Number 13

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

218times drawn · chance expected 245 −1.84σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

10.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

45longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 218 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, −1.84σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 218 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 10.7 draws · longest completed wait 45 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest61 · chance 64.0
2nd smallest98 · chance 96.0
3rd smallest52 · chance 48.0
4th smallest6 · chance 9.4
5th smallest1 · chance 0.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 34 19 24 28 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-02-21	11	3rd	7 11 13 45 47
2026-02-10	5	1st	13 18 25 27 30
2026-02-05	1	3rd	2 3 13 36 37
2026-02-04	4	2nd	6 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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-03	9	2nd	2 13 18 21 31
2025-04-24	26	1st	13 15 20 31 38
2025-03-29	7	3rd	4 8 13 18 41
2025-03-22	12	1st	13 14 32 46 47
2025-03-10	29	3rd	7 8 13 21 42
2025-02-09	10	2nd	8 13 22 28 39
2025-01-30	7	2nd	9 13 18 23 40
2025-01-23	5	2nd	9 13 18 24 46
2025-01-18	2	3rd	4 12 13 32 43
2025-01-16	3	1st	13 20 29 32 37
2025-01-13	5	1st	13 17 35 41 44
2025-01-08	20	1st	13 14 24 37 38
2024-12-19	10	3rd	2 5 13 18 29
2024-12-09	4	2nd	1 13 19 22 28
2024-12-05	1	2nd	4 13 25 44 47
2024-12-04	2	2nd	1 13 25 33 46
2024-12-02	11	2nd	5 13 14 31 42
2024-11-21	18	3rd	4 11 13 45 47
2024-11-03	33	2nd	5 13 18 21 42
2024-10-01	9	2nd	5 13 22 31 48
2024-09-22	4	2nd	5 13 27 35 48
2024-09-18	4	2nd	10 13 28 43 47
2024-09-14	16	2nd	5 13 27 28 44
2024-08-29	5	2nd	7 13 18 23 42
2024-08-24	22	1st	13 19 26 33 38
2024-08-02	19	2nd	11 13 16 27 33
2024-07-14	7	2nd	9 13 16 20 23
2024-07-07	1	2nd	7 13 15 30 34
2024-07-06	5	2nd	3 13 21 29 37
2024-07-01	10	1st	13 22 31 47 48
2024-06-21	17	3rd	4 7 13 29 46
2024-06-04	11	2nd	8 13 39 42 48
2024-05-24	3	1st	13 17 24 29 33
2024-05-21	8	2nd	5 13 24 41 48
2024-05-13	37	1st	13 16 20 39 43
2024-04-06	6	2nd	4 13 19 24 43
2024-03-31	2	3rd	1 4 13 26 27
2024-03-29	6	2nd	8 13 14 42 44
2024-03-23	8	4th	1 3 8 13 29
2024-03-15	3	1st	13 16 18 19 34
2024-03-12	6	2nd	3 13 24 36 44
2024-03-06	10	1st	13 24 28 36 38
2024-02-25	5	2nd	3 13 14 17 26
2024-02-20	10	3rd	5 7 13 37 39
2024-02-10	15	1st	13 15 27 31 40
2024-01-26	2	3rd	2 4 13 30 37
2024-01-24	7	3rd	2 3 13 19 34
2024-01-17	1	2nd	3 13 16 29 36
2024-01-16	17	2nd	8 13 21 22 42
2023-12-30	8	2nd	6 13 17 37 44
2023-12-22	11	2nd	12 13 22 31 46
2023-12-11	29	1st	13 14 19 31 34
2023-11-12	7	2nd	2 13 27 28 34
2023-11-05	8	2nd	1 13 32 45 48
2023-10-28	1	2nd	2 13 19 44 46
2023-10-27	4	2nd	8 13 15 29 48
2023-10-23	14	2nd	11 13 15 22 44
2023-10-09	8	2nd	9 13 17 30 38
2023-10-01	19	2nd	11 13 24 29 47
2023-09-12	4	3rd	3 11 13 26 45
2023-09-08	13	3rd	1 3 13 35 43
2023-08-26	10	2nd	10 13 24 30 40
2023-08-16	7	1st	13 19 25 33 48
2023-08-09	8	1st	13 19 26 27 43
2023-08-01	11	1st	13 33 40 42 47
2023-07-21	29	2nd	1 13 28 30 41
2023-06-22	18	2nd	11 13 34 35 42
2023-06-04	15	1st	13 15 20 35 41
2023-05-20	5	1st	13 23 30 34 39
2023-05-15	3	2nd	1 13 17 34 41
2023-05-12	8	3rd	1 2 13 24 35
2023-05-04	29	3rd	8 9 13 19 43
2023-04-05	1	2nd	6 13 17 25 33
2023-04-04	1	2nd	10 13 20 22 25
2023-04-03	7	2nd	2 13 21 45 46
2023-03-27	25	1st	13 24 26 36 47
2023-03-02	19	2nd	10 13 33 40 47
2023-02-11	20	3rd	1 12 13 36 48
2023-01-22	7	3rd	7 9 13 24 44
2023-01-15	8	3rd	5 8 13 41 44
2023-01-07	3	3rd	4 5 13 22 44
2023-01-04	5	4th	2 5 11 13 40
2022-12-30	18	2nd	8 13 35 42 47
2022-12-12	9	1st	13 15 29 36 44
2022-12-03	11	3rd	1 7 13 30 40
2022-11-22	5	3rd	8 11 13 20 28
2022-11-17	17	1st	13 14 22 23 30
2022-10-31	17	2nd	3 13 16 19 28
2022-10-14	7	2nd	8 13 26 33 37
2022-10-07	1	3rd	7 9 13 16 18
2022-10-06	4	2nd	8 13 17 21 45
2022-10-02	45	5th	1 3 10 12 13
2022-08-18	5	2nd	7 13 17 22 25
2022-08-13	28	1st	13 26 34 37 48
2022-07-16	5	1st	13 14 34 37 43
2022-07-11	9	1st	13 14 20 27 34
2022-07-02	1	2nd	3 13 16 18 27
2022-07-01	14	1st	13 28 30 36 37
2022-06-17	2	2nd	6 13 21 31 40
2022-06-15	25	1st	13 17 19 32 37
2022-05-21	3	1st	13 17 31 41 47
2022-05-18	3	1st	13 28 36 37 42
2022-05-15	1	3rd	4 7 13 25 40
2022-05-14	1	3rd	4 9 13 33 44
2022-05-13	3	3rd	6 9 13 28 38
2022-05-10	13	2nd	1 13 18 22 45
2022-04-27	3	3rd	4 6 13 24 41
2022-04-24	10	2nd	11 13 28 30 37
2022-04-14	17	2nd	5 13 15 30 37
2022-03-28	2	1st	13 31 34 35 37
2022-03-26	7	1st	13 23 28 34 39
2022-03-19	12	2nd	6 13 16 37 41
2022-03-07	23	2nd	8 13 19 21 34
2022-02-12	39	1st	13 25 27 39 45
2022-01-04	3	3rd	7 8 13 29 40
2022-01-01	36	2nd	10 13 19 36 48
2021-11-26	32	2nd	1 13 20 34 48
2021-10-25	4	1st	13 25 27 35 39
2021-10-21	8	2nd	6 13 17 25 28
2021-10-13	16	1st	13 16 18 23 33
2021-09-27	4	2nd	1 13 17 40 45
2021-09-23	11	1st	13 27 32 39 41
2021-09-12	13	4th	1 3 11 13 34
2021-08-30	6	1st	13 22 28 30 44
2021-08-24	8	3rd	4 10 13 24 44
2021-08-16	23	2nd	3 13 39 40 44
2021-07-24	22	2nd	12 13 26 33 42
2021-05-20	4	2nd	7 13 38 43 44
2021-05-06	5	2nd	5 13 26 32 47
2021-04-19	21	1st	13 21 31 32 33
2021-02-04	5	3rd	3 9 13 24 40
2021-01-18	16	2nd	2 13 14 19 31
2020-11-23	21	1st	13 23 31 37 39
2020-09-10	2	2nd	4 13 25 28 33
2020-09-03	11	3rd	1 4 13 26 37
2020-07-27	4	3rd	6 10 13 17 31
2020-07-13	6	2nd	9 13 34 36 46
2020-06-22	7	1st	13 33 34 43 44
2020-05-28	20	2nd	1 13 36 41 44
2020-03-19	2	1st	13 19 24 38 42
2020-03-12	1	2nd	1 13 23 47 48
2020-03-09	2	2nd	3 13 16 45 48
2020-03-02	13	2nd	6 13 24 32 40
2020-01-16	24	2nd	10 13 15 30 33
2019-10-24	5	2nd	5 13 24 38 48
2019-10-07	1	1st	13 18 31 38 43
2019-10-03	4	2nd	1 13 42 43 44
2019-09-19	10	1st	13 21 27 28 39
2019-08-15	8	3rd	2 11 13 19 27
2019-07-18	8	2nd	8 13 32 34 48
2019-06-20	11	1st	13 30 33 39 43
2019-05-13	2	3rd	6 11 13 28 38
2019-05-06	7	1st	13 14 26 36 39
2019-04-11	25	1st	13 17 30 35 39
2019-01-14	1	2nd	11 13 18 29 42
2019-01-10	20	2nd	9 13 21 34 43
2018-11-01	9	2nd	4 13 31 37 47
2018-10-01	6	3rd	8 10 13 16 40
2018-09-10	9	3rd	1 11 13 23 42
2018-08-09	1	1st	13 25 30 33 37
2018-08-06	10	3rd	5 7 13 15 29
2018-07-02	5	1st	13 18 27 39 43
2018-06-14	5	2nd	7 13 33 37 41
2018-05-28	8	3rd	4 6 13 16 32
2018-04-30	6	3rd	1 10 13 16 21
2018-04-09	17	2nd	9 13 20 39 44
2018-02-08	2	3rd	4 10 13 32 40
2018-02-01	3	2nd	3 13 21 24 47
2018-01-22	10	2nd	5 13 26 30 35
2017-12-18	6	1st	13 16 21 29 32
2017-11-27	15	2nd	12 13 20 37 46
2017-10-05	4	2nd	12 13 21 26 36
2017-09-21	18	2nd	7 13 19 24 30
2017-07-20	11	3rd	2 10 13 19 44
2017-06-12	1	2nd	7 13 29 31 34
2017-06-08	1	2nd	12 13 26 29 46
2017-06-05	10	1st	13 15 17 20 32
2017-05-01	6	2nd	3 13 23 44 48
2017-04-10	9	1st	13 34 36 41 43
2017-03-09	12	4th	1 6 12 13 24
2017-01-26	7	3rd	3 11 13 31 42
2017-01-02	7	1st	13 17 28 35 38
2016-12-08	3	4th	5 7 8 13 15
2016-11-28	26	4th	2 5 6 13 32
2016-08-29	18	1st	13 21 27 35 43
2016-06-27	11	3rd	8 9 13 32 46
2016-05-19	7	2nd	4 13 24 28 30
2016-04-25	11	3rd	2 6 13 26 32
2016-03-17	24	2nd	4 13 14 15 33
2015-12-24	45	1st	13 17 28 29 30
2015-07-20	1	1st	13 16 17 18 23
2015-07-16	7	2nd	9 13 19 22 45
2015-06-22	4	3rd	2 9 13 19 22
2015-06-08	—	3rd	4 8 13 19 31