Number 12

In Pick 6 under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,816 draws, 6 from 1–49.

239times drawn · chance expected 222 +1.19σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

47longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 239 times in 1,816 draws against 222.4 expected, +1.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 239 times in 1,816 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 6 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 smallest61 · chance 60.8
2nd smallest102 · chance 101.4
3rd smallest60 · chance 59.6
4th smallest14 · chance 15.3
5th smallest2 · chance 1.7
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 34 39 20 37 44

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-26	12	2nd	4 12 15 18 28 41
2026-08-29	1	3rd	3 9 12 19 31 39
2026-08-27	3	2nd	1 12 19 25 26 37
2026-08-20	6	3rd	1

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-14	2	1st	12 28 31 36 37 39
2025-08-09	5	1st	12 15 17 22 23 25
2025-07-28	18	1st	12 28 30 32 34 36
2025-06-05	8	3rd	3 7 12 13 31 43
2025-05-08	10	1st	12 34 36 37 42 44
2025-04-03	1	3rd	4 8 12 16 19 40
2025-03-31	10	1st	12 24 36 38 44 46
2025-02-24	3	3rd	6 9 12 35 38 45
2025-02-13	2	1st	12 26 37 41 43 46
2025-02-06	4	1st	12 19 20 29 32 40
2025-01-23	1	2nd	6 12 20 39 42 46
2025-01-20	1	3rd	4 11 12 15 27 39
2025-01-16	11	1st	12 15 19 24 34 44
2024-12-09	10	2nd	10 12 15 36 38 43
2024-11-04	2	2nd	3 12 14 18 33 41
2024-10-28	3	3rd	4 6 12 19 24 36
2024-10-17	2	5th	5 6 7 8 12 25
2024-10-10	15	2nd	11 12 18 30 36 37
2024-08-19	4	3rd	1 6 12 20 27 33
2024-08-05	4	1st	12 13 23 26 45 46
2024-07-22	11	1st	12 27 28 39 44 45
2024-06-13	9	1st	12 14 25 29 33 36
2024-05-13	3	4th	2 3 4 12 20 26
2024-05-02	9	1st	12 15 23 28 31 44
2024-04-01	45	3rd	1 6 12 21 30 46
2023-10-26	13	2nd	8 12 24 37 43 46
2023-09-11	8	2nd	2 12 13 17 19 27
2023-08-14	3	2nd	10 12 21 30 38 45
2023-08-03	11	3rd	4 11 12 15 29 37
2023-06-26	21	2nd	5 12 32 39 41 42
2023-04-13	6	2nd	10 12 23 25 33 42
2023-03-23	5	2nd	9 12 19 22 36 46
2023-03-06	15	1st	12 24 30 34 38 41
2023-01-12	2	3rd	7 10 12 42 43 46
2023-01-05	5	1st	12 14 16 24 38 44
2022-12-19	1	1st	12 13 14 33 37 44
2022-12-15	13	1st	12 21 30 32 39 40
2022-10-31	8	2nd	6 12 13 20 34 35
2022-10-03	17	2nd	5 12 14 24 38 45
2022-08-04	7	3rd	1 5 12 16 30 45
2022-07-11	12	3rd	6 7 12 14 34 45
2022-05-30	4	2nd	2 12 16 31 35 43
2022-05-16	3	4th	4 5 10 12 22 24
2022-05-05	1	2nd	7 12 15 20 28 34
2022-05-02	2	3rd	7 8 12 30 37 43
2022-04-25	17	3rd	6 11 12 15 17 39
2022-02-24	5	1st	12 16 34 38 40 48
2022-02-07	2	1st	12 20 23 27 37 38
2022-01-31	4	2nd	5 12 36 39 40 44
2022-01-17	9	2nd	5 12 14 23 26 39
2021-12-16	14	2nd	2 12 13 20 38 47
2021-10-28	3	1st	12 15 22 24 46 47
2021-10-18	3	3rd	7 10 12 13 21 27
2021-10-07	5	1st	12 18 25 28 34 35
2021-09-20	11	2nd	5 12 13 39 47 48
2021-08-12	17	3rd	3 9 12 22 33 49
2021-06-14	8	1st	12 23 37 41 43 49
2021-05-17	9	2nd	9 12 29 34 35 48
2021-04-15	9	3rd	1 8 12 31 35 41
2021-03-15	10	2nd	1 12 23 29 43 47
2021-02-08	47	4th	1 3 10 12 28 34
2020-08-27	6	3rd	2 10 12 18 26 37
2020-08-06	6	1st	12 20 28 32 33 41
2020-07-16	3	2nd	11 12 13 23 24 49
2020-07-06	1	4th	2 3 10 12 30 37
2020-07-02	26	2nd	9 12 20 24 36 44
2020-04-02	2	1st	12 16 18 27 40 41
2020-03-26	2	2nd	9 12 22 37 42 49
2020-03-19	6	2nd	3 12 13 28 37 48
2020-02-27	3	2nd	4 12 35 43 46 47
2020-02-17	5	1st	12 20 26 27 47 49
2020-01-30	5	3rd	1 6 12 19 26 49
2020-01-13	1	2nd	4 12 37 39 42 48
2020-01-09	9	5th	2 4 8 10 12 32
2019-12-09	21	3rd	2 7 12 16 23 37
2019-09-26	1	1st	12 19 31 32 33 37
2019-09-23	8	3rd	8 9 12 35 39 47
2019-08-26	23	2nd	5 12 13 14 39 45
2019-06-06	7	1st	12 13 30 34 48 49
2019-05-13	7	2nd	7 12 18 27 41 44
2019-04-18	16	1st	12 14 20 31 44 48
2019-02-21	6	2nd	11 12 13 16 31 35
2019-01-31	2	3rd	7 8 12 25 47 49
2019-01-24	3	2nd	3 12 28 31 32 39
2019-01-14	8	3rd	2 10 12 33 47 48
2018-12-17	23	2nd	9 12 15 18 27 34
2018-09-27	2	4th	3 5 6 12 27 35
2018-09-20	9	2nd	8 12 20 37 44 47
2018-08-20	9	4th	1 5 11 12 27 34
2018-07-19	3	4th	2 3 11 12 18 46
2018-07-09	17	2nd	5 12 17 35 36 38
2018-05-10	4	2nd	11 12 22 26 40 43
2018-04-26	3	1st	12 23 35 39 42 44
2018-04-16	1	2nd	11 12 24 29 37 47
2018-04-12	16	1st	12 16 19 24 45 47
2018-02-15	4	1st	12 13 20 27 28 29
2018-02-01	5	2nd	2 12 28 34 38 47
2018-01-15	1	1st	12 13 31 33 34 44
2018-01-11	15	1st	12 22 29 32 34 47
2017-11-20	7	2nd	11 12 19 22 36 46
2017-10-26	5	3rd	1 4 12 36 45 48
2017-10-09	2	2nd	5 12 31 38 41 47
2017-10-02	5	1st	12 25 29 32 42 46
2017-09-14	5	3rd	2 3 12 13 32 46
2017-08-28	2	2nd	9 12 21 22 26 43
2017-08-21	4	3rd	3 5 12 30 35 47
2017-08-07	9	3rd	1 5 12 19 39 48
2017-07-06	39	2nd	11 12 15 19 22 46
2017-02-20	21	3rd	1 3 12 32 34 40
2016-12-08	8	2nd	7 12 21 36 42 45
2016-11-10	14	2nd	1 12 16 20 41 42
2016-09-22	3	3rd	2 11 12 23 27 33
2016-09-12	5	1st	12 14 16 28 35 42
2016-08-25	15	1st	12 30 33 37 42 47
2016-07-04	8	2nd	2 12 16 17 29 34
2016-06-06	2	1st	12 15 20 21 36 43
2016-05-30	5	1st	12 15 18 26 39 47
2016-05-12	5	1st	12 17 20 25 39 42
2016-04-25	1	2nd	1 12 18 33 35 49
2016-04-21	1	1st	12 28 35 36 38 42
2016-04-18	1	2nd	11 12 17 21 39 47
2016-04-14	3	2nd	2 12 24 29 42 49
2016-04-04	5	3rd	8 9 12 19 26 47
2016-03-17	17	3rd	1 2 12 28 35 36
2016-01-18	3	1st	12 26 29 34 36 44
2016-01-07	2	4th	3 9 10 12 15 35
2015-12-31	4	2nd	2 12 26 28 34 44
2015-12-17	1	1st	12 30 37 38 39 44
2015-12-14	12	1st	12 16 30 33 48 49
2015-11-02	2	2nd	3 12 20 37 38 43
2015-10-26	29	1st	12 22 25 32 43 44
2015-07-16	1	2nd	2 12 16 18 39 42
2015-07-13	15	1st	12 15 27 34 44 45
2015-05-21	5	2nd	5 12 17 23 24 45
2015-05-04	5	3rd	1 7 12 13 19 41
2015-04-16	28	2nd	4 12 15 22 32 36
2015-01-08	5	2nd	6 12 17 29 35 38
2014-12-22	5	3rd	6 11 12 21 22 46
2014-12-04	18	2nd	8 12 34 36 45 47
2014-10-02	3	1st	12 17 20 23 41 46
2014-09-22	10	2nd	11 12 15 17 19 47
2014-08-18	16	3rd	2 4 12 22 32 45
2014-06-23	2	3rd	5 6 12 25 38 45
2014-06-16	3	2nd	3 12 18 34 35 42
2014-06-05	2	3rd	2 10 12 18 30 45
2014-05-29	4	2nd	6 12 13 20 38 43
2014-05-15	1	2nd	4 12 16 18 34 39
2014-05-12	5	4th	1 2 10 12 19 40
2014-04-24	7	2nd	10 12 24 29 32 36
2014-03-31	7	2nd	11 12 19 24 27 38
2014-03-06	5	3rd	1 10 12 21 32 37
2014-02-17	2	3rd	1 7 12 16 29 36
2014-02-10	1	2nd	6 12 15 22 37 47
2014-02-06	19	2nd	3 12 19 29 37 47
2013-12-02	3	2nd	2 12 27 28 30 45
2013-11-21	6	3rd	5 8 12 23 24 40
2013-10-31	4	1st	12 14 33 38 41 43
2013-10-17	5	2nd	7 12 23 28 30 36
2013-09-30	4	1st	12 29 31 33 35 47
2013-09-16	3	2nd	1 12 16 18 34 39
2013-09-05	17	2nd	6 12 30 31 32 49
2013-07-08	5	2nd	10 12 21 27 32 43
2013-06-20	3	3rd	9 11 12 17 39 44
2013-06-10	3	3rd	6 11 12 17 23 48
2013-05-30	28	2nd	4 12 16 17 19 44
2013-02-21	1	3rd	1 7 12 16 37 45
2013-02-18	3	2nd	7 12 16 26 29 30
2013-02-07	36	1st	12 16 18 29 37 46
2012-10-04	2	4th	2 4 7 12 17 44
2012-09-27	16	2nd	7 12 19 31 35 44
2012-08-02	4	2nd	4 12 19 29 30 41
2012-07-19	3	2nd	4 12 16 24 28 31
2012-07-09	4	3rd	4 9 12 19 25 41
2012-06-25	12	1st	12 24 34 41 46 47
2012-05-14	3	2nd	5 12 24 28 32 49
2012-05-03	5	1st	12 18 20 22 23 48
2012-04-16	4	3rd	2 8 12 24 35 39
2012-04-02	4	1st	12 14 19 28 29 41
2012-03-19	13	2nd	8 12 18 26 31 46
2012-02-02	4	2nd	8 12 16 24 28 44
2012-01-19	8	2nd	5 12 17 30 41 42
2011-12-22	3	1st	12 13 16 33 40 42
2011-12-12	3	2nd	6 12 26 34 45 49
2011-12-01	14	1st	12 23 31 34 42 45
2011-10-13	37	3rd	1 2 12 20 27 45
2011-06-06	10	1st	12 15 22 27 44 47
2011-05-02	6	4th	2 10 11 12 35 40
2011-04-11	7	2nd	10 12 29 31 32 41
2011-03-17	1	2nd	10 12 39 42 44 47
2011-03-14	5	2nd	2 12 18 28 29 39
2011-02-24	2	2nd	1 12 23 25 45 46
2011-02-17	2	1st	12 14 21 27 28 35
2011-02-10	10	2nd	2 12 17 23 24 34
2011-01-06	1	1st	12 14 19 24 25 37
2011-01-03	1	2nd	8 12 14 32 44 49
2010-12-30	3	1st	12 20 24 36 39 45
2010-12-20	3	1st	12 17 19 39 44 49
2010-12-09	9	3rd	2 9 12 30 38 40
2010-11-08	1	3rd	2 3 12 16 21 41
2010-11-04	2	3rd	5 7 12 20 33 43
2010-10-28	2	2nd	11 12 17 21 32 37
2010-10-21	6	2nd	2 12 34 42 44 49
2010-09-30	7	2nd	1 12 26 33 39 47
2010-09-06	13	2nd	7 12 17 20 28 33
2010-07-22	5	3rd	10 11 12 26 27 46
2010-07-05	6	4th	5 8 9 12 43 48
2010-06-14	6	2nd	9 12 16 20 32 34
2010-05-24	5	2nd	2 12 22 38 42 47
2010-05-06	3	3rd	8 9 12 20 34 40
2010-04-26	2	3rd	2 3 12 20 28 45
2010-04-19	9	3rd	3 7 12 14 24 28
2010-03-18	11	3rd	2 9 12 17 25 28
2010-02-08	3	4th	1 3 11 12 26 40
2010-01-28	2	3rd	5 9 12 18 23 41
2010-01-21	—	2nd	1 12 30 34 38 48