Number 38

In Hit 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020 rules — 1,676 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

226times drawn · chance expected 215 +0.81σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

52longest completed wait · 19% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 226 times in 1,676 draws against 214.9 expected, +0.81σ. 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 226 times in 1,676 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 52 · 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 0.0
4th smallest26 · chance 23.8
5th smallest200 · chance 202.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 7 32 13 4 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 — 32nd most popular of 39. 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
2020-08-31	1	5th	2 16 17 29 38
2020-08-30	1	5th	7 11 12 32 38
2020-08-29	4	5th	6 14 17 23 38
2020-08-19	1	5th	9 11 26

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-11-23	28	5th	12 13 17 31 38
2019-09-18	2	5th	2 3 4 29 38
2019-09-14	2	5th	3 5 23 32 38
2019-09-09	6	5th	2 7 19 34 38
2019-08-26	7	4th	5 16 27 38 39
2019-08-10	3	5th	4 12 20 34 38
2019-08-03	5	5th	1 7 18 27 38
2019-07-22	2	5th	12 13 19 23 38
2019-07-17	2	5th	7 25 32 36 38
2019-07-13	2	5th	1 11 21 24 38
2019-07-08	12	5th	4 18 31 33 38
2019-06-10	14	5th	24 25 26 33 38
2019-05-08	6	5th	13 20 26 32 38
2019-04-24	3	4th	3 31 32 38 39
2019-04-17	1	5th	1 8 24 30 38
2019-04-15	2	5th	5 6 16 23 38
2019-04-10	24	5th	2 13 22 36 38
2019-02-13	5	5th	8 10 36 37 38
2019-02-02	1	5th	4 6 29 36 38
2019-01-30	5	5th	9 14 36 37 38
2019-01-19	8	4th	10 15 31 38 39
2018-12-31	8	5th	1 4 7 10 38
2018-12-12	6	5th	8 10 13 25 38
2018-11-28	1	5th	6 21 23 32 38
2018-11-26	8	4th	1 10 29 38 39
2018-11-07	18	5th	15 24 32 37 38
2018-09-26	6	5th	10 16 22 34 38
2018-09-12	9	5th	4 28 33 34 38
2018-08-22	14	4th	6 7 25 38 39
2018-07-21	19	5th	4 12 21 22 38
2018-06-06	12	5th	1 11 14 23 38
2018-05-09	9	5th	15 30 32 36 38
2018-04-18	10	5th	26 28 31 36 38
2018-03-26	4	5th	2 3 35 36 38
2018-03-17	37	5th	13 14 15 18 38
2017-12-20	1	5th	13 22 25 30 38
2017-12-18	6	5th	7 18 28 36 38
2017-12-04	2	5th	3 5 32 35 38
2017-11-29	6	5th	7 8 20 37 38
2017-11-15	1	5th	1 26 29 32 38
2017-11-13	1	5th	2 4 17 32 38
2017-11-11	8	5th	18 21 32 35 38
2017-10-23	2	5th	8 15 24 36 38
2017-10-18	1	5th	5 6 12 34 38
2017-10-16	6	5th	16 28 35 36 38
2017-10-02	15	5th	2 15 16 35 38
2017-08-28	10	5th	9 21 26 34 38
2017-08-05	7	5th	2 14 19 29 38
2017-07-19	14	5th	10 13 14 27 38
2017-06-17	16	5th	2 13 28 31 38
2017-05-10	1	5th	27 29 30 31 38
2017-05-08	18	5th	6 8 9 11 38
2017-03-27	11	5th	1 16 27 37 38
2017-03-01	18	5th	4 16 21 32 38
2017-01-18	12	5th	4 20 23 33 38
2016-12-21	1	5th	11 12 21 27 38
2016-12-19	3	5th	10 15 32 36 38
2016-12-12	1	4th	2 28 33 38 39
2016-12-10	13	5th	2 14 22 32 38
2016-11-09	27	5th	6 19 22 27 38
2016-09-07	2	5th	9 13 15 24 38
2016-09-03	10	5th	6 7 27 32 38
2016-08-10	4	5th	3 12 18 30 38
2016-08-01	10	5th	16 17 25 29 38
2016-07-09	1	5th	11 24 26 34 38
2016-07-06	1	5th	18 25 33 35 38
2016-07-04	6	4th	2 5 13 38 39
2016-06-20	9	5th	4 13 24 34 38
2016-05-30	10	5th	8 14 15 20 38
2016-05-07	2	5th	26 29 32 37 38
2016-05-02	2	5th	16 21 28 32 38
2016-04-27	3	5th	1 13 15 33 38
2016-04-20	10	5th	18 22 23 30 38
2016-03-28	3	5th	3 12 28 33 38
2016-03-21	2	5th	12 17 23 26 38
2016-03-16	17	5th	6 22 31 37 38
2016-02-06	2	5th	10 14 17 31 38
2016-02-01	15	4th	21 26 31 38 39
2015-12-28	2	5th	20 29 32 33 38
2015-12-23	5	5th	8 33 35 36 38
2015-12-12	6	5th	12 14 24 28 38
2015-11-28	5	5th	16 24 26 36 38
2015-11-16	5	5th	2 3 10 13 38
2015-11-04	14	5th	13 14 33 35 38
2015-10-03	7	5th	6 11 14 25 38
2015-09-16	1	5th	4 11 18 20 38
2015-09-14	7	5th	4 5 7 37 38
2015-08-29	8	5th	26 27 31 34 38
2015-08-10	10	5th	9 21 31 36 38
2015-07-18	12	5th	7 22 26 36 38
2015-06-20	4	5th	7 21 23 34 38
2015-06-10	6	5th	1 6 20 30 38
2015-05-27	1	5th	3 13 22 29 38
2015-05-25	2	5th	7 12 23 24 38
2015-05-20	3	5th	14 24 26 37 38
2015-05-13	8	5th	10 11 21 29 38
2015-04-25	3	5th	18 24 29 37 38
2015-04-18	6	5th	7 9 23 35 38
2015-04-04	3	5th	8 9 15 24 38
2015-03-28	8	5th	6 8 13 37 38
2015-03-09	11	5th	3 9 23 28 38
2015-02-11	22	5th	2 15 19 32 38
2014-12-22	13	5th	3 5 15 37 38
2014-11-22	2	5th	10 16 30 34 38
2014-11-17	9	5th	2 9 30 33 38
2014-10-27	5	5th	3 4 17 36 38
2014-10-15	6	5th	16 21 22 28 38
2014-10-01	3	4th	5 11 23 38 39
2014-09-24	6	5th	4 5 21 32 38
2014-09-10	13	5th	17 19 24 35 38
2014-08-11	7	5th	3 14 22 35 38
2014-07-26	11	5th	14 15 29 33 38
2014-06-30	2	5th	19 23 32 37 38
2014-06-25	17	4th	17 19 29 38 39
2014-05-17	2	5th	1 27 28 33 38
2014-05-12	52	5th	14 15 24 28 38
2014-01-11	1	4th	3 25 31 38 39
2014-01-08	19	5th	3 17 24 36 38
2013-11-25	1	5th	1 2 3 33 38
2013-11-23	1	5th	9 24 31 33 38
2013-11-20	1	5th	12 14 30 32 38
2013-11-18	4	5th	2 10 13 26 38
2013-11-09	11	5th	14 16 21 26 38
2013-10-14	2	5th	6 31 32 33 38
2013-10-09	1	5th	3 20 24 28 38
2013-10-07	4	5th	4 5 10 35 38
2013-09-28	2	5th	4 9 13 17 38
2013-09-23	4	4th	14 27 28 38 39
2013-09-14	6	4th	2 4 31 38 39
2013-08-31	3	5th	5 16 25 28 38
2013-08-24	11	5th	13 16 33 35 38
2013-07-29	1	5th	4 14 23 29 38
2013-07-27	1	5th	12 20 22 33 38
2013-07-24	13	5th	2 10 19 21 38
2013-06-24	2	5th	15 24 32 36 38
2013-06-19	8	5th	16 17 27 35 38
2013-06-01	3	5th	13 17 20 34 38
2013-05-25	1	5th	12 23 25 35 38
2013-05-22	9	5th	11 13 22 23 38
2013-05-01	6	4th	3 10 37 38 39
2013-04-17	5	5th	7 13 14 28 38
2013-04-06	7	5th	4 11 19 29 38
2013-03-20	2	5th	3 18 33 36 38
2013-03-16	3	5th	3 4 9 13 38
2013-03-09	6	5th	21 25 27 33 38
2013-02-23	1	5th	7 11 17 37 38
2013-02-20	8	5th	6 18 27 35 38
2013-02-02	2	5th	4 12 13 17 38
2013-01-28	8	5th	4 7 13 36 38
2013-01-09	9	4th	1 27 31 38 39
2012-12-19	10	5th	3 8 9 26 38
2012-11-26	7	5th	3 15 19 27 38
2012-11-10	5	5th	2 5 34 37 38
2012-10-29	4	5th	20 27 30 34 38
2012-10-20	10	5th	4 6 10 23 38
2012-09-26	4	5th	9 21 29 34 38
2012-09-17	3	4th	30 31 35 38 39
2012-09-10	24	5th	18 27 30 35 38
2012-07-16	4	4th	5 7 18 38 39
2012-07-07	18	5th	4 8 17 30 38
2012-05-26	4	5th	7 18 23 37 38
2012-05-16	2	5th	14 16 26 33 38
2012-05-12	1	5th	3 14 21 33 38
2012-05-09	10	5th	14 25 26 30 38
2012-04-16	12	4th	7 35 37 38 39
2012-03-19	4	5th	6 7 21 23 38
2012-03-10	4	5th	6 13 18 34 38
2012-02-29	2	4th	9 11 27 38 39
2012-02-25	7	5th	3 5 27 32 38
2012-02-08	7	5th	16 17 20 34 38
2012-01-23	9	5th	17 23 25 29 38
2012-01-02	3	5th	2 9 11 23 38
2011-12-26	10	5th	3 8 27 35 38
2011-12-03	11	5th	2 14 17 22 38
2011-11-07	28	5th	16 32 33 35 38
2011-09-03	20	5th	5 6 7 27 38
2011-07-18	1	5th	7 15 17 27 38
2011-07-16	1	5th	4 15 23 32 38
2011-07-13	1	4th	2 7 28 38 39
2011-07-11	17	5th	5 16 27 33 38
2011-06-01	9	5th	4 5 29 37 38
2011-05-11	2	5th	1 6 12 14 38
2011-05-07	13	5th	13 18 29 31 38
2011-04-06	5	5th	2 8 24 26 38
2011-03-26	1	5th	16 17 25 36 38
2011-03-23	7	5th	3 7 16 31 38
2011-03-07	8	5th	3 15 21 30 38
2011-02-16	14	5th	1 7 20 37 38
2011-01-15	19	5th	9 15 31 34 38
2010-12-01	2	4th	7 8 24 38 39
2010-11-27	12	5th	1 4 7 30 38
2010-10-30	10	5th	8 10 23 33 38
2010-10-06	20	5th	14 21 31 37 38
2010-08-21	10	5th	3 9 11 26 38
2010-07-28	24	5th	1 3 16 20 38
2010-06-02	2	5th	10 13 33 37 38
2010-05-29	13	5th	6 10 11 34 38
2010-04-28	9	4th	28 29 32 38 39
2010-04-07	10	5th	6 19 23 35 38
2010-03-15	12	5th	2 12 26 37 38
2010-02-15	1	5th	9 23 28 31 38
2010-02-13	—	5th	10 16 21 37 38