Number 13

In Powerball under the 6/40 + 1/10 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,350 draws, 6 from 1–40.

215times drawn · chance expected 203 +0.95σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

35longest completed wait · 57% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 215 times in 1,350 draws against 202.5 expected, +0.95σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 215 times in 1,350 draws · average wait 6.3 draws · longest completed wait 35 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest37 · chance 30.1
2nd smallest88 · chance 78.6
3rd smallest62 · chance 72.1
4th smallest23 · chance 28.8
5th smallest4 · chance 5.0
6th smallest1 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 27 31 40 21 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-10	9	2nd	3 13 22 27 35 38
2026-08-26	2	2nd	11 13 14 21 27 39
2026-08-19	2	1st	13 16 19 20 25 37
2026-08-12	1	3rd	2 8 13 19 28 39
2026-08-08	1	2nd	9 13 21 24 25 35
2026-08-05	5	2nd	4 13 16 24 32 37
2026-07-18	10	1st	13 28 30 31 34 35
2026-06-13	3	3rd	7 8 13 32 33 37
2026-06-03	5	5th	1 4 9 11 13 36
2026-05-16	15	3rd	6 8 13 17 34 36
2026-03-25	8	1st	13 22 27 31 34 37
2026-02-25	6	2nd	8 13 20 24 33 35
2026-02-04	3	1st	13 18 19 20 36 37
2026-01-24	1	3rd	1 3 13 16 21 40
2026-01-21	4	4th	3 9 10 13 14 40
2026-01-07	8	3rd	6 8 13 16 22 24
2025-12-10	9	3rd	5 6 13 27 31 32
2025-11-08	3	3rd	2 4 13 22 24 28
2025-10-29	11	2nd	4 13 14 24 30 33
2025-09-20	3	2nd	9 13 21 22 23 32
2025-09-10	3	1st	13 14 18 26 27 35
2025-08-30	1	3rd	4 9 13 15 33 40
2025-08-27	1	3rd	9 12 13 14 21 32
2025-08-23	12	1st	13 16 17 24 25 31

The other 191 appearances

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

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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