Number 38

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,163 draws, 6 from 1–40.

183times drawn · chance expected 174 +0.70σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

59longest completed wait · 1% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 183 times in 1,163 draws against 174.4 expected, +0.70σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 16 times, counted separately.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 183 times in 1,163 draws · average wait 6.3 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 7 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 smallest4 · chance 2.5
5th smallest48 · chance 42.0
6th smallest131 · chance 138.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 9 40 11 17 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-26	4	6th	12 14 15 21 25 38
2026-09-12	7	5th	3 8 25 31 38 39
2026-08-19	29	6th	7 26 27 31 34 38
2026-05-09

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-09	2	6th	11 12 15 29 33 38
2025-04-02	6	6th	3 8 23 30 36 38
2025-03-12	8	6th	12 20 22 24 28 38
2025-02-12	6	5th	1 12 25 32 38 39
2025-01-22	3	6th	5 9 18 32 33 38
2025-01-11	7	6th	3 4 11 16 36 38
2024-12-18	1	4th	1 11 14 38 39 40
2024-12-14	6	5th	10 23 24 34 38 40
2024-11-23	4	6th	1 8 10 28 37 38
2024-11-09	1	6th	11 12 20 21 37 38
2024-11-06	9	6th	2 3 20 21 34 38
2024-10-05	1	5th	9 16 21 25 38 39
2024-10-02	4	5th	4 11 13 30 38 40
2024-09-18	3	5th	11 20 21 23 38 40
2024-09-07	3	5th	13 15 26 32 38 40
2024-08-28	2	6th	1 12 23 25 27 38
2024-08-21	11	6th	4 5 6 20 36 38
2024-07-13	9	6th	6 24 26 33 34 38
2024-06-12	9	6th	2 5 16 23 33 38
2024-05-11	2	6th	5 18 20 24 30 38
2024-05-04	6	6th	2 4 23 26 31 38
2024-04-13	5	6th	6 9 26 29 34 38
2024-03-27	9	6th	10 12 24 26 34 38
2024-02-24	10	6th	5 20 30 36 37 38
2024-01-20	2	6th	12 23 26 31 32 38
2024-01-13	9	6th	3 6 8 11 35 38
2023-12-13	10	6th	9 10 15 24 26 38
2023-11-08	3	6th	15 19 26 28 34 38
2023-10-28	11	4th	8 21 25 38 39 40
2023-09-20	2	6th	2 5 31 34 36 38
2023-09-13	13	5th	3 18 31 35 38 40
2023-07-29	9	6th	7 10 17 21 26 38
2023-06-28	7	6th	8 9 13 17 21 38
2023-06-03	3	5th	13 15 31 36 38 39
2023-05-24	3	6th	1 3 11 20 37 38
2023-05-13	2	6th	5 8 12 13 23 38
2023-05-06	16	6th	7 9 14 15 16 38
2023-03-11	4	5th	19 24 32 34 38 40
2023-02-25	4	6th	12 13 22 24 35 38
2023-02-11	3	6th	18 19 20 22 27 38
2023-02-01	3	6th	6 9 20 22 30 38
2023-01-21	4	6th	6 11 16 21 25 38
2023-01-07	10	6th	3 4 7 15 28 38
2022-12-03	2	5th	10 33 35 37 38 39
2022-11-26	59	6th	10 18 25 32 35 38
2022-05-04	4	5th	5 11 12 16 38 39
2022-04-20	8	5th	1 11 12 14 38 40
2022-03-23	3	6th	2 23 29 30 32 38
2022-03-12	3	6th	6 17 20 27 32 38
2022-03-02	15	5th	1 19 23 29 38 39
2022-01-08	6	6th	13 17 25 28 33 38
2021-12-18	4	5th	7 8 12 26 38 39
2021-12-04	1	6th	3 24 34 36 37 38
2021-12-01	13	6th	3 11 17 21 23 38
2021-10-16	4	6th	24 30 32 33 37 38
2021-10-02	6	6th	3 10 26 29 31 38
2021-09-11	5	6th	3 24 25 28 31 38
2021-08-25	2	5th	4 13 17 22 38 39
2021-08-18	6	6th	2 11 16 19 23 38
2021-07-28	14	5th	16 17 18 21 38 39
2021-06-09	4	6th	9 13 15 17 23 38
2021-05-26	4	5th	2 6 7 34 38 39
2021-05-12	2	5th	3 6 33 35 38 40
2021-05-05	3	6th	4 11 16 31 32 38
2021-04-24	1	6th	5 7 15 31 32 38
2021-04-21	7	6th	2 8 11 21 24 38
2021-03-27	7	6th	7 31 33 35 36 38
2021-03-03	2	6th	31 32 33 34 37 38
2021-02-24	16	6th	4 9 13 20 31 38
2020-12-30	7	5th	5 16 31 33 38 39
2020-12-05	1	6th	9 17 21 27 33 38
2020-12-02	1	6th	1 18 27 28 34 38
2020-11-28	1	6th	2 9 17 30 31 38
2020-11-25	6	6th	6 10 13 19 31 38
2020-11-04	3	6th	4 6 8 16 24 38
2020-10-24	1	6th	1 12 25 26 35 38
2020-10-21	2	6th	1 5 19 26 35 38
2020-10-14	2	6th	1 11 12 24 29 38
2020-10-07	1	5th	4 18 23 26 38 40
2020-10-03	9	6th	11 14 26 30 36 38
2020-09-02	7	5th	12 24 30 31 38 39
2020-08-08	4	6th	2 5 9 10 36 38
2020-07-25	3	5th	18 22 24 32 38 40
2020-07-15	10	5th	8 17 23 25 38 40
2020-06-10	2	6th	4 18 19 26 30 38
2020-06-03	5	6th	4 17 18 28 29 38
2020-05-16	13	6th	12 15 20 32 34 38
2020-04-01	10	6th	14 22 28 30 36 38
2020-02-26	11	6th	12 20 21 24 34 38
2020-01-18	1	6th	3 17 19 32 33 38
2020-01-15	2	6th	14 18 25 30 35 38
2020-01-08	15	6th	2 14 15 21 31 38
2019-11-16	22	6th	5 28 30 32 36 38
2019-08-31	4	5th	5 8 9 15 38 39
2019-08-17	4	6th	7 8 15 27 28 38
2019-08-03	7	6th	8 12 13 16 17 38
2019-07-10	6	5th	7 23 30 37 38 40
2019-06-19	4	6th	17 21 24 30 31 38
2019-06-05	6	5th	1 21 36 37 38 39
2019-05-15	4	6th	3 27 30 33 35 38
2019-05-01	7	4th	32 33 35 38 39 40
2019-04-06	4	5th	6 13 15 21 38 39
2019-03-23	4	6th	3 5 12 22 24 38
2019-03-09	6	6th	1 4 20 25 34 38
2019-02-16	22	4th	13 19 28 38 39 40
2018-12-01	2	5th	4 11 13 14 38 40
2018-11-24	7	6th	4 7 10 33 36 38
2018-10-31	17	5th	6 30 36 37 38 40
2018-09-01	5	6th	6 15 17 27 30 38
2018-08-15	3	6th	13 14 32 36 37 38
2018-08-04	8	6th	2 4 5 9 34 38
2018-07-07	5	5th	1 3 15 32 38 40
2018-06-20	1	6th	10 17 20 25 36 38
2018-06-16	12	6th	4 10 20 22 27 38
2018-05-05	7	6th	7 11 26 29 36 38
2018-04-11	1	5th	9 19 28 34 38 39
2018-04-07	3	6th	1 10 12 26 33 38
2018-03-28	5	5th	3 9 29 35 38 39
2018-03-10	2	6th	9 12 15 19 20 38
2018-03-03	1	5th	16 20 21 33 38 39
2018-02-28	2	5th	5 7 22 37 38 39
2018-02-21	7	6th	4 5 12 21 24 38
2018-01-27	22	6th	8 11 14 35 37 38
2017-11-11	3	6th	6 9 11 13 25 38
2017-11-01	10	6th	4 22 28 30 36 38
2017-09-27	4	5th	2 6 17 26 38 40
2017-09-13	2	6th	8 9 14 20 29 38
2017-09-06	7	6th	12 13 18 21 37 38
2017-08-12	4	5th	15 27 29 33 38 40
2017-07-29	27	6th	5 7 8 27 36 38
2017-04-26	3	6th	2 7 8 11 33 38
2017-04-15	40	6th	4 14 21 25 26 38
2016-11-26	7	6th	1 6 10 19 34 38
2016-11-02	10	6th	3 4 9 14 30 38
2016-09-28	2	6th	10 13 17 27 32 38
2016-09-21	2	6th	15 24 28 29 33 38
2016-09-14	9	6th	12 13 16 18 28 38
2016-08-13	3	6th	11 14 22 24 28 38
2016-08-03	2	6th	3 6 9 19 32 38
2016-07-27	2	6th	7 9 29 36 37 38
2016-07-20	2	5th	7 9 14 29 38 40
2016-07-13	30	5th	7 14 23 32 38 40
2016-03-30	4	5th	3 13 27 34 38 39
2016-03-16	3	6th	11 23 29 30 31 38
2016-03-05	6	6th	9 11 13 26 36 38
2016-02-13	4	6th	16 20 25 28 35 38
2016-01-30	2	6th	9 21 23 29 36 38
2016-01-23	1	6th	7 17 28 35 37 38
2016-01-20	3	6th	4 14 15 19 20 38
2016-01-09	1	5th	8 15 17 21 38 40
2016-01-06	3	5th	5 8 11 20 38 40
2015-12-26	1	6th	4 5 11 17 18 38
2015-12-23	6	6th	5 13 26 29 34 38
2015-12-02	11	6th	1 6 12 16 21 38
2015-10-24	4	5th	13 20 23 34 38 40
2015-10-10	4	6th	6 11 30 31 36 38
2015-09-26	3	6th	5 9 10 26 30 38
2015-09-16	2	6th	3 14 17 32 36 38
2015-09-09	—	6th	12 16 25 26 33 38