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Number 12 In Lotto Max under the 7/49 + 1/49 · Sep 2009 – May 2019 rules — 503 draws, 7 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
7/52 + 1/52 · since Apr 2026 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 7/49 + 1/49 · Sep 2009 – May 2019 81 times drawn · chance expected 72 +1.16σ
1 draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number
6.2 average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0
25 longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long
12 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 81 times in 503 draws against 71.9 expected, +1.16σ. 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 14 times, counted separately.
12 Number 12, draw by draw Drawn 81 times in 503 draws · average wait 6.2 draws · longest completed wait 25 · waiting 1 draws now
9 draws: 2009-10-23 to 2009-12-25 3 draws: 2009-12-25 to 2010-01-15 4 draws: 2010-01-15 to 2010-02-12 6 draws: 2010-02-12 to 2010-03-26 1 draws: 2010-03-26 to 2010-04-02 10 draws: 2010-04-02 to 2010-06-11 12 draws: 2010-06-11 to 2010-09-03 4 draws: 2010-09-03 to 2010-10-01 3 draws: 2010-10-01 to 2010-10-22 5 draws: 2010-10-22 to 2010-11-26 2 draws: 2010-11-26 to 2010-12-10 5 draws: 2010-12-10 to 2011-01-14 5 draws: 2011-01-14 to 2011-02-18 6 draws: 2011-02-18 to 2011-04-01 2 draws: 2011-04-01 to 2011-04-15 5 draws: 2011-04-15 to 2011-05-20 3 draws: 2011-05-20 to 2011-06-10 5 draws: 2011-06-10 to 2011-07-15 6 draws: 2011-07-15 to 2011-08-26 3 draws: 2011-08-26 to 2011-09-16 2 draws: 2011-09-16 to 2011-09-30 1 draws: 2011-09-30 to 2011-10-07 17 draws: 2011-10-07 to 2012-02-03 8 draws: 2012-02-03 to 2012-03-30 2 draws: 2012-03-30 to 2012-04-13 6 draws: 2012-04-13 to 2012-05-25 4 draws: 2012-05-25 to 2012-06-22 10 draws: 2012-06-22 to 2012-08-31 5 draws: 2012-08-31 to 2012-10-05 1 draws: 2012-10-05 to 2012-10-12 19 draws: 2012-10-12 to 2013-02-22 4 draws: 2013-02-22 to 2013-03-22 1 draws: 2013-03-22 to 2013-03-29 11 draws: 2013-03-29 to 2013-06-14 1 draws: 2013-06-14 to 2013-06-21 2 draws: 2013-06-21 to 2013-07-05 3 draws: 2013-07-05 to 2013-07-26 7 draws: 2013-07-26 to 2013-09-13 3 draws: 2013-09-13 to 2013-10-04 4 draws: 2013-10-04 to 2013-11-01 10 draws: 2013-11-01 to 2014-01-10 18 draws: 2014-01-10 to 2014-05-16 4 draws: 2014-05-16 to 2014-06-13 1 draws: 2014-06-13 to 2014-06-20 19 draws: 2014-06-20 to 2014-10-31 4 draws: 2014-10-31 to 2014-11-28 6 draws: 2014-11-28 to 2015-01-09 7 draws: 2015-01-09 to 2015-02-27 19 draws: 2015-02-27 to 2015-07-10 12 draws: 2015-07-10 to 2015-10-02 3 draws: 2015-10-02 to 2015-10-23 2 draws: 2015-10-23 to 2015-11-06 2 draws: 2015-11-06 to 2015-11-20 3 draws: 2015-11-20 to 2015-12-11 2 draws: 2015-12-11 to 2015-12-25 15 draws: 2015-12-25 to 2016-04-08 8 draws: 2016-04-08 to 2016-06-03 4 draws: 2016-06-03 to 2016-07-01 9 draws: 2016-07-01 to 2016-09-02 2 draws: 2016-09-02 to 2016-09-16 2 draws: 2016-09-16 to 2016-09-30 1 draws: 2016-09-30 to 2016-10-07 25 draws: 2016-10-07 to 2017-03-31 1 draws: 2017-03-31 to 2017-04-07 8 draws: 2017-04-07 to 2017-06-02 7 draws: 2017-06-02 to 2017-07-21 1 draws: 2017-07-21 to 2017-07-28 12 draws: 2017-07-28 to 2017-10-20 3 draws: 2017-10-20 to 2017-11-10 19 draws: 2017-11-10 to 2018-03-23 1 draws: 2018-03-23 to 2018-03-30 10 draws: 2018-03-30 to 2018-06-08 6 draws: 2018-06-08 to 2018-07-20 4 draws: 2018-07-20 to 2018-08-17 3 draws: 2018-08-17 to 2018-09-07 4 draws: 2018-09-07 to 2018-10-05 5 draws: 2018-10-05 to 2018-11-09 11 draws: 2018-11-09 to 2019-01-25 9 draws: 2019-01-25 to 2019-03-29 5 draws: 2019-03-29 to 2019-05-03 Still waiting — at least 1 draws since 2019-05-03 2009-10-23 2009-12-25 2010-01-15 2010-02-12 2010-03-26 2010-04-02 2010-06-11 2010-09-03 2010-10-01 2010-10-22 2010-11-26 2010-12-10 2011-01-14 2011-02-18 2011-04-01 2011-04-15 2011-05-20 2011-06-10 2011-07-15 2011-08-26 2011-09-16 2011-09-30 2011-10-07 2012-02-03 2012-03-30 2012-04-13 2012-05-25 2012-06-22 2012-08-31 2012-10-05 2012-10-12 2013-02-22 2013-03-22 2013-03-29 2013-06-14 2013-06-21 2013-07-05 2013-07-26 2013-09-13 2013-10-04 2013-11-01 2014-01-10 2014-05-16 2014-06-13 2014-06-20 2014-10-31 2014-11-28 2015-01-09 2015-02-27 2015-07-10 2015-10-02 2015-10-23 2015-11-06 2015-11-20 2015-12-11 2015-12-25 2016-04-08 2016-06-03 2016-07-01 2016-09-02 2016-09-16 2016-09-30 2016-10-07 2017-03-31 2017-04-07 2017-06-02 2017-07-21 2017-07-28 2017-10-20 2017-11-10 2018-03-23 2018-03-30 2018-06-08 2018-07-20 2018-08-17 2018-09-07 2018-10-05 2018-11-09 2019-01-25 2019-03-29 2019-05-03 2009-09-25 2019-05-10
1 draws: 10 times 2 draws: 10 times 3 draws: 10 times 4 draws: 10 times 5 draws: 8 times 6 draws: 6 times 7 draws: 3 times 8 draws: 3 times 9 draws: 3 times 10 draws: 4 times 11 draws: 2 times 12 draws: 3 times 13 draws: 0 times 14 draws: 0 times 15 draws: 1 time 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 4 times 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 1 time 26 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 16 · chance 15.3 2nd smallest 31 · chance 31.6 3rd smallest 24 · chance 24.0 4th smallest 9 · chance 8.5 5th smallest 1 · chance 1.5 6th smallest 0 · chance 0.1 7th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.1 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, 12 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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 Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10 The model and its sources → · What people believe about 12 →
Every draw it appeared in ← number 11 Every number number 13 → 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 7/49 tonight whatever it did last week.