Number 13

In Classic Lotto 47 under the 6/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,721 draws, 6 from 1–47.

215times drawn · chance expected 220 −0.34σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 22% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

45longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 215 times in 1,721 draws against 219.7 expected, −0.34σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 215 times in 1,721 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 12 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 smallest41 · chance 43.6
2nd smallest86 · chance 87.3
3rd smallest62 · chance 61.9
4th smallest22 · chance 19.4
5th smallest4 · chance 2.6
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 8 9 10 12 47

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-08-29	10	3rd	2 6 13 25 33 46
2026-07-25	18	1st	13 20 25 26 44 45
2026-05-23	6	2nd	7 13 17 33 44 45
2026-05-02	3	1st	13 14 32 33 36 42
2026-04-22	15	1st	13 15 18 29 30 45
2026-02-28	1	3rd	6 9 13 30 33 35
2026-02-25	8	4th	1 3 9 13 22 25
2026-01-28	3	2nd	11 13 19 31 39 45
2026-01-17	6	2nd	1 13 21 29 40 47
2025-12-27	13	2nd	3 13 18 26 29 38
2025-11-12	7	3rd	2 11 13 14 21 42
2025-10-18	2	1st	13 14 19 23 35 37
2025-10-11	23	2nd	9 13 16 26 27 42
2025-07-23	2	2nd	8 13 19 25 26 37
2025-07-16	14	4th	4 10 12 13 18 40
2025-05-28	2	3rd	5 11 13 19 37 38
2025-05-21	2	2nd	4 13 18 21 28 31
2025-05-14	3	3rd	6 9 13 31 33 43
2025-05-03	1	2nd	3 13 31 33 38 45
2025-04-30	2	2nd	5 13 29 37 41 43
2025-04-23	10	1st	13 25 30 35 38 46
2025-03-19	2	4th	2 7 11 13 23 31
2025-03-12	28	1st	13 18 21 23 33 39
2024-12-04	1	3rd	2 10 13 24 29 46

The other 191 appearances

2024-11-30	8	3rd	2 8 13 18 20 23
2024-11-02	9	2nd	6 13 27 33 41 44
2024-10-02	4	2nd	12 13 23 30 34 42
2024-09-18	28	3rd	5 12 13 36 39 45
2024-06-12	1	3rd	9 10 13 33 44 45
2024-06-08	6	2nd	1 13 24 39 45 46
2024-05-18	16	5th	5 8 9 12 13 40
2024-03-23	9	2nd	8 13 27 30 34 35
2024-02-21	1	1st	13 16 25 27 31 47
2024-02-17	3	3rd	11 12 13 28 40 46
2024-02-07	4	2nd	11 13 15 35 45 47
2024-01-24	6	1st	13 19 25 32 37 41
2024-01-03	28	3rd	1 8 13 15 27 42
2023-09-27	4	2nd	1 13 25 35 38 46
2023-09-13	2	3rd	5 9 13 29 45 47
2023-09-06	13	3rd	9 10 13 15 18 43
2023-07-22	5	3rd	8 10 13 18 24 38
2023-07-05	5	2nd	3 13 28 29 32 38
2023-06-17	7	2nd	6 13 17 18 21 44
2023-05-24	4	2nd	4 13 16 18 26 35
2023-05-10	2	1st	13 14 16 35 39 46
2023-05-03	4	1st	13 22 29 36 38 40
2023-04-19	7	2nd	3 13 20 30 41 47
2023-03-25	3	3rd	2 10 13 22 28 45
2023-03-15	6	4th	3 8 9 13 20 34
2023-02-22	2	3rd	6 10 13 25 41 47
2023-02-15	18	1st	13 27 30 33 39 45
2022-12-14	4	2nd	1 13 22 32 34 40
2022-11-30	3	3rd	5 12 13 17 30 37
2022-11-19	22	2nd	10 13 31 37 38 41
2022-09-03	6	1st	13 26 29 41 42 43
2022-08-13	23	1st	13 16 24 27 31 33
2022-05-25	17	2nd	11 13 27 29 33 47
2022-03-26	1	2nd	2 13 14 28 35 41
2022-03-23	12	3rd	10 11 13 15 35 38
2022-02-09	9	4th	3 4 12 13 34 42
2022-01-08	8	3rd	2 7 13 23 26 28
2021-12-11	3	4th	4 6 12 13 18 27
2021-12-01	1	3rd	2 12 13 22 39 40
2021-11-27	3	2nd	8 13 16 17 24 33
2021-11-17	5	1st	13 28 30 37 38 44
2021-10-30	14	4th	4 7 12 13 30 32
2021-09-11	15	4th	3 5 6 13 14 30
2021-07-21	8	3rd	3 12 13 33 45 46
2021-06-23	11	2nd	10 13 14 20 28 33
2021-05-15	14	2nd	4 13 21 33 38 44
2021-03-27	5	3rd	4 7 13 17 35 41
2021-03-10	1	3rd	2 4 13 23 26 27
2021-03-06	13	2nd	7 13 19 27 38 46
2021-01-20	3	3rd	6 10 13 41 43 46
2021-01-09	12	1st	13 14 16 29 31 35
2020-11-28	2	2nd	9 13 20 25 40 43
2020-11-21	11	2nd	12 13 15 16 21 28
2020-10-14	15	2nd	9 13 18 24 33 47
2020-08-22	3	2nd	12 13 21 28 39 44
2020-08-12	5	2nd	12 13 22 34 43 47
2020-07-25	4	1st	13 34 37 40 44 46
2020-07-11	6	2nd	6 13 18 25 39 40
2020-06-20	21	3rd	8 12 13 21 24 39
2020-04-08	15	4th	7 8 9 13 17 24
2020-02-15	4	1st	13 29 34 36 39 41
2020-02-01	13	3rd	2 5 13 30 31 38
2019-12-18	6	2nd	10 13 22 38 39 41
2019-11-27	8	3rd	2 6 13 28 33 43
2019-10-30	21	2nd	2 13 18 20 27 31
2019-08-17	12	1st	13 15 16 20 21 47
2019-07-06	1	1st	13 22 28 35 36 44
2019-07-03	14	2nd	5 13 14 18 19 40
2019-05-15	6	4th	2 3 10 13 14 41
2019-04-24	10	1st	13 18 33 36 43 44
2019-03-20	5	3rd	7 8 13 17 28 44
2019-03-02	1	3rd	2 3 13 15 31 46
2019-02-27	2	2nd	3 13 21 23 29 44
2019-02-20	6	3rd	1 8 13 23 27 35
2019-01-30	1	3rd	7 12 13 27 44 47
2019-01-26	1	1st	13 16 24 26 31 35
2019-01-23	4	2nd	8 13 19 22 28 31
2019-01-09	2	4th	2 10 11 13 14 21
2019-01-02	15	2nd	3 13 19 24 38 45
2018-11-10	1	4th	5 9 10 13 16 41
2018-11-07	5	5th	2 4 9 11 13 40
2018-10-20	12	2nd	1 13 23 30 39 46
2018-09-08	1	2nd	2 13 27 38 43 44
2018-09-05	1	5th	4 7 8 9 13 16
2018-09-01	8	2nd	10 13 18 34 35 39
2018-08-04	5	2nd	12 13 14 28 38 46
2018-07-18	1	3rd	7 12 13 14 19 37
2018-07-14	13	2nd	6 13 30 39 42 43
2018-05-30	5	3rd	1 4 13 17 33 43
2018-05-12	4	1st	13 27 30 38 43 45
2018-04-28	3	2nd	11 13 14 26 40 45
2018-04-18	5	3rd	2 7 13 24 27 31
2018-03-31	25	3rd	7 8 13 17 41 45
2018-01-03	2	2nd	1 13 14 17 25 26
2017-12-27	9	3rd	1 6 13 30 34 47
2017-11-25	1	3rd	2 9 13 17 20 47
2017-11-22	15	3rd	1 10 13 19 20 26
2017-09-30	5	1st	13 17 21 22 23 41
2017-09-13	2	1st	13 22 26 35 42 47
2017-09-06	11	3rd	5 7 13 23 25 28
2017-07-29	1	2nd	8 13 21 22 28 32
2017-07-26	1	3rd	8 9 13 15 25 27
2017-07-22	1	1st	13 26 32 33 39 42
2017-07-19	18	3rd	2 12 13 28 31 36
2017-05-17	7	2nd	9 13 17 24 30 33
2017-04-22	44	2nd	12 13 18 24 35 43
2016-11-19	16	3rd	9 11 13 19 38 39
2016-09-24	14	2nd	11 13 16 21 24 37
2016-08-06	24	5th	6 10 11 12 13 46
2016-05-14	1	3rd	8 10 13 33 36 44
2016-05-11	1	2nd	3 13 29 30 34 47
2016-05-07	7	2nd	10 13 18 31 39 41
2016-04-13	12	3rd	3 4 13 21 25 39
2016-03-02	7	1st	13 18 24 31 39 45
2016-02-06	3	2nd	7 13 29 33 39 46
2016-01-27	18	2nd	6 13 25 41 42 47
2015-11-25	30	4th	1 4 11 13 14 15
2015-08-12	23	1st	13 19 22 28 32 40
2015-05-23	24	2nd	6 13 23 29 30 36
2015-02-28	14	2nd	9 13 19 26 33 40
2015-01-10	1	3rd	9 10 13 32 37 45
2015-01-07	13	2nd	11 13 19 30 33 39
2014-11-22	20	3rd	2 6 13 15 16 34
2014-09-06	13	2nd	4 13 20 38 42 43
2014-07-23	6	1st	13 14 31 32 33 36
2014-07-02	5	1st	13 32 35 37 41 44
2014-06-14	1	2nd	1 13 15 34 36 40
2014-06-11	45	1st	13 15 20 30 43 46
2014-01-04	8	2nd	12 13 15 29 30 36
2013-12-07	3	1st	13 14 21 32 42 46
2013-11-27	11	1st	13 17 19 34 38 47
2013-10-19	1	1st	13 21 22 28 37 47
2013-10-16	4	4th	4 6 11 13 26 36
2013-10-02	5	4th	1 4 11 13 20 26
2013-09-14	3	3rd	10 12 13 17 21 25
2013-09-04	5	3rd	2 10 13 19 34 47
2013-08-17	12	4th	6 7 9 13 20 23
2013-07-06	2	2nd	6 13 17 18 19 30
2013-06-29	1	4th	5 8 11 13 17 37
2013-06-26	2	1st	13 15 20 32 36 39
2013-06-19	9	1st	13 18 22 32 39 46
2013-05-18	2	3rd	8 9 13 24 31 36
2013-05-11	14	3rd	1 9 13 29 30 32
2013-03-23	6	4th	7 8 11 13 45 47
2013-03-02	1	3rd	4 8 13 14 42 43
2013-02-27	25	2nd	6 13 19 25 28 43
2012-12-01	2	2nd	12 13 19 31 37 44
2012-11-24	2	2nd	5 13 22 40 44 45
2012-11-17	1	2nd	4 13 15 18 29 43
2012-11-14	6	3rd	3 5 13 17 28 35
2012-10-24	1	2nd	10 13 17 27 41 46
2012-10-20	21	4th	1 9 11 13 18 42
2012-08-08	3	3rd	8 9 13 17 27 46
2012-07-28	8	2nd	1 13 15 25 30 39
2012-06-30	3	3rd	10 11 13 19 27 40
2012-06-20	3	2nd	5 13 16 18 20 40
2012-06-09	6	2nd	8 13 17 23 37 47
2012-05-19	11	2nd	4 13 25 31 35 40
2012-04-11	2	3rd	8 10 13 34 39 47
2012-04-04	1	3rd	7 12 13 14 44 46
2012-03-31	11	2nd	1 13 17 21 29 45
2012-02-22	2	2nd	2 13 24 27 28 33
2012-02-15	4	2nd	9 13 14 16 33 38
2012-02-01	11	4th	1 8 9 13 26 44
2011-12-24	4	1st	13 23 27 36 38 41
2011-12-10	14	3rd	1 12 13 29 44 47
2011-10-22	1	1st	13 14 26 30 33 37
2011-10-19	2	3rd	6 10 13 31 45 46
2011-10-12	5	3rd	10 12 13 16 18 33
2011-09-24	2	1st	13 26 31 40 45 46
2011-09-17	13	2nd	8 13 21 24 25 33
2011-08-03	5	2nd	4 13 25 36 43 47
2011-07-16	2	1st	13 14 23 32 35 40
2011-07-09	13	3rd	2 8 13 15 46 47
2011-05-25	7	2nd	7 13 20 26 28 33
2011-04-30	5	2nd	9 13 17 24 33 41
2011-04-13	23	3rd	2 10 13 22 32 38
2011-01-22	5	2nd	3 13 23 31 32 44
2011-01-05	10	2nd	7 13 15 24 28 47
2010-11-27	20	2nd	3 13 28 30 39 45
2010-09-18	1	1st	13 22 25 32 34 35
2010-09-15	11	3rd	7 8 13 33 37 47
2010-08-07	7	4th	1 3 12 13 14 36
2010-07-14	1	2nd	2 13 34 44 46 47
2010-07-10	9	2nd	11 13 20 29 36 40
2010-06-09	1	2nd	11 13 16 19 32 43
2010-06-05	4	4th	1 7 12 13 24 35
2010-05-22	1	2nd	8 13 16 19 24 26
2010-05-19	2	2nd	1 13 18 26 35 40
2010-05-12	10	1st	13 21 22 29 31 43
2010-04-07	—	2nd	8 13 19 30 31 47

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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Classic Lotto 47 · every number