Number 28

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,589 draws, 6 from 1–48.

324times drawn · chance expected 324 +0.02σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 67% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

43longest completed wait · 69% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 324 times in 2,589 draws against 323.6 expected, +0.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 324 times in 2,589 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 4 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 smallest3 · chance 3.3
2nd smallest29 · chance 27.6
3rd smallest73 · chance 84.5
4th smallest114 · chance 117.4
5th smallest88 · chance 74.1
6th smallest17 · chance 17.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 17 42 5 34 41

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-10-12	3	5th	10 13 16 27 28 48
2026-10-05	3	3rd	3 20 28 34 38 39
2026-09-28	22	4th	6 13 26 28 29 46
2026-08-08	16	4th

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-16	4	4th	9 14 21 28 33 45
2025-06-07	11	2nd	25 28 34 35 38 41
2025-05-12	2	3rd	12 25 28 35 36 43
2025-05-07	10	4th	5 6 22 28 38 41
2025-04-14	2	5th	14 17 22 25 28 33
2025-04-09	16	3rd	14 22 28 40 44 47
2025-03-03	1	5th	3 18 25 26 28 44
2025-03-01	5	4th	6 11 23 28 34 45
2025-02-17	2	2nd	7 28 34 36 42 46
2025-02-12	5	5th	9 15 19 25 28 41
2025-02-01	12	3rd	9 11 28 31 37 47
2025-01-04	3	5th	1 12 17 18 28 34
2024-12-28	6	5th	8 18 21 27 28 31
2024-12-14	8	5th	1 13 20 22 28 36
2024-11-25	1	5th	6 11 18 26 28 38
2024-11-23	20	3rd	16 27 28 29 44 45
2024-10-07	6	5th	11 15 22 23 28 39
2024-09-23	6	4th	3 6 10 28 34 46
2024-09-09	2	3rd	13 16 28 34 36 37
2024-09-04	17	4th	5 11 25 28 37 41
2024-07-27	11	3rd	9 22 28 30 34 38
2024-07-01	1	4th	1 12 23 28 42 47
2024-06-29	5	3rd	21 23 28 32 41 48
2024-06-17	2	3rd	6 18 28 29 37 42
2024-06-12	4	4th	5 7 19 28 36 44
2024-06-03	3	5th	14 19 20 26 28 48
2024-05-27	3	5th	10 14 15 18 28 35
2024-05-20	3	3rd	2 12 28 41 46 48
2024-05-13	29	5th	3 14 18 26 28 29
2024-03-06	3	3rd	1 21 28 34 40 41
2024-02-28	2	6th	4 5 15 16 20 28
2024-02-24	4	4th	13 15 20 28 42 43
2024-02-14	5	5th	1 15 18 26 28 44
2024-02-03	8	4th	9 20 23 28 32 42
2024-01-15	6	4th	4 9 10 28 29 39
2024-01-01	16	4th	2 9 19 28 36 47
2023-11-25	12	2nd	3 28 33 35 38 46
2023-10-28	6	3rd	2 20 28 30 42 43
2023-10-14	4	4th	11 12 27 28 34 39
2023-10-04	6	5th	2 7 14 19 28 45
2023-09-20	26	3rd	18 25 28 39 41 47
2023-07-22	37	4th	11 17 26 28 45 48
2023-04-26	13	4th	16 17 24 28 37 44
2023-03-27	6	4th	5 18 20 28 29 45
2023-03-13	4	5th	1 2 11 16 28 48
2023-03-04	4	4th	9 18 21 28 30 36
2023-02-22	28	4th	14 15 16 28 36 42
2022-12-19	9	3rd	15 17 28 34 41 47
2022-11-28	13	4th	10 25 26 28 34 48
2022-10-29	6	4th	18 22 25 28 32 33
2022-10-15	11	5th	2 4 7 21 28 43
2022-09-19	5	4th	3 4 18 28 29 45
2022-09-07	2	5th	5 12 16 24 28 35
2022-09-03	14	2nd	5 28 35 38 40 42
2022-08-01	2	4th	4 9 24 28 35 43
2022-07-27	2	5th	2 7 20 27 28 33
2022-07-23	16	4th	2 5 16 28 40 46
2022-06-15	11	3rd	12 21 28 37 40 46
2022-05-21	3	4th	10 17 25 28 33 45
2022-05-14	3	2nd	6 28 33 36 37 47
2022-05-07	14	3rd	3 12 28 33 35 45
2022-04-04	5	4th	5 7 11 28 41 48
2022-03-23	13	4th	3 15 16 28 33 42
2022-02-21	15	3rd	8 16 28 31 38 45
2022-01-17	5	3rd	20 25 28 31 32 35
2022-01-05	4	4th	7 18 21 28 41 45
2021-12-27	17	4th	3 6 10 28 35 36
2021-11-17	6	4th	13 15 16 28 35 43
2021-11-03	2	6th	10 19 21 24 25 28
2021-10-30	11	3rd	10 14 28 43 47 48
2021-10-04	5	4th	4 12 14 28 40 42
2021-09-22	7	5th	6 16 20 25 28 46
2021-09-06	10	5th	15 17 19 20 28 37
2021-08-14	2	5th	7 9 15 24 28 32
2021-08-09	1	3rd	3 10 28 29 37 40
2021-08-07	14	2nd	20 28 30 34 35 41
2021-07-05	1	5th	1 2 3 23 28 43
2021-07-03	20	5th	7 14 17 21 28 41
2021-05-17	1	2nd	22 28 30 34 40 42
2021-05-15	20	2nd	15 28 31 37 40 47
2021-03-29	9	5th	12 18 24 26 28 45
2021-03-08	34	4th	8 13 22 28 38 39
2020-12-19	3	5th	1 2 5 7 28 44
2020-12-12	4	4th	1 8 14 28 36 46
2020-12-02	6	2nd	5 28 29 32 42 45
2020-11-18	2	5th	10 12 19 23 28 35
2020-11-14	5	5th	19 22 25 26 28 41
2020-11-02	16	4th	5 10 13 28 37 42
2020-09-26	3	3rd	1 17 28 29 30 42
2020-09-19	3	4th	5 8 26 28 35 36
2020-09-12	5	5th	1 14 26 27 28 34
2020-08-31	2	3rd	5 23 28 32 38 46
2020-08-26	3	4th	2 5 17 28 30 34
2020-08-19	9	3rd	1 24 28 41 44 46
2020-07-29	13	3rd	12 22 28 32 34 38
2020-06-29	3	5th	8 18 22 27 28 45
2020-06-22	8	5th	8 13 25 27 28 34
2020-06-03	15	4th	1 12 13 28 42 47
2020-04-29	10	4th	13 15 18 28 44 46
2020-04-06	10	4th	17 19 24 28 34 36
2020-03-14	6	3rd	17 21 28 32 33 40
2020-02-29	15	3rd	16 21 28 30 38 42
2020-01-25	1	5th	2 17 23 27 28 32
2020-01-22	12	4th	2 13 16 28 41 47
2019-12-25	6	5th	4 12 13 26 28 31
2019-12-11	2	4th	20 21 27 28 34 48
2019-12-07	27	4th	1 5 7 28 30 47
2019-10-05	6	3rd	24 25 28 29 32 39
2019-09-21	3	4th	9 13 18 28 35 42
2019-09-14	9	5th	3 14 20 26 28 33
2019-08-24	7	3rd	11 15 28 30 33 45
2019-08-07	38	3rd	6 8 28 38 45 48
2019-05-11	15	5th	12 15 21 23 28 46
2019-04-06	6	5th	4 6 17 18 28 42
2019-03-23	16	4th	14 17 20 28 37 43
2019-02-13	6	5th	3 8 10 24 28 36
2019-01-30	19	4th	2 12 25 28 45 47
2018-12-17	17	2nd	20 28 32 33 45 46
2018-11-07	4	4th	3 5 18 28 38 39
2018-10-29	27	4th	8 17 21 28 36 45
2018-08-27	1	5th	3 4 22 25 28 48
2018-08-25	7	3rd	4 14 28 39 41 46
2018-08-08	9	5th	2 12 16 18 28 32
2018-07-18	3	5th	4 20 23 24 28 42
2018-07-11	1	4th	4 10 20 28 32 48
2018-07-09	1	6th	1 5 12 18 24 28
2018-07-07	5	4th	1 2 3 28 42 43
2018-06-25	3	4th	7 14 25 28 33 35
2018-06-18	4	4th	1 9 14 28 41 42
2018-06-09	5	5th	4 5 9 18 28 41
2018-05-28	3	5th	2 4 12 16 28 44
2018-05-21	1	6th	10 12 20 21 27 28
2018-05-19	14	3rd	15 26 28 33 39 45
2018-04-16	13	2nd	15 28 30 45 46 47
2018-03-17	1	4th	10 18 24 28 29 40
2018-03-14	12	2nd	8 28 34 40 42 47
2018-02-14	11	3rd	22 26 28 33 36 41
2018-01-20	2	4th	4 11 20 28 31 36
2018-01-15	1	5th	1 5 17 22 28 45
2018-01-13	1	4th	5 11 19 28 29 36
2018-01-10	9	5th	3 4 7 20 28 39
2017-12-20	3	5th	10 14 18 23 28 43
2017-12-13	2	3rd	8 12 28 38 39 40
2017-12-09	2	3rd	17 24 28 34 45 46
2017-12-04	1	4th	8 12 17 28 41 44
2017-12-02	1	3rd	23 26 28 30 33 35
2017-11-29	34	5th	5 18 21 26 28 35
2017-09-11	14	4th	13 18 24 28 33 43
2017-08-09	3	6th	12 13 18 23 24 28
2017-08-02	20	5th	4 13 19 27 28 39
2017-06-17	4	5th	14 20 22 27 28 42
2017-06-07	1	3rd	9 14 28 39 40 45
2017-06-05	8	5th	13 18 23 27 28 46
2017-05-17	7	3rd	17 21 28 36 42 48
2017-05-01	1	5th	8 11 15 21 28 32
2017-04-29	6	5th	7 8 22 25 28 32
2017-04-15	8	3rd	5 22 28 42 43 44
2017-03-27	1	4th	4 16 27 28 31 37
2017-03-25	4	5th	8 13 24 26 28 31
2017-03-15	8	3rd	7 15 28 42 43 45
2017-02-25	3	3rd	10 17 28 40 41 46
2017-02-18	1	2nd	24 28 33 43 46 47
2017-02-15	11	6th	5 9 12 25 27 28
2017-01-21	2	3rd	10 11 28 39 40 41
2017-01-16	21	6th	1 10 14 20 22 28
2016-11-28	9	3rd	20 21 28 37 45 46
2016-11-07	17	3rd	4 12 28 33 41 42
2016-09-28	7	4th	1 14 21 28 32 37
2016-09-12	6	2nd	23 28 34 35 42 45
2016-08-29	1	5th	1 8 11 24 28 34
2016-08-27	5	4th	7 10 22 28 39 43
2016-08-15	2	5th	8 12 14 22 28 42
2016-08-10	5	4th	6 7 12 28 31 37
2016-07-30	2	3rd	6 17 28 32 37 41
2016-07-25	13	4th	3 22 23 28 34 35
2016-06-25	1	4th	11 13 17 28 37 43
2016-06-22	6	4th	11 21 25 28 36 42
2016-06-08	9	4th	7 8 19 28 35 46
2016-05-18	5	5th	1 2 5 8 28 30
2016-05-07	2	5th	4 15 19 24 28 30
2016-05-02	2	5th	6 11 14 22 28 36
2016-04-27	37	5th	6 13 16 17 28 46
2016-02-01	5	5th	3 9 13 15 28 47
2016-01-20	2	3rd	11 14 28 29 34 44
2016-01-16	4	6th	2 7 10 21 26 28
2016-01-06	14	2nd	7 28 30 31 34 37
2015-12-05	3	2nd	10 28 33 34 40 43
2015-11-28	15	4th	2 5 23 28 29 38
2015-10-24	1	1st	28 29 31 33 41 44
2015-10-21	2	5th	8 10 12 14 28 35
2015-10-17	3	6th	11 17 18 20 26 28
2015-10-10	16	3rd	3 19 28 29 33 41
2015-09-02	17	5th	7 12 21 25 28 41
2015-07-25	3	3rd	3 17 28 30 31 40
2015-07-18	8	4th	3 6 25 28 37 41
2015-06-29	14	3rd	2 5 28 30 40 41
2015-05-27	7	4th	6 10 17 28 31 41
2015-05-11	1	5th	4 9 23 27 28 45
2015-05-09	5	5th	15 20 21 24 28 32
2015-04-27	8	2nd	6 28 40 44 46 48
2015-04-08	10	5th	2 5 7 26 28 31
2015-03-16	2	4th	5 17 25 28 34 38
2015-03-11	10	4th	10 11 18 28 38 43
2015-02-16	4	2nd	23 28 29 31 33 34
2015-02-07	1	5th	2 5 11 21 28 31
2015-02-04	18	3rd	8 17 28 39 42 43
2014-12-24	9	4th	8 26 27 28 33 36
2014-12-03	22	4th	6 22 26 28 33 44
2014-10-13	1	4th	3 8 20 28 35 47
2014-10-11	16	3rd	6 16 28 30 34 37
2014-09-03	2	2nd	13 28 34 37 41 46
2014-08-30	32	5th	1 2 10 24 28 31
2014-06-16	2	4th	8 20 23 28 37 39
2014-06-11	10	1st	28 31 38 42 44 46
2014-05-19	43	3rd	2 25 28 30 43 48
2014-02-08	26	6th	1 9 15 25 27 28
2013-12-09	4	6th	1 10 16 17 21 28
2013-11-30	3	3rd	1 27 28 32 38 48
2013-11-23	13	5th	12 13 23 27 28 32
2013-10-23	2	4th	6 15 23 28 43 47
2013-10-19	6	5th	4 6 9 11 28 32
2013-10-05	8	4th	21 22 26 28 38 39
2013-09-16	1	5th	9 11 12 15 28 33
2013-09-14	7	3rd	22 23 28 33 43 47
2013-08-28	13	4th	6 9 19 28 30 38
2013-07-29	2	6th	2 8 9 21 27 28
2013-07-24	4	3rd	2 13 28 33 34 46
2013-07-15	7	2nd	18 28 31 46 47 48
2013-06-29	39	3rd	11 17 28 29 34 47
2013-03-30	17	5th	1 13 15 23 28 30
2013-02-18	10	4th	9 17 26 28 32 35
2013-01-26	10	4th	13 17 27 28 31 34
2013-01-02	4	4th	7 12 14 28 38 48
2012-12-24	3	4th	1 11 17 28 46 48
2012-12-17	6	6th	3 18 21 22 25 28
2012-12-03	16	3rd	5 10 28 35 39 48
2012-10-27	8	4th	12 14 16 28 36 47
2012-10-08	1	4th	11 24 26 28 29 39
2012-10-06	12	5th	15 17 23 27 28 31
2012-09-08	9	2nd	4 28 30 39 42 47
2012-08-18	7	5th	6 7 12 24 28 32
2012-08-01	5	4th	6 7 25 28 43 44
2012-07-21	18	2nd	13 28 30 31 32 43
2012-06-09	7	3rd	1 24 28 34 41 42
2012-05-23	19	5th	2 3 6 12 28 43
2012-04-07	3	3rd	4 18 28 40 47 48
2012-03-31	6	4th	2 19 23 28 33 45
2012-03-17	1	6th	1 3 4 5 25 28
2012-03-14	1	5th	5 11 15 27 28 41
2012-03-12	5	5th	10 16 19 20 28 38
2012-02-29	1	3rd	11 18 28 35 42 47
2012-02-27	32	5th	5 7 10 14 28 35
2011-12-14	3	3rd	17 26 28 33 43 47
2011-12-07	7	5th	14 16 17 25 28 34
2011-11-21	5	4th	1 12 24 28 33 41
2011-11-09	2	4th	3 12 16 28 40 46
2011-11-05	2	2nd	16 28 37 38 47 48
2011-10-31	7	4th	6 23 25 28 41 48
2011-10-15	1	4th	12 15 17 28 29 32
2011-10-12	1	2nd	17 28 32 35 36 46
2011-10-10	6	2nd	14 28 29 34 43 47
2011-09-26	10	5th	4 9 17 25 28 31
2011-09-03	5	4th	11 19 25 28 29 47
2011-08-22	5	5th	11 13 20 22 28 33
2011-08-10	17	4th	2 4 5 28 30 33
2011-07-02	3	5th	15 24 25 26 28 42
2011-06-25	8	3rd	1 20 28 43 46 47
2011-06-06	1	4th	1 3 11 28 29 47
2011-06-04	3	3rd	5 20 28 38 45 47
2011-05-28	4	4th	13 23 27 28 31 32
2011-05-18	6	5th	1 11 16 19 28 43
2011-05-04	4	3rd	1 18 28 29 36 47
2011-04-25	1	3rd	6 21 28 30 35 41
2011-04-23	11	4th	14 23 24 28 40 48
2011-03-28	5	4th	6 21 23 28 33 45
2011-03-16	1	4th	8 12 23 28 30 41
2011-03-14	2	5th	11 15 21 27 28 47
2011-03-09	3	2nd	18 28 29 31 32 41
2011-03-02	5	3rd	22 26 28 29 32 43
2011-02-19	1	5th	4 12 17 20 28 45
2011-02-16	1	5th	8 14 15 18 28 35
2011-02-14	5	5th	3 8 21 23 28 38
2011-02-02	9	5th	2 3 7 24 28 47
2011-01-12	11	2nd	2 28 29 31 45 46
2010-12-18	1	5th	7 9 14 21 28 31
2010-12-15	3	6th	2 9 12 19 22 28
2010-12-08	10	4th	1 6 26 28 30 31
2010-11-15	2	4th	1 3 14 28 29 34
2010-11-10	4	4th	5 14 27 28 30 31
2010-11-01	3	3rd	12 19 28 32 37 39
2010-10-25	13	4th	1 19 22 28 29 42
2010-09-25	3	4th	9 14 24 28 31 41
2010-09-18	5	6th	4 13 19 24 26 28
2010-09-06	15	4th	9 16 27 28 36 39
2010-08-02	3	3rd	12 26 28 31 34 35
2010-07-26	6	3rd	8 13 28 33 35 40
2010-07-12	12	4th	2 13 15 28 30 38
2010-06-14	25	3rd	13 20 28 37 41 42
2010-04-17	1	2nd	13 28 29 33 36 39
2010-04-14	—	4th	15 18 20 28 34 43