Number 13

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,025 draws, 5 from 1–45.

206times drawn · chance expected 225 −1.34σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

59longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 206 times in 2,025 draws against 225.0 expected, −1.34σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 206 times in 2,025 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 12 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 smallest42 · chance 54.6
2nd smallest104 · chance 90.3
3rd smallest51 · chance 49.7
4th smallest8 · chance 10.7
5th smallest1 · chance 0.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 24 12 2 23 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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-09-29	3	2nd	10 13 29 35 41
2026-09-26	3	2nd	7 13 14 32 35
2026-09-23	12	1st	13 20 24 36 45
2026-09-11	6	2nd	11 13 36

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-26	49	2nd	5 13 34 35 41
2025-12-08	1	2nd	6 13 18 32 44
2025-12-07	19	4th	3 10 12 13 39
2025-11-17	49	5th	3 7 8 9 13
2025-09-28	3	3rd	3 7 13 29 45
2025-09-25	1	4th	6 8 10 13 25
2025-09-24	3	2nd	3 13 17 19 35
2025-09-21	2	1st	13 22 23 26 27
2025-09-19	13	1st	13 15 31 37 45
2025-09-06	2	3rd	2 9 13 35 44
2025-09-04	22	2nd	10 13 21 28 45
2025-08-13	6	3rd	1 10 13 36 40
2025-08-07	6	2nd	2 13 28 33 43
2025-08-01	3	3rd	9 12 13 28 39
2025-07-29	7	3rd	11 12 13 20 43
2025-07-22	12	2nd	2 13 23 35 39
2025-07-10	2	4th	4 9 11 13 32
2025-07-08	3	3rd	1 4 13 18 36
2025-07-05	10	1st	13 18 31 34 37
2025-06-25	2	1st	13 20 33 36 37
2025-06-23	41	3rd	1 9 13 26 43
2025-05-13	10	1st	13 19 30 36 38
2025-05-03	4	1st	13 22 24 29 37
2025-04-29	22	2nd	10 13 27 30 43
2025-04-07	10	2nd	3 13 14 32 37
2025-03-28	9	1st	13 14 23 28 36
2025-03-19	9	2nd	6 13 24 26 29
2025-03-10	13	2nd	6 13 29 35 45
2025-02-25	3	1st	13 14 17 38 44
2025-02-22	12	2nd	1 13 20 36 44
2025-02-10	10	2nd	12 13 31 39 40
2025-01-31	1	3rd	8 12 13 14 40
2025-01-30	7	2nd	1 13 19 32 39
2025-01-23	9	2nd	6 13 26 31 34
2025-01-14	6	2nd	7 13 21 34 40
2025-01-08	3	3rd	6 11 13 35 42
2025-01-05	29	2nd	7 13 17 35 39
2024-12-07	3	2nd	4 13 29 35 45
2024-12-04	27	2nd	5 13 29 34 39
2024-11-07	9	3rd	1 2 13 33 34
2024-10-29	5	2nd	10 13 15 20 25
2024-10-24	7	2nd	8 13 23 24 25
2024-10-17	28	1st	13 14 17 18 21
2024-09-19	16	1st	13 16 19 38 39
2024-09-03	6	2nd	5 13 19 34 44
2024-08-28	18	2nd	9 13 14 19 33
2024-08-10	2	3rd	3 11 13 23 24
2024-08-08	38	2nd	8 13 15 28 41
2024-07-01	1	1st	13 37 38 43 45
2024-06-30	9	3rd	5 7 13 23 40
2024-06-21	3	1st	13 16 28 33 36
2024-06-18	16	2nd	7 13 19 29 30
2024-06-02	4	1st	13 22 31 33 43
2024-05-29	12	3rd	11 12 13 14 22
2024-05-17	12	2nd	4 13 28 32 45
2024-05-05	1	3rd	5 12 13 30 31
2024-05-04	13	3rd	1 5 13 28 41
2024-04-21	10	3rd	11 12 13 16 42
2024-04-11	12	2nd	9 13 35 40 44
2024-03-30	1	3rd	5 6 13 24 40
2024-03-29	11	2nd	2 13 21 43 44
2024-03-18	6	1st	13 19 23 28 36
2024-03-12	3	1st	13 18 20 21 26
2024-03-09	8	3rd	4 12 13 28 40
2024-03-01	5	3rd	10 11 13 35 42
2024-02-25	1	2nd	10 13 16 34 38
2024-02-24	11	2nd	9 13 14 26 33
2024-02-13	2	3rd	2 12 13 21 27
2024-02-11	8	3rd	3 9 13 27 45
2024-02-03	13	1st	13 15 22 38 42
2024-01-21	17	2nd	1 13 39 41 42
2024-01-04	9	2nd	7 13 26 31 39
2023-12-26	13	1st	13 14 21 25 28
2023-12-13	5	2nd	9 13 24 26 36
2023-12-08	3	2nd	4 13 22 24 38
2023-12-05	2	1st	13 18 29 39 43
2023-12-03	36	2nd	2 13 22 38 39
2023-10-28	3	2nd	11 13 18 25 44
2023-10-25	12	3rd	5 7 13 33 44
2023-10-13	7	2nd	2 13 19 22 25
2023-10-06	9	3rd	5 8 13 20 21
2023-09-27	10	2nd	9 13 20 31 33
2023-09-17	6	3rd	5 10 13 31 39
2023-09-11	6	3rd	2 6 13 32 42
2023-09-05	16	2nd	2 13 24 39 45
2023-08-20	4	1st	13 19 26 29 37
2023-08-16	11	3rd	1 5 13 26 44
2023-08-05	1	2nd	1 13 20 30 44
2023-08-04	9	2nd	10 13 16 39 41
2023-07-26	30	1st	13 18 36 37 41
2023-06-26	17	3rd	1 12 13 23 26
2023-06-09	6	1st	13 29 34 39 43
2023-06-03	1	3rd	8 12 13 24 27
2023-06-02	6	3rd	4 12 13 17 41
2023-05-27	4	2nd	9 13 19 22 31
2023-05-23	15	2nd	9 13 26 35 40
2023-05-08	4	2nd	11 13 19 25 33
2023-05-04	17	2nd	6 13 17 18 30
2023-04-17	23	2nd	8 13 23 36 38
2023-03-25	7	2nd	10 13 18 33 34
2023-03-18	17	2nd	3 13 22 31 36
2023-03-01	16	3rd	3 12 13 16 27
2023-02-13	1	1st	13 16 21 30 37
2023-02-12	2	2nd	3 13 17 35 41
2023-02-10	15	1st	13 28 35 40 44
2023-01-26	1	2nd	12 13 26 39 40
2023-01-25	6	3rd	1 11 13 17 35
2023-01-19	24	2nd	2 13 16 30 38
2022-12-26	1	2nd	4 13 16 33 39
2022-12-25	4	2nd	11 13 35 36 37
2022-12-21	1	2nd	5 13 17 24 29
2022-12-20	8	1st	13 17 40 42 45
2022-12-12	4	2nd	10 13 18 20 39
2022-12-08	2	2nd	5 13 23 32 39
2022-12-06	5	2nd	2 13 20 32 42
2022-12-01	1	2nd	7 13 20 33 38
2022-11-30	1	2nd	10 13 25 40 45
2022-11-29	2	2nd	6 13 24 26 45
2022-11-27	1	2nd	9 13 19 29 33
2022-11-26	2	1st	13 22 23 24 36
2022-11-24	4	2nd	6 13 21 25 44
2022-11-20	5	2nd	2 13 32 37 38
2022-11-15	15	1st	13 16 20 30 32
2022-10-29	3	1st	13 21 22 23 29
2022-10-19	9	2nd	2 13 14 42 45
2022-09-03	13	2nd	12 13 22 29 36
2022-07-20	9	2nd	6 13 15 18 34
2022-06-18	6	2nd	10 13 27 40 45
2022-05-28	10	2nd	7 13 15 32 33
2022-04-23	21	1st	13 28 29 41 45
2022-02-09	10	1st	13 16 19 21 22
2022-01-05	21	2nd	3 13 16 23 27
2021-10-23	6	2nd	11 13 14 16 22
2021-10-02	7	1st	13 20 23 27 41
2021-09-08	7	1st	13 17 34 37 39
2021-08-14	3	3rd	7 8 13 15 35
2021-08-04	2	2nd	6 13 16 30 41
2021-07-28	20	2nd	5 13 29 32 36
2021-05-19	5	4th	1 11 12 13 23
2021-05-01	8	1st	13 31 36 40 44
2021-04-03	2	2nd	9 13 16 26 30
2021-03-27	8	3rd	3 9 13 29 32
2021-02-27	7	3rd	2 5 13 24 42
2021-02-03	6	2nd	2 13 15 34 35
2021-01-13	2	1st	13 22 39 40 45
2021-01-06	2	2nd	8 13 38 41 45
2020-12-30	1	3rd	8 9 13 23 38
2020-12-26	1	4th	6 9 11 13 24
2020-12-23	17	3rd	3 12 13 23 29
2020-10-24	7	2nd	7 13 20 21 37
2020-09-30	8	1st	13 22 24 32 42
2020-09-02	9	3rd	5 12 13 24 30
2020-08-01	3	1st	13 16 28 31 36
2020-07-22	2	2nd	12 13 16 37 41
2020-07-15	3	2nd	10 13 17 30 37
2020-07-04	6	2nd	4 13 32 35 42
2020-06-13	19	2nd	2 13 15 27 33
2020-04-08	3	2nd	10 13 14 16 44
2020-03-28	23	3rd	7 12 13 19 24
2020-01-08	21	1st	13 14 19 26 30
2019-10-26	3	3rd	5 11 13 24 44
2019-10-16	4	3rd	3 4 13 26 38
2019-10-02	11	2nd	1 13 20 24 39
2019-08-24	44	4th	2 7 12 13 36
2019-03-23	8	2nd	8 13 15 22 24
2019-02-23	4	1st	13 25 29 30 39
2019-02-09	1	2nd	4 13 24 32 36
2019-02-06	2	1st	13 23 29 38 45
2019-01-30	18	2nd	9 13 16 27 41
2018-11-28	1	2nd	6 13 24 25 27
2018-11-24	1	2nd	11 13 31 36 38
2018-11-21	8	4th	3 5 6 13 33
2018-10-24	6	3rd	1 6 13 17 19
2018-10-03	1	3rd	11 12 13 14 31
2018-09-29	7	2nd	2 13 22 23 31
2018-09-05	59	3rd	1 11 13 17 27
2018-02-10	18	3rd	9 11 13 15 41
2017-12-09	12	2nd	3 13 19 23 39
2017-10-28	34	2nd	8 13 14 17 20
2017-07-01	5	3rd	2 4 13 14 28
2017-06-14	12	3rd	1 8 13 30 39
2017-05-03	—	2nd	2 13 20 21 30