Number 13

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

177times drawn · chance expected 170 +0.60σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

69longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 177 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, +0.60σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 23 times, counted separately.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 177 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 69 · waiting 4 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 smallest47 · chance 53.0
2nd smallest81 · chance 75.6
3rd smallest37 · chance 38.7
4th smallest11 · chance 8.8
5th smallest1 · chance 0.9
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 36 5 15 27 35

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-09-26	5	3rd	6 9 13 32 46 53
2026-09-09	2	2nd	4 13 15 28 54 57
2026-09-02	13	2nd	1 13 47 50 54 59
2026-07-18

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-04	2	2nd	10 13 38 42 49 54
2024-12-28	44	2nd	12 13 19 30 41 48
2024-07-27	2	4th	2 4 6 13 46 51
2024-07-20	8	1st	13 14 16 19 22 25
2024-06-22	4	2nd	5 13 34 40 45 57
2024-06-08	28	2nd	7 13 14 15 18 35
2024-03-02	6	2nd	1 13 16 37 47 50
2024-02-10	7	2nd	3 13 17 22 40 48
2024-01-17	1	2nd	5 13 31 35 36 37
2024-01-13	4	1st	13 15 20 38 45 46
2023-12-30	6	2nd	7 13 17 20 51 59
2023-12-09	6	3rd	4 12 13 18 21 42
2023-11-18	4	2nd	4 13 27 28 40 42
2023-11-04	11	2nd	6 13 16 21 35 40
2023-09-27	7	3rd	2 7 13 15 27 42
2023-09-02	31	1st	13 37 40 45 47 52
2023-05-17	8	2nd	12 13 22 36 37 46
2023-04-19	5	2nd	11 13 14 31 45 54
2023-04-01	1	2nd	10 13 16 39 51 52
2023-03-29	2	5th	1 2 7 11 13 25
2023-03-22	12	2nd	2 13 32 38 52 57
2023-02-08	9	3rd	3 5 13 16 29 37
2023-01-07	2	1st	13 14 16 21 24 39
2022-12-31	4	3rd	9 10 13 35 36 55
2022-12-17	11	2nd	4 13 19 22 24 32
2022-11-09	2	2nd	7 13 15 19 27 58
2022-11-02	24	2nd	7 13 18 22 38 47
2022-08-10	5	2nd	3 13 16 25 32 42
2022-07-23	11	2nd	7 13 18 30 41 53
2022-06-15	1	1st	13 20 23 40 41 48
2022-06-11	4	3rd	1 12 13 16 17 49
2022-05-28	12	3rd	3 10 13 45 46 58
2022-04-16	15	2nd	3 13 18 31 38 57
2022-02-23	4	1st	13 15 36 46 53 57
2022-02-09	2	1st	13 18 29 32 39 47
2022-02-02	10	2nd	11 13 32 34 46 53
2021-12-29	4	2nd	10 13 14 15 27 56
2021-12-15	2	1st	13 21 33 34 38 53
2021-12-08	6	1st	13 22 28 33 42 59
2021-11-17	3	2nd	5 13 25 27 56 58
2021-11-06	22	1st	13 18 22 34 51 58
2021-08-21	5	2nd	12 13 14 32 47 48
2021-08-04	15	2nd	11 13 14 27 28 46
2021-06-12	24	1st	13 21 25 41 46 59
2021-03-20	1	1st	13 17 20 26 32 33
2021-03-17	5	1st	13 21 25 36 39 56
2021-02-27	7	4th	2 10 11 13 18 36
2021-02-03	5	3rd	2 11 13 29 42 59
2021-01-16	6	2nd	4 13 16 29 44 51
2020-12-26	4	2nd	9 13 20 36 58 59
2020-12-12	19	2nd	7 13 16 29 33 56
2020-10-07	2	2nd	11 13 19 37 50 55
2020-09-30	8	2nd	8 13 25 38 41 48
2020-09-02	2	2nd	10 13 17 39 52 58
2020-08-26	7	1st	13 28 38 41 42 51
2020-08-01	21	2nd	1 13 27 30 49 58
2020-05-20	1	1st	13 18 23 46 47 54
2020-05-16	23	3rd	6 8 13 30 36 58
2020-02-26	16	3rd	4 9 13 15 53 57
2020-01-01	1	1st	13 14 28 50 51 56
2019-12-28	22	1st	13 14 23 31 35 41
2019-10-12	4	1st	13 15 27 30 46 51
2019-09-28	34	2nd	1 13 29 38 46 59
2019-06-01	62	3rd	1 10 13 23 31 32
2018-10-27	8	2nd	5 13 26 28 42 51
2018-09-29	6	2nd	9 13 35 41 42 51
2018-09-08	39	1st	13 18 19 27 47 59
2018-04-25	11	3rd	7 8 13 16 37 41
2018-03-17	11	3rd	2 10 13 23 31 46
2018-02-07	50	1st	13 25 40 41 42 44
2017-08-16	20	2nd	12 13 27 54 55 56
2017-06-07	5	3rd	5 8 13 19 28 53
2017-05-20	19	1st	13 14 24 35 36 50
2017-03-15	2	1st	13 22 27 29 30 40
2017-03-08	2	2nd	3 13 20 25 31 39
2017-03-01	8	4th	5 7 8 13 25 28
2017-02-01	5	2nd	1 13 14 20 41 45
2017-01-14	1	2nd	9 13 16 23 35 58
2017-01-11	12	2nd	12 13 16 49 50 59
2016-11-30	3	2nd	7 13 18 19 38 51
2016-11-19	6	1st	13 25 32 47 52 57
2016-10-29	8	2nd	10 13 40 44 51 55
2016-10-01	3	3rd	1 4 13 15 30 33
2016-09-21	1	3rd	4 8 13 30 36 58
2016-09-17	2	2nd	12 13 21 50 56 58
2016-09-10	8	3rd	4 5 13 21 53 57
2016-08-13	2	3rd	1 5 13 26 35 53
2016-08-06	19	1st	13 18 21 27 58 59
2016-06-01	2	2nd	9 13 15 25 38 56
2016-05-25	17	3rd	5 12 13 22 25 35
2016-03-26	15	1st	13 24 44 48 56 59
2016-02-03	7	1st	13 14 20 34 41 49
2016-01-09	5	3rd	1 10 13 26 33 53
2015-12-23	5	4th	3 5 8 13 47 55
2015-12-05	3	3rd	5 7 13 17 38 42
2015-11-25	7	1st	13 32 35 42 52 54
2015-10-31	5	4th	1 3 12 13 26 49
2015-10-14	2	1st	13 35 42 47 48 58
2015-10-07	7	3rd	1 9 13 35 49 59
2015-09-12	2	1st	13 36 39 40 41 46
2015-09-05	10	3rd	8 12 13 29 43 56
2015-08-01	3	3rd	5 9 13 31 40 54
2015-07-22	2	2nd	8 13 20 44 50 55
2015-07-15	2	4th	6 7 8 13 33 55
2015-07-08	11	2nd	7 13 19 27 31 52
2015-05-30	9	3rd	3 6 13 27 31 58
2015-04-29	7	1st	13 20 33 52 54 56
2015-04-04	1	1st	13 25 27 50 51 58
2015-04-01	13	2nd	8 13 26 27 32 35
2015-02-14	33	1st	13 16 20 22 47 57
2014-10-22	5	2nd	10 13 21 35 43 56
2014-10-04	69	1st	13 21 38 39 41 57
2014-02-05	3	2nd	2 13 17 19 30 43
2014-01-25	14	1st	13 16 17 22 27 55
2013-12-07	2	2nd	5 13 31 33 38 39
2013-11-30	14	1st	13 25 33 35 36 59
2013-10-12	3	2nd	8 13 22 26 44 58
2013-10-02	1	3rd	1 5 13 35 51 52
2013-09-28	15	3rd	1 3 13 28 36 41
2013-08-07	10	4th	5 6 9 13 34 50
2013-07-03	1	2nd	11 13 15 26 40 58
2013-06-29	5	4th	3 7 12 13 18 20
2013-06-12	19	3rd	3 12 13 17 31 34
2013-04-06	9	1st	13 15 36 46 47 53
2013-03-06	3	2nd	2 13 22 30 47 56
2013-02-23	16	2nd	1 13 16 24 32 57
2012-12-29	42	2nd	10 13 22 30 40 57
2012-08-04	25	2nd	11 13 21 35 48 55
2012-05-09	13	3rd	1 6 13 26 40 55
2012-03-24	11	2nd	5 13 14 16 22 25
2012-02-15	2	2nd	1 13 16 25 40 43
2012-02-08	4	2nd	12 13 19 22 47 48
2012-01-25	7	4th	1 6 11 13 23 24
2011-12-31	11	2nd	11 13 21 35 44 54
2011-11-23	5	1st	13 17 26 27 55 58
2011-11-05	24	2nd	1 13 15 19 20 33
2011-08-13	5	1st	13 14 17 25 34 48
2011-07-27	6	2nd	7 13 14 28 38 43
2011-07-06	2	3rd	1 3 13 18 41 59
2011-06-29	1	1st	13 15 21 24 28 45
2011-06-25	3	1st	13 27 29 33 40 45
2011-06-15	8	2nd	9 13 14 29 32 51
2011-05-18	3	4th	4 8 11 13 31 36
2011-05-07	1	1st	13 15 20 28 36 56
2011-05-04	1	1st	13 21 35 41 46 55
2011-04-30	14	2nd	5 13 18 25 45 50
2011-03-12	4	1st	13 15 16 26 38 44
2011-02-26	6	1st	13 18 23 24 30 54
2011-02-05	6	3rd	4 11 13 19 36 51
2011-01-15	14	3rd	1 11 13 47 51 54
2010-11-27	6	3rd	1 10 13 17 21 58
2010-11-06	3	2nd	1 13 23 24 45 50
2010-10-27	—	2nd	12 13 24 35 39 41