Number 13

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

109times drawn · chance expected 108 +0.10σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

10.9average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

48longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 109 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, +0.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 109 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 10.9 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 15 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 smallest35 · chance 40.8
2nd smallest47 · chance 49.0
3rd smallest26 · chance 17.4
4th smallest1 · chance 1.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 7 11 29 31 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-16	12	1st	13 18 31 37
2026-08-26	16	3rd	7 10 13 22
2026-07-29	4	3rd	2 6 13 34
2026-07-22	1	2nd	7 13 21 38
2026-07-20	5	2nd	5

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 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-18	6	1st	13 38 43 44
2025-08-08	19	2nd	9 13 29 44
2025-07-05	9	2nd	6 13 14 19
2025-06-20	1	2nd	5 13 19 26
2025-06-18	14	1st	13 32 35 39
2025-05-24	3	2nd	5 13 36 37
2025-05-19	7	1st	13 31 38 40
2025-05-07	38	2nd	6 13 15 38
2025-03-01	48	3rd	11 12 13 37
2024-12-07	10	3rd	1 11 13 16
2024-11-20	23	2nd	3 13 23 37
2024-10-11	1	3rd	5 12 13 14
2024-10-09	2	2nd	7 13 39 43
2024-10-05	1	1st	13 18 24 30
2024-10-04	33	3rd	6 12 13 16
2024-08-07	21	2nd	11 13 29 35
2024-07-01	11	2nd	7 13 15 29
2024-06-12	4	1st	13 19 27 29
2024-06-05	20	1st	13 14 19 22
2024-04-24	19	1st	13 17 28 34
2024-03-11	13	3rd	3 5 13 19
2024-02-10	7	3rd	2 12 13 42
2024-01-24	1	1st	13 18 25 30
2024-01-22	16	2nd	3 13 27 42
2023-12-16	5	3rd	8 12 13 39
2023-12-04	5	2nd	1 13 29 34
2023-11-22	11	3rd	2 9 13 45
2023-10-28	4	2nd	12 13 14 30
2023-10-18	6	1st	13 37 41 43
2023-10-04	5	3rd	1 7 13 15
2023-09-23	13	1st	13 16 21 29
2023-08-23	16	3rd	7 9 13 14
2023-07-17	2	3rd	5 7 13 32
2023-07-12	3	2nd	4 13 40 41
2023-07-05	4	3rd	7 11 13 25
2023-06-26	22	1st	13 28 33 37
2023-05-06	1	1st	13 17 30 35
2023-05-03	11	1st	13 30 35 38
2023-04-08	15	3rd	9 11 13 40
2023-03-04	3	1st	13 32 33 34
2023-02-25	19	2nd	12 13 15 45
2023-01-11	37	2nd	4 13 16 25
2022-10-17	6	3rd	5 12 13 24
2022-10-03	23	3rd	6 8 13 23
2022-08-10	1	2nd	1 13 37 45
2022-08-08	21	1st	13 17 25 36
2022-06-20	7	3rd	1 4 13 20
2022-06-04	12	2nd	7 13 23 25
2022-05-07	16	3rd	6 11 13 45
2022-03-30	2	2nd	11 13 20 21
2022-03-26	13	2nd	2 13 21 22
2022-02-23	5	1st	13 20 31 37
2022-02-12	38	1st	13 35 36 43
2021-11-15	19	2nd	5 13 21 29
2021-10-02	13	1st	13 26 28 44
2021-09-01	8	1st	13 25 31 43
2021-08-14	6	3rd	3 9 13 19
2021-07-31	2	1st	13 16 32 41
2021-07-26	19	2nd	6 13 19 33
2021-06-12	20	2nd	5 13 28 45
2021-04-26	4	3rd	6 11 13 17
2021-04-17	12	2nd	5 13 17 33
2021-03-20	26	2nd	8 13 22 32
2021-01-18	3	2nd	4 13 29 38
2021-01-11	18	1st	13 15 22 30
2020-11-30	3	1st	13 31 38 42
2020-11-23	20	1st	13 20 35 38
2020-10-07	3	3rd	7 9 13 17
2020-09-30	11	2nd	10 13 26 40
2020-09-05	3	2nd	2 13 32 38
2020-08-29	4	1st	13 16 25 44
2020-08-19	21	2nd	3 13 30 37
2020-07-01	4	2nd	11 13 20 39
2020-06-22	8	2nd	3 13 23 32
2020-06-03	7	1st	13 24 28 41
2020-05-18	9	1st	13 16 20 21
2020-04-27	19	2nd	3 13 42 45
2020-03-14	20	1st	13 27 41 42
2020-01-27	2	3rd	2 4 13 23
2020-01-22	6	2nd	2 13 23 31
2020-01-08	5	2nd	9 13 24 42
2019-12-28	4	2nd	1 13 19 39
2019-12-18	4	3rd	5 10 13 36
2019-12-09	1	3rd	10 11 13 23
2019-12-07	—	2nd	1 13 16 30