Number 13

In Euro Millions Plus under the 5/50 · since Sep 2024 rules — 211 draws, 5 from 1–50.

17times drawn · chance expected 21 −0.94σ

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

11.3average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

40longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 17 times in 211 draws against 21.1 expected, −0.94σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 17 times in 211 draws · average wait 11.3 draws · longest completed wait 40 · 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 smallest4 · chance 5.3
2nd smallest7 · chance 7.5
3rd smallest6 · chance 3.5
4th smallest0 · chance 0.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 1.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 11 20 40 2 3

Never drawn alongside 8 of the other 49 numbers; chance expects about 12 such strangers 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
2026-09-29	6	2nd	6 13 18 24 41
2026-09-08	2	1st	13 14 20 36 40
2026-09-01	4	2nd	11 13 26 34 45
2026-08-18	3	3rd	2 6

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.