Number 12

In MegaDice Lotto under the 6/39 + 1/39 · since Sep 2024 rules — 744 draws, 6 from 1–39.

113times drawn · chance expected 114 −0.15σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 85% for any number

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 6.5

41longest completed wait · 13% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 113 times in 744 draws against 114.5 expected, −0.15σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 113 times in 744 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 2 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 smallest21 · chance 18.2
2nd smallest48 · chance 43.5
3rd smallest29 · chance 36.2
4th smallest14 · chance 13.0
5th smallest1 · chance 2.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 3 27 5 15 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-10-20	2	2nd	8 12 16 21 30 39
2026-10-18	2	2nd	10 12 19 23 26 31
2026-10-16	1	3rd	4 11 12 27 37 39
2026-10-15

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 6/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-06-23	1	2nd	3 12 16 21 24 35
2026-06-22	2	4th	6 7 10 12 24 26
2026-06-20	7	1st	12 15 26 37 38 39
2026-06-13	10	2nd	8 12 14 18 19 38
2026-06-03	14	1st	12 13 14 19 31 35
2026-05-20	6	3rd	5 8 12 13 29 36
2026-05-14	5	3rd	6 8 12 16 22 31
2026-05-09	3	4th	1 3 11 12 16 31
2026-05-06	18	2nd	5 12 19 28 36 37
2026-04-18	5	3rd	9 11 12 20 36 38
2026-04-13	20	4th	1 6 10 12 23 39
2026-03-24	4	1st	12 24 28 29 30 35
2026-03-20	8	2nd	8 12 24 25 28 36
2026-03-12	6	3rd	4 7 12 13 27 36
2026-03-06	1	5th	5 6 7 11 12 14
2026-03-05	17	2nd	2 12 19 23 25 29
2026-02-16	7	2nd	3 12 16 18 24 28
2026-02-09	3	2nd	4 12 20 21 25 36
2026-02-06	7	3rd	6 7 12 15 18 31
2026-01-30	22	2nd	8 12 13 18 20 25
2026-01-08	1	3rd	1 5 12 22 27 29
2026-01-07	8	2nd	4 12 15 31 32 38
2025-12-30	2	2nd	1 12 16 25 33 36
2025-12-28	6	2nd	5 12 13 18 19 32
2025-12-22	1	3rd	7 11 12 21 27 39
2025-12-21	1	2nd	3 12 14 34 37 39
2025-12-20	4	3rd	6 7 12 21 34 38
2025-12-16	2	1st	12 20 21 24 27 39
2025-12-14	9	3rd	3 10 12 28 31 36
2025-12-05	1	2nd	4 12 24 26 37 39
2025-12-04	1	1st	12 15 16 22 23 27
2025-12-03	8	1st	12 17 21 26 34 37
2025-11-25	9	2nd	5 12 17 27 36 39
2025-11-10	4	1st	12 13 23 26 27 35
2025-11-04	1	2nd	4 12 17 21 23 26
2025-11-03	7	2nd	4 12 16 18 30 36
2025-10-27	2	2nd	1 12 13 17 19 38
2025-10-25	2	2nd	5 12 13 25 29 33
2025-10-23	32	3rd	5 11 12 17 20 22
2025-09-16	10	1st	12 19 21 27 32 38
2025-09-06	10	3rd	9 11 12 15 26 32
2025-08-27	2	2nd	8 12 15 16 24 28
2025-08-25	1	4th	2 3 10 12 14 22
2025-08-24	4	2nd	5 12 19 21 23 32
2025-08-20	4	2nd	7 12 13 15 34 37
2025-08-16	7	2nd	1 12 13 19 24 29
2025-08-09	10	3rd	3 11 12 22 29 39
2025-07-30	12	3rd	3 5 12 16 21 35
2025-07-18	2	4th	4 5 6 12 15 25
2025-07-16	2	2nd	5 12 26 30 37 39
2025-07-14	12	2nd	2 12 15 30 35 39
2025-07-02	8	2nd	7 12 18 20 25 31
2025-06-24	3	3rd	3 9 12 17 19 30
2025-06-21	4	4th	3 8 10 12 15 23
2025-06-17	8	2nd	3 12 14 21 22 38
2025-06-09	3	1st	12 18 22 30 35 39
2025-06-06	2	2nd	5 12 22 23 30 35
2025-06-04	7	1st	12 24 25 27 32 33
2025-05-28	7	1st	12 17 25 33 35 37
2025-05-21	24	4th	3 4 11 12 28 37
2025-04-27	4	1st	12 18 21 23 27 34
2025-04-23	5	4th	4 7 11 12 25 33
2025-04-18	3	2nd	4 12 18 31 33 37
2025-04-15	2	2nd	6 12 15 16 19 24
2025-04-13	5	1st	12 19 26 34 35 39
2025-04-08	8	2nd	6 12 16 18 22 34
2025-03-31	1	2nd	1 12 16 24 26 29
2025-03-30	2	3rd	4 8 12 29 33 37
2025-03-28	23	3rd	1 5 12 26 33 38
2025-03-05	4	2nd	3 12 17 21 22 27
2025-03-01	7	4th	2 10 11 12 20 35
2025-02-22	21	2nd	11 12 16 18 21 38
2025-02-01	5	2nd	6 12 15 25 29 35
2025-01-27	20	3rd	6 11 12 13 16 38
2025-01-07	3	1st	12 13 14 21 30 33
2025-01-04	3	2nd	10 12 22 29 30 34
2025-01-01	14	2nd	2 12 17 21 27 31
2024-12-18	1	3rd	3 6 12 17 26 37
2024-12-17	1	3rd	3 7 12 18 24 38
2024-12-16	6	2nd	2 12 17 21 26 27
2024-12-10	2	3rd	5 10 12 16 27 31
2024-12-08	6	3rd	1 6 12 26 27 32
2024-12-02	1	2nd	10 12 20 21 22 30
2024-12-01	5	4th	5 8 10 12 24 37
2024-11-26	10	4th	1 3 11 12 14 36
2024-11-16	1	1st	12 17 25 35 37 39
2024-11-15	41	2nd	2 12 14 18 27 34
2024-10-05	4	3rd	7 8 12 26 32 37
2024-10-01	—	3rd	6 10 12 16 24 32