Number 13

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

77times drawn · chance expected 103 −2.64σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 93% for any number

18.4average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

75longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long

13 looks unusual on its own — and unremarkable among 69 numbers

Drawn 77 times in 1,419 draws against 102.8 expected, −2.64σ. Testing all 69 numbers at once means about 0.7 should look this way by luck alone, so the threshold tightens to 1.4e-4 and this does not pass it.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 77 times in 1,419 draws · average wait 18.4 draws · longest completed wait 75 · waiting 2 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 smallest37 · chance 34.7
2nd smallest29 · chance 31.5
3rd smallest9 · chance 9.6
4th smallest2 · 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 4.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 44 27 52 58 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.7 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 13 is picked about 1.10× as often as an indifferent choice — 13th 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
The number 13, in Western markets ×1.03

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 13 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-07	20	2nd	11 13 14 21 65
2026-08-22	25	1st	13 31 54 57 65
2026-06-24	5	1st	13 14 16 21 38
2026-06-13	11	2nd	3 13 44 50

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

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