Number 12

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

120times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.41σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 28% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

45longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 120 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.41σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 27 times, counted separately.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 120 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 13 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 smallest45 · chance 40.2
2nd smallest45 · chance 51.4
3rd smallest23 · chance 23.4
4th smallest6 · chance 4.7
5th smallest1 · chance 0.4
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 58 15 31 35 39

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-07-22	8	3rd	3 9 12 23 32 53
2026-06-24	3	3rd	7 8 12 23 28 43
2026-06-13	1	1st	12 15 31 32 48 58
2026-06-10	8	2nd	1 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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-14	2	3rd	1 11 12 17 19 54
2024-12-07	1	2nd	9 12 14 26 35 42
2024-12-04	5	1st	12 19 25 35 37 39
2024-11-16	1	1st	12 16 31 38 58 59
2024-11-13	3	2nd	11 12 28 29 41 54
2024-11-02	8	2nd	11 12 16 19 35 50
2024-10-05	19	2nd	8 12 13 20 44 49
2024-07-31	23	1st	12 16 21 33 52 58
2024-05-11	10	1st	12 13 14 34 50 51
2024-04-06	11	2nd	10 12 14 17 20 29
2024-02-28	21	1st	12 21 39 44 45 50
2023-12-16	10	2nd	4 12 23 30 50 56
2023-11-11	1	1st	12 26 28 34 41 42
2023-11-08	13	3rd	1 7 12 17 46 53
2023-09-23	5	1st	12 34 37 41 55 58
2023-09-06	3	2nd	3 12 22 38 53 54
2023-08-26	9	1st	12 13 41 42 45 50
2023-07-26	2	2nd	10 12 19 27 29 50
2023-07-19	5	1st	12 30 34 39 41 47
2023-07-01	7	2nd	1 12 20 22 24 35
2023-06-07	10	3rd	3 4 12 35 55 56
2023-05-03	1	1st	12 28 33 37 42 49
2023-04-29	5	1st	12 31 35 41 44 56
2023-04-12	1	1st	12 16 29 39 45 51
2023-04-08	7	2nd	4 12 19 20 24 42
2023-03-15	45	2nd	2 12 24 37 39 43
2022-10-08	23	3rd	6 8 12 26 32 46
2022-07-20	1	1st	12 14 17 32 33 36
2022-07-16	1	2nd	2 12 19 32 54 58
2022-07-13	1	1st	12 13 19 39 42 59
2022-07-09	14	2nd	6 12 15 24 40 48
2022-05-21	2	1st	12 25 37 48 51 57
2022-05-14	13	1st	12 15 21 24 39 50
2022-03-30	14	2nd	11 12 14 17 44 58
2022-02-09	3	1st	12 16 17 43 53 57
2022-01-29	12	2nd	4 12 35 41 47 50
2021-12-18	3	1st	12 23 27 45 51 54
2021-12-08	16	1st	12 30 31 34 52 58
2021-10-13	21	3rd	4 8 12 15 38 56
2021-07-31	5	2nd	11 12 13 19 43 58
2021-07-14	3	1st	12 27 29 35 36 41
2021-07-03	1	2nd	1 12 27 29 31 47
2021-06-30	3	1st	12 27 34 38 40 41
2021-06-19	12	1st	12 18 21 38 44 54
2021-05-08	7	2nd	10 12 23 31 37 46
2021-04-14	2	2nd	6 12 20 48 52 57
2021-04-07	5	1st	12 38 40 51 57 58
2021-03-20	19	1st	12 15 24 34 36 51
2021-01-13	24	3rd	1 8 12 16 18 42
2020-10-21	2	2nd	9 12 27 28 29 44
2020-10-14	2	2nd	9 12 28 31 46 50
2020-10-07	33	1st	12 18 37 52 56 58
2020-06-13	2	2nd	10 12 19 21 35 51
2020-06-06	22	3rd	3 6 12 17 35 40
2020-03-21	24	1st	12 26 29 34 56 58
2019-12-28	2	3rd	1 2 12 23 41 55
2019-12-21	22	1st	12 27 33 36 42 45
2019-10-05	34	3rd	4 8 12 13 32 34
2019-06-08	11	1st	12 13 22 37 42 55
2019-05-01	16	2nd	10 12 23 29 35 57
2019-03-06	14	2nd	2 12 15 43 46 53
2019-01-16	8	2nd	1 12 44 48 54 55
2018-12-19	5	1st	12 24 33 34 39 56
2018-12-01	4	4th	5 8 9 12 31 49
2018-11-17	2	4th	4 5 9 12 17 42
2018-11-10	6	2nd	7 12 17 38 42 44
2018-10-20	11	1st	12 18 40 42 46 59
2018-09-12	2	2nd	11 12 13 14 54 56
2018-09-05	5	1st	12 18 22 23 48 59
2018-08-18	21	4th	1 2 6 12 13 55
2018-06-06	13	1st	12 22 31 35 42 58
2018-04-21	20	4th	2 8 9 12 20 57
2018-02-10	33	2nd	3 12 15 29 51 58
2017-10-18	4	2nd	11 12 15 22 27 44
2017-10-04	13	1st	12 20 32 38 48 54
2017-08-19	21	1st	12 25 39 46 52 55
2017-06-07	1	3rd	6 8 12 36 37 41
2017-06-03	7	1st	12 19 21 38 47 51
2017-05-10	4	2nd	7 12 17 35 37 58
2017-04-26	10	1st	12 15 30 43 47 59
2017-03-22	36	3rd	6 11 12 19 27 31
2016-11-16	2	2nd	7 12 33 47 50 51
2016-11-09	1	1st	12 13 30 34 39 52
2016-11-05	17	2nd	8 12 16 26 45 49
2016-09-07	7	3rd	3 10 12 29 30 44
2016-08-13	26	1st	12 20 31 39 43 46
2016-05-14	5	2nd	9 12 23 24 32 51
2016-04-27	2	1st	12 24 29 34 39 57
2016-04-20	7	5th	1 7 9 10 12 31
2016-03-26	14	2nd	5 12 43 51 53 57
2016-02-06	6	2nd	10 12 18 34 52 56
2016-01-16	1	3rd	1 8 12 25 43 52
2016-01-13	3	2nd	4 12 38 46 57 59
2016-01-02	5	1st	12 25 29 40 48 56
2015-12-16	5	2nd	10 12 35 46 48 57
2015-11-28	—	2nd	7 12 20 24 34 52