Number 12

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

95times drawn · chance expected 98 −0.29σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

34longest completed wait · 81% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 95 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, −0.29σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 95 times in 847 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 1 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 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 smallest28 · chance 26.6
2nd smallest37 · chance 40.7
3rd smallest27 · chance 22.0
4th smallest3 · chance 5.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.5
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 31 24 29 47 48

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-09-17	1	1st	12 18 23 27 38 52
2025-09-13	2	1st	12 20 21 22 28 33
2025-09-06	12	2nd	3 12 28 39 41 50
2025-07-26	5	1st

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-11-04	24	1st	12 18 30 48 51 52
2023-08-12	8	1st	12 21 25 27 40 46
2023-07-15	9	2nd	8 12 27 37 47 48
2023-06-14	1	2nd	9 12 26 29 32 49
2023-06-10	19	3rd	6 8 12 23 32 48
2023-04-05	11	2nd	5 12 14 26 33 37
2023-02-25	16	1st	12 14 19 24 33 42
2022-12-31	8	1st	12 18 19 41 48 52
2022-12-03	3	2nd	1 12 26 33 50 52
2022-11-23	1	4th	3 8 10 12 19 27
2022-11-19	1	3rd	6 8 12 37 43 51
2022-11-16	7	3rd	2 4 12 23 42 46
2022-10-22	4	1st	12 14 33 37 47 48
2022-10-08	3	3rd	7 11 12 19 36 39
2022-09-28	10	2nd	2 12 15 29 31 47
2022-08-24	6	3rd	8 11 12 37 41 48
2022-08-03	20	3rd	5 9 12 23 50 51
2022-05-25	16	3rd	1 6 12 17 31 45
2022-03-30	11	1st	12 18 24 31 38 44
2022-02-19	2	3rd	4 11 12 20 38 48
2022-02-12	8	1st	12 19 21 24 25 39
2022-01-15	2	2nd	7 12 13 19 25 37
2022-01-08	5	2nd	6 12 15 17 22 33
2021-12-18	2	2nd	4 12 17 22 23 26
2021-12-11	9	2nd	2 12 14 16 28 51
2021-11-10	2	2nd	8 12 15 19 34 49
2021-11-03	1	4th	5 6 11 12 13 16
2021-10-30	2	2nd	8 12 38 41 42 45
2021-10-23	2	3rd	5 11 12 31 43 49
2021-10-16	8	1st	12 13 35 40 41 44
2021-09-18	22	3rd	4 11 12 32 34 47
2021-07-03	3	2nd	4 12 20 34 46 49
2021-06-23	10	1st	12 30 35 38 43 52
2021-05-19	3	3rd	1 6 12 16 35 45
2021-05-08	21	2nd	2 12 15 24 26 43
2021-02-24	4	3rd	7 10 12 16 29 49
2021-02-10	17	3rd	1 10 12 15 21 42
2020-12-12	4	2nd	8 12 19 37 43 47
2020-11-28	2	2nd	6 12 15 24 36 37
2020-11-21	25	3rd	3 9 12 14 22 52
2020-08-26	4	3rd	1 11 12 41 43 49
2020-08-12	6	1st	12 23 24 30 44 49
2020-07-22	11	3rd	4 7 12 13 19 52
2020-06-13	28	3rd	2 3 12 13 32 47
2020-03-07	13	3rd	1 9 12 14 30 48
2020-01-22	12	1st	12 19 24 31 37 52
2019-12-07	3	2nd	11 12 15 20 34 46
2019-11-27	15	1st	12 14 17 20 34 37
2019-10-05	18	2nd	2 12 23 24 25 43
2019-08-03	18	1st	12 22 26 33 47 49
2019-06-01	2	2nd	4 12 27 30 46 50
2019-05-25	19	3rd	4 6 12 17 32 34
2019-03-20	1	1st	12 35 37 42 47 50
2019-03-16	1	2nd	2 12 31 34 47 51
2019-03-13	20	1st	12 16 43 45 46 48
2019-01-02	2	3rd	4 8 12 14 27 40
2018-12-26	5	3rd	1 6 12 15 20 29
2018-12-08	7	3rd	3 7 12 21 27 29
2018-11-14	34	1st	12 18 26 27 32 36
2018-07-18	5	2nd	8 12 17 21 26 46
2018-06-30	8	1st	12 17 29 42 43 44
2018-06-02	7	2nd	8 12 14 16 29 47
2018-05-09	3	4th	5 10 11 12 36 48
2018-04-28	3	2nd	5 12 13 14 25 28
2018-04-18	7	2nd	10 12 13 32 39 50
2018-03-24	8	3rd	1 3 12 24 31 49
2018-02-24	11	3rd	6 11 12 15 29 31
2018-01-17	10	1st	12 18 24 28 30 41
2017-12-13	12	2nd	8 12 25 32 35 47
2017-11-01	26	2nd	3 12 28 42 43 47
2017-08-02	—	2nd	8 12 29 31 39 49