Number 12

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

128times drawn · chance expected 124 +0.41σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

38longest completed wait · 47% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, +0.41σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 31 times, counted separately.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 128 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 11 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 smallest22 · chance 28.0
2nd smallest52 · chance 53.1
3rd smallest37 · chance 35.4
4th smallest14 · chance 10.3
5th smallest3 · chance 1.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 31 22 8 2 14

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, 12 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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
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
2026-07-25	6	4th	2 6 8 12 22 43
2026-06-13	2	1st	12 16 30 31 40 43
2026-05-30	3	3rd	8 10 12 19 28 36
2026-05-09	2	3rd

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-02-25	12	2nd	4 12 13 15 29 45
2022-12-03	1	4th	4 8 10 12 15 39
2022-11-26	1	1st	12 14 22 29 31 45
2022-11-19	1	2nd	9 12 14 23 31 43
2022-11-12	1	3rd	3 6 12 18 31 35
2022-11-05	3	1st	12 19 26 29 39 45
2022-10-15	11	4th	5 7 11 12 24 40
2022-07-30	15	2nd	8 12 17 21 26 42
2022-04-16	12	2nd	11 12 14 15 23 37
2022-01-22	6	2nd	1 12 14 21 39 43
2021-12-11	18	2nd	6 12 27 35 37 39
2021-08-07	2	3rd	5 11 12 22 28 36
2021-07-24	5	1st	12 16 26 27 30 40
2021-06-19	12	1st	12 14 30 34 40 41
2021-03-27	7	3rd	2 4 12 23 24 35
2021-02-06	3	5th	3 6 8 10 12 24
2021-01-16	13	2nd	4 12 14 17 22 33
2020-10-17	1	3rd	5 8 12 14 16 38
2020-10-10	4	2nd	5 12 24 26 34 37
2020-09-12	28	1st	12 27 28 31 36 39
2020-02-29	6	2nd	3 12 29 30 31 38
2020-01-18	11	3rd	3 10 12 24 34 35
2019-11-02	4	4th	1 2 10 12 21 42
2019-10-05	11	2nd	4 12 20 33 34 36
2019-07-20	4	3rd	2 8 12 18 30 42
2019-06-22	11	4th	5 10 11 12 29 41
2019-04-06	3	4th	4 8 10 12 38 39
2019-03-16	6	3rd	1 8 12 15 31 42
2019-02-02	13	3rd	1 5 12 21 24 45
2018-11-03	13	3rd	3 5 12 14 35 36
2018-08-04	3	1st	12 14 24 25 35 38
2018-07-14	4	3rd	6 11 12 32 40 45
2018-06-16	5	3rd	2 8 12 22 26 45
2018-05-12	3	2nd	6 12 14 17 31 38
2018-04-21	11	2nd	11 12 17 31 42 44
2018-02-03	4	2nd	11 12 13 23 24 27
2018-01-06	17	2nd	3 12 31 32 35 44
2017-09-09	13	1st	12 21 28 35 40 42
2017-06-10	14	1st	12 14 20 22 24 44
2017-03-04	7	2nd	9 12 15 18 28 34
2017-01-14	8	2nd	9 12 21 22 30 41
2016-11-19	1	2nd	1 12 14 16 24 40
2016-11-12	7	3rd	1 3 12 18 22 38
2016-09-24	1	2nd	11 12 18 25 34 45
2016-09-17	6	4th	3 8 9 12 18 27
2016-08-06	3	2nd	6 12 15 19 23 31
2016-07-16	2	4th	1 3 7 12 24 32
2016-07-02	4	2nd	5 12 16 20 31 41
2016-06-04	9	2nd	3 12 26 27 38 43
2016-04-02	27	3rd	7 11 12 23 29 36
2015-09-26	6	2nd	5 12 13 17 22 26
2015-08-15	16	2nd	6 12 23 26 28 36
2015-04-25	5	3rd	5 7 12 20 29 42
2015-03-21	8	3rd	2 11 12 16 24 39
2015-01-24	13	2nd	10 12 30 34 42 44
2014-10-25	5	2nd	11 12 17 36 38 44
2014-09-20	7	2nd	1 12 22 27 38 40
2014-08-02	1	3rd	7 10 12 26 30 36
2014-07-26	5	3rd	5 7 12 28 40 45
2014-06-21	7	2nd	1 12 28 31 32 34
2014-05-03	1	2nd	1 12 14 19 37 41
2014-04-26	5	1st	12 20 24 32 39 45
2014-03-22	4	2nd	4 12 18 19 29 33
2014-02-22	24	2nd	8 12 15 25 26 45
2013-09-07	2	3rd	1 11 12 15 25 36
2013-08-24	5	1st	12 15 16 37 42 45
2013-07-20	7	4th	1 3 9 12 22 29
2013-06-01	4	1st	12 15 30 37 40 44
2013-05-04	6	2nd	2 12 13 20 30 35
2013-03-23	2	3rd	2 3 12 13 16 30
2013-03-09	6	3rd	7 10 12 28 44 45
2013-01-26	12	2nd	6 12 25 36 39 43
2012-11-03	24	2nd	7 12 20 31 38 43
2012-05-19	2	2nd	9 12 28 29 32 41
2012-05-05	1	3rd	7 9 12 15 27 40
2012-04-28	8	3rd	4 5 12 23 31 33
2012-03-03	1	4th	4 5 11 12 14 31
2012-02-25	9	1st	12 14 18 19 30 38
2011-12-24	1	5th	1 4 7 9 12 30
2011-12-17	3	3rd	6 11 12 24 26 36
2011-11-26	3	2nd	9 12 22 28 41 42
2011-11-05	1	3rd	2 6 12 18 44 45
2011-10-29	2	2nd	11 12 15 20 32 33
2011-10-15	4	2nd	8 12 18 21 24 30
2011-09-17	12	3rd	8 10 12 21 37 42
2011-06-25	7	3rd	10 11 12 15 22 28
2011-05-07	9	1st	12 24 26 28 39 44
2011-03-05	7	1st	12 19 22 26 32 33
2011-01-15	3	2nd	10 12 23 26 27 31
2010-12-25	3	3rd	4 11 12 22 29 38
2010-12-04	1	3rd	9 10 12 13 39 43
2010-11-27	5	2nd	2 12 15 24 35 37
2010-10-23	4	1st	12 23 31 34 39 43
2010-09-25	6	1st	12 22 24 26 31 38
2010-08-14	11	2nd	2 12 13 29 31 40
2010-05-29	5	2nd	2 12 19 22 30 40
2010-04-24	3	3rd	4 5 12 18 20 25
2010-04-03	2	1st	12 18 21 22 33 38
2010-03-20	7	2nd	10 12 15 26 29 40
2010-01-30	4	1st	12 13 15 21 22 43
2010-01-02	24	2nd	5 12 16 33 34 42
2009-07-18	19	5th	2 5 6 8 12 13
2009-03-07	8	3rd	2 6 12 34 39 41
2009-01-10	—	2nd	8 12 16 19 22 42