Number 13

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

216times drawn · chance expected 214 +0.12σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

45longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 216 times in 1,751 draws against 214.4 expected, +0.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 34 times, counted separately.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 216 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 6 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 smallest47 · chance 47.6
2nd smallest94 · chance 89.2
3rd smallest58 · chance 59.4
4th smallest15 · chance 17.5
5th smallest2 · chance 2.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 21 45 22 49 6

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-09-19	8	3rd	1 4 13 18 25 42
2026-08-22	3	2nd	11 13 21 31 34 45
2026-08-12	4	2nd	6 13 28 34 45 48
2026-07-29	20

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-22	5	2nd	7 13 29 39 47 48
2025-02-05	5	2nd	4 13 20 32 37 46
2025-01-18	5	2nd	8 13 16 18 31 43
2025-01-01	5	3rd	2 10 13 26 35 46
2024-12-14	7	3rd	3 4 13 16 27 43
2024-11-20	5	2nd	12 13 21 24 46 49
2024-11-02	13	2nd	7 13 37 42 46 47
2024-09-18	8	2nd	2 13 14 18 20 39
2024-08-21	10	3rd	4 6 13 14 34 36
2024-07-17	18	2nd	11 13 25 28 34 42
2024-05-15	21	1st	13 17 23 24 40 48
2024-03-02	10	2nd	4 13 26 34 35 42
2024-01-27	11	3rd	8 11 13 23 24 36
2023-12-20	1	3rd	10 12 13 17 35 44
2023-12-16	5	3rd	7 8 13 20 43 44
2023-11-29	2	2nd	11 13 16 18 21 43
2023-11-22	23	3rd	7 12 13 17 20 36
2023-09-02	3	2nd	12 13 30 33 35 43
2023-08-23	16	2nd	3 13 14 19 26 36
2023-06-28	2	2nd	8 13 16 40 42 47
2023-06-21	11	3rd	4 5 13 14 33 35
2023-05-13	7	1st	13 14 27 29 31 42
2023-04-19	3	3rd	1 6 13 17 43 44
2023-04-08	4	2nd	8 13 16 27 31 46
2023-03-25	4	3rd	11 12 13 16 22 28
2023-03-11	10	2nd	6 13 21 29 33 49
2023-02-04	3	2nd	11 13 29 31 42 47
2023-01-25	2	2nd	5 13 24 33 35 41
2023-01-18	1	2nd	6 13 25 31 41 47
2023-01-14	1	4th	1 10 11 13 29 37
2023-01-11	21	1st	13 17 22 30 31 47
2022-10-29	10	2nd	9 13 20 26 28 40
2022-09-24	5	2nd	10 13 21 37 40 41
2022-09-07	1	3rd	11 12 13 16 29 35
2022-09-03	5	3rd	5 8 13 21 22 46
2022-08-17	1	3rd	6 7 13 30 31 43
2022-08-13	9	3rd	5 8 13 35 37 40
2022-07-13	13	1st	13 18 19 21 35 40
2022-05-28	11	2nd	6 13 15 29 45 48
2022-04-20	1	3rd	6 10 13 17 21 37
2022-04-16	32	2nd	7 13 26 35 36 38
2021-12-25	32	2nd	4 13 21 24 31 45
2021-09-04	8	2nd	6 13 18 19 29 49
2021-08-07	11	2nd	10 13 15 22 29 46
2021-06-30	3	3rd	9 10 13 26 28 30
2021-06-19	4	1st	13 15 17 25 34 45
2021-06-05	1	1st	13 15 22 42 45 46
2021-06-02	3	2nd	1 13 22 32 33 39
2021-05-22	10	2nd	7 13 14 34 37 45
2021-04-17	4	2nd	7 13 32 38 39 48
2021-04-03	5	2nd	12 13 19 35 42 47
2021-03-17	29	3rd	4 9 13 25 44 49
2020-12-05	3	3rd	3 10 13 21 27 45
2020-11-25	3	1st	13 14 31 33 37 46
2020-11-14	3	3rd	1 2 13 30 35 38
2020-11-04	8	3rd	2 9 13 18 40 46
2020-10-07	2	4th	4 5 12 13 18 19
2020-09-30	5	1st	13 16 20 21 27 48
2020-09-12	4	2nd	5 13 19 37 42 45
2020-08-29	8	2nd	3 13 21 24 29 40
2020-08-01	10	2nd	12 13 17 22 39 40
2020-06-27	5	2nd	1 13 14 24 36 44
2020-06-10	9	2nd	3 13 25 33 34 45
2020-05-09	7	1st	13 14 15 35 45 47
2020-04-15	2	4th	1 3 7 13 22 47
2020-04-08	2	2nd	9 13 21 23 30 32
2020-04-01	7	4th	4 6 10 13 25 49
2020-03-07	5	3rd	5 8 13 27 34 46
2020-02-19	5	3rd	5 6 13 23 44 49
2020-02-01	19	1st	13 21 35 40 45 48
2019-11-27	6	1st	13 15 16 20 39 42
2019-11-06	4	3rd	6 8 13 14 35 40
2019-10-23	3	2nd	11 13 24 28 40 46
2019-10-12	8	1st	13 16 25 32 33 41
2019-09-14	21	2nd	6 13 28 29 35 43
2019-07-03	12	1st	13 21 26 30 38 39
2019-05-22	1	1st	13 19 22 25 32 35
2019-05-18	19	3rd	7 8 13 27 28 34
2019-03-13	4	2nd	4 13 18 21 26 31
2019-02-27	11	2nd	4 13 22 25 29 39
2019-01-19	2	2nd	2 13 32 39 44 49
2019-01-12	3	2nd	10 13 21 30 46 48
2019-01-02	6	1st	13 18 19 36 37 43
2018-12-12	1	2nd	10 13 23 27 31 42
2018-12-08	1	2nd	4 13 25 33 41 49
2018-12-05	4	2nd	11 13 18 23 26 46
2018-11-21	4	3rd	2 10 13 25 40 42
2018-11-07	28	3rd	2 10 13 16 31 43
2018-08-01	10	1st	13 19 22 29 36 42
2018-06-27	9	4th	4 6 10 13 14 28
2018-05-26	15	2nd	12 13 16 23 39 44
2018-04-04	11	4th	6 8 9 13 34 40
2018-02-24	6	2nd	3 13 19 26 33 44
2018-02-03	2	2nd	10 13 16 23 36 44
2018-01-27	7	3rd	7 8 13 24 28 35
2018-01-03	5	2nd	3 13 20 35 37 39
2017-12-16	34	2nd	2 13 24 26 31 41
2017-08-19	2	2nd	2 13 27 45 48 49
2017-08-12	3	3rd	5 8 13 25 33 45
2017-08-02	6	1st	13 16 24 25 38 43
2017-07-12	22	2nd	12 13 30 41 45 49
2017-04-26	19	4th	9 10 11 13 45 49
2017-02-18	3	2nd	11 13 14 20 43 49
2017-02-08	1	5th	3 4 8 12 13 46
2017-02-04	9	4th	2 8 9 13 41 44
2017-01-04	11	3rd	2 11 13 23 35 48
2016-11-26	1	1st	13 14 31 39 42 45
2016-11-23	9	3rd	6 12 13 21 31 42
2016-10-22	12	1st	13 24 29 31 33 47
2016-09-10	45	2nd	6 13 22 39 40 41
2016-04-06	4	5th	1 3 5 8 13 31
2016-03-23	5	3rd	4 6 13 28 29 36
2016-03-05	7	2nd	7 13 27 33 35 36
2016-02-10	4	2nd	8 13 33 34 38 43
2016-01-27	17	2nd	4 13 24 36 39 41
2015-11-28	5	3rd	4 7 13 15 27 28
2015-11-11	5	2nd	8 13 20 24 37 42
2015-10-24	7	2nd	1 13 28 34 37 45
2015-09-30	1	4th	1 6 8 13 21 26
2015-09-26	1	2nd	6 13 14 24 32 34
2015-09-23	7	2nd	7 13 19 35 42 44
2015-08-29	11	1st	13 30 36 40 42 46
2015-07-22	8	3rd	6 9 13 26 27 46
2015-06-24	14	2nd	9 13 15 18 21 46
2015-05-06	3	1st	13 16 19 24 27 30
2015-04-25	3	2nd	7 13 23 25 40 41
2015-04-15	18	2nd	11 13 25 34 41 45
2015-02-11	3	2nd	1 13 24 29 43 49
2015-01-31	29	2nd	9 13 18 20 24 36
2014-10-22	5	2nd	10 13 24 29 31 32
2014-10-04	7	2nd	8 13 27 35 45 49
2014-09-10	2	3rd	7 11 13 15 20 44
2014-09-03	10	2nd	5 13 15 22 45 47
2014-07-30	8	1st	13 24 25 29 43 45
2014-07-02	3	1st	13 20 27 28 47 49
2014-06-21	5	1st	13 20 26 27 31 39
2014-06-04	2	4th	7 11 12 13 35 41
2014-05-28	15	1st	13 23 28 31 34 38
2014-04-05	5	1st	13 16 17 23 27 37
2014-03-19	7	1st	13 24 28 34 45 49
2014-02-22	16	2nd	9 13 19 22 33 34
2013-12-28	4	1st	13 20 23 34 38 46
2013-12-14	6	1st	13 18 19 20 35 40
2013-11-23	6	3rd	3 5 13 16 44 48
2013-11-02	13	3rd	9 12 13 26 35 43
2013-09-18	2	1st	13 22 23 31 35 45
2013-09-11	4	1st	13 21 22 26 35 40
2013-08-28	3	1st	13 17 19 22 28 46
2013-08-17	18	3rd	1 6 13 29 37 39
2013-06-15	12	3rd	5 8 13 14 17 30
2013-05-04	22	3rd	8 9 13 22 35 36
2013-02-16	8	3rd	3 5 13 33 34 44
2013-01-19	9	4th	1 4 6 13 20 44
2012-12-19	6	2nd	1 13 16 30 33 48
2012-11-28	11	3rd	3 6 13 29 36 38
2012-10-20	7	1st	13 14 21 24 32 35
2012-09-26	10	4th	2 5 9 13 22 38
2012-08-22	11	2nd	9 13 19 32 41 49
2012-07-14	15	1st	13 17 22 29 36 45
2012-05-23	13	4th	2 3 7 13 32 40
2012-04-07	16	2nd	2 13 16 32 39 44
2012-02-11	17	2nd	6 13 19 32 43 44
2011-12-14	6	1st	13 20 22 29 32 33
2011-11-23	7	2nd	10 13 15 30 34 44
2011-10-29	6	3rd	5 8 13 16 40 49
2011-10-08	1	2nd	7 13 14 16 22 48
2011-10-05	37	3rd	7 10 13 19 26 29
2011-05-28	37	2nd	11 13 17 21 43 49
2011-01-19	9	2nd	7 13 18 21 23 24
2010-12-18	2	3rd	5 7 13 33 37 39
2010-12-11	4	3rd	2 7 13 17 27 41
2010-11-27	2	2nd	4 13 23 24 37 47
2010-11-20	8	3rd	1 10 13 23 41 43
2010-10-23	6	2nd	2 13 21 22 40 44
2010-10-02	3	2nd	7 13 18 23 26 27
2010-09-22	3	1st	13 19 29 30 33 49
2010-09-11	2	4th	3 9 11 13 27 45
2010-09-04	1	2nd	11 13 17 18 20 45
2010-09-01	8	1st	13 32 35 39 46 48
2010-08-04	4	3rd	5 8 13 22 35 40
2010-07-21	3	1st	13 14 15 17 28 36
2010-07-10	9	1st	13 14 16 28 34 42
2010-06-09	4	2nd	12 13 25 30 37 41
2010-05-26	6	2nd	12 13 33 43 46 49
2010-05-05	8	2nd	12 13 15 31 47 49
2010-04-07	1	3rd	3 10 13 22 34 43
2010-04-03	6	3rd	1 2 13 17 24 39
2010-03-13	5	2nd	3 13 15 28 41 47
2010-02-24	1	2nd	4 13 18 21 22 42
2010-02-20	3	1st	13 15 18 20 23 26
2010-02-10	6	1st	13 24 30 32 37 48
2010-01-20	—	1st	13 17 25 40 45 47