Number 38

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

164times drawn · chance expected 162 +0.21σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

32longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 164 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, +0.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 164 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 3 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 smallest3 · chance 2.2
5th smallest34 · chance 37.6
6th smallest127 · chance 124.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 11 9 13 18 17

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, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 38 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2020-07-29	5	6th	5 10 13 33 35 38
2020-07-11	18	6th	5 21 26 34 37 38
2020-05-09	4	6th	5 8 13 26 30 38
2020-04-25	1

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-02-02	10	6th	5 7 8 11 37 38
2018-12-29	4	5th	3 4 26 31 38 40
2018-12-15	3	6th	9 10 18 19 37 38
2018-12-05	4	5th	3 10 19 29 38 39
2018-11-21	4	6th	6 26 29 34 36 38
2018-11-07	10	6th	2 3 5 12 27 38
2018-10-03	17	6th	5 6 22 26 37 38
2018-08-04	1	5th	21 30 31 37 38 39
2018-08-01	6	5th	4 8 11 18 38 40
2018-07-11	10	6th	4 18 25 33 35 38
2018-06-06	7	6th	3 7 30 31 35 38
2018-05-12	17	5th	5 8 28 30 38 39
2018-03-14	2	6th	7 13 30 33 35 38
2018-03-07	3	6th	17 18 30 33 34 38
2018-02-24	1	6th	7 8 16 23 35 38
2018-02-21	4	5th	3 30 34 35 38 39
2018-02-07	1	5th	5 24 35 36 38 40
2018-02-03	8	6th	8 9 10 12 32 38
2018-01-06	3	6th	5 9 11 19 21 38
2017-12-27	4	6th	4 7 16 25 37 38
2017-12-13	15	6th	4 12 19 22 34 38
2017-10-21	17	4th	11 12 27 38 39 40
2017-08-23	6	6th	2 5 6 32 34 38
2017-08-02	13	6th	2 16 17 25 26 38
2017-06-17	5	6th	1 10 26 32 37 38
2017-05-31	5	6th	13 20 26 29 33 38
2017-05-13	23	6th	7 9 14 17 37 38
2017-02-22	9	6th	1 7 11 20 30 38
2017-01-21	2	6th	9 14 15 20 31 38
2017-01-14	5	6th	3 6 17 19 31 38
2016-12-28	4	4th	11 21 35 38 39 40
2016-12-14	20	5th	5 15 17 20 38 39
2016-10-05	2	6th	4 11 14 30 32 38
2016-09-28	16	5th	4 13 21 31 38 40
2016-08-03	1	6th	8 13 17 18 30 38
2016-07-30	3	5th	14 17 31 35 38 39
2016-07-20	5	6th	2 7 16 21 34 38
2016-07-02	4	6th	3 5 10 13 16 38
2016-06-18	5	6th	4 9 17 24 33 38
2016-06-01	7	6th	1 2 5 22 26 38
2016-05-07	2	6th	5 7 8 16 34 38
2016-04-30	6	6th	12 13 17 31 33 38
2016-04-09	4	6th	12 19 20 25 29 38
2016-03-26	5	6th	1 17 18 32 33 38
2016-03-09	3	5th	15 18 33 37 38 40
2016-02-27	15	5th	13 25 28 36 38 39
2016-01-06	2	6th	23 24 25 35 36 38
2015-12-30	3	6th	1 18 27 36 37 38
2015-12-19	8	6th	3 5 7 12 25 38
2015-11-21	7	6th	5 11 13 14 35 38
2015-10-28	4	6th	3 5 11 22 26 38
2015-10-14	2	6th	12 15 22 28 35 38
2015-10-07	1	6th	11 15 16 19 35 38
2015-10-03	9	6th	3 22 23 24 26 38
2015-09-02	12	6th	2 8 19 25 37 38
2015-07-22	11	5th	5 18 26 31 38 39
2015-06-13	4	6th	6 11 14 28 31 38
2015-05-30	2	6th	1 16 17 36 37 38
2015-05-23	7	5th	3 8 14 36 38 40
2015-04-29	8	6th	9 11 17 22 36 38
2015-04-01	19	5th	14 15 20 28 38 39
2015-01-24	4	6th	9 19 34 36 37 38
2015-01-10	9	6th	2 14 27 36 37 38
2014-12-10	7	6th	7 8 19 25 33 38
2014-11-15	6	6th	1 2 6 18 22 38
2014-10-25	15	6th	4 10 23 25 35 38
2014-09-03	9	6th	4 9 11 20 23 38
2014-08-02	3	6th	3 5 7 10 14 38
2014-07-23	1	5th	4 9 28 29 38 40
2014-07-19	10	5th	6 10 20 27 38 39
2014-06-14	1	6th	4 8 26 29 31 38
2014-06-11	1	6th	4 23 24 32 34 38
2014-06-07	14	6th	11 14 18 24 31 38
2014-04-19	1	6th	18 28 29 33 35 38
2014-04-16	1	6th	5 6 14 20 27 38
2014-04-12	2	6th	11 16 21 23 26 38
2014-04-05	8	6th	3 5 7 8 36 38
2014-03-08	5	6th	2 4 23 24 34 38
2014-02-19	3	6th	9 13 20 22 29 38
2014-02-08	1	6th	2 11 16 20 29 38
2014-02-05	3	6th	1 16 23 28 35 38
2014-01-25	3	5th	11 13 17 24 38 40
2014-01-15	1	6th	1 6 13 27 29 38
2014-01-11	2	6th	5 12 14 18 32 38
2014-01-04	3	6th	3 9 10 14 37 38
2013-12-21	1	6th	8 9 17 19 37 38
2013-12-18	5	5th	23 24 25 36 38 39
2013-11-30	4	5th	8 9 18 27 38 39
2013-11-16	8	5th	6 11 15 16 38 39
2013-10-19	3	4th	7 11 18 38 39 40
2013-10-09	1	6th	8 9 14 17 28 38
2013-10-05	6	5th	3 15 17 29 38 39
2013-09-14	1	6th	4 14 28 33 37 38
2013-09-11	3	5th	13 16 18 33 38 39
2013-08-31	5	5th	18 22 32 33 38 40
2013-08-14	26	5th	13 17 20 31 38 39
2013-05-15	6	6th	6 8 15 17 18 38
2013-04-24	7	6th	14 15 22 26 31 38
2013-03-30	7	6th	8 9 10 30 34 38
2013-03-06	12	5th	10 12 18 21 38 39
2013-01-23	4	6th	5 20 22 32 35 38
2013-01-09	12	6th	13 21 26 28 31 38
2012-11-28	5	6th	12 14 17 35 37 38
2012-11-10	10	6th	6 22 29 32 37 38
2012-10-06	2	6th	5 12 16 18 37 38
2012-09-29	1	6th	7 9 21 23 36 38
2012-09-26	9	5th	4 13 16 29 38 39
2012-08-25	3	6th	21 23 26 28 29 38
2012-08-15	3	6th	7 15 16 18 25 38
2012-08-04	6	6th	1 12 19 21 27 38
2012-07-14	1	6th	8 16 20 28 29 38
2012-07-11	15	6th	11 13 21 28 29 38
2012-05-19	12	6th	1 10 18 23 30 38
2012-04-07	1	6th	7 10 25 26 29 38
2012-04-04	23	6th	3 5 11 19 30 38
2012-01-14	16	6th	10 15 22 24 26 38
2011-11-19	10	6th	4 6 7 11 35 38
2011-10-15	32	6th	10 11 12 20 34 38
2011-06-25	6	6th	5 9 10 28 36 38
2011-06-04	2	6th	14 16 17 20 27 38
2011-05-28	11	6th	4 5 20 22 32 38
2011-04-20	3	6th	2 3 5 13 37 38
2011-04-09	8	6th	13 16 17 22 24 38
2011-03-12	13	6th	2 9 15 19 23 38
2011-01-26	1	5th	5 10 11 13 38 40
2011-01-22	2	6th	1 4 13 22 32 38
2011-01-15	1	6th	18 22 23 27 34 38
2011-01-12	7	6th	10 13 15 28 32 38
2010-12-15	5	5th	11 16 23 36 38 40
2010-11-27	6	6th	2 3 10 19 32 38
2010-11-06	17	6th	12 18 21 31 32 38
2010-09-08	6	6th	3 13 20 24 37 38
2010-08-18	11	6th	12 17 21 27 30 38
2010-07-10	6	6th	1 3 7 17 24 38
2010-06-19	2	5th	8 13 21 37 38 39
2010-06-12	6	6th	2 8 13 32 35 38
2010-05-22	6	6th	9 15 22 23 34 38
2010-05-01	3	6th	1 3 10 30 34 38
2010-04-21	3	5th	8 19 23 28 38 39
2010-04-10	—	6th	5 6 25 31 32 38