Number 13

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

109times drawn · chance expected 105 +0.43σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

51longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 109 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, +0.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 109 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 5 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 smallest39 · chance 34.0
2nd smallest37 · chance 48.0
3rd smallest29 · chance 22.6
4th smallest4 · chance 4.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 10 11 24 35 42

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-09-22	4	1st	13 14 16 44 50
2026-09-08	40	1st	13 17 33 35 39
2026-04-21	3	1st	13 16 29 40 47
2026-04-10	8	2nd	10 13 14

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-22	18	2nd	3 13 27 30 46
2024-08-20	13	3rd	7 10 13 18 26
2024-07-05	6	2nd	11 13 29 31 47
2024-06-14	7	2nd	2 13 16 24 32
2024-05-21	3	2nd	11 13 14 34 48
2024-05-10	3	1st	13 28 29 44 48
2024-04-30	7	1st	13 22 24 33 47
2024-04-05	3	1st	13 18 26 35 37
2024-03-26	4	2nd	2 13 14 26 29
2024-03-12	7	1st	13 19 30 38 46
2024-02-16	1	2nd	8 13 14 24 26
2024-02-13	3	1st	13 17 18 20 46
2024-02-02	14	1st	13 20 23 27 42
2023-12-15	9	2nd	2 13 37 38 48
2023-11-14	13	1st	13 16 36 44 50
2023-09-29	14	3rd	9 11 13 21 32
2023-08-11	19	4th	4 6 10 13 34
2023-06-06	7	1st	13 21 32 39 50
2023-05-12	1	3rd	9 10 13 39 44
2023-05-09	3	1st	13 17 21 28 46
2023-04-28	15	2nd	11 13 16 23 34
2023-03-07	7	2nd	11 13 24 35 50
2023-02-10	6	2nd	3 13 25 36 47
2023-01-20	2	3rd	3 6 13 40 42
2023-01-13	1	2nd	4 13 25 33 37
2023-01-10	15	2nd	11 13 34 40 42
2022-11-18	1	1st	13 16 19 35 41
2022-11-15	8	1st	13 21 24 31 33
2022-10-18	13	3rd	3 5 13 42 48
2022-09-02	4	3rd	7 12 13 20 45
2022-08-19	23	3rd	2 9 13 19 38
2022-05-31	2	3rd	3 10 13 42 49
2022-05-24	14	2nd	10 13 27 36 37
2022-04-05	11	3rd	1 11 13 24 49
2022-02-25	4	2nd	10 13 24 30 42
2022-02-11	35	1st	13 18 38 42 45
2021-10-12	2	2nd	6 13 22 45 49
2021-10-05	9	2nd	11 13 14 36 45
2021-09-03	1	3rd	5 7 13 29 35
2021-08-31	27	2nd	5 13 17 32 43
2021-05-28	2	2nd	11 13 16 34 40
2021-05-21	1	3rd	2 9 13 15 35
2021-05-18	4	2nd	5 13 38 39 40
2021-05-04	2	3rd	3 10 13 28 46
2021-04-27	37	1st	13 14 24 35 49
2020-12-18	1	3rd	2 3 13 17 21
2020-12-15	1	2nd	9 13 21 29 35
2020-12-11	13	3rd	6 9 13 24 41
2020-10-27	22	1st	13 15 28 32 44
2020-08-11	4	2nd	8 13 14 42 50
2020-07-28	51	2nd	9 13 15 17 34
2020-01-31	11	1st	13 18 20 23 30
2019-12-24	11	3rd	3 11 13 14 47
2019-11-15	20	2nd	3 13 20 32 34
2019-09-06	7	2nd	10 13 22 40 48
2019-08-13	2	1st	13 29 31 33 40
2019-08-06	1	2nd	12 13 29 36 38
2019-08-02	4	1st	13 22 33 44 50
2019-07-19	1	1st	13 14 17 26 28
2019-07-16	9	3rd	3 5 13 18 39
2019-06-14	22	2nd	1 13 30 31 39
2019-03-29	5	1st	13 23 26 32 47
2019-03-12	9	3rd	5 7 13 19 31
2019-02-08	4	3rd	11 12 13 39 46
2019-01-25	8	3rd	1 6 13 15 16
2018-12-28	5	1st	13 16 34 35 45
2018-12-11	7	3rd	4 7 13 23 42
2018-11-16	1	3rd	9 10 13 28 41
2018-11-13	49	4th	2 7 10 13 42
2018-05-25	2	1st	13 15 16 28 41
2018-05-18	19	4th	5 8 10 13 31
2018-03-13	8	3rd	9 11 13 33 49
2018-02-13	9	2nd	10 13 17 21 44
2018-01-12	18	1st	13 21 23 30 45
2017-11-10	5	1st	13 22 29 36 37
2017-10-24	2	3rd	9 11 13 27 33
2017-10-17	9	1st	13 17 19 26 36
2017-09-15	42	1st	13 18 37 44 49
2017-04-21	7	2nd	2 13 16 22 49
2017-03-28	9	2nd	9 13 31 33 46
2017-02-24	1	3rd	2 4 13 22 43
2017-02-21	18	1st	13 19 41 45 49
2016-12-20	19	1st	13 15 17 21 27
2016-10-14	5	2nd	7 13 19 31 34
2016-09-27	—	3rd	6 9 13 39 41