Number 12

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

166times drawn · chance expected 165 +0.10σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 23% for any number

2.6average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

15longest completed wait · 17% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 166 times in 429 draws against 165.0 expected, +0.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 166 times in 429 draws · average wait 2.6 draws · longest completed wait 15 · waiting 4 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 smallest9 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest12 · chance 0.0
4th smallest46 · chance 55.3
5th smallest99 · chance 110.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 55.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 1 9 2 4 5

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
2026-10-07	2	5th	2 6 8 11 12
2026-10-05	0	2nd	9 12
2026-10-05	0	2nd	9 12
2026-10-05	0	2nd	9 12
2026-10-05	2	2nd	9 12
2026-10-03	5	5th	4

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.

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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

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 smallest9 · chance 0.0

3rd smallest12 · chance 0.0

4th smallest46 · chance 55.3

5th smallest99 · chance 110.7

How many people play it

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22

Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10

Date

Wait

Position

The draw

2026-10-07

5th

2 6 8 11 12

2026-10-05

2nd

9 12

2026-10-05

2nd

9 12

2026-10-05

2nd

9 12

2026-10-05

2nd

9 12

2026-10-03

5th

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