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Number 28 In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 72 times drawn · chance expected 78 −0.66σ
10 draws waiting · a wait this long: 43% for any number
11.8 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
43 longest completed wait · 76% chance of one at least that long
28 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 72 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, −0.66σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
28 Number 28, draw by draw Drawn 72 times in 869 draws · average wait 11.8 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 10 draws now
5 draws: 2005-09-09 to 2005-09-27 2 draws: 2005-09-27 to 2005-10-04 5 draws: 2005-10-04 to 2005-10-21 2 draws: 2005-10-21 to 2005-10-28 1 draws: 2005-10-28 to 2005-11-01 19 draws: 2005-11-01 to 2006-01-06 4 draws: 2006-01-06 to 2006-01-20 15 draws: 2006-01-20 to 2006-03-14 2 draws: 2006-03-14 to 2006-03-21 18 draws: 2006-03-21 to 2006-05-23 2 draws: 2006-05-23 to 2006-05-30 13 draws: 2006-05-30 to 2006-07-14 27 draws: 2006-07-14 to 2006-10-17 17 draws: 2006-10-17 to 2006-12-15 10 draws: 2006-12-15 to 2007-01-19 23 draws: 2007-01-19 to 2007-04-10 9 draws: 2007-04-10 to 2007-05-11 41 draws: 2007-05-11 to 2007-10-02 19 draws: 2007-10-02 to 2007-12-07 6 draws: 2007-12-07 to 2007-12-28 32 draws: 2007-12-28 to 2008-04-18 4 draws: 2008-04-18 to 2008-05-02 28 draws: 2008-05-02 to 2008-08-08 9 draws: 2008-08-08 to 2008-09-09 7 draws: 2008-09-09 to 2008-10-03 4 draws: 2008-10-03 to 2008-10-17 28 draws: 2008-10-17 to 2009-01-23 4 draws: 2009-01-23 to 2009-02-06 4 draws: 2009-02-06 to 2009-02-20 1 draws: 2009-02-20 to 2009-02-24 6 draws: 2009-02-24 to 2009-03-17 33 draws: 2009-03-17 to 2009-07-10 7 draws: 2009-07-10 to 2009-08-04 8 draws: 2009-08-04 to 2009-09-01 2 draws: 2009-09-01 to 2009-09-08 26 draws: 2009-09-08 to 2009-12-08 8 draws: 2009-12-08 to 2010-01-05 5 draws: 2010-01-05 to 2010-01-22 17 draws: 2010-01-22 to 2010-03-23 9 draws: 2010-03-23 to 2010-04-23 13 draws: 2010-04-23 to 2010-06-08 12 draws: 2010-06-08 to 2010-07-20 10 draws: 2010-07-20 to 2010-08-24 3 draws: 2010-08-24 to 2010-09-03 6 draws: 2010-09-03 to 2010-09-24 2 draws: 2010-09-24 to 2010-10-01 8 draws: 2010-10-01 to 2010-10-29 3 draws: 2010-10-29 to 2010-11-09 1 draws: 2010-11-09 to 2010-11-12 35 draws: 2010-11-12 to 2011-03-15 21 draws: 2011-03-15 to 2011-05-27 1 draws: 2011-05-27 to 2011-05-31 19 draws: 2011-05-31 to 2011-08-05 7 draws: 2011-08-05 to 2011-08-30 8 draws: 2011-08-30 to 2011-09-27 17 draws: 2011-09-27 to 2011-11-25 12 draws: 2011-11-25 to 2012-01-06 2 draws: 2012-01-06 to 2012-01-13 2 draws: 2012-01-13 to 2012-01-20 3 draws: 2012-01-20 to 2012-01-31 5 draws: 2012-01-31 to 2012-02-17 8 draws: 2012-02-17 to 2012-03-16 30 draws: 2012-03-16 to 2012-06-29 2 draws: 2012-06-29 to 2012-07-06 42 draws: 2012-07-06 to 2012-11-30 4 draws: 2012-11-30 to 2012-12-14 43 draws: 2012-12-14 to 2013-05-14 12 draws: 2013-05-14 to 2013-06-25 16 draws: 2013-06-25 to 2013-08-20 4 draws: 2013-08-20 to 2013-09-03 3 draws: 2013-09-03 to 2013-09-13 Still waiting — at least 10 draws since 2013-09-13 2005-09-09 2005-09-27 2005-10-04 2005-10-21 2005-10-28 2005-11-01 2006-01-06 2006-01-20 2006-03-14 2006-03-21 2006-05-23 2006-05-30 2006-07-14 2006-10-17 2006-12-15 2007-01-19 2007-04-10 2007-05-11 2007-10-02 2007-12-07 2007-12-28 2008-04-18 2008-05-02 2008-08-08 2008-09-09 2008-10-03 2008-10-17 2009-01-23 2009-02-06 2009-02-20 2009-02-24 2009-03-17 2009-07-10 2009-08-04 2009-09-01 2009-09-08 2009-12-08 2010-01-05 2010-01-22 2010-03-23 2010-04-23 2010-06-08 2010-07-20 2010-08-24 2010-09-03 2010-09-24 2010-10-01 2010-10-29 2010-11-09 2010-11-12 2011-03-15 2011-05-27 2011-05-31 2011-08-05 2011-08-30 2011-09-27 2011-11-25 2012-01-06 2012-01-13 2012-01-20 2012-01-31 2012-02-17 2012-03-16 2012-06-29 2012-07-06 2012-11-30 2012-12-14 2013-05-14 2013-06-25 2013-08-20 2013-09-03 2013-09-13 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
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1st smallest 5 · chance 4.3 2nd smallest 13 · chance 18.7 3rd smallest 26 · chance 28.0 4th smallest 24 · chance 17.3 5th smallest 4 · chance 3.7 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 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 56. 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 ← number 27 Every number number 29 → 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 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.