In Mega Millions under the 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 rules — 776 draws, 5 from 1–70 (an earlier era).
56times drawn · chance expected 55 +0.08σ
0draws waiting — it came up last time
14.1average wait between appearances · chance says 14.0
54longest completed wait · 67% chance of one at least that long
28 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 56 times in 776 draws against 55.4 expected, +0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
28
Number 28, draw by draw
Drawn 56 times in 776 draws · average wait 14.1 draws · longest completed wait 54 · drawn in the most recent draw
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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
Never drawn alongside 2 of the other 69 numbers; chance expects about 3 such strangers 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 70. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 5/70 tonight whatever it did last week.