Number 13

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

151times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.62σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

50longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 151 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, +0.62σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 151 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 50 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest33 · chance 40.0
2nd smallest65 · chance 66.2
3rd smallest42 · chance 36.4
4th smallest9 · chance 7.8
5th smallest2 · chance 0.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 9 36 35 1 26

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-10-10	24	3rd	1 5 13 31 36
2026-07-18	4	2nd	12 13 26 33 43
2026-07-04	5	2nd	9 13 17 27 33
2026-06-17	2	1st	13 22 35

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-19	8	3rd	9 11 13 40 41
2025-02-19	11	2nd	2 13 19 20 21
2025-01-11	22	3rd	4 8 13 14 18
2024-10-26	1	2nd	5 13 17 19 26
2024-10-23	6	3rd	3 12 13 32 36
2024-10-02	25	3rd	7 8 13 18 33
2024-07-06	4	3rd	8 9 13 25 27
2024-06-22	1	2nd	4 13 21 33 40
2024-06-19	3	2nd	8 13 24 26 34
2024-06-08	1	1st	13 21 36 39 43
2024-06-05	3	1st	13 18 34 36 38
2024-05-25	21	1st	13 23 29 35 41
2024-03-13	4	2nd	7 13 15 22 32
2024-02-28	4	3rd	9 11 13 32 38
2024-02-14	11	2nd	5 13 16 20 43
2024-01-06	10	1st	13 24 25 28 42
2023-12-02	4	3rd	1 12 13 42 43
2023-11-18	8	2nd	11 13 21 33 36
2023-10-21	10	3rd	10 11 13 18 27
2023-09-16	1	2nd	2 13 19 31 35
2023-09-13	11	3rd	5 9 13 36 39
2023-08-05	6	4th	1 2 9 13 38
2023-07-15	3	2nd	6 13 16 20 35
2023-07-05	9	3rd	3 4 13 25 38
2023-06-03	8	1st	13 23 30 32 34
2023-05-06	7	2nd	3 13 31 32 38
2023-04-12	4	2nd	6 13 31 33 44
2023-03-29	4	3rd	5 8 13 31 36
2023-03-15	12	2nd	11 13 15 23 24
2023-02-01	11	2nd	7 13 24 25 31
2022-12-24	1	2nd	1 13 20 24 42
2022-12-21	15	2nd	9 13 14 23 28
2022-10-29	4	3rd	10 11 13 23 25
2022-10-15	6	2nd	3 13 14 24 35
2022-09-24	14	1st	13 14 15 31 38
2022-08-06	3	2nd	6 13 22 25 30
2022-07-27	7	4th	2 7 8 13 44
2022-07-02	4	3rd	9 11 13 32 39
2022-06-18	5	2nd	7 13 19 24 39
2022-06-01	10	3rd	1 3 13 40 44
2022-04-27	3	4th	3 7 8 13 19
2022-04-16	16	2nd	4 13 15 42 44
2022-02-19	5	1st	13 16 21 39 45
2022-02-02	8	2nd	12 13 21 26 31
2022-01-05	9	1st	13 17 30 31 34
2021-12-04	16	2nd	12 13 20 21 23
2021-10-09	7	1st	13 15 19 31 32
2021-09-15	7	3rd	7 12 13 18 43
2021-08-21	15	3rd	1 5 13 19 25
2021-06-30	4	3rd	5 9 13 38 44
2021-06-16	8	2nd	1 13 26 27 35
2021-05-19	3	1st	13 17 32 37 40
2021-05-08	2	1st	13 22 24 26 38
2021-05-01	8	1st	13 15 24 29 39
2021-04-03	7	3rd	6 9 13 28 30
2021-03-10	5	2nd	11 13 16 23 35
2021-02-20	9	3rd	8 10 13 19 45
2021-01-20	29	3rd	7 12 13 14 26
2020-10-10	1	2nd	9 13 20 29 35
2020-10-07	11	5th	1 2 4 8 13
2020-08-29	2	2nd	6 13 21 28 30
2020-08-22	5	3rd	8 12 13 18 26
2020-08-05	7	1st	13 22 32 40 42
2020-07-11	4	2nd	11 13 15 26 27
2020-06-27	21	3rd	1 10 13 14 17
2020-04-15	5	2nd	6 13 24 26 36
2020-03-28	5	4th	4 8 12 13 18
2020-03-11	2	2nd	3 13 24 28 44
2020-03-04	5	1st	13 15 20 33 37
2020-02-15	4	2nd	6 13 16 21 44
2020-02-01	2	2nd	11 13 31 34 36
2020-01-25	1	2nd	1 13 22 36 40
2020-01-22	3	2nd	11 13 17 22 24
2020-01-11	2	2nd	1 13 23 26 41
2020-01-04	14	3rd	2 9 13 15 23
2019-11-16	17	1st	13 19 21 34 38
2019-09-18	7	3rd	6 12 13 31 45
2019-08-24	16	4th	1 3 4 13 44
2019-06-29	5	1st	13 16 19 39 45
2019-06-12	4	3rd	3 9 13 18 36
2019-05-29	4	1st	13 15 19 22 43
2019-05-15	27	3rd	4 11 13 16 34
2019-02-09	5	2nd	8 13 18 37 38
2019-01-23	14	3rd	1 2 13 20 21
2018-12-05	13	2nd	4 13 32 37 44
2018-10-20	10	2nd	2 13 25 29 41
2018-09-15	13	2nd	6 13 14 16 30
2018-08-01	2	1st	13 18 19 21 30
2018-07-25	3	4th	5 8 12 13 24
2018-07-14	5	2nd	1 13 24 39 40
2018-06-27	12	3rd	7 9 13 18 19
2018-05-16	10	1st	13 15 18 21 26
2018-04-11	11	3rd	3 10 13 24 31
2018-03-03	29	2nd	3 13 17 27 35
2017-11-22	3	2nd	11 13 22 30 38
2017-11-11	8	3rd	2 5 13 20 32
2017-10-14	3	1st	13 24 34 36 37
2017-10-04	1	2nd	5 13 26 33 36
2017-09-30	2	2nd	12 13 15 16 25
2017-09-23	9	2nd	9 13 35 40 43
2017-08-23	2	2nd	8 13 16 22 35
2017-08-16	19	3rd	5 9 13 29 44
2017-06-10	3	2nd	5 13 32 34 41
2017-05-31	6	2nd	9 13 35 43 44
2017-05-10	6	2nd	1 13 26 30 35
2017-04-19	2	5th	1 8 11 12 13
2017-04-12	19	3rd	1 11 13 28 44
2017-02-04	3	2nd	8 13 31 34 35
2017-01-25	3	4th	3 6 10 13 35
2017-01-14	45	1st	13 15 16 20 42
2016-08-10	32	1st	13 15 17 22 27
2016-04-20	19	2nd	2 13 34 37 43
2016-02-13	20	2nd	3 13 16 25 44
2015-12-05	2	3rd	5 6 13 41 42
2015-11-28	6	2nd	8 13 34 37 40
2015-11-07	31	3rd	8 9 13 37 40
2015-07-22	6	1st	13 36 38 39 43
2015-07-01	24	4th	4 7 10 13 45
2015-04-08	3	1st	13 18 29 36 40
2015-03-28	3	3rd	6 10 13 28 36
2015-03-18	2	4th	4 6 11 13 32
2015-03-11	10	3rd	8 9 13 15 16
2015-02-04	6	1st	13 31 35 42 44
2015-01-14	4	2nd	5 13 25 26 43
2014-12-31	50	2nd	6 13 21 34 37
2014-07-09	12	1st	13 20 24 34 42
2014-05-28	—	3rd	1 10 13 28 31