Number 13

In Texas Two Step under the 4/35 + 1/35 · Jan 2010 – Feb 2022 rules — 1,266 draws, 4 from 1–35 (an earlier era).

147times drawn · chance expected 145 +0.20σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 78% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

46longest completed wait · 46% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 147 times in 1,266 draws against 144.7 expected, +0.20σ. 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 147 times in 1,266 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 46 · 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 smallest35 · chance 37.8
2nd smallest81 · chance 68.1
3rd smallest28 · chance 35.7
4th smallest3 · chance 5.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 4 15 24 31 30

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2022-02-10	5	1st	13 16 17 21
2022-01-24	7	2nd	4 13 16 32
2021-12-30	1	2nd	3 13 28 35
2021-12-27	1	1st	13 20 31 33

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 4/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2020-08-06	6	3rd	1 4 13 34
2020-07-16	11	2nd	9 13 29 32
2020-06-08	11	2nd	1 13 21 24
2020-04-30	1	2nd	11 13 27 32
2020-04-27	10	2nd	4 13 18 35
2020-03-23	7	1st	13 22 24 29
2020-02-27	17	1st	13 24 30 31
2019-12-30	1	2nd	2 13 21 26
2019-12-26	19	3rd	1 2 13 24
2019-10-21	10	1st	13 14 15 33
2019-09-16	6	2nd	8 13 21 31
2019-08-26	46	2nd	4 13 32 35
2019-03-18	2	2nd	3 13 21 30
2019-03-11	7	2nd	10 13 27 30
2019-02-14	9	2nd	4 13 24 26
2019-01-14	10	2nd	11 13 21 28
2018-12-10	14	2nd	7 13 26 29
2018-10-22	6	2nd	12 13 15 24
2018-10-01	6	1st	13 16 27 34
2018-09-10	3	2nd	3 13 17 35
2018-08-30	10	2nd	12 13 20 33
2018-07-26	2	3rd	1 3 13 33
2018-07-19	3	2nd	10 13 24 28
2018-07-09	9	3rd	2 7 13 23
2018-06-07	7	3rd	1 4 13 22
2018-05-14	3	2nd	10 13 15 17
2018-05-03	4	2nd	6 13 25 31
2018-04-19	14	2nd	12 13 17 29
2018-02-26	20	1st	13 18 31 32
2017-12-18	7	2nd	4 13 21 32
2017-11-23	1	4th	1 5 10 13
2017-11-20	4	2nd	5 13 30 31
2017-11-06	10	2nd	3 13 32 35
2017-10-02	10	1st	13 15 18 31
2017-08-28	17	2nd	4 13 14 17
2017-06-29	5	1st	13 17 25 33
2017-06-12	6	2nd	7 13 15 34
2017-05-22	28	3rd	4 11 13 24
2017-02-13	14	2nd	5 13 14 15
2016-12-26	22	3rd	8 10 13 26
2016-10-10	8	3rd	10 12 13 32
2016-09-12	2	3rd	3 4 13 21
2016-09-05	12	2nd	6 13 27 30
2016-07-25	16	1st	13 28 30 31
2016-05-30	13	2nd	2 13 32 33
2016-04-14	40	1st	13 16 20 30
2015-11-26	19	1st	13 20 30 34
2015-09-21	4	2nd	1 13 29 33
2015-09-07	22	2nd	2 13 23 32
2015-06-22	2	2nd	7 13 15 21
2015-06-15	22	2nd	6 13 21 22
2015-03-30	29	1st	13 22 24 27
2014-12-18	28	2nd	11 13 15 24
2014-09-11	2	3rd	3 4 13 27
2014-09-04	9	1st	13 26 29 30
2014-08-04	1	1st	13 19 22 35
2014-07-31	1	1st	13 21 22 25
2014-07-28	9	2nd	1 13 28 31
2014-06-26	4	1st	13 18 31 32
2014-06-12	2	4th	3 4 11 13
2014-06-05	5	3rd	7 8 13 25
2014-05-19	9	2nd	12 13 28 31
2014-04-17	2	3rd	2 7 13 22
2014-04-10	1	1st	13 16 21 31
2014-04-07	1	2nd	6 13 19 22
2014-04-03	10	1st	13 21 24 34
2014-02-27	17	2nd	9 13 15 21
2013-12-30	4	1st	13 14 18 23
2013-12-16	4	2nd	10 13 14 30
2013-12-02	7	3rd	5 12 13 33
2013-11-07	4	1st	13 15 17 31
2013-10-24	2	2nd	10 13 15 33
2013-10-17	8	1st	13 16 21 26
2013-09-19	16	2nd	9 13 18 24
2013-07-25	1	1st	13 20 23 35
2013-07-22	34	2nd	8 13 16 33
2013-03-25	3	3rd	7 10 13 19
2013-03-14	4	3rd	2 3 13 14
2013-02-28	7	2nd	4 13 14 21
2013-02-04	4	1st	13 15 16 26
2013-01-21	6	3rd	2 8 13 31
2012-12-31	6	2nd	9 13 14 22
2012-12-10	4	2nd	10 13 24 34
2012-11-26	27	3rd	8 12 13 23
2012-08-23	4	1st	13 20 31 33
2012-08-09	7	1st	13 14 24 31
2012-07-16	14	2nd	2 13 27 29
2012-05-28	3	2nd	1 13 25 34
2012-05-17	3	2nd	7 13 15 17
2012-05-07	13	1st	13 25 29 35
2012-03-22	15	2nd	8 13 23 32
2012-01-30	9	3rd	8 9 13 29
2011-12-29	6	1st	13 21 24 31
2011-12-08	17	1st	13 18 20 32
2011-10-10	5	3rd	1 6 13 27
2011-09-22	2	2nd	6 13 15 27
2011-09-15	12	2nd	4 13 19 33
2011-08-04	1	2nd	8 13 15 30
2011-08-01	1	3rd	4 12 13 35
2011-07-28	7	3rd	3 5 13 21
2011-07-04	2	2nd	7 13 15 16
2011-06-27	10	2nd	12 13 17 28
2011-05-23	5	1st	13 29 30 33
2011-05-05	4	2nd	3 13 29 33
2011-04-21	4	2nd	4 13 25 33
2011-04-07	4	2nd	5 13 29 31
2011-03-24	6	3rd	10 11 13 18
2011-03-03	4	1st	13 16 21 22
2011-02-17	3	2nd	12 13 16 18
2011-02-07	3	3rd	3 9 13 28
2011-01-27	2	1st	13 19 25 29
2011-01-20	11	2nd	10 13 14 22
2010-12-13	2	2nd	8 13 23 30
2010-12-06	1	1st	13 21 34 35
2010-12-02	4	2nd	2 13 28 32
2010-11-18	19	3rd	2 12 13 14
2010-09-13	8	2nd	10 13 15 25
2010-08-16	4	1st	13 21 23 24
2010-08-02	5	2nd	10 13 30 32
2010-07-15	27	2nd	1 13 23 25
2010-04-12	8	2nd	6 13 15 17
2010-03-15	9	3rd	9 12 13 23
2010-02-11	—	2nd	12 13 15 32