Number 38

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

290times drawn · chance expected 284 +0.35σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

47longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 290 times in 2,219 draws against 284.5 expected, +0.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 290 times in 2,219 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 2 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 38 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest26 · chance 30.5
5th smallest264 · chance 259.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 8 15 20 2 35

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, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 32nd 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 38 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2016-05-14	4	5th	3 4 7 23 38
2016-05-10	10	5th	16 24 27 31 38
2016-04-30	6	4th	2 5 9 38 39
2016-04-24	5	5th	3 14 21

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2015-12-06	9	5th	22 24 32 35 38
2015-11-27	7	5th	5 15 19 37 38
2015-11-20	2	4th	8 13 16 38 39
2015-11-18	3	5th	5 14 22 31 38
2015-11-15	4	5th	4 16 19 33 38
2015-11-11	6	5th	5 20 32 37 38
2015-11-05	3	5th	14 16 21 36 38
2015-11-02	1	5th	2 8 26 34 38
2015-11-01	1	5th	1 7 23 31 38
2015-10-31	39	5th	1 10 16 22 38
2015-09-22	13	5th	12 16 30 37 38
2015-09-09	7	5th	9 15 16 18 38
2015-09-02	12	5th	14 17 21 30 38
2015-08-21	8	5th	1 2 28 34 38
2015-08-13	2	4th	8 10 16 38 39
2015-08-11	5	5th	15 17 27 31 38
2015-08-06	1	4th	4 20 28 38 39
2015-08-05	2	5th	2 7 18 35 38
2015-08-03	4	5th	2 7 13 34 38
2015-07-30	10	5th	13 15 20 25 38
2015-07-20	9	5th	11 14 24 25 38
2015-07-11	5	5th	1 20 24 30 38
2015-07-06	4	5th	15 16 20 26 38
2015-07-02	6	5th	2 16 19 36 38
2015-06-26	19	5th	3 11 26 37 38
2015-06-07	4	5th	22 25 35 36 38
2015-06-03	18	5th	10 23 25 35 38
2015-05-16	9	5th	6 18 23 33 38
2015-05-07	2	5th	2 10 17 21 38
2015-05-05	1	5th	2 33 35 37 38
2015-05-04	5	5th	2 6 10 35 38
2015-04-28	6	5th	3 10 29 37 38
2015-04-22	5	5th	9 12 13 15 38
2015-04-17	24	4th	9 24 31 38 39
2015-03-24	14	5th	1 8 10 23 38
2015-03-10	4	5th	1 8 14 25 38
2015-03-06	3	5th	6 8 22 26 38
2015-03-03	10	5th	17 18 19 28 38
2015-02-21	10	5th	5 23 27 37 38
2015-02-11	3	5th	9 11 16 20 38
2015-02-08	3	5th	15 31 34 36 38
2015-02-05	26	5th	11 12 13 31 38
2015-01-10	4	5th	20 21 25 26 38
2015-01-06	8	5th	19 20 27 36 38
2014-12-29	20	4th	8 15 31 38 39
2014-12-09	2	5th	2 17 28 29 38
2014-12-07	5	5th	2 5 6 19 38
2014-12-02	1	5th	4 9 13 23 38
2014-12-01	33	4th	8 10 26 38 39
2014-10-29	6	4th	16 27 35 38 39
2014-10-23	4	5th	8 14 19 20 38
2014-10-19	9	5th	7 14 19 30 38
2014-10-10	41	5th	9 14 27 28 38
2014-08-30	7	5th	8 30 32 34 38
2014-08-23	1	5th	2 18 27 34 38
2014-08-22	2	5th	5 11 21 29 38
2014-08-20	16	5th	17 19 22 36 38
2014-08-04	9	5th	3 8 25 34 38
2014-07-26	7	5th	3 12 18 32 38
2014-07-19	1	5th	4 7 10 29 38
2014-07-18	1	5th	15 18 27 35 38
2014-07-17	6	5th	3 4 5 15 38
2014-07-11	7	5th	1 10 17 34 38
2014-07-04	2	5th	16 19 23 37 38
2014-07-02	7	5th	2 3 15 33 38
2014-06-25	1	5th	2 8 19 35 38
2014-06-24	4	5th	5 23 24 25 38
2014-06-20	4	5th	4 11 13 32 38
2014-06-16	15	4th	18 30 35 38 39
2014-06-01	14	5th	4 13 21 36 38
2014-05-18	3	5th	3 4 12 15 38
2014-05-15	13	5th	2 4 5 12 38
2014-05-02	7	5th	6 23 30 36 38
2014-04-25	6	5th	1 3 30 36 38
2014-04-19	18	5th	3 10 20 33 38
2014-04-01	1	5th	21 27 28 35 38
2014-03-31	7	5th	22 25 28 37 38
2014-03-24	29	4th	4 8 28 38 39
2014-02-23	9	5th	7 17 30 36 38
2014-02-14	11	5th	1 28 35 36 38
2014-02-03	6	5th	2 29 31 37 38
2014-01-28	5	5th	6 11 15 16 38
2014-01-23	2	5th	10 27 28 35 38
2014-01-21	1	5th	25 26 29 32 38
2014-01-20	3	5th	3 9 30 37 38
2014-01-17	10	5th	5 11 14 23 38
2014-01-07	1	5th	6 19 21 24 38
2014-01-06	7	5th	16 28 30 34 38
2013-12-30	2	5th	4 14 29 35 38
2013-12-28	1	5th	10 18 19 37 38
2013-12-27	6	5th	7 15 29 32 38
2013-12-21	4	5th	5 19 28 35 38
2013-12-17	6	5th	3 26 29 34 38
2013-12-11	7	5th	8 21 25 35 38
2013-12-04	1	5th	12 15 24 35 38
2013-12-03	28	5th	3 17 30 34 38
2013-11-05	3	5th	5 6 11 36 38
2013-11-02	22	5th	12 21 22 36 38
2013-10-10	4	5th	6 18 30 34 38
2013-10-06	2	5th	10 22 27 29 38
2013-10-04	6	5th	11 17 29 31 38
2013-09-28	1	4th	7 10 35 38 39
2013-09-27	3	4th	1 9 18 38 39
2013-09-24	8	5th	8 9 15 37 38
2013-09-16	2	5th	3 8 15 26 38
2013-09-14	4	5th	3 4 11 19 38
2013-09-10	7	5th	20 22 24 37 38
2013-09-03	28	5th	7 8 16 30 38
2013-08-06	4	5th	6 13 29 33 38
2013-08-02	1	5th	7 14 19 22 38
2013-08-01	7	5th	2 9 18 25 38
2013-07-25	1	5th	13 14 17 19 38
2013-07-24	2	5th	3 6 14 36 38
2013-07-22	9	5th	7 14 31 32 38
2013-07-13	4	5th	22 30 34 36 38
2013-07-09	3	5th	24 28 36 37 38
2013-07-06	6	5th	4 5 18 20 38
2013-06-30	5	5th	1 2 20 37 38
2013-06-25	2	4th	3 15 22 38 39
2013-06-23	10	5th	6 13 22 33 38
2013-06-13	9	5th	4 11 25 35 38
2013-06-04	4	5th	13 23 24 35 38
2013-05-31	4	5th	1 18 24 28 38
2013-05-27	4	5th	22 23 25 26 38
2013-05-23	10	5th	6 8 11 19 38
2013-05-13	2	5th	2 28 31 32 38
2013-05-11	1	5th	20 21 24 27 38
2013-05-10	2	5th	2 6 25 31 38
2013-05-08	10	4th	21 30 32 38 39
2013-04-28	2	5th	8 17 18 31 38
2013-04-26	2	5th	12 18 30 35 38
2013-04-24	7	5th	15 16 18 36 38
2013-04-17	8	5th	14 16 24 26 38
2013-04-09	2	5th	6 25 29 31 38
2013-04-07	1	5th	11 12 18 26 38
2013-04-06	1	5th	4 14 16 17 38
2013-04-05	32	5th	8 24 30 36 38
2013-03-04	8	5th	16 17 19 34 38
2013-02-24	6	5th	10 29 31 36 38
2013-02-18	1	5th	12 14 20 26 38
2013-02-17	5	5th	2 5 15 20 38
2013-02-12	2	5th	1 9 21 32 38
2013-02-10	3	5th	2 20 27 28 38
2013-02-07	3	4th	8 35 36 38 39
2013-02-04	2	5th	1 7 8 10 38
2013-02-02	2	4th	1 4 31 38 39
2013-01-31	9	5th	13 25 31 35 38
2013-01-22	24	5th	8 9 19 21 38
2012-12-29	10	5th	1 10 24 34 38
2012-12-19	5	5th	2 10 29 32 38
2012-12-14	6	5th	1 6 13 19 38
2012-12-08	1	5th	1 16 25 26 38
2012-12-07	9	5th	4 22 23 26 38
2012-11-28	23	5th	15 19 26 27 38
2012-11-05	1	5th	12 27 30 34 38
2012-11-04	5	5th	14 16 23 33 38
2012-10-30	3	5th	12 18 29 37 38
2012-10-27	6	5th	9 11 13 19 38
2012-10-21	9	5th	1 2 13 26 38
2012-10-12	47	4th	15 16 27 38 39
2012-08-26	3	5th	2 13 14 33 38
2012-08-23	3	5th	9 13 17 27 38
2012-08-20	1	5th	12 17 31 33 38
2012-08-19	4	5th	2 4 12 20 38
2012-08-15	8	5th	9 10 16 23 38
2012-08-07	5	5th	7 17 30 34 38
2012-08-02	4	5th	11 17 22 37 38
2012-07-29	2	5th	3 8 25 27 38
2012-07-27	4	5th	8 13 21 23 38
2012-07-23	3	5th	6 8 16 30 38
2012-07-20	7	4th	2 15 16 38 39
2012-07-13	6	5th	4 18 31 33 38
2012-07-07	5	5th	4 18 22 29 38
2012-07-02	4	5th	9 12 23 36 38
2012-06-27	7	5th	6 7 20 26 38
2012-06-20	4	5th	7 24 30 32 38
2012-06-16	3	5th	13 26 28 32 38
2012-06-13	3	5th	11 18 21 29 38
2012-06-10	15	4th	5 17 26 38 39
2012-05-26	2	5th	20 27 35 36 38
2012-05-24	3	5th	2 4 33 37 38
2012-05-21	3	5th	3 4 14 29 38
2012-05-18	4	5th	9 15 26 28 38
2012-05-14	3	5th	4 8 21 30 38
2012-05-08	11	5th	7 13 14 35 38
2012-04-27	10	5th	10 11 15 21 38
2012-04-17	15	5th	20 22 32 36 38
2012-04-02	5	4th	2 9 32 38 39
2012-03-28	2	5th	6 9 11 36 38
2012-03-26	8	5th	12 13 28 36 38
2012-03-18	29	5th	7 9 12 27 38
2012-02-18	8	5th	4 8 20 36 38
2012-02-10	31	5th	1 10 23 28 38
2012-01-10	2	5th	4 7 20 23 38
2012-01-08	3	5th	5 22 28 29 38
2012-01-05	9	5th	9 11 25 32 38
2011-12-27	19	5th	15 19 28 36 38
2011-12-08	17	5th	5 16 19 35 38
2011-11-21	4	5th	11 19 28 34 38
2011-11-17	47	5th	15 20 27 31 38
2011-09-29	24	5th	9 25 27 34 38
2011-09-05	2	5th	7 13 19 20 38
2011-09-03	3	5th	1 3 13 24 38
2011-08-31	5	5th	2 3 19 23 38
2011-08-25	22	5th	1 24 26 32 38
2011-08-01	9	4th	10 13 33 38 39
2011-07-23	7	5th	5 14 26 28 38
2011-07-16	3	5th	1 7 12 18 38
2011-07-13	5	5th	5 19 28 34 38
2011-07-08	8	5th	7 9 14 25 38
2011-06-30	2	5th	4 5 9 35 38
2011-06-28	3	5th	16 24 35 37 38
2011-06-25	6	5th	4 24 26 34 38
2011-06-19	11	5th	24 31 32 34 38
2011-06-08	16	5th	2 10 11 21 38
2011-05-23	15	5th	16 28 31 37 38
2011-05-08	14	5th	17 20 23 25 38
2011-04-24	2	5th	16 21 23 31 38
2011-04-22	2	4th	7 8 17 38 39
2011-04-20	2	5th	15 22 28 35 38
2011-04-17	3	5th	16 24 28 31 38
2011-04-14	2	5th	10 20 24 36 38
2011-04-12	27	5th	17 19 21 29 38
2011-03-16	9	5th	1 17 27 33 38
2011-03-07	1	5th	8 12 20 36 38
2011-03-06	7	5th	4 7 17 20 38
2011-02-27	1	5th	22 23 35 37 38
2011-02-26	10	5th	7 10 17 36 38
2011-02-16	2	5th	11 25 30 33 38
2011-02-14	1	5th	4 13 20 22 38
2011-02-13	9	5th	17 20 29 33 38
2011-02-04	16	5th	20 23 30 31 38
2011-01-18	26	5th	16 20 27 33 38
2010-12-23	3	5th	1 3 13 30 38
2010-12-20	17	5th	9 18 25 34 38
2010-12-03	10	5th	12 22 25 33 38
2010-11-23	3	5th	11 13 18 35 38
2010-11-20	4	5th	11 25 26 37 38
2010-11-16	5	5th	3 16 27 29 38
2010-11-11	13	5th	5 10 17 35 38
2010-10-29	2	5th	5 24 33 35 38
2010-10-27	13	5th	1 11 17 33 38
2010-10-14	8	5th	6 15 16 17 38
2010-10-06	14	5th	23 24 36 37 38
2010-09-22	13	5th	1 7 32 36 38
2010-09-09	6	5th	16 22 23 24 38
2010-09-03	6	5th	6 7 10 21 38
2010-08-28	7	4th	2 6 15 38 39
2010-08-21	3	5th	9 11 24 32 38
2010-08-18	13	5th	13 18 25 36 38
2010-08-05	4	4th	13 17 34 38 39
2010-08-01	8	5th	6 8 18 36 38
2010-07-24	3	4th	10 11 31 38 39
2010-07-21	5	5th	6 8 21 34 38
2010-07-16	8	5th	16 26 30 34 38
2010-07-08	4	4th	1 6 16 38 39
2010-07-04	2	5th	9 15 18 20 38
2010-07-02	1	5th	2 11 14 26 38
2010-07-01	21	5th	18 19 28 33 38
2010-06-10	15	5th	7 15 20 23 38
2010-05-26	1	5th	1 27 32 34 38
2010-05-25	6	5th	8 14 18 23 38
2010-05-19	7	5th	9 10 13 22 38
2010-05-12	18	5th	8 16 17 26 38
2010-04-24	14	5th	1 2 25 34 38
2010-04-10	—	5th	4 5 12 15 38