Number 13

In Lotto Max under the 7/49 + 1/49 · Sep 2009 – May 2019 rules — 503 draws, 7 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

65times drawn · chance expected 72 −0.87σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 13% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

39longest completed wait · 17% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 65 times in 503 draws against 71.9 expected, −0.87σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 7 times, counted separately.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 65 times in 503 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 14 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 13 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 smallest13 · chance 10.3
2nd smallest17 · chance 24.0
3rd smallest25 · chance 20.6
4th smallest8 · chance 8.3
5th smallest2 · chance 1.7
6th smallest0 · chance 0.2
7th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 24 16 19 33 2

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
The number 13, in Western markets ×0.75

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 13 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2019-02-01	5	3rd	2 6 13 19 21 32 40
2018-12-28	5	2nd	5 13 14 16 17 29 49
2018-11-23	13	3rd	1 7 13 14 22

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: 13 is drawn with probability 7/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2015-08-07	9	2nd	5 13 20 37 39 40 41
2015-06-05	17	3rd	2 10 13 16 30 33 48
2015-02-06	7	4th	1 5 7 13 14 33 46
2014-12-19	5	3rd	3 6 13 17 22 25 43
2014-11-14	5	4th	2 5 7 13 15 30 38
2014-10-10	4	2nd	5 13 18 28 31 38 44
2014-09-12	3	4th	5 6 8 13 24 37 46
2014-08-22	14	1st	13 16 22 26 35 36 39
2014-05-16	14	2nd	12 13 16 30 32 35 37
2014-02-07	7	1st	13 19 37 38 40 43 48
2013-12-20	8	2nd	2 13 18 24 27 37 43
2013-10-25	18	1st	13 16 24 29 33 40 49
2013-06-21	8	4th	2 9 12 13 27 28 36
2013-04-26	4	2nd	10 13 15 18 25 36 47
2013-03-29	7	4th	8 11 12 13 22 33 47
2013-02-08	10	3rd	3 8 13 30 38 45 47
2012-11-30	13	3rd	3 10 13 23 31 41 45
2012-08-31	7	3rd	5 12 13 28 33 37 43
2012-07-13	6	2nd	3 13 14 23 33 36 45
2012-06-01	2	3rd	4 7 13 24 26 27 43
2012-05-18	11	3rd	3 4 13 15 21 29 48
2012-03-02	8	2nd	4 13 14 15 34 46 47
2012-01-06	1	4th	1 2 8 13 22 45 46
2011-12-30	8	2nd	2 13 22 28 35 41 42
2011-11-04	4	3rd	5 8 13 15 27 28 37
2011-10-07	5	2nd	12 13 24 25 26 41 43
2011-09-02	6	4th	2 3 8 13 18 20 23
2011-07-22	12	2nd	4 13 23 28 32 40 42
2011-04-29	3	2nd	1 13 20 24 39 45 47
2011-04-08	8	1st	13 18 25 41 44 48 49
2011-02-11	1	3rd	4 6 13 19 26 29 47
2011-02-04	4	3rd	1 3 13 18 19 39 48
2011-01-07	5	3rd	2 10 13 15 23 28 49
2010-12-03	2	3rd	1 10 13 26 43 46 49
2010-11-19	1	2nd	4 13 25 29 36 40 48
2010-11-12	5	1st	13 15 17 18 19 47 49
2010-10-08	1	5th	3 4 5 8 13 22 33
2010-10-01	39	3rd	10 12 13 25 28 29 41
2010-01-01	1	3rd	7 9 13 18 27 33 44
2009-12-25	3	4th	8 9 12 13 29 30 31
2009-12-04	—	3rd	1 6 13 19 32 35 40