Number 12

In Match 5 under the 5/35 · since Apr 2021 rules — 1,497 draws, 5 from 1–35.

196times drawn · chance expected 214 −1.32σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 63% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

37longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 196 times in 1,497 draws against 213.9 expected, −1.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 196 times in 1,497 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 37 · 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 12 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 smallest36 · chance 37.4
2nd smallest76 · chance 82.3
3rd smallest63 · chance 58.8
4th smallest18 · chance 16.0
5th smallest3 · chance 1.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 1 18 6 2 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 12 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 35. 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
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 12 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-07	7	2nd	9 12 19 26 32
2026-09-30	4	2nd	4 12 13 18 30
2026-09-26	8	2nd	1 12 15 29 31
2026-09-18	4	3rd	6 9 12 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: 12 is drawn with probability 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-04	2	3rd	6 8 12 17 25
2026-04-02	1	3rd	7 10 12 23 35
2026-04-01	5	4th	1 2 8 12 16
2026-03-27	13	2nd	1 12 29 32 34
2026-03-14	31	3rd	4 9 12 28 33
2026-02-11	1	3rd	1 7 12 28 32
2026-02-10	1	2nd	11 12 14 22 30
2026-02-09	7	1st	12 19 25 26 30
2026-02-02	3	3rd	3 5 12 13 15
2026-01-30	1	2nd	2 12 14 16 18
2026-01-29	37	3rd	4 8 12 18 30
2025-12-23	11	3rd	4 10 12 20 23
2025-12-12	1	1st	12 14 17 25 27
2025-12-11	4	3rd	1 10 12 20 28
2025-12-07	4	3rd	1 9 12 16 25
2025-12-03	2	1st	12 18 19 28 29
2025-12-01	3	4th	2 9 11 12 20
2025-11-28	18	3rd	7 8 12 18 29
2025-11-10	11	2nd	11 12 17 25 29
2025-10-30	17	3rd	4 9 12 28 35
2025-10-13	10	2nd	3 12 20 25 29
2025-10-03	7	1st	12 16 17 27 30
2025-09-26	1	3rd	9 11 12 31 32
2025-09-25	7	2nd	3 12 13 32 35
2025-09-18	7	2nd	9 12 27 29 30
2025-09-11	3	3rd	6 8 12 18 32
2025-09-08	5	2nd	1 12 19 21 33
2025-09-03	4	4th	6 10 11 12 27
2025-08-30	7	1st	12 18 22 24 27
2025-08-23	3	5th	3 5 10 11 12
2025-08-20	20	2nd	6 12 15 17 33
2025-07-31	8	5th	4 5 7 8 12
2025-07-23	20	4th	1 6 9 12 19
2025-07-03	1	4th	7 8 11 12 28
2025-07-02	14	4th	4 6 7 12 14
2025-06-18	4	4th	1 2 11 12 13
2025-06-14	1	2nd	2 12 28 31 34
2025-06-13	7	3rd	2 3 12 15 20
2025-06-06	18	2nd	11 12 16 22 26
2025-05-19	4	4th	2 3 11 12 33
2025-05-15	2	3rd	1 10 12 15 30
2025-05-13	6	2nd	2 12 17 19 23
2025-05-07	1	3rd	1 4 12 22 32
2025-05-06	18	3rd	2 7 12 22 34
2025-04-18	9	2nd	7 12 21 22 30
2025-04-09	15	2nd	3 12 25 26 30
2025-03-25	2	1st	12 18 27 34 35
2025-03-23	13	2nd	2 12 20 23 24
2025-03-10	7	2nd	6 12 25 28 33
2025-03-03	1	3rd	2 8 12 17 20
2025-03-02	32	2nd	9 12 19 24 35
2025-01-29	10	2nd	3 12 23 29 34
2025-01-19	3	1st	12 18 23 24 32
2025-01-16	16	3rd	4 11 12 29 30
2024-12-31	3	3rd	7 10 12 21 29
2024-12-28	6	3rd	1 6 12 21 27
2024-12-22	10	3rd	5 9 12 16 18
2024-12-12	6	3rd	4 7 12 32 33
2024-12-06	1	2nd	1 12 18 22 28
2024-12-05	1	1st	12 17 26 32 35
2024-12-04	5	2nd	10 12 13 17 35
2024-11-29	4	3rd	2 5 12 22 35
2024-11-25	8	3rd	2 5 12 15 29
2024-11-17	10	2nd	1 12 14 31 32
2024-11-07	11	3rd	8 10 12 15 28
2024-10-27	12	1st	12 21 25 30 31
2024-10-15	12	1st	12 14 15 22 23
2024-10-03	15	2nd	2 12 14 16 22
2024-09-18	3	4th	1 3 4 12 27
2024-09-15	8	2nd	4 12 30 32 35
2024-09-07	24	2nd	8 12 18 20 33
2024-08-14	31	3rd	5 8 12 20 23
2024-07-14	3	2nd	8 12 13 20 21
2024-07-11	8	3rd	4 5 12 23 24
2024-07-03	1	3rd	3 7 12 15 29
2024-07-02	1	2nd	2 12 15 30 33
2024-07-01	7	2nd	9 12 14 20 23
2024-06-24	5	3rd	7 9 12 22 28
2024-06-19	8	2nd	5 12 18 20 28
2024-06-11	7	2nd	4 12 16 18 20
2024-06-04	8	3rd	4 6 12 19 28
2024-05-27	2	2nd	1 12 21 22 25
2024-05-25	8	4th	1 9 10 12 28
2024-05-17	3	2nd	4 12 15 25 27
2024-05-14	4	4th	6 8 11 12 31
2024-05-10	6	1st	12 14 15 20 25
2024-05-04	10	3rd	2 9 12 13 35
2024-04-24	1	3rd	2 11 12 14 28
2024-04-23	5	3rd	6 10 12 15 28
2024-04-18	5	1st	12 19 22 28 35
2024-04-13	3	1st	12 17 31 32 33
2024-04-10	8	2nd	2 12 19 27 29
2024-04-02	1	3rd	3 7 12 20 24
2024-04-01	15	1st	12 16 19 22 29
2024-03-17	1	2nd	3 12 18 24 34
2024-03-16	4	3rd	3 8 12 24 31
2024-03-12	8	2nd	10 12 17 18 30
2024-03-04	1	4th	2 3 9 12 25
2024-03-03	11	2nd	7 12 14 23 35
2024-02-21	5	2nd	6 12 19 26 27
2024-02-16	14	4th	1 2 10 12 21
2024-02-02	5	1st	12 13 18 22 30
2024-01-28	11	2nd	2 12 14 22 30
2024-01-17	16	1st	12 19 25 28 32
2024-01-01	4	2nd	8 12 21 27 30
2023-12-28	6	3rd	4 5 12 30 31
2023-12-22	1	1st	12 18 21 33 34
2023-12-21	2	2nd	10 12 19 23 24
2023-12-19	14	2nd	3 12 21 22 23
2023-12-05	6	3rd	2 6 12 19 33
2023-11-29	11	2nd	7 12 21 24 28
2023-11-18	6	2nd	11 12 14 20 28
2023-11-12	1	4th	7 10 11 12 21
2023-11-11	1	3rd	1 8 12 19 23
2023-11-10	9	1st	12 14 21 30 35
2023-11-01	6	3rd	6 7 12 15 34
2023-10-26	6	3rd	5 6 12 24 29
2023-10-20	1	3rd	3 10 12 18 33
2023-10-19	1	1st	12 13 14 17 28
2023-10-18	2	3rd	2 11 12 26 31
2023-10-16	1	2nd	4 12 17 23 27
2023-10-15	3	2nd	8 12 20 29 31
2023-10-12	12	3rd	1 5 12 25 26
2023-09-30	3	2nd	5 12 16 33 35
2023-09-27	5	3rd	5 10 12 17 18
2023-09-22	22	2nd	5 12 16 25 31
2023-08-19	4	2nd	9 12 26 32 33
2023-08-10	4	2nd	3 12 14 31 33
2023-08-01	18	2nd	5 12 17 19 23
2023-06-20	8	2nd	1 12 13 28 34
2023-06-01	1	3rd	1 11 12 15 21
2023-05-30	1	1st	12 20 25 26 28
2023-05-27	7	2nd	8 12 13 16 28
2023-05-11	9	1st	12 18 24 28 32
2023-04-20	13	2nd	3 12 13 14 29
2023-03-21	4	1st	12 23 26 28 35
2023-03-11	1	1st	12 20 26 33 34
2023-03-09	3	2nd	1 12 14 17 25
2023-03-02	8	1st	12 13 19 27 30
2023-02-11	3	2nd	7 12 14 21 33
2023-02-04	17	2nd	10 12 18 28 31
2022-12-27	1	2nd	9 12 13 19 33
2022-12-24	6	1st	12 15 21 29 31
2022-12-10	4	2nd	1 12 15 22 30
2022-12-01	12	2nd	4 12 13 16 35
2022-11-03	1	4th	3 7 8 12 30
2022-11-01	7	2nd	7 12 16 24 31
2022-10-15	1	1st	12 18 25 29 34
2022-10-13	11	2nd	1 12 30 33 35
2022-09-17	8	2nd	5 12 13 17 22
2022-08-30	4	3rd	2 9 12 25 26
2022-08-20	2	1st	12 16 18 29 30
2022-08-16	26	1st	12 21 22 25 28
2022-06-16	21	1st	12 17 21 27 32
2022-04-28	3	2nd	7 12 13 22 34
2022-04-21	1	2nd	6 12 17 18 31
2022-04-19	4	1st	12 21 25 32 35
2022-04-09	5	3rd	5 8 12 15 23
2022-03-29	19	4th	1 7 11 12 13
2022-02-12	13	3rd	1 9 12 22 26
2022-01-13	3	2nd	2 12 25 28 34
2022-01-06	3	3rd	6 8 12 14 31
2021-12-30	6	1st	12 14 17 27 28
2021-12-16	4	2nd	4 12 22 23 24
2021-12-07	12	2nd	4 12 13 29 31
2021-11-09	7	1st	12 23 28 29 31
2021-10-23	17	1st	12 19 22 32 34
2021-09-14	7	2nd	6 12 15 16 18
2021-08-28	12	3rd	1 11 12 19 35
2021-07-31	29	3rd	6 10 12 33 34
2021-05-22	9	3rd	6 10 12 16 25
2021-05-01	—	3rd	6 9 12 16 22