Number 12

In Hoosier Lotto under the 6/48 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–48.

224times drawn · chance expected 219 +0.37σ

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

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

46longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 224 times in 1,751 draws against 218.9 expected, +0.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 224 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 46 · 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 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 smallest60 · chance 55.1
2nd smallest80 · chance 94.6
3rd smallest64 · chance 57.3
4th smallest17 · chance 15.2
5th smallest3 · chance 1.7
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 19 21 37 16 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-10-07	14	2nd	6 12 18 19 21 45
2026-08-19	7	1st	12 14 18 30 33 38
2026-07-25	9	1st	12 19 20 42 43 45
2026-06-24

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

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