Number 13

In Cash4Life under the 5/60 + 1/4 · since May 2015 rules — 2,862 draws, 5 from 1–60.

264times drawn · chance expected 239 +1.72σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

10.6average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

69longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 264 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, +1.72σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 264 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 10.6 draws · longest completed wait 69 · waiting 14 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 smallest114 · chance 103.5
2nd smallest100 · chance 112.9
3rd smallest43 · chance 41.4
4th smallest6 · chance 6.0
5th smallest1 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

57 16 50 26 48 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 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 60. 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
2026-02-07	2	1st	13 31 38 43 56
2026-02-05	16	1st	13 21 22 47 48
2026-01-20	9	2nd	4 13 17 43 60
2026-01-11	13	1st	13 31 39 40

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 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-22	7	2nd	10 13 28 37 53
2025-05-15	2	1st	13 22 24 40 51
2025-05-13	15	2nd	7 13 25 32 35
2025-04-28	38	3rd	1 8 13 33 52
2025-03-21	1	5th	1 7 9 11 13
2025-03-20	29	3rd	2 10 13 25 28
2025-02-19	9	1st	13 21 29 38 57
2025-02-10	2	1st	13 15 17 20 55
2025-02-08	8	2nd	9 13 43 51 57
2025-01-31	14	1st	13 15 28 32 46
2025-01-17	16	1st	13 14 24 26 57
2025-01-01	3	3rd	10 11 13 18 29
2024-12-29	16	2nd	3 13 28 42 48
2024-12-13	3	2nd	5 13 41 49 51
2024-12-10	11	3rd	3 12 13 14 56
2024-11-29	3	2nd	11 13 29 35 56
2024-11-26	22	3rd	4 11 13 30 39
2024-11-04	1	1st	13 38 44 55 59
2024-11-03	22	2nd	9 13 14 36 57
2024-10-12	8	1st	13 17 18 26 37
2024-10-04	2	2nd	12 13 31 46 54
2024-10-02	20	3rd	3 12 13 37 60
2024-09-12	1	1st	13 45 46 53 57
2024-09-11	7	1st	13 27 41 47 53
2024-09-04	25	1st	13 22 27 35 46
2024-08-10	27	2nd	8 13 20 25 39
2024-07-14	1	1st	13 19 21 25 26
2024-07-13	1	1st	13 35 36 38 49
2024-07-12	13	3rd	3 6 13 21 58
2024-06-29	5	1st	13 20 27 39 60
2024-06-24	4	2nd	2 13 22 56 60
2024-06-20	29	1st	13 15 30 54 57
2024-05-22	3	2nd	7 13 19 22 40
2024-05-19	18	3rd	5 9 13 52 57
2024-05-01	2	2nd	9 13 27 31 44
2024-04-29	3	1st	13 26 35 46 50
2024-04-26	7	1st	13 15 23 28 33
2024-04-19	10	3rd	9 12 13 21 40
2024-04-09	11	2nd	11 13 27 29 31
2024-03-29	18	3rd	10 12 13 50 56
2024-03-11	1	2nd	7 13 16 26 27
2024-03-10	6	2nd	5 13 17 42 43
2024-03-04	8	1st	13 36 41 49 55
2024-02-25	11	1st	13 32 34 44 50
2024-02-14	8	1st	13 18 41 44 51
2024-02-06	6	3rd	2 3 13 22 23
2024-01-31	22	2nd	5 13 51 52 59
2024-01-09	11	3rd	2 9 13 25 47
2023-12-29	6	2nd	6 13 26 39 41
2023-12-23	20	1st	13 35 36 38 49
2023-12-03	1	3rd	4 7 13 35 45
2023-12-02	4	2nd	12 13 31 36 42
2023-11-28	18	1st	13 24 44 59 60
2023-11-10	21	1st	13 35 55 56 58
2023-10-20	4	2nd	5 13 22 27 57
2023-10-16	16	1st	13 15 16 19 33
2023-09-30	5	2nd	10 13 15 23 40
2023-09-25	22	1st	13 16 22 50 54
2023-09-03	8	1st	13 23 53 58 59
2023-08-26	2	1st	13 44 50 52 55
2023-08-24	10	2nd	9 13 23 30 51
2023-08-14	2	1st	13 27 28 52 59
2023-08-12	4	1st	13 15 45 53 59
2023-08-08	15	1st	13 18 39 52 60
2023-07-24	25	1st	13 45 51 55 57
2023-06-29	10	2nd	2 13 19 25 29
2023-06-19	17	2nd	5 13 27 33 34
2023-06-02	2	1st	13 28 40 55 57
2023-05-31	1	3rd	9 10 13 37 56
2023-05-30	6	2nd	11 13 27 29 50
2023-05-24	1	1st	13 37 46 49 56
2023-05-23	3	1st	13 18 28 31 35
2023-05-20	1	1st	13 30 31 37 52
2023-05-19	7	2nd	10 13 32 47 52
2023-05-12	8	1st	13 15 19 42 45
2023-05-04	12	3rd	1 6 13 16 36
2023-04-22	1	2nd	6 13 32 50 51
2023-04-21	1	2nd	5 13 20 26 40
2023-04-20	20	2nd	9 13 15 39 56
2023-03-31	2	2nd	12 13 34 35 36
2023-03-29	13	2nd	2 13 16 39 46
2023-03-16	11	1st	13 24 31 33 37
2023-03-05	7	2nd	3 13 41 47 52
2023-02-26	6	1st	13 17 18 50 60
2023-02-20	31	1st	13 21 23 49 51
2023-01-20	7	1st	13 28 53 54 58
2023-01-13	1	2nd	1 13 16 20 50
2023-01-12	1	1st	13 16 19 43 44
2023-01-11	4	1st	13 20 26 44 46
2023-01-07	5	2nd	7 13 19 58 60
2023-01-02	4	3rd	1 9 13 17 45
2022-12-29	10	1st	13 14 21 44 46
2022-12-19	38	1st	13 40 44 48 49
2022-11-11	30	2nd	2 13 33 44 52
2022-10-12	6	1st	13 16 26 27 51
2022-10-06	11	1st	13 14 29 53 55
2022-09-25	2	2nd	6 13 35 43 53
2022-09-23	17	1st	13 24 31 43 50
2022-09-06	17	2nd	1 13 17 57 60
2022-08-20	9	1st	13 23 37 57 60
2022-08-11	5	3rd	2 7 13 20 52
2022-08-06	3	1st	13 16 42 57 58
2022-08-03	40	2nd	2 13 42 47 48
2022-06-24	4	1st	13 48 49 50 60
2022-06-20	3	1st	13 20 32 44 57
2022-06-17	9	2nd	11 13 42 55 57
2022-06-08	2	2nd	12 13 16 20 42
2022-06-06	28	1st	13 20 48 49 51
2022-05-09	9	2nd	2 13 29 45 50
2022-04-30	14	3rd	2 3 13 54 57
2022-04-16	11	2nd	3 13 28 42 59
2022-04-05	18	1st	13 24 31 42 53
2022-03-18	2	3rd	7 10 13 41 60
2022-03-16	6	3rd	10 11 13 26 29
2022-03-10	3	2nd	9 13 43 53 55
2022-03-07	1	2nd	12 13 15 26 55
2022-03-06	14	2nd	8 13 39 55 59
2022-02-20	2	1st	13 15 24 25 54
2022-02-18	13	1st	13 34 43 48 52
2022-02-05	6	3rd	1 2 13 26 43
2022-01-30	24	1st	13 33 46 47 49
2022-01-06	2	2nd	1 13 15 28 52
2022-01-04	4	2nd	5 13 19 20 29
2021-12-31	3	2nd	8 13 34 46 60
2021-12-28	16	1st	13 24 35 49 50
2021-12-12	5	3rd	1 5 13 37 38
2021-12-07	4	1st	13 31 36 45 59
2021-12-03	3	1st	13 26 39 44 47
2021-11-30	37	2nd	11 13 44 47 51
2021-10-24	6	2nd	9 13 30 36 40
2021-10-18	36	2nd	7 13 34 38 59
2021-09-12	10	3rd	1 2 13 44 51
2021-09-02	2	2nd	10 13 26 34 55
2021-08-31	15	3rd	5 8 13 15 32
2021-08-16	5	2nd	12 13 32 36 53
2021-08-11	14	3rd	5 10 13 43 52
2021-07-28	26	4th	8 11 12 13 23
2021-07-02	6	4th	1 9 12 13 20
2021-06-26	2	2nd	3 13 33 41 48
2021-06-24	5	1st	13 39 41 48 50
2021-06-19	9	3rd	9 12 13 39 54
2021-06-10	38	1st	13 19 22 36 55
2021-05-03	9	1st	13 18 27 28 60
2021-04-24	1	1st	13 14 35 38 40
2021-04-23	1	1st	13 19 22 35 50
2021-04-22	2	3rd	4 8 13 40 59
2021-04-20	21	1st	13 19 42 52 56
2021-03-30	5	2nd	10 13 33 36 58
2021-03-25	1	3rd	1 3 13 28 49
2021-03-24	50	1st	13 14 15 16 41
2021-02-02	6	4th	2 6 11 13 56
2021-01-27	6	3rd	2 8 13 38 48
2021-01-21	1	1st	13 16 36 38 53
2021-01-20	7	2nd	8 13 14 44 52
2021-01-13	32	3rd	5 12 13 14 26
2020-12-12	3	1st	13 34 39 45 60
2020-12-09	2	1st	13 31 37 39 57
2020-12-07	9	1st	13 16 22 40 49
2020-11-28	26	2nd	11 13 23 49 58
2020-11-02	3	1st	13 16 28 36 56
2020-10-30	3	1st	13 19 35 48 52
2020-10-27	4	2nd	1 13 21 30 41
2020-10-23	67	2nd	4 13 16 34 40
2020-08-17	8	1st	13 23 26 32 35
2020-08-09	8	2nd	5 13 14 26 59
2020-08-01	20	1st	13 23 38 48 59
2020-07-12	2	3rd	2 11 13 43 59
2020-07-10	1	1st	13 17 27 39 50
2020-07-09	1	2nd	2 13 14 29 39
2020-07-08	12	2nd	4 13 15 19 26
2020-06-26	20	1st	13 14 15 35 42
2020-06-06	1	1st	13 24 32 40 49
2020-06-05	2	3rd	4 5 13 52 58
2020-06-03	3	1st	13 28 38 46 48
2020-05-31	5	2nd	2 13 29 40 44
2020-05-26	4	2nd	10 13 21 31 41
2020-05-22	10	1st	13 27 38 42 53
2020-05-12	13	1st	13 14 16 23 60
2020-04-29	40	3rd	3 6 13 22 57
2020-03-20	11	1st	13 14 16 24 30
2020-03-09	19	3rd	3 4 13 23 47
2020-02-19	1	3rd	4 11 13 14 54
2020-02-18	6	2nd	3 13 16 34 45
2020-02-12	19	3rd	2 9 13 44 60
2020-01-24	16	2nd	5 13 19 41 57
2020-01-08	1	2nd	3 13 32 41 42
2020-01-07	35	2nd	11 13 28 58 59
2019-12-03	3	2nd	6 13 15 22 51
2019-11-30	8	1st	13 16 34 46 55
2019-11-22	18	1st	13 14 27 47 48
2019-11-04	1	2nd	4 13 48 49 53
2019-11-03	15	2nd	5 13 14 16 45
2019-10-19	11	1st	13 29 43 44 50
2019-10-08	17	1st	13 56 57 58 59
2019-09-21	3	1st	13 21 23 26 48
2019-09-18	11	2nd	9 13 29 39 46
2019-09-07	6	1st	13 24 26 34 56
2019-09-01	7	2nd	8 13 17 48 57
2019-08-25	18	1st	13 16 31 34 50
2019-08-07	9	2nd	4 13 44 50 59
2019-07-29	4	2nd	5 13 30 31 45
2019-07-25	4	1st	13 25 35 37 57
2019-07-21	25	2nd	5 13 25 50 58
2019-06-13	17	1st	13 27 32 35 40
2019-04-15	9	2nd	3 13 19 36 50
2019-03-14	14	2nd	11 13 32 51 55
2019-01-24	37	1st	13 34 36 49 55
2018-09-17	2	2nd	12 13 26 43 54
2018-09-10	1	2nd	8 13 19 41 42
2018-09-06	9	3rd	6 11 13 32 38
2018-08-06	4	1st	13 50 53 58 60
2018-07-23	6	2nd	4 13 25 27 58
2018-07-02	1	2nd	4 13 24 53 59
2018-06-28	2	2nd	4 13 17 34 49
2018-06-21	5	2nd	3 13 16 17 24
2018-06-04	2	2nd	4 13 30 38 53
2018-05-28	1	1st	13 29 31 34 47
2018-05-24	3	2nd	5 13 35 49 56
2018-05-14	69	4th	1 4 6 13 32
2017-09-14	19	3rd	5 12 13 41 44
2017-07-10	3	1st	13 19 34 38 53
2017-06-29	10	3rd	7 8 13 18 48
2017-05-25	19	3rd	6 7 13 16 30
2017-03-20	1	1st	13 22 41 46 56
2017-03-16	1	1st	13 14 36 48 57
2017-03-13	6	1st	13 16 17 24 50
2017-02-20	5	1st	13 16 23 37 48
2017-02-02	36	1st	13 20 24 37 58
2016-09-29	13	1st	13 25 39 51 55
2016-08-15	5	1st	13 40 48 50 57
2016-07-28	3	1st	13 19 32 36 41
2016-07-18	15	1st	13 45 51 58 60
2016-05-26	4	2nd	4 13 26 34 43
2016-05-12	15	2nd	4 13 15 16 32
2016-03-21	5	1st	13 30 41 50 55
2016-03-03	7	2nd	7 13 35 40 45
2016-02-08	5	1st	13 23 48 57 59
2016-01-21	16	2nd	11 13 36 46 48
2015-11-26	6	1st	13 23 43 47 59
2015-11-05	—	1st	13 20 25 31 51