Number 12

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

94times drawn · chance expected 101 −0.76σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

36longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 94 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, −0.76σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 11 times, counted separately.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 94 times in 722 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 10 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 smallest16 · chance 18.6
2nd smallest39 · chance 37.1
3rd smallest32 · chance 27.3
4th smallest5 · chance 9.4
5th smallest2 · chance 1.6
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1
7th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 30 26 7 18 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-03-06	17	3rd	3 6 12 21 28 35 41
2026-01-06	11	1st	12 21 26 31 37 39 50
2025-11-28	1	3rd	1 7 12 16 28 47

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-06-28	2	4th	1 5 11 12 13 23 33
2024-06-21	4	2nd	8 12 32 33 34 46 47
2024-06-07	1	3rd	2 3 12 15 32 33 36
2024-06-04	36	3rd	5 6 12 15 18 34 37
2024-01-30	6	3rd	1 6 12 18 26 27 40
2024-01-09	11	3rd	1 2 12 20 24 26 28
2023-12-01	6	2nd	4 12 15 22 36 44 46
2023-11-10	9	2nd	7 12 15 16 35 45 48
2023-10-10	3	3rd	5 6 12 28 33 41 47
2023-09-29	2	2nd	2 12 19 26 34 44 46
2023-09-22	3	1st	12 13 19 26 33 39 43
2023-09-12	5	4th	6 7 9 12 13 32 37
2023-08-25	1	2nd	7 12 17 18 37 38 45
2023-08-22	13	3rd	2 7 12 19 38 42 50
2023-07-07	7	1st	12 13 28 32 34 35 40
2023-06-13	1	4th	1 2 8 12 24 44 45
2023-06-09	2	3rd	7 10 12 31 37 42 44
2023-06-02	2	2nd	1 12 16 21 29 43 49
2023-05-26	2	4th	2 7 9 12 21 30 37
2023-05-19	5	1st	12 13 35 41 42 44 47
2023-05-02	1	2nd	2 12 22 30 32 35 36
2023-04-28	5	3rd	1 2 12 15 35 39 45
2023-04-11	4	4th	4 5 11 12 31 43 44
2023-03-28	11	3rd	5 9 12 19 21 22 49
2023-02-17	19	2nd	10 12 23 26 39 41 45
2022-12-13	6	1st	12 13 14 31 35 39 50
2022-11-22	2	3rd	2 10 12 18 19 21 34
2022-11-15	5	2nd	9 12 13 22 25 35 47
2022-10-28	3	1st	12 17 29 30 38 40 50
2022-10-18	6	1st	12 14 23 25 39 40 44
2022-09-27	8	2nd	10 12 13 26 29 39 46
2022-08-30	13	3rd	5 8 12 23 39 41 48
2022-07-15	2	3rd	4 7 12 18 29 47 49
2022-07-08	1	2nd	7 12 14 18 46 47 49
2022-07-05	5	1st	12 29 33 35 38 41 46
2022-06-17	7	3rd	1 10 12 21 30 39 40
2022-05-24	19	1st	12 26 30 31 35 39 45
2022-03-18	1	3rd	5 7 12 18 26 29 46
2022-03-15	1	3rd	3 7 12 17 23 38 40
2022-03-11	1	3rd	5 7 12 22 28 43 47
2022-03-08	5	2nd	10 12 13 18 25 26 37
2022-02-18	2	5th	2 3 8 11 12 37 49
2022-02-11	13	3rd	1 10 12 30 33 34 36
2021-12-28	20	2nd	11 12 21 27 32 43 49
2021-10-19	23	1st	12 26 28 32 41 43 50
2021-07-30	1	2nd	4 12 18 19 22 25 44
2021-07-27	4	2nd	5 12 13 32 36 40 48
2021-07-13	8	3rd	2 6 12 13 17 36 48
2021-06-15	22	3rd	2 8 12 13 14 36 43
2021-03-30	2	1st	12 22 25 30 37 38 45
2021-03-23	3	3rd	5 6 12 28 29 36 46
2021-03-12	7	2nd	5 12 15 23 28 38 39
2021-02-16	2	3rd	1 6 12 21 34 37 47
2021-02-09	8	2nd	4 12 16 17 33 36 44
2021-01-12	4	2nd	4 12 13 15 18 30 50
2020-12-29	1	2nd	8 12 23 25 29 43 46
2020-12-25	20	2nd	8 12 16 30 38 48 50
2020-10-16	2	5th	1 4 8 10 12 17 41
2020-10-09	2	3rd	4 6 12 30 32 33 34
2020-10-02	7	2nd	7 12 16 26 40 45 49
2020-09-08	20	2nd	6 12 19 27 30 32 44
2020-06-30	3	2nd	11 12 22 33 37 48 49
2020-06-19	6	2nd	3 12 17 22 29 31 48
2020-05-29	8	2nd	5 12 15 23 26 38 41
2020-05-01	25	2nd	3 12 25 36 37 42 49
2020-02-04	2	2nd	3 12 18 25 43 46 50
2020-01-28	6	3rd	4 10 12 27 30 44 46
2020-01-07	4	3rd	3 8 12 14 17 18 29
2019-12-24	3	3rd	1 6 12 13 19 23 38
2019-12-13	—	2nd	2 12 14 15 26 34 39