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Number 28 In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
6/58 + 1/56 · since Sep 2025 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 91 times drawn · chance expected 97 −0.61σ
15 draws waiting · a wait this long: 16% for any number
8.6 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
38 longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long
28 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 91 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, −0.61σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 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 91 times in 789 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 15 draws now
22 draws: 2010-01-02 to 2010-03-20 38 draws: 2010-03-20 to 2010-07-31 29 draws: 2010-07-31 to 2010-11-10 5 draws: 2010-11-10 to 2010-11-27 5 draws: 2010-11-27 to 2010-12-15 7 draws: 2010-12-15 to 2011-01-12 23 draws: 2011-01-12 to 2011-04-02 9 draws: 2011-04-02 to 2011-05-04 11 draws: 2011-05-04 to 2011-06-11 11 draws: 2011-06-11 to 2011-07-20 4 draws: 2011-07-20 to 2011-08-03 3 draws: 2011-08-03 to 2011-08-13 2 draws: 2011-08-13 to 2011-08-20 10 draws: 2011-08-20 to 2011-09-24 15 draws: 2011-09-24 to 2011-11-16 7 draws: 2011-11-16 to 2011-12-10 20 draws: 2011-12-10 to 2012-02-18 7 draws: 2012-02-18 to 2012-03-14 12 draws: 2012-03-14 to 2012-04-25 2 draws: 2012-04-25 to 2012-05-02 1 draws: 2012-05-02 to 2012-05-05 13 draws: 2012-05-05 to 2012-06-20 5 draws: 2012-06-20 to 2012-07-07 8 draws: 2012-07-07 to 2012-08-04 11 draws: 2012-08-04 to 2012-09-12 15 draws: 2012-09-12 to 2012-11-03 3 draws: 2012-11-03 to 2012-11-14 2 draws: 2012-11-14 to 2012-11-21 2 draws: 2012-11-21 to 2012-11-28 4 draws: 2012-11-28 to 2012-12-12 11 draws: 2012-12-12 to 2013-01-19 3 draws: 2013-01-19 to 2013-01-30 10 draws: 2013-01-30 to 2013-03-06 4 draws: 2013-03-06 to 2013-03-20 14 draws: 2013-03-20 to 2013-05-08 15 draws: 2013-05-08 to 2013-06-29 9 draws: 2013-06-29 to 2013-07-31 26 draws: 2013-07-31 to 2013-10-30 11 draws: 2013-10-30 to 2013-12-07 4 draws: 2013-12-07 to 2013-12-21 6 draws: 2013-12-21 to 2014-01-15 1 draws: 2014-01-15 to 2014-01-18 1 draws: 2014-01-18 to 2014-01-22 6 draws: 2014-01-22 to 2014-02-12 2 draws: 2014-02-12 to 2014-02-19 7 draws: 2014-02-19 to 2014-03-15 12 draws: 2014-03-15 to 2014-04-26 4 draws: 2014-04-26 to 2014-05-10 5 draws: 2014-05-10 to 2014-05-28 1 draws: 2014-05-28 to 2014-05-31 3 draws: 2014-05-31 to 2014-06-11 1 draws: 2014-06-11 to 2014-06-14 4 draws: 2014-06-14 to 2014-06-28 4 draws: 2014-06-28 to 2014-07-12 1 draws: 2014-07-12 to 2014-07-16 1 draws: 2014-07-16 to 2014-07-19 11 draws: 2014-07-19 to 2014-08-27 2 draws: 2014-08-27 to 2014-09-03 4 draws: 2014-09-03 to 2014-09-17 1 draws: 2014-09-17 to 2014-09-20 7 draws: 2014-09-20 to 2014-10-15 13 draws: 2014-10-15 to 2014-11-29 1 draws: 2014-11-29 to 2014-12-03 12 draws: 2014-12-03 to 2015-01-14 8 draws: 2015-01-14 to 2015-02-11 22 draws: 2015-02-11 to 2015-04-29 1 draws: 2015-04-29 to 2015-05-02 13 draws: 2015-05-02 to 2015-06-17 1 draws: 2015-06-17 to 2015-06-20 2 draws: 2015-06-20 to 2015-06-27 9 draws: 2015-06-27 to 2015-07-29 6 draws: 2015-07-29 to 2015-08-19 3 draws: 2015-08-19 to 2015-08-29 7 draws: 2015-08-29 to 2015-09-23 1 draws: 2015-09-23 to 2015-09-26 8 draws: 2015-09-26 to 2015-10-24 21 draws: 2015-10-24 to 2016-01-06 25 draws: 2016-01-06 to 2016-04-02 8 draws: 2016-04-02 to 2016-04-30 14 draws: 2016-04-30 to 2016-06-18 2 draws: 2016-06-18 to 2016-06-25 9 draws: 2016-06-25 to 2016-07-27 1 draws: 2016-07-27 to 2016-07-30 15 draws: 2016-07-30 to 2016-09-21 31 draws: 2016-09-21 to 2017-01-07 3 draws: 2017-01-07 to 2017-01-18 6 draws: 2017-01-18 to 2017-02-08 14 draws: 2017-02-08 to 2017-03-29 14 draws: 2017-03-29 to 2017-05-17 6 draws: 2017-05-17 to 2017-06-07 Still waiting — at least 15 draws since 2017-06-07 2010-01-02 2010-03-20 2010-07-31 2010-11-10 2010-11-27 2010-12-15 2011-01-12 2011-04-02 2011-05-04 2011-06-11 2011-07-20 2011-08-03 2011-08-13 2011-08-20 2011-09-24 2011-11-16 2011-12-10 2012-02-18 2012-03-14 2012-04-25 2012-05-02 2012-05-05 2012-06-20 2012-07-07 2012-08-04 2012-09-12 2012-11-03 2012-11-14 2012-11-21 2012-11-28 2012-12-12 2013-01-19 2013-01-30 2013-03-06 2013-03-20 2013-05-08 2013-06-29 2013-07-31 2013-10-30 2013-12-07 2013-12-21 2014-01-15 2014-01-18 2014-01-22 2014-02-12 2014-02-19 2014-03-15 2014-04-26 2014-05-10 2014-05-28 2014-05-31 2014-06-11 2014-06-14 2014-06-28 2014-07-12 2014-07-16 2014-07-19 2014-08-27 2014-09-03 2014-09-17 2014-09-20 2014-10-15 2014-11-29 2014-12-03 2015-01-14 2015-02-11 2015-04-29 2015-05-02 2015-06-17 2015-06-20 2015-06-27 2015-07-29 2015-08-19 2015-08-29 2015-09-23 2015-09-26 2015-10-24 2016-01-06 2016-04-02 2016-04-30 2016-06-18 2016-06-25 2016-07-27 2016-07-30 2016-09-21 2017-01-07 2017-01-18 2017-02-08 2017-03-29 2017-05-17 2017-06-07 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 13 times 2 draws: 8 times 3 draws: 6 times 4 draws: 8 times 5 draws: 4 times 6 draws: 5 times 7 draws: 6 times 8 draws: 4 times 9 draws: 4 times 10 draws: 2 times 11 draws: 6 times 12 draws: 3 times 13 draws: 3 times 14 draws: 4 times 15 draws: 4 times 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 0 times 18 draws: 0 times 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 2 times 23 draws: 1 time 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 1 time 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 1 time 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 1 time 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: 1 time 39 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 4 · chance 1.1 2nd smallest 11 · chance 8.6 3rd smallest 23 · chance 24.8 4th smallest 33 · chance 32.6 5th smallest 18 · chance 19.6 6th smallest 2 · chance 4.3 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.5 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 48 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 49. 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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.