Number 12

In Canada Lotto 6/49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–49.

206times drawn · chance expected 214 −0.61σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

51longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 206 times in 1,751 draws against 214.4 expected, −0.61σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 32 times, counted separately.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 206 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 51 · 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 smallest51 · chance 52.4
2nd smallest88 · chance 87.4
3rd smallest46 · chance 51.4
4th smallest18 · chance 13.2
5th smallest3 · chance 1.5
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 41 19 22 25 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-10	3	1st	12 18 23 27 28 45
2026-09-30	1	3rd	4 9 12 39 43 46
2026-09-26	15	2nd	11 12 18 19 45 46
2026-08-05	6

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-31	3	1st	12 18 19 26 40 42
2024-07-20	9	2nd	5 12 15 23 37 42
2024-06-19	20	2nd	8 12 19 28 42 48
2024-04-10	3	2nd	11 12 17 23 38 46
2024-03-30	4	2nd	7 12 25 29 39 43
2024-03-16	16	1st	12 27 32 38 39 41
2024-01-20	5	3rd	1 6 12 27 45 49
2024-01-03	4	2nd	2 12 23 30 32 35
2023-12-20	8	2nd	10 12 13 17 35 44
2023-11-22	6	2nd	7 12 13 17 20 36
2023-11-01	3	2nd	7 12 31 34 41 48
2023-10-21	14	2nd	1 12 17 19 23 39
2023-09-02	6	1st	12 13 30 33 35 43
2023-08-12	11	4th	2 5 7 12 31 44
2023-07-05	6	4th	3 4 10 12 30 34
2023-06-14	22	1st	12 18 22 24 25 47
2023-03-29	1	3rd	9 10 12 17 30 45
2023-03-25	13	2nd	11 12 13 16 22 28
2023-02-08	3	2nd	6 12 19 24 38 47
2023-01-28	20	2nd	5 12 15 26 46 48
2022-11-19	1	1st	12 16 21 32 38 45
2022-11-16	9	3rd	4 6 12 20 41 44
2022-10-15	11	3rd	7 9 12 33 35 36
2022-09-07	3	2nd	11 12 13 16 29 35
2022-08-27	14	2nd	9 12 19 20 23 28
2022-07-09	7	2nd	8 12 21 33 34 45
2022-06-15	10	4th	3 5 9 12 16 29
2022-05-11	1	3rd	5 10 12 34 36 48
2022-05-07	8	2nd	7 12 21 28 40 46
2022-04-09	2	1st	12 28 34 41 46 49
2022-04-02	3	2nd	5 12 15 29 42 44
2022-03-23	6	3rd	8 11 12 23 29 36
2022-03-02	1	2nd	11 12 39 41 42 49
2022-02-26	5	3rd	6 8 12 16 24 35
2022-02-09	1	1st	12 14 19 28 32 36
2022-02-05	4	3rd	2 9 12 14 23 24
2022-01-22	1	2nd	7 12 27 31 37 44
2022-01-19	10	2nd	3 12 19 37 39 45
2021-12-15	31	3rd	1 9 12 18 35 48
2021-08-28	5	4th	6 8 9 12 19 26
2021-08-11	24	1st	12 15 25 40 44 45
2021-05-19	1	1st	12 21 25 40 42 49
2021-05-15	9	3rd	3 6 12 28 39 46
2021-04-14	3	3rd	4 6 12 23 36 47
2021-04-03	1	1st	12 13 19 35 42 47
2021-03-31	15	4th	3 7 8 12 37 40
2021-02-06	3	3rd	6 11 12 26 28 38
2021-01-27	12	1st	12 17 23 36 44 49
2020-12-16	20	2nd	10 12 20 25 31 34
2020-10-07	1	3rd	4 5 12 13 18 19
2020-10-03	5	1st	12 22 24 37 39 43
2020-09-16	13	2nd	6 12 23 29 44 46
2020-08-01	9	1st	12 13 17 22 39 40
2020-07-01	30	2nd	1 12 27 30 34 49
2020-03-18	5	4th	7 8 9 12 14 36
2020-02-29	18	2nd	6 12 15 18 31 46
2019-12-28	4	3rd	2 4 12 18 29 41
2019-12-14	10	2nd	9 12 17 23 41 44
2019-11-09	4	1st	12 31 36 37 46 49
2019-10-26	30	2nd	4 12 15 26 43 44
2019-07-13	10	3rd	5 11 12 33 37 45
2019-06-08	4	2nd	9 12 15 20 24 43
2019-05-25	4	1st	12 19 22 25 45 49
2019-05-11	2	2nd	3 12 26 27 34 46
2019-05-04	9	3rd	3 4 12 21 41 49
2019-04-03	5	1st	12 17 29 35 40 47
2019-03-16	14	2nd	9 12 15 20 25 45
2019-01-26	12	4th	3 7 10 12 14 25
2018-12-15	16	2nd	11 12 22 36 46 47
2018-10-20	14	2nd	4 12 16 25 30 31
2018-09-01	2	2nd	8 12 15 34 37 44
2018-08-25	12	3rd	3 6 12 24 43 49
2018-07-14	14	3rd	8 10 12 17 22 37
2018-05-26	10	1st	12 13 16 23 39 44
2018-04-21	1	1st	12 19 20 30 41 49
2018-04-18	6	1st	12 17 19 22 27 39
2018-03-28	2	2nd	11 12 19 24 28 46
2018-03-21	5	4th	1 5 9 12 39 41
2018-03-03	16	1st	12 17 25 30 32 39
2018-01-06	2	1st	12 25 36 39 42 45
2017-12-30	5	2nd	8 12 23 25 45 47
2017-12-13	3	1st	12 29 30 40 45 48
2017-12-02	36	2nd	10 12 29 33 47 48
2017-07-29	4	1st	12 15 17 31 47 49
2017-07-15	1	2nd	10 12 27 29 34 48
2017-07-12	6	1st	12 13 30 41 45 49
2017-06-21	5	2nd	2 12 34 39 41 45
2017-06-03	1	2nd	7 12 32 36 40 44
2017-05-31	18	5th	1 3 8 9 12 40
2017-03-29	14	2nd	3 12 16 17 22 30
2017-02-08	18	4th	3 4 8 12 13 46
2016-12-07	4	3rd	6 7 12 32 34 46
2016-11-23	28	2nd	6 12 13 21 31 42
2016-08-17	12	2nd	2 12 19 38 41 47
2016-07-06	23	2nd	7 12 22 35 39 43
2016-04-16	2	2nd	9 12 21 37 38 43
2016-04-09	6	1st	12 29 34 44 47 49
2016-03-19	22	4th	1 10 11 12 19 27
2016-01-02	2	2nd	10 12 16 20 27 36
2015-12-26	22	1st	12 16 22 29 35 40
2015-10-10	6	2nd	8 12 22 27 35 41
2015-09-19	1	1st	12 15 17 21 25 32
2015-09-16	8	4th	1 2 9 12 21 39
2015-08-19	5	2nd	8 12 25 38 45 48
2015-08-01	4	5th	1 4 7 9 12 37
2015-07-18	12	2nd	2 12 22 28 41 48
2015-06-06	5	2nd	8 12 22 35 38 44
2015-05-20	1	3rd	2 4 12 17 18 47
2015-05-16	13	2nd	1 12 22 25 35 45
2015-04-01	1	3rd	4 7 12 16 22 24
2015-03-28	24	1st	12 15 21 23 40 48
2015-01-03	11	1st	12 21 28 37 40 43
2014-11-26	14	4th	5 10 11 12 32 33
2014-10-08	17	2nd	9 12 15 17 42 49
2014-08-09	19	2nd	2 12 30 32 37 40
2014-06-04	8	3rd	7 11 12 13 35 41
2014-05-07	3	3rd	4 7 12 20 40 49
2014-04-26	5	3rd	3 11 12 19 21 29
2014-04-09	5	2nd	8 12 20 27 32 43
2014-03-22	3	3rd	3 6 12 14 25 28
2014-03-12	8	2nd	6 12 14 17 30 49
2014-02-12	10	2nd	3 12 16 20 28 31
2014-01-08	2	2nd	1 12 17 22 29 44
2014-01-01	8	5th	4 6 7 11 12 40
2013-12-04	5	2nd	10 12 16 23 41 42
2013-11-16	4	2nd	9 12 17 20 21 37
2013-11-02	3	2nd	9 12 13 26 35 43
2013-10-23	3	2nd	6 12 14 20 21 26
2013-10-12	2	2nd	7 12 20 22 26 35
2013-10-05	9	2nd	2 12 18 26 35 36
2013-09-04	4	3rd	2 7 12 21 25 47
2013-08-21	8	2nd	4 12 28 31 39 46
2013-07-24	2	3rd	2 5 12 22 44 48
2013-07-17	5	2nd	11 12 16 29 38 43
2013-06-29	2	3rd	4 11 12 14 25 37
2013-06-22	13	4th	3 4 5 12 23 33
2013-05-08	8	1st	12 21 23 24 38 46
2013-04-10	13	3rd	1 9 12 29 30 42
2013-02-23	22	2nd	4 12 19 21 26 41
2012-12-08	24	2nd	2 12 22 42 43 46
2012-09-15	6	3rd	9 10 12 19 24 31
2012-08-25	3	2nd	4 12 17 18 34 44
2012-08-15	8	3rd	1 6 12 19 24 31
2012-07-18	5	3rd	1 11 12 17 32 40
2012-06-30	2	1st	12 22 31 32 35 47
2012-06-23	11	1st	12 19 28 34 36 41
2012-05-16	14	3rd	2 3 12 15 19 49
2012-03-28	4	3rd	5 10 12 18 25 45
2012-03-14	6	4th	6 9 11 12 19 20
2012-02-22	1	2nd	1 12 22 35 42 44
2012-02-18	4	2nd	4 12 14 21 22 37
2012-02-04	3	3rd	8 10 12 22 26 28
2012-01-25	10	2nd	2 12 20 35 41 49
2011-12-21	6	1st	12 16 19 34 41 47
2011-11-30	6	1st	12 15 23 36 43 47
2011-11-09	8	1st	12 30 36 37 40 48
2011-10-12	8	3rd	6 7 12 20 38 40
2011-09-14	6	1st	12 26 28 31 33 45
2011-08-24	11	1st	12 15 18 29 33 46
2011-07-16	18	2nd	2 12 23 35 39 49
2011-05-14	7	1st	12 29 30 36 39 45
2011-04-20	1	1st	12 15 33 34 38 43
2011-04-16	24	4th	5 7 11 12 33 39
2011-01-22	5	4th	4 5 9 12 33 36
2011-01-05	3	4th	1 3 8 12 32 47
2010-12-25	6	2nd	2 12 23 26 27 31
2010-12-04	1	2nd	9 12 16 24 25 38
2010-12-01	4	3rd	2 11 12 29 40 42
2010-11-17	26	2nd	3 12 14 16 29 38
2010-08-18	2	3rd	3 7 12 25 28 37
2010-08-11	11	3rd	3 10 12 20 26 27
2010-07-03	7	2nd	9 12 19 29 38 47
2010-06-09	4	1st	12 13 25 30 37 41
2010-05-26	6	1st	12 13 33 43 46 49
2010-05-05	4	1st	12 13 15 31 47 49
2010-04-21	1	1st	12 19 22 36 40 46
2010-04-17	1	3rd	4 11 12 25 42 43
2010-04-14	10	2nd	9 12 20 28 33 46
2010-03-10	9	2nd	8 12 28 30 38 48
2010-02-06	6	2nd	4 12 14 15 21 23
2010-01-16	3	1st	12 21 25 30 41 43
2010-01-06	—	2nd	10 12 15 23 26 44