Number 12

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

177times drawn · chance expected 184 −0.55σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 64% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

43longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 177 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, −0.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 177 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 4 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 smallest44 · chance 35.4
2nd smallest66 · chance 72.0
3rd smallest47 · chance 51.4
4th smallest17 · chance 16.0
5th smallest3 · chance 2.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 13 41 17 40 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-11-07	8	3rd	1 11 12 20 23 32
2022-10-10	8	1st	12 13 17 21 26 35
2022-09-12	5	2nd	9 12 18 19 27 32

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-09-06	8	4th	4 5 11 12 14 20
2021-08-09	3	2nd	4 12 16 20 34 40
2021-07-29	6	1st	12 17 19 21 25 32
2021-07-08	3	2nd	5 12 26 32 36 42
2021-06-28	7	1st	12 13 22 28 33 40
2021-06-03	19	1st	12 23 24 27 39 40
2021-03-29	3	3rd	1 11 12 13 32 36
2021-03-18	5	1st	12 17 19 20 42 43
2021-03-01	8	1st	12 16 28 37 41 43
2021-02-01	14	2nd	1 12 15 16 19 40
2020-12-14	3	2nd	8 12 14 19 21 43
2020-12-03	4	3rd	5 8 12 17 34 42
2020-11-19	7	1st	12 14 20 21 28 31
2020-10-26	3	3rd	4 9 12 31 35 37
2020-10-15	12	3rd	6 7 12 13 29 31
2020-09-03	7	2nd	11 12 24 27 40 42
2020-08-10	5	2nd	6 12 16 20 38 41
2020-07-23	4	1st	12 17 21 29 34 43
2020-07-09	1	3rd	1 2 12 16 21 34
2020-07-06	2	2nd	7 12 16 21 38 43
2020-06-29	18	4th	1 2 3 12 32 40
2020-04-27	4	4th	4 8 9 12 15 36
2020-04-13	14	4th	4 5 10 12 15 27
2020-02-24	1	1st	12 13 19 20 25 30
2020-02-20	17	1st	12 18 19 27 31 38
2019-12-23	6	3rd	1 11 12 18 26 28
2019-12-02	2	3rd	7 8 12 15 34 41
2019-11-25	15	3rd	2 3 12 16 19 25
2019-10-03	3	3rd	8 10 12 23 24 42
2019-09-23	5	2nd	7 12 13 16 25 43
2019-09-05	2	3rd	2 3 12 20 21 28
2019-08-29	6	3rd	1 8 12 20 25 28
2019-08-08	9	4th	6 7 8 12 26 32
2019-07-08	2	2nd	11 12 13 23 29 39
2019-07-01	4	2nd	2 12 16 30 38 42
2019-06-17	2	2nd	6 12 15 16 18 36
2019-06-10	8	1st	12 18 23 31 41 42
2019-05-13	8	3rd	1 10 12 15 36 41
2019-04-15	7	4th	7 9 11 12 35 39
2019-03-21	2	2nd	8 12 16 19 24 40
2019-03-14	8	1st	12 24 25 34 35 37
2019-02-14	7	2nd	6 12 13 24 27 36
2019-01-21	5	3rd	1 11 12 26 29 39
2019-01-03	10	3rd	1 8 12 19 26 30
2018-11-29	18	1st	12 21 22 25 39 40
2018-09-27	9	2nd	4 12 18 22 31 36
2018-08-27	3	2nd	9 12 14 25 29 31
2018-08-16	1	2nd	5 12 20 26 29 42
2018-08-13	21	2nd	8 12 14 17 22 29
2018-05-31	12	2nd	6 12 23 33 36 38
2018-04-19	24	1st	12 14 15 31 34 39
2018-01-25	3	1st	12 15 32 35 37 43
2018-01-15	3	2nd	10 12 28 29 32 38
2018-01-04	5	5th	4 5 7 8 12 24
2017-12-18	14	2nd	9 12 16 24 25 41
2017-10-30	13	1st	12 16 20 21 34 42
2017-09-14	2	1st	12 14 18 23 24 28
2017-09-07	4	2nd	2 12 21 25 32 43
2017-08-24	4	2nd	2 12 13 26 34 35
2017-08-10	4	2nd	2 12 16 17 19 20
2017-07-27	2	1st	12 22 23 24 27 35
2017-07-20	2	2nd	1 12 22 29 32 40
2017-07-13	3	1st	12 14 21 22 27 28
2017-07-03	2	2nd	7 12 14 17 32 33
2017-06-26	1	3rd	1 4 12 22 39 40
2017-06-22	6	3rd	7 9 12 26 32 41
2017-06-01	5	2nd	2 12 22 25 30 39
2017-05-15	3	1st	12 19 29 34 37 41
2017-05-04	11	4th	1 2 6 12 14 35
2017-03-27	2	4th	3 4 11 12 17 41
2017-03-20	23	1st	12 21 23 30 35 36
2016-12-29	21	4th	1 4 7 12 14 17
2016-10-17	11	1st	12 16 17 21 35 43
2016-09-08	23	2nd	8 12 14 33 36 41
2016-06-20	2	3rd	7 10 12 27 30 43
2016-06-13	8	2nd	7 12 13 20 28 36
2016-05-16	6	3rd	5 7 12 16 21 33
2016-04-25	2	3rd	2 4 12 31 36 43
2016-04-18	17	3rd	3 11 12 19 21 32
2016-02-18	13	1st	12 13 21 34 38 39
2016-01-04	6	3rd	9 10 12 19 27 40
2015-12-14	13	1st	12 14 21 22 25 41
2015-10-29	6	2nd	3 12 17 28 35 41
2015-10-08	1	3rd	7 11 12 14 36 41
2015-10-05	7	1st	12 14 25 30 34 43
2015-09-10	6	2nd	2 12 13 19 26 37
2015-08-20	6	1st	12 19 21 30 33 35
2015-07-30	3	2nd	6 12 20 30 32 38
2015-07-20	7	4th	1 4 6 12 18 36
2015-06-25	8	2nd	11 12 17 18 30 38
2015-05-28	2	3rd	5 10 12 14 28 33
2015-05-21	3	2nd	9 12 13 26 41 43
2015-05-11	9	1st	12 18 30 34 35 42
2015-04-09	10	1st	12 13 22 30 33 35
2015-03-05	6	1st	12 22 24 28 33 37
2015-02-12	6	1st	12 15 19 28 30 43
2015-01-22	7	3rd	3 4 12 25 31 40
2014-12-29	14	2nd	5 12 15 28 34 41
2014-11-10	10	3rd	1 6 12 23 28 40
2014-10-06	1	3rd	4 8 12 26 39 42
2014-10-02	3	3rd	9 11 12 28 32 43
2014-09-22	5	3rd	7 11 12 13 26 41
2014-09-04	3	2nd	3 12 15 24 31 36
2014-08-25	1	2nd	9 12 26 29 39 41
2014-08-21	7	2nd	8 12 14 24 33 36
2014-07-28	9	3rd	2 7 12 17 26 40
2014-06-26	7	4th	5 7 10 12 14 41
2014-06-02	2	3rd	6 9 12 36 37 43
2014-05-26	15	3rd	2 8 12 16 29 30
2014-04-03	17	2nd	4 12 17 25 30 34
2014-02-03	2	3rd	2 5 12 13 37 43
2014-01-27	25	5th	2 4 5 8 12 36
2013-10-31	2	4th	7 9 11 12 16 38
2013-10-24	9	1st	12 15 18 23 38 40
2013-09-23	11	2nd	6 12 17 20 27 42
2013-08-15	8	3rd	2 7 12 20 24 36
2013-07-18	3	3rd	2 5 12 18 28 41
2013-07-08	1	4th	3 5 11 12 15 19
2013-07-04	8	4th	6 10 11 12 17 21
2013-06-06	7	1st	12 19 27 38 41 42
2013-05-13	2	1st	12 13 17 36 41 43
2013-05-06	2	2nd	10 12 14 15 31 40
2013-04-29	5	3rd	1 11 12 21 25 34
2013-04-11	14	1st	12 14 18 28 38 41
2013-02-21	1	2nd	6 12 17 25 26 32
2013-02-18	10	2nd	2 12 15 29 38 41
2013-01-14	1	2nd	9 12 17 18 25 33
2013-01-10	9	2nd	5 12 17 32 39 41
2012-12-10	37	2nd	8 12 21 29 30 36
2012-08-02	3	1st	12 21 23 28 40 42
2012-07-23	23	3rd	2 6 12 19 20 33
2012-05-03	2	1st	12 19 25 36 38 41
2012-04-26	21	2nd	2 12 15 27 28 39
2012-02-09	14	2nd	11 12 18 23 26 40
2011-12-22	8	2nd	5 12 32 36 37 39
2011-11-24	7	2nd	6 12 15 16 33 40
2011-10-31	1	2nd	9 12 27 38 40 42
2011-10-27	4	5th	2 7 9 11 12 43
2011-10-13	3	4th	4 5 6 12 24 30
2011-10-03	9	2nd	10 12 13 17 34 39
2011-09-01	3	1st	12 14 27 29 38 40
2011-08-22	14	2nd	2 12 23 34 39 40
2011-07-04	9	4th	3 9 11 12 24 38
2011-06-02	4	1st	12 20 27 39 40 42
2011-05-19	7	2nd	11 12 13 20 28 31
2011-04-25	43	2nd	9 12 18 20 29 41
2010-11-25	1	3rd	1 2 12 15 17 23
2010-11-22	21	3rd	6 7 12 13 15 17
2010-09-09	17	2nd	6 12 13 20 32 36
2010-07-12	15	2nd	2 12 15 19 23 39
2010-05-20	2	3rd	6 11 12 17 28 30
2010-05-13	9	3rd	2 3 12 13 14 41
2010-04-12	—	1st	12 13 14 16 21 36