Number 12

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

153times drawn · chance expected 147 +0.55σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

29longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 153 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, +0.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 31 times, counted separately.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 153 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 29 · waiting 5 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 smallest40 · chance 36.2
2nd smallest63 · chance 64.3
3rd smallest42 · chance 40.2
4th smallest7 · chance 11.0
5th smallest1 · chance 1.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 22 46 21 25 13

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, 12 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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
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
2026-09-23	22	2nd	2 12 17 26 30 37
2026-07-08	3	1st	12 24 27 31 38 46
2026-06-27	1	1st	12 27 29 38 43 46
2026-06-24	9	1st	12 19

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-03	13	2nd	11 12 28 35 45 46
2025-03-19	12	2nd	6 12 21 31 32 47
2025-02-05	2	3rd	4 5 12 30 31 35
2025-01-29	5	2nd	5 12 14 27 34 42
2025-01-11	15	2nd	10 12 15 25 45 46
2024-11-20	3	3rd	7 10 12 19 21 32
2024-11-09	5	2nd	11 12 17 31 43 45
2024-10-23	6	5th	2 5 7 10 12 13
2024-10-02	5	1st	12 27 30 35 36 38
2024-09-14	1	1st	12 13 20 33 37 42
2024-09-11	10	2nd	3 12 19 24 27 38
2024-08-07	6	1st	12 17 21 22 36 40
2024-07-17	6	3rd	6 8 12 17 19 38
2024-06-26	6	3rd	3 9 12 18 42 46
2024-06-05	2	2nd	8 12 13 16 21 35
2024-05-29	1	1st	12 25 35 38 39 45
2024-05-25	2	2nd	1 12 16 25 27 35
2024-05-18	18	3rd	1 5 12 35 37 42
2024-03-16	12	2nd	10 12 22 29 30 41
2024-02-03	4	2nd	2 12 20 24 36 45
2024-01-20	1	1st	12 13 19 30 34 37
2024-01-17	2	3rd	3 4 12 13 25 29
2024-01-10	23	3rd	2 8 12 26 44 45
2023-10-21	3	2nd	8 12 16 20 26 35
2023-10-11	2	2nd	2 12 16 24 39 40
2023-10-04	5	4th	1 6 8 12 13 16
2023-09-16	8	2nd	3 12 13 27 34 44
2023-08-19	5	3rd	1 2 12 21 29 44
2023-08-02	5	3rd	6 7 12 14 38 40
2023-07-15	6	1st	12 26 28 34 42 45
2023-06-24	7	2nd	11 12 31 35 42 47
2023-05-31	7	1st	12 30 35 36 38 46
2023-05-06	6	3rd	8 11 12 21 26 37
2023-04-15	4	4th	1 4 7 12 18 32
2023-04-01	1	2nd	11 12 19 24 25 26
2023-03-29	8	1st	12 14 32 37 40 44
2023-03-01	10	3rd	1 6 12 23 24 34
2023-01-25	15	2nd	8 12 14 20 27 42
2022-12-03	6	2nd	5 12 30 40 41 47
2022-11-12	2	2nd	6 12 22 27 42 46
2022-11-05	2	2nd	8 12 18 20 23 43
2022-10-29	8	1st	12 16 20 26 45 46
2022-10-01	8	1st	12 22 28 29 36 44
2022-09-03	3	4th	9 10 11 12 16 36
2022-08-24	2	2nd	3 12 27 34 37 41
2022-08-17	9	2nd	2 12 21 36 42 44
2022-07-16	25	2nd	2 12 26 28 29 32
2022-04-20	6	1st	12 21 22 25 39 42
2022-03-30	29	3rd	6 9 12 29 36 40
2021-12-18	2	3rd	5 8 12 13 25 26
2021-12-11	14	2nd	2 12 20 24 43 46
2021-10-23	1	3rd	5 10 12 23 28 47
2021-10-20	5	1st	12 19 21 33 44 46
2021-10-02	9	1st	12 17 18 21 33 37
2021-09-01	3	3rd	4 11 12 18 25 39
2021-08-21	8	2nd	3 12 13 23 36 47
2021-07-24	2	2nd	4 12 25 26 27 44
2021-07-17	13	1st	12 16 23 26 34 45
2021-06-02	3	1st	12 14 22 25 26 40
2021-05-22	25	3rd	1 5 12 23 45 46
2021-02-24	3	3rd	2 10 12 13 38 40
2021-02-13	8	2nd	11 12 21 30 35 38
2021-01-16	1	1st	12 17 22 32 38 39
2021-01-13	12	1st	12 18 29 32 34 44
2020-12-02	13	2nd	9 12 22 28 35 47
2020-10-17	4	3rd	3 5 12 21 22 39
2020-10-03	4	2nd	9 12 15 20 23 26
2020-09-19	6	1st	12 14 16 21 40 47
2020-08-29	2	3rd	5 9 12 30 34 39
2020-08-22	3	3rd	4 5 12 15 16 31
2020-08-12	7	1st	12 13 20 22 29 34
2020-07-18	9	1st	12 14 25 27 40 44
2020-06-17	1	4th	1 8 11 12 20 26
2020-06-13	20	2nd	10 12 13 29 30 35
2020-04-04	8	1st	12 22 23 29 38 44
2020-03-07	1	1st	12 14 22 26 33 45
2020-03-04	9	4th	1 7 10 12 24 34
2020-02-01	11	3rd	3 10 12 23 29 45
2019-12-25	4	1st	12 23 30 36 37 38
2019-12-11	10	3rd	2 9 12 21 32 46
2019-11-06	17	2nd	1 12 27 29 30 35
2019-09-07	8	3rd	8 11 12 25 34 39
2019-08-10	12	2nd	6 12 28 33 44 45
2019-06-29	7	2nd	7 12 35 40 44 46
2019-06-05	2	3rd	1 3 12 29 36 44
2019-05-29	1	3rd	3 11 12 24 37 39
2019-05-25	8	1st	12 14 17 23 27 46
2019-04-27	1	2nd	10 12 21 33 35 39
2019-04-24	21	2nd	9 12 26 29 34 40
2019-02-09	4	3rd	4 9 12 14 17 20
2019-01-26	22	2nd	6 12 13 23 31 34
2018-11-10	2	3rd	7 8 12 22 36 46
2018-11-03	15	4th	1 5 6 12 22 46
2018-09-12	1	2nd	11 12 28 35 37 44
2018-09-08	1	2nd	5 12 24 36 37 42
2018-09-05	5	3rd	3 10 12 20 29 46
2018-08-18	16	3rd	3 8 12 18 22 32
2018-06-23	4	3rd	4 6 12 20 40 43
2018-06-09	9	2nd	11 12 19 27 30 38
2018-05-09	5	2nd	1 12 23 32 36 40
2018-04-21	2	2nd	9 12 19 20 29 36
2018-04-14	10	3rd	8 9 12 20 28 34
2018-03-10	12	1st	12 27 30 33 38 40
2018-01-27	28	2nd	2 12 22 24 33 41
2017-10-21	15	3rd	2 10 12 14 31 46
2017-08-30	3	2nd	5 12 18 19 29 39
2017-08-19	5	2nd	3 12 19 23 37 40
2017-08-02	12	2nd	7 12 20 23 25 41
2017-06-21	7	1st	12 15 24 29 33 46
2017-05-27	8	3rd	2 5 12 34 41 47
2017-04-29	16	2nd	3 12 16 21 39 44
2017-03-04	2	2nd	6 12 18 20 41 42
2017-02-25	11	2nd	2 12 17 29 32 38
2017-01-18	2	2nd	2 12 24 31 34 43
2017-01-11	4	2nd	8 12 13 16 19 24
2016-12-28	12	2nd	1 12 34 43 45 47
2016-11-16	7	1st	12 14 27 31 37 42
2016-10-22	10	3rd	7 9 12 15 28 45
2016-09-17	8	1st	12 16 17 18 25 35
2016-08-20	13	3rd	10 11 12 15 18 19
2016-07-06	14	4th	4 5 9 12 29 38
2016-05-18	20	3rd	4 8 12 15 25 40
2016-03-09	7	3rd	4 6 12 13 15 31
2016-02-13	6	2nd	2 12 21 22 30 37
2016-01-23	13	2nd	10 12 13 19 43 45
2015-12-09	7	3rd	1 4 12 31 37 39
2015-11-14	6	1st	12 16 22 36 40 43
2015-10-24	5	2nd	3 12 15 19 23 32
2015-10-07	—	2nd	8 12 13 28 34 46