Number 28

In PowerBall under the 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 rules — 896 draws, 5 from 1–45 (an earlier era).

106times drawn · chance expected 100 +0.69σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 89% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

39longest completed wait · 70% chance of one at least that long

28 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 106 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, +0.69σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 28, draw by draw

Drawn 106 times in 896 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 39 · 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 smallest2 · chance 1.9
2nd smallest19 · chance 14.3
3rd smallest32 · chance 37.3
4th smallest44 · chance 38.8
5th smallest9 · chance 13.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 24 26 30 32 33

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2018-06-15	3	4th	8 9 14 28 41
2018-06-05	5	3rd	10 13 28 33 45
2018-05-18	26	4th	6 10 11 28 40
2018-02-16	7	4th	2 8

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-12-16	4	4th	8 15 26 28 35
2016-12-02	2	4th	1 11 24 28 42
2016-11-25	36	4th	5 21 22 28 33
2016-07-22	15	4th	1 7 16 28 35
2016-05-31	1	2nd	3 28 38 39 42
2016-05-27	14	4th	7 15 24 28 29
2016-04-08	3	2nd	24 28 34 35 43
2016-03-29	17	2nd	4 28 37 40 45
2016-01-29	17	5th	5 14 20 24 28
2015-11-27	5	3rd	1 19 28 42 44
2015-11-10	7	4th	6 21 22 28 43
2015-10-16	20	1st	28 34 41 42 45
2015-08-07	2	4th	9 10 19 28 45
2015-07-31	14	3rd	4 9 28 35 38
2015-06-12	9	3rd	21 26 28 30 44
2015-05-12	6	4th	18 21 24 28 41
2015-04-21	3	4th	7 9 22 28 35
2015-04-10	20	5th	12 13 17 22 28
2015-01-27	15	3rd	12 26 28 31 35
2014-12-05	2	4th	14 20 26 28 39
2014-11-28	11	2nd	21 28 33 40 43
2014-10-21	9	2nd	26 28 30 31 32
2014-09-19	1	4th	9 13 25 28 34
2014-09-16	6	3rd	7 12 28 43 44
2014-08-26	9	3rd	4 12 28 29 36
2014-07-25	13	3rd	9 13 28 40 45
2014-06-10	2	4th	11 15 24 28 35
2014-06-03	11	2nd	23 28 30 41 43
2014-04-25	1	3rd	13 15 28 29 30
2014-04-22	13	3rd	3 22 28 30 42
2014-03-04	16	4th	2 7 26 28 30
2014-01-07	1	1st	28 37 39 43 44
2014-01-03	4	5th	10 11 19 23 28
2013-12-20	4	4th	10 12 16 28 37
2013-12-06	12	4th	13 15 21 28 31
2013-10-25	6	4th	8 24 27 28 35
2013-10-04	2	5th	3 7 11 24 28
2013-09-27	7	4th	6 13 21 28 31
2013-09-03	13	2nd	17 28 32 33 36
2013-07-19	13	3rd	6 12 28 33 42
2013-06-04	10	3rd	17 25 28 34 40
2013-04-30	3	3rd	12 24 28 31 32
2013-04-19	15	4th	10 13 26 28 39
2013-02-22	2	3rd	4 16 28 32 42
2013-02-15	3	4th	3 13 26 28 34
2013-02-05	4	4th	5 18 22 28 29
2013-01-22	11	4th	3 10 11 28 31
2012-12-11	6	4th	11 16 25 28 33
2012-11-20	16	4th	3 17 26 28 33
2012-09-25	12	2nd	2 28 32 34 45
2012-08-14	21	4th	5 21 26 28 33
2012-06-01	15	4th	9 12 15 28 32
2012-04-10	5	2nd	13 28 30 41 43
2012-03-20	8	4th	9 14 21 28 44
2012-02-21	7	3rd	25 27 28 32 43
2012-01-27	12	3rd	2 7 28 36 39
2011-12-16	3	3rd	14 26 28 33 45
2011-12-06	2	4th	6 15 16 28 41
2011-11-29	17	3rd	12 27 28 32 34
2011-09-30	4	4th	11 21 24 28 35
2011-09-16	1	4th	2 3 4 28 38
2011-09-13	7	4th	5 11 17 28 44
2011-08-19	7	5th	5 14 19 21 28
2011-07-26	3	3rd	18 26 28 34 36
2011-07-15	1	5th	9 16 19 24 28
2011-07-12	5	3rd	10 16 28 34 45
2011-06-24	1	3rd	6 18 28 31 36
2011-06-21	26	3rd	2 8 28 30 35
2011-03-18	5	2nd	8 28 36 40 42
2011-03-01	24	4th	1 7 24 28 37
2010-12-07	6	2nd	12 28 30 44 45
2010-11-16	6	2nd	4 28 32 38 40
2010-10-26	7	2nd	13 28 32 35 36
2010-10-01	4	3rd	16 22 28 30 31
2010-09-17	39	3rd	2 19 28 42 44
2010-05-04	6	3rd	9 17 28 36 43
2010-04-13	8	3rd	15 18 28 42 45
2010-03-12	1	5th	8 14 18 22 28
2010-03-09	22	4th	3 6 11 28 45
2009-12-18	8	4th	5 8 11 28 34
2009-11-20	3	3rd	12 16 28 42 44
2009-11-10	—	4th	12 20 22 28 33