Number 38

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

186times drawn · chance expected 184 +0.17σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 74% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

41longest completed wait · 36% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 186 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, +0.17σ. 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 186 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 41 · 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 smallest2 · chance 1.5
4th smallest16 · chance 17.0
5th smallest76 · chance 72.2
6th smallest92 · chance 95.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 11 14 18 42 9

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

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2022-11-10	3	6th	1 5 10 24 34 38
2022-10-31	5	4th	11 19 37 38 42 43
2022-10-13	16	6th	4 10 11 15 17 38

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

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