Number 13

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · May 2016 – Nov 2018 rules — 897 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

116times drawn · chance expected 109 +0.67σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

74longest completed wait · 0.9% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 116 times in 897 draws against 109.4 expected, +0.67σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 116 times in 897 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 74 · waiting 3 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 smallest28 · chance 26.0
2nd smallest49 · chance 49.9
3rd smallest27 · chance 31.7
4th smallest12 · chance 7.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 33 29 39 6 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2018-10-31	1	1st	13 21 29 36 39
2018-10-30	2	1st	13 22 23 28 32
2018-10-28	21	3rd	1 8 13 22 37
2018-10-07	7	2nd	10 13 23

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

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