Number 28

In Cash 5 under the 5/39 · Apr 2010 – May 2016 rules — 2,219 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

277times drawn · chance expected 284 −0.48σ

29draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

36longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 277 times in 2,219 draws against 284.5 expected, −0.48σ. Each draw is independent: after 29 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 277 times in 2,219 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 29 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 smallest1 · chance 1.2
2nd smallest11 · chance 16.7
3rd smallest91 · chance 72.4
4th smallest112 · chance 120.7
5th smallest62 · chance 65.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 29.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 18 24 2 39 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2016-04-17	8	5th	5 8 9 14 28
2016-04-09	1	4th	7 11 19 28 37
2016-04-08	19	4th	8 13 22 28 33
2016-03-20	2	2nd	18 28 33

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

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