Number 13

In Ontario 49 under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Nov 2025 rules — 97 draws, 6 from 1–49.

15times drawn · chance expected 12 +0.97σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

5.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

19longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 15 times in 97 draws against 11.9 expected, +0.97σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 2 times, counted separately.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 15 times in 97 draws · average wait 5.9 draws · longest completed wait 19 · waiting 1 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 smallest1 · chance 3.3
2nd smallest9 · chance 6.2
3rd smallest4 · chance 4.1
4th smallest1 · chance 1.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 1.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 10 32 35 46 7

Never drawn alongside 12 of the other 48 numbers; chance expects about 10 such strangers 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
2026-10-24	1	2nd	4 13 28 32 44 47
2026-10-21	6	3rd	8 10 13 25 39 48
2026-09-30	2	2nd	6 13 15 18 29 35
2026-09-23	3	2nd

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.