Number 13

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

150times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.52σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

44longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 150 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, +0.52σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 150 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 14 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 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 smallest36 · chance 32.0
2nd smallest60 · chance 64.0
3rd smallest36 · chance 42.2
4th smallest17 · chance 10.8
5th smallest1 · chance 0.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 25 7 16 40 19

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-09-28	12	1st	13 16 17 18 40
2026-09-16	4	5th	3 4 7 8 13
2026-09-12	4	2nd	5 13 17 22 33
2026-09-08	2	1st	13 24 28 29

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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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