Number 13

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · Apr 2014 – Jun 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

154times drawn · chance expected 141 +1.17σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

29longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 154 times in 1,156 draws against 141.0 expected, +1.17σ. 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 154 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 29 · 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 smallest31 · chance 34.5
2nd smallest65 · chance 66.2
3rd smallest49 · chance 42.0
4th smallest8 · chance 10.4
5th smallest1 · chance 0.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 3 24 30 37 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2017-06-12	1	2nd	12 13 21 24 34
2017-06-11	14	3rd	5 7 13 26 38
2017-05-28	2	2nd	7 13 17 20 39
2017-05-26	26	4th	6 7 9

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-12-25	1	2nd	3 13 35 38 41
2016-12-24	12	3rd	6 10 13 20 36
2016-12-12	6	2nd	4 13 15 19 24
2016-12-06	13	2nd	4 13 24 29 34
2016-11-23	5	1st	13 30 32 39 41
2016-11-18	10	3rd	5 9 13 26 34
2016-11-08	3	4th	2 6 10 13 22
2016-11-05	9	1st	13 16 22 38 40
2016-10-27	29	4th	3 9 11 13 33
2016-09-28	1	2nd	9 13 29 32 33
2016-09-27	2	2nd	7 13 18 26 39
2016-09-25	2	1st	13 23 24 25 37
2016-09-23	15	2nd	2 13 17 33 36
2016-09-08	1	2nd	9 13 31 35 37
2016-09-07	4	3rd	4 8 13 34 40
2016-09-03	8	2nd	12 13 21 24 32
2016-08-26	10	1st	13 14 15 17 37
2016-08-16	3	3rd	10 12 13 17 31
2016-08-13	11	3rd	4 11 13 24 36
2016-08-02	10	2nd	1 13 27 33 37
2016-07-23	11	1st	13 22 24 32 35
2016-07-12	2	2nd	5 13 24 31 40
2016-07-10	10	3rd	5 11 13 17 34
2016-06-30	5	3rd	2 7 13 21 40
2016-06-25	3	2nd	3 13 29 37 38
2016-06-22	17	2nd	8 13 16 19 21
2016-06-05	5	1st	13 15 22 26 36
2016-05-31	5	3rd	1 9 13 36 40
2016-05-26	3	2nd	11 13 16 29 30
2016-05-23	11	2nd	1 13 25 34 37
2016-05-12	2	2nd	9 13 27 34 36
2016-05-10	1	2nd	2 13 32 34 39
2016-05-09	2	4th	1 7 8 13 21
2016-05-07	15	1st	13 30 34 39 41
2016-04-22	4	1st	13 19 33 36 39
2016-04-18	11	1st	13 20 24 30 37
2016-04-07	3	1st	13 20 28 29 38
2016-04-04	10	1st	13 16 27 30 41
2016-03-25	5	1st	13 15 18 21 41
2016-03-20	18	1st	13 17 30 35 40
2016-03-02	13	2nd	6 13 18 30 36
2016-02-18	4	3rd	2 10 13 33 38
2016-02-14	1	2nd	11 13 30 36 39
2016-02-13	11	2nd	2 13 21 34 41
2016-02-02	9	4th	1 3 4 13 36
2016-01-24	2	2nd	10 13 14 17 24
2016-01-22	2	2nd	2 13 24 36 41
2016-01-20	5	2nd	10 13 15 18 21
2016-01-15	1	2nd	2 13 14 27 29
2016-01-14	17	1st	13 19 24 30 34
2015-12-28	4	2nd	11 13 14 28 30
2015-12-24	3	2nd	8 13 22 31 38
2015-12-21	11	4th	5 7 12 13 28
2015-12-10	6	2nd	2 13 16 27 38
2015-12-04	5	2nd	11 13 19 21 37
2015-11-29	5	2nd	8 13 30 40 41
2015-11-24	6	3rd	3 7 13 31 36
2015-11-18	29	3rd	3 9 13 36 40
2015-10-20	16	1st	13 17 18 27 39
2015-10-04	1	3rd	7 9 13 27 29
2015-10-03	4	3rd	2 7 13 29 40
2015-09-29	2	2nd	1 13 31 33 34
2015-09-27	3	3rd	4 7 13 18 35
2015-09-24	4	2nd	7 13 18 29 38
2015-09-20	5	3rd	4 9 13 23 27
2015-09-15	4	2nd	3 13 20 21 28
2015-09-11	4	3rd	1 4 13 28 39
2015-09-07	13	1st	13 22 24 26 27
2015-08-25	1	2nd	5 13 15 22 25
2015-08-24	3	2nd	1 13 20 37 40
2015-08-21	1	1st	13 14 15 20 39
2015-08-20	3	1st	13 20 22 28 31
2015-08-17	2	1st	13 21 23 28 41
2015-08-15	1	3rd	7 12 13 26 28
2015-08-14	6	1st	13 20 21 22 27
2015-08-08	7	3rd	7 12 13 17 27
2015-08-01	7	1st	13 32 36 37 41
2015-07-25	16	3rd	5 10 13 16 35
2015-07-09	25	2nd	11 13 24 31 37
2015-06-14	4	2nd	8 13 18 20 36
2015-06-10	4	2nd	5 13 24 31 36
2015-06-06	6	3rd	2 3 13 14 38
2015-05-31	1	2nd	3 13 20 25 32
2015-05-30	3	3rd	4 6 13 25 26
2015-05-27	3	3rd	4 10 13 16 22
2015-05-24	3	1st	13 19 31 34 40
2015-05-21	4	3rd	1 10 13 17 28
2015-05-17	11	3rd	1 8 13 23 30
2015-05-06	5	1st	13 15 19 22 39
2015-04-30	16	1st	13 15 27 31 36
2015-04-14	4	3rd	3 11 13 16 31
2015-04-10	18	2nd	6 13 20 40 41
2015-03-23	5	3rd	1 6 13 30 37
2015-03-18	12	1st	13 15 21 23 35
2015-03-06	2	3rd	1 5 13 15 27
2015-03-04	10	2nd	8 13 17 25 37
2015-02-22	14	2nd	7 13 14 28 39
2015-02-08	24	2nd	11 13 17 18 31
2015-01-15	7	2nd	3 13 32 37 38
2015-01-08	12	1st	13 17 18 36 39
2014-12-27	14	3rd	1 4 13 22 36
2014-12-13	8	3rd	3 11 13 21 32
2014-12-05	6	5th	8 9 10 11 13
2014-11-29	4	2nd	3 13 17 24 41
2014-11-25	6	3rd	5 10 13 31 32
2014-11-19	23	2nd	9 13 25 34 36
2014-10-27	5	3rd	4 5 13 18 36
2014-10-22	2	2nd	2 13 14 25 27
2014-10-20	23	3rd	4 9 13 30 41
2014-09-27	23	4th	1 11 12 13 20
2014-09-04	1	3rd	2 10 13 18 28
2014-09-03	2	2nd	3 13 20 21 24
2014-09-01	8	3rd	1 2 13 21 39
2014-08-24	1	2nd	12 13 14 27 37
2014-08-23	2	2nd	7 13 16 27 34
2014-08-21	7	2nd	8 13 15 17 38
2014-08-14	9	3rd	6 9 13 16 39
2014-08-05	4	3rd	3 8 13 32 35
2014-08-01	3	2nd	4 13 18 21 30
2014-07-29	5	2nd	4 13 18 19 28
2014-07-24	2	2nd	9 13 22 35 37
2014-07-22	22	1st	13 21 29 36 41
2014-06-30	4	2nd	3 13 14 26 33
2014-06-26	10	2nd	3 13 20 34 41
2014-06-16	1	2nd	6 13 20 33 37
2014-06-15	8	3rd	8 11 13 36 41
2014-06-07	5	2nd	12 13 18 25 26
2014-06-02	4	2nd	10 13 14 17 39
2014-05-29	19	2nd	10 13 15 28 34
2014-05-10	—	2nd	7 13 20 29 31