Number 13

In Easy 5 under the 5/37 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,615 draws, 5 from 1–37.

203times drawn · chance expected 218 −1.11σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 56% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

37longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 203 times in 1,615 draws against 218.2 expected, −1.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 203 times in 1,615 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 5 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 smallest25 · chance 36.6
2nd smallest85 · chance 83.7
3rd smallest67 · chance 62.8
4th smallest22 · chance 18.2
5th smallest4 · chance 1.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 34 8 3 11 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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
2026-09-23	1	2nd	4 13 14 23 28
2026-09-19	30	2nd	8 13 25 29 31
2026-06-06	1	3rd	7 11 13 20 37
2026-06-03	2	3rd	10 11 13 15

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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

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