Number 12

In Lotto under the 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 rules — 1,077 draws, 6 from 1–40 (an earlier era).

152times drawn · chance expected 162 −0.81σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

41longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 152 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, −0.81σ. 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 152 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 41 · 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 smallest29 · chance 25.9
2nd smallest65 · chance 59.5
3rd smallest38 · chance 47.6
4th smallest17 · chance 16.5
5th smallest3 · chance 2.4
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 5 22 31 2 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2020-08-08	10	4th	6 8 9 12 17 21
2020-07-04	3	2nd	2 12 13 25 32 36
2020-06-24	3	3rd	8 11 12 19 21 32
2020-06-13	3

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2018-10-10	5	2nd	2 12 24 31 33 36
2018-09-22	7	2nd	10 12 17 20 28 37
2018-08-29	9	2nd	6 12 19 29 39 40
2018-07-28	6	4th	5 7 9 12 28 31
2018-07-07	7	1st	12 27 29 30 31 37
2018-06-13	5	3rd	1 10 12 27 30 39
2018-05-26	7	2nd	1 12 19 20 21 30
2018-05-02	5	2nd	11 12 17 24 29 32
2018-04-14	6	3rd	9 10 12 28 31 37
2018-03-24	7	3rd	6 8 12 30 31 37
2018-02-28	7	4th	4 5 8 12 15 16
2018-02-03	7	4th	8 9 10 12 32 38
2018-01-10	8	3rd	3 11 12 14 34 36
2017-12-13	15	2nd	4 12 19 22 34 38
2017-10-21	5	2nd	11 12 27 38 39 40
2017-10-04	4	1st	12 19 22 26 34 40
2017-09-20	2	3rd	9 10 12 22 26 36
2017-09-13	2	2nd	2 12 25 31 33 36
2017-09-06	1	2nd	8 12 19 22 25 28
2017-09-02	15	4th	2 4 5 12 17 34
2017-07-12	4	4th	2 7 11 12 13 36
2017-06-28	5	4th	2 3 7 12 17 32
2017-06-10	11	3rd	5 9 12 14 16 18
2017-05-03	19	2nd	8 12 20 21 30 36
2017-02-25	14	3rd	7 9 12 13 18 37
2017-01-07	8	2nd	6 12 22 24 31 34
2016-12-10	1	1st	12 14 16 20 27 33
2016-12-07	8	3rd	2 4 12 28 34 37
2016-11-09	13	2nd	10 12 16 17 28 29
2016-09-24	5	1st	12 13 24 29 33 37
2016-09-07	20	2nd	9 12 21 22 27 36
2016-06-29	11	1st	12 15 18 19 20 26
2016-05-21	6	3rd	3 8 12 17 23 34
2016-04-30	6	1st	12 13 17 31 33 38
2016-04-09	1	1st	12 19 20 25 29 38
2016-04-06	4	2nd	5 12 24 31 32 33
2016-03-23	8	2nd	2 12 17 22 32 35
2016-02-24	5	4th	2 3 4 12 18 20
2016-02-06	14	3rd	8 11 12 22 23 26
2015-12-19	1	4th	3 5 7 12 25 38
2015-12-16	4	2nd	11 12 16 20 27 29
2015-12-02	2	2nd	7 12 25 26 29 35
2015-11-25	7	1st	12 15 27 31 32 33
2015-10-31	5	2nd	9 12 14 19 35 37
2015-10-14	1	1st	12 15 22 28 35 38
2015-10-10	7	2nd	9 12 20 21 28 29
2015-09-16	3	2nd	9 12 14 21 22 25
2015-09-05	20	2nd	11 12 15 22 32 39
2015-06-27	3	1st	12 13 18 21 34 39
2015-06-17	31	3rd	7 9 12 14 15 39
2015-02-28	27	2nd	9 12 31 32 34 35
2014-11-26	1	2nd	8 12 16 20 23 32
2014-11-22	7	2nd	11 12 22 23 25 31
2014-10-29	3	2nd	9 12 14 20 23 28
2014-10-18	1	3rd	6 10 12 22 31 33
2014-10-15	4	2nd	3 12 19 27 29 30
2014-10-01	1	2nd	9 12 14 15 18 40
2014-09-27	4	1st	12 13 14 19 21 30
2014-09-13	18	2nd	7 12 18 26 34 36
2014-07-12	1	1st	12 13 17 27 28 29
2014-07-09	1	5th	1 5 8 10 12 15
2014-07-05	4	1st	12 18 19 21 24 36
2014-06-21	28	4th	2 4 8 12 23 34
2014-03-15	3	2nd	6 12 28 29 30 35
2014-03-05	2	2nd	8 12 17 25 35 40
2014-02-26	4	2nd	9 12 22 31 32 37
2014-02-12	3	1st	12 13 25 29 31 32
2014-02-01	6	2nd	2 12 23 25 30 34
2014-01-11	16	2nd	5 12 14 18 32 38
2013-11-13	1	3rd	4 7 12 22 23 33
2013-11-09	19	1st	12 17 19 28 33 40
2013-09-04	9	3rd	1 6 12 17 21 39
2013-08-03	9	2nd	11 12 13 22 27 28
2013-07-03	2	4th	1 2 4 12 21 25
2013-06-26	3	2nd	2 12 20 23 32 35
2013-06-15	7	3rd	5 11 12 15 32 33
2013-05-22	9	1st	12 15 24 28 35 36
2013-04-20	1	1st	12 25 27 35 37 39
2013-04-17	12	3rd	1 6 12 30 33 35
2013-03-06	2	2nd	10 12 18 21 38 39
2013-02-27	3	3rd	7 8 12 13 36 39
2013-02-16	1	3rd	1 3 12 16 17 40
2013-02-13	3	3rd	6 9 12 17 37 39
2013-02-02	6	2nd	5 12 16 17 31 36
2013-01-12	11	2nd	11 12 15 19 24 25
2012-12-05	2	1st	12 13 19 20 22 33
2012-11-28	1	1st	12 14 17 35 37 38
2012-11-24	2	2nd	7 12 15 18 23 26
2012-11-17	6	3rd	3 9 12 20 29 35
2012-10-27	4	3rd	1 5 12 15 26 37
2012-10-13	2	3rd	3 10 12 25 34 39
2012-10-06	4	2nd	5 12 16 18 37 38
2012-09-22	6	5th	3 5 7 10 12 20
2012-09-01	8	2nd	5 12 21 22 33 40
2012-08-04	2	2nd	1 12 19 21 27 38
2012-07-28	8	3rd	6 7 12 13 14 18
2012-06-30	8	2nd	8 12 29 30 31 32
2012-06-02	2	1st	12 16 18 28 30 39
2012-05-26	5	4th	2 5 6 12 35 37
2012-05-09	17	3rd	4 8 12 23 24 31
2012-03-10	4	2nd	6 12 30 31 36 40
2012-02-25	10	1st	12 13 18 23 24 35
2012-01-21	20	5th	2 5 8 9 12 31
2011-11-12	4	4th	1 5 6 12 25 27
2011-10-29	4	2nd	3 12 13 14 22 36
2011-10-15	3	3rd	10 11 12 20 34 38
2011-10-05	13	3rd	1 10 12 13 22 40
2011-08-20	5	2nd	6 12 15 20 26 35
2011-08-03	10	2nd	5 12 15 19 20 23
2011-06-29	3	2nd	10 12 16 18 34 35
2011-06-18	7	1st	12 17 23 24 28 31
2011-05-25	14	2nd	8 12 15 27 28 36
2011-04-06	3	3rd	2 3 12 15 20 21
2011-03-26	1	4th	3 6 7 12 14 33
2011-03-23	10	1st	12 21 22 23 39 40
2011-02-16	3	3rd	3 5 12 13 30 39
2011-02-05	12	2nd	3 12 14 23 24 29
2010-12-22	4	1st	12 14 17 26 34 40
2010-12-08	9	3rd	5 10 12 14 17 36
2010-11-06	2	1st	12 18 21 31 32 38
2010-10-30	5	2nd	6 12 23 25 34 36
2010-10-13	6	1st	12 15 30 32 33 39
2010-09-22	7	4th	2 4 10 12 13 36
2010-08-28	3	2nd	5 12 17 25 27 33
2010-08-18	14	1st	12 17 21 27 30 38
2010-06-30	14	3rd	1 3 12 24 31 33
2010-05-12	10	2nd	6 12 16 22 37 40
2010-04-07	—	3rd	2 5 12 18 19 21