Number 12

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 6 from 1–48.

341times drawn · chance expected 323 +1.06σ

60draws waiting · a wait this long: <0.1% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

40longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 341 times in 2,585 draws against 323.1 expected, +1.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 60 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 341 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 60 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 smallest76 · chance 83.8
2nd smallest159 · chance 144.0
3rd smallest76 · chance 87.3
4th smallest26 · chance 23.1
5th smallest4 · chance 2.6
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 36.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 18 31 24 28 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-05-25	9	3rd	4 8 12 40 42 48
2026-05-04	5	4th	2 6 9 12 22 42
2026-04-22	2	2nd	7 12 13 23 30 32
2026-04-18	8	1st

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

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