Number 13

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,584 draws, 6 from 1–48.

325times drawn · chance expected 323 +0.12σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 67% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

41longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 325 times in 2,584 draws against 323.0 expected, +0.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 325 times in 2,584 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 41 · 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 smallest71 · chance 68.8
2nd smallest128 · chance 133.1
3rd smallest95 · chance 91.5
4th smallest26 · chance 27.7
5th smallest5 · chance 3.7
6th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 30 15 4 38 39

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-09-30	1	2nd	10 13 26 29 38 39
2026-09-28	2	2nd	6 13 26 28 29 46
2026-09-23	1	2nd	9 13 14 20 27 37
2026-09-21	30	3rd

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

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