Number 13

In Lotto under the 6/44 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–44.

240times drawn · chance expected 239 +0.09σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

38longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 240 times in 1,751 draws against 238.8 expected, +0.09σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 240 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 1 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 smallest46 · chance 42.4
2nd smallest93 · chance 94.1
3rd smallest72 · chance 74.0
4th smallest23 · chance 25.5
5th smallest6 · chance 3.8
6th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 37 1 42 3 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-10-06	5	2nd	9 13 19 22 32 38
2026-09-18	7	3rd	3 6 13 26 32 40
2026-08-25	3	2nd	12 13 18 29 34 38
2026-08-14	20	1st	13

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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

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