Number 12

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–52.

114times drawn · chance expected 111 +0.32σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 74% for any number

10.1average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

44longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 114 times in 1,152 draws against 110.8 expected, +0.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 114 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 44 · 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 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 smallest48 · chance 41.7
2nd smallest48 · chance 49.6
3rd smallest15 · chance 19.6
4th smallest3 · chance 3.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 40 52 11 21 45

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 51 numbers; chance expects about 0.0 such strangers 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 52. 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
2026-10-03	2	1st	12 13 21 40 49
2026-09-28	26	2nd	7 12 39 45 47
2026-07-29	3	2nd	11 12 20 26 33
2026-07-22	7	2nd	1 12 14

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-10	13	2nd	10 12 27 45 51
2025-04-09	3	1st	12 19 30 42 46
2025-04-02	7	1st	12 28 39 41 44
2025-03-17	6	2nd	11 12 20 29 33
2025-03-03	27	1st	12 25 29 40 49
2024-12-30	1	1st	12 16 38 45 50
2024-12-28	14	1st	12 17 22 30 42
2024-11-25	9	1st	12 14 16 25 33
2024-11-04	16	3rd	3 9 12 16 52
2024-09-28	7	1st	12 13 47 48 51
2024-09-11	22	4th	2 9 10 12 24
2024-07-22	11	2nd	2 12 15 43 52
2024-06-26	4	2nd	11 12 27 38 48
2024-06-17	10	2nd	3 12 28 29 35
2024-05-25	3	1st	12 17 27 29 40
2024-05-18	10	4th	7 8 9 12 33
2024-04-24	4	2nd	7 12 17 22 52
2024-04-15	10	2nd	2 12 18 23 52
2024-03-23	5	3rd	5 7 12 41 52
2024-03-11	27	1st	12 15 16 32 46
2024-01-08	9	1st	12 21 37 39 45
2023-12-18	22	3rd	2 3 12 33 40
2023-10-28	19	1st	12 25 36 39 46
2023-09-13	15	2nd	11 12 25 36 40
2023-08-09	4	3rd	1 10 12 33 39
2023-07-31	5	3rd	5 11 12 34 40
2023-07-19	7	2nd	9 12 16 33 40
2023-07-03	11	1st	12 27 37 42 43
2023-06-07	18	2nd	9 12 21 22 26
2023-04-26	2	3rd	2 11 12 27 46
2023-04-22	5	3rd	5 9 12 24 26
2023-04-10	18	3rd	3 10 12 15 37
2023-02-27	17	1st	12 17 41 43 51
2023-01-18	6	1st	12 18 24 27 45
2023-01-04	1	2nd	2 12 30 37 46
2023-01-02	4	2nd	10 12 13 27 50
2022-12-24	1	2nd	7 12 40 44 48
2022-12-21	2	1st	12 14 23 38 45
2022-12-17	7	2nd	7 12 16 40 49
2022-11-30	3	1st	12 21 35 42 45
2022-11-23	1	1st	12 21 29 35 42
2022-11-21	8	2nd	3 12 14 29 32
2022-11-02	19	1st	12 19 37 50 52
2022-09-19	16	1st	12 31 45 47 48
2022-08-13	18	1st	12 14 27 43 47
2022-06-25	3	1st	12 28 30 34 39
2022-06-15	44	1st	12 19 35 38 48
2022-01-12	18	1st	12 19 27 37 45
2021-11-10	28	1st	12 20 32 39 49
2021-08-04	3	1st	12 15 27 38 52
2021-07-24	1	3rd	7 8 12 25 31
2021-07-21	20	2nd	4 12 17 23 52
2021-05-12	2	1st	12 30 31 46 48
2021-05-05	1	2nd	1 12 26 36 52
2021-05-01	7	1st	12 17 28 29 46
2021-04-07	18	2nd	7 12 22 28 39
2021-02-03	17	1st	12 35 38 40 43
2020-12-05	1	1st	12 15 35 36 51
2020-12-02	2	2nd	9 12 22 38 40
2020-11-25	6	3rd	1 7 12 38 40
2020-11-04	5	2nd	11 12 32 49 50
2020-10-17	6	2nd	11 12 19 35 43
2020-09-26	3	2nd	11 12 18 24 51
2020-09-16	13	1st	12 15 21 48 52
2020-08-01	6	1st	12 21 29 40 44
2020-07-11	7	2nd	3 12 22 26 31
2020-06-17	3	1st	12 19 21 26 48
2020-06-06	13	2nd	10 12 22 39 46
2020-04-22	19	2nd	11 12 16 41 42
2020-02-15	5	3rd	4 9 12 23 32
2020-01-29	24	3rd	9 11 12 25 43
2019-11-06	13	2nd	2 12 15 27 44
2019-09-21	3	2nd	9 12 15 27 33
2019-09-11	13	1st	12 29 30 34 36
2019-07-27	7	2nd	11 12 32 41 47
2019-07-03	5	2nd	7 12 19 36 48
2019-06-15	1	2nd	4 12 23 24 31
2019-06-12	19	2nd	4 12 15 38 49
2019-04-06	9	1st	12 28 32 34 45
2019-03-06	4	1st	12 17 25 34 45
2019-02-20	18	1st	12 15 16 21 46
2018-12-19	6	2nd	10 12 13 34 52
2018-11-28	10	4th	2 7 10 12 22
2018-10-24	10	3rd	4 11 12 19 34
2018-09-19	22	1st	12 13 25 33 40
2018-07-04	21	2nd	4 12 16 22 44
2018-04-21	10	2nd	10 12 16 25 46
2018-03-17	18	2nd	2 12 15 18 19
2018-01-13	7	2nd	1 12 32 33 47
2017-12-20	—	2nd	5 12 23 24 32