Number 12

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,419 draws, 5 from 1–69.

105times drawn · chance expected 103 +0.22σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

13.4average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

55longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 1,419 draws against 102.8 expected, +0.22σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 1,419 draws · average wait 13.4 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 20 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 smallest52 · chance 50.9
2nd smallest44 · chance 41.5
3rd smallest9 · chance 11.3
4th smallest0 · chance 1.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 20 8 61 2 32

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 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 1.12× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.06

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 12 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-08-26	21	1st	12 32 45 50 58
2026-07-08	12	1st	12 29 37 43 55
2026-06-10	34	1st	12 31 38 60 66
2026-03-23	1	1st	12 18 47 56

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

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