Number 13

In Megabucks Plus under the 5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2023 rules — 522 draws, 5 from 1–41.

68times drawn · chance expected 64 +0.58σ

31draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

47longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 68 times in 522 draws against 63.7 expected, +0.58σ. Each draw is independent: after 31 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 68 times in 522 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 31 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 smallest12 · chance 15.2
2nd smallest33 · chance 29.3
3rd smallest17 · chance 18.6
4th smallest6 · chance 4.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 21 14 8 11 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2026-07-29	3	3rd	5 6 13 14 35
2026-07-22	2	3rd	4 6 13 18 30
2026-07-18	2	3rd	3 7 13 32 40
2026-07-13	24	1st	13 17

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

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