Number 12

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,153 draws, 5 from 1–40.

155times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.97σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

38longest completed wait · 67% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 155 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, +0.97σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 155 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 5 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 smallest27 · chance 38.6
2nd smallest79 · chance 67.9
3rd smallest36 · chance 39.2
4th smallest11 · chance 8.7
5th smallest2 · chance 0.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 26 4 8 34 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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	10	2nd	2 12 15 19 21
2026-09-27	3	2nd	7 12 18 20 35
2026-09-24	1	2nd	7 12 17 34 39
2026-09-23	5	2nd	6 12 18 25

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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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