Number 12

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,026 draws, 5 from 1–45.

237times drawn · chance expected 225 +0.84σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

53longest completed wait · 40% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 237 times in 2,026 draws against 225.1 expected, +0.84σ. 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 237 times in 2,026 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 53 · 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 smallest68 · chance 71.4
2nd smallest109 · chance 104.8
3rd smallest51 · chance 50.7
4th smallest8 · chance 9.5
5th smallest1 · chance 0.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 21 23 45 4 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-09	18	1st	12 31 33 36 37
2026-09-21	4	2nd	1 12 22 23 29
2026-09-17	3	1st	12 25 32 34 44
2026-09-14	6	2nd	8 12 32

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-11	1	1st	12 26 37 39 42
2026-03-10	25	1st	12 21 24 27 40
2026-02-13	5	3rd	5 6 12 17 39
2026-02-08	6	1st	12 14 27 42 45
2026-02-02	10	1st	12 20 31 39 44
2026-01-23	1	2nd	9 12 36 37 42
2026-01-22	14	1st	12 15 21 35 41
2026-01-08	15	1st	12 27 40 41 44
2025-12-24	5	2nd	5 12 27 28 37
2025-12-19	10	2nd	10 12 29 34 38
2025-12-09	2	2nd	4 12 24 28 45
2025-12-07	2	3rd	3 10 12 13 39
2025-12-05	1	3rd	4 11 12 26 39
2025-12-04	1	1st	12 22 24 33 38
2025-12-03	24	2nd	1 12 30 33 39
2025-11-08	7	3rd	4 11 12 29 39
2025-11-01	2	3rd	4 7 12 38 44
2025-10-30	3	3rd	2 8 12 30 33
2025-10-27	5	2nd	7 12 14 31 34
2025-10-22	4	2nd	7 12 14 15 39
2025-10-17	1	3rd	5 8 12 18 38
2025-10-16	5	1st	12 26 35 36 38
2025-10-11	6	2nd	10 12 27 33 44
2025-10-05	8	1st	12 22 25 29 32
2025-09-27	1	2nd	1 12 36 38 43
2025-09-26	8	2nd	4 12 21 37 38
2025-09-18	10	2nd	9 12 16 26 30
2025-09-08	11	2nd	8 12 35 43 44
2025-08-28	2	1st	12 29 33 37 39
2025-08-26	9	3rd	4 11 12 31 43
2025-08-17	2	2nd	11 12 27 28 41
2025-08-15	6	3rd	8 11 12 14 35
2025-08-09	8	2nd	1 12 35 40 43
2025-08-01	3	2nd	9 12 13 28 39
2025-07-29	2	2nd	11 12 13 20 43
2025-07-27	16	2nd	3 12 18 21 30
2025-07-11	2	1st	12 27 28 33 40
2025-07-09	20	1st	12 24 25 39 45
2025-06-19	3	3rd	6 9 12 14 19
2025-06-16	6	1st	12 19 30 31 45
2025-06-10	14	2nd	9 12 19 27 39
2025-05-27	1	5th	1 7 9 11 12
2025-05-26	6	3rd	6 8 12 16 25
2025-05-20	2	1st	12 19 23 24 45
2025-05-18	30	3rd	4 11 12 14 41
2025-04-18	43	1st	12 23 27 28 40
2025-03-06	10	3rd	5 11 12 28 38
2025-02-24	6	2nd	10 12 17 35 39
2025-02-18	8	1st	12 17 18 30 37
2025-02-10	10	1st	12 13 31 39 40
2025-01-31	10	2nd	8 12 13 14 40
2025-01-21	1	3rd	5 6 12 16 44
2025-01-20	10	2nd	3 12 14 39 43
2025-01-10	6	3rd	3 5 12 17 20
2025-01-04	1	1st	12 23 24 25 33
2025-01-03	6	1st	12 16 18 19 23
2024-12-28	2	2nd	2 12 16 32 41
2024-12-26	7	1st	12 34 36 39 41
2024-12-19	5	1st	12 16 23 40 43
2024-12-14	2	1st	12 15 24 34 41
2024-12-12	4	3rd	1 9 12 23 35
2024-12-08	10	1st	12 20 27 36 41
2024-11-28	4	3rd	2 11 12 36 42
2024-11-24	4	2nd	5 12 23 31 38
2024-11-20	2	2nd	7 12 21 33 35
2024-11-18	3	2nd	5 12 23 36 38
2024-11-15	12	1st	12 20 28 33 45
2024-11-03	6	2nd	3 12 21 34 40
2024-10-28	1	4th	2 3 7 12 43
2024-10-27	4	1st	12 19 22 23 39
2024-10-23	14	2nd	1 12 24 44 45
2024-10-09	5	2nd	2 12 19 30 43
2024-10-04	4	1st	12 16 24 29 37
2024-09-30	7	4th	3 4 10 12 32
2024-09-23	6	1st	12 19 20 39 44
2024-09-17	18	2nd	6 12 18 20 30
2024-08-30	9	3rd	2 7 12 25 33
2024-08-21	4	3rd	1 11 12 31 45
2024-08-17	13	2nd	8 12 25 30 39
2024-08-04	12	2nd	6 12 30 32 43
2024-07-23	13	2nd	4 12 25 34 36
2024-07-10	15	2nd	2 12 17 40 45
2024-06-25	13	2nd	3 12 17 39 41
2024-06-12	1	2nd	10 12 22 26 38
2024-06-11	13	1st	12 18 31 33 38
2024-05-29	6	2nd	11 12 13 14 22
2024-05-23	9	2nd	4 12 36 44 45
2024-05-14	9	2nd	7 12 21 39 42
2024-05-05	14	2nd	5 12 13 30 31
2024-04-21	11	2nd	11 12 13 16 42
2024-04-10	4	2nd	4 12 14 33 34
2024-04-06	28	1st	12 17 22 41 45
2024-03-09	3	2nd	4 12 13 28 40
2024-03-06	18	2nd	8 12 21 36 37
2024-02-17	2	3rd	4 5 12 21 45
2024-02-15	2	3rd	1 6 12 35 45
2024-02-13	16	2nd	2 12 13 21 27
2024-01-28	9	2nd	8 12 16 24 29
2024-01-19	16	2nd	4 12 18 38 39
2024-01-03	10	4th	4 5 9 12 38
2023-12-24	9	2nd	2 12 21 37 39
2023-12-15	5	1st	12 18 29 41 43
2023-12-10	26	1st	12 30 31 35 41
2023-11-14	14	1st	12 16 20 29 42
2023-10-31	4	4th	3 4 8 12 14
2023-10-27	6	2nd	5 12 21 23 30
2023-10-21	12	2nd	9 12 21 30 39
2023-10-09	15	2nd	8 12 15 37 41
2023-09-24	4	3rd	7 9 12 16 30
2023-09-20	2	2nd	2 12 21 35 45
2023-09-18	5	3rd	2 3 12 22 37
2023-09-13	4	3rd	4 5 12 30 44
2023-09-09	12	3rd	4 8 12 24 29
2023-08-28	4	1st	12 15 31 35 38
2023-08-24	12	2nd	3 12 15 32 45
2023-08-12	4	1st	12 16 23 28 43
2023-08-08	1	1st	12 17 21 27 45
2023-08-07	1	2nd	8 12 18 28 45
2023-08-06	41	1st	12 17 19 31 35
2023-06-26	18	2nd	1 12 13 23 26
2023-06-08	5	2nd	11 12 30 36 43
2023-06-03	1	2nd	8 12 13 24 27
2023-06-02	53	2nd	4 12 13 17 41
2023-04-10	4	2nd	6 12 23 29 40
2023-04-06	2	4th	1 2 4 12 15
2023-04-04	1	2nd	6 12 23 28 32
2023-04-03	1	3rd	2 10 12 21 39
2023-04-02	13	2nd	5 12 20 35 41
2023-03-20	7	2nd	6 12 17 33 39
2023-03-13	12	3rd	7 11 12 33 42
2023-03-01	10	2nd	3 12 13 16 27
2023-02-19	4	2nd	11 12 21 26 39
2023-02-15	20	3rd	9 10 12 16 33
2023-01-26	12	1st	12 13 26 39 40
2023-01-14	8	2nd	2 12 16 17 33
2023-01-06	13	2nd	7 12 34 38 45
2022-12-24	17	2nd	2 12 30 31 34
2022-12-07	5	2nd	11 12 14 37 45
2022-12-02	9	1st	12 16 18 21 41
2022-11-23	2	2nd	3 12 20 23 34
2022-11-21	20	3rd	3 8 12 19 29
2022-11-01	13	2nd	11 12 19 21 31
2022-09-03	39	1st	12 13 22 29 36
2022-04-20	1	3rd	4 7 12 40 44
2022-04-16	8	1st	12 25 26 27 45
2022-03-19	3	2nd	1 12 21 34 44
2022-03-09	19	3rd	4 11 12 21 26
2022-01-01	2	3rd	3 6 12 25 26
2021-12-25	1	4th	3 8 11 12 16
2021-12-22	22	2nd	6 12 14 23 35
2021-10-06	11	2nd	10 12 25 26 35
2021-08-28	3	2nd	2 12 14 29 32
2021-08-18	14	3rd	1 9 12 39 42
2021-06-30	6	2nd	6 12 36 42 45
2021-06-09	3	1st	12 27 31 38 39
2021-05-29	3	1st	12 15 33 35 37
2021-05-19	25	3rd	1 11 12 13 23
2021-02-20	17	2nd	3 12 17 20 44
2020-12-23	3	2nd	3 12 13 23 29
2020-12-12	5	2nd	10 12 22 23 33
2020-11-25	17	2nd	4 12 29 36 43
2020-09-26	7	1st	12 19 31 33 43
2020-09-02	3	2nd	5 12 13 24 30
2020-08-22	9	3rd	8 9 12 21 44
2020-07-22	15	1st	12 13 16 37 41
2020-05-30	7	1st	12 14 16 19 22
2020-05-06	11	1st	12 15 28 41 45
2020-03-28	4	2nd	7 12 13 19 24
2020-03-14	3	2nd	10 12 23 24 28
2020-03-04	7	2nd	3 12 30 34 42
2020-02-08	11	2nd	8 12 17 28 44
2020-01-01	1	1st	12 18 22 37 44
2019-12-28	3	4th	2 9 10 12 36
2019-12-18	8	3rd	5 10 12 14 28
2019-11-20	6	2nd	3 12 15 19 28
2019-10-30	2	3rd	1 4 12 20 28
2019-10-23	8	1st	12 17 20 35 40
2019-09-25	5	1st	12 25 34 36 38
2019-09-07	4	3rd	4 10 12 19 42
2019-08-24	2	3rd	2 7 12 13 36
2019-08-17	15	2nd	2 12 17 21 24
2019-06-26	1	1st	12 23 28 30 33
2019-06-22	2	3rd	1 9 12 17 21
2019-06-15	3	3rd	9 10 12 38 40
2019-06-05	2	1st	12 19 23 38 42
2019-05-29	1	2nd	8 12 37 43 45
2019-05-25	16	1st	12 20 25 26 45
2019-03-30	16	3rd	1 9 12 14 19
2019-02-02	24	3rd	4 5 12 24 36
2018-11-10	4	2nd	7 12 17 19 34
2018-10-27	7	1st	12 24 32 36 44
2018-10-03	4	2nd	11 12 13 14 31
2018-09-19	2	2nd	7 12 23 27 43
2018-09-12	7	1st	12 20 29 40 44
2018-08-18	3	1st	12 21 25 33 34
2018-08-08	16	3rd	1 11 12 28 35
2018-06-13	4	2nd	2 12 20 38 39
2018-05-30	1	1st	12 14 17 33 42
2018-05-26	22	2nd	2 12 25 33 44
2018-03-10	4	2nd	11 12 15 19 40
2018-02-24	6	3rd	1 9 12 17 22
2018-02-03	8	3rd	5 11 12 34 38
2018-01-06	19	2nd	10 12 23 29 31
2017-11-01	8	2nd	9 12 31 39 42
2017-10-04	12	2nd	2 12 25 31 42
2017-08-23	7	1st	12 28 30 36 38
2017-07-29	4	1st	12 21 22 24 37
2017-07-15	2	1st	12 27 31 39 45
2017-07-08	13	2nd	4 12 15 34 40
2017-05-24	11	2nd	11 12 19 31 34
2017-04-15	1	2nd	3 12 17 23 29
2017-04-12	3	1st	12 27 41 43 45
2017-04-01	—	2nd	3 12 16 28 44