Number 13

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

230times drawn · chance expected 215 +1.11σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 29% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

34longest completed wait · 92% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 230 times in 1,676 draws against 214.9 expected, +1.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 230 times in 1,676 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 10 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 smallest45 · chance 46.6
2nd smallest86 · chance 97.2
3rd smallest77 · chance 66.8
4th smallest19 · chance 17.8
5th smallest3 · chance 1.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 16 12 23 38 6

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2020-08-22	7	1st	13 20 22 28 33
2020-08-05	1	1st	13 15 22 25 33
2020-08-03	24	3rd	5 6 13 17 38
2020-06-08	6	5th	2 8 10

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

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