Number 28

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · May 2016 – Nov 2018 rules — 897 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

113times drawn · chance expected 109 +0.37σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

41longest completed wait · 46% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 113 times in 897 draws against 109.4 expected, +0.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 113 times in 897 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 1 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 0.9
2nd smallest8 · chance 9.5
3rd smallest27 · chance 33.9
4th smallest53 · chance 47.0
5th smallest24 · chance 21.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 17 6 10 5 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2018-11-02	3	4th	14 16 20 28 41
2018-10-30	10	4th	13 22 23 28 32
2018-10-20	3	3rd	5 7 28 35 38
2018-10-17	16	3rd	2 5 28

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

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