Number 28

In Cash 5 under the 5/34 · Apr 2010 – Oct 2020 rules — 2,844 draws, 5 from 1–34 (an earlier era).

430times drawn · chance expected 418 +0.62σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 6.8

45longest completed wait · 32% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 430 times in 2,844 draws against 418.2 expected, +0.62σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 430 times in 2,844 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 45 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest1 · chance 0.2
2nd smallest2 · chance 5.7
3rd smallest60 · chance 55.3
4th smallest184 · chance 184.4
5th smallest183 · chance 184.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 52.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 34 8 26 12 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 33 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 34. 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
2020-10-27	4	4th	17 18 25 28 30
2020-10-23	4	4th	17 18 24 28 29
2020-10-19	1	3rd	7 12 28 29 34
2020-10-18	8	4th	7 19 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: 28 is drawn with probability 5/34 tonight whatever it did last week.

2020-06-02	2	4th	6 8 10 28 31
2020-05-31	10	4th	1 2 24 28 33
2020-05-21	1	4th	13 16 18 28 31
2020-05-20	1	3rd	2 15 28 29 32
2020-05-19	31	4th	15 19 21 28 34
2020-04-18	15	4th	6 25 26 28 33
2020-04-03	12	5th	2 5 14 18 28
2019-12-30	4	5th	3 7 10 18 28
2019-12-26	2	5th	2 9 22 24 28
2019-12-24	1	5th	4 9 14 17 28
2019-12-23	19	4th	2 5 19 28 34
2019-12-04	17	4th	12 19 27 28 32
2019-11-17	8	4th	14 16 20 28 30
2019-11-09	1	4th	3 12 20 28 31
2019-11-08	2	5th	4 7 15 19 28
2019-11-06	3	5th	15 16 21 24 28
2019-11-03	1	4th	8 14 20 28 34
2019-11-02	6	5th	1 5 23 27 28
2019-10-27	5	5th	6 10 18 19 28
2019-10-22	3	5th	8 18 19 21 28
2019-10-19	3	5th	4 9 18 25 28
2019-10-16	8	4th	2 24 26 28 31
2019-10-08	2	4th	4 13 26 28 30
2019-10-06	5	5th	3 8 16 24 28
2019-10-01	5	5th	4 19 23 24 28
2019-09-26	5	4th	5 10 24 28 31
2019-09-21	36	5th	7 8 17 26 28
2019-08-16	2	3rd	8 21 28 29 32
2019-08-14	14	5th	4 5 11 18 28
2019-07-31	5	3rd	9 16 28 29 30
2019-07-26	1	5th	8 24 26 27 28
2019-07-25	13	4th	9 13 19 28 32
2019-07-12	5	4th	8 13 22 28 31
2019-07-07	12	4th	5 16 18 28 33
2019-06-25	3	5th	2 5 15 19 28
2019-06-22	6	5th	2 18 21 27 28
2019-06-16	2	5th	1 8 19 20 28
2019-06-14	13	4th	1 11 18 28 32
2019-06-01	8	4th	1 10 19 28 34
2019-05-24	13	4th	21 23 24 28 33
2019-05-11	1	3rd	10 22 28 29 34
2019-05-10	7	4th	20 21 27 28 34
2019-05-03	6	5th	2 19 22 26 28
2019-04-27	3	4th	15 18 20 28 34
2018-12-30	10	5th	13 18 19 27 28
2018-12-20	1	5th	4 6 7 10 28
2018-12-19	4	5th	3 8 11 19 28
2018-12-15	45	5th	7 8 16 17 28
2018-10-31	8	5th	1 2 6 7 28
2018-10-23	2	3rd	4 21 28 30 33
2018-10-21	8	5th	6 8 12 14 28
2018-10-13	3	5th	5 8 22 27 28
2018-10-10	2	5th	7 8 11 18 28
2018-10-08	10	5th	1 18 22 24 28
2018-09-28	26	4th	6 10 20 28 34
2018-09-02	11	5th	15 18 20 24 28
2018-08-22	5	5th	16 17 21 22 28
2018-08-17	7	4th	3 9 12 28 33
2018-08-10	13	3rd	11 22 28 29 30
2018-07-28	4	4th	7 24 25 28 29
2018-07-24	3	4th	7 17 18 28 33
2018-07-21	4	3rd	14 24 28 32 33
2018-07-17	8	3rd	2 13 28 32 34
2018-07-09	3	5th	7 11 12 15 28
2018-07-06	3	3rd	3 18 28 29 34
2018-07-03	11	4th	9 13 19 28 32
2018-06-22	3	5th	10 12 24 26 28
2018-06-19	1	4th	12 13 19 28 33
2018-06-18	14	4th	4 18 19 28 32
2018-06-04	1	5th	1 4 11 16 28
2018-06-03	15	4th	12 15 22 28 33
2018-05-19	1	4th	8 19 22 28 29
2018-05-18	5	3rd	9 18 28 29 31
2018-05-13	14	4th	11 14 22 28 31
2018-04-29	1	4th	3 15 18 28 34
2018-04-28	7	4th	13 20 22 28 30
2017-12-27	4	5th	1 4 12 23 28
2017-12-23	5	5th	3 9 19 26 28
2017-12-18	2	5th	6 19 23 26 28
2017-12-16	3	5th	12 14 19 23 28
2017-12-13	5	3rd	4 8 28 29 31
2017-12-08	7	5th	4 7 15 19 28
2017-12-01	3	5th	4 7 8 10 28
2017-11-28	7	3rd	3 16 28 29 30
2017-11-21	7	5th	12 18 23 27 28
2017-11-14	3	5th	8 12 13 26 28
2017-11-11	9	4th	8 24 25 28 34
2017-11-02	21	3rd	7 23 28 31 32
2017-10-12	7	5th	5 12 16 22 28
2017-10-05	3	4th	6 11 21 28 34
2017-10-02	21	4th	2 14 16 28 32
2017-09-11	4	4th	10 23 26 28 30
2017-09-07	12	3rd	1 2 28 30 32
2017-08-26	6	4th	1 4 9 28 30
2017-08-20	2	3rd	18 27 28 29 33
2017-08-18	1	5th	4 6 11 24 28
2017-08-17	3	5th	4 17 19 22 28
2017-08-14	5	3rd	13 22 28 32 34
2017-08-09	10	5th	1 16 20 27 28
2017-07-30	4	5th	8 10 13 23 28
2017-07-26	1	3rd	2 24 28 32 33
2017-07-25	16	4th	16 24 25 28 32
2017-07-09	15	4th	14 19 20 28 34
2017-06-24	1	5th	13 23 25 27 28
2017-06-23	2	5th	11 16 23 24 28
2017-06-21	4	4th	5 12 27 28 33
2017-06-17	10	4th	3 14 21 28 32
2017-06-07	2	4th	3 9 12 28 32
2017-06-05	2	5th	8 11 17 23 28
2017-06-03	17	5th	3 12 14 16 28
2017-05-17	1	4th	4 19 24 28 31
2017-05-16	29	4th	21 23 25 28 31
2016-12-23	5	5th	8 22 25 26 28
2016-12-18	11	5th	8 13 17 18 28
2016-12-07	3	4th	13 21 22 28 34
2016-12-04	6	4th	10 12 19 28 32
2016-11-28	11	3rd	5 27 28 31 34
2016-11-17	8	4th	8 12 17 28 30
2016-11-09	9	4th	5 6 26 28 34
2016-10-31	3	5th	6 7 16 17 28
2016-10-28	1	4th	5 10 20 28 29
2016-10-27	1	4th	11 22 27 28 30
2016-10-26	1	5th	1 10 15 19 28
2016-10-25	9	4th	11 17 22 28 31
2016-10-16	1	4th	5 12 27 28 33
2016-10-15	13	5th	12 15 20 27 28
2016-10-02	9	5th	3 4 14 20 28
2016-09-23	1	5th	12 19 21 27 28
2016-09-22	6	5th	8 17 22 25 28
2016-09-16	6	3rd	2 8 28 29 32
2016-09-10	14	3rd	3 24 28 29 32
2016-08-27	6	5th	10 11 13 21 28
2016-08-21	8	3rd	2 22 28 30 33
2016-08-13	25	5th	3 12 14 22 28
2016-07-19	12	5th	10 15 18 25 28
2016-07-07	4	5th	1 8 23 25 28
2016-07-03	8	4th	9 18 20 28 30
2016-06-25	2	5th	2 4 8 26 28
2016-06-23	3	4th	24 25 27 28 30
2016-06-20	24	4th	1 4 24 28 34
2016-05-27	7	5th	3 6 7 10 28
2016-05-20	10	4th	9 14 19 28 29
2016-05-10	4	4th	8 16 26 28 30
2016-05-06	4	5th	6 8 23 26 28
2016-05-02	3	4th	21 26 27 28 29
2016-04-29	6	5th	1 4 16 20 28
2015-12-29	1	5th	10 18 21 26 28
2015-12-28	9	4th	16 20 22 28 31
2015-12-19	2	5th	9 10 17 23 28
2015-12-17	7	5th	4 9 15 25 28
2015-12-10	2	5th	6 20 21 23 28
2015-12-08	7	4th	5 9 15 28 31
2015-12-01	4	5th	3 6 9 18 28
2015-11-27	6	4th	6 8 16 28 32
2015-11-21	4	4th	4 10 16 28 33
2015-11-17	10	5th	6 10 17 19 28
2015-11-07	19	4th	2 14 18 28 34
2015-10-19	8	4th	2 11 26 28 31
2015-10-11	1	3rd	6 13 28 30 31
2015-10-10	5	4th	5 9 22 28 30
2015-10-05	2	3rd	2 8 28 29 31
2015-10-03	12	5th	10 11 19 20 28
2015-09-21	1	3rd	13 21 28 31 34
2015-09-20	12	4th	3 12 20 28 31
2015-09-08	7	4th	19 21 22 28 33
2015-09-01	6	4th	16 19 27 28 33
2015-08-26	2	5th	3 4 7 24 28
2015-08-24	3	3rd	10 12 28 29 32
2015-08-21	4	3rd	3 6 28 32 34
2015-08-17	8	5th	1 11 25 26 28
2015-08-09	5	4th	13 16 24 28 31
2015-08-04	4	4th	8 17 23 28 32
2015-07-31	13	5th	5 10 13 25 28
2015-07-18	6	5th	5 8 10 26 28
2015-07-12	2	5th	11 12 16 20 28
2015-07-10	3	5th	2 5 8 26 28
2015-07-07	24	5th	3 12 13 26 28
2015-06-13	9	4th	3 4 17 28 33
2015-06-04	9	4th	2 3 23 28 29
2015-05-26	9	5th	9 10 14 26 28
2015-05-17	10	5th	10 14 15 16 28
2015-05-07	5	5th	1 7 16 20 28
2015-05-01	2	3rd	3 13 28 29 30
2015-04-29	10	4th	11 15 23 28 30
2014-12-26	15	4th	9 11 13 28 33
2014-12-11	14	3rd	14 26 28 32 34
2014-11-27	7	4th	9 17 19 28 29
2014-11-20	7	5th	12 15 18 27 28
2014-11-13	7	4th	4 14 25 28 29
2014-11-06	6	5th	1 7 18 23 28
2014-10-31	4	5th	1 7 19 25 28
2014-10-27	1	5th	7 9 14 16 28
2014-10-26	2	4th	8 16 23 28 34
2014-10-24	17	3rd	26 27 28 32 34
2014-10-07	15	4th	6 11 18 28 34
2014-09-22	4	4th	5 6 26 28 29
2014-09-18	7	4th	9 11 22 28 34
2014-09-11	2	4th	1 5 27 28 33
2014-09-09	2	5th	5 17 24 26 28
2014-09-07	11	4th	16 26 27 28 31
2014-08-27	16	4th	5 16 21 28 30
2014-08-11	1	4th	1 20 26 28 34
2014-08-10	14	3rd	14 25 28 29 34
2014-07-27	2	5th	1 18 26 27 28
2014-07-25	5	5th	6 12 14 20 28
2014-07-20	7	5th	12 19 20 27 28
2014-07-13	2	3rd	11 23 28 29 33
2014-07-11	13	5th	4 5 14 26 28
2014-06-28	11	4th	3 11 13 28 33
2014-06-17	7	4th	3 7 15 28 31
2014-06-10	17	2nd	9 28 31 33 34
2014-05-24	9	4th	7 17 26 28 31
2014-05-15	8	5th	2 11 14 24 28
2014-05-07	31	5th	5 7 23 24 28
2013-12-12	5	4th	3 13 20 28 29
2013-12-07	10	5th	7 22 24 27 28
2013-11-27	9	5th	12 19 21 26 28
2013-11-18	18	4th	12 19 25 28 31
2013-10-31	5	5th	2 11 14 24 28
2013-10-25	8	5th	18 22 23 25 28
2013-10-17	9	5th	9 14 16 23 28
2013-10-08	5	5th	13 14 20 25 28
2013-10-03	2	4th	3 4 12 28 29
2013-10-01	1	5th	3 11 13 14 28
2013-09-30	2	5th	2 10 15 16 28
2013-09-28	3	5th	7 8 18 27 28
2013-09-25	2	4th	15 22 25 28 31
2013-09-23	6	5th	4 5 8 27 28
2013-09-17	1	4th	12 20 26 28 29
2013-09-16	5	5th	15 20 21 22 28
2013-09-11	12	5th	2 3 9 18 28
2013-08-30	13	4th	6 7 24 28 34
2013-08-17	1	3rd	10 20 28 30 34
2013-08-16	4	5th	3 13 24 25 28
2013-08-12	5	4th	12 18 21 28 32
2013-08-07	12	5th	3 11 16 17 28
2013-07-26	2	3rd	11 18 28 31 34
2013-07-24	1	5th	4 14 24 25 28
2013-07-23	3	4th	3 7 21 28 29
2013-07-20	2	4th	8 17 26 28 31
2013-07-18	6	4th	2 16 18 28 30
2013-07-12	5	5th	6 16 21 25 28
2013-07-07	6	4th	1 2 4 28 31
2013-07-01	7	4th	4 7 16 28 30
2013-06-24	2	5th	18 19 21 27 28
2013-06-22	2	4th	7 12 27 28 32
2013-06-20	10	5th	2 10 16 21 28
2013-06-10	5	5th	2 10 15 23 28
2013-06-05	8	5th	5 7 12 19 28
2013-05-28	7	4th	3 7 20 28 33
2013-05-21	8	4th	19 22 24 28 32
2013-05-13	5	3rd	11 18 28 32 33
2013-05-08	1	4th	13 20 22 28 33
2013-05-07	7	5th	1 12 18 25 28
2013-04-30	4	5th	5 6 14 15 28
2013-04-26	3	3rd	12 23 28 31 34
2012-12-30	11	5th	2 5 11 25 28
2012-12-19	2	5th	9 11 13 17 28
2012-12-17	6	4th	1 7 17 28 30
2012-12-11	9	4th	1 4 26 28 32
2012-12-02	14	4th	5 16 20 28 31
2012-11-18	13	5th	4 15 19 22 28
2012-11-05	1	4th	16 21 26 28 30
2012-11-04	10	5th	3 7 12 17 28
2012-10-25	4	4th	17 19 26 28 30
2012-10-21	1	5th	5 7 9 25 28
2012-10-20	10	5th	10 13 14 23 28
2012-10-10	1	4th	4 22 23 28 34
2012-10-09	1	4th	5 7 24 28 33
2012-10-08	11	4th	10 13 16 28 34
2012-09-27	9	5th	5 16 20 25 28
2012-09-18	1	3rd	10 20 28 29 33
2012-09-17	1	5th	2 4 11 25 28
2012-09-16	5	4th	4 11 22 28 33
2012-09-11	4	4th	3 7 13 28 31
2012-09-07	12	5th	3 8 17 24 28
2012-08-26	16	3rd	15 21 28 29 31
2012-08-10	2	5th	6 9 13 17 28
2012-08-08	10	4th	7 9 16 28 29
2012-07-29	21	4th	5 8 17 28 32
2012-07-08	2	5th	1 4 9 20 28
2012-07-06	8	4th	6 24 25 28 32
2012-06-27	1	2nd	8 28 31 33 34
2012-06-26	8	4th	6 11 26 28 31
2012-06-18	1	4th	4 7 16 28 34
2012-06-17	28	4th	2 14 26 28 31
2012-05-20	4	5th	1 13 16 21 28
2012-05-16	3	4th	12 24 25 28 29
2012-05-10	4	4th	15 17 24 28 30
2012-05-06	13	4th	4 5 22 28 30
2012-04-23	2	4th	4 9 19 28 32
2011-12-30	9	4th	8 21 27 28 31
2011-12-21	27	4th	6 8 17 28 33
2011-11-24	11	5th	11 19 24 26 28
2011-11-13	2	5th	2 10 12 17 28
2011-11-11	3	5th	6 7 11 17 28
2011-11-08	2	5th	9 12 21 24 28
2011-11-06	6	5th	3 4 16 21 28
2011-10-31	8	3rd	18 21 28 29 33
2011-10-23	1	3rd	3 11 28 29 32
2011-10-22	7	4th	4 8 26 28 33
2011-10-13	6	5th	1 4 9 15 28
2011-10-07	5	4th	2 11 22 28 31
2011-10-02	1	3rd	17 23 28 29 31
2011-10-01	4	3rd	9 22 28 33 34
2011-09-27	5	5th	15 16 20 23 28
2011-09-22	3	4th	5 15 20 28 30
2011-09-19	11	5th	10 11 15 18 28
2011-09-08	13	5th	5 14 16 25 28
2011-08-25	3	5th	10 12 14 17 28
2011-08-22	4	5th	7 13 22 25 28
2011-08-18	3	5th	7 19 21 22 28
2011-08-15	5	4th	8 19 21 28 30
2011-08-08	3	5th	5 8 19 23 28
2011-08-05	4	4th	8 25 26 28 30
2011-08-01	5	4th	1 21 23 28 30
2011-07-27	9	4th	7 11 20 28 30
2011-07-18	3	3rd	1 10 28 33 34
2011-07-15	4	3rd	11 16 28 31 32
2011-07-11	4	5th	3 10 21 22 28
2011-07-07	24	3rd	9 18 28 29 34
2011-06-13	10	4th	5 6 12 28 34
2011-06-03	2	5th	12 13 15 25 28
2011-06-01	4	5th	1 8 18 22 28
2011-05-28	12	5th	2 14 15 25 28
2011-05-16	25	5th	1 8 9 15 28
2011-04-21	13	5th	9 15 21 26 28
2011-04-07	16	5th	4 8 25 27 28
2011-03-22	4	4th	14 22 23 28 34
2011-03-18	12	4th	9 22 23 28 29
2011-03-06	5	4th	12 14 26 28 34
2011-03-01	3	3rd	3 18 28 31 33
2011-02-26	5	4th	4 9 20 28 29
2011-02-21	5	4th	10 12 27 28 34
2011-02-16	2	5th	11 20 21 22 28
2011-02-14	2	4th	7 20 25 28 31
2011-02-12	12	4th	4 12 23 28 34
2011-01-31	3	3rd	24 27 28 29 33
2011-01-28	7	5th	2 11 25 26 28
2011-01-21	3	4th	12 19 26 28 30
2011-01-18	6	5th	2 13 21 26 28
2011-01-12	2	4th	9 12 20 28 31
2011-01-10	1	5th	14 21 22 25 28
2011-01-09	1	3rd	1 17 28 31 33
2011-01-08	1	4th	2 25 27 28 34
2011-01-07	1	4th	2 24 25 28 31
2011-01-06	11	4th	2 16 26 28 34
2010-12-26	3	4th	7 21 25 28 32
2010-12-23	1	4th	1 3 17 28 29
2010-12-22	2	3rd	3 14 28 33 34
2010-12-20	1	3rd	7 25 28 30 34
2010-12-19	4	3rd	11 20 28 30 31
2010-12-15	9	3rd	9 23 28 31 33
2010-12-06	5	4th	9 13 15 28 34
2010-12-01	1	4th	5 9 24 28 33
2010-11-30	3	5th	5 6 13 21 28
2010-11-27	5	3rd	24 25 28 30 33
2010-11-22	2	4th	1 19 27 28 33
2010-11-20	6	4th	19 22 24 28 34
2010-11-14	4	4th	9 16 18 28 32
2010-11-10	2	1st	28 29 30 31 33
2010-11-08	3	5th	2 10 11 13 28
2010-11-05	8	5th	2 13 15 23 28
2010-10-28	3	4th	4 17 22 28 32
2010-10-25	5	4th	2 21 22 28 29
2010-10-20	1	5th	3 6 12 17 28
2010-10-19	2	5th	2 11 13 18 28
2010-10-17	1	4th	6 12 25 28 30
2010-10-16	1	4th	12 16 27 28 30
2010-10-15	17	4th	7 14 26 28 33
2010-09-28	3	3rd	5 25 28 32 33
2010-09-25	6	5th	2 4 14 27 28
2010-09-19	14	4th	9 17 20 28 34
2010-09-05	5	4th	4 6 15 28 29
2010-08-31	6	4th	5 21 27 28 32
2010-08-25	2	4th	3 6 26 28 30
2010-08-23	7	5th	2 3 14 27 28
2010-08-16	2	5th	5 11 16 17 28
2010-08-14	6	5th	2 5 10 15 28
2010-08-08	29	4th	2 6 26 28 33
2010-07-10	1	5th	5 7 21 23 28
2010-07-09	2	5th	3 14 15 19 28
2010-07-07	1	4th	17 18 27 28 34
2010-07-06	3	4th	4 10 17 28 33
2010-07-03	6	3rd	4 10 28 29 31
2010-06-27	4	4th	3 22 23 28 31
2010-06-23	2	4th	7 9 14 28 31
2010-06-21	2	5th	5 13 14 18 28
2010-06-19	1	4th	7 9 17 28 34
2010-06-18	5	4th	1 9 22 28 31
2010-06-13	3	4th	5 8 10 28 34
2010-06-10	1	4th	4 19 26 28 30
2010-06-09	2	5th	9 17 25 26 28
2010-06-07	3	5th	3 7 19 21 28
2010-06-04	9	5th	1 9 19 21 28
2010-05-26	4	5th	3 6 23 27 28
2010-05-22	6	4th	9 17 19 28 30
2010-05-16	4	3rd	17 19 28 29 34
2010-05-12	10	5th	8 9 13 21 28
2010-05-02	8	5th	7 15 17 19 28
2010-04-24	1	4th	1 8 26 28 34
2010-04-23	5	5th	10 19 20 26 28
2010-04-18	4	5th	5 13 19 23 28
2010-04-14	1	4th	6 9 24 28 29
2010-04-13	5	4th	8 20 25 28 30
2010-04-08	—	5th	2 15 17 24 28