Number 13

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

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number

15.1average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

73longest completed wait · 48% chance of one at least that long

13 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 13 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 13, draw by draw

Drawn 94 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 15.1 draws · longest completed wait 73 · waiting 13 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 smallest45 · chance 44.7
2nd smallest33 · chance 36.8
3rd smallest16 · chance 10.9
4th smallest0 · chance 1.5
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.

17 22 18 58 63 81

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2009-05-30	28	2nd	1 13 17 31 58 62
2009-03-26	22	1st	13 21 70 71 72 85
2009-02-03	4	2nd	11 13 17 49 51 61

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2006-04-26	4	1st	13 18 47 51 60 64
2006-04-15	4	3rd	10 11 13 37 81 84
2006-04-06	1	1st	13 19 60 61 83 90
2006-04-04	25	1st	13 25 45 70 78 88
2006-02-04	5	1st	13 22 43 50 70 76
2006-01-24	9	2nd	11 13 27 47 82 84
2006-01-03	24	1st	13 14 22 24 46 81
2005-11-08	1	2nd	1 13 14 25 72 86
2005-11-05	1	1st	13 30 60 67 84 86
2005-11-03	8	2nd	9 13 17 47 63 81
2005-10-15	4	1st	13 27 46 68 79 83
2005-10-06	8	3rd	5 11 13 55 66 71
2005-09-17	5	1st	13 14 20 22 44 88
2005-09-06	12	1st	13 22 31 54 55 87
2005-08-09	13	3rd	3 8 13 28 50 61
2005-07-09	8	2nd	2 13 18 51 52 55
2005-06-21	16	2nd	10 13 45 51 65 88
2005-04-27	3	1st	13 15 19 21 82 86
2005-04-16	18	2nd	5 13 20 32 38 59
2005-02-12	28	1st	13 18 24 50 58 66
2004-11-06	2	1st	13 18 21 31 41 56
2004-10-30	3	2nd	4 13 19 30 53 81
2004-10-20	24	1st	13 33 47 48 70 85
2004-07-28	2	2nd	2 13 22 53 60 85
2004-07-21	3	2nd	8 13 31 42 58 88
2004-07-10	11	1st	13 30 47 66 74 81
2004-06-03	6	1st	13 16 42 61 63 81
2004-05-12	11	1st	13 14 40 66 79 85
2004-04-03	12	3rd	6 7 13 35 56 87
2004-02-21	31	2nd	4 13 18 58 71 84
2003-11-05	7	1st	13 14 24 29 73 79
2003-10-11	29	1st	13 16 25 45 47 55
2003-07-02	73	2nd	9 13 16 17 34 57
2002-11-06	2	2nd	11 13 25 59 61 87
2002-10-30	47	1st	13 15 36 78 82 86
2002-05-18	35	1st	13 28 31 58 59 79
2002-01-16	28	2nd	3 13 20 35 46 58
2001-10-13	29	1st	13 28 45 58 70 86
2001-07-04	14	1st	13 29 40 61 73 81
2001-05-16	21	1st	13 15 18 49 65 73
2001-03-03	8	2nd	5 13 18 40 51 56
2001-02-03	19	3rd	2 8 13 39 47 89
2000-11-29	28	1st	13 17 29 32 35 49
2000-08-23	9	2nd	11 13 20 41 76 89
2000-07-22	23	2nd	10 13 42 54 66 81
2000-05-03	16	2nd	1 13 37 53 62 71
2000-03-08	10	2nd	4 13 15 20 32 41
2000-02-02	8	2nd	12 13 28 30 47 63
2000-01-05	5	2nd	2 13 31 37 38 82
1999-12-18	4	1st	13 42 57 61 63 82
1999-12-04	1	1st	13 39 62 63 66 76
1999-12-01	30	2nd	1 13 24 39 44 45
1999-08-18	6	1st	13 16 51 56 65 67
1999-07-28	1	1st	13 64 68 84 89 90
1999-07-24	7	1st	13 16 23 52 67 78
1999-06-30	3	1st	13 22 44 74 77 87
1999-06-19	7	1st	13 23 31 58 67 68
1999-05-26	14	3rd	3 4 13 16 59 70
1999-04-07	25	1st	13 27 40 46 70 84
1999-01-09	6	3rd	1 6 13 23 53 77
1998-12-19	18	3rd	3 6 13 28 49 50
1998-10-17	3	2nd	10 13 50 59 64 78
1998-10-07	1	2nd	6 13 17 49 51 83
1998-10-03	32	3rd	2 9 13 34 46 63
1998-06-13	2	1st	13 26 30 34 83 86
1998-06-06	5	1st	13 18 22 56 67 72
1998-05-20	23	2nd	5 13 22 25 43 50
1998-02-28	8	1st	13 68 75 79 87 88
1998-01-31	11	2nd	6 13 26 33 34 78
1997-12-24	—	1st	13 59 63 75 85 87