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Number 12 In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 87 times drawn · chance expected 78 +1.12σ
11 draws waiting · a wait this long: 39% for any number
9.6 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
40 longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long
12 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 87 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, +1.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
12 Number 12, draw by draw Drawn 87 times in 869 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 11 draws now
4 draws: 2005-10-04 to 2005-10-18 2 draws: 2005-10-18 to 2005-10-25 11 draws: 2005-10-25 to 2005-12-02 3 draws: 2005-12-02 to 2005-12-13 21 draws: 2005-12-13 to 2006-02-24 13 draws: 2006-02-24 to 2006-04-11 11 draws: 2006-04-11 to 2006-05-19 2 draws: 2006-05-19 to 2006-05-26 15 draws: 2006-05-26 to 2006-07-18 8 draws: 2006-07-18 to 2006-08-15 1 draws: 2006-08-15 to 2006-08-18 10 draws: 2006-08-18 to 2006-09-22 26 draws: 2006-09-22 to 2006-12-22 1 draws: 2006-12-22 to 2006-12-26 3 draws: 2006-12-26 to 2007-01-05 2 draws: 2007-01-05 to 2007-01-12 40 draws: 2007-01-12 to 2007-06-01 10 draws: 2007-06-01 to 2007-07-06 6 draws: 2007-07-06 to 2007-07-27 14 draws: 2007-07-27 to 2007-09-14 12 draws: 2007-09-14 to 2007-10-26 6 draws: 2007-10-26 to 2007-11-16 4 draws: 2007-11-16 to 2007-11-30 2 draws: 2007-11-30 to 2007-12-07 2 draws: 2007-12-07 to 2007-12-14 10 draws: 2007-12-14 to 2008-01-18 1 draws: 2008-01-18 to 2008-01-22 1 draws: 2008-01-22 to 2008-01-25 8 draws: 2008-01-25 to 2008-02-22 1 draws: 2008-02-22 to 2008-02-26 5 draws: 2008-02-26 to 2008-03-14 9 draws: 2008-03-14 to 2008-04-15 23 draws: 2008-04-15 to 2008-07-04 14 draws: 2008-07-04 to 2008-08-22 6 draws: 2008-08-22 to 2008-09-12 25 draws: 2008-09-12 to 2008-12-09 8 draws: 2008-12-09 to 2009-01-06 6 draws: 2009-01-06 to 2009-01-27 3 draws: 2009-01-27 to 2009-02-06 10 draws: 2009-02-06 to 2009-03-13 16 draws: 2009-03-13 to 2009-05-08 2 draws: 2009-05-08 to 2009-05-15 10 draws: 2009-05-15 to 2009-06-19 1 draws: 2009-06-19 to 2009-06-23 14 draws: 2009-06-23 to 2009-08-11 4 draws: 2009-08-11 to 2009-08-25 27 draws: 2009-08-25 to 2009-11-27 23 draws: 2009-11-27 to 2010-02-16 4 draws: 2010-02-16 to 2010-03-02 12 draws: 2010-03-02 to 2010-04-13 14 draws: 2010-04-13 to 2010-06-01 1 draws: 2010-06-01 to 2010-06-04 1 draws: 2010-06-04 to 2010-06-08 2 draws: 2010-06-08 to 2010-06-15 2 draws: 2010-06-15 to 2010-06-22 3 draws: 2010-06-22 to 2010-07-02 5 draws: 2010-07-02 to 2010-07-20 15 draws: 2010-07-20 to 2010-09-10 15 draws: 2010-09-10 to 2010-11-02 6 draws: 2010-11-02 to 2010-11-23 3 draws: 2010-11-23 to 2010-12-03 5 draws: 2010-12-03 to 2010-12-21 3 draws: 2010-12-21 to 2010-12-31 17 draws: 2010-12-31 to 2011-03-01 4 draws: 2011-03-01 to 2011-03-15 20 draws: 2011-03-15 to 2011-05-24 7 draws: 2011-05-24 to 2011-06-17 3 draws: 2011-06-17 to 2011-06-28 1 draws: 2011-06-28 to 2011-07-01 20 draws: 2011-07-01 to 2011-09-09 26 draws: 2011-09-09 to 2011-12-09 35 draws: 2011-12-09 to 2012-04-10 10 draws: 2012-04-10 to 2012-05-15 9 draws: 2012-05-15 to 2012-06-15 39 draws: 2012-06-15 to 2012-10-30 4 draws: 2012-10-30 to 2012-11-13 4 draws: 2012-11-13 to 2012-11-27 14 draws: 2012-11-27 to 2013-01-15 3 draws: 2013-01-15 to 2013-01-25 1 draws: 2013-01-25 to 2013-01-29 12 draws: 2013-01-29 to 2013-03-12 11 draws: 2013-03-12 to 2013-04-19 7 draws: 2013-04-19 to 2013-05-14 4 draws: 2013-05-14 to 2013-05-28 2 draws: 2013-05-28 to 2013-06-04 28 draws: 2013-06-04 to 2013-09-10 Still waiting — at least 11 draws since 2013-09-10 2005-10-04 2005-10-18 2005-10-25 2005-12-02 2005-12-13 2006-02-24 2006-04-11 2006-05-19 2006-05-26 2006-07-18 2006-08-15 2006-08-18 2006-09-22 2006-12-22 2006-12-26 2007-01-05 2007-01-12 2007-06-01 2007-07-06 2007-07-27 2007-09-14 2007-10-26 2007-11-16 2007-11-30 2007-12-07 2007-12-14 2008-01-18 2008-01-22 2008-01-25 2008-02-22 2008-02-26 2008-03-14 2008-04-15 2008-07-04 2008-08-22 2008-09-12 2008-12-09 2009-01-06 2009-01-27 2009-02-06 2009-03-13 2009-05-08 2009-05-15 2009-06-19 2009-06-23 2009-08-11 2009-08-25 2009-11-27 2010-02-16 2010-03-02 2010-04-13 2010-06-01 2010-06-04 2010-06-08 2010-06-15 2010-06-22 2010-07-02 2010-07-20 2010-09-10 2010-11-02 2010-11-23 2010-12-03 2010-12-21 2010-12-31 2011-03-01 2011-03-15 2011-05-24 2011-06-17 2011-06-28 2011-07-01 2011-09-09 2011-12-09 2012-04-10 2012-05-15 2012-06-15 2012-10-30 2012-11-13 2012-11-27 2013-01-15 2013-01-25 2013-01-29 2013-03-12 2013-04-19 2013-05-14 2013-05-28 2013-06-04 2013-09-10 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
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1st smallest 23 · chance 34.6 2nd smallest 42 · chance 37.2 3rd smallest 22 · chance 13.3 4th smallest 0 · chance 1.9 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.1 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 56. 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 ← number 11 Every number number 13 → 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 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.