Number 12

In Hit 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020 rules — 1,676 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

222times drawn · chance expected 215 +0.52σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

38longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 222 times in 1,676 draws against 214.9 expected, +0.52σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 222 times in 1,676 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 38 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest66 · chance 52.8
2nd smallest76 · chance 96.8
3rd smallest64 · chance 58.1
4th smallest15 · chance 13.4
5th smallest1 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 13 22 21 2 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2020-09-05	6	2nd	8 12 15 33 35
2020-08-30	3	3rd	7 11 12 32 38
2020-08-24	24	1st	12 16 26 28 39
2020-06-29	9	2nd	1 12 28

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-10-23	3	4th	2 6 11 12 19
2019-10-16	4	2nd	5 12 14 30 32
2019-10-07	7	1st	12 21 23 28 32
2019-09-21	13	2nd	11 12 13 19 28
2019-08-21	3	1st	12 19 21 29 30
2019-08-14	2	3rd	10 11 12 22 33
2019-08-10	2	2nd	4 12 20 34 38
2019-08-05	6	3rd	10 11 12 30 31
2019-07-22	1	1st	12 13 19 23 38
2019-07-20	21	4th	2 3 6 12 13
2019-06-01	37	3rd	3 9 12 21 25
2019-03-06	11	3rd	3 4 12 21 28
2019-02-09	28	1st	12 15 19 24 26
2018-12-05	1	1st	12 21 22 32 35
2018-12-03	4	2nd	4 12 15 21 36
2018-11-24	3	3rd	2 8 12 15 25
2018-11-17	6	4th	1 2 4 12 16
2018-11-03	3	4th	2 6 9 12 19
2018-10-27	5	1st	12 18 19 20 25
2018-10-15	3	1st	12 21 29 33 39
2018-10-08	15	1st	12 16 23 25 34
2018-09-03	8	1st	12 14 21 25 27
2018-08-15	11	3rd	2 8 12 23 25
2018-07-21	17	2nd	4 12 21 22 38
2018-06-11	5	3rd	1 5 12 20 31
2018-05-30	1	3rd	5 8 12 31 34
2018-05-28	19	1st	12 14 25 27 33
2018-04-14	5	1st	12 16 30 32 33
2018-04-02	11	2nd	1 12 17 22 33
2018-03-07	15	2nd	8 12 16 34 39
2018-01-31	3	2nd	4 12 14 35 37
2018-01-24	12	2nd	4 12 15 24 28
2017-12-27	5	3rd	4 5 12 17 22
2017-12-16	25	2nd	3 12 16 30 37
2017-10-18	3	3rd	5 6 12 34 38
2017-10-11	6	3rd	10 11 12 15 22
2017-09-27	2	3rd	4 9 12 18 28
2017-09-23	9	3rd	2 4 12 15 31
2017-09-02	7	4th	4 5 11 12 15
2017-08-16	7	3rd	7 11 12 28 31
2017-07-31	3	2nd	11 12 13 15 17
2017-07-24	5	2nd	1 12 14 16 17
2017-07-12	1	2nd	10 12 16 20 28
2017-07-10	2	1st	12 14 18 36 37
2017-07-05	7	3rd	2 4 12 24 28
2017-06-19	2	2nd	8 12 18 19 24
2017-06-14	1	3rd	1 11 12 25 31
2017-06-12	2	1st	12 15 23 27 35
2017-06-07	3	2nd	11 12 21 28 34
2017-05-31	19	1st	12 13 26 27 37
2017-04-17	1	1st	12 23 25 26 31
2017-04-15	11	1st	12 16 18 24 36
2017-03-20	9	1st	12 17 26 28 36
2017-02-27	2	2nd	10 12 13 32 33
2017-02-22	7	3rd	10 11 12 15 36
2017-02-06	20	1st	12 18 22 29 37
2016-12-21	24	2nd	11 12 21 27 38
2016-10-26	7	3rd	5 10 12 22 24
2016-10-10	4	2nd	3 12 15 28 35
2016-10-01	11	1st	12 13 23 32 34
2016-09-05	5	3rd	6 11 12 29 33
2016-08-24	6	2nd	8 12 13 19 37
2016-08-10	6	2nd	3 12 18 30 38
2016-07-27	14	2nd	4 12 14 33 37
2016-06-25	9	3rd	1 8 12 34 37
2016-06-04	8	1st	12 21 28 34 36
2016-05-16	9	3rd	7 11 12 32 34
2016-04-25	4	4th	9 10 11 12 23
2016-04-16	8	2nd	9 12 14 20 27
2016-03-28	3	2nd	3 12 28 33 38
2016-03-21	7	1st	12 17 23 26 38
2016-03-05	4	1st	12 19 24 33 39
2016-02-24	1	1st	12 21 28 32 37
2016-02-22	5	1st	12 18 23 25 35
2016-02-10	7	3rd	5 9 12 22 33
2016-01-25	19	1st	12 14 22 26 34
2015-12-12	14	1st	12 14 24 28 38
2015-11-09	1	3rd	2 6 12 24 36
2015-11-07	18	2nd	4 12 13 17 21
2015-09-26	1	2nd	3 12 15 31 35
2015-09-23	5	3rd	6 11 12 27 36
2015-09-12	4	2nd	9 12 26 27 35
2015-09-02	4	1st	12 16 23 27 28
2015-08-24	1	2nd	5 12 14 23 34
2015-08-22	8	1st	12 26 27 29 34
2015-08-03	6	2nd	1 12 13 24 33
2015-07-20	3	1st	12 15 26 28 34
2015-07-13	12	2nd	7 12 18 22 34
2015-06-15	9	3rd	4 8 12 20 34
2015-05-25	9	2nd	7 12 23 24 38
2015-05-04	8	3rd	3 6 12 27 36
2015-04-15	25	3rd	2 7 12 18 37
2015-02-16	25	3rd	3 7 12 23 35
2014-12-20	9	1st	12 13 24 27 31
2014-11-29	4	1st	12 18 20 21 28
2014-11-19	5	1st	12 16 24 31 32
2014-11-08	3	3rd	8 10 12 13 34
2014-11-01	38	2nd	6 12 17 20 26
2014-08-04	8	3rd	5 7 12 30 37
2014-07-16	1	3rd	6 9 12 15 33
2014-07-14	2	1st	12 14 26 31 37
2014-07-09	9	2nd	9 12 15 19 35
2014-06-18	17	1st	12 13 21 22 23
2014-05-10	1	1st	12 24 26 31 35
2014-05-07	14	1st	12 20 26 29 30
2014-04-05	4	2nd	2 12 17 18 22
2014-03-26	6	2nd	2 12 23 31 34
2014-03-12	7	3rd	1 9 12 23 37
2014-02-24	4	2nd	7 12 26 31 35
2014-02-15	9	3rd	1 5 12 26 27
2014-01-25	2	2nd	7 12 18 21 26
2014-01-20	1	2nd	4 12 21 28 37
2014-01-18	2	2nd	2 12 13 24 37
2014-01-13	4	4th	1 7 11 12 15
2014-01-04	4	2nd	8 12 17 25 36
2013-12-25	10	3rd	4 5 12 14 36
2013-12-02	5	2nd	9 12 13 16 39
2013-11-20	8	1st	12 14 30 32 38
2013-11-02	4	1st	12 19 22 29 39
2013-10-23	16	2nd	11 12 18 22 36
2013-09-16	22	4th	6 7 10 12 17
2013-07-27	27	1st	12 20 22 33 38
2013-05-25	2	1st	12 23 25 35 38
2013-05-20	15	2nd	2 12 21 22 33
2013-04-15	10	4th	5 7 10 12 31
2013-03-23	2	1st	12 16 18 26 33
2013-03-18	3	2nd	10 12 30 34 37
2013-03-11	3	3rd	3 10 12 26 27
2013-03-04	3	2nd	1 12 18 31 32
2013-02-25	8	2nd	9 12 20 22 37
2013-02-06	1	4th	7 9 11 12 29
2013-02-04	1	2nd	1 12 14 17 19
2013-02-02	11	2nd	4 12 13 17 38
2013-01-07	2	1st	12 14 16 19 30
2013-01-02	11	1st	12 15 20 23 28
2012-12-08	4	3rd	2 10 12 18 36
2012-11-28	10	3rd	3 6 12 21 34
2012-11-05	6	3rd	2 7 12 22 32
2012-10-22	14	1st	12 13 14 22 23
2012-09-19	23	1st	12 17 30 31 36
2012-07-28	2	2nd	11 12 32 34 35
2012-07-23	6	2nd	11 12 19 24 34
2012-07-09	18	3rd	1 9 12 15 25
2012-05-28	4	3rd	5 10 12 25 26
2012-05-19	6	2nd	1 12 14 18 23
2012-05-05	12	2nd	2 12 13 15 39
2012-04-07	9	3rd	1 6 12 21 29
2012-03-17	11	3rd	9 11 12 13 39
2012-02-20	16	2nd	11 12 18 24 37
2012-01-14	19	3rd	2 3 12 13 33
2011-11-30	5	2nd	10 12 18 24 29
2011-11-19	15	2nd	10 12 25 37 39
2011-10-15	2	1st	12 17 26 29 39
2011-10-10	6	2nd	9 12 24 28 31
2011-09-26	4	2nd	4 12 13 21 27
2011-09-17	5	1st	12 16 19 24 34
2011-09-05	10	4th	2 3 11 12 15
2011-08-13	2	2nd	3 12 28 34 39
2011-08-08	23	1st	12 14 31 35 37
2011-06-15	2	3rd	2 8 12 21 30
2011-06-11	2	3rd	6 11 12 29 33
2011-06-06	5	3rd	5 6 12 13 33
2011-05-25	6	2nd	8 12 18 19 26
2011-05-11	1	3rd	1 6 12 14 38
2011-05-09	5	1st	12 16 22 27 30
2011-04-27	3	1st	12 19 22 24 27
2011-04-20	5	1st	12 14 22 31 39
2011-04-09	4	2nd	2 12 13 30 39
2011-03-30	16	2nd	3 12 21 22 26
2011-02-21	15	3rd	5 6 12 19 33
2011-01-17	10	3rd	3 9 12 16 30
2010-12-25	2	3rd	3 7 12 13 27
2010-12-20	1	1st	12 15 17 23 39
2010-12-18	16	2nd	11 12 14 30 32
2010-11-10	11	3rd	3 8 12 14 31
2010-10-16	2	1st	12 15 16 23 36
2010-10-11	10	2nd	8 12 14 29 39
2010-09-18	10	3rd	7 9 12 13 30
2010-08-25	13	3rd	8 11 12 13 37
2010-07-26	3	1st	12 15 16 22 26
2010-07-19	2	2nd	11 12 18 21 34
2010-07-14	1	3rd	6 11 12 20 28
2010-07-12	7	1st	12 24 28 30 34
2010-06-26	7	4th	4 9 10 12 25
2010-06-09	7	4th	2 4 11 12 25
2010-05-24	7	2nd	7 12 19 22 32
2010-05-08	6	1st	12 17 18 23 33
2010-04-24	13	3rd	5 11 12 25 29
2010-03-24	1	5th	2 3 5 7 12
2010-03-22	1	3rd	2 7 12 22 25
2010-03-20	2	1st	12 18 23 27 36
2010-03-15	3	2nd	2 12 26 37 38
2010-03-08	1	2nd	10 12 29 34 35
2010-03-06	6	3rd	3 6 12 14 21
2010-02-20	9	1st	12 17 21 25 37
2010-01-30	5	3rd	8 9 12 16 17
2010-01-18	3	2nd	6 12 25 26 30
2010-01-11	—	2nd	5 12 22 30 33