Number 13

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

141times drawn · chance expected 124 +1.67σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 42% for any number

6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

38longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 141 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, +1.67σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 40 times, counted separately.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 141 times in 928 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 7 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 smallest19 · chance 26.1
2nd smallest56 · chance 56.0
3rd smallest47 · chance 42.5
4th smallest15 · chance 14.2
5th smallest3 · chance 2.1
6th smallest1 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 11 17 8 9 18

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
2026-08-22	1	5th	1 2 9 11 13 20
2026-08-15	4	2nd	2 13 17 25 31 33
2026-07-18	1	3rd	5 7 13 24 30 41
2026-07-11	14	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: 13 is drawn with probability 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-10	2	4th	1 2 12 13 20 42
2024-01-27	3	3rd	5 8 13 24 29 36
2024-01-06	3	2nd	12 13 17 34 36 42
2023-12-16	7	3rd	8 12 13 17 39 41
2023-10-28	5	2nd	12 13 14 18 30 35
2023-09-23	20	2nd	4 13 16 21 29 45
2023-05-06	4	3rd	2 8 13 17 30 35
2023-04-08	5	5th	4 6 9 11 13 40
2023-03-04	1	3rd	1 9 13 32 33 34
2023-02-25	38	3rd	4 12 13 15 29 45
2022-06-04	2	3rd	7 8 13 17 23 25
2022-05-21	2	3rd	5 9 13 23 38 41
2022-05-07	6	4th	6 7 11 13 17 45
2022-03-26	6	3rd	2 8 13 21 22 33
2022-02-12	19	1st	13 35 36 37 42 43
2021-10-02	7	1st	13 17 26 28 33 44
2021-08-14	2	3rd	3 9 13 19 24 28
2021-07-31	7	1st	13 16 18 32 33 41
2021-06-12	3	2nd	5 13 15 28 37 45
2021-05-22	5	4th	6 7 9 13 23 27
2021-04-17	4	2nd	5 13 17 33 38 44
2021-03-20	20	3rd	8 9 13 19 22 32
2020-10-31	8	2nd	4 13 19 26 27 34
2020-09-05	1	3rd	2 3 13 32 37 38
2020-08-29	2	1st	13 16 20 25 40 44
2020-08-15	22	1st	13 16 29 34 35 41
2020-03-14	11	2nd	8 13 27 40 41 42
2019-12-28	3	2nd	1 13 19 31 37 39
2019-12-07	19	2nd	1 13 16 25 30 32
2019-07-27	22	2nd	11 13 23 27 35 38
2019-02-23	2	1st	13 19 20 21 25 37
2019-02-09	15	3rd	9 11 13 16 17 21
2018-10-27	4	2nd	9 13 16 17 32 37
2018-09-29	22	4th	2 9 10 13 16 25
2018-04-28	10	1st	13 29 33 35 38 43
2018-02-17	2	3rd	3 8 13 30 31 35
2018-02-03	6	3rd	11 12 13 23 24 27
2017-12-23	8	3rd	8 11 13 21 23 34
2017-10-28	1	2nd	1 13 17 38 40 44
2017-10-21	1	1st	13 22 30 34 42 45
2017-10-14	1	2nd	6 13 18 25 34 39
2017-10-07	2	2nd	7 13 15 18 31 34
2017-09-23	13	3rd	6 8 13 40 44 45
2017-06-24	9	3rd	1 5 13 29 32 43
2017-04-22	32	2nd	11 13 18 21 24 30
2016-09-10	2	4th	5 7 9 13 18 27
2016-08-27	7	3rd	4 5 13 18 25 34
2016-07-09	3	1st	13 17 21 25 33 38
2016-06-18	4	3rd	1 2 13 20 39 44
2016-05-21	1	3rd	5 11 13 14 37 39
2016-05-14	17	3rd	4 10 13 21 33 34
2016-01-16	13	4th	1 3 11 13 22 24
2015-10-17	3	4th	2 7 10 13 23 24
2015-09-26	3	3rd	5 12 13 17 22 26
2015-09-05	2	2nd	5 13 27 31 37 42
2015-08-22	2	2nd	4 13 18 27 30 36
2015-08-08	2	2nd	1 13 24 28 29 33
2015-07-25	1	3rd	7 8 13 20 23 32
2015-07-18	10	3rd	3 11 13 29 38 42
2015-05-09	4	2nd	4 13 27 29 31 32
2015-04-11	2	3rd	3 7 13 21 24 30
2015-03-28	16	1st	13 16 17 18 25 29
2014-12-06	3	3rd	1 5 13 36 38 39
2014-11-15	5	3rd	4 9 13 37 42 43
2014-10-11	12	3rd	3 11 13 21 42 44
2014-07-19	5	3rd	4 8 13 27 28 42
2014-06-14	2	2nd	11 13 16 19 27 35
2014-05-31	1	2nd	1 13 20 26 37 45
2014-05-24	2	2nd	11 13 28 37 43 45
2014-05-10	4	2nd	10 13 16 22 39 45
2014-04-12	4	1st	13 18 20 21 28 45
2014-03-15	2	1st	13 33 36 38 39 43
2014-03-01	6	2nd	4 13 33 35 39 45
2014-01-18	12	4th	1 9 10 13 27 39
2013-10-26	4	2nd	9 13 16 21 33 44
2013-09-28	14	2nd	1 13 21 27 34 37
2013-06-22	7	1st	13 17 18 20 21 43
2013-05-04	6	3rd	2 12 13 20 30 35
2013-03-23	3	4th	2 3 12 13 16 30
2013-03-02	1	2nd	11 13 18 20 42 43
2013-02-23	11	3rd	6 8 13 29 34 39
2012-12-08	8	2nd	6 13 16 33 36 41
2012-10-13	20	3rd	2 11 13 15 26 40
2012-05-26	6	2nd	10 13 22 36 37 38
2012-04-14	8	3rd	7 8 13 18 25 43
2012-02-18	1	2nd	3 13 14 32 37 38
2012-02-11	4	2nd	3 13 17 21 25 35
2012-01-14	6	1st	13 16 18 19 23 28
2011-12-03	16	3rd	2 9 13 18 26 44
2011-08-13	11	2nd	8 13 15 22 33 34
2011-05-28	1	4th	1 9 11 13 33 35
2011-05-21	4	2nd	8 13 15 19 27 43
2011-04-23	2	3rd	5 10 13 25 32 37
2011-04-09	4	4th	3 4 11 13 41 45
2011-03-12	10	2nd	4 13 17 21 38 40
2010-12-31	2	3rd	10 11 13 19 24 41
2010-12-18	2	2nd	4 13 25 26 42 44
2010-12-04	16	4th	9 10 12 13 39 43
2010-08-14	3	3rd	2 12 13 29 31 40
2010-07-24	5	2nd	6 13 16 24 30 33
2010-06-19	2	3rd	5 11 13 16 25 29
2010-06-05	3	2nd	5 13 24 26 28 41
2010-05-15	7	3rd	4 6 13 15 18 35
2010-03-27	5	2nd	9 13 16 23 27 33
2010-02-20	3	2nd	1 13 18 33 36 37
2010-01-30	1	2nd	12 13 15 21 22 43
2010-01-23	10	2nd	8 13 15 18 29 38
2009-11-14	5	3rd	2 9 13 23 26 36
2009-10-10	2	3rd	2 6 13 14 25 32
2009-09-26	10	3rd	1 7 13 16 30 40
2009-07-18	2	6th	2 5 6 8 12 13
2009-07-04	3	2nd	1 13 25 38 43 45
2009-06-13	5	1st	13 19 22 29 36 42
2009-05-09	2	2nd	8 13 14 22 24 31
2009-04-25	5	2nd	3 13 17 32 38 44
2009-03-21	4	2nd	3 13 18 19 29 38
2009-02-21	—	3rd	8 10 13 17 26 33