Number 13

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

212times drawn · chance expected 184 +2.23σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 19% for any number

6.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

28longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 212 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, +2.23σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 212 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 6.2 draws · longest completed wait 28 · waiting 12 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 smallest42 · chance 35.5
2nd smallest70 · chance 82.0
3rd smallest71 · chance 66.8
4th smallest28 · chance 23.8
5th smallest1 · chance 3.7
6th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 7 17 20 6 26

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2022-10-10	12	2nd	12 13 17 21 26 35
2022-08-29	1	3rd	1 8 13 17 18 23
2022-08-25	1	2nd	12 13 15 26 27 40

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

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