Number 13

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

166times drawn · chance expected 162 +0.38σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

6.4average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

48longest completed wait · 8% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 166 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, +0.38σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 166 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 6.4 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 3 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 smallest19 · chance 23.3
2nd smallest68 · chance 60.7
3rd smallest52 · chance 55.7
4th smallest21 · chance 22.3
5th smallest6 · chance 3.9
6th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 5 10 38 2 4

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2020-07-29	1	3rd	5 10 13 33 35 38
2020-07-25	6	1st	13 14 17 24 27 40
2020-07-04	14	3rd	2 12 13 25 32 36
2020-05-16

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-02-09	1	5th	4 9 10 12 13 39
2019-02-06	6	3rd	4 12 13 22 24 31
2019-01-16	10	2nd	5 13 15 16 36 37
2018-12-12	4	2nd	7 13 16 21 24 40
2018-11-28	10	3rd	2 8 13 18 20 26
2018-10-24	11	5th	2 5 6 8 13 15
2018-09-15	1	3rd	4 8 13 14 19 20
2018-09-12	20	3rd	5 9 13 25 33 34
2018-07-04	32	1st	13 14 16 20 34 35
2018-03-14	3	2nd	7 13 30 33 35 38
2018-03-03	22	2nd	11 13 15 21 33 40
2017-12-16	10	2nd	7 13 17 19 32 39
2017-11-11	14	4th	1 7 10 13 14 30
2017-09-23	10	3rd	3 10 13 27 30 32
2017-08-19	8	3rd	5 9 13 19 23 33
2017-07-22	3	2nd	8 13 22 23 24 37
2017-07-12	10	5th	2 7 11 12 13 36
2017-06-07	2	3rd	1 9 13 15 20 21
2017-05-31	1	1st	13 20 26 29 33 38
2017-05-27	6	2nd	2 13 14 18 30 39
2017-05-06	3	3rd	9 10 13 30 37 39
2017-04-26	12	3rd	2 5 13 17 32 37
2017-03-15	5	3rd	8 11 13 14 27 28
2017-02-25	8	4th	7 9 12 13 18 37
2017-01-28	5	3rd	5 8 13 22 30 40
2017-01-11	12	3rd	2 11 13 18 21 29
2016-11-30	1	2nd	10 13 18 25 27 34
2016-11-26	17	3rd	2 4 13 29 37 40
2016-09-28	1	2nd	4 13 21 31 38 40
2016-09-24	14	2nd	12 13 24 29 33 37
2016-08-06	1	4th	5 7 10 13 26 30
2016-08-03	3	2nd	8 13 17 18 30 38
2016-07-23	2	4th	4 7 8 13 19 29
2016-07-16	4	3rd	7 10 13 25 33 36
2016-07-02	3	4th	3 5 10 13 16 38
2016-06-22	3	3rd	3 4 13 19 26 29
2016-06-11	4	4th	3 10 11 13 17 26
2016-05-28	4	2nd	4 13 19 27 33 40
2016-05-14	3	1st	13 15 16 17 22 23
2016-05-04	1	2nd	9 13 17 18 33 36
2016-04-30	5	2nd	12 13 17 31 33 38
2016-04-13	4	2nd	4 13 19 20 37 39
2016-03-30	4	3rd	1 5 13 14 16 21
2016-03-16	5	2nd	9 13 27 30 34 36
2016-02-27	11	1st	13 25 28 36 38 39
2016-01-20	3	2nd	9 13 21 22 24 39
2016-01-09	4	2nd	1 13 18 20 27 29
2015-12-26	10	2nd	2 13 27 28 31 35
2015-11-21	1	3rd	5 11 13 14 35 38
2015-11-18	9	3rd	2 10 13 19 20 25
2015-10-17	17	3rd	2 5 13 17 25 33
2015-08-19	14	4th	2 6 7 13 20 32
2015-07-01	1	4th	4 5 11 13 17 19
2015-06-27	2	2nd	12 13 18 21 34 39
2015-06-20	48	4th	1 4 10 13 28 33
2015-01-03	4	3rd	10 11 13 14 22 24
2014-12-20	4	2nd	8 13 23 28 31 32
2014-12-06	2	3rd	3 4 13 28 29 37
2014-11-29	3	2nd	10 13 19 25 32 40
2014-11-19	8	2nd	7 13 19 27 39 40
2014-10-22	7	2nd	8 13 22 25 26 36
2014-09-27	6	2nd	12 13 14 19 21 30
2014-09-06	2	2nd	4 13 16 17 33 39
2014-08-30	1	3rd	8 9 13 18 20 24
2014-08-27	13	2nd	4 13 17 19 20 31
2014-07-12	14	2nd	12 13 17 27 28 29
2014-05-24	2	2nd	2 13 14 15 27 31
2014-05-17	14	3rd	2 5 13 14 24 28
2014-03-29	2	2nd	3 13 23 24 29 30
2014-03-22	6	2nd	10 13 23 35 37 39
2014-03-01	3	2nd	11 13 16 18 25 32
2014-02-19	2	2nd	9 13 20 22 29 38
2014-02-12	4	2nd	12 13 25 29 31 32
2014-01-29	1	3rd	6 7 13 25 28 32
2014-01-25	2	2nd	11 13 17 24 38 40
2014-01-18	1	2nd	2 13 29 37 39 40
2014-01-15	4	3rd	1 6 13 27 29 38
2014-01-01	11	2nd	2 13 16 30 34 35
2013-11-20	5	2nd	5 13 26 27 30 31
2013-11-02	1	3rd	5 10 13 18 29 31
2013-10-30	5	3rd	1 3 13 19 32 35
2013-10-12	9	2nd	1 13 17 25 35 36
2013-09-11	8	1st	13 16 18 33 38 39
2013-08-14	3	1st	13 17 20 31 38 39
2013-08-03	5	3rd	11 12 13 22 27 28
2013-07-17	5	2nd	6 13 15 19 20 28
2013-06-29	5	3rd	3 5 13 16 26 37
2013-06-12	7	3rd	3 8 13 24 27 37
2013-05-18	16	2nd	5 13 21 23 29 40
2013-03-23	2	2nd	3 13 16 27 30 34
2013-03-16	5	2nd	2 13 20 22 27 35
2013-02-27	14	4th	7 8 12 13 36 39
2013-01-09	10	1st	13 21 26 28 31 38
2012-12-05	1	2nd	12 13 19 20 22 33
2012-12-01	15	2nd	5 13 15 29 33 35
2012-10-10	4	1st	13 18 19 35 36 40
2012-09-26	5	2nd	4 13 16 29 38 39
2012-09-08	9	2nd	4 13 24 25 28 36
2012-08-08	3	3rd	6 10 13 23 29 36
2012-07-28	2	4th	6 7 12 13 14 18
2012-07-21	1	2nd	3 13 23 27 29 33
2012-07-18	2	4th	3 8 10 13 33 39
2012-07-11	9	2nd	11 13 21 28 29 38
2012-06-09	28	2nd	2 13 15 29 32 33
2012-03-03	2	4th	4 8 10 13 25 35
2012-02-25	4	2nd	12 13 18 23 24 35
2012-02-11	5	1st	13 18 22 23 29 32
2012-01-25	4	3rd	9 10 13 31 37 39
2012-01-11	1	2nd	10 13 16 26 27 29
2012-01-07	3	1st	13 15 26 27 28 36
2011-12-28	4	2nd	5 13 15 29 30 36
2011-12-14	13	2nd	5 13 24 29 31 36
2011-10-29	2	3rd	3 12 13 14 22 36
2011-10-22	5	2nd	7 13 18 22 24 27
2011-10-05	7	4th	1 10 12 13 22 40
2011-09-10	14	2nd	10 13 20 25 32 37
2011-07-23	1	3rd	4 10 13 16 22 37
2011-07-20	20	1st	13 14 24 29 31 32
2011-05-11	5	3rd	2 11 13 24 25 29
2011-04-23	1	2nd	5 13 14 22 28 32
2011-04-20	3	4th	2 3 5 13 37 38
2011-04-09	3	1st	13 16 17 22 24 38
2011-03-30	6	3rd	3 4 13 18 22 28
2011-03-09	6	4th	2 6 9 13 19 35
2011-02-16	6	4th	3 5 12 13 30 39
2011-01-26	1	4th	5 10 11 13 38 40
2011-01-22	1	3rd	1 4 13 22 32 38
2011-01-19	2	3rd	1 8 13 15 21 32
2011-01-12	4	2nd	10 13 15 28 32 38
2010-12-29	4	5th	5 6 8 9 13 34
2010-12-11	2	4th	4 6 7 13 14 31
2010-12-04	3	3rd	1 9 13 22 29 33
2010-11-24	2	2nd	8 13 15 18 23 36
2010-11-17	6	3rd	2 3 13 16 26 33
2010-10-27	5	3rd	1 10 13 21 22 39
2010-10-09	1	3rd	9 10 13 17 22 39
2010-10-06	4	2nd	2 13 15 27 30 36
2010-09-22	4	5th	2 4 10 12 13 36
2010-09-08	21	2nd	3 13 20 24 37 38
2010-06-26	2	4th	1 9 11 13 31 33
2010-06-19	2	2nd	8 13 21 37 38 39
2010-06-12	—	3rd	2 8 13 32 35 38