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Number 38 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 83 times drawn · chance expected 78 +0.64σ
15 draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number
10.4 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
46 longest completed wait · 71% chance of one at least that long
38 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 83 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, +0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
38 Number 38, draw by draw Drawn 83 times in 869 draws · average wait 10.4 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 15 draws now
11 draws: 2005-07-05 to 2005-08-12 4 draws: 2005-08-12 to 2005-08-26 28 draws: 2005-08-26 to 2005-12-02 9 draws: 2005-12-02 to 2006-01-03 2 draws: 2006-01-03 to 2006-01-10 15 draws: 2006-01-10 to 2006-03-03 1 draws: 2006-03-03 to 2006-03-07 25 draws: 2006-03-07 to 2006-06-02 4 draws: 2006-06-02 to 2006-06-16 16 draws: 2006-06-16 to 2006-08-11 5 draws: 2006-08-11 to 2006-08-29 8 draws: 2006-08-29 to 2006-09-26 6 draws: 2006-09-26 to 2006-10-17 22 draws: 2006-10-17 to 2007-01-02 2 draws: 2007-01-02 to 2007-01-09 13 draws: 2007-01-09 to 2007-02-23 5 draws: 2007-02-23 to 2007-03-13 13 draws: 2007-03-13 to 2007-04-27 11 draws: 2007-04-27 to 2007-06-05 12 draws: 2007-06-05 to 2007-07-17 9 draws: 2007-07-17 to 2007-08-17 1 draws: 2007-08-17 to 2007-08-21 19 draws: 2007-08-21 to 2007-10-26 26 draws: 2007-10-26 to 2008-01-25 7 draws: 2008-01-25 to 2008-02-19 10 draws: 2008-02-19 to 2008-03-25 23 draws: 2008-03-25 to 2008-06-13 15 draws: 2008-06-13 to 2008-08-05 2 draws: 2008-08-05 to 2008-08-12 16 draws: 2008-08-12 to 2008-10-07 10 draws: 2008-10-07 to 2008-11-11 26 draws: 2008-11-11 to 2009-02-10 13 draws: 2009-02-10 to 2009-03-27 2 draws: 2009-03-27 to 2009-04-03 9 draws: 2009-04-03 to 2009-05-05 9 draws: 2009-05-05 to 2009-06-05 9 draws: 2009-06-05 to 2009-07-07 13 draws: 2009-07-07 to 2009-08-21 20 draws: 2009-08-21 to 2009-10-30 1 draws: 2009-10-30 to 2009-11-03 21 draws: 2009-11-03 to 2010-01-15 1 draws: 2010-01-15 to 2010-01-19 2 draws: 2010-01-19 to 2010-01-26 1 draws: 2010-01-26 to 2010-01-29 17 draws: 2010-01-29 to 2010-03-30 46 draws: 2010-03-30 to 2010-09-07 5 draws: 2010-09-07 to 2010-09-24 1 draws: 2010-09-24 to 2010-09-28 13 draws: 2010-09-28 to 2010-11-12 7 draws: 2010-11-12 to 2010-12-07 2 draws: 2010-12-07 to 2010-12-14 10 draws: 2010-12-14 to 2011-01-18 1 draws: 2011-01-18 to 2011-01-21 19 draws: 2011-01-21 to 2011-03-29 8 draws: 2011-03-29 to 2011-04-26 13 draws: 2011-04-26 to 2011-06-10 19 draws: 2011-06-10 to 2011-08-16 6 draws: 2011-08-16 to 2011-09-06 4 draws: 2011-09-06 to 2011-09-20 5 draws: 2011-09-20 to 2011-10-07 1 draws: 2011-10-07 to 2011-10-11 3 draws: 2011-10-11 to 2011-10-21 23 draws: 2011-10-21 to 2012-01-10 3 draws: 2012-01-10 to 2012-01-20 20 draws: 2012-01-20 to 2012-03-30 1 draws: 2012-03-30 to 2012-04-03 6 draws: 2012-04-03 to 2012-04-24 11 draws: 2012-04-24 to 2012-06-01 15 draws: 2012-06-01 to 2012-07-24 3 draws: 2012-07-24 to 2012-08-03 2 draws: 2012-08-03 to 2012-08-10 8 draws: 2012-08-10 to 2012-09-07 16 draws: 2012-09-07 to 2012-11-02 5 draws: 2012-11-02 to 2012-11-20 14 draws: 2012-11-20 to 2013-01-08 10 draws: 2013-01-08 to 2013-02-12 3 draws: 2013-02-12 to 2013-02-22 2 draws: 2013-02-22 to 2013-03-01 42 draws: 2013-03-01 to 2013-07-26 4 draws: 2013-07-26 to 2013-08-09 3 draws: 2013-08-09 to 2013-08-20 2 draws: 2013-08-20 to 2013-08-27 Still waiting — at least 15 draws since 2013-08-27 2005-07-05 2005-08-12 2005-08-26 2005-12-02 2006-01-03 2006-01-10 2006-03-03 2006-03-07 2006-06-02 2006-06-16 2006-08-11 2006-08-29 2006-09-26 2006-10-17 2007-01-02 2007-01-09 2007-02-23 2007-03-13 2007-04-27 2007-06-05 2007-07-17 2007-08-17 2007-08-21 2007-10-26 2008-01-25 2008-02-19 2008-03-25 2008-06-13 2008-08-05 2008-08-12 2008-10-07 2008-11-11 2009-02-10 2009-03-27 2009-04-03 2009-05-05 2009-06-05 2009-07-07 2009-08-21 2009-10-30 2009-11-03 2010-01-15 2010-01-19 2010-01-26 2010-01-29 2010-03-30 2010-09-07 2010-09-24 2010-09-28 2010-11-12 2010-12-07 2010-12-14 2011-01-18 2011-01-21 2011-03-29 2011-04-26 2011-06-10 2011-08-16 2011-09-06 2011-09-20 2011-10-07 2011-10-11 2011-10-21 2012-01-10 2012-01-20 2012-03-30 2012-04-03 2012-04-24 2012-06-01 2012-07-24 2012-08-03 2012-08-10 2012-09-07 2012-11-02 2012-11-20 2013-01-08 2013-02-12 2013-02-22 2013-03-01 2013-07-26 2013-08-09 2013-08-20 2013-08-27 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
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1st smallest 1 · chance 0.7 2nd smallest 6 · chance 7.3 3rd smallest 23 · chance 24.8 4th smallest 32 · chance 34.0 5th smallest 21 · chance 16.1 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.0 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 0.1 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 — 34th 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.
The model and its sources → · What people believe about 38 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 37 Every number number 39 → 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 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.