Number 13

In Western 49 under the 6/49 · since May 2025 rules — 145 draws, 6 from 1–49.

15times drawn · chance expected 18 −0.70σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 16% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

21longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 15 times in 145 draws against 17.8 expected, −0.70σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 15 times in 145 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 21 · waiting 15 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 smallest2 · chance 3.3
2nd smallest8 · 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.

10 34 46 11 19 20

Never drawn alongside 13 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
2026-08-19	1	3rd	6 11 13 22 33 40
2026-08-15	13	2nd	10 13 19 21 22 38
2026-07-01	2	2nd	10 13 19 28 40 47
2026-06-24	18	4th

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.