Number 12

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

108times drawn · chance expected 105 +0.33σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

43longest completed wait · 72% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 108 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, +0.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 108 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 3 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 smallest35 · chance 37.6
2nd smallest50 · chance 47.3
3rd smallest22 · chance 19.7
4th smallest1 · chance 3.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 2 38 44 48 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-09-29	1	3rd	4 7 12 31 44
2026-09-25	6	2nd	11 12 15 38 49
2026-09-04	14	2nd	11 12 19 27 46
2026-07-17	4	1st	12 21 23

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-03-08	3	3rd	8 11 12 16 44
2024-02-27	14	4th	3 4 9 12 20
2024-01-09	12	3rd	2 9 12 39 40
2023-11-28	21	1st	12 16 27 33 44
2023-09-15	17	1st	12 14 21 45 48
2023-07-18	3	2nd	4 12 34 35 45
2023-07-07	10	3rd	2 11 12 19 38
2023-06-02	20	2nd	3 12 15 25 43
2023-03-24	7	2nd	5 12 25 36 46
2023-02-28	8	1st	12 29 33 37 47
2023-01-31	14	2nd	7 12 19 33 43
2022-12-13	2	3rd	3 9 12 26 30
2022-12-06	1	1st	12 20 25 26 27
2022-12-02	23	1st	12 21 35 39 45
2022-09-13	3	2nd	9 12 15 40 47
2022-09-02	26	2nd	7 12 13 20 45
2022-06-03	13	1st	12 28 29 34 48
2022-04-19	10	2nd	2 12 17 28 46
2022-03-15	1	3rd	1 2 12 19 26
2022-03-11	1	1st	12 19 22 23 48
2022-03-08	14	1st	12 18 21 25 31
2022-01-18	8	2nd	3 12 19 24 30
2021-12-21	13	1st	12 17 21 34 38
2021-11-05	3	2nd	2 12 25 30 41
2021-10-26	1	1st	12 15 20 42 44
2021-10-22	7	1st	12 17 22 33 39
2021-09-28	1	3rd	6 7 12 33 39
2021-09-24	3	2nd	2 12 20 27 41
2021-09-14	8	1st	12 18 35 38 45
2021-08-17	1	1st	12 31 41 42 47
2021-08-13	7	2nd	6 12 44 47 49
2021-07-20	6	2nd	3 12 19 41 48
2021-06-29	27	2nd	6 12 20 24 48
2021-03-26	8	2nd	10 12 37 49 50
2021-02-26	2	2nd	6 12 22 29 33
2021-02-19	4	2nd	4 12 25 46 48
2021-02-05	9	1st	12 19 37 44 45
2021-01-05	17	1st	12 34 37 38 42
2020-11-06	2	2nd	7 12 37 40 50
2020-10-30	8	1st	12 16 20 21 28
2020-10-02	10	2nd	6 12 15 40 45
2020-08-28	3	2nd	7 12 16 17 31
2020-08-18	12	2nd	6 12 17 34 42
2020-07-07	3	1st	12 16 23 33 41
2020-06-26	1	3rd	1 10 12 21 26
2020-06-23	6	2nd	2 12 19 46 49
2020-06-02	18	2nd	10 12 22 26 49
2020-03-31	2	1st	12 17 24 30 36
2020-03-24	22	2nd	7 12 26 30 33
2020-01-07	6	3rd	5 8 12 37 43
2019-12-17	5	3rd	1 7 12 25 49
2019-11-29	22	3rd	3 7 12 42 50
2019-09-13	11	2nd	1 12 27 42 47
2019-08-06	14	1st	12 13 29 36 38
2019-06-18	14	1st	12 24 37 40 44
2019-04-30	10	2nd	5 12 20 26 48
2019-03-26	13	1st	12 19 23 43 47
2019-02-08	14	2nd	11 12 13 39 46
2018-12-21	2	2nd	2 12 15 34 50
2018-12-14	4	1st	12 29 38 42 44
2018-11-30	14	3rd	3 10 12 23 26
2018-10-12	1	3rd	4 9 12 31 43
2018-10-09	28	2nd	3 12 36 44 45
2018-07-03	17	2nd	1 12 15 29 48
2018-05-04	2	2nd	6 12 23 39 45
2018-04-27	8	1st	12 24 40 41 46
2018-03-30	12	1st	12 17 28 35 47
2018-02-16	11	2nd	10 12 23 32 50
2018-01-09	12	2nd	6 12 15 38 49
2017-11-28	7	3rd	1 6 12 18 42
2017-11-03	1	2nd	5 12 17 33 41
2017-10-31	18	2nd	1 12 36 43 46
2017-08-29	2	2nd	4 12 15 32 38
2017-08-22	8	3rd	3 10 12 17 27
2017-07-25	12	1st	12 14 43 44 48
2017-06-13	4	2nd	3 12 22 27 49
2017-05-30	3	2nd	7 12 27 38 48
2017-05-19	3	3rd	9 11 12 19 30
2017-05-09	43	2nd	8 12 16 22 26
2016-12-09	6	2nd	6 12 28 37 40
2016-11-18	4	2nd	3 12 27 32 47
2016-11-04	7	3rd	7 11 12 44 48
2016-10-11	1	2nd	5 12 20 24 37
2016-10-07	—	2nd	2 12 20 27 30