Number 12

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

165times drawn · chance expected 170 −0.37σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 53% for any number

10.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

44longest completed wait · 81% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 165 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −0.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 22 times, counted separately.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 165 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 7 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 smallest59 · chance 55.2
2nd smallest69 · chance 70.7
3rd smallest30 · chance 32.1
4th smallest6 · chance 6.4
5th smallest1 · chance 0.6
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

55 41 19 43 50 51

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-09-16	20	2nd	7 12 14 34 41 56
2026-07-08	25	1st	12 15 26 27 34 43
2026-04-11	4	1st	12 13 15 27 38 55
2026-03-28

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-08	2	3rd	4 5 12 23 39 57
2024-05-01	12	3rd	3 6 12 19 42 47
2024-03-20	22	2nd	2 12 46 51 53 55
2024-01-03	7	1st	12 15 16 34 40 58
2023-12-09	4	2nd	4 12 13 18 21 42
2023-11-25	13	1st	12 18 29 34 48 56
2023-10-11	8	2nd	11 12 16 25 41 49
2023-09-13	18	1st	12 17 33 38 50 59
2023-07-12	7	1st	12 33 36 43 54 55
2023-06-17	8	3rd	4 11 12 32 44 46
2023-05-20	1	2nd	3 12 25 53 57 59
2023-05-17	15	1st	12 13 22 36 37 46
2023-03-25	23	2nd	5 12 16 37 41 53
2023-01-04	13	3rd	6 9 12 16 29 57
2022-11-19	2	2nd	9 12 24 28 30 41
2022-11-12	14	2nd	11 12 15 19 37 51
2022-09-24	6	2nd	7 12 27 31 35 50
2022-09-03	2	1st	12 28 30 40 43 52
2022-08-27	18	1st	12 19 30 31 47 57
2022-06-25	4	2nd	9 12 26 36 41 53
2022-06-11	5	2nd	1 12 13 16 17 49
2022-05-25	13	2nd	8 12 27 41 45 47
2022-04-09	2	1st	12 18 24 27 51 53
2022-04-02	6	2nd	11 12 17 25 44 50
2022-03-12	14	1st	12 19 22 34 50 56
2022-01-22	27	1st	12 15 19 24 34 57
2021-10-20	8	2nd	7 12 32 36 52 53
2021-09-22	8	2nd	1 12 23 29 49 59
2021-08-25	1	4th	4 6 7 12 30 40
2021-08-21	15	1st	12 13 14 32 47 48
2021-06-30	43	2nd	1 12 23 28 29 57
2021-01-30	22	3rd	7 10 12 27 40 45
2020-11-14	31	3rd	3 6 12 17 24 52
2020-07-29	3	1st	12 17 21 29 48 56
2020-07-18	7	3rd	3 10 12 25 36 47
2020-06-24	18	3rd	5 7 12 14 19 27
2020-04-22	7	1st	12 18 25 28 32 51
2020-03-28	1	2nd	11 12 32 41 43 59
2020-03-25	40	2nd	3 12 29 38 51 59
2019-11-06	3	3rd	4 5 12 43 44 59
2019-10-26	1	2nd	1 12 19 31 41 47
2019-10-23	22	3rd	7 10 12 40 49 58
2019-08-07	5	2nd	3 12 27 40 48 57
2019-07-20	2	1st	12 15 30 32 51 58
2019-07-13	6	2nd	9 12 14 21 44 55
2019-06-22	7	1st	12 42 46 51 53 57
2019-05-29	13	2nd	6 12 15 24 31 42
2019-04-13	7	1st	12 20 35 39 50 53
2019-03-20	6	4th	4 6 8 12 15 55
2019-02-27	5	1st	12 18 22 36 41 48
2019-02-09	16	3rd	3 9 12 23 36 53
2018-12-15	1	2nd	8 12 33 34 38 42
2018-12-12	3	2nd	5 12 16 28 33 42
2018-12-01	14	3rd	5 6 12 20 50 54
2018-10-13	2	1st	12 15 20 26 39 58
2018-10-06	12	2nd	10 12 29 41 48 57
2018-08-25	2	1st	12 31 38 48 49 54
2018-08-18	25	1st	12 24 27 30 40 53
2018-05-23	11	1st	12 18 19 41 54 56
2018-04-14	31	2nd	5 12 23 27 30 56
2017-12-27	17	2nd	2 12 35 39 43 49
2017-10-28	3	1st	12 19 33 35 46 47
2017-10-18	15	2nd	6 12 30 48 54 55
2017-08-26	3	1st	12 25 32 33 47 55
2017-08-16	2	1st	12 13 27 54 55 56
2017-08-09	20	2nd	5 12 14 42 52 55
2017-05-31	4	2nd	9 12 29 30 43 59
2017-05-17	9	1st	12 20 22 26 37 59
2017-04-15	27	3rd	4 7 12 17 26 55
2017-01-11	11	1st	12 13 16 49 50 59
2016-12-03	6	1st	12 42 49 53 54 59
2016-11-12	9	1st	12 22 28 30 48 59
2016-10-12	7	2nd	1 12 17 28 46 47
2016-09-17	11	1st	12 13 21 50 56 58
2016-08-10	22	2nd	9 12 14 17 26 28
2016-05-25	5	2nd	5 12 13 22 25 35
2016-05-07	7	2nd	5 12 18 33 56 57
2016-04-13	9	1st	12 23 25 29 42 46
2016-03-12	5	3rd	6 9 12 15 22 37
2016-02-24	22	2nd	1 12 15 24 35 41
2015-12-09	9	3rd	4 5 12 21 32 41
2015-11-07	1	2nd	7 12 14 23 37 53
2015-11-04	1	1st	12 14 21 45 50 55
2015-10-31	3	3rd	1 3 12 13 26 49
2015-10-21	7	4th	1 7 10 12 43 48
2015-09-26	6	1st	12 14 23 42 55 58
2015-09-05	4	2nd	8 12 13 29 43 56
2015-08-22	44	2nd	1 12 22 31 50 58
2015-03-21	17	2nd	2 12 16 22 28 31
2015-01-21	18	1st	12 19 35 41 56 58
2014-11-19	1	1st	12 27 30 32 43 50
2014-11-15	36	2nd	1 12 30 38 39 51
2014-07-12	5	2nd	9 12 17 38 45 46
2014-06-25	7	2nd	3 12 18 25 39 43
2014-05-31	5	2nd	2 12 19 29 46 50
2014-05-14	4	3rd	2 3 12 14 16 38
2014-04-30	1	3rd	9 10 12 23 52 58
2014-04-26	3	3rd	2 11 12 47 49 57
2014-04-16	4	2nd	11 12 19 49 55 59
2014-04-02	4	2nd	8 12 33 40 43 48
2014-03-19	6	2nd	4 12 30 55 56 59
2014-02-26	12	2nd	8 12 33 36 47 55
2014-01-15	24	1st	12 25 45 50 55 56
2013-10-23	10	3rd	4 5 12 21 52 58
2013-09-18	2	3rd	4 11 12 20 22 49
2013-09-11	4	2nd	1 12 15 18 41 51
2013-08-28	2	2nd	2 12 28 43 52 57
2013-08-21	3	2nd	11 12 31 38 48 57
2013-08-10	4	1st	12 23 30 31 46 52
2013-07-27	5	1st	12 17 20 23 40 58
2013-07-10	3	2nd	6 12 16 38 44 52
2013-06-29	5	3rd	3 7 12 13 18 20
2013-06-12	15	2nd	3 12 13 17 31 34
2013-04-20	11	1st	12 15 27 43 49 53
2013-03-13	14	1st	12 17 21 30 50 59
2013-01-23	6	3rd	7 8 12 29 43 51
2013-01-02	2	4th	2 3 8 12 31 55
2012-12-26	2	2nd	6 12 14 32 56 59
2012-12-19	12	1st	12 21 29 33 42 54
2012-11-07	2	1st	12 17 21 23 26 51
2012-10-31	27	1st	12 15 32 44 51 56
2012-07-28	1	1st	12 19 36 43 47 51
2012-07-25	17	3rd	1 4 12 30 40 48
2012-05-26	3	2nd	8 12 19 24 32 53
2012-05-16	23	2nd	8 12 16 27 42 52
2012-02-25	5	3rd	4 8 12 23 34 53
2012-02-08	16	1st	12 13 19 22 47 48
2011-12-14	3	4th	1 6 7 12 14 55
2011-12-03	10	1st	12 20 30 50 54 55
2011-10-29	3	3rd	7 8 12 37 38 55
2011-10-19	4	1st	12 24 33 46 54 59
2011-10-05	2	4th	3 5 11 12 17 27
2011-09-28	15	3rd	2 11 12 21 36 50
2011-08-06	16	1st	12 18 32 40 50 52
2011-06-11	4	2nd	3 12 22 28 43 59
2011-05-28	15	5th	2 3 7 9 12 57
2011-04-06	18	1st	12 19 25 38 50 55
2011-02-02	10	2nd	2 12 16 17 40 57
2010-12-29	14	1st	12 28 31 41 42 59
2010-11-10	4	1st	12 27 39 41 45 51
2010-10-27	—	1st	12 13 24 35 39 41