Number 12

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 5 from 1–47.

198times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.91σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 80% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

51longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 198 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, +0.91σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 198 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 51 · 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 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 smallest65 · chance 63.5
2nd smallest83 · chance 87.4
3rd smallest45 · chance 39.7
4th smallest5 · chance 7.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 15 2 8 36 7

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
2026-09-30	3	3rd	2 10 12 23 39
2026-09-19	5	3rd	9 11 12 14 30
2026-09-02	4	1st	12 17 18 35 40
2026-08-19	19	2nd	4 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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-17	5	2nd	8 12 15 21 32
2024-07-31	9	2nd	2 12 13 43 47
2024-06-29	4	3rd	8 10 12 21 25
2024-06-15	4	3rd	6 8 12 24 31
2024-06-01	8	3rd	3 10 12 17 21
2024-05-04	12	2nd	5 12 24 32 43
2024-03-23	1	2nd	10 12 13 28 30
2024-03-20	1	2nd	1 12 28 39 46
2024-03-16	4	2nd	9 12 29 32 38
2024-03-02	8	3rd	1 7 12 40 41
2024-02-03	7	2nd	2 12 18 20 44
2024-01-10	5	1st	12 22 31 37 39
2023-12-23	2	1st	12 13 17 36 40
2023-12-16	11	3rd	3 6 12 17 29
2023-11-08	6	2nd	10 12 15 29 44
2023-10-18	7	1st	12 16 29 31 44
2023-09-23	1	1st	12 27 29 44 45
2023-09-20	16	3rd	2 11 12 38 46
2023-07-26	6	2nd	10 12 14 40 47
2023-07-05	2	2nd	11 12 15 32 40
2023-06-28	1	3rd	5 9 12 34 46
2023-06-24	13	2nd	7 12 13 17 41
2023-05-10	5	1st	12 13 33 40 43
2023-04-22	7	1st	12 22 41 42 43
2023-03-29	1	3rd	7 9 12 21 39
2023-03-25	12	2nd	4 12 13 42 47
2023-02-11	20	2nd	2 12 19 20 34
2022-12-03	5	3rd	4 11 12 15 45
2022-11-16	5	1st	12 16 25 28 45
2022-10-29	2	2nd	6 12 19 24 28
2022-10-22	1	3rd	5 8 12 14 16
2022-10-19	7	2nd	8 12 14 26 37
2022-09-24	12	2nd	6 12 21 23 36
2022-08-13	9	2nd	1 12 25 42 45
2022-07-13	4	1st	12 19 20 36 42
2022-06-29	9	1st	12 19 25 38 46
2022-05-28	12	3rd	3 9 12 15 42
2022-04-16	16	1st	12 13 14 25 35
2022-02-19	25	2nd	3 12 24 30 36
2021-11-24	10	1st	12 14 17 20 21
2021-10-20	6	2nd	2 12 30 38 46
2021-09-29	11	1st	12 13 16 17 22
2021-08-21	3	1st	12 22 36 44 47
2021-08-11	1	2nd	8 12 21 40 47
2021-08-07	9	3rd	2 9 12 20 39
2021-07-07	2	2nd	10 12 32 37 39
2021-06-30	15	1st	12 13 16 18 25
2021-05-08	4	2nd	10 12 21 22 28
2021-04-24	1	1st	12 14 17 22 24
2021-04-21	1	2nd	3 12 17 41 42
2021-04-17	6	3rd	2 7 12 29 44
2021-03-27	6	2nd	11 12 20 27 45
2021-03-06	21	1st	12 18 27 28 34
2020-12-23	2	2nd	1 12 15 23 33
2020-12-16	6	4th	4 6 11 12 17
2020-11-25	1	3rd	6 7 12 22 35
2020-11-21	2	2nd	8 12 16 21 41
2020-11-14	14	1st	12 13 23 31 36
2020-09-26	1	2nd	3 12 15 36 43
2020-09-23	15	2nd	7 12 24 32 34
2020-08-01	2	4th	5 6 8 12 42
2020-07-25	4	3rd	8 10 12 35 39
2020-07-11	27	2nd	2 12 16 19 31
2020-04-08	18	2nd	1 12 27 46 47
2020-02-05	24	2nd	7 12 18 37 42
2019-11-13	1	2nd	9 12 23 27 43
2019-11-09	1	2nd	7 12 26 41 44
2019-11-06	26	2nd	3 12 30 36 41
2019-08-07	18	2nd	1 12 13 39 47
2019-06-05	8	1st	12 16 21 28 41
2019-05-08	48	1st	12 17 26 39 44
2018-11-21	4	3rd	1 10 12 38 43
2018-11-07	19	1st	12 25 28 45 47
2018-09-01	14	1st	12 14 27 29 37
2018-07-14	16	2nd	5 12 24 26 37
2018-05-19	8	1st	12 22 25 30 37
2018-04-21	5	1st	12 14 19 30 34
2018-04-04	1	2nd	3 12 15 24 36
2018-03-31	7	1st	12 27 29 30 47
2018-03-07	26	3rd	7 10 12 19 37
2017-12-06	11	4th	1 2 7 12 24
2017-10-28	9	2nd	8 12 24 30 37
2017-09-27	4	3rd	2 8 12 37 44
2017-09-13	22	2nd	2 12 16 32 44
2017-06-28	1	1st	12 21 22 38 44
2017-06-24	22	2nd	1 12 25 35 38
2017-04-08	48	2nd	6 12 22 27 36
2016-10-22	8	3rd	3 7 12 25 42
2016-09-24	15	2nd	8 12 15 30 35
2016-08-03	2	1st	12 18 19 29 32
2016-07-27	7	3rd	5 7 12 34 42
2016-07-02	3	1st	12 23 25 39 40
2016-06-22	9	2nd	6 12 26 28 33
2016-05-21	13	2nd	8 12 27 34 44
2016-04-06	3	1st	12 14 22 32 45
2016-03-26	13	2nd	3 12 13 26 33
2016-02-10	4	3rd	3 8 12 24 30
2016-01-27	1	1st	12 29 33 36 43
2016-01-23	3	1st	12 14 22 30 32
2016-01-13	1	1st	12 13 35 40 45
2016-01-09	8	2nd	5 12 24 25 36
2015-12-12	5	2nd	11 12 22 24 42
2015-11-25	8	1st	12 20 24 25 39
2015-10-28	1	3rd	7 9 12 20 34
2015-10-24	2	2nd	1 12 15 28 45
2015-10-17	3	1st	12 14 21 32 36
2015-10-07	1	3rd	4 11 12 28 41
2015-10-03	30	2nd	2 12 16 17 43
2015-06-20	8	2nd	4 12 31 33 34
2015-05-23	3	2nd	11 12 17 19 46
2015-05-13	12	1st	12 18 28 38 43
2015-04-01	4	3rd	2 6 12 34 46
2015-03-18	12	3rd	1 3 12 15 26
2015-02-04	27	3rd	1 2 12 19 45
2014-11-01	1	2nd	3 12 21 24 42
2014-10-29	3	1st	12 13 32 38 41
2014-10-18	4	2nd	9 12 15 23 40
2014-10-04	4	2nd	8 12 27 33 35
2014-09-20	3	3rd	2 7 12 15 38
2014-09-10	2	2nd	10 12 15 31 46
2014-09-03	5	1st	12 18 21 26 41
2014-08-16	12	1st	12 13 22 27 28
2014-07-05	13	3rd	3 11 12 26 27
2014-05-21	2	2nd	6 12 36 39 44
2014-05-14	9	2nd	8 12 15 28 33
2014-04-12	4	2nd	2 12 20 27 38
2014-03-29	14	1st	12 20 24 30 42
2014-02-08	16	1st	12 14 39 43 45
2013-12-14	13	2nd	10 12 18 22 31
2013-10-30	16	2nd	3 12 33 44 47
2013-09-04	9	1st	12 19 22 37 45
2013-08-03	5	1st	12 32 39 46 47
2013-07-17	14	1st	12 17 22 25 37
2013-05-29	1	1st	12 36 37 44 47
2013-05-25	2	3rd	2 11 12 25 32
2013-05-18	10	2nd	7 12 30 40 47
2013-04-13	13	1st	12 14 29 39 41
2013-02-27	6	3rd	5 6 12 15 39
2013-02-06	1	3rd	1 8 12 32 41
2013-02-02	12	2nd	7 12 15 17 37
2012-12-22	8	2nd	7 12 20 32 39
2012-11-24	4	3rd	2 11 12 26 42
2012-11-10	11	1st	12 14 22 32 46
2012-10-03	8	2nd	8 12 13 29 36
2012-09-05	15	3rd	5 10 12 20 29
2012-07-14	1	4th	2 6 8 12 19
2012-07-11	21	1st	12 21 39 40 43
2012-04-28	1	2nd	7 12 20 21 40
2012-04-25	7	1st	12 15 19 20 28
2012-03-31	10	2nd	2 12 15 25 47
2012-02-25	6	3rd	2 8 12 15 22
2012-02-04	7	2nd	8 12 25 33 45
2012-01-11	4	4th	2 5 11 12 30
2011-12-28	1	1st	12 22 28 31 42
2011-12-24	6	1st	12 15 37 42 43
2011-12-03	22	2nd	1 12 19 29 34
2011-09-17	7	2nd	7 12 14 16 37
2011-08-24	5	1st	12 24 32 34 35
2011-08-06	29	1st	12 20 30 38 40
2011-04-27	16	2nd	4 12 22 33 39
2011-03-02	3	1st	12 33 34 36 45
2011-02-19	4	3rd	6 7 12 19 30
2011-02-05	9	3rd	7 9 12 34 44
2011-01-05	5	1st	12 26 31 38 41
2010-12-18	3	3rd	10 11 12 25 33
2010-12-08	6	3rd	3 9 12 20 38
2010-11-17	21	2nd	6 12 36 41 46
2010-09-04	6	1st	12 15 21 30 45
2010-08-14	8	2nd	8 12 24 36 40
2010-07-17	16	1st	12 16 18 20 24
2010-05-22	2	2nd	9 12 22 30 46
2010-05-15	12	3rd	3 9 12 13 38
2010-04-03	18	2nd	1 12 18 22 42
2010-01-30	—	2nd	4 12 14 44 47