Number 12

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,584 draws, 4 from 1–77.

168times drawn · chance expected 134 +2.99σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

15.4average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

68longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

12 looks unusual on its own — and unremarkable among 77 numbers

Drawn 168 times in 2,584 draws against 134.2 expected, +2.99σ. Testing all 77 numbers at once means about 0.8 should look this way by luck alone, so the threshold tightens to 1.3e-4 and this does not pass it.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 168 times in 2,584 draws · average wait 15.4 draws · longest completed wait 68 · waiting 18 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 smallest105 · chance 104.4
2nd smallest53 · chance 54.7
3rd smallest10 · chance 8.5
4th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

69 71 15 38 73 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 77. 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
2026-08-29	9	2nd	5 12 53 67
2026-08-08	6	1st	12 39 42 71
2026-07-25	6	1st	12 41 60 77
2026-07-11	16	2nd	11 12 20 75
2026-06-03	10	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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-09	29	1st	12 34 40 64
2024-08-03	1	1st	12 36 61 72
2024-07-31	17	1st	12 51 53 77
2024-06-22	7	1st	12 26 38 54
2024-06-05	28	1st	12 14 23 34
2024-04-01	37	1st	12 15 34 44
2024-01-06	3	2nd	3 12 21 41
2023-12-30	41	1st	12 14 25 47
2023-09-25	12	1st	12 26 43 71
2023-08-28	32	1st	12 27 57 76
2023-06-14	10	2nd	9 12 43 47
2023-05-22	13	1st	12 14 48 71
2023-04-22	4	1st	12 14 26 59
2023-04-12	9	2nd	10 12 27 69
2023-03-22	23	2nd	2 12 25 40
2023-01-28	6	1st	12 38 58 64
2023-01-14	20	1st	12 15 24 37
2022-11-28	16	2nd	8 12 16 69
2022-10-22	3	1st	12 15 34 42
2022-10-15	33	2nd	4 12 13 52
2022-07-30	3	1st	12 15 17 69
2022-07-23	31	1st	12 24 45 61
2022-05-11	16	1st	12 25 33 55
2022-04-04	46	1st	12 38 66 71
2021-12-18	31	2nd	1 12 56 71
2021-10-06	55	1st	12 17 43 63
2021-05-31	5	1st	12 27 59 69
2021-05-19	28	1st	12 23 36 61
2021-03-15	21	1st	12 13 37 52
2021-01-25	8	2nd	8 12 34 48
2021-01-06	15	3rd	9 11 12 71
2020-12-02	8	2nd	6 12 58 62
2020-11-14	6	1st	12 22 51 56
2020-10-31	3	1st	12 20 24 32
2020-10-24	2	1st	12 57 59 66
2020-10-19	29	1st	12 22 26 65
2020-08-12	23	2nd	6 12 36 49
2020-06-20	3	2nd	1 12 13 69
2020-06-13	5	1st	12 23 66 75
2020-06-01	2	2nd	2 12 32 51
2020-05-27	10	1st	12 20 38 73
2020-05-04	25	1st	12 23 56 72
2020-03-07	35	1st	12 28 37 61
2019-12-16	12	2nd	4 12 49 58
2019-11-18	2	2nd	6 12 30 39
2019-11-13	21	1st	12 13 24 70
2019-09-25	1	1st	12 32 42 58
2019-09-23	4	1st	12 40 56 65
2019-09-14	7	1st	12 23 26 37
2019-08-28	1	1st	12 45 68 69
2019-08-26	28	1st	12 24 39 68
2019-06-22	21	1st	12 25 28 39
2019-05-04	2	3rd	5 6 12 68
2019-04-29	4	1st	12 48 58 72
2019-04-20	1	2nd	3 12 48 66
2019-04-17	29	2nd	4 12 23 76
2019-02-09	24	2nd	11 12 37 54
2018-12-15	14	2nd	7 12 24 38
2018-11-12	15	1st	12 19 43 50
2018-10-08	8	1st	12 25 66 75
2018-09-19	10	2nd	9 12 16 30
2018-08-27	39	1st	12 13 29 73
2018-05-28	11	1st	12 13 20 40
2018-05-02	22	1st	12 49 67 69
2018-03-12	11	2nd	3 12 18 44
2018-02-14	9	1st	12 31 46 53
2018-01-24	23	1st	12 16 53 69
2017-12-02	27	2nd	5 12 59 60
2017-09-30	24	1st	12 20 26 77
2017-08-05	5	2nd	4 12 23 55
2017-07-24	14	1st	12 15 28 39
2017-06-21	13	3rd	2 5 12 68
2017-05-22	27	2nd	7 12 28 71
2017-03-20	13	1st	12 43 57 70
2017-02-18	17	1st	12 19 33 46
2017-01-09	17	1st	12 34 53 60
2016-11-30	22	2nd	8 12 30 71
2016-10-10	68	2nd	2 12 41 42
2016-05-04	3	1st	12 49 52 54
2016-04-27	24	3rd	8 10 12 44
2016-03-02	3	1st	12 33 42 45
2016-02-24	55	3rd	2 7 12 77
2015-10-19	10	1st	12 31 32 53
2015-09-26	6	2nd	9 12 36 38
2015-09-12	20	2nd	4 12 44 59
2015-07-27	2	3rd	4 5 12 14
2015-07-22	5	1st	12 40 61 62
2015-07-11	16	1st	12 15 22 43
2015-06-03	9	1st	12 39 57 69
2015-05-13	2	1st	12 18 33 59
2015-05-09	4	2nd	1 12 56 70
2015-04-29	5	1st	12 15 45 55
2015-04-18	4	2nd	8 12 16 44
2015-04-08	3	1st	12 27 76 77
2015-04-01	2	1st	12 26 74 76
2015-03-28	27	2nd	7 12 23 73
2015-01-24	6	1st	12 16 31 58
2015-01-10	6	1st	12 48 65 73
2014-12-27	6	2nd	3 12 30 49
2014-12-13	50	1st	12 28 41 45
2014-08-18	16	1st	12 15 39 73
2014-07-12	16	1st	12 28 33 74
2014-06-04	5	1st	12 34 69 73
2014-05-24	6	2nd	2 12 60 61
2014-05-10	11	2nd	2 12 26 32
2014-04-14	1	1st	12 29 45 49
2014-04-12	20	1st	12 23 26 38
2014-02-24	27	1st	12 61 71 75
2013-12-23	44	3rd	3 5 12 71
2013-09-11	24	1st	12 18 19 70
2013-07-17	46	1st	12 30 46 71
2013-04-01	37	2nd	3 12 43 60
2013-01-05	9	2nd	11 12 54 58
2012-12-15	6	1st	12 16 21 47
2012-12-01	37	1st	12 36 50 60
2012-09-05	8	1st	12 47 58 73
2012-08-18	6	2nd	2 12 24 27
2012-08-04	13	1st	12 30 56 65
2012-07-04	25	2nd	11 12 22 62
2012-05-05	3	1st	12 41 60 62
2012-04-28	9	1st	12 15 19 44
2012-04-07	3	2nd	11 12 21 74
2012-03-31	3	1st	12 18 29 70
2012-03-24	36	2nd	7 12 33 51
2011-12-31	46	1st	12 46 50 64
2011-09-14	12	1st	12 27 59 66
2011-08-17	1	2nd	11 12 61 65
2011-08-15	25	1st	12 26 62 64
2011-06-18	5	2nd	9 12 19 75
2011-06-06	4	2nd	7 12 38 63
2011-05-28	22	1st	12 16 46 55
2011-04-06	12	1st	12 14 17 22
2011-03-09	3	1st	12 47 70 74
2011-03-02	15	2nd	9 12 56 65
2011-01-26	13	1st	12 30 43 71
2010-12-27	6	1st	12 14 19 57
2010-12-13	10	3rd	1 5 12 44
2010-11-20	13	2nd	9 12 51 70
2010-10-20	8	1st	12 51 59 70
2010-10-02	4	3rd	3 7 12 14
2010-09-22	12	1st	12 32 38 68
2010-08-25	6	1st	12 35 52 75
2010-08-11	54	2nd	6 12 56 62
2010-04-07	—	1st	12 37 64 65