Number 13

In North 5 under the 5/34 · since Jan 2025 rules — 641 draws, 5 from 1–34.

86times drawn · chance expected 94 −0.92σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 6.8

62longest completed wait · 0.5% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 86 times in 641 draws against 94.3 expected, −0.92σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 86 times in 641 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 62 · waiting 3 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 smallest13 · chance 12.6
2nd smallest32 · chance 33.5
3rd smallest33 · chance 29.1
4th smallest8 · chance 9.7
5th smallest0 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 28 1 14 9 25

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 33 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 34. 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
2026-10-08	4	1st	13 14 16 17 34
2026-10-04	5	4th	2 10 11 13 15
2026-09-29	1	3rd	7 12 13 17 30
2026-09-28	6	3rd	1 12 13 28

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 5/34 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-13	9	2nd	6 13 18 20 27
2026-05-04	2	3rd	4 5 13 20 25
2026-05-02	9	3rd	3 12 13 21 30
2026-04-23	6	2nd	9 13 16 17 31
2026-04-17	6	3rd	7 9 13 19 28
2026-04-11	62	2nd	1 13 17 26 27
2026-02-08	2	3rd	5 10 13 15 24
2026-02-06	20	1st	13 22 24 30 31
2026-01-17	1	2nd	8 13 19 22 33
2026-01-16	2	4th	5 8 11 13 31
2026-01-14	8	2nd	2 13 14 19 25
2026-01-06	25	3rd	3 10 13 23 30
2025-12-12	20	2nd	5 13 17 20 25
2025-11-22	12	4th	2 3 8 13 17
2025-11-10	6	2nd	1 13 18 25 28
2025-11-04	4	2nd	1 13 14 21 31
2025-10-31	4	1st	13 18 19 29 33
2025-10-27	2	2nd	1 13 15 30 34
2025-10-25	6	2nd	2 13 16 20 34
2025-10-19	3	2nd	11 13 14 15 28
2025-10-16	2	4th	8 9 11 13 25
2025-10-14	17	1st	13 14 22 28 32
2025-09-27	4	3rd	3 4 13 17 24
2025-09-23	2	2nd	8 13 25 27 31
2025-09-21	3	3rd	3 4 13 15 19
2025-09-18	4	3rd	7 9 13 14 16
2025-09-14	4	1st	13 20 26 31 34
2025-09-10	1	3rd	4 9 13 16 24
2025-09-09	13	2nd	7 13 14 17 27
2025-08-27	2	3rd	3 4 13 18 23
2025-08-25	22	3rd	10 11 13 14 21
2025-08-03	5	2nd	5 13 14 26 28
2025-07-29	9	3rd	9 10 13 15 21
2025-07-20	20	3rd	3 4 13 16 27
2025-06-30	2	3rd	4 8 13 15 17
2025-06-28	16	2nd	8 13 20 28 29
2025-06-12	7	2nd	3 13 18 31 32
2025-06-05	15	2nd	6 13 27 29 33
2025-05-21	18	3rd	3 10 13 30 34
2025-05-03	1	2nd	1 13 19 20 23
2025-05-02	13	3rd	4 9 13 26 32
2025-04-19	9	4th	1 2 9 13 22
2025-04-10	9	3rd	6 7 13 31 32
2025-04-01	5	4th	4 8 11 13 32
2025-03-27	1	3rd	4 12 13 22 30
2025-03-26	3	2nd	9 13 16 24 32
2025-03-23	14	1st	13 17 26 32 34
2025-03-09	7	1st	13 20 22 24 28
2025-03-02	2	2nd	7 13 15 16 20
2025-02-28	3	1st	13 14 18 29 32
2025-02-25	7	3rd	10 12 13 20 24
2025-02-18	3	3rd	7 9 13 21 22
2025-02-15	1	3rd	7 12 13 18 30
2025-02-14	2	3rd	10 11 13 17 22
2025-02-12	3	4th	3 6 10 13 14
2025-02-09	1	2nd	8 13 15 17 33
2025-02-08	1	1st	13 14 15 24 33
2025-02-07	10	2nd	12 13 18 23 28
2025-01-28	11	3rd	5 7 13 21 25
2025-01-17	2	3rd	5 8 13 25 33
2025-01-15	4	2nd	5 13 18 25 34
2025-01-11	—	3rd	2 9 13 25 28