Number 12

In Loto Cash under the 5/35 + 1/10 · Apr 2022 – Sep 2025 rules — 524 draws, 5 from 1–35 (an earlier era).

92times drawn · chance expected 75 +2.14σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

5.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

26longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 524 draws against 74.9 expected, +2.14σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 92 times in 524 draws · average wait 5.7 draws · longest completed wait 26 · waiting 1 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 smallest21 · chance 17.6
2nd smallest42 · chance 38.6
3rd smallest22 · chance 27.6
4th smallest7 · chance 7.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 24 25 1 19 33

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2025-09-24	4	4th	2 4 7 12 23
2025-09-15	3	2nd	9 12 14 25 34
2025-09-08	5	3rd	6 7 12 24 29
2025-08-27	1	2nd	10 12

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-13	11	3rd	1 5 12 26 31
2024-11-18	9	2nd	2 12 23 25 34
2024-10-28	14	1st	12 15 17 29 30
2024-09-25	2	2nd	5 12 17 18 28
2024-09-20	21	1st	12 13 19 26 34
2024-08-02	2	2nd	5 12 14 19 25
2024-07-29	10	1st	12 13 22 23 26
2024-07-05	2	3rd	5 11 12 13 16
2024-07-01	3	1st	12 24 29 33 35
2024-06-24	10	2nd	4 12 24 25 33
2024-05-31	13	1st	12 16 22 29 33
2024-05-01	10	2nd	1 12 19 22 35
2024-04-08	2	2nd	1 12 26 27 34
2024-04-03	1	1st	12 20 23 25 26
2024-04-01	8	2nd	7 12 19 21 25
2024-03-11	8	2nd	4 12 23 25 29
2024-02-21	4	2nd	4 12 15 29 32
2024-02-12	1	4th	3 4 6 12 15
2024-02-09	3	3rd	4 9 12 15 22
2024-02-02	3	2nd	11 12 19 20 32
2024-01-26	11	1st	12 20 25 33 34
2023-12-29	6	2nd	1 12 14 16 19
2023-12-13	1	3rd	1 2 12 17 19
2023-12-11	1	4th	6 8 11 12 33
2023-12-08	21	4th	1 8 11 12 22
2023-10-20	3	2nd	2 12 30 31 34
2023-10-13	7	3rd	6 7 12 15 25
2023-09-27	2	1st	12 17 22 24 31
2023-09-22	5	2nd	5 12 16 22 32
2023-09-11	6	2nd	4 12 18 23 33
2023-08-28	5	3rd	1 7 12 13 25
2023-08-16	26	2nd	10 12 29 30 32
2023-06-16	1	2nd	2 12 15 19 22
2023-06-14	2	2nd	1 12 24 30 31
2023-06-09	11	2nd	11 12 19 21 23
2023-05-15	1	3rd	6 9 12 20 31
2023-05-12	1	4th	6 9 10 12 19
2023-05-10	1	1st	12 13 22 24 34
2023-05-08	7	4th	2 4 11 12 31
2023-04-21	2	1st	12 22 24 27 28
2023-04-17	7	2nd	2 12 15 16 31
2023-03-29	11	2nd	4 12 14 15 24
2023-03-03	3	3rd	2 7 12 17 34
2023-02-24	4	2nd	6 12 21 25 28
2023-02-15	1	2nd	10 12 14 25 33
2023-02-13	6	2nd	1 12 18 22 30
2023-01-30	3	2nd	4 12 27 32 33
2023-01-23	2	2nd	7 12 13 17 25
2023-01-18	20	3rd	1 10 12 15 33
2022-11-25	1	3rd	6 8 12 16 18
2022-11-23	1	3rd	2 9 12 13 15
2022-11-21	4	3rd	5 8 12 16 26
2022-11-11	1	3rd	5 8 12 26 29
2022-11-09	7	4th	9 10 11 12 33
2022-10-24	4	2nd	1 12 15 20 24
2022-10-14	7	1st	12 15 20 25 28
2022-09-28	5	2nd	5 12 21 27 31
2022-09-16	1	3rd	4 9 12 17 18
2022-09-14	19	2nd	9 12 15 20 30
2022-08-01	1	2nd	1 12 18 19 28
2022-07-29	1	1st	12 15 24 26 29
2022-07-27	8	2nd	2 12 14 20 23
2022-07-08	6	2nd	3 12 24 26 34
2022-06-22	1	1st	12 23 24 30 32
2022-06-20	5	2nd	9 12 17 19 28
2022-06-08	11	2nd	10 12 19 30 34
2022-05-13	2	2nd	2 12 25 30 33
2022-05-09	—	1st	12 15 25 27 35