Number 38

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

101times drawn · chance expected 98 +0.35σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

43longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

38 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 101 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, +0.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 17 times, counted separately.

Number 38, draw by draw

Drawn 101 times in 847 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 1 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 smallest1 · chance 0.1
2nd smallest3 · chance 1.6
3rd smallest13 · chance 10.4
4th smallest28 · chance 30.4
5th smallest44 · chance 39.8
6th smallest12 · chance 18.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

46 45 4 48 17 25

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, 38 is picked about 0.86× as often as an indifferent choice — 34th 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 above 31 ×0.86

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 38 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2025-09-17	10	5th	12 18 23 27 38 52
2025-08-13	1	5th	2 4 19 34 38 50
2025-08-09	15	3rd	4 15 38 39 41 51
2025-06-18	2	5th

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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