Number 28

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,908 draws, 6 from 1–49.

251times drawn · chance expected 234 +1.21σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

30longest completed wait · >99% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 251 times in 1,908 draws against 233.6 expected, +1.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 251 times in 1,908 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 30 · waiting 5 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 smallest3 · chance 3.0
2nd smallest28 · chance 23.7
3rd smallest49 · chance 68.4
4th smallest94 · chance 90.0
5th smallest62 · chance 54.0
6th smallest15 · chance 11.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 40 12 19 11 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-10	6	5th	2 8 17 19 28 41
2026-09-26	3	4th	17 20 22 28 34 43
2026-09-19	5	3rd	10 19 28 32 37 40
2026-09-07	5	2nd

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-05	21	4th	1 15 23 28 36 39
2025-11-17	2	3rd	5 19 28 38 39 43
2025-11-12	4	6th	2 7 8 9 11 28
2025-11-03	13	5th	1 16 19 26 28 30
2025-10-04	3	5th	2 4 22 23 28 41
2025-09-27	4	4th	3 11 23 28 30 44
2025-09-17	28	5th	3 5 11 19 28 32
2025-07-14	1	5th	1 3 13 17 28 35
2025-07-12	5	5th	1 6 12 21 28 43
2025-06-30	11	4th	2 17 27 28 35 43
2025-06-04	4	3rd	2 6 28 36 38 41
2025-05-26	1	4th	3 7 25 28 34 40
2025-05-24	14	4th	2 4 7 28 38 42
2025-04-21	1	2nd	8 28 29 38 42 43
2025-04-19	9	4th	3 5 11 28 36 43
2025-03-29	1	2nd	13 28 29 37 39 42
2025-03-26	3	4th	12 18 20 28 31 34
2025-03-19	4	5th	9 10 15 22 28 34
2025-03-10	8	4th	2 6 24 28 34 37
2025-02-19	8	6th	2 6 13 20 25 28
2025-02-01	5	3rd	10 17 28 33 36 42
2025-01-20	1	3rd	4 8 28 32 33 37
2025-01-18	1	5th	4 13 14 26 28 39
2025-01-15	2	4th	3 9 15 28 32 40
2025-01-11	1	5th	1 10 20 21 28 29
2025-01-08	2	3rd	2 11 28 35 38 41
2025-01-04	3	3rd	4 5 28 33 37 40
2024-12-28	2	4th	17 18 27 28 37 38
2024-12-23	25	2nd	12 28 32 38 40 41
2024-10-26	5	3rd	2 19 28 29 37 42
2024-10-14	4	4th	4 11 24 28 29 33
2024-10-05	5	2nd	14 28 29 34 36 42
2024-09-23	6	4th	1 15 20 28 32 37
2024-09-09	1	5th	11 16 20 22 28 31
2024-09-07	8	4th	8 9 10 28 31 42
2024-08-19	10	5th	1 5 8 19 28 30
2024-07-27	4	4th	5 6 13 28 32 44
2024-07-17	3	5th	3 9 16 18 28 40
2024-07-10	7	4th	5 19 27 28 31 37
2024-06-24	21	5th	14 15 16 22 28 44
2024-05-06	4	4th	12 23 26 28 33 43
2024-04-27	5	5th	11 14 25 27 28 44
2024-04-15	3	5th	6 11 12 25 28 43
2024-04-08	4	4th	1 2 12 28 34 36
2024-03-30	2	6th	1 3 4 10 14 28
2024-03-25	29	6th	3 13 17 19 22 28
2024-01-17	3	5th	15 16 21 25 28 39
2024-01-10	5	4th	19 20 25 28 40 42
2023-12-30	5	3rd	11 12 28 34 38 43
2023-12-18	6	4th	9 10 16 28 29 34
2023-12-04	18	4th	2 19 21 28 31 33
2023-10-14	3	2nd	20 28 30 40 46 49
2023-10-04	10	4th	6 12 13 28 37 40
2023-08-30	3	3rd	1 4 28 34 38 48
2023-08-19	16	3rd	4 12 28 29 32 34
2023-06-24	1	2nd	22 28 29 31 43 46
2023-06-21	7	3rd	4 18 28 32 35 39
2023-05-27	11	4th	4 16 17 28 39 44
2023-04-19	2	4th	1 15 26 28 39 49
2023-04-12	12	5th	12 20 23 24 28 39
2023-03-01	8	5th	1 11 12 25 28 33
2023-02-01	4	4th	14 19 24 28 43 44
2023-01-18	7	4th	4 9 19 28 33 44
2022-12-24	8	4th	8 12 13 28 36 46
2022-11-26	3	2nd	20 28 30 31 32 38
2022-11-16	6	3rd	6 9 28 34 37 47
2022-10-26	7	5th	11 12 18 22 28 31
2022-10-01	2	3rd	14 23 28 38 40 43
2022-09-24	6	4th	10 17 26 28 37 45
2022-09-03	8	6th	5 13 18 22 25 28
2022-08-06	12	3rd	3 10 28 31 35 48
2022-06-25	8	5th	8 10 15 27 28 40
2022-05-28	10	2nd	15 28 29 34 38 44
2022-04-23	13	2nd	20 28 30 32 33 44
2022-03-09	11	4th	11 13 25 28 31 45
2022-01-29	8	4th	11 12 18 28 37 39
2022-01-01	4	5th	10 11 20 27 28 41
2021-12-18	9	4th	7 11 26 28 36 39
2021-11-17	6	3rd	7 23 28 36 44 45
2021-10-27	3	3rd	7 27 28 36 37 39
2021-10-16	6	3rd	13 27 28 38 45 48
2021-09-25	6	4th	3 6 27 28 44 46
2021-09-04	27	5th	1 2 11 23 28 49
2021-06-02	29	3rd	16 24 28 30 45 46
2021-02-20	11	3rd	23 26 28 32 33 36
2021-01-13	8	4th	8 21 22 28 42 45
2020-12-16	5	5th	6 7 16 21 28 33
2020-11-28	2	3rd	17 20 28 29 37 47
2020-11-21	8	4th	2 5 12 28 31 35
2020-10-24	8	3rd	13 26 28 42 46 49
2020-09-26	2	2nd	18 28 32 33 37 49
2020-09-19	5	5th	7 17 18 24 28 34
2020-09-02	3	1st	28 39 40 41 47 49
2020-08-22	5	5th	1 2 21 27 28 35
2020-08-05	2	4th	3 20 26 28 40 47
2020-07-29	21	4th	17 19 21 28 31 41
2020-05-16	1	4th	2 7 16 28 36 43
2020-05-13	8	2nd	11 28 34 35 37 40
2020-04-15	13	2nd	5 28 36 37 44 49
2020-02-29	2	4th	8 11 23 28 31 34
2020-02-22	21	6th	2 7 12 19 23 28
2019-12-11	3	3rd	4 19 28 34 35 42
2019-11-30	2	4th	3 16 23 28 35 37
2019-11-23	5	4th	1 13 21 28 29 43
2019-11-06	8	4th	12 15 19 28 31 32
2019-10-09	10	5th	4 5 13 21 28 35
2019-09-04	6	5th	1 3 15 17 28 47
2019-08-14	15	3rd	3 10 28 32 35 49
2019-06-22	11	3rd	18 24 28 39 42 49
2019-05-15	4	2nd	2 28 31 34 35 36
2019-05-01	2	3rd	6 26 28 29 38 40
2019-04-24	21	4th	6 12 26 28 29 35
2019-02-09	1	2nd	1 28 34 39 44 49
2019-02-06	27	5th	7 11 22 23 28 39
2018-11-03	8	4th	2 5 10 28 35 36
2018-10-06	6	2nd	17 28 36 42 44 48
2018-09-15	4	3rd	17 25 28 32 38 46
2018-09-01	10	4th	7 17 27 28 35 41
2018-07-28	6	3rd	19 21 28 29 31 36
2018-07-07	4	2nd	6 28 31 35 40 46
2018-06-23	10	5th	5 7 15 19 28 39
2018-05-19	9	6th	3 5 14 23 24 28
2018-04-18	6	5th	1 10 17 24 28 38
2018-03-28	6	4th	4 17 19 28 30 34
2018-03-07	12	2nd	26 28 31 37 41 44
2018-01-24	12	5th	1 10 20 23 28 49
2017-12-13	16	4th	1 5 14 28 35 42
2017-10-18	6	4th	4 26 27 28 29 49
2017-09-27	10	1st	28 29 31 34 35 37
2017-08-23	5	4th	17 21 27 28 40 49
2017-08-05	13	3rd	13 26 28 32 35 43
2017-06-21	5	2nd	9 28 39 40 43 46
2017-06-03	16	5th	6 11 14 22 28 40
2017-04-08	6	5th	6 11 13 24 28 30
2017-03-18	7	3rd	12 23 28 33 40 44
2017-02-22	5	3rd	24 27 28 30 34 35
2017-02-04	17	4th	3 5 7 28 46 47
2016-12-07	20	5th	4 12 16 24 28 48
2016-09-28	18	2nd	22 28 34 36 40 49
2016-07-27	6	5th	11 13 16 27 28 32
2016-07-06	30	4th	7 17 23 28 40 41
2016-03-23	6	4th	3 17 22 28 31 44
2016-03-02	2	5th	12 14 16 17 28 35
2016-02-24	12	2nd	22 28 29 41 43 47
2016-01-13	16	3rd	6 13 28 30 32 39
2015-11-18	7	5th	1 11 17 27 28 35
2015-10-24	1	3rd	15 18 28 30 34 49
2015-10-21	1	4th	8 19 24 28 39 43
2015-10-17	2	5th	5 19 21 26 28 30
2015-10-10	7	5th	4 12 14 18 28 49
2015-09-16	9	3rd	7 27 28 31 46 48
2015-08-15	3	3rd	2 14 28 30 32 40
2015-08-05	11	1st	28 29 37 39 42 43
2015-06-27	2	3rd	21 24 28 29 33 40
2015-06-20	25	2nd	25 28 32 40 41 43
2015-03-25	20	3rd	3 20 28 33 35 46
2015-01-14	2	4th	7 9 15 28 42 43
2015-01-07	6	3rd	2 3 28 31 34 45
2014-12-17	5	4th	1 11 21 28 32 37
2014-11-29	9	4th	2 6 23 28 35 44
2014-10-29	4	4th	16 18 26 28 42 47
2014-10-15	3	4th	23 24 25 28 40 44
2014-10-04	16	5th	9 15 22 25 28 41
2014-08-09	2	4th	1 6 27 28 32 41
2014-08-02	13	4th	7 8 18 28 34 39
2014-06-18	2	4th	17 21 26 28 32 44
2014-06-11	2	4th	6 18 20 28 31 40
2014-06-04	2	4th	2 5 18 28 36 46
2014-05-28	9	3rd	13 18 28 37 45 46
2014-04-26	8	2nd	13 28 30 37 41 46
2014-03-29	1	4th	1 7 16 28 35 49
2014-03-26	24	4th	2 19 26 28 31 39
2014-01-01	8	4th	3 12 20 28 31 45
2013-12-04	1	2nd	15 28 32 35 38 43
2013-11-30	3	4th	11 25 26 28 45 47
2013-11-20	5	4th	14 16 20 28 31 42
2013-11-02	6	4th	9 19 21 28 36 45
2013-10-12	8	4th	6 9 11 28 31 37
2013-09-14	16	4th	3 4 13 28 45 49
2013-07-20	23	6th	1 3 7 9 23 28
2013-05-01	2	5th	11 18 20 23 28 40
2013-04-24	8	4th	8 19 27 28 32 45
2013-03-27	1	3rd	10 23 28 37 45 48
2013-03-23	13	5th	12 21 24 25 28 29
2013-02-06	1	3rd	10 19 28 35 36 43
2013-02-02	5	3rd	10 27 28 34 36 47
2013-01-16	15	3rd	3 18 28 35 44 49
2012-11-24	15	6th	3 4 16 25 26 28
2012-10-03	20	4th	5 9 14 28 30 44
2012-07-25	7	2nd	12 28 29 32 46 49
2012-06-30	3	5th	3 7 13 17 28 30
2012-06-20	1	4th	12 17 26 28 38 41
2012-06-16	6	4th	10 17 26 28 29 43
2012-05-26	3	3rd	13 23 28 30 45 49
2012-05-16	5	5th	4 6 7 14 28 40
2012-04-28	16	3rd	4 19 28 29 30 47
2012-03-03	8	5th	2 7 10 12 28 33
2012-02-04	6	4th	5 11 15 28 29 33
2012-01-14	2	3rd	19 27 28 38 40 42
2012-01-07	6	3rd	1 3 28 47 48 49
2011-12-17	3	4th	9 16 24 28 40 45
2011-12-07	2	2nd	25 28 35 42 46 49
2011-11-30	1	5th	9 18 20 27 28 39
2011-11-26	2	6th	7 8 9 12 17 28
2011-11-19	5	5th	4 23 25 27 28 49
2011-11-02	26	5th	4 6 10 24 28 32
2011-08-03	1	6th	1 5 19 22 25 28
2011-07-30	18	4th	18 19 25 28 30 40
2011-05-28	16	4th	16 23 26 28 30 42
2011-04-02	4	5th	1 2 8 13 28 48
2011-03-19	4	4th	5 23 27 28 30 49
2011-03-05	2	5th	3 6 7 20 28 43
2011-02-26	1	4th	11 19 21 28 43 45
2011-02-23	9	4th	1 12 24 28 37 48
2011-01-22	6	2nd	6 28 32 40 48 49
2011-01-01	2	4th	3 9 12 28 33 46
2010-12-25	25	5th	6 16 18 25 28 37
2010-09-29	5	2nd	5 28 38 40 44 45
2010-09-11	2	4th	1 2 3 28 33 37
2010-09-04	2	6th	9 10 22 26 27 28
2010-08-28	28	5th	6 7 21 26 28 29
2010-05-22	2	4th	15 24 25 28 29 40
2010-05-15	3	5th	1 14 24 27 28 35
2010-05-05	7	4th	8 11 12 28 29 41
2010-04-10	3	4th	1 13 20 28 42 49
2010-03-31	12	4th	8 22 27 28 29 36
2010-02-17	—	4th	13 16 19 28 31 49