Number 13

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

82times drawn · chance expected 92 −1.10σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 63% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

40longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 82 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, −1.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 82 times in 642 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 4 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 smallest15 · chance 13.0
2nd smallest26 · chance 31.2
3rd smallest32 · chance 26.4
4th smallest8 · chance 9.8
5th smallest1 · chance 1.6
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 34 3 6 18 19

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-09-26	5	2nd	2 13 15 19 21 33
2026-09-09	3	1st	13 14 26 30 31 32
2026-08-29	3	1st	13 15 17 20 41 42
2026-08-19	1	1st	13

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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