Number 12

In Powerball under the 7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018 rules — 443 draws, 7 from 1–35.

93times drawn · chance expected 89 +0.52σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

4.8average wait between appearances · chance says 5.0

29longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 93 times in 443 draws against 88.6 expected, +0.52σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 93 times in 443 draws · average wait 4.8 draws · longest completed wait 29 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest3 · chance 7.0
2nd smallest27 · chance 25.6
3rd smallest32 · chance 33.7
4th smallest25 · chance 20.2
5th smallest6 · chance 5.8
6th smallest0 · chance 0.7
7th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 30 16 1 8 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-08	11	4th	7 8 10 12 15 19 20
2026-07-23	3	3rd	7 11 12 18 27 30 34
2026-07-02	4	2nd	6 12 17 22 24 30 32

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 7/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-12	2	2nd	9 12 22 24 31 32 34
2024-08-29	2	3rd	6 9 12 15 20 21 34
2024-08-15	3	4th	1 8 11 12 16 18 28
2024-07-25	2	5th	5 6 7 8 12 16 17
2024-07-11	1	2nd	9 12 16 17 19 20 22
2024-07-04	1	4th	6 8 9 12 13 21 30
2024-06-27	6	4th	5 8 9 12 18 33 34
2024-05-16	1	4th	1 2 9 12 13 14 18
2024-05-09	7	4th	1 3 6 12 16 18 32
2024-03-21	4	4th	3 7 10 12 13 24 25
2024-02-22	2	4th	5 6 7 12 27 28 33
2024-02-08	1	3rd	6 7 12 16 20 25 26
2024-02-01	13	2nd	1 12 23 26 32 33 35
2023-11-02	6	4th	6 8 11 12 22 23 30
2023-09-21	5	3rd	4 10 12 13 18 20 23
2023-08-17	6	2nd	10 12 17 21 24 26 30
2023-07-06	4	3rd	7 10 12 16 17 20 28
2023-06-08	2	1st	12 15 17 20 21 22 28
2023-05-25	2	2nd	8 12 17 20 27 29 30
2023-05-11	3	4th	3 8 9 12 15 18 28
2023-04-20	1	2nd	1 12 13 18 24 30 32
2023-04-13	1	2nd	5 12 15 19 27 29 33
2023-04-06	1	2nd	6 12 17 21 24 30 33
2023-03-30	6	5th	5 6 7 11 12 13 35
2023-02-16	15	3rd	5 8 12 13 20 21 35
2022-11-03	1	4th	2 6 8 12 22 24 32
2022-10-27	4	5th	2 4 7 10 12 18 34
2022-09-29	4	2nd	9 12 15 16 19 20 35
2022-09-01	1	4th	3 4 10 12 15 26 34
2022-08-25	10	3rd	4 8 12 16 25 31 32
2022-06-16	6	3rd	3 6 12 15 18 28 29
2022-05-05	1	2nd	2 12 16 17 26 30 35
2022-04-28	8	3rd	1 7 12 16 19 24 25
2022-03-03	17	3rd	2 4 12 18 24 27 28
2021-11-04	3	2nd	8 12 15 18 27 30 34
2021-10-14	6	1st	12 17 20 22 23 27 32
2021-09-02	4	3rd	4 5 12 14 17 25 28
2021-08-05	7	4th	7 10 11 12 16 21 25
2021-06-17	2	3rd	4 10 12 13 20 26 34
2021-06-03	1	3rd	1 11 12 14 17 19 28
2021-05-27	2	5th	2 5 6 10 12 24 25
2021-05-13	4	5th	5 7 8 11 12 19 25
2021-04-15	1	4th	1 5 9 12 17 19 24
2021-04-08	2	3rd	3 4 12 13 14 21 24
2021-03-25	8	2nd	10 12 14 15 16 21 25
2021-01-28	5	3rd	6 10 12 13 16 20 30
2020-12-24	3	4th	4 9 11 12 21 29 32
2020-12-03	2	2nd	1 12 15 17 21 28 29
2020-11-19	13	3rd	1 7 12 13 26 30 34
2020-08-20	8	2nd	8 12 17 18 21 23 35
2020-06-25	3	2nd	8 12 18 20 24 27 35
2020-06-04	4	4th	1 5 10 12 17 20 27
2020-05-07	3	2nd	9 12 16 23 26 29 35
2020-04-16	1	2nd	8 12 15 18 19 24 25
2020-04-09	2	3rd	2 4 12 18 19 27 34
2020-03-26	1	2nd	1 12 14 16 21 27 29
2020-03-19	4	4th	1 10 11 12 18 20 27
2020-02-20	8	3rd	1 3 12 13 21 26 31
2019-12-26	4	3rd	7 9 12 17 23 26 27
2019-11-28	1	2nd	4 12 18 20 21 23 30
2019-11-21	2	4th	1 2 3 12 13 23 25
2019-11-07	2	4th	3 7 10 12 13 21 33
2019-10-24	29	4th	1 7 11 12 19 24 30
2019-04-04	6	2nd	2 12 14 16 21 25 33
2019-02-21	7	3rd	3 4 12 16 21 25 27
2019-01-03	8	4th	7 8 11 12 19 25 33
2018-11-08	13	1st	12 15 17 23 29 30 35
2018-08-09	11	4th	4 5 10 12 13 18 34
2018-05-24	—	2nd	2 12 14 18 19 23 25