Number 13

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

121times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.51σ

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

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

71longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 121 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.51σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 21 times, counted separately.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 121 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 71 · 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 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 smallest41 · chance 36.2
2nd smallest50 · chance 51.7
3rd smallest23 · chance 26.5
4th smallest6 · chance 6.0
5th smallest1 · chance 0.6
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 39 21 11 56 49

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-08-26	12	2nd	11 13 14 21 47 54
2026-07-15	1	2nd	4 13 14 17 23 31
2026-07-11	3	2nd	9 13 22 36 40 45
2026-07-01	15	1st	13 33

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-06-12	2	1st	13 40 41 42 51 59
2024-06-05	5	3rd	1 9 13 21 33 58
2024-05-18	2	2nd	9 13 22 45 46 48
2024-05-11	1	2nd	12 13 14 34 50 51
2024-05-08	2	2nd	4 13 34 38 43 52
2024-05-01	71	1st	13 16 21 22 44 53
2023-08-26	1	2nd	12 13 41 42 45 50
2023-08-23	19	1st	13 16 23 32 37 57
2023-06-17	2	2nd	11 13 28 32 46 47
2023-06-10	2	1st	13 29 36 39 44 56
2023-06-03	3	2nd	4 13 15 20 22 59
2023-05-24	3	4th	3 4 10 13 14 36
2023-05-13	8	2nd	2 13 32 42 54 58
2023-04-15	4	2nd	3 13 17 21 35 58
2023-04-01	2	3rd	3 7 13 40 43 47
2023-03-25	2	2nd	11 13 30 40 43 44
2023-03-18	7	1st	13 22 39 46 54 59
2023-02-22	4	2nd	11 13 15 23 34 39
2023-02-08	19	1st	13 26 28 33 42 53
2022-12-03	1	2nd	11 13 14 16 19 38
2022-11-30	7	1st	13 17 20 47 49 50
2022-11-05	3	2nd	2 13 27 31 38 41
2022-10-26	2	2nd	7 13 20 21 46 53
2022-10-19	1	2nd	2 13 18 45 50 59
2022-10-15	7	2nd	11 13 18 25 36 55
2022-09-21	6	2nd	6 13 28 34 37 45
2022-08-31	11	1st	13 16 21 30 49 54
2022-07-23	3	3rd	2 10 13 34 41 54
2022-07-13	5	2nd	12 13 19 39 42 59
2022-06-25	26	1st	13 23 25 31 43 52
2022-03-26	4	1st	13 18 27 35 46 53
2022-03-12	15	2nd	7 13 21 23 39 44
2022-01-19	1	2nd	3 13 41 50 56 57
2022-01-15	7	1st	13 14 25 31 37 39
2021-12-22	3	2nd	6 13 14 20 45 52
2021-12-11	7	2nd	6 13 14 15 31 33
2021-11-17	1	1st	13 24 34 35 49 55
2021-11-13	6	1st	13 14 16 28 43 52
2021-10-23	8	2nd	4 13 21 27 28 37
2021-09-25	1	1st	13 15 31 32 36 56
2021-09-22	3	1st	13 21 33 40 44 52
2021-09-11	1	2nd	2 13 38 42 52 54
2021-09-08	8	3rd	3 4 13 14 38 56
2021-08-11	3	1st	13 32 36 37 39 46
2021-07-31	35	3rd	11 12 13 19 43 58
2021-03-31	20	3rd	4 6 13 49 56 58
2021-01-20	11	4th	3 5 7 13 25 57
2020-12-12	2	1st	13 38 39 49 53 56
2020-12-05	12	1st	13 38 47 51 52 59
2020-10-24	6	1st	13 18 19 47 53 57
2020-10-03	4	3rd	1 4 13 24 27 47
2020-09-19	3	2nd	9 13 39 49 52 53
2020-09-09	11	2nd	11 13 33 48 50 56
2020-08-01	2	3rd	4 10 13 24 53 56
2020-07-25	58	2nd	10 13 14 18 33 34
2020-01-04	1	2nd	3 13 14 34 50 51
2020-01-01	4	1st	13 20 30 38 50 55
2019-12-18	4	1st	13 15 36 44 50 56
2019-12-04	9	2nd	9 13 21 25 28 31
2019-11-02	8	1st	13 16 28 34 41 56
2019-10-05	1	4th	4 8 12 13 32 34
2019-10-02	7	1st	13 15 20 37 42 47
2019-09-07	1	2nd	3 13 27 30 32 37
2019-09-04	25	2nd	11 13 32 40 45 49
2019-06-08	8	2nd	12 13 22 37 42 55
2019-05-11	13	1st	13 14 19 45 49 55
2019-03-27	21	1st	13 18 25 35 39 50
2019-01-12	11	1st	13 29 32 43 49 55
2018-12-05	24	3rd	1 6 13 23 45 56
2018-09-12	7	3rd	11 12 13 14 54 56
2018-08-18	8	5th	1 2 6 12 13 55
2018-07-21	2	2nd	9 13 16 25 40 46
2018-07-14	3	3rd	4 8 13 26 41 55
2018-07-04	31	2nd	8 13 22 46 52 58
2018-03-17	30	3rd	7 8 13 24 45 46
2017-12-02	9	3rd	4 9 13 32 46 50
2017-11-01	9	1st	13 14 18 19 21 36
2017-09-30	6	1st	13 18 21 30 50 54
2017-09-09	14	3rd	4 7 13 49 56 58
2017-07-22	18	2nd	5 13 21 35 41 47
2017-05-20	5	3rd	7 8 13 29 43 53
2017-05-03	21	1st	13 22 24 34 41 57
2017-02-18	8	2nd	11 13 21 37 49 59
2017-01-21	9	2nd	4 13 37 40 52 58
2016-12-21	12	2nd	10 13 22 35 42 52
2016-11-09	39	2nd	12 13 30 34 39 52
2016-06-25	13	1st	13 14 18 22 24 56
2016-05-11	8	1st	13 22 23 33 49 54
2016-04-13	4	1st	13 15 17 19 35 57
2016-03-30	4	2nd	5 13 24 31 40 41
2016-03-16	1	1st	13 14 31 42 44 58
2016-03-12	9	1st	13 21 30 39 51 56
2016-02-10	15	2nd	2 13 25 32 37 39
2015-12-19	13	1st	13 14 27 46 48 50
2015-11-04	4	2nd	11 13 18 25 29 47
2015-10-21	2	1st	13 14 21 25 51 53
2015-10-14	—	2nd	7 13 20 27 39 52