Number 12

In UK Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,065 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

252times drawn · chance expected 253 −0.06σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

58longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 252 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, −0.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 43 times, counted separately.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 252 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 58 · waiting 6 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 smallest71 · chance 64.2
2nd smallest102 · chance 106.9
3rd smallest62 · chance 62.9
4th smallest16 · chance 16.2
5th smallest1 · chance 1.8
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 31 49 11 44 48

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, 12 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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
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
2015-09-16	5	1st	12 14 21 22 37 43
2015-08-29	7	1st	12 18 23 33 42 43
2015-08-05	7	3rd	5 8 12 28 39 41
2015-07-11	7	2nd

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2013-10-16	1	1st	12 15 24 26 31 35
2013-10-12	4	2nd	5 12 21 26 33 45
2013-09-28	6	2nd	10 12 14 25 46 48
2013-09-07	7	3rd	1 11 12 13 35 42
2013-08-14	5	1st	12 18 38 39 45 49
2013-07-27	4	1st	12 13 18 39 43 49
2013-07-13	18	1st	12 15 24 36 45 49
2013-05-11	1	2nd	9 12 24 25 26 43
2013-05-08	1	1st	12 15 20 31 33 40
2013-05-04	1	2nd	11 12 22 27 40 44
2013-05-01	4	4th	7 8 11 12 39 42
2013-04-17	9	1st	12 14 16 18 20 33
2013-03-16	2	3rd	1 11 12 27 48 49
2013-03-09	10	1st	12 19 25 36 44 46
2013-02-02	5	2nd	2 12 13 14 21 30
2013-01-16	1	2nd	5 12 13 35 38 47
2013-01-12	15	4th	3 7 11 12 24 27
2012-11-21	24	2nd	4 12 19 22 36 40
2012-08-29	1	3rd	4 7 12 28 32 37
2012-08-25	13	1st	12 18 23 31 44 48
2012-07-11	6	1st	12 19 28 29 38 49
2012-06-20	2	3rd	6 10 12 30 36 49
2012-06-13	19	1st	12 25 29 34 45 47
2012-04-07	8	1st	12 16 23 25 31 42
2012-03-10	5	3rd	1 3 12 23 37 43
2012-02-22	7	2nd	7 12 15 35 43 49
2012-01-28	4	2nd	10 12 25 28 31 40
2012-01-14	17	3rd	7 10 12 15 25 42
2011-11-16	1	2nd	10 12 26 27 39 40
2011-11-12	3	2nd	6 12 13 28 33 38
2011-11-02	5	2nd	11 12 33 37 38 49
2011-10-15	48	2nd	7 12 27 34 41 46
2011-04-30	8	3rd	1 6 12 29 36 44
2011-04-02	23	1st	12 14 32 44 48 49
2011-01-12	19	2nd	11 12 17 19 24 47
2010-11-06	13	1st	12 22 30 31 34 39
2010-09-22	8	2nd	9 12 27 29 41 47
2010-08-25	24	3rd	5 10 12 17 28 30
2010-06-02	11	2nd	2 12 17 25 33 39
2010-04-24	22	3rd	1 4 12 23 33 40
2010-02-06	1	2nd	3 12 15 17 22 29
2010-02-03	22	3rd	3 11 12 20 21 28
2009-11-18	2	3rd	1 4 12 13 18 19
2009-11-11	3	3rd	4 6 12 31 38 48
2009-10-31	2	1st	12 18 26 35 40 44
2009-10-24	1	3rd	5 9 12 31 32 38
2009-10-21	13	2nd	6 12 16 19 33 44
2009-09-05	29	1st	12 19 22 26 36 41
2009-05-27	1	2nd	2 12 24 31 41 48
2009-05-23	48	1st	12 17 32 41 44 48
2008-12-06	1	2nd	10 12 20 37 39 48
2008-12-03	3	2nd	4 12 19 21 34 44
2008-11-22	7	2nd	4 12 34 35 38 48
2008-10-29	2	3rd	6 10 12 15 20 27
2008-10-22	1	2nd	1 12 29 35 37 40
2008-10-18	27	3rd	3 10 12 30 39 40
2008-07-16	4	2nd	3 12 17 18 22 42
2008-07-02	1	3rd	3 4 12 23 30 31
2008-06-28	1	2nd	7 12 19 23 46 48
2008-06-25	2	2nd	11 12 22 23 24 36
2008-06-18	9	1st	12 26 34 39 40 45
2008-05-17	3	3rd	3 11 12 41 46 47
2008-05-07	19	3rd	9 10 12 16 30 31
2008-03-01	7	3rd	1 8 12 20 29 49
2008-02-06	4	3rd	2 5 12 15 30 48
2008-01-23	5	2nd	4 12 13 15 30 36
2008-01-05	6	3rd	2 3 12 20 33 49
2007-12-15	4	1st	12 22 25 43 46 49
2007-12-01	9	1st	12 24 33 36 39 42
2007-10-31	4	2nd	9 12 20 25 33 35
2007-10-17	1	2nd	10 12 22 32 45 46
2007-10-13	6	3rd	7 11 12 36 38 39
2007-09-22	2	2nd	3 12 15 18 30 31
2007-09-15	8	3rd	3 7 12 21 25 36
2007-08-18	3	2nd	2 12 26 32 37 47
2007-08-08	1	3rd	3 9 12 13 20 43
2007-08-04	5	1st	12 23 25 26 34 49
2007-07-18	2	1st	12 31 33 39 41 45
2007-07-11	5	4th	3 9 10 12 46 47
2007-06-23	12	2nd	6 12 19 25 31 41
2007-05-12	33	4th	3 6 9 12 40 43
2007-01-17	1	1st	12 17 21 25 31 37
2007-01-13	9	3rd	5 8 12 20 28 48
2006-12-13	2	2nd	4 12 14 20 46 49
2006-12-06	11	4th	2 5 9 12 22 32
2006-10-28	3	4th	4 5 6 12 20 29
2006-10-18	4	2nd	6 12 36 39 41 48
2006-10-04	1	1st	12 14 16 19 27 32
2006-09-30	4	2nd	8 12 13 19 26 38
2006-09-16	11	2nd	11 12 16 33 34 43
2006-08-09	7	3rd	2 4 12 16 18 41
2006-07-15	5	2nd	6 12 19 20 38 39
2006-06-28	9	2nd	11 12 34 39 44 48
2006-05-27	29	3rd	5 8 12 24 28 31
2006-02-15	16	3rd	5 11 12 16 17 45
2005-12-21	4	3rd	5 6 12 13 31 45
2005-12-07	7	4th	2 8 11 12 22 26
2005-11-12	2	1st	12 13 25 30 45 47
2005-11-05	22	1st	12 13 21 26 32 39
2005-08-20	7	3rd	7 11 12 20 38 44
2005-07-27	1	2nd	10 12 13 17 31 37
2005-07-23	5	2nd	7 12 16 24 29 37
2005-07-06	2	2nd	3 12 17 36 44 49
2005-06-29	4	2nd	7 12 23 26 29 44
2005-06-15	9	3rd	7 11 12 37 42 45
2005-05-14	15	1st	12 18 22 33 43 48
2005-03-23	12	1st	12 14 25 30 32 38
2005-02-09	4	1st	12 18 22 24 32 33
2005-01-26	7	2nd	3 12 14 22 33 40
2005-01-01	3	4th	4 6 9 12 15 40
2004-12-22	4	2nd	4 12 27 44 45 47
2004-12-08	7	2nd	11 12 16 26 35 39
2004-11-13	11	3rd	4 10 12 13 14 22
2004-10-06	4	3rd	6 11 12 19 37 44
2004-09-22	6	1st	12 19 40 42 46 49
2004-09-01	2	1st	12 25 27 32 37 49
2004-08-25	2	2nd	10 12 13 19 31 46
2004-08-18	2	3rd	6 11 12 13 36 42
2004-08-11	12	2nd	11 12 19 47 48 49
2004-06-30	6	2nd	11 12 15 29 37 43
2004-06-09	19	2nd	1 12 23 26 35 45
2004-04-03	18	3rd	3 9 12 28 29 38
2004-01-31	7	2nd	5 12 13 19 27 47
2004-01-07	14	2nd	2 12 17 23 24 34
2003-11-19	3	2nd	11 12 13 18 43 48
2003-11-08	1	2nd	2 12 33 39 45 48
2003-11-05	23	2nd	10 12 18 20 22 47
2003-08-16	6	4th	1 9 10 12 42 45
2003-07-26	4	2nd	1 12 16 26 37 49
2003-07-12	6	2nd	9 12 13 15 21 33
2003-06-21	2	1st	12 20 36 39 44 45
2003-06-14	4	2nd	3 12 29 37 43 46
2003-05-31	4	3rd	2 9 12 22 25 26
2003-05-17	3	2nd	8 12 15 22 36 48
2003-05-07	18	2nd	7 12 26 33 35 47
2003-03-05	6	3rd	3 8 12 23 34 46
2003-02-12	10	1st	12 17 18 20 30 35
2003-01-08	13	2nd	10 12 22 34 46 48
2002-11-23	10	3rd	5 6 12 19 30 47
2002-10-19	9	1st	12 30 43 44 45 47
2002-09-18	58	3rd	4 7 12 29 37 42
2002-02-27	4	2nd	6 12 28 31 39 44
2002-02-13	3	3rd	4 7 12 13 16 29
2002-02-02	1	2nd	6 12 30 39 45 46
2002-01-30	5	1st	12 19 27 39 42 47
2002-01-12	6	4th	1 3 11 12 20 24
2001-12-22	10	4th	1 9 10 12 23 40
2001-11-17	12	1st	12 19 30 34 37 41
2001-10-06	29	2nd	9 12 29 33 44 47
2001-06-27	4	1st	12 18 39 43 45 49
2001-06-13	1	1st	12 14 19 33 35 48
2001-06-09	1	1st	12 14 24 33 45 48
2001-06-06	5	1st	12 16 35 37 38 47
2001-05-19	8	2nd	4 12 30 33 43 48
2001-04-21	12	1st	12 20 23 26 33 46
2001-03-10	1	3rd	2 4 12 21 36 37
2001-03-07	2	2nd	3 12 30 33 40 49
2001-02-28	1	3rd	4 9 12 13 22 32
2001-02-24	4	3rd	1 3 12 28 29 41
2001-02-10	4	3rd	7 9 12 17 20 32
2001-01-27	4	2nd	4 12 15 39 45 47
2001-01-13	9	1st	12 23 28 34 36 40
2000-12-13	6	2nd	3 12 23 34 38 39
2000-11-22	15	2nd	4 12 20 23 31 33
2000-09-30	8	1st	12 15 27 32 40 44
2000-09-02	15	2nd	11 12 21 31 36 40
2000-07-12	26	2nd	4 12 21 27 41 49
2000-04-12	8	2nd	9 12 19 22 26 34
2000-03-15	1	2nd	7 12 25 28 30 40
2000-03-11	3	2nd	7 12 37 42 46 49
2000-03-01	4	4th	4 8 10 12 15 30
2000-02-16	1	3rd	6 7 12 16 19 42
2000-02-12	8	3rd	4 6 12 17 18 19
2000-01-15	8	2nd	10 12 16 17 31 47
1999-12-18	7	3rd	6 7 12 13 18 29
1999-11-24	27	2nd	1 12 16 33 34 44
1999-08-21	6	1st	12 15 16 17 42 48
1999-07-31	3	1st	12 26 27 32 46 49
1999-07-21	12	1st	12 17 26 32 33 46
1999-06-09	3	3rd	8 10 12 34 46 48
1999-05-29	6	4th	3 7 9 12 43 44
1999-05-08	5	2nd	1 12 24 31 33 47
1999-04-21	2	2nd	3 12 22 31 44 46
1999-04-14	4	3rd	5 9 12 25 30 32
1999-03-31	28	3rd	1 5 12 24 26 38
1998-12-23	10	2nd	4 12 18 30 38 47
1998-11-18	1	3rd	2 8 12 30 35 47
1998-11-14	4	3rd	7 11 12 17 23 39
1998-10-31	7	3rd	5 9 12 14 18 38
1998-10-07	2	2nd	2 12 24 29 30 33
1998-09-30	9	2nd	10 12 14 28 31 38
1998-08-29	5	2nd	10 12 37 42 44 45
1998-08-12	3	1st	12 21 23 25 44 49
1998-08-01	7	1st	12 14 31 41 48 49
1998-07-08	20	1st	12 13 21 23 33 36
1998-04-29	2	1st	12 15 28 34 36 40
1998-04-22	2	5th	3 7 9 10 12 37
1998-04-15	8	2nd	1 12 18 26 29 36
1998-03-18	14	1st	12 25 31 39 46 47
1998-01-28	2	2nd	4 12 15 31 32 47
1998-01-21	31	2nd	5 12 24 35 36 38
1997-10-04	1	1st	12 19 28 36 40 46
1997-10-01	2	2nd	8 12 17 35 38 49
1997-09-24	16	1st	12 14 29 31 32 44
1997-07-30	10	3rd	3 6 12 19 44 45
1997-06-25	5	1st	12 17 27 28 38 40
1997-06-07	8	1st	12 14 21 25 30 40
1997-05-10	1	1st	12 19 22 23 25 44
1997-05-07	4	1st	12 19 28 31 34 43
1997-04-23	13	2nd	8 12 17 23 34 43
1997-03-08	1	2nd	5 12 20 29 39 42
1997-03-05	9	2nd	7 12 20 24 28 43
1997-02-01	7	1st	12 16 20 28 36 48
1996-12-14	2	1st	12 24 33 34 42 47
1996-11-30	10	3rd	4 5 12 25 26 49
1996-09-21	10	3rd	7 8 12 30 35 41
1996-07-13	8	4th	5 10 11 12 41 42
1996-05-18	1	2nd	4 12 13 33 40 46
1996-05-11	6	3rd	7 10 12 22 34 48
1996-03-30	2	1st	12 26 27 28 37 49
1996-03-16	2	2nd	2 12 19 28 38 48
1996-03-02	12	3rd	9 11 12 24 41 45
1995-12-09	13	3rd	5 11 12 26 29 33
1995-09-09	13	2nd	2 12 20 22 41 45
1995-06-10	2	1st	12 15 26 44 46 49
1995-05-27	12	1st	12 13 25 37 44 45
1995-03-04	14	2nd	11 12 17 26 36 42
1994-11-26	—	2nd	6 12 15 16 31 44