Number 13

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

96times drawn · chance expected 111 −1.48σ

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

11.9average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

58longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 96 times in 1,152 draws against 110.8 expected, −1.48σ. 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 96 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 11.9 draws · longest completed wait 58 · 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 smallest27 · chance 31.6
2nd smallest43 · chance 42.1
3rd smallest23 · chance 18.8
4th smallest3 · chance 3.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 20 44 52 2 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 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
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
2026-10-03	4	2nd	12 13 21 40 49
2026-09-23	13	1st	13 24 32 41 48
2026-08-24	16	2nd	7 13 23 35 44
2026-07-18	8	1st	13 17 22

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-01	8	3rd	8 9 13 33 41
2025-02-10	2	3rd	7 10 13 31 50
2025-02-05	27	2nd	4 13 17 44 45
2024-12-04	29	2nd	10 13 32 42 44
2024-09-28	1	2nd	12 13 47 48 51
2024-09-25	1	3rd	5 10 13 31 52
2024-09-23	21	1st	13 15 22 23 35
2024-08-05	7	1st	13 21 29 33 38
2024-07-20	21	3rd	6 7 13 16 36
2024-06-01	5	1st	13 15 19 29 39
2024-05-20	10	1st	13 15 24 26 27
2024-04-27	32	2nd	9 13 16 39 48
2024-02-12	7	1st	13 14 22 31 52
2024-01-27	1	1st	13 22 46 47 51
2024-01-24	17	2nd	10 13 15 29 47
2023-12-16	17	1st	13 14 23 25 31
2023-11-06	12	1st	13 15 26 44 46
2023-10-09	12	2nd	10 13 30 38 40
2023-09-11	21	1st	13 34 35 36 49
2023-07-24	10	2nd	6 13 20 29 51
2023-07-01	4	1st	13 16 23 43 52
2023-06-21	18	2nd	2 13 20 35 48
2023-05-10	2	2nd	9 13 14 17 26
2023-05-06	8	1st	13 20 42 43 46
2023-04-17	12	2nd	10 13 21 23 30
2023-03-20	33	1st	13 14 22 30 37
2023-01-02	12	3rd	10 12 13 27 50
2022-12-05	12	2nd	4 13 17 24 34
2022-11-07	16	2nd	5 13 15 17 20
2022-10-01	1	3rd	5 7 13 16 38
2022-09-28	6	1st	13 38 39 44 45
2022-09-14	5	2nd	9 13 15 29 32
2022-09-03	12	3rd	6 8 13 26 30
2022-08-06	1	3rd	1 8 13 18 40
2022-08-03	15	1st	13 20 35 42 43
2022-06-22	33	2nd	3 13 33 37 45
2022-02-26	1	2nd	5 13 31 39 48
2022-02-23	16	2nd	3 13 29 47 52
2021-12-29	19	2nd	11 13 15 20 46
2021-10-23	7	1st	13 25 40 46 48
2021-09-29	9	1st	13 31 32 45 46
2021-08-28	24	2nd	10 13 33 39 48
2021-06-05	33	1st	13 16 19 39 44
2021-02-10	1	2nd	7 13 20 22 31
2021-02-06	12	1st	13 16 28 44 51
2020-12-26	13	2nd	3 13 15 41 49
2020-11-11	21	2nd	8 13 30 31 48
2020-08-29	13	4th	4 5 9 13 51
2020-07-15	10	2nd	11 13 14 45 51
2020-06-10	6	1st	13 16 33 38 52
2020-05-20	21	2nd	10 13 22 35 41
2020-03-07	7	2nd	1 13 14 24 25
2020-02-12	21	1st	13 17 27 29 44
2019-11-30	15	2nd	2 13 22 39 49
2019-10-09	10	3rd	6 9 13 23 46
2019-09-04	10	1st	13 25 35 37 45
2019-07-31	58	2nd	4 13 21 41 46
2019-01-09	6	1st	13 19 35 44 50
2018-12-19	2	3rd	10 12 13 34 52
2018-12-12	24	3rd	2 3 13 22 49
2018-09-19	4	2nd	12 13 25 33 40
2018-09-05	5	1st	13 20 26 30 41
2018-08-18	6	1st	13 18 39 47 52
2018-07-28	1	2nd	2 13 38 39 51
2018-07-25	5	3rd	6 8 13 20 35
2018-07-07	5	3rd	3 6 13 38 40
2018-06-20	5	4th	3 10 11 13 52
2018-06-02	16	2nd	5 13 14 44 50
2018-04-07	9	3rd	2 10 13 37 50
2018-03-07	6	3rd	1 2 13 20 36
2018-02-14	11	3rd	1 2 13 15 28
2018-01-06	—	2nd	9 13 26 38 48