Number 1

In Poker Lotto under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 429 draws, 5 from 1–13.

157times drawn · chance expected 165 −0.79σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

2.7average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

16longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

1 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 157 times in 429 draws against 165.0 expected, −0.79σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 1, draw by draw

Drawn 157 times in 429 draws · average wait 2.7 draws · longest completed wait 16 · waiting 3 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 1 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 smallest157 · chance 157.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 52.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 12 2 5 8 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 12 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 1 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 13. 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 1 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-08	2	1st	1 3 4 8 12
2026-10-06	3	1st	1 3 5 8 10
2026-10-03	0	1st	1 8 11 12
2026-10-03	7	1st	1 8 11 12

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: 1 is drawn with probability 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-08-11	0	1st	1 3 8 10
2026-08-11	2	1st	1 3 8 10
2026-08-09	3	1st	1 5 8 10 11
2026-08-06	1	1st	1 2 4 11 11
2026-08-05	6	1st	1 4 5 10 12
2026-07-30	0	1st	1 5 9 11
2026-07-30	2	1st	1 5 9 11
2026-07-28	1	1st	1 4 5 7 9
2026-07-27	0	1st	1 2 3 11
2026-07-27	1	1st	1 2 3 11
2026-07-26	0	1st	1 5 11 12
2026-07-26	1	1st	1 5 11 12
2026-07-25	0	1st	1 4 4 10
2026-07-25	1	1st	1 4 4 10
2026-07-24	5	1st	1 3 5 8 12
2026-07-19	6	1st	1 6 10 11 12
2026-07-13	1	1st	1 6 8 9 10
2026-07-12	1	1st	1 3 7 10 13
2026-07-11	1	1st	1 5 5 12 13
2026-07-10	5	1st	1 5 9 12 13
2026-07-05	6	1st	1 2 8 9 13
2026-06-29	3	1st	1 3 4 6 13
2026-06-26	1	1st	1 5 6 12 13
2026-06-25	2	1st	1 3 10 11 13
2026-06-23	11	1st	1 3 4 11 12
2026-06-12	5	1st	1 2 8 12 13
2026-06-07	5	1st	1 3 6 12 13
2026-06-02	2	1st	1 4 8 11 11
2026-05-31	2	1st	1 5 7 8 12
2026-05-29	2	1st	1 4 8 10 11
2026-05-27	3	1st	1 3 4 6 12
2026-05-24	1	1st	1 2 4 6 10
2026-05-23	0	1st	1 4 8 13
2026-05-23	1	1st	1 4 8 13
2026-05-22	3	1st	1 3 3 7 9
2026-05-19	0	1st	1 5 10 10
2026-05-19	3	1st	1 5 10 10
2026-05-16	1	1st	1 2 5 5 12
2026-05-15	2	1st	1 2 2 3 8
2026-05-13	2	1st	1 5 7 11 12
2026-05-11	1	1st	1 2 2 9 11
2026-05-10	11	1st	1 3 4 4 8
2026-04-29	2	1st	1 5 8 12 13
2026-04-27	1	1st	1 3 4 9 12
2026-04-26	9	1st	1 2 6 7 7
2026-04-17	5	1st	1 6 10 12 13
2026-04-12	1	1st	1 8 9 12 12
2026-04-11	3	1st	1 5 6 9 10
2026-04-08	0	1st	1 3 10 11
2026-04-08	16	1st	1 3 10 11
2026-03-23	2	1st	1 4 4 7 9
2026-03-21	3	1st	1 3 9 10 12
2026-03-18	1	1st	1 2 9 11 13
2026-03-17	1	1st	1 2 4 7 10
2026-03-16	7	1st	1 6 7 11 13
2026-03-09	3	1st	1 2 3 5 5
2026-03-06	2	1st	1 6 9 10 11
2026-03-04	5	1st	1 5 10 13 13
2026-02-27	1	1st	1 4 6 8 10
2026-02-26	1	1st	1 3 6 6 11
2026-02-25	3	1st	1 4 5 9 10
2026-02-22	3	1st	1 3 10 12 13
2026-02-19	1	1st	1 2 7 7 9
2026-02-18	9	1st	1 3 4 7 9
2026-02-09	1	1st	1 3 5 9 12
2026-02-08	1	1st	1 3 4 9 10
2026-02-07	1	1st	1 3 4 6 6
2026-02-06	5	1st	1 6 7 8 12
2026-02-01	6	1st	1 4 6 7 11
2026-01-26	11	1st	1 2 8 9 12
2026-01-15	4	1st	1 2 4 5 6
2026-01-11	1	1st	1 2 3 12 12
2026-01-10	1	1st	1 6 6 10 12
2026-01-09	2	1st	1 2 7 7 11
2026-01-07	3	1st	1 7 7 10 12
2026-01-04	0	1st	1 2 3 4
2026-01-04	8	1st	1 2 3 4
2025-12-27	4	1st	1 5 8 10 13
2025-12-23	1	1st	1 2 4 9 13
2025-12-22	4	1st	1 4 9 10 13
2025-12-18	4	1st	1 4 5 8 9
2025-12-14	1	1st	1 3 5 9 10
2025-12-13	0	1st	1 2 6 8
2025-12-13	3	1st	1 2 6 8
2025-12-10	0	1st	1 2 9 9
2025-12-10	1	1st	1 2 9 9
2025-12-09	2	1st	1 3 4 8 13
2025-12-07	5	1st	1 2 7 8 9
2025-12-02	2	1st	1 2 3 11 13
2025-11-30	0	1st	1 2 4 9
2025-11-30	2	1st	1 2 4 9
2025-11-28	1	1st	1 5 9 9 12
2025-11-27	3	1st	1 2 7 7 11
2025-11-24	3	1st	1 3 8 10 13
2025-11-21	0	1st	1 6 11 13
2025-11-21	1	1st	1 6 11 13
2025-11-20	1	1st	1 3 6 10 12
2025-11-19	3	1st	1 2 5 8 11
2025-11-16	1	1st	1 2 6 11 12
2025-11-15	0	1st	1 5 6 7
2025-11-15	3	1st	1 5 6 7
2025-11-12	3	1st	1 3 5 8 9
2025-11-09	2	1st	1 2 8 10 13
2025-11-07	3	1st	1 2 3 9 13
2025-11-04	9	1st	1 4 5 5 6
2025-10-26	1	1st	1 5 6 10 12
2025-10-25	1	1st	1 2 3 5 8
2025-10-24	2	1st	1 3 4 5 10
2025-10-22	12	1st	1 5 8 11 13
2025-10-10	0	1st	1 6 7 13
2025-10-10	4	1st	1 6 7 13
2025-10-06	1	1st	1 2 7 9 10
2025-10-05	1	1st	1 2 4 4 8
2025-10-04	8	1st	1 9 10 12 13
2025-09-26	1	1st	1 2 8 9 11
2025-09-25	6	1st	1 3 8 8 10
2025-09-19	2	1st	1 3 9 12 12
2025-09-17	2	1st	1 5 9 12 12
2025-09-15	7	1st	1 5 8 12 13
2025-09-08	3	1st	1 4 7 7 9
2025-09-05	7	1st	1 4 5 6 9
2025-08-29	1	1st	1 3 9 9 11
2025-08-28	4	1st	1 2 3 6 8
2025-08-24	2	1st	1 2 4 7 9
2025-08-22	0	1st	1 2 4 12
2025-08-22	3	1st	1 2 4 12
2025-08-19	0	1st	1 8 8 13
2025-08-19	6	1st	1 8 8 13
2025-08-13	1	1st	1 2 3 6 7
2025-08-12	1	1st	1 4 6 7 8
2025-08-11	2	1st	1 2 4 4 7
2025-08-09	0	1st	1 3 6 12
2025-08-09	—	1st	1 3 6 12