Number 28

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · Apr 2014 – Jun 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

136times drawn · chance expected 141 −0.45σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

62longest completed wait · 5% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 136 times in 1,156 draws against 141.0 expected, −0.45σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 136 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 62 · waiting 1 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 smallest0 · chance 1.1
2nd smallest14 · chance 11.5
3rd smallest41 · chance 40.7
4th smallest50 · chance 56.6
5th smallest31 · chance 26.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 14 25 1 5 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2017-06-17	13	4th	3 4 5 28 41
2017-06-04	6	3rd	9 14 28 29 37
2017-05-29	34	5th	4 14 16 17 28
2017-04-25	3	5th	4 6 7

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-12-11	4	2nd	20 28 33 35 40
2016-12-07	9	4th	1 3 5 28 40
2016-11-28	16	4th	1 6 22 28 37
2016-11-12	3	3rd	21 27 28 31 40
2016-11-09	8	5th	7 14 16 24 28
2016-11-01	7	5th	14 17 26 27 28
2016-10-25	9	4th	1 4 24 28 39
2016-10-16	4	3rd	9 22 28 30 36
2016-10-12	2	3rd	9 26 28 30 35
2016-10-10	21	3rd	4 17 28 31 34
2016-09-19	21	5th	4 22 23 27 28
2016-08-29	10	3rd	20 27 28 37 38
2016-08-19	8	3rd	10 25 28 34 41
2016-08-11	3	4th	8 9 23 28 36
2016-08-08	9	5th	3 6 9 11 28
2016-07-30	9	5th	8 10 16 19 28
2016-07-21	6	3rd	9 18 28 29 40
2016-07-15	1	3rd	5 17 28 31 39
2016-07-14	10	5th	1 12 14 20 28
2016-07-04	62	3rd	4 27 28 30 31
2016-05-03	1	5th	3 5 7 19 28
2016-05-02	4	4th	2 5 10 28 31
2016-04-28	7	3rd	16 23 28 34 41
2016-04-21	14	3rd	5 27 28 29 40
2016-04-07	1	3rd	13 20 28 29 38
2016-04-06	14	5th	1 3 9 27 28
2016-03-23	11	3rd	2 21 28 34 35
2016-03-12	7	4th	1 7 10 28 40
2016-03-05	6	2nd	18 28 36 38 39
2016-02-28	8	4th	6 15 24 28 40
2016-02-20	19	2nd	7 28 31 32 33
2016-02-01	29	5th	2 7 21 27 28
2016-01-03	6	4th	14 21 23 28 38
2015-12-28	7	4th	11 13 14 28 30
2015-12-21	9	5th	5 7 12 13 28
2015-12-12	26	3rd	5 17 28 39 40
2015-11-16	4	3rd	1 26 28 33 37
2015-11-12	7	3rd	16 27 28 36 39
2015-11-05	6	3rd	2 23 28 35 37
2015-10-30	5	3rd	6 25 28 39 40
2015-10-25	25	4th	9 22 25 28 35
2015-09-30	2	3rd	9 21 28 34 38
2015-09-28	13	4th	7 18 22 28 32
2015-09-15	4	5th	3 13 20 21 28
2015-09-11	15	4th	1 4 13 28 39
2015-08-27	7	3rd	7 25 28 33 36
2015-08-20	3	4th	13 20 22 28 31
2015-08-17	2	4th	13 21 23 28 41
2015-08-15	10	5th	7 12 13 26 28
2015-08-05	3	5th	5 10 15 22 28
2015-08-02	2	4th	7 18 20 28 33
2015-07-31	1	3rd	14 23 28 32 33
2015-07-30	17	4th	2 18 26 28 30
2015-07-13	1	3rd	2 12 28 30 35
2015-07-12	7	5th	1 12 22 24 28
2015-07-05	19	3rd	10 18 28 34 36
2015-06-16	7	3rd	9 25 28 29 33
2015-06-09	6	5th	1 6 17 19 28
2015-06-03	13	4th	3 12 20 28 29
2015-05-21	1	5th	1 10 13 17 28
2015-05-20	2	5th	9 12 14 16 28
2015-05-18	4	5th	5 12 17 20 28
2015-05-14	10	4th	1 6 25 28 32
2015-05-04	2	4th	2 3 8 28 34
2015-05-01	10	3rd	4 20 28 32 41
2015-04-21	27	4th	9 12 16 28 40
2015-03-25	11	3rd	1 25 28 30 37
2015-03-14	5	3rd	5 14 28 34 35
2015-03-09	1	2nd	19 28 31 34 39
2015-03-08	10	4th	5 24 26 28 38
2015-02-26	3	4th	15 20 21 28 32
2015-02-23	1	4th	6 14 22 28 31
2015-02-22	2	4th	7 13 14 28 39
2015-02-20	2	4th	6 14 25 28 29
2015-02-18	6	4th	7 11 14 28 36
2015-02-12	37	3rd	6 22 28 33 37
2015-01-06	2	4th	5 23 25 28 33
2015-01-04	28	5th	2 3 4 15 28
2014-12-07	5	5th	1 6 9 12 28
2014-12-02	9	2nd	3 28 31 37 40
2014-11-23	8	4th	3 17 25 28 34
2014-11-15	1	2nd	15 28 30 37 40
2014-11-14	12	2nd	9 28 32 33 35
2014-11-02	4	5th	15 20 23 25 28
2014-10-29	3	3rd	4 5 28 31 41
2014-10-26	7	5th	5 14 17 23 28
2014-10-19	8	4th	20 24 25 28 41
2014-10-11	15	3rd	11 27 28 32 33
2014-09-26	2	2nd	18 28 30 34 35
2014-09-24	9	3rd	10 24 28 31 32
2014-09-15	1	2nd	24 28 29 37 41
2014-09-14	2	5th	17 19 23 27 28
2014-09-12	5	4th	4 17 21 28 37
2014-09-07	3	2nd	22 28 36 37 40
2014-09-04	16	5th	2 10 13 18 28
2014-08-19	21	4th	14 16 25 28 38
2014-07-29	1	5th	4 13 18 19 28
2014-07-28	1	2nd	1 28 29 32 37
2014-07-27	6	4th	19 20 27 28 29
2014-07-21	4	4th	20 26 27 28 41
2014-07-17	3	4th	1 7 12 28 29
2014-07-14	15	4th	10 15 25 28 29
2014-06-29	19	4th	2 3 21 28 32
2014-06-10	11	4th	15 16 26 28 33
2014-05-30	1	2nd	3 28 34 35 41
2014-05-29	1	4th	10 13 15 28 34
2014-05-28	20	4th	9 10 14 28 29
2014-05-08	4	2nd	1 28 32 33 35
2014-05-04	7	4th	14 16 26 28 41
2014-04-27	3	3rd	12 25 28 33 34
2014-04-24	7	5th	9 20 25 26 28
2014-04-17	—	3rd	6 19 28 30 32