Number 13

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

187times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.04σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

44longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 187 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, +0.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 187 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 2 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 45.8
2nd smallest72 · chance 78.6
3rd smallest56 · chance 48.0
4th smallest14 · chance 13.0
5th smallest0 · chance 1.5
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 27 5 19 22 43

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2025-04-21	1	3rd	8 10 13 18 33 48
2025-04-19	11	1st	13 21 25 34 35 43
2025-03-24	2	2nd	9 13 16 31 36 42
2025-03-20

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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