Number 13

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

138times drawn · chance expected 147 −0.78σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

57longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 138 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, −0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 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 13, draw by draw

Drawn 138 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 57 · waiting 4 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 smallest28 · chance 28.0
2nd smallest50 · chance 56.0
3rd smallest41 · chance 39.8
4th smallest16 · chance 12.4
5th smallest2 · chance 1.7
6th smallest1 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 19 12 27 37 38

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
2026-09-26	5	2nd	6 13 14 22 36 42
2026-09-09	2	1st	13 16 18 31 34 38
2026-09-02	6	2nd	2 13 37 38 41 46
2026-08-12	57	4th	2 7

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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