Number 13

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/11 · May 2011 – Sep 2016 rules — 562 draws, 5 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

60times drawn · chance expected 56 +0.53σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 53% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

59longest completed wait · 12% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 60 times in 562 draws against 56.2 expected, +0.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 60 times in 562 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 7 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 smallest24 · chance 18.7
2nd smallest23 · chance 26.4
3rd smallest11 · chance 12.4
4th smallest2 · chance 2.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 4.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 30 14 26 43 50

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.4 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
2016-08-30	10	1st	13 16 29 35 42
2016-07-26	3	3rd	3 10 13 45 49
2016-07-15	4	3rd	2 11 13 14 21
2016-07-01	5	3rd	2 11

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2014-09-26	1	1st	13 27 35 46 47
2014-09-23	3	2nd	12 13 14 29 35
2014-09-12	25	2nd	9 13 26 31 33
2014-06-17	6	2nd	11 13 37 40 48
2014-05-27	4	2nd	7 13 16 25 26
2014-05-13	5	2nd	4 13 30 34 47
2014-04-25	1	1st	13 21 24 44 49
2014-04-22	17	1st	13 15 20 24 46
2014-02-21	15	1st	13 17 28 30 32
2013-12-31	1	1st	13 20 24 29 45
2013-12-27	2	3rd	1 6 13 22 28
2013-12-20	5	2nd	12 13 17 22 43
2013-12-03	3	2nd	6 13 15 29 32
2013-11-22	2	1st	13 25 26 40 50
2013-11-15	3	2nd	3 13 15 29 42
2013-11-05	14	3rd	6 12 13 35 38
2013-09-17	17	1st	13 17 21 42 44
2013-07-19	5	1st	13 16 24 26 35
2013-07-02	2	2nd	11 13 14 28 30
2013-06-25	8	3rd	4 5 13 27 35
2013-05-28	6	2nd	8 13 26 34 38
2013-05-07	2	1st	13 27 28 42 43
2013-04-30	9	1st	13 36 40 43 50
2013-03-29	9	1st	13 30 43 44 46
2013-02-26	49	3rd	3 12 13 17 30
2012-09-07	27	1st	13 15 30 35 42
2012-06-05	5	1st	13 34 37 47 49
2012-05-18	1	1st	13 29 43 47 50
2012-05-15	1	3rd	2 11 13 26 50
2012-05-11	8	2nd	1 13 17 38 44
2012-04-13	22	2nd	8 13 26 39 43
2012-01-27	4	2nd	10 13 19 39 44
2012-01-13	43	1st	13 14 21 27 39
2011-08-16	3	2nd	1 13 17 18 45
2011-08-05	8	1st	13 14 18 32 34
2011-07-08	—	2nd	12 13 23 40 49