Number 13

In El Gordo de la Primitiva under the 5/54 + 1/9 · since Jan 2010 rules — 866 draws, 5 from 1–54.

83times drawn · chance expected 80 +0.33σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 28% for any number

10.1average wait between appearances · chance says 10.8

53longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 83 times in 866 draws against 80.2 expected, +0.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 83 times in 866 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 14 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 smallest28 · chance 28.7
2nd smallest35 · chance 36.3
3rd smallest18 · chance 15.3
4th smallest2 · chance 2.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 11 24 52 53 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet 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 54. 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
2026-07-05	2	2nd	6 13 27 30 32
2026-06-21	12	1st	13 17 23 37 44
2026-03-29	2	2nd	9 13 34 35 47
2026-03-15	2	2nd	11 13

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 5/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-05-29	16	2nd	5 13 27 37 41
2022-02-06	1	1st	13 18 47 50 51
2022-01-30	5	1st	13 28 32 39 47
2021-12-26	4	1st	13 35 41 48 53
2021-11-28	5	1st	13 16 27 32 34
2021-10-24	11	2nd	2 13 38 51 53
2021-08-08	10	1st	13 33 35 39 52
2021-05-30	33	2nd	6 13 19 28 51
2020-10-11	1	1st	13 17 23 25 50
2020-10-04	6	3rd	3 6 13 23 37
2020-08-23	8	2nd	9 13 22 29 51
2020-06-28	16	2nd	2 13 39 41 46
2019-12-29	2	1st	13 16 21 30 35
2019-12-15	3	2nd	5 13 15 27 38
2019-11-24	14	1st	13 24 40 48 54
2019-08-18	7	2nd	7 13 22 27 34
2019-06-30	3	2nd	11 13 26 28 43
2019-06-09	22	3rd	2 7 13 27 31
2019-01-06	3	3rd	7 12 13 15 37
2018-12-16	15	2nd	11 13 26 28 48
2018-09-02	6	1st	13 15 24 27 42
2018-07-22	12	2nd	8 13 28 49 52
2018-04-29	1	1st	13 21 40 42 52
2018-04-22	5	2nd	11 13 24 26 41
2018-03-18	23	4th	3 4 5 13 20
2017-10-08	9	2nd	10 13 23 37 54
2017-08-06	7	2nd	4 13 22 52 53
2017-06-18	1	2nd	5 13 31 42 52
2017-06-11	2	3rd	2 3 13 29 43
2017-05-28	2	3rd	1 11 13 50 53
2017-05-14	14	1st	13 23 24 25 45
2017-02-05	20	4th	7 9 10 13 37
2016-09-18	3	2nd	8 13 28 37 44
2016-08-28	4	3rd	2 11 13 26 42
2016-07-31	7	3rd	6 10 13 20 46
2016-06-12	12	3rd	3 4 13 23 27
2016-03-20	10	2nd	12 13 16 37 53
2016-01-10	13	1st	13 21 28 43 51
2015-10-11	7	2nd	3 13 14 19 30
2015-08-23	6	2nd	10 13 21 38 42
2015-07-12	1	2nd	3 13 23 31 39
2015-07-05	18	2nd	2 13 15 17 43
2015-03-01	14	1st	13 17 27 44 49
2014-11-23	10	1st	13 17 25 36 50
2014-09-14	15	3rd	9 10 13 24 36
2014-06-01	28	1st	13 15 34 44 54
2013-11-17	24	1st	13 15 34 36 50
2013-06-02	53	2nd	10 13 19 35 36
2012-05-27	10	3rd	1 4 13 42 54
2012-03-18	15	2nd	1 13 26 29 54
2011-12-04	6	1st	13 16 32 35 39
2011-10-23	1	3rd	6 11 13 15 53
2011-10-16	7	1st	13 17 22 33 48
2011-08-28	19	1st	13 26 31 33 46
2011-04-17	13	2nd	4 13 18 24 54
2011-01-16	21	3rd	1 6 13 40 45
2010-08-22	5	2nd	9 13 17 22 36
2010-07-18	7	3rd	6 8 13 29 52
2010-05-30	—	3rd	4 10 13 32 36