Number 12

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

177times drawn · chance expected 186 −0.74σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

55longest completed wait · 21% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 177 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, −0.74σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 177 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 55 · 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 smallest48 · chance 49.6
2nd smallest81 · chance 75.7
3rd smallest36 · chance 40.9
4th smallest9 · chance 9.7
5th smallest3 · chance 1.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 16 24 42 37 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-04-26	1	1st	12 18 23 26 29 39
2025-04-24	4	2nd	7 12 14 26 31 42
2025-04-14	4	3rd	1 8 12 24 29 42
2025-04-05

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-22	9	1st	12 20 22 28 41 50
2024-02-01	5	1st	12 23 36 39 41 48
2024-01-20	7	2nd	6 12 14 17 30 47
2024-01-04	17	2nd	4 12 13 23 25 34
2023-11-25	10	1st	12 15 22 23 25 38
2023-11-02	11	1st	12 13 14 27 34 37
2023-10-07	1	1st	12 24 32 33 44 46
2023-10-05	16	2nd	10 12 27 28 30 45
2023-08-28	13	2nd	10 12 27 32 40 42
2023-07-29	23	2nd	1 12 22 33 35 38
2023-06-05	8	3rd	4 5 12 14 20 50
2023-05-18	10	1st	12 15 23 29 40 50
2023-04-24	14	1st	12 19 38 42 47 49
2023-03-23	13	3rd	1 7 12 13 15 21
2023-02-20	21	4th	1 7 9 12 21 36
2023-01-02	8	5th	4 6 7 10 12 38
2022-12-15	8	1st	12 14 21 27 32 41
2022-11-26	2	3rd	2 4 12 33 41 45
2022-11-21	2	2nd	2 12 21 28 36 43
2022-11-17	14	4th	2 6 9 12 43 50
2022-10-15	2	2nd	8 12 14 22 27 36
2022-10-10	12	2nd	1 12 28 44 47 48
2022-09-12	12	1st	12 19 27 30 34 47
2022-08-15	2	1st	12 21 22 31 39 50
2022-08-11	1	3rd	2 10 12 13 14 30
2022-08-08	7	2nd	2 12 25 28 45 50
2022-07-23	5	1st	12 16 32 35 41 49
2022-07-11	1	1st	12 17 24 27 28 37
2022-07-09	13	2nd	3 12 17 28 37 44
2022-06-09	4	2nd	1 12 22 37 38 50
2022-05-30	11	2nd	2 12 27 40 45 46
2022-05-05	3	3rd	1 3 12 19 38 44
2022-04-28	1	1st	12 14 21 26 27 44
2022-04-25	5	4th	2 8 10 12 34 47
2022-04-14	15	2nd	1 12 13 21 22 44
2022-03-10	19	1st	12 14 20 31 41 50
2022-01-24	6	3rd	5 6 12 18 29 36
2022-01-10	17	2nd	2 12 27 33 39 43
2021-12-02	9	1st	12 15 21 33 47 48
2021-11-11	16	4th	4 8 9 12 26 27
2021-10-04	7	1st	12 32 37 41 44 49
2021-09-18	2	4th	2 7 11 12 15 18
2021-09-13	17	2nd	4 12 27 28 29 48
2021-08-05	1	2nd	8 12 23 31 33 38
2021-08-02	5	1st	12 16 18 20 39 50
2021-07-22	3	2nd	8 12 19 24 25 34
2021-07-15	3	1st	12 15 20 22 42 46
2021-07-08	12	2nd	2 12 20 27 41 47
2021-06-10	6	2nd	9 12 16 17 20 30
2021-05-27	54	1st	12 20 24 33 34 39
2021-01-21	17	1st	12 16 22 25 26 45
2020-12-12	15	2nd	2 12 16 36 40 42
2020-11-07	5	1st	12 16 22 32 42 48
2020-10-26	8	2nd	10 12 23 24 25 42
2020-10-08	21	2nd	10 12 13 17 29 30
2020-08-20	10	1st	12 16 37 42 48 49
2020-07-27	1	3rd	3 7 12 25 35 36
2020-07-25	9	1st	12 15 18 26 27 41
2020-07-04	2	2nd	10 12 23 27 34 44
2020-06-29	5	3rd	2 4 12 30 31 35
2020-06-18	10	3rd	3 6 12 24 49 51
2020-05-25	2	2nd	7 12 16 23 38 40
2020-05-21	7	2nd	6 12 21 26 40 41
2020-05-04	4	2nd	6 12 16 30 41 47
2020-04-25	3	2nd	5 12 27 31 38 45
2020-04-18	4	3rd	5 7 12 26 34 40
2020-04-09	13	4th	2 5 10 12 38 51
2020-03-09	2	1st	12 25 32 41 44 50
2020-03-05	7	2nd	2 12 25 28 31 32
2020-02-17	2	1st	12 33 40 42 44 48
2020-02-13	6	2nd	7 12 14 25 29 38
2020-01-30	4	2nd	1 12 15 24 28 48
2020-01-20	39	3rd	7 11 12 14 34 39
2019-10-21	14	2nd	4 12 15 21 26 45
2019-09-19	2	2nd	5 12 14 24 32 48
2019-09-14	2	3rd	1 3 12 16 19 37
2019-09-09	2	2nd	3 12 15 22 43 47
2019-09-05	16	2nd	9 12 15 42 43 44
2019-07-29	26	2nd	1 12 13 28 36 43
2019-05-30	11	3rd	3 5 12 26 38 51
2019-05-04	19	2nd	8 12 38 42 43 44
2019-03-21	4	3rd	6 9 12 30 47 50
2019-03-11	2	1st	12 16 22 25 43 51
2019-03-07	1	1st	12 19 21 26 29 37
2019-03-04	1	2nd	1 12 29 37 47 50
2019-03-02	3	2nd	3 12 22 25 28 29
2019-02-23	4	1st	12 38 43 44 46 48
2019-02-14	4	2nd	3 12 14 19 22 42
2019-02-04	2	3rd	8 9 12 16 28 40
2019-01-31	28	3rd	1 11 12 22 27 40
2018-11-26	3	1st	12 17 22 32 33 41
2018-11-19	16	2nd	10 12 13 33 48 51
2018-10-13	55	2nd	3 12 13 24 36 49
2018-06-07	4	2nd	11 12 18 26 40 42
2018-05-28	3	2nd	6 12 23 31 42 52
2018-05-21	1	3rd	1 11 12 16 50 52
2018-05-19	9	1st	12 13 22 24 36 44
2018-04-28	6	1st	12 16 21 24 31 51
2018-04-14	10	1st	12 22 29 31 39 42
2018-03-22	2	2nd	2 12 21 26 36 51
2018-03-17	11	2nd	7 12 21 27 36 37
2018-02-19	2	3rd	5 9 12 14 29 50
2018-02-15	8	3rd	1 8 12 15 30 39
2018-01-27	8	3rd	3 10 12 22 25 37
2018-01-08	7	2nd	4 12 34 38 42 51
2017-12-23	9	3rd	4 11 12 31 37 38
2017-12-02	13	2nd	11 12 22 24 25 42
2017-11-02	36	3rd	7 9 12 41 43 44
2017-08-10	1	3rd	5 11 12 16 21 51
2017-08-07	3	1st	12 16 32 33 34 38
2017-07-31	1	5th	2 6 8 10 12 15
2017-07-29	1	2nd	6 12 21 26 37 51
2017-07-27	29	3rd	2 11 12 15 39 42
2017-05-20	7	3rd	3 8 12 22 39 49
2017-05-04	8	1st	12 18 29 30 31 52
2017-04-15	6	2nd	11 12 20 41 43 50
2017-04-01	27	3rd	4 8 12 13 45 48
2017-01-28	39	2nd	5 12 20 24 40 44
2016-10-29	13	2nd	8 12 30 31 51 52
2016-09-29	6	4th	5 6 11 12 33 39
2016-09-15	5	3rd	2 7 12 33 43 47
2016-09-03	15	1st	12 15 18 24 29 37
2016-07-30	13	2nd	4 12 14 16 42 47
2016-06-30	8	2nd	3 12 20 35 37 50
2016-06-11	1	1st	12 16 37 43 51 52
2016-06-09	2	2nd	3 12 14 27 34 36
2016-06-04	8	2nd	2 12 17 32 33 42
2016-05-16	5	2nd	1 12 16 39 41 52
2016-05-05	2	1st	12 20 26 32 40 45
2016-04-30	9	3rd	10 11 12 27 41 47
2016-04-09	14	2nd	5 12 13 25 28 42
2016-03-07	43	2nd	10 12 20 30 38 52
2015-11-28	3	3rd	4 8 12 37 40 50
2015-11-21	6	3rd	8 10 12 22 37 40
2015-11-07	27	2nd	7 12 18 19 31 37
2015-09-05	1	1st	12 21 28 43 44 47
2015-09-03	10	2nd	11 12 16 30 33 34
2015-08-10	7	3rd	8 11 12 16 18 38
2015-07-25	6	5th	4 8 9 11 12 30
2015-07-11	1	2nd	7 12 19 38 45 48
2015-07-09	2	2nd	9 12 15 27 30 31
2015-07-04	1	2nd	4 12 13 19 20 37
2015-07-02	5	2nd	8 12 23 31 42 50
2015-06-20	27	1st	12 21 24 29 30 36
2015-04-18	4	2nd	8 12 18 22 31 39
2015-04-09	4	2nd	1 12 14 19 24 26
2015-03-30	4	1st	12 16 37 48 49 52
2015-03-21	17	2nd	9 12 21 36 43 49
2015-02-09	4	2nd	4 12 18 34 40 42
2015-01-31	3	2nd	9 12 25 36 39 40
2015-01-24	3	1st	12 16 18 22 30 47
2015-01-17	7	1st	12 14 17 22 24 31
2015-01-01	—	2nd	8 12 15 25 37 43