Number 13

In Cash 5 under the 5/34 · Apr 2010 – Oct 2020 rules — 2,844 draws, 5 from 1–34 (an earlier era).

406times drawn · chance expected 418 −0.65σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 39% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 6.8

37longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 406 times in 2,844 draws against 418.2 expected, −0.65σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 406 times in 2,844 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 7 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 smallest57 · chance 59.4
2nd smallest151 · chance 158.4
3rd smallest137 · chance 137.5
4th smallest55 · chance 45.8
5th smallest6 · chance 4.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 49.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 10 12 16 34 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 33 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 34. 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
2020-10-20	5	2nd	5 13 20 27 31
2020-10-15	2	3rd	1 4 13 20 30
2020-10-13	8	4th	1 4 10 13 27
2020-10-05	2	2nd	12 13 16

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 5/34 tonight whatever it did last week.

2020-05-21	9	1st	13 16 18 28 31
2020-05-12	3	2nd	12 13 18 25 33
2020-05-09	5	3rd	5 8 13 17 34
2020-05-04	2	3rd	4 6 13 24 27
2020-05-02	2	3rd	9 12 13 14 33
2020-04-30	4	2nd	1 13 15 22 31
2020-04-26	2	3rd	1 3 13 15 26
2020-04-24	1	3rd	1 7 13 17 22
2020-04-23	10	4th	3 5 7 13 29
2020-04-13	3	5th	4 5 8 12 13
2020-04-10	15	2nd	11 13 17 18 30
2020-03-26	6	1st	13 16 18 25 32
2019-12-28	14	1st	13 17 22 25 34
2019-12-14	3	2nd	3 13 19 29 30
2019-12-11	2	4th	3 5 7 13 17
2019-12-09	21	3rd	2 9 13 17 26
2019-11-18	3	4th	1 8 9 13 30
2019-11-15	1	4th	2 7 8 13 16
2019-11-14	16	3rd	2 6 13 30 31
2019-10-29	14	3rd	4 7 13 26 30
2019-10-15	7	1st	13 20 21 30 31
2019-10-08	1	2nd	4 13 26 28 30
2019-10-07	5	3rd	2 10 13 21 34
2019-10-02	22	3rd	9 12 13 23 31
2019-09-10	6	1st	13 21 26 30 33
2019-09-04	1	2nd	9 13 14 25 34
2019-09-03	2	3rd	7 8 13 23 29
2019-09-01	15	3rd	5 7 13 20 24
2019-08-17	5	2nd	3 13 19 23 33
2019-08-12	7	3rd	11 12 13 19 27
2019-08-05	2	2nd	6 13 24 26 34
2019-08-03	9	3rd	5 12 13 17 23
2019-07-25	13	2nd	9 13 19 28 32
2019-07-12	9	2nd	8 13 22 28 31
2019-07-03	1	2nd	11 13 18 27 34
2019-07-02	4	2nd	11 13 19 24 25
2019-06-28	4	2nd	5 13 17 19 26
2019-06-24	3	1st	13 16 27 30 31
2019-06-21	3	3rd	4 8 13 31 33
2019-06-18	15	1st	13 16 18 21 23
2019-06-03	6	2nd	5 13 16 17 31
2019-05-28	1	3rd	5 11 13 25 34
2019-05-27	19	4th	4 8 11 13 16
2019-05-08	4	3rd	4 6 13 24 25
2019-05-04	10	3rd	2 3 13 18 26
2018-12-30	4	1st	13 18 19 27 28
2018-12-26	2	4th	2 4 11 13 33
2018-12-24	6	2nd	4 13 14 17 25
2018-12-18	1	2nd	8 13 19 29 34
2018-12-17	5	3rd	2 9 13 21 32
2018-12-12	1	5th	4 6 9 10 13
2018-12-11	8	4th	4 5 11 13 33
2018-12-03	5	1st	13 19 20 25 30
2018-11-28	4	4th	5 6 10 13 18
2018-11-24	1	4th	3 4 6 13 14
2018-11-23	7	2nd	11 13 15 21 34
2018-11-16	6	3rd	6 10 13 16 33
2018-11-10	11	4th	1 6 9 13 32
2018-10-30	11	2nd	10 13 24 31 33
2018-10-19	31	4th	3 4 10 13 17
2018-09-18	13	4th	4 7 9 13 33
2018-09-05	6	3rd	1 4 13 22 24
2018-08-30	4	3rd	6 10 13 29 30
2018-08-26	5	1st	13 15 22 26 30
2018-08-21	17	2nd	5 13 16 20 29
2018-08-04	1	1st	13 18 21 26 32
2018-08-03	1	2nd	4 13 23 31 33
2018-08-02	15	3rd	3 11 13 18 26
2018-07-18	1	1st	13 29 30 32 34
2018-07-17	10	2nd	2 13 28 32 34
2018-07-07	4	2nd	10 13 20 21 32
2018-07-03	14	2nd	9 13 19 28 32
2018-06-19	5	2nd	12 13 19 28 33
2018-06-14	8	3rd	3 10 13 14 15
2018-06-06	6	2nd	9 13 23 26 31
2018-05-31	23	2nd	4 13 17 18 22
2018-05-08	10	3rd	2 8 13 27 31
2018-04-28	1	1st	13 20 22 28 30
2018-04-27	1	3rd	3 12 13 18 27
2018-04-26	8	4th	4 9 10 13 16
2017-12-24	4	4th	9 10 11 13 26
2017-12-20	6	2nd	11 13 18 23 27
2017-12-14	7	3rd	2 4 13 25 29
2017-12-07	10	3rd	6 10 13 27 30
2017-11-27	3	1st	13 21 23 25 31
2017-11-24	6	4th	2 11 12 13 24
2017-11-18	3	2nd	8 13 22 32 33
2017-11-15	1	2nd	10 13 15 22 34
2017-11-14	6	3rd	8 12 13 26 28
2017-11-08	3	2nd	1 13 15 16 17
2017-11-05	10	4th	4 5 10 13 17
2017-10-26	9	3rd	4 12 13 14 30
2017-10-17	11	2nd	5 13 17 18 27
2017-10-06	2	2nd	4 13 21 23 27
2017-10-04	6	1st	13 14 22 24 25
2017-09-28	4	1st	13 16 19 27 32
2017-09-24	2	2nd	4 13 16 17 21
2017-09-22	2	4th	2 10 12 13 21
2017-09-20	3	1st	13 14 17 29 34
2017-09-17	3	2nd	5 13 21 24 26
2017-09-14	4	3rd	8 12 13 23 30
2017-09-10	13	2nd	6 13 14 30 31
2017-08-28	3	2nd	12 13 15 24 34
2017-08-25	11	2nd	9 13 27 30 33
2017-08-14	1	1st	13 22 28 32 34
2017-08-13	5	1st	13 21 26 27 31
2017-08-08	6	3rd	3 4 13 14 15
2017-08-02	2	1st	13 15 16 22 32
2017-07-31	1	3rd	1 9 13 24 27
2017-07-30	6	3rd	8 10 13 23 28
2017-07-24	1	3rd	10 11 13 14 32
2017-07-23	7	2nd	5 13 18 29 33
2017-07-16	3	1st	13 14 18 22 34
2017-07-13	3	3rd	3 6 13 17 26
2017-07-10	2	2nd	4 13 18 23 27
2017-07-08	8	4th	3 5 8 13 22
2017-06-30	1	3rd	7 11 13 14 29
2017-06-29	5	3rd	1 12 13 17 25
2017-06-24	8	1st	13 23 25 27 28
2017-06-16	2	3rd	1 3 13 14 21
2017-06-14	10	4th	5 7 11 13 16
2017-06-04	5	2nd	3 13 16 23 26
2017-05-30	4	3rd	9 12 13 23 24
2017-05-26	3	3rd	1 11 13 25 30
2017-05-23	8	2nd	10 13 16 18 24
2017-05-15	7	2nd	11 13 16 30 34
2017-05-08	1	4th	1 6 12 13 24
2017-05-07	4	3rd	4 10 13 21 23
2017-05-03	21	4th	2 8 10 13 31
2016-12-18	11	2nd	8 13 17 18 28
2016-12-07	26	1st	13 21 22 28 34
2016-11-11	22	3rd	4 12 13 20 26
2016-10-20	2	3rd	7 9 13 26 27
2016-10-18	12	5th	1 2 4 11 13
2016-10-06	5	3rd	3 12 13 19 20
2016-10-01	11	2nd	5 13 14 16 33
2016-09-20	3	3rd	6 10 13 23 27
2016-09-17	11	2nd	4 13 15 25 31
2016-09-06	6	3rd	1 5 13 21 26
2016-08-31	4	3rd	2 10 13 33 34
2016-08-27	24	3rd	10 11 13 21 28
2016-08-03	1	4th	4 10 11 13 31
2016-08-02	12	2nd	1 13 17 20 31
2016-07-21	6	2nd	6 13 16 29 34
2016-07-15	5	2nd	6 13 15 33 34
2016-07-10	8	3rd	4 8 13 31 34
2016-07-02	24	4th	5 6 9 13 32
2016-06-08	7	2nd	8 13 14 15 25
2016-06-01	6	3rd	6 12 13 15 20
2016-05-26	12	1st	13 17 20 30 34
2016-05-14	5	2nd	9 13 24 31 34
2016-05-09	6	3rd	8 11 13 15 17
2016-05-03	2	2nd	11 13 14 15 20
2016-05-01	4	3rd	8 11 13 14 25
2016-04-27	6	3rd	4 10 13 16 21
2015-12-27	2	4th	4 10 11 13 18
2015-12-25	16	2nd	4 13 16 18 30
2015-12-09	3	1st	13 15 20 25 29
2015-12-06	4	2nd	4 13 20 21 26
2015-12-02	3	3rd	8 12 13 16 25
2015-11-29	6	2nd	7 13 17 29 33
2015-11-23	11	3rd	2 10 13 23 32
2015-11-12	28	2nd	7 13 15 22 29
2015-10-15	1	3rd	9 11 13 23 33
2015-10-14	3	2nd	8 13 22 29 32
2015-10-11	4	2nd	6 13 28 30 31
2015-10-07	1	2nd	6 13 22 29 34
2015-10-06	13	2nd	3 13 24 30 32
2015-09-23	2	3rd	1 12 13 19 22
2015-09-21	18	1st	13 21 28 31 34
2015-09-03	3	2nd	2 13 16 20 23
2015-08-31	2	3rd	4 6 13 15 34
2015-08-29	20	2nd	6 13 17 21 34
2015-08-09	9	1st	13 16 24 28 31
2015-07-31	18	3rd	5 10 13 25 28
2015-07-13	6	1st	13 26 29 33 34
2015-07-07	12	3rd	3 12 13 26 28
2015-06-25	6	2nd	12 13 26 27 30
2015-06-19	4	2nd	10 13 23 25 26
2015-06-15	6	3rd	6 7 13 18 27
2015-06-09	1	2nd	10 13 18 19 29
2015-06-08	1	3rd	6 11 13 18 24
2015-06-07	2	3rd	1 4 13 21 34
2015-06-05	3	3rd	5 9 13 27 34
2015-06-02	14	2nd	12 13 14 16 19
2015-05-19	17	4th	3 4 8 13 30
2015-05-01	1	2nd	3 13 28 29 30
2015-04-30	3	3rd	1 7 13 27 34
2015-04-27	2	2nd	10 13 18 20 24
2015-04-25	1	2nd	7 13 14 17 18
2014-12-31	5	2nd	9 13 14 29 33
2014-12-26	11	3rd	9 11 13 28 33
2014-12-15	10	3rd	1 2 13 24 34
2014-12-05	18	2nd	5 13 25 30 33
2014-11-17	6	1st	13 16 18 20 33
2014-11-11	1	1st	13 14 20 21 24
2014-11-10	1	3rd	3 6 13 24 30
2014-11-09	15	2nd	4 13 16 25 32
2014-10-25	3	2nd	7 13 21 24 27
2014-10-22	3	4th	4 7 12 13 32
2014-10-19	4	3rd	7 12 13 14 22
2014-10-15	2	3rd	3 10 13 27 30
2014-10-13	7	1st	13 14 16 21 23
2014-10-06	3	3rd	8 11 13 14 15
2014-10-03	1	2nd	6 13 23 32 33
2014-10-02	1	3rd	1 7 13 24 34
2014-10-01	2	3rd	3 4 13 19 33
2014-09-29	14	4th	4 11 12 13 20
2014-09-15	9	1st	13 16 20 25 32
2014-09-06	1	3rd	4 10 13 17 22
2014-09-05	19	2nd	4 13 14 30 33
2014-08-17	9	4th	3 5 12 13 24
2014-08-08	1	1st	13 24 26 29 32
2014-08-07	4	2nd	1 13 18 27 29
2014-08-03	8	2nd	1 13 19 23 31
2014-07-26	5	3rd	2 11 13 21 33
2014-07-21	17	2nd	9 13 18 19 29
2014-07-04	5	1st	13 14 15 23 30
2014-06-29	1	5th	7 8 10 12 13
2014-06-28	4	3rd	3 11 13 28 33
2014-06-24	5	3rd	2 12 13 16 29
2014-06-19	3	3rd	5 7 13 27 30
2014-06-16	5	2nd	12 13 14 22 31
2014-06-11	2	3rd	3 12 13 15 29
2014-06-09	13	3rd	1 4 13 14 26
2014-05-27	6	3rd	2 6 13 20 21
2014-05-21	12	2nd	10 13 22 23 33
2014-05-09	3	3rd	3 10 13 17 24
2014-05-06	1	1st	13 15 25 29 34
2014-05-05	15	3rd	11 12 13 25 26
2013-12-26	2	3rd	7 10 13 27 34
2013-12-24	2	2nd	2 13 15 24 34
2013-12-22	1	3rd	5 11 13 29 31
2013-12-21	2	2nd	1 13 16 18 20
2013-12-19	7	4th	3 5 9 13 33
2013-12-12	11	2nd	3 13 20 28 29
2013-12-01	1	4th	1 6 7 13 30
2013-11-30	10	3rd	1 6 13 22 33
2013-11-20	3	3rd	5 8 13 22 32
2013-11-17	5	3rd	3 5 13 16 32
2013-11-12	2	2nd	11 13 20 31 34
2013-11-10	12	2nd	7 13 17 24 30
2013-10-29	7	3rd	11 12 13 20 33
2013-10-21	6	2nd	5 13 22 26 29
2013-10-15	7	4th	4 6 9 13 22
2013-10-08	2	1st	13 14 20 25 28
2013-10-06	5	2nd	10 13 14 15 30
2013-10-01	21	3rd	3 11 13 14 28
2013-09-10	1	2nd	1 13 14 20 29
2013-09-09	8	3rd	3 5 13 23 31
2013-09-01	7	2nd	3 13 16 19 30
2013-08-25	3	2nd	9 13 15 22 25
2013-08-22	4	2nd	9 13 15 20 31
2013-08-18	2	3rd	1 2 13 15 25
2013-08-16	3	2nd	3 13 24 25 28
2013-08-13	10	5th	2 6 9 10 13
2013-08-03	37	3rd	6 9 13 21 27
2013-06-27	13	3rd	1 4 13 15 32
2013-06-14	6	2nd	3 13 23 30 32
2013-06-08	1	1st	13 14 16 20 24
2013-06-07	3	4th	1 3 10 13 25
2013-06-04	6	2nd	10 13 16 17 24
2013-05-29	4	3rd	4 5 13 15 20
2013-05-25	11	2nd	6 13 19 22 26
2013-05-14	6	4th	2 8 11 13 19
2013-05-08	4	1st	13 20 22 28 33
2013-05-04	16	2nd	7 13 16 21 30
2012-12-25	4	4th	1 7 12 13 34
2012-12-21	2	2nd	1 13 20 24 31
2012-12-19	29	3rd	9 11 13 17 28
2012-11-20	4	3rd	4 12 13 18 26
2012-11-16	8	1st	13 22 25 32 34
2012-11-08	19	2nd	2 13 24 27 34
2012-10-20	12	2nd	10 13 14 23 28
2012-10-08	6	2nd	10 13 16 28 34
2012-10-02	1	1st	13 22 23 25 29
2012-10-01	18	2nd	5 13 16 19 25
2012-09-13	2	3rd	6 12 13 25 26
2012-09-11	20	3rd	3 7 13 28 31
2012-08-22	4	4th	1 3 10 13 18
2012-08-18	1	3rd	1 7 13 14 33
2012-08-17	4	2nd	5 13 17 24 29
2012-08-13	3	3rd	10 12 13 24 31
2012-08-10	14	3rd	6 9 13 17 28
2012-07-27	5	3rd	4 10 13 26 32
2012-07-22	3	4th	3 4 9 13 32
2012-07-19	1	3rd	10 11 13 23 26
2012-07-18	7	2nd	2 13 15 17 24
2012-07-11	17	1st	13 16 21 24 34
2012-06-23	3	2nd	8 13 22 25 33
2012-06-20	8	2nd	1 13 16 30 34
2012-06-12	9	3rd	10 12 13 16 18
2012-06-03	5	1st	13 15 17 20 23
2012-05-29	2	4th	1 9 10 13 22
2012-05-27	2	2nd	12 13 18 22 23
2012-05-25	3	2nd	4 13 14 25 31
2012-05-22	2	3rd	4 8 13 18 31
2012-05-20	3	2nd	1 13 16 21 28
2012-05-17	2	1st	13 14 19 24 29
2012-05-15	23	2nd	7 13 14 15 20
2011-12-28	13	4th	1 7 8 13 26
2011-12-15	1	2nd	12 13 17 18 31
2011-12-14	1	2nd	8 13 20 21 24
2011-12-13	1	2nd	7 13 22 25 27
2011-12-12	6	2nd	10 13 17 23 27
2011-12-06	3	3rd	1 2 13 19 32
2011-12-03	6	2nd	3 13 22 29 31
2011-11-27	2	4th	1 4 12 13 18
2011-11-25	18	3rd	8 11 13 15 33
2011-11-07	5	3rd	4 10 13 16 21
2011-11-02	1	3rd	3 9 13 23 32
2011-11-01	4	2nd	7 13 17 18 34
2011-10-28	8	4th	4 9 11 13 33
2011-10-20	35	2nd	8 13 19 23 29
2011-09-13	2	4th	1 3 12 13 17
2011-09-11	2	2nd	8 13 23 24 25
2011-09-09	3	2nd	8 13 21 29 33
2011-09-06	3	3rd	3 7 13 18 27
2011-09-03	7	3rd	5 7 13 23 32
2011-08-26	4	2nd	4 13 24 30 32
2011-08-22	8	2nd	7 13 22 25 28
2011-08-14	15	2nd	1 13 14 22 26
2011-07-28	16	2nd	8 13 17 24 32
2011-07-12	10	1st	13 14 15 25 32
2011-07-02	16	2nd	3 13 25 27 33
2011-06-16	1	2nd	6 13 16 20 25
2011-06-15	12	2nd	12 13 17 20 27
2011-06-03	8	2nd	12 13 15 25 28
2011-05-26	6	3rd	10 12 13 23 26
2011-05-20	1	2nd	3 13 14 19 31
2011-05-19	14	3rd	1 12 13 21 22
2011-05-05	9	3rd	5 9 13 19 25
2011-04-26	9	1st	13 14 22 26 34
2011-04-16	6	1st	13 16 20 22 30
2011-04-10	10	2nd	12 13 15 16 24
2011-03-31	18	3rd	1 8 13 30 31
2011-03-13	4	2nd	10 13 15 26 34
2011-03-09	7	1st	13 15 26 30 32
2011-03-02	22	1st	13 19 27 31 33
2011-02-08	16	3rd	2 4 13 17 25
2011-01-23	5	4th	4 5 10 13 33
2011-01-18	13	2nd	2 13 21 26 28
2011-01-05	2	2nd	11 13 15 30 34
2011-01-03	1	4th	6 7 12 13 15
2011-01-02	4	3rd	4 7 13 17 23
2010-12-29	13	2nd	1 13 22 25 27
2010-12-16	8	4th	3 7 8 13 25
2010-12-08	2	2nd	9 13 19 24 29
2010-12-06	3	2nd	9 13 15 28 34
2010-12-03	3	2nd	5 13 16 18 22
2010-11-30	5	3rd	5 6 13 21 28
2010-11-25	12	3rd	2 12 13 20 26
2010-11-13	4	3rd	2 11 13 20 33
2010-11-09	1	3rd	6 11 13 19 32
2010-11-08	1	4th	2 10 11 13 28
2010-11-07	2	2nd	1 13 17 18 24
2010-11-05	17	2nd	2 13 15 23 28
2010-10-19	5	3rd	2 11 13 18 28
2010-10-14	14	4th	2 3 4 13 32
2010-09-30	13	4th	5 6 7 13 23
2010-09-17	11	1st	13 15 21 25 34
2010-09-06	4	4th	3 9 11 13 22
2010-09-02	3	3rd	9 11 13 21 25
2010-08-30	1	3rd	6 11 13 16 20
2010-08-29	2	1st	13 16 18 21 34
2010-08-27	23	4th	1 4 7 13 24
2010-08-04	5	3rd	5 12 13 19 22
2010-07-30	5	2nd	10 13 16 23 27
2010-07-25	5	1st	13 16 19 21 31
2010-07-20	1	2nd	1 13 31 32 34
2010-07-19	18	3rd	9 11 13 15 20
2010-07-01	2	3rd	10 11 13 16 21
2010-06-29	7	1st	13 19 27 30 34
2010-06-22	1	2nd	2 13 15 26 27
2010-06-21	25	2nd	5 13 14 18 28
2010-05-27	2	1st	13 19 20 21 23
2010-05-25	4	2nd	9 13 17 26 31
2010-05-21	9	2nd	3 13 14 22 30
2010-05-12	8	3rd	8 9 13 21 28
2010-05-04	1	3rd	9 12 13 20 26
2010-05-03	15	1st	13 17 30 31 32
2010-04-18	—	2nd	5 13 19 23 28