Number 38

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

111times drawn · chance expected 109 +0.16σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

35longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 111 times in 897 draws against 109.4 expected, +0.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 111 times in 897 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 5 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 2.4
4th smallest26 · chance 28.3
5th smallest85 · chance 80.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 1 23 27 28 31

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, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 33rd 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 above 31 ×0.86

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

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2018-10-29	7	5th	8 17 21 35 38
2018-10-22	2	5th	5 14 24 30 38
2018-10-20	2	5th	5 7 28 35 38
2018-10-18	3	5th	23 31 32

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

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