Number 12

In Poker Lotto under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 430 draws, 5 from 1–13.

167times drawn · chance expected 165 +0.16σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

2.6average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

13longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 167 times in 430 draws against 165.4 expected, +0.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 167 times in 430 draws · average wait 2.6 draws · longest completed wait 13 · waiting 2 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 12 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest8 · chance 0.0
4th smallest75 · chance 55.7
5th smallest84 · chance 111.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 55.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 6 9 1 10 2

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, 12 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 12 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-10	2	5th	2 4 5 10 12
2026-10-08	5	5th	1 3 4 8 12
2026-10-03	1	5th	1 1 8 11 12
2026-10-02	4	5th	2 5 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 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

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