In MultiMatch under the 6/43 + 1/0 · Nov 2022 – Sep 2025 rules — 296 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).
39times drawn · chance expected 41 −0.39σ
7draws waiting · a wait this long: 41% for any number
7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2
42longest completed wait · 8% chance of one at least that long
13 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 39 times in 296 draws against 41.3 expected, −0.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
13
Number 13, draw by draw
Drawn 39 times in 296 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 7 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.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 numbers; chance expected about 0.4 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.
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.