Number 12

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,220 draws, 4 from 1–45.

100times drawn · chance expected 108 −0.85σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number

12.2average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

68longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 100 times in 1,220 draws against 108.4 expected, −0.85σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 100 times in 1,220 draws · average wait 12.2 draws · longest completed wait 68 · 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 12 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest39 · chance 41.2
2nd smallest42 · chance 43.9
3rd smallest17 · chance 13.7
4th smallest2 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 17 26 8 42 14

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, 12 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 12 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-12	8	3rd	1 10 12 14
2026-09-28	37	1st	12 39 41 45
2026-07-25	9	2nd	2 12 22 43
2026-07-10	4	2nd	6 12 28 37
2026-07-03	1	2nd	2

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: 12 is drawn with probability 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-28	10	2nd	8 12 23 39
2025-02-10	5	2nd	9 12 30 37
2025-02-01	4	3rd	7 8 12 18
2025-01-25	6	2nd	8 12 15 34
2025-01-15	8	2nd	4 12 20 32
2025-01-01	2	1st	12 28 32 39
2024-12-28	6	2nd	4 12 26 41
2024-12-18	9	1st	12 15 40 45
2024-12-02	4	2nd	5 12 15 34
2024-11-25	18	1st	12 14 17 42
2024-10-25	8	1st	12 30 41 43
2024-10-11	4	2nd	5 12 13 14
2024-10-04	14	2nd	6 12 13 16
2024-09-09	7	3rd	4 8 12 16
2024-08-28	14	3rd	7 8 12 43
2024-08-03	28	3rd	10 11 12 41
2024-06-15	22	1st	12 23 34 40
2024-05-04	18	1st	12 14 26 42
2024-03-23	13	2nd	1 12 17 32
2024-02-21	5	2nd	6 12 26 34
2024-02-10	15	2nd	2 12 13 42
2024-01-06	5	1st	12 17 36 42
2023-12-25	4	2nd	5 12 20 25
2023-12-16	7	2nd	8 12 13 39
2023-11-29	14	1st	12 27 29 36
2023-10-28	26	1st	12 13 14 30
2023-08-28	9	3rd	5 9 12 29
2023-08-07	21	3rd	5 9 12 23
2023-06-19	4	3rd	7 8 12 40
2023-06-10	8	1st	12 23 42 43
2023-05-22	3	1st	12 31 42 45
2023-05-15	14	1st	12 31 36 37
2023-04-12	20	2nd	6 12 32 45
2023-02-25	20	1st	12 13 15 45
2023-01-09	16	2nd	8 12 28 45
2022-12-03	3	2nd	4 12 15 39
2022-11-26	6	1st	12 14 29 31
2022-11-12	10	3rd	3 6 12 18
2022-10-19	1	1st	12 28 32 33
2022-10-17	1	2nd	5 12 13 24
2022-10-15	10	2nd	11 12 24 40
2022-09-21	23	1st	12 15 29 34
2022-07-30	4	1st	12 17 21 26
2022-07-20	25	3rd	2 7 12 19
2022-05-23	14	2nd	4 12 24 36
2022-04-20	22	2nd	2 12 27 40
2022-02-28	12	1st	12 22 26 38
2022-01-31	4	2nd	2 12 21 43
2022-01-22	22	2nd	1 12 14 39
2021-12-01	4	1st	12 17 18 41
2021-11-22	39	3rd	3 9 12 35
2021-08-23	7	2nd	10 12 26 44
2021-08-07	6	2nd	11 12 22 28
2021-07-24	2	1st	12 16 26 30
2021-07-19	2	1st	12 34 39 42
2021-07-14	3	3rd	6 9 12 39
2021-07-07	13	3rd	1 5 12 26
2021-06-07	12	2nd	10 12 21 41
2021-05-10	40	2nd	10 12 17 40
2021-02-06	7	4th	3 6 10 12
2021-01-20	2	1st	12 20 22 42
2021-01-16	26	2nd	4 12 17 22
2020-11-16	8	2nd	3 12 26 40
2020-10-28	5	1st	12 23 38 39
2020-10-17	3	2nd	8 12 14 38
2020-10-10	12	1st	12 24 34 37
2020-09-12	7	1st	12 28 31 39
2020-08-26	1	1st	12 15 32 45
2020-08-24	56	1st	12 32 38 42
2020-04-15	18	1st	12 14 19 39
2020-03-04	2	2nd	6 12 29 39
2020-02-29	1	2nd	3 12 29 30
2020-02-26	36	1st	12 26 31 45
2019-12-04	12	2nd	2 12 16 38
2019-11-06	2	1st	12 19 26 39
2019-11-02	—	3rd	2 10 12 21