Number 13

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 791 draws, 5 from 1–47.

85times drawn · chance expected 84 +0.10σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 19% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

37longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 85 times in 791 draws against 84.1 expected, +0.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 85 times in 791 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 16 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 smallest24 · chance 24.2
2nd smallest39 · chance 37.4
3rd smallest21 · chance 19.3
4th smallest1 · chance 3.9
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 37 12 35 3 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-08-17	5	1st	13 14 23 33 36
2026-07-30	3	3rd	1 4 13 24 45
2026-07-20	1	2nd	1 13 20 35 39
2026-07-16	19	2nd	5 13 24 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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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