Number 12

In 2by2 under the 4/26 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,377 draws, 4 from 1–26.

214times drawn · chance expected 212 +0.16σ

21draws waiting · a wait this long: 4% for any number

6.3average wait between appearances · chance says 6.5

56longest completed wait · 2% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 214 times in 1,377 draws against 211.8 expected, +0.16σ. Each draw is independent: after 21 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 214 times in 1,377 draws · average wait 6.3 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 21 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 smallest30 · chance 33.9
2nd smallest100 · chance 93.1
3rd smallest74 · chance 71.6
4th smallest10 · chance 15.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 6 8 7 10 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 25 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 26. 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
2026-08-09	4	2nd	8 12 15 25
2026-08-05	2	3rd	5 10 12 14
2026-08-03	3	1st	12 18 24 25
2026-07-31	1	2nd	9 12 14 22
2026-07-30	4	2nd	9 12

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 4/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-03	3	3rd	6 7 12 19
2026-02-28	17	3rd	8 8 12 25
2026-02-11	10	2nd	11 12 14 23
2026-02-01	3	2nd	7 12 19 26
2026-01-29	1	3rd	7 9 12 15
2026-01-28	2	3rd	6 11 12 13
2026-01-26	5	2nd	11 12 20 25
2026-01-21	3	2nd	9 12 24 26
2026-01-18	3	2nd	7 12 21 22
2026-01-15	3	1st	12 14 17 22
2026-01-12	1	4th	7 10 11 12
2026-01-11	5	3rd	4 10 12 14
2026-01-06	7	3rd	3 5 12 23
2025-12-30	3	3rd	3 4 12 19
2025-12-27	1	2nd	1 12 15 23
2025-12-26	13	2nd	8 12 17 24
2025-12-13	12	2nd	7 12 19 22
2025-12-01	2	3rd	1 10 12 22
2025-11-29	5	3rd	2 5 12 25
2025-11-24	0	1st	12 19 23
2025-11-24	1	1st	12 19 23
2025-11-23	2	2nd	5 12 21 26
2025-11-21	14	3rd	6 9 12 24
2025-11-07	4	3rd	1 4 12 24
2025-11-03	1	3rd	1 5 12 25
2025-11-02	18	1st	12 13 14 25
2025-10-15	17	1st	12 13 18 21
2025-09-28	2	1st	12 13 17 26
2025-09-26	6	2nd	10 12 15 18
2025-09-20	8	2nd	6 12 21 21
2025-09-12	5	3rd	6 11 12 23
2025-09-07	2	2nd	6 12 23 25
2025-09-05	28	3rd	1 11 12 22
2025-08-08	3	2nd	6 12 22 24
2025-08-05	6	3rd	1 3 12 19
2025-07-30	5	3rd	2 11 12 20
2025-07-25	5	3rd	7 7 12 25
2025-07-20	5	4th	4 7 8 12
2025-07-15	5	3rd	1 8 12 15
2025-07-10	7	1st	12 20 21 23
2025-07-03	8	1st	12 17 26 26
2025-06-25	5	2nd	9 12 13 20
2025-06-20	1	3rd	1 7 12 18
2025-06-19	22	2nd	9 12 17 21
2025-05-28	8	2nd	3 12 13 23
2025-05-20	1	2nd	2 12 15 20
2025-05-19	18	2nd	7 12 20 25
2025-05-01	5	2nd	2 12 24 26
2025-04-26	1	3rd	4 10 12 14
2025-04-25	4	2nd	7 12 13 15
2025-04-21	7	1st	12 20 21 26
2025-04-14	6	2nd	9 12 18 18
2025-04-08	3	2nd	10 12 15 22
2025-04-05	8	2nd	1 12 18 22
2025-03-28	0	2nd	8 12 26
2025-03-28	3	2nd	8 12 26
2025-03-25	5	1st	12 20 21 22
2025-03-20	2	2nd	11 12 18 22
2025-03-18	5	2nd	9 12 14 21
2025-03-13	1	2nd	2 12 19 20
2025-03-12	5	3rd	3 9 12 23
2025-03-07	7	2nd	1 12 22 24
2025-02-28	10	3rd	3 8 12 23
2025-02-18	7	1st	12 13 18 22
2025-02-11	2	3rd	5 6 12 15
2025-02-09	11	2nd	8 12 14 16
2025-01-29	11	2nd	1 12 23 25
2025-01-18	2	2nd	7 12 22 26
2025-01-16	5	1st	12 15 20 23
2025-01-11	4	2nd	4 12 15 20
2025-01-07	4	1st	12 19 20 23
2025-01-03	7	3rd	8 10 12 16
2024-12-27	17	2nd	10 12 13 14
2024-12-10	6	1st	12 13 14 16
2024-12-04	1	1st	12 18 18 20
2024-12-03	8	3rd	6 10 12 20
2024-11-25	4	2nd	11 12 15 22
2024-11-21	8	2nd	11 12 17 20
2024-11-13	1	2nd	7 12 13 26
2024-11-12	11	1st	12 16 20 24
2024-11-01	7	3rd	1 2 12 13
2024-10-25	4	2nd	6 12 17 22
2024-10-21	4	3rd	4 10 12 26
2024-10-17	1	2nd	6 12 15 21
2024-10-16	7	1st	12 15 17 19
2024-10-09	1	3rd	6 7 12 15
2024-10-08	13	4th	1 4 7 12
2024-09-25	3	2nd	9 12 22 24
2024-09-22	4	1st	12 17 25 25
2024-09-18	8	3rd	3 5 12 19
2024-09-10	0	3rd	6 7 12
2024-09-10	8	3rd	6 7 12
2024-09-02	4	3rd	3 4 12 20
2024-08-29	2	3rd	2 7 12 25
2024-08-27	9	2nd	7 12 20 24
2024-08-18	5	4th	2 3 6 12
2024-08-13	6	2nd	5 12 14 19
2024-08-07	8	3rd	1 10 12 21
2024-07-30	5	1st	12 20 21 26
2024-07-25	1	3rd	8 10 12 24
2024-07-24	5	4th	3 6 9 12
2024-07-19	10	3rd	1 6 12 16
2024-07-09	7	3rd	6 7 12 13
2024-07-02	10	3rd	6 11 12 14
2024-06-22	27	2nd	8 12 22 24
2024-05-26	13	2nd	3 12 23 26
2024-05-13	1	4th	2 9 11 12
2024-05-12	9	2nd	2 12 14 24
2024-05-03	1	3rd	7 10 12 17
2024-05-02	4	3rd	6 7 12 22
2024-04-28	13	1st	12 15 17 18
2024-04-15	12	3rd	2 8 12 13
2024-04-03	5	2nd	8 12 17 23
2024-03-29	6	2nd	5 12 20 24
2024-03-23	3	2nd	5 12 14 21
2024-03-20	1	3rd	6 11 12 16
2024-03-19	6	2nd	9 12 13 20
2024-03-13	4	1st	12 19 24 24
2024-03-09	1	3rd	2 3 12 18
2024-03-08	2	2nd	3 12 18 21
2024-03-06	0	2nd	2 12 23
2024-03-06	7	2nd	2 12 23
2024-02-28	7	2nd	8 12 21 21
2024-02-21	8	1st	12 15 26 26
2024-02-13	1	2nd	10 12 13 16
2024-02-12	3	2nd	8 12 13 19
2024-02-09	10	3rd	2 8 12 26
2024-01-30	8	3rd	2 3 12 20
2024-01-22	11	2nd	4 12 16 24
2024-01-11	3	2nd	1 12 23 24
2024-01-08	20	2nd	4 12 15 16
2023-12-19	3	2nd	9 12 14 25
2023-12-16	1	2nd	9 12 24 25
2023-12-15	6	2nd	5 12 18 19
2023-12-09	3	2nd	8 12 21 24
2023-12-06	5	3rd	6 8 12 26
2023-12-01	5	3rd	8 10 12 20
2023-11-26	1	2nd	7 12 13 14
2023-11-25	1	3rd	3 6 12 17
2023-11-24	4	2nd	4 12 13 26
2023-11-20	4	3rd	10 10 12 23
2023-11-16	1	3rd	5 9 12 15
2023-11-15	1	3rd	7 7 12 19
2023-11-14	2	2nd	7 12 22 23
2023-11-12	0	2nd	10 12 13
2023-11-12	7	2nd	10 12 13
2023-11-05	7	3rd	2 6 12 19
2023-10-29	2	2nd	6 12 16 19
2023-10-27	2	3rd	10 11 12 21
2023-10-25	3	2nd	10 12 19 25
2023-10-22	7	3rd	6 11 12 20
2023-10-15	5	3rd	6 6 12 25
2023-10-10	8	3rd	1 5 12 21
2023-10-02	7	1st	12 16 20 26
2023-09-25	19	2nd	8 12 15 20
2023-09-06	5	2nd	8 12 24 26
2023-09-01	2	1st	12 16 18 19
2023-08-30	12	2nd	9 12 20 26
2023-08-18	21	2nd	5 12 14 15
2023-07-28	6	1st	12 13 17 19
2023-07-22	0	2nd	8 12 20
2023-07-22	3	2nd	8 12 20
2023-07-19	4	3rd	8 10 12 22
2023-07-15	2	1st	12 13 13 21
2023-07-13	1	3rd	8 10 12 18
2023-07-12	4	3rd	4 8 12 20
2023-07-08	13	3rd	9 11 12 17
2023-06-25	56	2nd	9 12 20 24
2023-04-30	6	2nd	6 12 22 24
2023-04-24	2	2nd	1 12 26 26
2023-04-22	1	3rd	1 2 12 23
2023-04-21	0	2nd	8 12 20
2023-04-21	15	2nd	8 12 20
2023-04-06	7	4th	1 5 10 12
2023-03-30	8	1st	12 17 18 20
2023-03-22	13	1st	12 16 25 26
2023-03-09	9	3rd	2 4 12 15
2023-02-28	11	2nd	10 12 16 25
2023-02-17	1	2nd	8 12 23 25
2023-02-16	7	1st	12 24 24 25
2023-02-09	8	3rd	6 11 12 16
2023-02-01	33	2nd	6 12 16 21
2022-12-30	2	3rd	3 11 12 21
2022-12-28	1	3rd	7 8 12 20
2022-12-27	0	2nd	10 12 26
2022-12-27	3	2nd	10 12 26
2022-12-24	3	3rd	7 10 12 23
2022-12-21	21	2nd	3 12 13 23
2022-11-30	3	2nd	3 12 13 18
2022-11-27	—	4th	6 6 7 12