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Number 12

In Powerbucks Wheel of Fortune under the 6/36 · since Apr 2025 rules — 484 draws, 6 from 1–36.

83times drawn · chance expected 81 +0.28σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

5.8average wait between appearances · chance says 6.0

29longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 83 times in 484 draws against 80.7 expected, +0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 83 times in 484 draws · average wait 5.8 draws · longest completed wait 29 · 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 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 smallest9 · chance 10.9
2nd smallest25 · chance 29.9
3rd smallest34 · chance 28.5
4th smallest13 · chance 11.6
5th smallest2 · chance 2.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 9 3 13 28 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 35 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 36. 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
2026-09-20	4	3rd	4 8 12 15 20 29
2026-09-06	1	3rd	9 11 12 13 27 33
2026-09-04	3	2nd	4 12 13 16 30

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 6/36 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-03	9	3rd	9 10 12 17 25 26
2026-04-23	8	3rd	3 10 12 15 19 27
2026-04-15	7	2nd	10 12 27 28 29 32
2026-04-08	29	1st	12 13 16 19 21 23
2026-03-10	26	3rd	7 8 12 15 17 28
2026-02-12	6	5th	1 7 9 10 12 29
2026-02-06	5	3rd	10 11 12 13 14 22
2026-02-01	2	3rd	4 10 12 15 23 24
2026-01-30	1	2nd	1 12 23 26 32 36
2026-01-29	18	2nd	2 12 13 16 30 31
2026-01-11	8	2nd	7 12 16 18 20 26
2026-01-03	1	3rd	6 7 12 13 14 32
2026-01-02	11	2nd	8 12 13 15 16 30
2025-12-21	7	3rd	3 9 12 26 29 32
2025-12-14	13	3rd	3 7 12 17 20 32
2025-12-01	14	4th	1 3 7 12 19 28
2025-11-06	1	2nd	1 12 13 19 25 33
2025-11-05	4	1st	12 14 24 25 27 29
2025-11-01	13	3rd	1 7 12 18 21 28
2025-10-18	8	1st	12 17 18 23 30 35
2025-10-08	7	3rd	8 11 12 15 21 30
2025-09-30	4	3rd	3 6 12 15 20 31
2025-09-26	3	2nd	11 12 20 21 29 31
2025-09-23	5	3rd	2 10 12 14 19 34
2025-09-18	5	3rd	6 9 12 16 24 34
2025-09-13	4	2nd	8 12 15 21 22 25
2025-09-09	2	4th	2 3 5 12 15 30
2025-09-07	1	2nd	11 12 25 30 34 35
2025-09-06	2	3rd	3 5 12 13 14 20
2025-09-04	2	2nd	1 12 21 22 31 32
2025-09-02	3	3rd	8 11 12 13 24 32
2025-08-30	12	2nd	9 12 14 22 24 25
2025-08-18	3	3rd	1 3 12 16 31 35
2025-08-15	8	3rd	2 9 12 24 34 35
2025-08-07	2	4th	2 6 11 12 31 34
2025-08-05	12	2nd	8 12 25 27 29 34
2025-07-24	3	2nd	3 12 13 15 17 34
2025-07-21	4	3rd	2 9 12 18 33 36
2025-07-17	1	4th	3 5 7 12 20 31
2025-07-16	5	3rd	6 9 12 17 28 29
2025-07-11	6	4th	4 5 9 12 27 36
2025-07-05	6	3rd	2 6 12 18 19 22
2025-06-29	2	3rd	5 9 12 25 31 35
2025-06-27	4	5th	4 6 7 9 12 25
2025-06-23	9	3rd	9 11 12 16 26 31
2025-06-14	7	3rd	2 11 12 13 23 35
2025-06-07	5	1st	12 14 17 27 29 36
2025-06-02	1	2nd	4 12 13 19 22 28
2025-06-01	4	3rd	5 8 12 14 22 24
2025-05-28	2	2nd	8 12 15 19 20 32
2025-05-26	6	1st	12 16 21 22 24 36
2025-05-20	1	3rd	5 6 12 19 26 29
2025-05-19	8	1st	12 20 21 28 32 33
2025-05-11	4	3rd	10 11 12 17 21 33
2025-05-07	3	2nd	3 12 13 29 30 36
2025-05-04	5	4th	1 4 5 12 28 34
2025-04-29	1	3rd	2 7 12 19 20 27
2025-04-28	5	2nd	11 12 17 19 20 25
2025-04-23	—	1st	12 13 22 27 28 36