Number 13

In Bonus Match 5 under the 5/39 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2016 rules — 2,407 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

294times drawn · chance expected 309 −0.89σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

64longest completed wait · 5% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 294 times in 2,407 draws against 308.6 expected, −0.89σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 294 times in 2,407 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 5 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 smallest59 · chance 59.5
2nd smallest140 · chance 124.3
3rd smallest71 · chance 85.4
4th smallest24 · chance 22.8
5th smallest0 · chance 2.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 35 2 14 17 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2016-11-10	7	3rd	8 12 13 18 30
2016-11-03	21	2nd	4 13 17 20 34
2016-10-13	1	2nd	5 13 23 27 29
2016-10-12	2	3rd	4 7

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-05-06	10	2nd	6 13 15 20 22
2016-04-26	2	1st	13 14 18 28 36
2016-04-24	1	1st	13 17 25 32 39
2016-04-23	16	2nd	8 13 15 28 34
2016-04-07	1	2nd	10 13 25 29 33
2016-04-06	12	3rd	9 11 13 27 35
2016-03-25	1	2nd	3 13 15 25 37
2016-03-24	28	3rd	2 6 13 14 24
2016-02-25	3	2nd	5 13 14 17 29
2016-02-22	7	1st	13 26 33 35 36
2016-02-15	4	2nd	10 13 17 27 33
2016-02-11	1	2nd	8 13 28 36 37
2016-02-10	13	2nd	12 13 17 23 35
2016-01-28	15	1st	13 20 29 32 34
2016-01-13	8	2nd	11 13 17 27 36
2016-01-05	3	1st	13 15 19 23 26
2016-01-02	4	2nd	5 13 22 23 26
2015-12-29	18	3rd	3 10 13 36 37
2015-12-11	11	2nd	10 13 24 25 39
2015-11-30	2	2nd	9 13 14 17 35
2015-11-28	3	1st	13 22 24 25 26
2015-11-25	1	2nd	9 13 14 17 20
2015-11-24	3	2nd	1 13 26 30 34
2015-11-21	19	3rd	10 12 13 32 35
2015-11-02	5	2nd	5 13 18 27 34
2015-10-28	64	2nd	7 13 15 23 25
2015-08-25	2	2nd	7 13 27 36 37
2015-08-23	1	2nd	4 13 18 24 38
2015-08-22	6	1st	13 26 31 35 38
2015-08-16	6	1st	13 15 21 24 38
2015-08-10	1	2nd	1 13 18 24 26
2015-08-09	4	2nd	6 13 25 31 32
2015-08-05	15	2nd	2 13 27 28 33
2015-07-21	12	3rd	3 6 13 17 38
2015-07-09	13	1st	13 20 27 29 30
2015-06-26	10	2nd	12 13 23 24 26
2015-06-16	3	2nd	12 13 14 23 35
2015-06-13	5	1st	13 16 18 26 35
2015-06-08	3	2nd	8 13 19 21 31
2015-06-05	17	3rd	4 11 13 21 35
2015-05-19	5	2nd	1 13 29 35 38
2015-05-14	1	3rd	1 7 13 30 33
2015-05-13	4	3rd	11 12 13 16 25
2015-05-09	2	2nd	8 13 16 33 38
2015-05-07	2	3rd	4 9 13 19 21
2015-05-05	23	2nd	10 13 23 25 33
2015-04-11	14	2nd	5 13 18 19 22
2015-03-28	15	1st	13 16 24 31 38
2015-03-13	12	3rd	3 12 13 18 27
2015-03-01	3	2nd	3 13 18 20 34
2015-02-26	3	4th	10 11 12 13 30
2015-02-23	1	2nd	8 13 15 24 26
2015-02-22	37	2nd	3 13 15 16 22
2015-01-16	12	3rd	5 6 13 18 27
2015-01-04	6	1st	13 21 24 28 30
2014-12-29	5	3rd	4 5 13 17 34
2014-12-24	3	3rd	2 8 13 18 28
2014-12-21	15	2nd	4 13 14 23 27
2014-12-06	6	1st	13 23 29 30 32
2014-11-30	9	2nd	12 13 14 17 34
2014-11-21	11	3rd	7 12 13 30 35
2014-11-10	8	3rd	8 11 13 15 30
2014-11-02	3	4th	3 4 7 13 22
2014-10-30	7	2nd	1 13 24 30 35
2014-10-23	16	3rd	2 4 13 29 32
2014-10-07	8	2nd	11 13 16 34 35
2014-09-29	4	2nd	6 13 15 21 33
2014-09-25	7	3rd	1 4 13 27 33
2014-09-18	6	1st	13 15 16 23 37
2014-09-12	1	4th	2 8 11 13 35
2014-09-11	3	2nd	6 13 17 32 35
2014-09-08	27	3rd	7 11 13 18 32
2014-08-12	5	1st	13 18 20 21 37
2014-08-07	6	3rd	1 11 13 16 36
2014-08-01	1	2nd	7 13 18 19 32
2014-07-31	14	2nd	7 13 15 17 34
2014-07-17	9	1st	13 21 32 33 36
2014-07-08	12	1st	13 15 19 30 39
2014-06-25	2	1st	13 18 23 25 38
2014-06-23	4	1st	13 20 24 38 39
2014-06-19	9	2nd	5 13 31 37 39
2014-06-10	6	2nd	2 13 14 19 23
2014-06-04	2	3rd	1 6 13 15 18
2014-06-02	22	2nd	9 13 14 33 37
2014-05-11	2	2nd	9 13 23 28 37
2014-05-09	14	4th	2 3 6 13 24
2014-04-25	7	4th	8 9 11 13 31
2014-04-18	1	2nd	6 13 14 22 38
2014-04-17	5	1st	13 14 31 33 34
2014-04-12	3	2nd	6 13 19 21 23
2014-04-09	13	2nd	8 13 14 24 28
2014-03-27	20	2nd	8 13 16 17 36
2014-03-07	3	2nd	4 13 18 21 24
2014-03-04	3	2nd	11 13 15 20 31
2014-03-01	1	1st	13 23 27 32 35
2014-02-28	3	2nd	12 13 14 16 20
2014-02-25	27	4th	7 9 12 13 26
2014-01-29	4	2nd	1 13 16 35 39
2014-01-25	4	2nd	2 13 20 21 22
2014-01-21	2	3rd	3 11 13 16 27
2014-01-19	1	1st	13 14 19 31 37
2014-01-18	8	2nd	7 13 16 29 37
2014-01-10	14	2nd	3 13 14 15 23
2013-12-27	3	2nd	2 13 14 18 27
2013-12-24	3	4th	2 8 9 13 20
2013-12-21	7	3rd	8 9 13 34 38
2013-12-14	7	1st	13 25 26 30 34
2013-12-07	10	2nd	7 13 29 32 35
2013-11-27	22	2nd	4 13 23 24 29
2013-11-05	28	2nd	2 13 16 19 32
2013-10-08	11	4th	3 4 9 13 25
2013-09-27	5	3rd	6 7 13 31 33
2013-09-22	6	2nd	3 13 16 30 39
2013-09-16	10	2nd	10 13 21 28 33
2013-09-06	2	2nd	7 13 21 23 31
2013-09-04	20	2nd	12 13 14 18 38
2013-08-15	2	4th	7 11 12 13 14
2013-08-13	2	2nd	2 13 16 17 31
2013-08-11	18	4th	1 3 10 13 39
2013-07-24	3	3rd	2 10 13 30 32
2013-07-21	1	2nd	8 13 18 32 39
2013-07-20	7	1st	13 19 28 34 35
2013-07-13	5	2nd	4 13 26 28 36
2013-07-08	6	1st	13 17 26 31 32
2013-07-02	4	3rd	4 8 13 21 23
2013-06-28	1	2nd	11 13 24 29 36
2013-06-27	2	2nd	2 13 21 33 35
2013-06-25	12	3rd	4 12 13 20 30
2013-06-13	17	1st	13 21 22 25 32
2013-05-27	4	2nd	1 13 24 32 35
2013-05-23	1	3rd	2 9 13 29 35
2013-05-22	8	2nd	2 13 19 20 32
2013-05-14	3	3rd	2 11 13 19 26
2013-05-11	18	4th	1 2 5 13 25
2013-04-23	14	2nd	10 13 22 23 35
2013-04-09	5	1st	13 16 18 29 39
2013-04-04	12	2nd	7 13 16 28 38
2013-03-23	9	3rd	10 12 13 19 27
2013-03-14	9	3rd	5 12 13 22 33
2013-03-05	1	1st	13 27 31 37 39
2013-03-04	10	1st	13 23 27 29 37
2013-02-22	8	2nd	6 13 19 26 39
2013-02-14	4	3rd	8 12 13 32 35
2013-02-10	7	1st	13 14 23 29 34
2013-02-03	8	3rd	6 7 13 17 27
2013-01-26	1	4th	5 7 9 13 28
2013-01-25	34	4th	2 4 12 13 34
2012-12-22	3	4th	2 11 12 13 25
2012-12-19	23	2nd	3 13 17 20 36
2012-11-26	3	2nd	7 13 15 19 29
2012-11-23	4	3rd	7 8 13 23 39
2012-11-19	2	2nd	2 13 20 35 37
2012-11-17	22	3rd	2 8 13 32 36
2012-10-26	2	1st	13 20 23 29 32
2012-10-24	27	4th	3 4 6 13 31
2012-09-27	4	1st	13 14 18 21 23
2012-09-23	3	1st	13 15 16 26 33
2012-09-20	15	1st	13 21 26 28 29
2012-09-05	6	3rd	1 5 13 24 33
2012-08-30	1	4th	5 6 8 13 17
2012-08-29	32	2nd	12 13 19 21 35
2012-07-28	8	4th	2 5 10 13 33
2012-07-20	6	2nd	7 13 26 34 38
2012-07-14	2	2nd	12 13 19 35 39
2012-07-12	18	3rd	3 7 13 31 32
2012-06-23	13	3rd	7 11 13 20 38
2012-06-10	32	4th	2 3 5 13 25
2012-05-07	3	3rd	2 4 13 21 39
2012-05-04	12	2nd	11 13 17 34 39
2012-04-22	3	4th	3 5 6 13 35
2012-04-19	3	3rd	3 5 13 28 30
2012-04-16	22	3rd	6 7 13 16 36
2012-03-25	7	3rd	2 12 13 23 30
2012-03-18	1	2nd	2 13 14 31 34
2012-03-17	4	2nd	4 13 17 19 29
2012-03-13	5	3rd	1 11 13 24 30
2012-03-08	13	3rd	2 7 13 17 37
2012-02-24	1	2nd	4 13 26 33 35
2012-02-23	5	3rd	6 7 13 29 38
2012-02-18	7	1st	13 16 28 34 38
2012-02-11	10	1st	13 16 20 28 29
2012-02-01	19	2nd	6 13 23 31 38
2012-01-13	4	2nd	5 13 24 29 35
2012-01-09	2	1st	13 19 23 25 26
2012-01-07	6	3rd	4 9 13 18 34
2012-01-01	3	2nd	9 13 20 26 32
2011-12-29	15	2nd	8 13 14 24 27
2011-12-14	8	2nd	9 13 21 22 23
2011-12-06	3	1st	13 16 20 26 27
2011-12-03	13	4th	1 2 6 13 34
2011-11-20	5	3rd	1 2 13 24 25
2011-11-15	6	3rd	4 9 13 20 27
2011-11-09	4	3rd	6 11 13 33 34
2011-11-05	6	3rd	9 12 13 19 28
2011-10-30	4	2nd	4 13 26 33 34
2011-10-26	1	2nd	8 13 17 25 32
2011-10-25	10	1st	13 17 27 31 32
2011-10-14	6	1st	13 15 18 36 39
2011-10-08	1	2nd	9 13 15 24 30
2011-10-07	7	1st	13 18 19 29 32
2011-09-30	1	3rd	7 9 13 25 38
2011-09-29	25	2nd	6 13 16 27 37
2011-09-04	8	2nd	5 13 28 36 38
2011-08-27	9	1st	13 14 18 33 38
2011-08-18	9	2nd	8 13 29 30 31
2011-08-08	3	2nd	11 13 18 19 24
2011-08-05	6	1st	13 14 17 23 26
2011-07-30	1	2nd	8 13 20 23 38
2011-07-29	3	1st	13 14 16 30 35
2011-07-26	1	2nd	3 13 15 32 36
2011-07-25	4	2nd	1 13 25 33 35
2011-07-21	2	2nd	7 13 20 26 32
2011-07-19	2	1st	13 16 29 31 33
2011-07-17	4	2nd	12 13 15 23 24
2011-07-13	4	3rd	5 8 13 26 33
2011-07-09	1	1st	13 19 26 27 34
2011-07-08	9	4th	4 10 12 13 33
2011-06-28	1	2nd	2 13 24 26 32
2011-06-27	16	1st	13 29 31 32 33
2011-06-11	8	3rd	2 10 13 19 27
2011-06-03	4	2nd	9 13 16 17 28
2011-05-30	20	4th	1 3 9 13 22
2011-05-10	3	3rd	3 8 13 24 29
2011-05-07	7	1st	13 23 31 38 39
2011-04-30	10	2nd	9 13 15 33 36
2011-04-20	16	2nd	2 13 15 17 19
2011-04-04	5	2nd	5 13 20 28 35
2011-03-30	5	2nd	8 13 16 18 26
2011-03-25	15	2nd	12 13 19 24 31
2011-03-10	2	3rd	3 8 13 23 39
2011-03-08	6	2nd	2 13 17 22 39
2011-03-02	2	2nd	4 13 14 17 23
2011-02-28	2	3rd	1 3 13 20 26
2011-02-26	1	1st	13 22 23 27 28
2011-02-25	4	2nd	6 13 15 24 25
2011-02-21	2	4th	4 8 9 13 35
2011-02-19	2	3rd	6 11 13 34 37
2011-02-17	8	2nd	10 13 18 28 39
2011-02-09	5	4th	3 5 7 13 38
2011-02-04	15	2nd	2 13 16 26 38
2011-01-20	6	2nd	5 13 28 33 35
2011-01-14	12	1st	13 14 17 23 30
2011-01-02	19	2nd	2 13 20 26 35
2010-12-14	5	2nd	5 13 17 28 29
2010-12-09	3	3rd	8 11 13 34 35
2010-12-06	1	2nd	6 13 18 20 34
2010-12-05	16	3rd	7 9 13 17 30
2010-11-19	3	2nd	2 13 18 23 38
2010-11-16	13	1st	13 14 17 25 31
2010-11-03	12	3rd	1 5 13 21 25
2010-10-22	9	2nd	6 13 20 32 33
2010-10-13	11	2nd	4 13 16 17 23
2010-10-02	6	2nd	11 13 21 24 28
2010-09-26	5	2nd	6 13 22 26 38
2010-09-21	25	2nd	6 13 28 30 37
2010-08-27	24	1st	13 22 23 29 36
2010-08-03	11	2nd	7 13 18 21 24
2010-07-23	12	2nd	11 13 20 29 30
2010-07-11	36	3rd	1 11 13 24 34
2010-06-05	7	2nd	11 13 14 24 30
2010-05-29	4	1st	13 16 27 32 34
2010-05-25	3	1st	13 14 19 24 32
2010-05-22	5	1st	13 16 18 30 35
2010-05-17	1	2nd	3 13 19 23 28
2010-05-16	4	2nd	1 13 16 21 28
2010-05-12	1	3rd	4 10 13 34 38
2010-05-11	3	3rd	2 9 13 32 34
2010-05-08	6	3rd	1 10 13 20 21
2010-05-02	6	2nd	10 13 16 22 38
2010-04-26	—	3rd	4 12 13 18 21