Number 13

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 4 from 1–77.

135times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.06σ

43draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

18.9average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

88longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 135 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, +0.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 43 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 135 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 18.9 draws · longest completed wait 88 · waiting 43 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 smallest84 · chance 80.0
2nd smallest41 · chance 46.5
3rd smallest10 · chance 8.1
4th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 19 20 31 37 49

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.4 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 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
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
2026-07-04	45	2nd	9 13 22 76
2026-03-21	46	2nd	12 13 49 70
2025-12-03	17	1st	13 14 21 60
2025-10-25	60	1st	13 14 32 52
2025-06-07	4	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: 13 is drawn with probability 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-05-01	18	2nd	8 13 28 51
2023-03-20	9	3rd	8 10 13 21
2023-02-27	58	1st	13 37 44 66
2022-10-15	4	3rd	4 12 13 52
2022-10-05	8	1st	13 16 18 37
2022-09-17	2	2nd	9 13 67 76
2022-09-12	31	1st	13 18 43 47
2022-07-02	1	1st	13 14 31 57
2022-06-29	8	2nd	6 13 55 68
2022-06-11	17	2nd	4 13 14 37
2022-05-02	43	1st	13 30 31 73
2022-01-22	38	1st	13 30 50 63
2021-10-25	24	1st	13 31 36 38
2021-08-30	4	1st	13 64 66 77
2021-08-21	27	3rd	8 9 13 45
2021-06-19	7	2nd	1 13 36 46
2021-06-02	22	1st	13 43 60 76
2021-04-12	12	2nd	9 13 49 57
2021-03-15	2	2nd	12 13 37 52
2021-03-10	10	1st	13 37 62 66
2021-02-15	13	1st	13 33 37 40
2021-01-16	45	1st	13 42 56 63
2020-10-03	15	2nd	2 13 32 34
2020-08-29	14	1st	13 19 38 57
2020-07-27	16	3rd	6 10 13 16
2020-06-20	6	3rd	1 12 13 69
2020-06-06	88	2nd	1 13 29 33
2019-11-13	29	2nd	12 13 24 70
2019-09-07	6	1st	13 24 38 54
2019-08-24	41	3rd	4 7 13 17
2019-05-20	15	1st	13 36 40 54
2019-04-15	36	1st	13 18 32 39
2019-01-21	18	1st	13 19 61 62
2018-12-10	9	3rd	3 9 13 69
2018-11-19	1	2nd	2 13 32 44
2018-11-17	11	1st	13 69 74 76
2018-10-22	4	1st	13 36 41 48
2018-10-13	6	1st	13 45 56 58
2018-09-29	1	1st	13 19 45 77
2018-09-26	7	1st	13 25 32 41
2018-09-10	2	1st	13 19 51 65
2018-09-05	4	1st	13 20 37 53
2018-08-27	9	2nd	12 13 29 73
2018-08-06	1	1st	13 19 30 72
2018-08-04	7	2nd	4 13 32 46
2018-07-18	1	2nd	3 13 49 75
2018-07-16	7	1st	13 19 35 39
2018-06-30	14	1st	13 23 47 55
2018-05-28	19	2nd	12 13 20 40
2018-04-14	15	2nd	10 13 29 61
2018-03-10	12	2nd	3 13 30 53
2018-02-10	24	1st	13 40 49 63
2017-12-16	25	2nd	2 13 51 59
2017-10-18	21	1st	13 20 49 76
2017-08-30	41	1st	13 31 46 69
2017-05-27	12	1st	13 34 41 55
2017-04-29	13	2nd	1 13 58 61
2017-03-29	5	1st	13 34 39 47
2017-03-18	5	1st	13 15 31 43
2017-03-06	11	1st	13 49 64 70
2017-02-08	3	1st	13 31 61 70
2017-02-01	5	1st	13 48 50 52
2017-01-21	19	1st	13 44 60 73
2016-12-07	20	1st	13 26 52 64
2016-10-22	62	1st	13 38 46 64
2016-05-30	24	1st	13 50 58 75
2016-04-04	1	2nd	5 13 45 62
2016-04-02	54	2nd	5 13 47 74
2015-11-28	6	1st	13 20 45 69
2015-11-14	8	1st	13 39 63 77
2015-10-26	9	1st	13 23 43 65
2015-10-05	11	1st	13 18 43 61
2015-09-09	11	1st	13 31 35 70
2015-08-15	20	1st	13 29 32 69
2015-06-29	5	1st	13 37 48 71
2015-06-17	1	1st	13 28 46 66
2015-06-15	35	2nd	2 13 18 66
2015-03-25	33	2nd	2 13 50 65
2015-01-07	6	3rd	9 11 13 40
2014-12-24	4	2nd	10 13 20 61
2014-12-15	11	1st	13 24 35 74
2014-11-19	5	1st	13 24 38 75
2014-11-08	33	1st	13 16 41 69
2014-08-23	19	1st	13 14 55 72
2014-07-09	2	1st	13 38 49 62
2014-07-05	74	1st	13 26 35 38
2014-01-13	16	2nd	8 13 20 36
2013-12-07	11	1st	13 20 28 60
2013-11-11	15	1st	13 17 42 62
2013-10-07	27	1st	13 42 51 72
2013-08-05	17	1st	13 22 47 53
2013-06-26	17	2nd	8 13 25 42
2013-05-18	69	1st	13 26 29 45
2012-12-08	23	1st	13 17 25 74
2012-10-15	1	3rd	1 3 13 23
2012-10-13	27	2nd	9 13 34 71
2012-08-11	67	1st	13 19 55 68
2012-03-05	6	3rd	9 11 13 66
2012-02-20	26	2nd	8 13 25 61
2011-12-21	14	2nd	6 13 64 77
2011-11-19	5	2nd	11 13 40 72
2011-11-07	39	1st	13 19 24 30
2011-08-08	7	1st	13 45 50 59
2011-07-23	2	1st	13 20 55 63
2011-07-18	55	1st	13 36 41 70
2011-03-12	64	1st	13 51 54 65
2010-10-13	4	2nd	4 13 55 76
2010-10-04	30	1st	13 31 52 77
2010-07-26	29	1st	13 45 71 77
2010-05-19	6	1st	13 25 53 75
2010-05-05	—	2nd	10 13 31 49