Number 28

In Lotto under the 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 rules — 1,077 draws, 6 from 1–40 (an earlier era).

154times drawn · chance expected 162 −0.64σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 20% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

35longest completed wait · 46% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 154 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, −0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 154 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 11 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 0.2
2nd smallest2 · chance 3.6
3rd smallest19 · chance 20.7
4th smallest54 · chance 51.6
5th smallest51 · chance 56.3
6th smallest28 · chance 21.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 31 10 15 23 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2020-07-01	13	4th	15 20 21 28 35 36
2020-05-16	5	5th	13 16 23 27 28 34
2020-04-29	3	5th	3 13 20 23 28 32
2020-04-18

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: 28 is drawn with probability 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2018-06-16	10	6th	3 16 18 24 25 28
2018-05-12	8	3rd	5 8 28 30 38 39
2018-04-14	2	4th	9 10 12 28 31 37
2018-04-07	14	4th	8 23 25 28 34 39
2018-02-17	8	4th	6 15 21 28 29 39
2018-01-20	12	6th	2 5 16 21 23 28
2017-12-09	10	4th	7 8 10 28 36 39
2017-11-04	1	3rd	1 14 28 31 35 40
2017-11-01	1	5th	1 4 18 20 28 39
2017-10-28	9	3rd	11 20 28 29 30 36
2017-09-27	5	4th	3 14 23 28 31 36
2017-09-09	1	4th	5 20 23 28 31 40
2017-09-06	2	6th	8 12 19 22 25 28
2017-08-30	9	3rd	16 25 28 31 33 34
2017-07-29	11	5th	1 10 14 22 28 35
2017-06-21	9	6th	6 7 18 22 23 28
2017-05-20	1	5th	10 16 18 20 28 32
2017-05-17	12	4th	14 24 25 28 34 37
2017-04-05	3	5th	1 8 9 23 28 40
2017-03-25	3	4th	2 7 8 28 34 40
2017-03-15	2	6th	8 11 13 14 27 28
2017-03-08	5	4th	2 11 16 28 31 37
2017-02-18	16	6th	2 8 10 15 22 28
2016-12-24	5	3rd	26 27 28 31 34 39
2016-12-07	8	4th	2 4 12 28 34 37
2016-11-09	9	5th	10 12 16 17 28 29
2016-10-08	11	5th	3 7 20 24 28 29
2016-08-31	10	6th	1 2 9 17 21 28
2016-07-27	15	6th	4 20 21 22 25 28
2016-06-04	5	5th	11 15 21 24 28 29
2016-05-18	13	4th	6 7 11 28 32 36
2016-04-02	10	5th	8 15 24 27 28 31
2016-02-27	10	3rd	13 25 28 36 38 39
2016-01-23	6	3rd	10 25 28 30 33 34
2016-01-02	2	5th	6 18 25 26 28 32
2015-12-26	5	4th	2 13 27 28 31 35
2015-12-09	8	4th	1 15 19 28 29 31
2015-11-11	8	2nd	1 28 29 31 32 37
2015-10-14	1	4th	12 15 22 28 35 38
2015-10-10	25	5th	9 12 20 21 28 29
2015-07-15	1	3rd	11 16 28 34 39 40
2015-07-11	1	5th	1 14 18 23 28 30
2015-07-08	5	6th	10 11 14 20 24 28
2015-06-20	2	5th	1 4 10 13 28 33
2015-06-13	5	4th	6 11 14 28 31 38
2015-05-27	4	4th	4 23 24 28 31 32
2015-05-13	11	4th	14 24 26 28 29 37
2015-04-04	1	4th	9 11 15 28 33 35
2015-04-01	2	4th	14 15 20 28 38 39
2015-03-25	3	5th	2 18 24 26 28 33
2015-03-14	5	5th	7 9 16 17 28 29
2015-02-25	2	6th	5 8 9 10 23 28
2015-02-18	1	4th	1 16 17 28 30 31
2015-02-14	8	4th	7 22 26 28 29 37
2015-01-17	1	5th	3 19 20 25 28 34
2015-01-14	4	4th	7 8 17 28 37 40
2014-12-31	3	3rd	4 23 28 29 35 39
2014-12-20	4	4th	8 13 23 28 31 32
2014-12-06	11	4th	3 4 13 28 29 37
2014-10-29	6	6th	9 12 14 20 23 28
2014-10-08	8	6th	9 10 14 19 26 28
2014-09-10	7	6th	10 19 22 23 27 28
2014-08-16	5	5th	3 10 14 24 28 33
2014-07-30	2	3rd	15 19 28 31 32 35
2014-07-23	3	3rd	4 9 28 29 38 40
2014-07-12	4	5th	12 13 17 27 28 29
2014-06-28	8	5th	2 4 19 25 28 30
2014-05-31	4	5th	4 18 21 23 28 31
2014-05-17	6	6th	2 5 13 14 24 28
2014-04-26	2	6th	5 10 14 22 25 28
2014-04-19	10	2nd	18 28 29 33 35 38
2014-03-15	11	3rd	6 12 28 29 30 35
2014-02-05	2	4th	1 16 23 28 35 38
2014-01-29	15	5th	6 7 13 25 28 32
2013-12-04	7	5th	1 2 4 22 28 37
2013-11-09	7	4th	12 17 19 28 33 40
2013-10-16	2	5th	2 3 9 15 28 40
2013-10-09	6	5th	8 9 14 17 28 38
2013-09-18	1	4th	1 8 11 28 30 37
2013-09-14	10	3rd	4 14 28 33 37 38
2013-08-10	2	5th	3 16 25 26 28 30
2013-08-03	5	6th	11 12 13 22 27 28
2013-07-17	16	6th	6 13 15 19 20 28
2013-05-22	5	4th	12 15 24 28 35 36
2013-05-04	2	6th	5 9 10 25 26 28
2013-04-27	4	5th	8 9 15 23 28 36
2013-04-13	3	4th	4 9 16 28 35 36
2013-04-03	24	3rd	2 22 28 33 34 40
2013-01-09	14	4th	13 21 26 28 31 38
2012-11-21	10	4th	1 15 24 28 32 34
2012-10-17	11	6th	5 22 24 25 26 28
2012-09-08	4	5th	4 13 24 25 28 36
2012-08-25	12	4th	21 23 26 28 29 38
2012-07-14	1	4th	8 16 20 28 29 38
2012-07-11	4	4th	11 13 21 28 29 38
2012-06-27	7	3rd	23 26 28 30 34 39
2012-06-02	8	4th	12 16 18 28 30 39
2012-05-05	1	4th	2 7 27 28 34 40
2012-05-02	5	6th	7 14 16 23 24 28
2012-04-14	6	5th	6 7 18 21 28 31
2012-03-24	5	6th	7 15 16 17 19 28
2012-03-07	6	4th	5 19 27 28 32 35
2012-02-15	2	4th	4 8 17 28 30 35
2012-02-08	2	4th	10 21 22 28 35 36
2012-02-01	7	5th	3 20 21 24 28 35
2012-01-07	15	5th	13 15 26 27 28 36
2011-11-16	14	5th	5 6 11 27 28 33
2011-09-28	17	4th	3 18 20 28 29 33
2011-07-30	1	5th	7 11 22 24 28 36
2011-07-27	9	6th	10 14 15 22 24 28
2011-06-25	2	4th	5 9 10 28 36 38
2011-06-18	1	5th	12 17 23 24 28 31
2011-06-15	6	6th	1 2 8 21 27 28
2011-05-25	5	5th	8 12 15 27 28 36
2011-05-07	2	6th	2 6 15 16 24 28
2011-04-30	2	4th	4 5 14 28 29 32
2011-04-23	7	5th	5 13 14 22 28 32
2011-03-30	4	6th	3 4 13 18 22 28
2011-03-16	4	4th	14 23 27 28 31 40
2011-03-02	5	5th	5 8 10 24 28 35
2011-02-12	3	5th	9 17 18 26 28 40
2011-02-02	6	5th	5 15 19 20 28 29
2011-01-12	23	4th	10 13 15 28 32 38
2010-10-20	1	5th	6 10 22 26 28 32
2010-10-16	8	5th	2 3 11 18 28 35
2010-09-18	1	5th	9 14 16 21 28 31
2010-09-15	20	5th	1 4 15 19 28 39
2010-07-07	14	6th	2 3 5 6 27 28
2010-05-19	8	5th	4 8 10 26 28 29
2010-04-21	—	4th	8 19 23 28 38 39