Number 28

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

105times drawn · chance expected 98 +0.78σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

60longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, +0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 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.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 847 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 60 · waiting 2 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 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 1.9
2nd smallest11 · chance 12.8
3rd smallest34 · chance 31.8
4th smallest39 · chance 36.1
5th smallest16 · chance 18.8
6th smallest4 · chance 3.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 46 30 2 3 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-09-13	1	5th	12 20 21 22 28 33
2025-09-10	1	3rd	19 26 28 35 37 46
2025-09-06	3	3rd	3 12 28 39 41 50
2025-08-27	19	4th

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-09-20	2	3rd	17 26 28 31 33 35
2023-09-13	4	2nd	4 28 35 47 50 51
2023-08-30	1	3rd	22 23 28 37 43 50
2023-08-26	1	4th	7 10 27 28 48 49
2023-08-23	2	4th	4 6 24 28 41 46
2023-08-16	2	4th	6 8 13 28 37 48
2023-08-09	5	5th	5 6 11 23 28 31
2023-07-22	24	5th	1 20 25 26 28 42
2023-04-29	2	3rd	7 15 28 35 44 51
2023-04-22	60	3rd	3 7 28 29 35 52
2022-09-24	5	3rd	3 18 28 29 36 44
2022-09-07	7	4th	2 10 17 28 40 44
2022-08-13	22	4th	6 8 27 28 39 48
2022-05-28	2	2nd	14 28 30 31 44 47
2022-05-21	5	5th	2 3 7 20 28 37
2022-05-04	1	3rd	7 11 28 30 36 44
2022-04-30	8	4th	14 22 27 28 35 45
2022-04-02	2	3rd	7 10 28 38 48 49
2022-03-26	9	4th	6 18 22 28 34 45
2022-02-23	4	4th	8 13 23 28 30 41
2022-02-09	2	4th	2 18 20 28 35 44
2022-02-02	14	4th	11 17 20 28 31 46
2021-12-11	2	5th	2 12 14 16 28 51
2021-12-04	21	3rd	17 26 28 30 42 46
2021-09-22	4	4th	2 8 27 28 32 50
2021-09-08	4	6th	2 4 18 19 20 28
2021-08-25	8	3rd	11 26 28 30 33 50
2021-07-28	2	6th	1 5 13 22 27 28
2021-07-21	22	5th	3 6 13 23 28 31
2021-05-05	5	4th	6 14 19 28 31 32
2021-04-17	28	2nd	14 28 30 44 47 51
2021-01-09	2	4th	10 23 25 28 39 48
2021-01-02	14	4th	9 11 21 28 35 46
2020-11-14	2	4th	4 13 15 28 31 47
2020-11-07	6	5th	2 4 14 15 28 46
2020-10-17	5	4th	2 4 7 28 41 48
2020-09-30	4	5th	9 18 25 26 28 33
2020-09-16	4	1st	28 32 44 49 51 52
2020-09-02	21	4th	9 16 21 28 37 48
2020-06-20	13	3rd	6 24 28 40 45 49
2020-05-06	6	3rd	1 16 28 29 32 49
2020-04-15	5	2nd	24 28 33 36 48 51
2020-03-28	8	5th	6 13 14 19 28 45
2020-02-29	6	4th	9 23 26 28 30 34
2020-02-08	3	2nd	3 28 37 41 42 51
2020-01-29	13	3rd	13 15 28 34 37 50
2019-12-11	8	4th	3 6 18 28 31 50
2019-11-13	13	5th	1 17 22 26 28 34
2019-09-28	4	4th	3 17 24 28 42 46
2019-09-14	9	4th	4 25 27 28 37 47
2019-08-14	7	3rd	10 23 28 30 33 41
2019-07-20	3	3rd	8 24 28 29 32 51
2019-07-10	12	4th	4 6 20 28 46 49
2019-05-29	5	3rd	11 19 28 34 46 52
2019-05-11	1	2nd	25 28 35 36 41 45
2019-05-08	4	3rd	1 27 28 31 37 50
2019-04-24	7	4th	1 4 8 28 50 52
2019-03-30	13	4th	10 16 22 28 36 37
2019-02-13	3	3rd	14 26 28 29 32 46
2019-02-02	3	4th	1 6 19 28 32 48
2019-01-23	14	4th	3 5 24 28 32 38
2018-12-05	5	6th	2 8 11 25 26 28
2018-11-17	23	4th	6 14 18 28 33 44
2018-08-29	7	4th	2 10 14 28 29 46
2018-08-04	8	4th	2 14 21 28 36 42
2018-07-07	12	4th	6 16 27 28 34 42
2018-05-26	4	5th	8 13 14 16 28 45
2018-05-12	4	4th	6 19 26 28 38 39
2018-04-28	6	6th	5 12 13 14 25 28
2018-04-07	1	5th	3 10 11 13 28 35
2018-04-04	10	2nd	17 28 30 36 50 52
2018-02-28	4	3rd	5 9 28 30 39 51
2018-02-14	7	3rd	2 18 28 40 45 46
2018-01-20	1	3rd	5 27 28 35 50 52
2018-01-17	5	4th	12 18 24 28 30 41
2017-12-30	14	3rd	2 23 28 33 34 46
2017-11-11	3	3rd	3 21 28 30 46 51
2017-11-01	6	3rd	3 12 28 42 43 47
2017-10-11	13	4th	5 15 24 28 42 49
2017-08-26	3	3rd	1 25 28 34 36 49
2017-08-16	—	2nd	22 28 31 39 49 50