Number 28

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

190times drawn · chance expected 184 +0.48σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

33longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 190 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, +0.48σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 190 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 8 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 0.7
2nd smallest8 · chance 8.2
3rd smallest42 · chance 35.7
4th smallest67 · chance 68.6
5th smallest53 · chance 58.8
6th smallest20 · chance 18.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 13 32 1 37 40

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-10-24	10	4th	8 15 16 28 36 40
2022-09-19	4	4th	2 4 14 28 30 42
2022-09-05	18	3rd	14 23 28 29 39 40

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

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