Number 13

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

105times drawn · chance expected 98 +0.78σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 12% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

43longest completed wait · 45% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, +0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 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 13, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 847 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 18 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 smallest20 · chance 25.7
2nd smallest48 · chance 44.1
3rd smallest29 · chance 27.0
4th smallest7 · chance 7.3
5th smallest1 · chance 0.9
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 32 11 30 50 14

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2025-07-19	3	4th	2 8 11 13 36 46
2025-07-09	3	4th	1 8 12 13 31 35
2025-06-28	3	2nd	1 13 18 20 47 50
2025-06-18	11	2nd

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

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