Number 13

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

91times drawn · chance expected 101 −1.08σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

36longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 91 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, −1.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 16 times, counted separately.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 91 times in 722 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 16 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 15.1
2nd smallest34 · chance 34.0
3rd smallest33 · chance 28.4
4th smallest8 · chance 11.1
5th smallest3 · chance 2.1
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 11.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 36 30 28 3 19

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-02-13	6	2nd	3 13 26 36 41 42 43
2026-01-23	2	3rd	3 9 13 16 18 27 29
2026-01-16	36	3rd	6 9 13 41 43 45

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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