Number 13

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,062 draws, 5 from 1–39.

394times drawn · chance expected 393 +0.08σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

40longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 394 times in 3,062 draws against 392.6 expected, +0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 394 times in 3,062 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 2 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 smallest84 · chance 79.8
2nd smallest151 · chance 166.5
3rd smallest120 · chance 114.5
4th smallest37 · chance 30.5
5th smallest2 · chance 2.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 41.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 34 4 5 6 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-10-07	19	3rd	5 9 13 23 35
2026-09-04	7	1st	13 16 17 21 26
2026-08-22	16	2nd	2 13 18 28 31
2026-07-25	10	1st	13 15 17

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-09-03	8	3rd	4 6 13 29 33
2025-08-20	1	2nd	9 13 20 25 33
2025-08-19	11	3rd	4 8 13 36 38
2025-07-30	6	3rd	6 7 13 21 31
2025-07-19	3	3rd	9 12 13 19 20
2025-07-15	11	3rd	4 10 13 22 32
2025-06-25	1	2nd	7 13 20 23 30
2025-06-24	7	2nd	10 13 17 18 31
2025-06-11	2	3rd	2 9 13 18 32
2025-06-07	2	3rd	1 5 13 17 39
2025-06-04	2	2nd	1 13 14 23 28
2025-05-31	7	3rd	3 5 13 18 26
2025-05-20	4	3rd	4 11 13 38 39
2025-05-13	14	2nd	8 13 21 30 31
2025-04-18	5	2nd	1 13 15 24 36
2025-04-09	6	2nd	9 13 16 18 25
2025-03-29	3	3rd	4 9 13 21 35
2025-03-25	15	4th	3 4 6 13 35
2025-02-26	7	1st	13 14 15 17 33
2025-02-14	2	2nd	11 13 24 25 36
2025-02-11	3	2nd	12 13 14 24 29
2025-02-05	12	1st	13 22 27 38 39
2025-01-15	12	1st	13 14 19 30 37
2024-12-25	1	2nd	9 13 32 36 39
2024-12-24	1	4th	1 6 8 13 19
2024-12-21	1	2nd	7 13 26 31 38
2024-12-20	7	2nd	10 13 16 26 39
2024-12-07	3	3rd	5 8 13 25 29
2024-12-03	1	2nd	2 13 22 32 38
2024-11-30	5	3rd	8 12 13 23 29
2024-11-22	12	2nd	7 13 17 19 25
2024-11-01	5	2nd	1 13 18 21 35
2024-10-23	2	1st	13 19 34 36 38
2024-10-19	3	2nd	2 13 25 26 37
2024-10-15	11	2nd	1 13 17 23 36
2024-09-25	1	1st	13 15 18 30 33
2024-09-24	4	2nd	10 13 19 22 33
2024-09-17	11	1st	13 23 28 30 32
2024-08-28	7	3rd	4 6 13 16 28
2024-08-16	4	2nd	9 13 29 30 33
2024-08-09	4	1st	13 14 21 24 36
2024-08-02	7	1st	13 26 27 33 38
2024-07-20	1	2nd	12 13 14 16 18
2024-07-19	7	1st	13 18 20 31 32
2024-07-06	1	3rd	7 8 13 14 35
2024-07-05	1	3rd	10 11 13 15 21
2024-07-03	6	2nd	7 13 20 22 26
2024-06-22	16	1st	13 17 18 25 39
2024-05-25	12	3rd	3 5 13 16 36
2024-05-04	13	2nd	11 13 14 22 25
2024-04-12	7	2nd	4 13 17 34 38
2024-03-30	2	3rd	5 12 13 16 32
2024-03-27	4	2nd	11 13 26 33 35
2024-03-20	24	3rd	5 8 13 21 22
2024-02-07	23	4th	3 7 10 13 30
2023-12-29	13	3rd	3 10 13 33 37
2023-12-06	2	1st	13 15 18 26 32
2023-12-02	8	2nd	5 13 22 24 38
2023-11-18	4	2nd	1 13 14 26 27
2023-11-11	19	4th	3 5 8 13 22
2023-10-10	7	3rd	5 7 13 20 37
2023-09-27	5	4th	4 6 12 13 36
2023-09-19	3	1st	13 24 25 27 28
2023-09-13	17	2nd	5 13 33 36 37
2023-08-15	7	3rd	11 12 13 18 36
2023-08-02	1	2nd	7 13 26 27 30
2023-08-01	4	2nd	4 13 22 29 34
2023-07-25	4	1st	13 16 17 30 37
2023-07-18	1	5th	3 4 7 12 13
2023-07-15	10	3rd	7 11 13 30 35
2023-06-28	16	1st	13 15 29 30 36
2023-05-31	10	3rd	6 12 13 15 21
2023-05-13	11	2nd	4 13 19 21 34
2023-04-25	3	1st	13 15 18 28 30
2023-04-19	8	2nd	3 13 25 26 29
2023-04-05	3	2nd	2 13 26 30 38
2023-03-31	3	2nd	5 13 14 28 35
2023-03-25	8	4th	4 5 12 13 29
2023-03-11	1	1st	13 17 25 26 30
2023-03-10	14	4th	2 10 12 13 36
2023-02-14	8	1st	13 15 22 23 39
2023-01-31	2	3rd	3 8 13 25 27
2023-01-27	7	2nd	5 13 15 25 28
2023-01-14	14	3rd	7 8 13 29 33
2022-12-21	35	3rd	9 11 13 20 32
2022-10-21	3	2nd	5 13 25 31 34
2022-10-15	1	2nd	5 13 16 17 38
2022-10-14	6	2nd	6 13 32 38 39
2022-10-04	3	2nd	7 13 28 34 38
2022-09-28	6	1st	13 22 24 37 39
2022-09-17	20	2nd	11 13 14 23 34
2022-08-13	9	3rd	1 5 13 14 25
2022-07-29	2	2nd	9 13 22 25 31
2022-07-26	21	3rd	3 4 13 16 28
2022-06-18	4	2nd	8 13 21 31 35
2022-06-11	6	4th	6 8 12 13 14
2022-06-01	6	2nd	3 13 23 30 39
2022-05-21	4	2nd	1 13 23 31 35
2022-05-14	1	2nd	1 13 28 31 34
2022-05-13	19	3rd	2 6 13 29 38
2022-04-09	28	1st	13 14 17 19 33
2022-02-19	4	3rd	1 11 13 20 22
2022-02-12	10	2nd	6 13 18 29 34
2022-01-26	2	1st	13 14 22 23 29
2022-01-22	4	1st	13 15 23 26 28
2022-01-15	7	3rd	4 11 13 24 39
2022-01-04	3	2nd	6 13 31 32 34
2021-12-29	1	1st	13 14 19 33 37
2021-12-28	8	3rd	2 4 13 28 38
2021-12-14	3	2nd	9 13 22 26 39
2021-12-08	1	1st	13 22 33 34 36
2021-12-07	3	3rd	8 11 13 19 26
2021-12-01	15	1st	13 17 23 25 31
2021-11-05	10	3rd	2 6 13 14 24
2021-10-19	12	1st	13 23 26 28 38
2021-09-28	3	3rd	3 7 13 15 21
2021-09-22	1	4th	6 7 11 13 20
2021-09-21	1	2nd	8 13 18 20 37
2021-09-18	27	2nd	7 13 17 19 35
2021-08-03	8	3rd	3 11 13 21 24
2021-07-20	1	1st	13 24 27 29 31
2021-07-17	2	3rd	2 11 13 32 33
2021-07-14	2	3rd	2 11 13 19 31
2021-07-10	24	3rd	2 10 13 24 25
2021-05-29	6	2nd	1 13 27 29 32
2021-05-19	6	2nd	9 13 18 22 29
2021-05-08	7	2nd	2 13 24 36 38
2021-04-27	5	2nd	5 13 22 33 34
2021-04-17	14	1st	13 14 18 23 39
2021-03-24	1	2nd	1 13 27 32 34
2021-03-23	1	2nd	11 13 19 24 30
2021-03-20	2	2nd	2 13 20 29 33
2021-03-17	6	1st	13 15 18 21 28
2021-03-06	11	2nd	2 13 23 27 32
2021-02-16	1	2nd	6 13 14 29 37
2021-02-13	2	2nd	5 13 21 29 39
2021-02-10	4	1st	13 25 31 34 37
2021-02-03	3	3rd	5 11 13 20 34
2021-01-29	12	1st	13 18 22 28 38
2021-01-08	1	2nd	6 13 24 25 30
2021-01-06	3	2nd	6 13 22 27 31
2021-01-01	6	1st	13 17 30 34 35
2020-12-22	11	1st	13 22 24 36 38
2020-12-02	18	2nd	8 13 23 26 39
2020-10-31	23	3rd	2 4 13 24 34
2020-09-22	2	1st	13 28 31 35 38
2020-09-18	7	3rd	11 12 13 17 35
2020-09-05	23	1st	13 14 21 23 36
2020-07-28	2	1st	13 21 24 34 39
2020-07-24	29	2nd	6 13 19 22 29
2020-06-03	12	1st	13 18 24 27 35
2020-05-13	19	1st	13 18 29 31 37
2020-04-10	11	2nd	4 13 14 17 35
2020-03-21	4	3rd	5 9 13 24 34
2020-03-14	1	3rd	8 11 13 15 32
2020-03-13	15	4th	5 6 11 13 31
2020-02-15	25	3rd	3 9 13 24 30
2020-01-03	20	1st	13 16 17 28 38
2019-11-29	11	3rd	9 12 13 18 33
2019-11-09	15	3rd	5 7 13 18 35
2019-10-15	2	2nd	3 13 27 28 38
2019-10-11	2	4th	4 8 11 13 23
2019-10-08	8	3rd	11 12 13 26 29
2019-09-24	2	1st	13 23 24 34 37
2019-09-20	8	1st	13 14 29 34 37
2019-09-06	15	1st	13 14 25 30 39
2019-08-10	6	3rd	5 6 13 16 29
2019-07-31	11	3rd	3 8 13 23 35
2019-07-12	11	1st	13 20 32 34 38
2019-06-22	10	2nd	6 13 28 35 36
2019-06-05	3	2nd	8 13 34 36 39
2019-05-31	4	2nd	4 13 18 26 29
2019-05-24	6	4th	4 6 12 13 37
2019-05-14	3	3rd	10 12 13 19 30
2019-05-08	7	2nd	12 13 23 28 38
2019-04-26	5	3rd	3 4 13 20 24
2019-04-17	4	2nd	5 13 15 32 34
2019-04-10	19	1st	13 21 27 29 38
2019-03-08	5	1st	13 17 18 37 38
2019-02-27	1	2nd	6 13 24 35 37
2019-02-26	4	2nd	6 13 29 30 31
2019-02-19	5	1st	13 16 19 31 33
2019-02-09	40	4th	9 11 12 13 36
2018-12-01	2	2nd	8 13 23 27 35
2018-11-28	6	4th	1 3 6 13 14
2018-11-17	26	1st	13 14 24 31 34
2018-10-03	2	1st	13 16 21 30 37
2018-09-29	13	3rd	1 11 13 17 19
2018-09-07	1	2nd	8 13 17 23 34
2018-09-05	3	1st	13 21 26 33 36
2018-08-31	6	3rd	5 8 13 28 34
2018-08-21	1	3rd	3 5 13 19 29
2018-08-18	1	3rd	2 10 13 24 33
2018-08-17	1	1st	13 14 30 37 38
2018-08-15	3	3rd	4 9 13 33 39
2018-08-10	26	3rd	1 10 13 18 24
2018-06-26	12	1st	13 16 20 27 31
2018-06-05	2	3rd	7 10 13 16 31
2018-06-01	1	2nd	7 13 20 21 34
2018-05-30	7	3rd	5 9 13 33 36
2018-05-18	7	3rd	1 10 13 38 39
2018-05-05	1	1st	13 23 25 29 30
2018-05-04	3	3rd	7 10 13 16 19
2018-04-28	3	2nd	2 13 21 25 30
2018-04-24	24	2nd	2 13 26 30 33
2018-03-13	10	2nd	3 13 19 33 37
2018-02-23	1	4th	1 2 7 13 16
2018-02-21	10	2nd	11 13 16 31 37
2018-02-03	2	2nd	3 13 15 17 26
2018-01-31	10	1st	13 18 23 37 38
2018-01-10	14	2nd	1 13 27 28 29
2017-12-08	1	3rd	1 8 13 24 30
2017-12-06	3	3rd	2 10 13 16 25
2017-11-29	1	2nd	4 13 20 24 32
2017-11-25	19	4th	4 7 11 13 34
2017-10-13	8	2nd	10 13 16 17 36
2017-09-23	3	3rd	2 10 13 25 37
2017-09-16	31	2nd	5 13 26 33 35
2017-07-07	15	1st	13 22 25 31 37
2017-06-02	2	3rd	4 5 13 20 32
2017-05-27	1	1st	13 16 18 26 39
2017-05-26	4	2nd	3 13 15 16 18
2017-05-17	2	1st	13 22 25 35 39
2017-05-12	7	1st	13 18 22 24 36
2017-04-26	7	1st	13 16 17 19 36
2017-04-08	2	4th	4 5 6 13 19
2017-04-05	6	3rd	2 6 13 34 36
2017-03-22	11	2nd	3 13 20 21 39
2017-02-24	15	2nd	10 13 28 32 39
2017-01-20	2	2nd	6 13 19 35 36
2017-01-14	10	2nd	12 13 18 31 34
2016-12-23	1	3rd	1 11 13 18 26
2016-12-21	7	4th	2 4 5 13 18
2016-12-03	17	2nd	7 13 18 23 29
2016-10-26	9	2nd	7 13 15 24 38
2016-10-05	3	2nd	3 13 23 34 39
2016-09-28	20	2nd	7 13 22 27 34
2016-08-12	1	2nd	7 13 20 24 33
2016-08-10	6	3rd	2 6 13 20 29
2016-07-27	2	3rd	8 12 13 14 16
2016-07-22	6	3rd	7 9 13 21 24
2016-07-08	2	2nd	7 13 18 23 36
2016-07-02	5	3rd	2 12 13 17 31
2016-06-22	9	3rd	1 8 13 19 31
2016-06-01	2	1st	13 16 24 29 33
2016-05-27	9	2nd	3 13 19 21 27
2016-05-06	3	2nd	3 13 19 23 32
2016-04-29	4	3rd	4 5 13 18 32
2016-04-20	5	2nd	3 13 14 22 36
2016-04-08	5	1st	13 17 23 25 37
2016-03-26	8	2nd	3 13 16 18 32
2016-03-09	32	3rd	6 11 13 19 36
2015-12-25	2	1st	13 18 19 23 31
2015-12-19	4	4th	4 9 10 13 20
2015-12-11	12	1st	13 21 24 27 38
2015-11-13	2	2nd	9 13 21 29 32
2015-11-07	2	3rd	6 11 13 25 36
2015-11-04	12	3rd	4 5 13 30 35
2015-10-07	11	2nd	8 13 15 35 37
2015-09-11	1	3rd	3 7 13 23 33
2015-09-09	22	4th	2 3 9 13 28
2015-07-18	10	4th	8 10 11 13 31
2015-06-26	8	4th	2 3 6 13 20
2015-06-06	12	2nd	4 13 17 28 38
2015-05-09	6	3rd	9 12 13 19 36
2015-04-25	2	3rd	5 11 13 20 33
2015-04-22	1	1st	13 15 18 35 38
2015-04-18	2	3rd	11 12 13 14 21
2015-04-15	20	4th	9 10 11 13 27
2015-02-27	5	3rd	6 10 13 19 21
2015-02-14	2	1st	13 14 15 25 34
2015-02-11	14	1st	13 16 19 26 31
2015-01-09	3	3rd	11 12 13 28 33
2015-01-02	12	3rd	4 8 13 14 20
2014-12-05	20	2nd	4 13 14 15 36
2014-10-18	8	1st	13 21 26 27 33
2014-10-01	2	1st	13 29 31 32 39
2014-09-26	28	3rd	6 8 13 32 33
2014-07-23	15	4th	5 6 9 13 25
2014-06-18	5	2nd	4 13 26 30 34
2014-06-06	6	2nd	1 13 18 23 34
2014-05-23	4	3rd	3 4 13 28 32
2014-05-14	5	4th	4 9 11 13 18
2014-05-02	2	4th	5 7 10 13 33
2014-04-26	6	2nd	11 13 16 26 27
2014-04-12	2	3rd	9 12 13 14 19
2014-04-09	4	4th	2 7 8 13 26
2014-03-29	7	2nd	5 13 16 22 31
2014-03-14	12	3rd	7 9 13 28 31
2014-02-14	5	2nd	5 13 15 23 39
2014-02-01	5	1st	13 14 20 31 32
2014-01-22	12	1st	13 18 20 37 38
2013-12-25	4	2nd	2 13 26 29 33
2013-12-14	1	3rd	2 12 13 19 24
2013-12-13	2	2nd	4 13 15 27 34
2013-12-07	6	4th	2 11 12 13 22
2013-11-23	3	1st	13 15 22 30 35
2013-11-16	16	4th	2 5 7 13 37
2013-10-11	2	2nd	1 13 17 37 39
2013-10-05	5	1st	13 22 33 37 39
2013-09-25	11	2nd	4 13 24 28 33
2013-08-30	4	3rd	8 9 13 20 32
2013-08-21	19	3rd	5 6 13 20 38
2013-07-06	7	4th	5 7 8 13 23
2013-06-21	8	2nd	2 13 20 34 35
2013-06-01	5	1st	13 15 22 26 39
2013-05-22	2	2nd	7 13 14 20 36
2013-05-17	6	3rd	1 3 13 19 21
2013-05-03	6	2nd	9 13 29 30 38
2013-04-19	4	4th	7 9 10 13 29
2013-04-10	3	2nd	3 13 31 32 33
2013-04-03	4	3rd	7 11 13 19 22
2013-03-23	7	2nd	7 13 18 28 33
2013-03-08	15	2nd	5 13 21 22 28
2013-02-01	4	2nd	5 13 17 32 33
2013-01-23	19	1st	13 20 27 29 32
2012-12-08	30	2nd	10 13 19 29 34
2012-09-29	10	3rd	2 9 13 16 20
2012-09-07	4	2nd	8 13 15 22 32
2012-08-29	3	2nd	10 13 17 20 39
2012-08-22	1	3rd	1 4 13 15 21
2012-08-18	7	4th	4 7 10 13 29
2012-08-03	2	3rd	6 7 13 25 38
2012-07-28	8	3rd	1 9 13 29 32
2012-07-11	7	2nd	1 13 16 26 32
2012-06-23	2	2nd	11 13 30 33 38
2012-06-20	6	3rd	2 10 13 26 29
2012-06-06	5	2nd	3 13 15 30 34
2012-05-25	10	1st	13 14 18 27 36
2012-05-02	4	1st	13 16 22 23 36
2012-04-21	11	3rd	6 8 13 18 21
2012-03-28	6	3rd	4 11 13 16 27
2012-03-14	4	1st	13 22 29 34 36
2012-03-03	28	3rd	1 6 13 27 30
2011-12-30	15	2nd	5 13 16 18 25
2011-11-25	2	2nd	7 13 22 24 39
2011-11-19	11	2nd	1 13 15 30 39
2011-10-26	3	2nd	6 13 19 24 28
2011-10-19	3	2nd	1 13 20 21 36
2011-10-12	6	2nd	12 13 16 28 32
2011-09-28	3	1st	13 22 29 31 32
2011-09-21	3	3rd	2 4 13 15 23
2011-09-14	15	3rd	10 12 13 31 36
2011-08-10	5	3rd	1 2 13 21 31
2011-07-29	1	1st	13 17 24 26 37
2011-07-27	8	2nd	8 13 25 35 38
2011-07-08	12	2nd	8 13 26 36 39
2011-06-10	2	3rd	2 11 13 29 38
2011-06-04	14	2nd	6 13 20 35 36
2011-05-04	36	3rd	1 3 13 25 35
2011-02-09	13	2nd	2 13 22 24 34
2011-01-08	5	3rd	1 4 13 26 28
2010-12-29	1	2nd	1 13 14 19 20
2010-12-25	8	4th	7 9 12 13 14
2010-12-08	8	2nd	4 13 19 34 38
2010-11-19	1	2nd	7 13 25 31 37
2010-11-17	15	2nd	10 13 14 24 35
2010-10-13	5	2nd	6 13 25 26 34
2010-10-01	1	1st	13 23 26 27 29
2010-09-29	3	3rd	4 7 13 33 34
2010-09-22	6	3rd	6 10 13 29 33
2010-09-08	6	2nd	8 13 25 27 34
2010-08-25	2	2nd	11 13 19 25 39
2010-08-20	3	4th	3 5 7 13 15
2010-08-13	1	2nd	10 13 23 34 38
2010-08-11	22	2nd	12 13 20 28 38
2010-06-19	25	3rd	5 12 13 16 30
2010-04-14	7	1st	13 15 16 22 29
2010-03-20	18	4th	3 7 9 13 29
2010-01-16	—	2nd	6 13 27 28 30