Number 12

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009 rules — 1,425 draws, 6 from 1–90 (an earlier era).

94times drawn · chance expected 95 −0.11σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

15.1average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

58longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 94 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, −0.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 9 times, counted separately.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 94 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 15.1 draws · longest completed wait 58 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest53 · chance 47.8
2nd smallest31 · chance 35.5
3rd smallest9 · chance 9.5
4th smallest1 · chance 1.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

85 88 19 84 52 54

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 89 numbers; chance expected about 0.5 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 90. 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
2009-06-30	24	1st	12 19 24 51 56 78
2009-05-05	3	2nd	7 12 19 43 71 77
2009-04-28	11	2nd	11 12 32 55 72 87

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2006-10-12	35	1st	12 46 52 55 65 90
2006-07-22	5	1st	12 37 46 54 58 79
2006-07-11	31	2nd	2 12 19 25 31 76
2006-04-29	5	1st	12 22 53 54 60 77
2006-04-18	17	3rd	1 4 12 14 66 78
2006-03-09	43	2nd	10 12 15 51 66 68
2005-11-29	4	2nd	1 12 21 36 40 84
2005-11-19	22	1st	12 14 23 36 72 87
2005-09-29	1	1st	12 23 29 48 52 78
2005-09-27	11	1st	12 33 49 58 69 75
2005-09-01	58	2nd	9 12 20 55 69 81
2005-03-19	19	1st	12 33 40 52 53 85
2005-01-12	23	2nd	2 12 16 20 24 79
2004-10-23	2	1st	12 40 51 68 73 77
2004-10-16	21	1st	12 14 27 35 73 88
2004-08-04	41	1st	12 17 27 44 72 90
2004-03-13	3	3rd	4 8 12 44 77 88
2004-03-03	4	1st	12 23 52 69 75 85
2004-02-18	2	1st	12 20 55 79 81 82
2004-02-11	30	1st	12 19 38 43 52 85
2003-10-29	25	2nd	2 12 20 52 54 63
2003-08-02	13	1st	12 41 45 51 66 77
2003-06-18	7	2nd	2 12 26 30 65 74
2003-05-24	6	1st	12 35 54 58 61 65
2003-05-03	8	3rd	2 6 12 17 19 63
2003-04-05	10	1st	12 18 47 63 75 81
2003-03-01	3	2nd	8 12 27 72 80 84
2003-02-19	1	1st	12 19 51 61 62 90
2003-02-15	3	3rd	3 9 12 36 71 85
2003-02-05	7	1st	12 18 54 71 80 85
2003-01-11	23	2nd	11 12 27 39 67 90
2002-11-09	8	1st	12 34 39 52 61 83
2002-10-12	21	4th	1 2 8 12 48 66
2002-07-31	20	2nd	8 12 36 62 68 81
2002-05-22	34	1st	12 26 27 42 66 89
2002-01-23	3	1st	12 41 52 55 84 85
2002-01-12	24	1st	12 26 45 75 82 84
2001-10-24	13	1st	12 23 48 70 85 86
2001-09-08	5	1st	12 25 49 53 67 73
2001-08-22	19	2nd	10 12 38 57 72 84
2001-06-16	16	2nd	7 12 19 21 60 81
2001-04-21	4	3rd	2 7 12 31 38 71
2001-04-07	2	2nd	5 12 40 61 63 88
2001-03-31	54	1st	12 14 17 32 50 58
2000-09-23	1	1st	12 51 56 73 85 88
2000-09-20	22	1st	12 14 29 49 62 82
2000-07-05	4	1st	12 34 35 50 63 88
2000-06-21	12	1st	12 15 34 43 55 75
2000-05-10	9	2nd	9 12 19 39 82 86
2000-04-08	3	2nd	3 12 26 47 54 87
2000-03-29	16	3rd	1 6 12 26 57 70
2000-02-02	20	1st	12 13 28 30 47 63
1999-11-24	13	1st	12 16 24 48 53 58
1999-10-09	6	1st	12 35 40 59 78 80
1999-09-18	6	1st	12 15 33 60 79 88
1999-08-28	7	2nd	7 12 14 16 24 45
1999-08-04	49	1st	12 23 46 54 78 90
1999-02-13	1	1st	12 20 23 34 67 87
1999-02-10	7	3rd	4 8 12 17 19 80
1999-01-16	4	3rd	7 9 12 37 86 90
1999-01-02	10	2nd	10 12 54 58 72 88
1998-11-28	3	1st	12 15 40 50 66 88
1998-11-18	23	1st	12 18 43 47 50 83
1998-08-29	6	1st	12 19 22 53 72 88
1998-08-08	7	1st	12 27 31 32 57 83
1998-07-15	15	1st	12 32 48 68 70 85
1998-05-23	6	2nd	7 12 24 37 58 81
1998-05-02	16	2nd	6 12 23 28 77 79
1998-03-07	5	2nd	2 12 57 62 64 71
1998-02-18	—	2nd	10 12 29 41 45 50