Number 13

In 2by2 under the 3/26 · Nov 2016 – Sep 2022 rules — 1,768 draws, 3 from 1–26 (an earlier era).

184times drawn · chance expected 204 −1.49σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

44longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 184 times in 1,768 draws against 204.0 expected, −1.49σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 184 times in 1,768 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 44 · 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 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 smallest44 · chance 47.8
2nd smallest94 · chance 95.7
3rd smallest46 · chance 40.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 9 15 8 17 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 25 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 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 — 26th most popular of 26. 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
2022-09-13	25	3rd	6 9 13
2022-08-18	10	2nd	3 13 18
2022-08-08	3	3rd	2 12 13
2022-08-05	2	2nd	4 13 23
2022-08-03	19	1st	13 17 20
2022-07-15	6	1st

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 3/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-12-07	9	2nd	10 13 23
2021-11-28	12	3rd	9 10 13
2021-11-16	14	2nd	5 13 17
2021-11-02	3	3rd	5 6 13
2021-10-30	13	2nd	9 13 19
2021-10-17	2	3rd	1 11 13
2021-10-15	5	2nd	5 13 21
2021-10-10	9	3rd	1 9 13
2021-10-01	13	2nd	3 13 20
2021-09-18	13	1st	13 17 25
2021-09-05	2	2nd	7 13 22
2021-09-03	26	2nd	1 13 14
2021-08-08	8	3rd	8 8 13
2021-07-31	6	1st	13 18 24
2021-07-25	8	2nd	8 13 20
2021-07-17	6	1st	13 24 26
2021-07-11	1	2nd	7 13 15
2021-07-10	7	1st	13 21 21
2021-07-03	4	2nd	11 13 19
2021-06-29	28	1st	13 15 18
2021-06-01	10	2nd	7 13 22
2021-05-22	8	3rd	9 11 13
2021-05-14	6	1st	13 15 18
2021-05-08	3	2nd	9 13 23
2021-05-05	27	2nd	2 13 23
2021-04-08	12	3rd	8 10 13
2021-03-27	6	1st	13 24 24
2021-03-21	9	2nd	7 13 16
2021-03-12	27	2nd	2 13 15
2021-02-13	13	2nd	8 13 18
2021-01-31	19	1st	13 15 20
2021-01-12	3	2nd	7 13 16
2021-01-09	4	2nd	12 13 26
2021-01-05	1	2nd	2 13 23
2021-01-04	3	3rd	8 12 13
2021-01-01	2	3rd	6 11 13
2020-12-30	2	2nd	3 13 22
2020-12-28	7	3rd	2 8 13
2020-12-21	8	2nd	8 13 17
2020-12-13	17	2nd	4 13 24
2020-11-26	24	2nd	3 13 16
2020-11-02	1	3rd	2 3 13
2020-11-01	23	2nd	1 13 25
2020-10-09	11	2nd	12 13 24
2020-09-28	3	2nd	4 13 20
2020-09-25	18	2nd	1 13 21
2020-09-07	9	2nd	10 13 22
2020-08-29	11	1st	13 21 25
2020-08-18	7	3rd	4 6 13
2020-08-11	5	2nd	11 13 16
2020-08-06	19	2nd	11 13 24
2020-07-18	3	2nd	4 13 17
2020-07-15	4	3rd	4 8 13
2020-07-11	5	2nd	8 13 14
2020-07-06	23	1st	13 20 24
2020-06-13	4	2nd	9 13 26
2020-06-09	1	3rd	7 10 13
2020-06-08	9	1st	13 15 17
2020-05-30	7	2nd	7 13 26
2020-05-23	5	2nd	8 13 18
2020-05-18	21	3rd	2 11 13
2020-04-27	4	2nd	9 13 22
2020-04-23	2	3rd	6 7 13
2020-04-21	9	3rd	4 5 13
2020-04-12	2	1st	13 19 22
2020-04-10	15	2nd	12 13 22
2020-03-26	9	2nd	9 13 15
2020-03-17	0	1st	13 15
2020-03-17	16	1st	13 15
2020-03-01	1	3rd	8 9 13
2020-02-29	26	2nd	6 13 22
2020-02-03	4	2nd	2 13 23
2020-01-30	1	3rd	5 10 13
2020-01-29	9	2nd	2 13 14
2020-01-20	18	2nd	6 13 25
2020-01-02	2	3rd	2 9 13
2019-12-31	2	1st	13 24 26
2019-12-29	7	3rd	6 9 13
2019-12-22	21	2nd	10 13 18
2019-12-01	4	3rd	10 10 13
2019-11-27	5	3rd	4 5 13
2019-11-22	3	3rd	2 10 13
2019-11-19	10	2nd	2 13 14
2019-11-09	14	3rd	8 9 13
2019-10-26	10	2nd	1 13 14
2019-10-16	17	3rd	3 12 13
2019-09-29	5	3rd	5 6 13
2019-09-24	3	1st	13 14 14
2019-09-21	2	1st	13 18 20
2019-09-19	21	2nd	1 13 15
2019-08-29	13	2nd	1 13 19
2019-08-16	1	3rd	4 8 13
2019-08-15	28	1st	13 23 26
2019-07-18	38	1st	13 15 16
2019-06-10	3	2nd	5 13 24
2019-06-07	14	1st	13 15 17
2019-05-24	2	2nd	5 13 21
2019-05-22	2	2nd	7 13 21
2019-05-20	4	1st	13 15 17
2019-05-16	18	3rd	3 9 13
2019-04-28	2	3rd	2 6 13
2019-04-26	24	2nd	2 13 25
2019-04-02	1	2nd	8 13 24
2019-04-01	8	2nd	2 13 22
2019-03-24	0	1st	13 18
2019-03-24	19	1st	13 18
2019-03-05	3	2nd	2 13 17
2019-03-02	1	1st	13 15 17
2019-03-01	19	2nd	8 13 14
2019-02-10	13	1st	13 19 22
2019-01-28	13	3rd	7 9 13
2019-01-15	14	3rd	7 9 13
2019-01-01	2	2nd	6 13 21
2017-12-30	20	2nd	7 13 15
2017-12-10	4	1st	13 16 16
2017-12-06	2	1st	13 20 24
2017-12-04	5	2nd	11 13 22
2017-11-29	20	1st	13 17 20
2017-11-09	6	2nd	11 13 22
2017-11-03	0	1st	13 15
2017-11-03	8	1st	13 15
2017-10-26	8	2nd	6 13 26
2017-10-18	12	2nd	5 13 20
2017-10-06	2	3rd	1 11 13
2017-10-04	1	2nd	10 13 25
2017-10-03	15	2nd	9 13 15
2017-09-18	6	2nd	4 13 22
2017-09-12	2	1st	13 17 25
2017-09-10	0	1st	13 16
2017-09-10	29	1st	13 16
2017-08-12	30	2nd	1 13 14
2017-07-13	9	3rd	3 8 13
2017-07-04	1	3rd	7 8 13
2017-07-03	5	3rd	7 10 13
2017-06-28	12	1st	13 17 24
2017-06-16	1	1st	13 15 20
2017-06-15	2	2nd	9 13 24
2017-06-13	6	2nd	11 13 24
2017-06-07	12	2nd	12 13 21
2017-05-26	9	2nd	3 13 25
2017-05-17	1	1st	13 14 18
2017-05-16	6	2nd	10 13 22
2017-05-10	22	2nd	10 13 17
2017-04-18	10	2nd	4 13 25
2017-04-08	4	3rd	7 9 13
2017-04-04	1	3rd	1 2 13
2017-04-03	3	3rd	1 2 13
2017-03-31	1	2nd	4 13 17
2017-03-30	16	2nd	11 13 21
2017-03-14	12	2nd	4 13 16
2017-03-02	6	1st	13 16 19
2017-02-24	23	2nd	9 13 22
2017-02-01	4	3rd	2 10 13
2017-01-28	44	2nd	3 13 26
2016-12-15	1	2nd	12 13 19
2016-12-14	0	2nd	3 13
2016-12-14	4	2nd	3 13
2016-12-10	16	3rd	5 10 13
2016-11-24	1	3rd	2 6 13
2016-11-23	—	2nd	7 13 18