39 46 48
2025-03-10	2	3rd	20 22 28 29 32 48
2025-03-06	6	5th	14 22 25 26 28 37
2025-02-20

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: 28 is drawn with probability 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-08-17	2	4th	7 18 24 28 43 48
2023-08-12	7	3rd	11 25 28 29 39 46
2023-07-27	2	1st	28 34 41 44 47 48
2023-07-22	6	4th	11 21 26 28 29 45
2023-07-08	5	5th	2 4 13 20 28 45
2023-06-26	1	3rd	15 22 28 30 35 39
2023-06-24	3	5th	8 15 21 27 28 30
2023-06-17	7	4th	15 16 19 28 41 44
2023-06-01	4	4th	14 21 25 28 34 49
2023-05-22	4	4th	3 13 19 28 45 47
2023-05-13	12	4th	14 15 26 28 32 47
2023-04-15	3	3rd	22 26 28 32 44 48
2023-04-08	11	1st	28 36 37 42 43 44
2023-03-13	15	3rd	6 17 28 29 44 45
2023-02-06	2	4th	4 25 26 28 40 50
2023-02-02	31	4th	7 20 24 28 37 50
2022-11-21	6	4th	2 12 21 28 36 43
2022-11-07	1	3rd	8 14 28 38 47 48
2022-11-05	2	6th	7 14 16 23 25 28
2022-10-31	9	4th	6 20 24 28 43 44
2022-10-10	13	3rd	1 12 28 44 47 48
2022-09-10	3	3rd	16 21 28 37 39 44
2022-09-03	3	5th	9 17 23 26 28 39
2022-08-27	8	3rd	13 19 28 29 38 43
2022-08-08	3	4th	2 12 25 28 45 50
2022-08-01	9	2nd	21 28 30 31 37 48
2022-07-11	1	5th	12 17 24 27 28 37
2022-07-09	7	4th	3 12 17 28 37 44
2022-06-23	1	4th	18 22 24 28 41 44
2022-06-20	1	5th	2 4 19 26 28 43
2022-06-18	1	5th	4 6 7 24 28 29
2022-06-16	8	3rd	3 4 28 33 38 46
2022-05-28	5	4th	5 16 21 28 38 41
2022-05-16	2	3rd	7 15 28 32 34 49
2022-05-12	4	4th	10 15 17 28 29 49
2022-05-02	4	3rd	6 9 28 30 34 41
2022-04-23	11	3rd	13 15 28 29 31 44
2022-03-28	7	4th	11 15 24 28 31 45
2022-03-12	27	3rd	3 16 28 30 32 35
2022-01-08	33	3rd	4 7 28 36 40 44
2021-10-23	16	3rd	2 10 28 31 33 47
2021-09-16	1	4th	11 17 22 28 36 49
2021-09-13	2	4th	4 12 27 28 29 48
2021-09-09	5	3rd	6 7 28 31 40 50
2021-08-28	2	3rd	2 19 28 36 38 39
2021-08-23	12	4th	11 23 26 28 31 45
2021-07-26	7	5th	14 15 17 21 28 38
2021-07-10	12	3rd	9 17 28 29 47 48
2021-06-12	24	3rd	11 16 28 29 43 49
2021-04-17	14	4th	7 15 20 28 42 44
2021-03-15	5	3rd	3 9 28 43 44 50
2021-03-04	1	4th	3 17 18 28 33 42
2021-03-01	13	3rd	4 7 28 39 47 50
2021-01-30	6	3rd	3 18 28 33 42 48
2021-01-16	2	2nd	26 28 32 36 39 52
2021-01-11	6	3rd	11 21 28 29 39 45
2020-12-28	3	5th	2 6 13 27 28 35
2020-12-21	13	6th	1 14 18 20 27 28
2020-11-21	4	4th	1 17 26 28 51 52
2020-11-12	17	4th	16 20 26 28 35 36
2020-10-03	27	4th	3 7 26 28 31 39
2020-08-01	4	5th	4 20 21 27 28 35
2020-07-23	7	3rd	4 26 28 33 43 51
2020-07-06	4	2nd	23 28 41 43 45 50
2020-06-27	1	4th	13 16 19 28 39 43
2020-06-25	10	5th	8 13 14 26 28 32
2020-06-01	6	4th	11 15 27 28 33 44
2020-05-18	15	4th	11 13 22 28 36 43
2020-04-13	1	2nd	4 28 31 37 38 50
2020-04-11	10	3rd	21 23 28 32 33 45
2020-03-19	2	5th	5 6 13 17 28 51
2020-03-14	1	5th	2 11 14 26 28 37
2020-03-12	3	5th	14 15 16 23 28 34
2020-03-05	1	4th	2 12 25 28 31 32
2020-03-02	7	2nd	11 28 29 46 47 51
2020-02-15	4	3rd	11 13 28 29 31 43
2020-02-06	3	4th	2 25 27 28 30 37
2020-01-30	9	5th	1 12 15 24 28 48
2020-01-09	16	5th	3 14 16 18 28 49
2019-12-02	17	2nd	7 28 32 36 39 45
2019-10-24	4	3rd	3 19 28 35 48 50
2019-10-14	12	3rd	2 23 28 33 50 51
2019-09-16	10	3rd	3 10 28 43 44 47
2019-08-24	2	3rd	10 27 28 32 34 44
2019-08-19	1	3rd	24 27 28 39 41 46
2019-08-17	5	4th	3 16 22 28 46 49
2019-08-05	3	4th	4 11 19 28 32 51
2019-07-29	3	4th	1 12 13 28 36 43
2019-07-22	5	5th	11 14 18 21 28 47
2019-07-11	3	4th	10 11 19 28 35 52
2019-07-04	2	5th	2 4 19 20 28 42
2019-06-29	5	4th	8 10 24 28 31 49
2019-06-17	14	4th	10 17 24 28 40 47
2019-05-16	2	2nd	1 28 29 33 39 45
2019-05-11	30	4th	3 25 26 28 47 52
2019-03-02	10	5th	3 12 22 25 28 29
2019-02-07	1	5th	5 6 17 26 28 52
2019-02-04	3	5th	8 9 12 16 28 40
2019-01-28	11	3rd	6 7 28 32 45 50
2019-01-03	3	3rd	21 26 28 30 39 43
2018-12-27	2	1st	28 30 37 41 42 45
2018-12-22	7	1st	28 31 35 41 45 47
2018-12-06	5	4th	1 3 23 28 31 40
2018-11-24	7	4th	11 23 26 28 48 51
2018-11-08	1	4th	4 5 19 28 39 46
2018-11-05	18	3rd	3 5 28 40 41 51
2018-09-24	9	3rd	5 15 28 38 40 43
2018-09-03	2	3rd	5 24 28 30 50 52
2018-08-30	7	4th	4 11 23 28 31 43
2018-08-13	4	3rd	10 11 28 38 40 49
2018-08-04	1	3rd	9 23 28 33 45 49
2018-08-02	7	3rd	6 9 28 33 36 50
2018-07-16	20	5th	4 5 15 25 28 38
2018-05-31	13	2nd	3 28 33 43 48 50
2018-04-30	2	5th	2 13 14 15 28 39
2018-04-26	9	3rd	10 27 28 39 42 52
2018-04-05	3	3rd	6 10 28 30 36 42
2018-03-29	23	5th	10 18 20 22 28 34
2018-02-03	2	5th	10 14 16 20 28 44
2018-01-29	3	4th	3 10 24 28 36 38
2018-01-22	7	4th	11 19 26 28 48 49
2018-01-06	16	3rd	16 27 28 37 49 52
2017-11-30	7	4th	7 11 13 28 37 45
2017-11-13	21	5th	4 13 14 26 28 37
2017-09-25	3	4th	2 6 16 28 34 50
2017-09-18	1	4th	8 16 27 28 32 51
2017-09-16	2	2nd	16 28 30 32 48 52
2017-09-11	12	4th	14 19 21 28 38 41
2017-08-14	20	3rd	11 14 28 37 43 52
2017-06-29	11	2nd	2 28 30 32 43 49
2017-06-03	4	3rd	2 20 28 35 36 40
2017-05-25	1	4th	3 6 19 28 34 36
2017-05-22	3	2nd	1 28 33 34 35 49
2017-05-15	2	3rd	2 18 28 31 40 50
2017-05-11	8	5th	1 7 9 17 28 30
2017-04-22	12	5th	5 16 26 27 28 52
2017-03-25	2	4th	2 23 26 28 38 42
2017-03-20	3	3rd	6 15 28 29 44 46
2017-03-13	3	4th	3 9 26 28 44 49
2017-03-06	22	5th	4 5 22 25 28 39
2017-01-14	3	4th	7 10 14 28 37 38
2017-01-07	8	2nd	26 28 36 43 46 48
2016-12-19	12	4th	5 7 21 28 35 51
2016-11-21	4	4th	2 17 19 28 32 33
2016-11-12	1	5th	1 7 10 13 28 46
2016-11-10	6	4th	8 13 24 28 38 39
2016-10-27	5	2nd	5 28 33 41 42 50
2016-10-15	21	4th	1 9 15 28 29 31
2016-08-27	6	5th	1 11 18 26 28 48
2016-08-13	1	2nd	6 28 30 34 49 51
2016-08-11	3	4th	11 15 26 28 30 35
2016-08-04	4	3rd	16 24 28 33 48 50
2016-07-25	9	4th	6 11 23 28 34 51
2016-07-04	31	4th	4 18 27 28 50 52
2016-04-23	1	4th	15 16 23 28 32 49
2016-04-21	2	4th	9 16 23 28 34 51
2016-04-16	2	5th	9 14 16 26 28 29
2016-04-11	1	1st	28 29 33 35 45 50
2016-04-09	2	5th	5 12 13 25 28 42
2016-04-04	5	3rd	14 23 28 32 38 45
2016-03-24	5	4th	1 3 26 28 48 49
2016-03-12	11	5th	10 11 14 24 28 51
2016-02-15	5	5th	1 9 11 17 28 41
2016-02-04	13	3rd	16 20 28 29 44 47
2016-01-04	2	3rd	10 15 28 36 43 45
2015-12-31	8	4th	7 11 20 28 40 52
2015-12-12	22	3rd	7 21 28 41 44 45
2015-10-22	10	4th	5 19 26 28 38 42
2015-09-28	10	4th	1 3 19 28 30 44
2015-09-05	35	3rd	12 21 28 43 44 47
2015-06-15	8	3rd	4 21 28 29 30 31
2015-05-28	2	5th	5 8 13 16 28 31
2015-05-23	—	2nd	5 28 35 42 50 52