Number 12

In Cash 5 under the 5/43 · since Nov 2018 rules — 2,787 draws, 5 from 1–43.

329times drawn · chance expected 324 +0.29σ

19draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.6

60longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 329 times in 2,787 draws against 324.1 expected, +0.29σ. Each draw is independent: after 19 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 329 times in 2,787 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 60 · waiting 19 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 smallest87 · chance 92.5
2nd smallest135 · chance 145.3
3rd smallest87 · chance 75.2
4th smallest19 · chance 15.0
5th smallest1 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 31.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 4 3 15 28 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2026-09-23	10	2nd	8 12 23 27 41
2026-09-13	8	2nd	8 12 19 20 23
2026-09-05	1	2nd	1 12 14 22 34
2026-09-04	6	1st	12 14 21 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: 12 is drawn with probability 5/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-03	23	1st	12 17 19 22 32
2025-12-11	7	2nd	11 12 25 33 36
2025-12-04	3	2nd	1 12 20 21 28
2025-12-01	1	2nd	5 12 32 38 41
2025-11-30	1	2nd	10 12 21 32 35
2025-11-29	2	3rd	5 11 12 17 26
2025-11-27	15	3rd	4 6 12 33 35
2025-11-12	60	3rd	4 5 12 18 31
2025-09-13	8	3rd	1 9 12 17 42
2025-09-05	3	3rd	9 10 12 27 40
2025-09-02	6	1st	12 24 27 31 40
2025-08-27	21	3rd	5 10 12 21 26
2025-08-06	3	2nd	8 12 15 32 37
2025-08-03	5	1st	12 14 18 26 39
2025-07-29	5	2nd	3 12 15 17 31
2025-07-24	8	1st	12 19 26 33 38
2025-07-16	14	2nd	10 12 25 31 41
2025-07-02	2	3rd	3 4 12 16 31
2025-06-30	10	3rd	1 4 12 18 29
2025-06-20	5	1st	12 13 31 32 42
2025-06-15	10	3rd	2 11 12 29 39
2025-06-05	8	2nd	5 12 19 27 35
2025-05-28	2	1st	12 18 27 30 37
2025-05-26	19	1st	12 17 21 27 36
2025-05-07	4	1st	12 15 20 23 41
2025-05-03	1	4th	1 5 7 12 34
2025-05-02	11	2nd	11 12 14 23 38
2024-12-29	1	2nd	9 12 24 25 34
2024-12-28	17	2nd	2 12 23 30 41
2024-12-11	3	3rd	1 8 12 21 36
2024-12-08	12	4th	2 4 9 12 32
2024-11-26	2	2nd	1 12 15 19 40
2024-11-24	6	2nd	2 12 20 22 29
2024-11-18	1	3rd	1 8 12 15 40
2024-11-17	21	1st	12 17 27 32 41
2024-10-27	3	1st	12 15 17 18 43
2024-10-24	1	2nd	10 12 15 23 29
2024-10-23	1	3rd	1 4 12 18 21
2024-10-22	2	2nd	6 12 32 36 39
2024-10-20	6	2nd	4 12 16 30 31
2024-10-14	4	3rd	2 3 12 14 21
2024-10-10	1	2nd	11 12 13 16 25
2024-10-09	17	3rd	3 10 12 14 41
2024-09-22	10	1st	12 30 32 36 38
2024-09-12	1	4th	6 7 8 12 31
2024-09-11	5	2nd	8 12 22 24 31
2024-09-06	12	2nd	5 12 17 21 41
2024-08-25	4	2nd	1 12 19 28 43
2024-08-21	2	3rd	3 11 12 38 40
2024-08-19	12	3rd	6 10 12 14 41
2024-08-07	17	2nd	10 12 21 28 35
2024-07-21	8	2nd	3 12 15 29 33
2024-07-13	17	2nd	2 12 30 41 43
2024-06-26	1	3rd	1 9 12 42 43
2024-06-25	11	2nd	5 12 17 33 43
2024-06-14	4	4th	5 7 9 12 16
2024-06-10	15	2nd	8 12 13 17 34
2024-05-26	1	1st	12 15 18 31 42
2024-05-25	2	2nd	10 12 13 22 37
2024-05-23	1	1st	12 14 28 30 39
2024-05-22	3	1st	12 22 26 28 42
2024-05-19	10	4th	5 7 11 12 34
2024-05-09	11	4th	2 6 7 12 38
2024-04-28	4	2nd	6 12 17 28 29
2024-04-24	2	1st	12 13 29 34 37
2024-04-22	9	1st	12 14 28 31 39
2024-04-13	10	2nd	7 12 32 34 36
2024-04-03	13	1st	12 23 28 29 31
2024-03-21	14	1st	12 21 22 24 34
2024-03-07	4	2nd	7 12 20 29 39
2024-03-03	10	3rd	4 7 12 16 29
2024-02-22	8	2nd	8 12 17 25 35
2024-02-14	6	1st	12 13 16 18 27
2024-02-08	12	1st	12 22 25 29 35
2024-01-27	7	2nd	3 12 23 36 38
2024-01-20	7	1st	12 22 32 38 40
2024-01-13	2	2nd	11 12 13 27 32
2024-01-11	1	2nd	11 12 20 27 28
2024-01-10	3	3rd	7 10 12 15 43
2024-01-07	6	1st	12 16 17 38 43
2024-01-01	24	2nd	2 12 15 21 22
2023-12-08	3	3rd	3 9 12 16 27
2023-12-05	11	2nd	7 12 25 27 32
2023-11-24	2	2nd	3 12 29 30 32
2023-11-22	8	1st	12 14 28 35 36
2023-11-14	24	2nd	5 12 17 25 26
2023-10-21	5	2nd	5 12 24 28 42
2023-10-16	5	3rd	4 8 12 36 38
2023-10-11	3	3rd	5 7 12 36 37
2023-10-08	10	2nd	11 12 21 29 38
2023-09-28	8	3rd	3 5 12 18 27
2023-09-20	6	1st	12 13 18 23 37
2023-09-14	10	1st	12 21 31 35 41
2023-09-04	5	2nd	7 12 21 25 42
2023-08-30	12	4th	3 7 9 12 22
2023-08-18	5	2nd	7 12 24 30 33
2023-08-13	1	1st	12 18 32 37 41
2023-08-12	2	2nd	1 12 18 24 29
2023-08-10	44	1st	12 23 31 39 40
2023-06-27	25	3rd	1 3 12 18 19
2023-06-02	10	3rd	1 9 12 35 38
2023-05-23	1	3rd	2 10 12 33 36
2023-05-22	3	1st	12 21 23 28 36
2023-05-19	3	1st	12 15 17 22 36
2023-05-16	2	2nd	10 12 13 38 39
2023-05-14	2	2nd	9 12 13 25 38
2023-05-12	6	1st	12 19 20 31 40
2023-05-06	14	2nd	8 12 18 24 34
2023-04-22	5	2nd	2 12 19 30 40
2023-04-17	3	2nd	3 12 13 14 15
2023-04-14	1	2nd	7 12 19 27 29
2023-04-13	6	2nd	2 12 23 26 39
2023-04-07	4	2nd	3 12 27 33 38
2023-04-03	4	3rd	6 9 12 33 34
2023-03-30	9	1st	12 20 28 33 43
2023-03-21	3	2nd	4 12 16 34 37
2023-03-18	4	1st	12 13 15 30 39
2023-03-14	1	3rd	3 5 12 39 40
2023-03-13	2	2nd	4 12 21 32 35
2023-03-11	9	2nd	4 12 13 18 22
2023-03-02	6	1st	12 17 27 31 36
2023-02-24	3	2nd	1 12 19 21 25
2023-02-21	28	2nd	7 12 16 29 32
2023-01-24	6	2nd	8 12 17 26 40
2023-01-18	4	1st	12 20 29 38 40
2023-01-14	2	2nd	11 12 31 32 41
2023-01-12	1	2nd	1 12 15 23 42
2023-01-11	11	2nd	7 12 14 15 24
2022-12-31	2	4th	8 10 11 12 31
2022-12-29	8	2nd	10 12 15 33 39
2022-12-21	6	2nd	10 12 23 28 38
2022-12-15	5	1st	12 16 23 25 37
2022-12-10	4	1st	12 22 25 35 41
2022-12-06	3	3rd	6 9 12 17 31
2022-12-03	4	1st	12 13 17 21 26
2022-11-29	1	2nd	11 12 19 23 24
2022-11-28	10	3rd	5 9 12 20 30
2022-11-18	2	1st	12 25 27 29 36
2022-11-16	1	1st	12 15 27 31 41
2022-11-15	15	2nd	4 12 14 22 27
2022-10-31	7	1st	12 14 15 17 26
2022-10-24	7	1st	12 15 21 39 41
2022-10-17	6	4th	6 8 9 12 26
2022-10-11	3	4th	3 6 8 12 15
2022-10-08	1	3rd	2 3 12 25 36
2022-10-07	27	3rd	3 5 12 28 37
2022-09-10	8	1st	12 18 22 23 43
2022-09-02	12	3rd	2 11 12 17 25
2022-08-21	15	2nd	3 12 28 34 40
2022-08-06	2	5th	1 2 6 9 12
2022-08-04	5	3rd	7 11 12 17 21
2022-07-30	4	2nd	4 12 18 27 37
2022-07-26	14	3rd	4 10 12 18 24
2022-07-12	6	3rd	7 8 12 19 42
2022-07-06	18	2nd	11 12 14 23 34
2022-06-18	4	3rd	2 9 12 34 35
2022-06-14	21	2nd	9 12 17 26 28
2022-05-24	2	3rd	4 10 12 22 33
2022-05-22	12	2nd	9 12 24 37 38
2022-05-10	7	1st	12 16 30 33 34
2022-05-03	5	4th	2 5 8 12 25
2022-04-28	32	2nd	5 12 13 24 39
2022-03-27	2	3rd	1 6 12 37 40
2022-03-25	10	1st	12 21 24 25 29
2022-03-15	27	1st	12 19 29 31 37
2022-02-16	4	2nd	9 12 30 37 43
2022-02-12	1	3rd	1 3 12 19 24
2022-02-11	1	2nd	6 12 14 24 29
2022-02-10	8	4th	6 7 9 12 21
2022-02-02	28	3rd	6 11 12 17 42
2022-01-05	2	2nd	1 12 30 32 36
2022-01-03	5	1st	12 27 33 34 42
2021-12-29	2	1st	12 15 20 27 41
2021-12-27	17	2nd	7 12 14 15 21
2021-12-10	2	3rd	5 10 12 38 42
2021-12-08	12	2nd	2 12 27 28 32
2021-11-26	2	2nd	7 12 35 38 43
2021-11-24	10	2nd	4 12 15 30 38
2021-11-14	5	1st	12 15 18 29 42
2021-11-09	1	3rd	6 10 12 31 33
2021-11-08	5	1st	12 15 28 31 34
2021-11-03	6	3rd	3 5 12 21 32
2021-10-28	8	2nd	2 12 23 24 42
2021-10-20	2	3rd	2 7 12 16 28
2021-10-18	2	1st	12 32 34 35 42
2021-10-16	7	2nd	8 12 17 26 32
2021-10-09	7	2nd	11 12 17 25 35
2021-10-02	3	3rd	2 6 12 23 30
2021-09-29	9	3rd	4 11 12 36 40
2021-09-20	8	3rd	5 7 12 25 43
2021-09-12	7	1st	12 13 19 23 32
2021-09-05	5	3rd	3 7 12 13 38
2021-08-31	1	2nd	6 12 13 26 30
2021-08-30	1	1st	12 15 23 25 28
2021-08-29	4	3rd	6 10 12 33 37
2021-08-25	4	2nd	4 12 24 31 38
2021-08-21	2	1st	12 14 23 32 40
2021-08-19	8	3rd	5 8 12 27 28
2021-08-11	35	1st	12 18 26 32 36
2021-07-07	3	2nd	8 12 30 38 40
2021-07-04	1	1st	12 14 31 37 41
2021-07-03	14	1st	12 16 29 33 35
2021-06-19	4	2nd	4 12 24 27 42
2021-06-15	4	1st	12 15 23 25 40
2021-06-11	17	3rd	4 11 12 26 35
2021-05-25	7	1st	12 16 19 34 36
2021-05-18	4	1st	12 14 20 35 38
2021-05-14	4	2nd	7 12 36 39 43
2021-05-10	8	2nd	3 12 13 30 31
2021-05-02	3	3rd	8 9 12 26 38
2021-04-29	20	1st	12 20 22 31 37
2021-04-09	15	1st	12 16 22 26 29
2021-03-25	2	2nd	9 12 16 20 35
2021-03-23	9	2nd	1 12 18 32 36
2021-03-14	8	2nd	7 12 25 28 41
2021-03-06	10	2nd	1 12 15 20 43
2021-02-24	2	2nd	8 12 19 24 41
2021-02-22	5	1st	12 19 29 34 35
2021-02-17	30	3rd	5 11 12 24 35
2021-01-18	7	1st	12 15 31 41 42
2021-01-11	25	1st	12 13 15 22 30
2020-12-17	4	3rd	7 11 12 20 37
2020-12-13	5	1st	12 13 29 31 34
2020-12-08	6	2nd	5 12 24 29 36
2020-12-02	1	3rd	3 4 12 20 28
2020-12-01	6	3rd	4 6 12 31 35
2020-11-25	3	2nd	3 12 29 37 41
2020-11-22	8	2nd	4 12 13 18 23
2020-11-14	12	1st	12 22 27 31 40
2020-11-02	15	2nd	8 12 27 34 37
2020-10-18	4	2nd	11 12 30 33 34
2020-10-14	16	2nd	7 12 15 23 32
2020-09-28	52	2nd	8 12 19 26 34
2020-08-07	2	1st	12 19 28 35 37
2020-08-05	2	2nd	7 12 18 23 38
2020-08-03	1	3rd	7 10 12 15 40
2020-08-02	4	3rd	4 6 12 19 29
2020-07-29	1	3rd	7 10 12 31 43
2020-07-28	21	2nd	4 12 28 29 36
2020-07-07	32	3rd	1 4 12 38 41
2020-06-05	11	1st	12 16 21 26 28
2020-05-25	2	1st	12 15 21 30 34
2020-05-23	3	2nd	5 12 20 33 41
2020-05-20	1	2nd	11 12 13 22 28
2020-05-19	18	1st	12 14 24 29 31
2020-05-01	19	1st	12 14 19 28 40
2020-04-12	5	2nd	11 12 23 25 34
2020-04-07	4	3rd	2 4 12 18 34
2020-04-03	4	1st	12 14 27 28 40
2020-03-30	2	2nd	3 12 25 28 29
2020-03-28	9	2nd	2 12 20 26 27
2020-03-19	3	3rd	2 4 12 25 39
2020-03-16	17	1st	12 14 16 18 36
2020-02-28	4	3rd	4 5 12 34 42
2020-02-24	4	4th	3 8 11 12 19
2020-02-20	6	2nd	3 12 13 26 35
2020-02-14	9	4th	1 4 10 12 19
2020-02-05	10	4th	4 10 11 12 37
2020-01-26	1	1st	12 35 36 37 42
2020-01-25	7	2nd	9 12 17 27 30
2020-01-18	5	2nd	11 12 25 35 43
2020-01-13	21	3rd	4 6 12 23 33
2019-12-23	15	1st	12 18 27 35 38
2019-12-08	4	2nd	11 12 17 26 35
2019-12-04	1	3rd	1 3 12 40 43
2019-12-03	6	1st	12 24 26 27 34
2019-11-27	4	2nd	3 12 16 18 34
2019-11-23	12	2nd	2 12 14 15 39
2019-11-11	2	3rd	3 6 12 22 34
2019-11-09	21	4th	5 9 11 12 31
2019-10-19	15	2nd	1 12 19 33 39
2019-10-04	2	3rd	1 4 12 14 33
2019-10-02	2	1st	12 20 27 28 36
2019-09-30	1	3rd	3 10 12 35 43
2019-09-29	2	2nd	5 12 19 38 39
2019-09-27	5	4th	4 9 11 12 13
2019-09-22	8	3rd	2 11 12 20 29
2019-09-14	1	3rd	3 6 12 23 31
2019-09-13	2	2nd	6 12 23 26 41
2019-09-11	22	1st	12 26 30 37 41
2019-08-20	17	4th	4 5 8 12 37
2019-08-03	19	2nd	4 12 14 18 25
2019-07-15	6	2nd	4 12 15 28 31
2019-07-09	4	1st	12 19 21 31 42
2019-07-05	9	2nd	8 12 14 32 41
2019-06-26	4	2nd	6 12 19 29 31
2019-06-22	19	3rd	1 3 12 29 41
2019-06-03	8	1st	12 31 37 40 42
2019-05-26	21	4th	2 8 10 12 13
2019-05-05	4	3rd	5 10 12 18 38
2019-05-01	5	2nd	5 12 13 18 37
2019-04-26	13	2nd	2 12 15 26 31
2019-04-13	8	3rd	7 10 12 38 42
2019-04-05	3	3rd	3 10 12 28 37
2019-04-02	29	2nd	4 12 18 36 37
2019-03-04	53	2nd	4 12 30 34 40
2019-01-10	9	2nd	11 12 32 35 40
2019-01-01	2	3rd	1 5 12 17 30
2018-12-30	1	2nd	10 12 19 25 28
2018-12-29	8	2nd	10 12 26 27 28
2018-12-21	3	2nd	2 12 30 39 40
2018-12-18	30	2nd	4 12 28 33 42
2018-11-18	3	3rd	3 9 12 34 40
2018-11-15	10	2nd	8 12 28 30 35
2018-11-05	—	1st	12 15 24 37 42