Number 12

In La Primitiva under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2013 rules — 1,643 draws, 6 from 1–49.

231times drawn · chance expected 201 +2.24σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

53longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 231 times in 1,643 draws against 201.2 expected, +2.24σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 29 times, counted separately.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 231 times in 1,643 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 53 · waiting 16 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 smallest62 · chance 58.8
2nd smallest94 · chance 98.0
3rd smallest62 · chance 57.7
4th smallest13 · chance 14.8
5th smallest0 · chance 1.6
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 40 22 43 14 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 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
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
2026-09-05	11	2nd	3 12 19 31 45 47
2026-08-10	1	1st	12 17 23 34 40 46
2026-08-08	5	1st	12 21 25 26 43 49
2026-07-27	7	1st	12

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-12-04	4	4th	1 2 8 12 40 47
2025-11-24	1	1st	12 19 22 26 29 38
2025-11-22	2	2nd	9 12 15 22 34 48
2025-11-17	18	3rd	2 8 12 13 45 46
2025-10-06	1	2nd	10 12 14 19 30 44
2025-10-04	12	2nd	10 12 25 39 41 46
2025-09-06	4	2nd	9 12 19 22 29 40
2025-08-28	6	3rd	2 11 12 19 38 45
2025-08-14	12	3rd	7 11 12 16 36 43
2025-07-17	11	1st	12 16 30 32 41 47
2025-06-21	2	1st	12 25 43 44 45 49
2025-06-16	33	1st	12 16 23 25 33 39
2025-03-31	1	2nd	6 12 21 26 27 34
2025-03-29	18	2nd	2 12 18 19 24 30
2025-02-15	3	2nd	2 12 21 29 37 44
2025-02-08	6	2nd	7 12 18 24 25 26
2025-01-25	1	2nd	2 12 15 22 31 47
2025-01-23	2	2nd	2 12 15 19 26 41
2025-01-18	3	1st	12 13 21 28 41 42
2025-01-11	7	2nd	10 12 16 29 45 49
2024-12-26	1	2nd	5 12 24 27 38 46
2024-12-23	5	4th	1 4 10 12 25 49
2024-12-12	5	2nd	6 12 13 14 15 40
2024-11-30	13	1st	12 22 32 35 44 49
2024-10-31	1	1st	12 14 26 32 39 41
2024-10-28	16	2nd	8 12 14 29 31 33
2024-09-21	1	2nd	5 12 13 38 39 47
2024-09-19	5	2nd	4 12 23 38 44 46
2024-09-07	1	3rd	1 10 12 23 33 41
2024-09-05	4	3rd	5 9 12 16 22 39
2024-08-26	6	2nd	7 12 26 30 34 42
2024-08-12	6	2nd	3 12 17 38 39 40
2024-07-29	5	1st	12 20 22 27 36 42
2024-07-18	4	3rd	2 7 12 14 25 35
2024-07-08	6	3rd	4 5 12 21 39 48
2024-06-24	3	2nd	6 12 22 34 36 44
2024-06-17	3	3rd	2 8 12 16 22 43
2024-06-10	4	3rd	2 5 12 19 28 43
2024-06-01	18	2nd	8 12 19 20 24 35
2024-04-20	18	2nd	10 12 28 40 43 44
2024-03-09	9	3rd	2 9 12 15 17 33
2024-02-17	11	2nd	2 12 16 20 32 33
2024-01-22	2	1st	12 21 26 28 43 44
2024-01-18	3	1st	12 17 19 20 43 44
2024-01-11	7	2nd	7 12 15 22 35 48
2023-12-25	4	1st	12 13 22 31 33 44
2023-12-16	6	1st	12 14 18 19 36 40
2023-12-02	3	1st	12 17 20 33 35 49
2023-11-25	5	3rd	1 5 12 14 40 41
2023-11-13	8	2nd	5 12 15 36 41 43
2023-10-26	11	1st	12 13 21 32 38 46
2023-09-30	6	4th	5 6 11 12 14 41
2023-09-16	7	3rd	5 10 12 13 32 33
2023-08-31	5	1st	12 17 28 32 41 45
2023-08-19	1	3rd	2 3 12 26 31 42
2023-08-17	2	4th	2 8 11 12 16 18
2023-08-12	4	1st	12 13 15 28 40 42
2023-08-03	19	3rd	3 8 12 13 29 31
2023-06-19	1	2nd	1 12 20 28 29 35
2023-06-17	32	1st	12 28 37 38 40 49
2023-04-03	2	2nd	5 12 15 24 28 29
2023-03-30	3	3rd	3 9 12 14 26 45
2023-03-23	20	2nd	1 12 22 25 36 49
2023-02-04	8	2nd	6 12 29 33 34 36
2023-01-16	10	1st	12 25 26 30 35 47
2022-12-24	3	1st	12 17 19 27 29 32
2022-12-17	12	1st	12 18 35 39 43 48
2022-11-19	11	3rd	6 11 12 15 22 32
2022-10-24	14	2nd	2 12 14 33 43 45
2022-09-22	1	2nd	11 12 14 42 44 47
2022-09-19	2	1st	12 32 35 37 39 43
2022-09-15	13	2nd	5 12 24 30 46 47
2022-08-15	17	2nd	3 12 23 40 41 43
2022-07-07	2	4th	1 6 11 12 16 26
2022-06-30	1	1st	12 21 23 30 40 49
2022-06-25	16	3rd	2 4 12 21 40 45
2022-04-30	10	2nd	2 12 32 46 48 49
2022-03-26	4	2nd	1 12 13 14 15 42
2022-03-12	2	2nd	2 12 14 22 30 41
2022-03-05	15	2nd	10 12 14 19 23 46
2022-01-13	1	1st	12 16 17 18 40 45
2022-01-08	3	3rd	1 11 12 21 29 36
2021-12-30	12	1st	12 24 32 36 37 43
2021-11-18	7	1st	12 15 22 27 28 43
2021-10-23	9	3rd	1 3 12 15 29 47
2021-09-23	3	1st	12 20 23 27 29 42
2021-09-11	13	3rd	3 7 12 22 24 39
2021-07-29	2	1st	12 24 32 33 36 45
2021-07-22	8	3rd	6 7 12 27 28 41
2021-06-24	8	3rd	1 9 12 26 28 34
2021-05-27	13	1st	12 14 37 39 41 47
2021-04-10	8	3rd	6 8 12 30 40 41
2021-03-13	17	2nd	1 12 27 32 40 48
2021-01-14	10	2nd	10 12 14 39 41 45
2020-12-10	6	2nd	9 12 13 18 22 36
2020-11-19	13	3rd	3 6 12 30 44 46
2020-10-03	8	2nd	5 12 13 27 42 48
2020-09-05	4	2nd	7 12 14 21 34 38
2020-08-22	4	2nd	10 12 14 31 33 40
2020-08-08	10	3rd	3 9 12 14 15 46
2020-07-04	9	3rd	4 7 12 15 36 41
2020-06-04	11	2nd	9 12 16 21 22 23
2020-02-22	3	2nd	7 12 25 31 37 44
2020-02-13	7	2nd	4 12 20 36 40 45
2020-01-18	1	2nd	7 12 17 23 33 37
2020-01-16	20	2nd	1 12 17 18 30 46
2019-11-07	19	2nd	10 12 23 26 41 46
2019-08-31	15	3rd	8 11 12 27 41 44
2019-07-11	5	1st	12 13 26 30 39 46
2019-06-22	2	4th	1 2 3 12 18 27
2019-06-15	1	1st	12 15 18 21 32 43
2019-06-13	53	1st	12 15 21 30 44 47
2018-12-08	2	3rd	8 9 12 19 24 41
2018-12-01	11	2nd	2 12 19 39 44 45
2018-10-25	1	2nd	7 12 13 19 31 42
2018-10-20	17	2nd	3 12 19 20 24 39
2018-08-23	4	3rd	2 9 12 40 45 48
2018-08-09	3	2nd	4 12 15 17 37 46
2018-07-28	4	3rd	2 10 12 20 43 46
2018-07-14	7	2nd	2 12 16 18 27 40
2018-06-21	5	2nd	1 12 34 38 46 48
2018-06-02	15	3rd	7 10 12 32 38 41
2018-04-12	10	2nd	7 12 18 34 35 41
2018-03-08	3	3rd	2 9 12 15 26 31
2018-02-24	4	3rd	4 5 12 27 43 45
2018-02-10	1	3rd	7 10 12 19 22 45
2018-02-08	6	1st	12 18 19 24 32 42
2018-01-18	17	2nd	11 12 22 28 37 49
2017-11-18	3	3rd	3 7 12 29 31 44
2017-11-09	2	4th	1 9 10 12 27 49
2017-11-02	8	1st	12 19 34 45 47 48
2017-10-05	12	2nd	5 12 23 26 33 48
2017-08-24	12	3rd	7 10 12 35 38 40
2017-07-13	3	4th	1 6 8 12 27 40
2017-07-01	8	1st	12 22 26 27 30 31
2017-06-03	10	2nd	9 12 13 22 23 43
2017-04-29	19	2nd	3 12 22 24 35 46
2017-02-23	13	2nd	11 12 17 27 42 48
2017-01-07	1	1st	12 28 32 33 36 49
2017-01-05	8	3rd	3 9 12 23 27 49
2016-12-08	10	2nd	7 12 13 21 44 46
2016-11-03	3	1st	12 21 29 30 44 46
2016-10-22	22	1st	12 13 15 31 32 43
2016-08-06	1	1st	12 17 30 39 43 47
2016-08-04	3	3rd	5 8 12 14 21 28
2016-07-23	2	3rd	6 11 12 25 36 46
2016-07-16	18	1st	12 16 28 32 43 45
2016-05-14	8	3rd	5 10 12 22 34 35
2016-04-16	5	3rd	2 3 12 16 32 40
2016-03-31	2	4th	1 8 10 12 26 27
2016-03-24	1	2nd	1 12 13 23 40 43
2016-03-19	1	2nd	1 12 21 35 44 45
2016-03-17	1	3rd	8 11 12 18 36 44
2016-03-12	9	1st	12 17 23 27 37 40
2016-02-11	7	2nd	2 12 18 34 37 46
2016-01-16	2	1st	12 17 19 27 32 48
2016-01-09	4	3rd	4 10 12 14 17 47
2015-12-26	7	1st	12 15 20 41 43 47
2015-12-03	16	1st	12 20 23 24 44 48
2015-10-08	5	1st	12 14 21 30 37 40
2015-09-19	9	3rd	2 3 12 16 29 37
2015-08-20	1	3rd	3 10 12 23 35 39
2015-08-15	6	1st	12 19 24 39 40 42
2015-07-25	1	3rd	4 6 12 16 25 43
2015-07-23	3	1st	12 20 28 36 39 45
2015-07-11	17	1st	12 20 22 23 30 44
2015-05-14	23	3rd	3 8 12 22 29 49
2015-02-21	2	2nd	9 12 14 24 37 40
2015-02-14	2	3rd	1 4 12 33 44 47
2015-02-07	3	1st	12 21 28 30 38 42
2015-01-29	4	3rd	6 11 12 25 31 43
2015-01-15	7	2nd	4 12 13 24 35 43
2014-12-20	25	1st	12 20 22 26 34 40
2014-09-25	3	2nd	8 12 18 37 47 49
2014-09-13	2	2nd	3 12 13 18 38 44
2014-09-06	2	2nd	2 12 22 31 33 44
2014-08-30	12	2nd	9 12 19 24 32 40
2014-07-19	2	2nd	3 12 21 37 42 47
2014-07-12	7	3rd	9 11 12 20 27 43
2014-06-19	5	4th	2 8 9 12 44 47
2014-05-31	1	2nd	4 12 14 30 42 43
2014-05-29	10	3rd	3 5 12 34 46 49
2014-04-24	4	2nd	3 12 19 26 42 48
2014-04-10	5	3rd	5 6 12 17 24 32
2014-03-22	1	2nd	7 12 18 27 32 34
2014-03-20	2	3rd	4 7 12 14 15 49
2014-03-13	2	2nd	3 12 22 23 25 43
2014-03-06	14	2nd	2 12 27 33 38 41
2014-01-16	6	3rd	7 9 12 13 29 48
2013-12-26	3	1st	12 25 31 32 36 49
2013-12-14	2	1st	12 16 23 27 28 41
2013-12-07	3	1st	12 15 16 19 20 39
2013-11-28	1	1st	12 15 28 37 42 49
2013-11-23	8	2nd	7 12 15 23 39 46
2013-10-26	6	3rd	8 9 12 20 34 41
2013-10-05	11	3rd	6 7 12 23 37 49
2013-08-29	5	2nd	6 12 33 35 38 45
2013-08-10	11	2nd	4 12 21 29 35 38
2013-07-04	9	2nd	4 12 14 16 39 41
2013-06-01	5	3rd	6 7 12 18 26 42
2013-05-16	2	1st	12 18 24 28 38 48
2013-05-09	1	1st	12 15 16 44 45 46
2013-05-04	6	3rd	2 10 12 21 37 40
2013-04-13	8	2nd	9 12 14 16 38 46
2013-03-16	4	3rd	1 7 12 13 15 17
2013-03-02	7	4th	4 6 7 12 18 39
2013-02-07	—	3rd	2 6 12 24 44 47