Number 12

In LuckyDay Lotto under the 5/45 · since Jul 2014 rules — 3,215 draws, 5 from 1–45.

362times drawn · chance expected 357 +0.27σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

56longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 362 times in 3,215 draws against 357.2 expected, +0.27σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 362 times in 3,215 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 56 · 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 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 smallest97 · chance 109.1
2nd smallest154 · chance 160.0
3rd smallest95 · chance 77.4
4th smallest13 · chance 14.5
5th smallest3 · chance 0.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 32.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 1 3 5 22 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-09	10	3rd	4 6 12 16 32
2026-09-29	4	1st	12 18 22 39 42
2026-09-25	3	2nd	1 12 16 31 35
2026-09-22	18	3rd	2 6

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-01	9	2nd	7 12 14 20 36
2026-03-23	5	3rd	2 4 12 37 42
2026-03-18	6	2nd	6 12 17 28 30
2026-03-12	27	2nd	3 12 13 32 39
2026-02-13	1	1st	12 16 21 29 44
2026-02-12	4	2nd	2 12 18 24 34
2026-02-08	3	1st	12 16 22 31 38
2026-02-05	4	2nd	10 12 19 20 28
2026-02-01	3	3rd	5 7 12 15 40
2026-01-29	6	2nd	1 12 23 27 35
2026-01-23	3	2nd	10 12 14 19 41
2026-01-20	12	1st	12 26 33 36 43
2026-01-08	14	1st	12 19 33 43 45
2025-12-25	2	3rd	4 10 12 30 31
2025-12-23	2	3rd	3 5 12 28 39
2025-12-21	9	2nd	8 12 25 33 38
2025-12-12	4	1st	12 18 23 24 30
2025-12-08	10	2nd	4 12 28 31 40
2025-11-28	1	2nd	7 12 22 37 45
2025-11-27	8	2nd	10 12 19 36 42
2025-11-19	4	3rd	2 6 12 36 41
2025-11-15	6	3rd	8 10 12 33 40
2025-11-09	17	3rd	3 10 12 14 28
2025-10-23	13	2nd	7 12 16 25 43
2025-10-10	3	3rd	1 9 12 19 23
2025-10-07	6	2nd	6 12 18 34 37
2025-10-01	2	1st	12 15 19 27 37
2025-09-29	1	3rd	5 8 12 22 45
2025-09-28	4	1st	12 30 37 40 43
2025-09-24	4	2nd	4 12 25 27 31
2025-09-20	29	1st	12 16 20 31 36
2025-08-22	3	2nd	9 12 14 17 33
2025-08-19	5	1st	12 22 27 28 34
2025-08-14	1	2nd	9 12 15 24 25
2025-08-13	3	3rd	3 8 12 26 37
2025-08-10	11	3rd	5 11 12 25 35
2025-07-30	1	2nd	3 12 23 26 36
2025-07-29	7	2nd	5 12 18 23 24
2025-07-22	6	2nd	10 12 24 26 44
2025-07-16	6	2nd	10 12 13 32 43
2025-07-10	22	3rd	3 8 12 14 16
2025-06-18	1	2nd	11 12 16 29 40
2025-06-17	1	1st	12 19 32 43 45
2025-06-16	23	2nd	7 12 16 26 35
2025-05-24	11	3rd	5 6 12 17 43
2025-05-13	13	3rd	7 9 12 29 33
2025-04-30	7	2nd	9 12 17 20 32
2024-12-29	16	3rd	3 5 12 20 35
2024-12-13	4	1st	12 13 28 31 45
2024-12-09	11	2nd	9 12 20 27 34
2024-11-28	8	2nd	9 12 14 15 40
2024-11-20	4	2nd	7 12 34 35 44
2024-11-16	31	3rd	9 11 12 13 17
2024-10-16	14	1st	12 19 28 31 39
2024-10-02	23	1st	12 29 38 39 43
2024-09-09	5	2nd	4 12 20 40 42
2024-09-04	3	2nd	2 12 13 18 19
2024-09-01	28	2nd	7 12 13 16 26
2024-08-04	6	2nd	8 12 21 33 34
2024-07-29	4	1st	12 13 14 20 41
2024-07-25	5	1st	12 17 24 28 32
2024-07-20	1	2nd	9 12 14 38 41
2024-07-19	7	3rd	6 10 12 14 30
2024-07-12	56	1st	12 18 23 34 42
2024-05-17	12	3rd	3 11 12 18 37
2024-05-05	1	3rd	6 11 12 28 40
2024-05-04	9	2nd	2 12 16 19 24
2023-12-31	10	2nd	5 12 15 22 28
2023-12-21	10	5th	3 6 9 11 12
2023-12-11	12	1st	12 20 32 34 45
2023-11-29	7	2nd	2 12 21 32 33
2023-11-22	2	2nd	1 12 17 27 43
2023-11-20	7	1st	12 17 26 29 31
2023-11-13	1	2nd	1 12 29 34 45
2023-11-12	47	1st	12 24 27 28 37
2023-09-26	7	2nd	6 12 35 36 39
2023-09-19	6	3rd	1 7 12 13 18
2023-09-13	26	3rd	1 5 12 13 30
2023-08-18	29	2nd	3 12 17 32 43
2023-07-20	1	3rd	3 5 12 40 44
2023-07-19	4	2nd	4 12 18 37 38
2023-07-15	6	4th	5 8 9 12 28
2023-07-09	4	2nd	8 12 22 26 29
2023-07-05	13	1st	12 22 32 41 45
2023-06-22	17	2nd	2 12 17 22 28
2023-06-05	11	1st	12 14 17 40 43
2023-05-25	10	2nd	7 12 22 36 39
2023-05-15	6	1st	12 24 29 31 42
2023-05-09	8	3rd	3 4 12 29 39
2023-05-01	1	3rd	6 7 12 23 34
2023-04-30	1	3rd	3 7 12 13 19
2023-04-29	5	1st	12 19 33 38 40
2022-12-30	6	2nd	7 12 18 23 26
2022-12-24	11	3rd	2 3 12 23 43
2022-12-13	6	2nd	6 12 19 37 42
2022-12-07	12	1st	12 13 24 28 43
2022-11-25	5	2nd	2 12 15 20 23
2022-11-20	13	2nd	9 12 16 33 44
2022-11-07	11	2nd	6 12 23 30 34
2022-10-27	28	2nd	2 12 18 22 39
2022-09-29	4	2nd	3 12 17 25 38
2022-09-25	4	3rd	4 9 12 14 23
2022-09-21	8	2nd	2 12 36 41 43
2022-09-13	8	1st	12 17 29 36 45
2022-09-05	3	2nd	11 12 29 36 43
2022-09-02	14	1st	12 18 19 33 38
2022-08-19	11	3rd	5 10 12 14 42
2022-08-08	4	2nd	1 12 15 37 42
2022-08-04	4	3rd	1 4 12 17 33
2022-07-31	14	2nd	3 12 27 35 39
2022-07-17	30	1st	12 26 29 42 44
2022-06-17	8	2nd	3 12 14 15 33
2022-06-09	9	2nd	5 12 13 25 27
2022-05-31	3	3rd	4 7 12 23 33
2022-05-28	2	2nd	1 12 34 42 43
2022-05-26	10	2nd	9 12 17 26 43
2022-05-16	1	3rd	1 8 12 19 37
2022-05-15	11	2nd	3 12 17 31 34
2022-05-04	22	1st	12 15 17 25 37
2021-12-18	4	1st	12 25 26 29 36
2021-12-14	2	1st	12 18 33 42 44
2021-12-12	22	1st	12 21 28 32 34
2021-11-20	15	1st	12 14 15 34 41
2021-11-05	8	2nd	5 12 17 40 41
2021-10-28	3	1st	12 29 32 36 43
2021-10-25	15	2nd	6 12 35 38 40
2021-10-10	17	4th	4 5 7 12 22
2021-09-23	3	2nd	3 12 16 20 38
2021-09-20	7	5th	1 5 7 10 12
2021-09-13	2	2nd	7 12 15 24 36
2021-09-11	7	2nd	7 12 26 44 45
2021-09-04	9	1st	12 16 30 35 37
2021-08-26	13	2nd	11 12 17 33 38
2021-08-13	23	1st	12 18 20 26 37
2021-07-21	10	2nd	9 12 20 28 45
2021-07-11	1	2nd	5 12 20 25 26
2021-07-10	5	2nd	5 12 18 24 42
2021-07-05	16	1st	12 16 27 30 45
2021-06-19	2	1st	12 17 25 28 29
2021-06-17	3	1st	12 19 34 40 41
2021-06-14	12	1st	12 14 36 41 42
2021-06-02	2	3rd	2 3 12 18 45
2021-05-31	8	1st	12 15 28 37 38
2021-05-23	1	1st	12 14 15 16 19
2021-05-22	8	3rd	8 9 12 17 44
2021-05-14	9	3rd	4 5 12 26 35
2021-05-05	1	2nd	6 12 16 30 34
2021-05-04	30	2nd	2 12 17 33 36
2020-12-10	13	2nd	1 12 14 24 25
2020-11-27	1	2nd	5 12 15 26 36
2020-11-26	23	4th	6 8 10 12 37
2020-11-03	5	1st	12 18 25 27 43
2020-10-29	11	3rd	3 9 12 26 37
2020-10-18	11	2nd	7 12 16 23 34
2020-10-07	35	2nd	1 12 15 34 40
2020-09-02	5	2nd	1 12 14 18 30
2020-08-28	1	1st	12 15 16 27 39
2020-08-27	5	2nd	8 12 14 25 35
2020-08-22	3	2nd	3 12 22 38 41
2020-08-19	5	3rd	1 4 12 17 33
2020-08-14	8	4th	2 3 6 12 42
2020-08-06	2	2nd	4 12 21 32 44
2020-08-04	1	2nd	5 12 14 31 34
2020-08-03	11	2nd	3 12 22 25 42
2020-07-23	6	2nd	1 12 15 31 42
2020-07-17	4	2nd	4 12 25 29 31
2020-07-13	2	3rd	1 4 12 16 27
2020-07-11	9	3rd	2 6 12 30 33
2020-07-02	5	1st	12 18 19 23 31
2020-06-27	13	2nd	10 12 23 25 37
2020-06-14	8	3rd	4 6 12 31 44
2020-06-06	11	2nd	4 12 30 33 44
2020-05-26	2	2nd	5 12 24 44 45
2020-05-24	11	1st	12 14 19 23 43
2020-05-13	20	1st	12 19 31 39 42
2019-12-29	2	2nd	10 12 29 44 45
2019-12-27	7	3rd	4 11 12 16 18
2019-12-20	1	2nd	5 12 26 32 40
2019-12-19	2	3rd	2 5 12 17 26
2019-12-17	1	2nd	9 12 19 41 43
2019-12-16	4	3rd	5 8 12 14 38
2019-12-12	2	2nd	9 12 20 29 31
2019-12-10	26	2nd	1 12 15 27 29
2019-11-14	17	2nd	4 12 22 31 44
2019-10-28	16	2nd	5 12 18 26 42
2019-10-12	9	2nd	5 12 18 22 34
2019-10-03	4	2nd	4 12 15 27 34
2019-09-29	20	2nd	11 12 22 30 33
2019-09-09	7	3rd	1 11 12 41 43
2019-09-02	1	3rd	4 7 12 13 23
2019-09-01	7	2nd	10 12 26 36 38
2019-08-25	8	2nd	3 12 16 30 34
2019-08-17	1	2nd	5 12 14 21 31
2019-08-16	4	2nd	1 12 16 31 34
2019-08-12	14	1st	12 15 17 39 43
2019-07-29	24	2nd	9 12 21 22 34
2019-07-05	1	3rd	1 4 12 29 39
2019-07-04	10	3rd	4 11 12 25 44
2019-06-24	16	2nd	8 12 18 22 39
2019-06-08	4	1st	12 13 15 30 45
2019-06-04	1	1st	12 15 21 26 29
2019-06-03	1	1st	12 13 32 38 40
2019-06-02	12	1st	12 21 22 25 28
2019-05-21	21	4th	4 9 10 12 34
2019-04-30	5	3rd	3 8 12 21 30
2018-12-31	18	2nd	10 12 30 33 36
2018-12-13	6	2nd	6 12 18 35 37
2018-12-07	1	2nd	8 12 21 32 42
2018-12-06	5	3rd	9 11 12 17 45
2018-12-01	8	1st	12 22 36 43 45
2018-11-23	1	2nd	1 12 21 26 35
2018-11-22	5	2nd	4 12 23 26 29
2018-11-17	5	3rd	8 10 12 39 41
2018-11-12	4	4th	2 5 6 12 36
2018-11-08	17	3rd	6 7 12 18 22
2018-10-22	13	1st	12 16 23 32 41
2018-10-09	6	2nd	4 12 29 35 45
2018-10-03	5	1st	12 17 28 38 44
2018-09-28	16	2nd	11 12 29 42 45
2018-09-12	5	2nd	6 12 21 29 33
2018-09-07	8	2nd	4 12 32 40 42
2018-08-30	1	3rd	6 9 12 35 42
2018-08-29	3	2nd	3 12 13 25 40
2018-08-26	2	2nd	8 12 28 34 45
2018-08-24	3	2nd	11 12 33 35 38
2018-08-21	4	2nd	8 12 16 22 43
2018-08-17	5	3rd	7 9 12 17 45
2018-08-12	2	2nd	8 12 17 22 35
2018-08-10	2	2nd	11 12 17 22 25
2018-08-08	5	3rd	8 9 12 19 23
2018-08-03	7	1st	12 13 25 29 39
2018-07-27	4	1st	12 13 20 29 36
2018-07-23	6	3rd	5 9 12 31 34
2018-07-17	4	2nd	7 12 18 29 34
2018-07-13	7	3rd	5 7 12 19 27
2018-07-06	13	1st	12 32 39 41 43
2018-06-23	43	4th	4 6 10 12 44
2018-05-11	3	1st	12 14 15 16 34
2018-05-08	3	2nd	1 12 19 20 22
2018-05-05	6	2nd	9 12 13 25 31
2018-04-29	34	2nd	2 12 26 28 35
2017-12-01	15	1st	12 18 25 26 31
2017-11-16	6	3rd	8 10 12 13 39
2017-11-10	4	2nd	3 12 16 29 38
2017-11-06	4	4th	1 7 9 12 40
2017-11-02	5	1st	12 30 37 42 43
2017-10-28	11	2nd	2 12 17 19 44
2017-10-17	1	2nd	8 12 19 34 44
2017-10-16	22	1st	12 16 33 34 40
2017-09-24	9	3rd	1 11 12 13 31
2017-09-15	5	3rd	2 3 12 21 24
2017-09-10	12	1st	12 13 38 41 45
2017-08-29	1	3rd	3 4 12 13 29
2017-08-28	12	2nd	1 12 22 38 40
2017-08-16	4	2nd	5 12 17 29 39
2017-08-12	17	1st	12 19 31 36 42
2017-07-26	13	1st	12 16 22 35 37
2017-07-13	1	1st	12 23 30 32 40
2017-07-12	2	3rd	6 7 12 27 41
2017-07-10	4	3rd	3 8 12 21 24
2017-07-06	6	1st	12 16 20 28 32
2017-06-30	5	1st	12 26 38 40 44
2017-06-25	3	2nd	4 12 14 15 17
2017-06-22	3	3rd	2 10 12 18 31
2017-06-19	3	2nd	8 12 22 28 29
2017-06-16	13	1st	12 18 20 21 26
2017-06-03	1	3rd	3 10 12 14 38
2017-06-02	9	5th	1 3 7 10 12
2017-05-24	9	3rd	7 11 12 19 30
2017-05-15	13	2nd	10 12 19 43 44
2017-05-02	3	3rd	6 8 12 27 38
2017-04-29	22	3rd	1 2 12 39 43
2016-12-13	20	4th	5 8 9 12 18
2016-11-23	1	4th	4 6 8 12 18
2016-11-22	37	1st	12 13 22 24 27
2016-10-15	6	1st	12 17 20 38 39
2016-10-09	13	2nd	11 12 27 30 41
2016-09-26	8	2nd	9 12 21 26 41
2016-09-18	20	1st	12 17 36 40 42
2016-08-29	3	3rd	2 3 12 29 41
2016-08-26	21	3rd	1 11 12 25 30
2016-08-05	17	1st	12 21 33 36 44
2016-07-19	23	3rd	1 2 12 17 43
2016-06-26	9	1st	12 13 32 33 44
2016-06-17	2	2nd	7 12 20 32 37
2016-06-15	2	3rd	1 11 12 23 24
2016-06-13	6	2nd	5 12 15 20 42
2016-06-07	12	3rd	1 6 12 14 25
2016-05-26	4	2nd	11 12 14 18 45
2016-05-22	1	1st	12 14 17 39 42
2016-05-21	13	1st	12 15 18 34 38
2016-05-08	5	2nd	5 12 22 33 34
2016-05-03	16	1st	12 13 19 21 36
2015-12-23	22	3rd	4 5 12 24 34
2015-12-01	17	2nd	10 12 14 33 41
2015-11-14	9	2nd	2 12 34 36 41
2015-11-05	4	2nd	7 12 20 31 36
2015-11-01	11	3rd	6 10 12 22 28
2015-10-21	7	3rd	1 2 12 24 26
2015-10-14	6	2nd	8 12 21 28 33
2015-10-08	22	1st	12 18 19 29 33
2015-09-16	4	1st	12 16 17 29 38
2015-09-12	1	3rd	1 10 12 15 32
2015-09-11	8	1st	12 16 31 33 44
2015-09-03	8	1st	12 14 34 38 42
2015-08-26	3	3rd	2 3 12 23 43
2015-08-23	8	4th	1 3 9 12 28
2015-08-15	6	2nd	3 12 23 30 32
2015-08-09	11	1st	12 17 27 28 40
2015-07-29	17	2nd	10 12 19 31 43
2015-07-12	7	1st	12 22 24 25 28
2015-07-05	5	3rd	1 6 12 27 38
2015-06-30	3	1st	12 32 40 41 42
2015-06-27	7	3rd	2 6 12 38 43
2015-06-20	11	1st	12 19 21 26 39
2015-06-09	2	2nd	3 12 25 39 42
2015-06-07	5	1st	12 21 24 41 43
2015-06-02	4	3rd	8 9 12 25 31
2015-05-29	18	2nd	10 12 14 27 31
2015-05-11	1	2nd	9 12 20 29 41
2015-05-10	2	2nd	1 12 17 20 23
2015-05-08	6	3rd	1 3 12 17 20
2015-05-01	32	3rd	5 10 12 31 42
2014-12-06	3	3rd	4 9 12 33 37
2014-12-03	15	1st	12 17 27 30 43
2014-11-18	10	2nd	8 12 28 40 43
2014-11-08	2	1st	12 19 24 28 38
2014-11-06	18	2nd	10 12 20 23 45
2014-10-19	9	1st	12 18 22 29 42
2014-10-10	3	1st	12 15 18 20 25
2014-10-07	7	1st	12 13 15 35 41
2014-09-30	2	2nd	1 12 22 23 40
2014-09-28	21	4th	1 5 9 12 23
2014-09-07	14	4th	2 5 9 12 25
2014-08-24	10	2nd	2 12 17 36 41
2014-08-14	15	3rd	1 10 12 26 45
2014-07-30	11	3rd	8 11 12 22 25
2014-07-19	—	3rd	2 3 12 20 29