Number 12

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

149times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.44σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

44longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 149 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, +0.44σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 149 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 1 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 44.9
2nd smallest67 · chance 65.9
3rd smallest40 · chance 31.9
4th smallest6 · chance 6.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 25 21 43 5 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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	1	3rd	4 7 12 24 30
2026-10-03	18	2nd	6 12 21 34 41
2026-08-01	1	2nd	8 12 27 30 43
2026-07-29	3	3rd	8 10 12

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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