Number 28

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–52.

94times drawn · chance expected 111 −1.71σ

41draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number

11.9average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

57longest completed wait · 28% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 94 times in 1,156 draws against 111.2 expected, −1.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 41 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 94 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 11.9 draws · longest completed wait 57 · waiting 41 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 smallest2 · chance 4.0
2nd smallest23 · chance 20.6
3rd smallest36 · chance 36.4
4th smallest23 · chance 26.4
5th smallest10 · chance 6.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

51 22 1 16 39 41

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
2026-07-18	28	4th	13 17 22 28 40
2026-05-13	27	3rd	17 18 28 37 42
2026-03-11	12	4th	1 3 22 28 40
2026-02-11	1	3rd	2 14 28

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-19	4	3rd	3 10 28 34 47
2024-10-09	1	2nd	18 28 32 40 51
2024-10-07	2	3rd	8 26 28 39 45
2024-10-02	1	5th	8 10 17 20 28
2024-09-30	11	2nd	24 28 29 30 51
2024-09-04	3	3rd	7 9 28 30 31
2024-08-28	2	2nd	7 28 41 46 52
2024-08-24	5	4th	3 19 21 28 32
2024-08-12	5	4th	9 24 27 28 52
2024-07-31	19	3rd	15 27 28 49 51
2024-06-17	24	3rd	3 12 28 29 35
2024-04-22	6	2nd	19 28 33 38 52
2024-04-08	36	2nd	24 28 29 32 38
2024-01-15	11	1st	28 29 38 41 52
2023-12-20	22	5th	4 14 15 17 28
2023-10-30	3	2nd	11 28 43 49 50
2023-10-23	20	3rd	21 27 28 32 51
2023-09-06	22	2nd	8 28 39 49 51
2023-07-17	8	2nd	25 28 29 40 51
2023-06-28	12	2nd	9 28 33 43 47
2023-05-31	2	4th	4 15 27 28 49
2023-05-27	22	3rd	2 23 28 40 50
2023-04-05	10	2nd	23 28 38 39 41
2023-03-13	13	3rd	20 23 28 33 51
2023-02-11	5	4th	2 3 24 28 46
2023-01-30	2	3rd	2 16 28 32 38
2023-01-25	8	3rd	9 15 28 47 49
2023-01-07	41	2nd	26 28 32 36 49
2022-10-03	7	4th	6 7 9 28 39
2022-09-17	27	4th	5 9 14 28 52
2022-07-16	6	3rd	7 11 28 30 49
2022-06-25	2	2nd	12 28 30 34 39
2022-06-18	36	2nd	26 28 32 46 48
2022-02-12	46	3rd	1 14 28 42 47
2021-09-04	16	5th	1 5 24 25 28
2021-07-10	7	4th	6 14 27 28 43
2021-06-16	13	4th	1 14 22 28 41
2021-05-01	4	3rd	12 17 28 29 46
2021-04-17	3	3rd	15 19 28 39 41
2021-04-07	10	4th	7 12 22 28 39
2021-03-03	7	4th	16 18 19 28 45
2021-02-06	14	3rd	13 16 28 44 51
2020-12-19	57	4th	1 9 15 28 35
2020-06-03	10	3rd	7 22 28 41 46
2020-04-29	1	3rd	11 18 28 43 45
2020-04-25	7	2nd	16 28 39 42 44
2020-04-01	33	3rd	14 16 28 29 52
2019-12-07	11	4th	8 16 22 28 49
2019-10-30	28	3rd	3 6 28 32 44
2019-07-24	17	2nd	26 28 33 34 42
2019-05-25	2	3rd	4 16 28 45 51
2019-05-18	12	4th	2 22 26 28 40
2019-04-06	1	2nd	12 28 32 34 45
2019-04-03	2	3rd	8 19 28 35 41
2019-03-27	15	3rd	5 20 28 36 48
2019-02-02	20	3rd	15 16 28 46 52
2018-11-24	3	5th	1 10 11 17 28
2018-11-14	13	3rd	14 21 28 30 45
2018-09-29	1	4th	1 6 9 28 33
2018-09-26	14	3rd	16 22 28 35 42
2018-08-08	18	3rd	3 20 28 31 37
2018-06-06	8	2nd	19 28 31 39 51
2018-05-09	11	3rd	2 10 28 36 45
2018-03-31	2	3rd	16 22 28 30 34
2018-03-24	1	2nd	10 28 37 38 49
2018-03-21	10	5th	6 18 25 26 28
2018-02-14	1	5th	1 2 13 15 28
2018-02-10	7	1st	28 42 43 44 52
2018-01-17	13	3rd	5 8 28 30 40
2017-12-02	—	2nd	22 28 45 47 51