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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

EuroMillions · every number · star deck

Star 12

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,050 draws, 2 from 1–12.

182times drawn · chance expected 175 +0.58σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

5.8average wait between appearances · chance says 6.0

31longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 182 times in 1,050 draws against 175.0 expected, +0.58σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 182 times in 1,050 draws · average wait 5.8 draws · longest completed wait 31 · waiting 6 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 smallest182 · chance 182.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 2 1 4 3 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 11 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 12. 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
2026-09-25	1	2nd	10 12
2026-09-22	4	2nd	10 12
2026-09-08	1	2nd	7 12
2026-09-04	4	2nd	4 12
2026-08-21	5	2nd	4 12
2026-08-04	6	2nd	1 12
2026-07-14	5	2nd	9 12
2026-06-26	6	2nd	11 12
2026-06-05	2	2nd	2 12
2026-05-29	1	2nd	2 12
2026-05-26	12	2nd	6 12
2026-04-14	10	2nd	5 12
2026-03-10	6	2nd	4 12
2026-02-17	12	2nd	5 12
2026-01-06	4	2nd	10 12
2025-12-23	5	2nd	11 12
2025-12-05	1	2nd	8 12
2025-12-02	4	2nd	6 12
2025-11-18	6	2nd	6 12
2025-10-28	1	2nd	2 12
2025-10-24	1	2nd	7 12
2025-10-21	9	2nd	6 12
2025-09-19	5	2nd	9 12
2025-09-02	11	2nd	1 12

The other 158 appearances

2025-07-25	14	2nd	11 12
2025-06-06	3	2nd	2 12
2025-05-27	1	2nd	4 12
2025-05-23	2	2nd	7 12
2025-05-16	6	2nd	6 12
2025-04-25	1	2nd	1 12
2025-04-22	2	2nd	9 12
2025-04-15	4	2nd	6 12
2025-04-01	3	2nd	4 12
2025-03-21	21	2nd	5 12
2025-01-07	2	2nd	4 12
2024-12-31	2	2nd	8 12
2024-12-24	8	2nd	11 12
2024-11-26	2	2nd	9 12
2024-11-19	6	2nd	7 12
2024-10-29	3	2nd	10 12
2024-10-18	6	2nd	1 12
2024-09-27	4	2nd	5 12
2024-09-13	7	2nd	4 12
2024-08-20	4	2nd	3 12
2024-08-06	1	2nd	2 12
2024-08-02	12	2nd	3 12
2024-06-21	1	2nd	3 12
2024-06-18	11	2nd	1 12
2024-05-10	17	2nd	4 12
2024-03-12	5	2nd	4 12
2024-02-23	4	2nd	1 12
2024-02-09	4	2nd	9 12
2024-01-26	1	2nd	9 12
2024-01-23	1	2nd	3 12
2024-01-19	1	2nd	7 12
2024-01-16	1	2nd	8 12
2024-01-12	3	2nd	9 12
2024-01-02	3	2nd	10 12
2023-12-22	1	2nd	4 12
2023-12-19	2	2nd	2 12
2023-12-12	3	2nd	9 12
2023-12-01	6	2nd	9 12
2023-11-10	19	2nd	2 12
2023-09-05	5	2nd	10 12
2023-08-18	7	2nd	9 12
2023-07-25	13	2nd	6 12
2023-06-09	13	2nd	11 12
2023-04-25	5	2nd	1 12
2023-04-07	7	2nd	6 12
2023-03-14	13	2nd	11 12
2023-01-27	6	2nd	10 12
2023-01-06	9	2nd	4 12
2022-12-06	2	2nd	8 12
2022-11-29	4	2nd	8 12
2022-11-15	11	2nd	1 12
2022-10-07	1	2nd	1 12
2022-10-04	1	2nd	3 12
2022-09-30	3	2nd	3 12
2022-09-20	5	2nd	3 12
2022-09-02	2	2nd	3 12
2022-08-26	11	2nd	11 12
2022-07-19	5	2nd	2 12
2022-07-01	2	2nd	3 12
2022-06-24	4	2nd	8 12
2022-06-10	22	2nd	9 12
2022-03-25	2	2nd	5 12
2022-03-18	4	2nd	6 12
2022-03-04	5	2nd	10 12
2022-02-15	7	2nd	2 12
2022-01-21	2	2nd	7 12
2022-01-14	1	2nd	9 12
2022-01-11	4	2nd	9 12
2021-12-28	19	2nd	9 12
2021-10-22	6	2nd	2 12
2021-10-01	2	2nd	6 12
2021-09-24	8	2nd	10 12
2021-08-27	4	2nd	8 12
2021-08-13	2	2nd	8 12
2021-08-06	3	2nd	4 12
2021-07-27	9	2nd	10 12
2021-06-25	8	2nd	3 12
2021-05-28	3	2nd	1 12
2021-05-18	20	2nd	4 12
2021-03-09	5	2nd	11 12
2021-02-19	2	2nd	7 12
2021-02-12	3	2nd	8 12
2021-02-02	15	2nd	9 12
2020-12-11	1	2nd	3 12
2020-12-08	2	2nd	2 12
2020-12-01	2	2nd	4 12
2020-11-24	4	2nd	8 12
2020-11-10	4	2nd	5 12
2020-10-27	1	2nd	3 12
2020-10-23	7	2nd	3 12
2020-09-29	5	2nd	11 12
2020-09-11	1	2nd	9 12
2020-09-08	6	2nd	9 12
2020-08-18	1	2nd	5 12
2020-08-14	6	2nd	4 12
2020-07-24	31	2nd	4 12
2020-04-07	5	2nd	7 12
2020-03-20	1	2nd	6 12
2020-03-17	2	2nd	2 12
2020-03-10	19	2nd	5 12
2020-01-03	9	2nd	8 12
2019-12-03	8	2nd	4 12
2019-11-05	5	2nd	2 12
2019-10-18	3	2nd	11 12
2019-10-08	6	2nd	3 12
2019-09-17	12	2nd	1 12
2019-08-06	10	2nd	4 12
2019-07-02	6	2nd	8 12
2019-06-11	6	2nd	11 12
2019-05-21	18	2nd	8 12
2019-03-19	1	2nd	7 12
2019-03-15	4	2nd	9 12
2019-03-01	18	2nd	11 12
2018-12-28	4	2nd	10 12
2018-12-14	4	2nd	2 12
2018-11-30	3	2nd	1 12
2018-11-20	1	2nd	7 12
2018-11-16	2	2nd	1 12
2018-11-09	3	2nd	11 12
2018-10-30	2	2nd	1 12
2018-10-23	1	2nd	2 12
2018-10-19	9	2nd	3 12
2018-09-18	6	2nd	4 12
2018-08-28	1	2nd	8 12
2018-08-24	1	2nd	1 12
2018-08-21	1	2nd	10 12
2018-08-17	4	2nd	8 12
2018-08-03	6	2nd	6 12
2018-07-13	4	2nd	2 12
2018-06-29	4	2nd	3 12
2018-06-15	7	2nd	1 12
2018-05-22	2	2nd	8 12
2018-05-15	3	2nd	2 12
2018-05-04	2	2nd	9 12
2018-04-27	5	2nd	5 12
2018-04-10	8	2nd	11 12
2018-03-13	1	2nd	6 12
2018-03-09	2	2nd	1 12
2018-03-02	7	2nd	1 12
2018-02-06	6	2nd	6 12
2018-01-16	5	2nd	3 12
2017-12-29	8	2nd	1 12
2017-12-01	4	2nd	11 12
2017-11-17	3	2nd	5 12
2017-11-07	12	2nd	2 12
2017-09-26	3	2nd	6 12
2017-09-15	6	2nd	9 12
2017-08-25	4	2nd	9 12
2017-08-11	16	2nd	5 12
2017-06-16	13	2nd	9 12
2017-05-02	4	2nd	11 12
2017-04-18	5	2nd	5 12
2017-03-31	8	2nd	4 12
2017-03-03	1	2nd	1 12
2017-02-28	18	2nd	2 12
2016-12-27	7	2nd	7 12
2016-12-02	19	2nd	2 12
2016-09-27	—	2nd	2 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 2/12 tonight whatever it did last week.