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Number 12 In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
6/58 + 1/56 · since Sep 2025 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 93 times drawn · chance expected 97 −0.39σ
8 draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number
8.4 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
50 longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long
12 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 93 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, −0.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.
12 Number 12, draw by draw Drawn 93 times in 789 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 8 draws now
6 draws: 2010-01-20 to 2010-02-10 2 draws: 2010-02-10 to 2010-02-17 9 draws: 2010-02-17 to 2010-03-20 7 draws: 2010-03-20 to 2010-04-14 7 draws: 2010-04-14 to 2010-05-08 10 draws: 2010-05-08 to 2010-06-12 22 draws: 2010-06-12 to 2010-08-28 3 draws: 2010-08-28 to 2010-09-08 10 draws: 2010-09-08 to 2010-10-13 3 draws: 2010-10-13 to 2010-10-23 2 draws: 2010-10-23 to 2010-10-30 1 draws: 2010-10-30 to 2010-11-03 2 draws: 2010-11-03 to 2010-11-10 15 draws: 2010-11-10 to 2011-01-05 1 draws: 2011-01-05 to 2011-01-08 10 draws: 2011-01-08 to 2011-02-12 7 draws: 2011-02-12 to 2011-03-09 8 draws: 2011-03-09 to 2011-04-06 1 draws: 2011-04-06 to 2011-04-09 9 draws: 2011-04-09 to 2011-05-11 2 draws: 2011-05-11 to 2011-05-18 1 draws: 2011-05-18 to 2011-05-21 14 draws: 2011-05-21 to 2011-07-09 3 draws: 2011-07-09 to 2011-07-20 13 draws: 2011-07-20 to 2011-09-03 3 draws: 2011-09-03 to 2011-09-14 7 draws: 2011-09-14 to 2011-10-08 7 draws: 2011-10-08 to 2011-11-02 26 draws: 2011-11-02 to 2012-02-01 2 draws: 2012-02-01 to 2012-02-08 6 draws: 2012-02-08 to 2012-02-29 10 draws: 2012-02-29 to 2012-04-04 4 draws: 2012-04-04 to 2012-04-18 8 draws: 2012-04-18 to 2012-05-16 17 draws: 2012-05-16 to 2012-07-14 1 draws: 2012-07-14 to 2012-07-18 4 draws: 2012-07-18 to 2012-08-01 3 draws: 2012-08-01 to 2012-08-11 4 draws: 2012-08-11 to 2012-08-25 1 draws: 2012-08-25 to 2012-08-29 3 draws: 2012-08-29 to 2012-09-08 2 draws: 2012-09-08 to 2012-09-15 1 draws: 2012-09-15 to 2012-09-19 4 draws: 2012-09-19 to 2012-10-03 30 draws: 2012-10-03 to 2013-01-16 7 draws: 2013-01-16 to 2013-02-09 9 draws: 2013-02-09 to 2013-03-13 1 draws: 2013-03-13 to 2013-03-16 6 draws: 2013-03-16 to 2013-04-06 1 draws: 2013-04-06 to 2013-04-10 1 draws: 2013-04-10 to 2013-04-13 2 draws: 2013-04-13 to 2013-04-20 12 draws: 2013-04-20 to 2013-06-01 7 draws: 2013-06-01 to 2013-06-26 8 draws: 2013-06-26 to 2013-07-24 4 draws: 2013-07-24 to 2013-08-07 18 draws: 2013-08-07 to 2013-10-09 9 draws: 2013-10-09 to 2013-11-09 3 draws: 2013-11-09 to 2013-11-20 11 draws: 2013-11-20 to 2014-01-01 30 draws: 2014-01-01 to 2014-04-16 8 draws: 2014-04-16 to 2014-05-14 9 draws: 2014-05-14 to 2014-06-14 4 draws: 2014-06-14 to 2014-06-28 19 draws: 2014-06-28 to 2014-09-03 7 draws: 2014-09-03 to 2014-09-27 9 draws: 2014-09-27 to 2014-10-29 13 draws: 2014-10-29 to 2014-12-13 5 draws: 2014-12-13 to 2014-12-31 36 draws: 2014-12-31 to 2015-05-06 2 draws: 2015-05-06 to 2015-05-13 2 draws: 2015-05-13 to 2015-05-20 16 draws: 2015-05-20 to 2015-07-15 7 draws: 2015-07-15 to 2015-08-08 19 draws: 2015-08-08 to 2015-10-14 50 draws: 2015-10-14 to 2016-04-06 7 draws: 2016-04-06 to 2016-04-30 7 draws: 2016-04-30 to 2016-05-25 5 draws: 2016-05-25 to 2016-06-11 8 draws: 2016-06-11 to 2016-07-09 20 draws: 2016-07-09 to 2016-09-17 24 draws: 2016-09-17 to 2016-12-10 2 draws: 2016-12-10 to 2016-12-17 9 draws: 2016-12-17 to 2017-01-18 7 draws: 2017-01-18 to 2017-02-11 3 draws: 2017-02-11 to 2017-02-22 3 draws: 2017-02-22 to 2017-03-04 21 draws: 2017-03-04 to 2017-05-17 1 draws: 2017-05-17 to 2017-05-20 6 draws: 2017-05-20 to 2017-06-10 1 draws: 2017-06-10 to 2017-06-14 5 draws: 2017-06-14 to 2017-07-01 Still waiting — at least 8 draws since 2017-07-01 2010-01-20 2010-02-10 2010-02-17 2010-03-20 2010-04-14 2010-05-08 2010-06-12 2010-08-28 2010-09-08 2010-10-13 2010-10-23 2010-10-30 2010-11-03 2010-11-10 2011-01-05 2011-01-08 2011-02-12 2011-03-09 2011-04-06 2011-04-09 2011-05-11 2011-05-18 2011-05-21 2011-07-09 2011-07-20 2011-09-03 2011-09-14 2011-10-08 2011-11-02 2012-02-01 2012-02-08 2012-02-29 2012-04-04 2012-04-18 2012-05-16 2012-07-14 2012-07-18 2012-08-01 2012-08-11 2012-08-25 2012-08-29 2012-09-08 2012-09-15 2012-09-19 2012-10-03 2013-01-16 2013-02-09 2013-03-13 2013-03-16 2013-04-06 2013-04-10 2013-04-13 2013-04-20 2013-06-01 2013-06-26 2013-07-24 2013-08-07 2013-10-09 2013-11-09 2013-11-20 2014-01-01 2014-04-16 2014-05-14 2014-06-14 2014-06-28 2014-09-03 2014-09-27 2014-10-29 2014-12-13 2014-12-31 2015-05-06 2015-05-13 2015-05-20 2015-07-15 2015-08-08 2015-10-14 2016-04-06 2016-04-30 2016-05-25 2016-06-11 2016-07-09 2016-09-17 2016-12-10 2016-12-17 2017-01-18 2017-02-11 2017-02-22 2017-03-04 2017-05-17 2017-05-20 2017-06-10 2017-06-14 2017-07-01 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 12 times 2 draws: 10 times 3 draws: 9 times 4 draws: 6 times 5 draws: 3 times 6 draws: 4 times 7 draws: 12 times 8 draws: 5 times 9 draws: 7 times 10 draws: 4 times 11 draws: 1 time 12 draws: 1 time 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 1 time 15 draws: 1 time 16 draws: 1 time 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 2 times 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 1 time 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 2 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 1 time 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 0 times 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 0 times 43 draws: 0 times 44 draws: 0 times 45 draws: 0 times 46 draws: 0 times 47 draws: 0 times 48 draws: 0 times 49 draws: 0 times 50 draws: 1 time 51 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 26 · chance 23.7 2nd smallest 36 · chance 39.5 3rd smallest 22 · chance 23.2 4th smallest 9 · chance 6.0 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.7 6th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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 ← number 11 Every number number 13 → 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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.