Number 12

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Aug 2020 rules — 642 draws, 6 from 1–42.

96times drawn · chance expected 92 +0.48σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 13% for any number

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

26longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 96 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, +0.48σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 96 times in 642 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 26 · waiting 14 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 smallest18 · chance 18.3
2nd smallest44 · chance 38.6
3rd smallest24 · chance 28.6
4th smallest6 · chance 9.2
5th smallest3 · chance 1.3
6th smallest1 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 15 20 33 19 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-08-22	25	4th	1 4 7 12 24 31
2026-05-27	3	2nd	11 12 15 19 28 37
2026-05-16	2	2nd	3 12 15 31 36 42
2026-05-09	10	1st	12

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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