Number 12

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/38 · Apr 2010 – Mar 2024 rules — 2,502 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

297times drawn · chance expected 329 −1.91σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

33longest completed wait · 96% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 297 times in 2,502 draws against 329.2 expected, −1.91σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 297 times in 2,502 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 2 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 smallest74 · chance 67.2
2nd smallest134 · chance 128.6
3rd smallest71 · chance 80.4
4th smallest17 · chance 19.3
5th smallest1 · chance 1.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 32.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 38 27 32 15 22

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2024-03-15	18	1st	12 14 16 28 31
2024-02-26	6	4th	3 7 8 12 16
2024-02-20	6	2nd	8 12 25 30 32
2024-02-14	5	1st	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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-08-31	14	2nd	9 12 23 27 37
2023-08-17	2	2nd	8 12 13 26 32
2023-08-15	24	4th	4 5 10 12 32
2023-07-22	2	3rd	5 6 12 31 32
2023-07-20	5	2nd	7 12 16 20 24
2023-07-15	6	1st	12 34 36 37 38
2023-07-09	9	1st	12 25 26 37 38
2023-06-30	1	1st	12 25 26 28 29
2023-06-29	9	4th	3 5 8 12 28
2023-06-20	4	4th	1 2 4 12 27
2023-06-16	11	3rd	3 8 12 20 32
2023-06-05	7	2nd	2 12 13 27 33
2023-05-29	9	1st	12 19 29 31 34
2023-05-20	4	2nd	8 12 15 22 37
2023-05-16	5	2nd	2 12 32 36 38
2023-05-11	3	2nd	11 12 19 27 29
2023-05-08	5	2nd	8 12 15 19 27
2023-05-03	11	2nd	1 12 13 17 24
2023-04-22	22	1st	12 17 29 35 38
2023-03-31	7	2nd	7 12 15 17 24
2023-03-24	2	2nd	2 12 14 18 24
2023-03-22	22	3rd	7 10 12 15 32
2023-02-28	2	2nd	3 12 28 29 38
2023-02-26	6	1st	12 14 19 33 34
2023-02-20	6	2nd	7 12 21 27 35
2023-02-14	7	2nd	11 12 18 19 27
2023-02-07	5	3rd	5 10 12 27 38
2023-02-02	5	3rd	4 9 12 14 19
2023-01-28	3	1st	12 19 22 24 27
2023-01-25	10	1st	12 15 21 30 32
2023-01-15	12	1st	12 19 21 33 34
2023-01-03	8	2nd	11 12 13 26 27
2015-12-26	2	3rd	2 9 12 20 28
2015-12-24	10	3rd	7 11 12 14 27
2015-12-14	13	1st	12 13 16 18 21
2015-12-01	6	3rd	2 5 12 13 33
2015-11-25	6	3rd	9 10 12 16 37
2015-11-19	3	2nd	11 12 22 25 31
2015-11-16	33	1st	12 17 21 25 30
2015-10-14	9	2nd	4 12 13 17 38
2015-10-05	3	3rd	2 7 12 13 33
2015-10-02	15	3rd	2 11 12 22 30
2015-09-17	13	1st	12 23 35 36 37
2015-09-04	6	2nd	9 12 24 30 32
2015-08-29	4	2nd	5 12 29 32 38
2015-08-25	2	1st	12 18 21 25 26
2015-08-23	2	2nd	10 12 15 33 36
2015-08-21	13	1st	12 16 24 27 29
2015-08-08	5	2nd	6 12 15 29 36
2015-08-03	1	3rd	3 11 12 14 19
2015-08-02	7	1st	12 13 16 35 37
2015-07-26	16	2nd	8 12 24 25 37
2015-07-10	2	1st	12 20 24 26 34
2015-07-08	19	3rd	5 8 12 14 18
2015-06-19	1	4th	5 8 9 12 27
2015-06-18	8	1st	12 16 21 26 29
2015-06-10	8	3rd	5 11 12 14 32
2015-06-02	26	1st	12 17 18 25 33
2015-05-07	6	2nd	5 12 25 28 37
2015-05-01	16	3rd	10 11 12 28 35
2015-04-15	2	1st	12 15 20 30 32
2015-04-13	4	1st	12 17 20 27 38
2015-04-09	19	4th	1 3 4 12 13
2015-03-21	5	1st	12 20 22 35 38
2015-03-16	4	2nd	5 12 14 15 21
2015-03-12	10	2nd	10 12 16 17 37
2015-03-02	9	2nd	10 12 19 20 21
2015-02-21	13	2nd	9 12 24 27 34
2015-02-08	9	2nd	7 12 16 34 37
2015-01-30	15	2nd	7 12 24 30 38
2015-01-15	5	3rd	3 5 12 27 36
2015-01-10	4	2nd	2 12 25 30 37
2015-01-06	2	3rd	9 11 12 18 33
2015-01-04	2	3rd	5 9 12 30 31
2015-01-02	1	1st	12 16 18 33 34
2015-01-01	7	1st	12 14 18 19 34
2014-12-25	5	2nd	9 12 21 35 38
2014-12-20	21	2nd	9 12 13 18 31
2014-11-29	5	1st	12 16 29 30 32
2014-11-24	4	2nd	11 12 14 36 38
2014-11-20	4	3rd	3 5 12 19 38
2014-11-16	18	3rd	2 7 12 29 31
2014-10-29	2	2nd	4 12 15 31 35
2014-10-27	4	1st	12 13 17 25 29
2014-10-23	5	3rd	1 4 12 30 32
2014-10-18	5	2nd	9 12 13 21 33
2014-10-13	1	2nd	6 12 17 23 32
2014-10-12	13	3rd	6 8 12 19 30
2014-09-29	23	2nd	6 12 23 24 29
2014-09-06	13	1st	12 13 22 34 37
2014-08-24	14	1st	12 16 27 28 36
2014-08-10	3	1st	12 14 19 24 26
2014-08-07	5	2nd	2 12 29 30 33
2014-08-02	7	2nd	9 12 19 30 35
2014-07-26	2	2nd	6 12 22 32 36
2014-07-24	5	2nd	5 12 18 24 27
2014-07-19	12	1st	12 28 30 31 35
2014-07-07	12	2nd	2 12 30 31 32
2014-06-25	32	3rd	5 7 12 19 21
2014-05-24	6	2nd	7 12 15 18 36
2014-05-18	2	1st	12 19 27 30 31
2014-05-16	9	3rd	6 8 12 21 31
2014-05-07	7	2nd	9 12 13 24 29
2014-04-30	20	3rd	1 10 12 23 38
2014-04-10	7	2nd	7 12 21 31 36
2014-04-03	6	3rd	3 4 12 20 35
2014-03-28	21	2nd	10 12 20 26 38
2014-03-07	20	2nd	2 12 19 20 21
2014-02-15	3	1st	12 17 23 31 32
2014-02-12	4	3rd	6 11 12 24 38
2014-02-08	4	1st	12 14 21 27 32
2014-02-04	33	3rd	7 10 12 18 26
2014-01-02	1	2nd	4 12 18 26 32
2014-01-01	12	2nd	8 12 21 22 34
2013-12-20	1	3rd	1 6 12 16 30
2013-12-19	17	3rd	5 9 12 16 20
2013-12-02	21	2nd	6 12 22 33 35
2013-11-11	13	2nd	7 12 13 14 30
2013-10-29	8	2nd	3 12 27 30 33
2013-10-21	7	2nd	3 12 22 30 31
2013-10-14	5	2nd	10 12 14 25 36
2013-10-09	20	4th	3 5 9 12 28
2013-09-19	9	1st	12 25 31 32 36
2013-09-10	4	1st	12 21 24 28 36
2013-09-06	3	2nd	6 12 28 33 38
2013-09-03	6	3rd	4 9 12 27 29
2013-08-28	6	2nd	4 12 21 32 37
2013-08-22	5	3rd	3 7 12 33 37
2013-08-17	11	4th	6 7 10 12 16
2013-08-06	8	1st	12 13 17 21 24
2013-07-29	12	3rd	2 3 12 14 34
2013-07-17	11	1st	12 16 27 31 36
2013-07-06	8	2nd	11 12 13 31 36
2013-06-28	10	2nd	11 12 28 29 34
2013-06-18	15	2nd	5 12 15 26 27
2013-06-03	2	2nd	6 12 13 28 32
2013-06-01	2	3rd	1 8 12 14 20
2013-05-30	6	2nd	10 12 19 25 35
2013-05-24	2	3rd	4 10 12 14 22
2013-05-22	13	3rd	7 11 12 25 38
2013-05-09	1	2nd	10 12 15 19 27
2013-05-08	3	3rd	4 10 12 26 28
2013-05-05	24	2nd	1 12 16 27 34
2013-04-11	22	2nd	9 12 15 31 38
2013-03-20	4	2nd	9 12 16 23 36
2013-03-16	6	3rd	5 8 12 15 16
2013-03-10	4	2nd	8 12 16 22 27
2013-03-06	5	3rd	5 6 12 17 38
2013-03-01	13	2nd	1 12 21 22 33
2013-02-16	7	2nd	9 12 16 25 29
2013-02-09	10	4th	1 3 4 12 38
2013-01-30	9	2nd	9 12 13 22 34
2013-01-21	11	1st	12 15 18 23 28
2013-01-10	9	2nd	7 12 17 21 28
2013-01-01	5	3rd	8 11 12 25 28
2012-12-27	2	2nd	6 12 25 29 37
2012-12-25	24	2nd	3 12 18 29 34
2012-12-01	5	2nd	4 12 30 37 38
2012-11-26	11	1st	12 15 16 34 38
2012-11-15	12	1st	12 16 22 23 38
2012-11-03	9	2nd	9 12 22 27 31
2012-10-25	1	2nd	3 12 19 27 34
2012-10-24	2	2nd	9 12 26 36 38
2012-10-22	9	3rd	6 8 12 14 17
2012-10-13	12	2nd	5 12 23 28 37
2012-10-01	5	2nd	1 12 20 35 37
2012-09-26	11	5th	2 6 7 9 12
2012-09-15	11	2nd	8 12 24 26 29
2012-09-04	29	2nd	6 12 13 17 23
2012-08-06	11	2nd	9 12 14 15 34
2012-07-26	7	2nd	6 12 13 19 35
2012-07-19	3	3rd	7 9 12 29 35
2012-07-16	5	3rd	10 11 12 32 37
2012-07-11	15	2nd	10 12 13 16 19
2012-06-26	10	2nd	8 12 17 25 36
2012-06-16	3	1st	12 26 34 36 37
2012-06-13	11	2nd	11 12 15 37 38
2012-06-02	1	1st	12 14 15 23 30
2012-06-01	11	1st	12 20 23 29 30
2012-05-21	13	2nd	10 12 20 37 38
2012-05-08	3	2nd	9 12 18 30 35
2012-05-05	3	1st	12 19 29 34 36
2012-05-02	2	2nd	6 12 21 31 32
2012-04-30	8	2nd	9 12 24 25 28
2012-04-22	18	1st	12 13 17 18 33
2012-04-04	7	1st	12 15 24 27 29
2012-03-28	7	1st	12 16 23 29 33
2012-03-21	6	3rd	7 8 12 25 34
2012-03-15	21	2nd	4 12 20 37 38
2012-02-23	2	2nd	3 12 21 22 30
2012-02-21	3	2nd	2 12 22 30 32
2012-02-18	6	2nd	2 12 24 31 37
2012-02-12	7	3rd	2 11 12 18 38
2012-02-05	8	1st	12 20 22 24 26
2012-01-28	1	2nd	4 12 21 22 36
2012-01-27	10	2nd	6 12 20 26 28
2012-01-17	18	1st	12 16 24 34 36
2011-12-30	16	2nd	2 12 21 23 25
2011-12-14	5	1st	12 17 20 34 36
2011-12-09	23	1st	12 15 17 22 34
2011-11-16	6	2nd	8 12 26 31 36
2011-11-10	10	1st	12 19 23 30 33
2011-10-31	2	2nd	9 12 14 29 32
2011-10-29	13	3rd	2 7 12 17 36
2011-10-16	11	2nd	7 12 15 22 33
2011-10-05	5	2nd	10 12 14 25 31
2011-09-30	1	1st	12 15 27 31 32
2011-09-29	4	1st	12 22 28 32 37
2011-09-25	3	3rd	3 7 12 23 29
2011-09-22	9	3rd	1 9 12 14 31
2011-09-13	20	4th	3 7 9 12 15
2011-08-24	23	1st	12 18 25 31 37
2011-08-01	4	2nd	3 12 16 28 34
2011-07-28	9	4th	2 10 11 12 15
2011-07-19	9	3rd	4 7 12 22 23
2011-07-10	25	3rd	10 11 12 19 23
2011-06-15	1	2nd	4 12 26 27 32
2011-06-14	1	2nd	11 12 13 28 33
2011-06-13	31	1st	12 15 19 24 33
2011-05-13	6	3rd	1 3 12 14 29
2011-05-07	23	3rd	3 5 12 19 22
2011-04-14	9	3rd	1 3 12 31 36
2011-04-05	1	1st	12 16 18 32 38
2011-04-04	1	2nd	9 12 27 33 38
2011-04-03	1	2nd	6 12 22 31 36
2011-04-02	3	2nd	7 12 13 29 38
2011-03-30	2	1st	12 18 26 30 35
2011-03-28	2	1st	12 24 33 35 36
2011-03-26	6	3rd	10 11 12 23 34
2011-03-20	14	2nd	10 12 26 37 38
2011-03-06	15	2nd	7 12 17 19 34
2011-02-19	2	3rd	4 10 12 15 24
2011-02-17	9	1st	12 13 15 23 29
2011-02-08	6	1st	12 20 22 25 27
2011-02-02	9	1st	12 14 15 17 36
2011-01-24	5	3rd	3 4 12 24 25
2011-01-19	19	1st	12 28 31 34 36
2010-12-31	9	3rd	1 10 12 22 27
2010-12-22	2	3rd	2 9 12 14 21
2010-12-20	8	3rd	10 11 12 14 23
2010-12-12	11	2nd	9 12 18 30 38
2010-12-01	4	3rd	5 8 12 15 34
2010-11-26	8	2nd	11 12 15 19 21
2010-11-17	6	2nd	6 12 14 15 19
2010-11-10	10	3rd	2 5 12 28 34
2010-10-29	8	1st	12 16 20 22 24
2010-10-20	3	2nd	4 12 15 25 26
2010-10-16	6	2nd	9 12 21 27 33
2010-10-09	5	2nd	6 12 19 24 27
2010-10-04	6	2nd	9 12 25 27 29
2010-09-27	6	3rd	3 9 12 13 21
2010-09-20	4	2nd	1 12 30 31 32
2010-09-15	1	1st	12 15 28 33 38
2010-09-14	4	2nd	5 12 21 31 33
2010-09-09	11	2nd	5 12 16 20 24
2010-08-27	1	2nd	8 12 20 34 38
2010-08-26	5	1st	12 14 26 31 35
2010-08-20	5	1st	12 19 23 26 38
2010-08-14	9	1st	12 27 31 33 35
2010-08-04	5	1st	12 26 27 35 38
2010-07-29	22	3rd	9 10 12 16 18
2010-07-03	2	4th	4 5 8 12 29
2010-07-01	4	1st	12 21 25 29 37
2010-06-26	30	3rd	9 11 12 18 22
2010-05-22	7	2nd	2 12 20 26 29
2010-05-14	4	2nd	1 12 26 27 32
2010-05-10	5	4th	2 4 5 12 20
2010-05-04	8	3rd	2 9 12 26 28
2010-04-24	8	1st	12 15 22 24 33
2010-04-15	2	2nd	6 12 18 21 33
2010-04-13	1	3rd	2 6 12 16 32
2010-04-12	2	2nd	10 12 22 25 33
2010-04-09	—	3rd	7 9 12 16 28