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Number 28 In Powerball under the 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 rules — 578 draws, 5 from 1–45 (an earlier era).
5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/35 · Jan 2012 – Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/39 · Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 5/55 + 1/42 · Aug 2005 – Jan 2009 5/53 + 1/42 · Oct 2002 – Aug 2005 5/49 + 1/42 · Nov 1997 – Oct 2002 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 72 times drawn · chance expected 64 +1.03σ
0 draws waiting — it came up last time
8.1 average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0
51 longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long
28 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 72 times in 578 draws against 64.2 expected, +1.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.
28 Number 28, draw by draw Drawn 72 times in 578 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 51 · drawn in the most recent draw
5 draws: 1992-04-29 to 1992-05-16 2 draws: 1992-05-16 to 1992-05-23 13 draws: 1992-05-23 to 1992-07-08 1 draws: 1992-07-08 to 1992-07-11 6 draws: 1992-07-11 to 1992-08-01 22 draws: 1992-08-01 to 1992-10-17 1 draws: 1992-10-17 to 1992-10-21 9 draws: 1992-10-21 to 1992-11-21 6 draws: 1992-11-21 to 1992-12-12 10 draws: 1992-12-12 to 1993-01-16 7 draws: 1993-01-16 to 1993-02-10 1 draws: 1993-02-10 to 1993-02-13 2 draws: 1993-02-13 to 1993-02-20 28 draws: 1993-02-20 to 1993-05-29 4 draws: 1993-05-29 to 1993-06-12 7 draws: 1993-06-12 to 1993-07-07 1 draws: 1993-07-07 to 1993-07-10 5 draws: 1993-07-10 to 1993-07-28 18 draws: 1993-07-28 to 1993-09-29 11 draws: 1993-09-29 to 1993-11-06 1 draws: 1993-11-06 to 1993-11-10 17 draws: 1993-11-10 to 1994-01-08 17 draws: 1994-01-08 to 1994-03-09 11 draws: 1994-03-09 to 1994-04-16 12 draws: 1994-04-16 to 1994-05-28 9 draws: 1994-05-28 to 1994-06-29 3 draws: 1994-06-29 to 1994-07-09 13 draws: 1994-07-09 to 1994-08-24 6 draws: 1994-08-24 to 1994-09-14 3 draws: 1994-09-14 to 1994-09-24 28 draws: 1994-09-24 to 1994-12-31 5 draws: 1994-12-31 to 1995-01-18 7 draws: 1995-01-18 to 1995-02-11 12 draws: 1995-02-11 to 1995-03-25 1 draws: 1995-03-25 to 1995-03-29 1 draws: 1995-03-29 to 1995-04-01 5 draws: 1995-04-01 to 1995-04-19 1 draws: 1995-04-19 to 1995-04-22 1 draws: 1995-04-22 to 1995-04-26 1 draws: 1995-04-26 to 1995-04-29 11 draws: 1995-04-29 to 1995-06-07 1 draws: 1995-06-07 to 1995-06-10 2 draws: 1995-06-10 to 1995-06-17 4 draws: 1995-06-17 to 1995-07-01 6 draws: 1995-07-01 to 1995-07-22 1 draws: 1995-07-22 to 1995-07-26 11 draws: 1995-07-26 to 1995-09-02 16 draws: 1995-09-02 to 1995-10-28 3 draws: 1995-10-28 to 1995-11-08 1 draws: 1995-11-08 to 1995-11-11 51 draws: 1995-11-11 to 1996-05-08 3 draws: 1996-05-08 to 1996-05-18 6 draws: 1996-05-18 to 1996-06-08 6 draws: 1996-06-08 to 1996-06-29 7 draws: 1996-06-29 to 1996-07-24 13 draws: 1996-07-24 to 1996-09-07 24 draws: 1996-09-07 to 1996-11-30 5 draws: 1996-11-30 to 1996-12-18 12 draws: 1996-12-18 to 1997-01-29 4 draws: 1997-01-29 to 1997-02-12 17 draws: 1997-02-12 to 1997-04-12 2 draws: 1997-04-12 to 1997-04-19 7 draws: 1997-04-19 to 1997-05-14 10 draws: 1997-05-14 to 1997-06-18 5 draws: 1997-06-18 to 1997-07-05 8 draws: 1997-07-05 to 1997-08-02 13 draws: 1997-08-02 to 1997-09-17 1 draws: 1997-09-17 to 1997-09-20 1 draws: 1997-09-20 to 1997-09-24 9 draws: 1997-09-24 to 1997-10-25 2 draws: 1997-10-25 to 1997-11-01 1992-04-29 1992-05-16 1992-05-23 1992-07-08 1992-07-11 1992-08-01 1992-10-17 1992-10-21 1992-11-21 1992-12-12 1993-01-16 1993-02-10 1993-02-13 1993-02-20 1993-05-29 1993-06-12 1993-07-07 1993-07-10 1993-07-28 1993-09-29 1993-11-06 1993-11-10 1994-01-08 1994-03-09 1994-04-16 1994-05-28 1994-06-29 1994-07-09 1994-08-24 1994-09-14 1994-09-24 1994-12-31 1995-01-18 1995-02-11 1995-03-25 1995-03-29 1995-04-01 1995-04-19 1995-04-22 1995-04-26 1995-04-29 1995-06-07 1995-06-10 1995-06-17 1995-07-01 1995-07-22 1995-07-26 1995-09-02 1995-10-28 1995-11-08 1995-11-11 1996-05-08 1996-05-18 1996-06-08 1996-06-29 1996-07-24 1996-09-07 1996-11-30 1996-12-18 1997-01-29 1997-02-12 1997-04-12 1997-04-19 1997-05-14 1997-06-18 1997-07-05 1997-08-02 1997-09-17 1997-09-20 1997-09-24 1997-10-25 1997-11-01 1992-04-22 1997-11-01
1 draws: 15 times 2 draws: 5 times 3 draws: 4 times 4 draws: 3 times 5 draws: 6 times 6 draws: 6 times 7 draws: 5 times 8 draws: 1 time 9 draws: 3 times 10 draws: 2 times 11 draws: 4 times 12 draws: 3 times 13 draws: 4 times 14 draws: 0 times 15 draws: 0 times 16 draws: 1 time 17 draws: 3 times 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 1 time 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 2 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 0 times 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 0 times 43 draws: 0 times 44 draws: 0 times 45 draws: 0 times 46 draws: 0 times 47 draws: 0 times 48 draws: 0 times 49 draws: 0 times 50 draws: 0 times 51 draws: 1 time 52 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 0 · chance 1.3 2nd smallest 9 · chance 9.7 3rd smallest 20 · chance 25.3 4th smallest 30 · chance 26.4 5th smallest 13 · chance 9.3 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 45. 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 ← number 27 Every number number 29 → 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.