Number 12

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

315times drawn · chance expected 304 +0.65σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

50longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 315 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, +0.65σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 315 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 3 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 smallest72 · chance 71.3
2nd smallest129 · chance 136.4
3rd smallest94 · chance 85.3
4th smallest14 · chance 20.5
5th smallest6 · chance 1.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 29 2 7 24 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 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 38. 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
2025-04-17	18	1st	12 30 31 37 38
2025-03-30	12	2nd	9 12 15 24 26
2025-03-18	1	2nd	5 12 14 15 16
2025-03-17	1	3rd	9 10

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-30	5	1st	12 16 29 33 34
2024-10-25	7	1st	12 22 23 35 38
2024-10-18	4	2nd	2 12 17 23 35
2024-10-14	6	3rd	7 9 12 26 27
2024-10-08	9	3rd	6 8 12 26 29
2024-09-29	9	1st	12 21 22 30 36
2024-09-20	4	2nd	4 12 19 32 33
2024-09-16	21	3rd	3 7 12 13 25
2024-08-26	6	2nd	4 12 14 21 28
2024-08-20	29	4th	6 7 10 12 27
2024-07-22	16	1st	12 13 21 32 38
2024-07-06	5	2nd	7 12 15 22 24
2024-07-01	8	3rd	9 11 12 13 30
2024-06-23	4	2nd	6 12 29 30 32
2024-06-19	2	2nd	11 12 19 20 21
2024-06-17	10	3rd	2 4 12 25 32
2024-06-07	4	2nd	2 12 16 27 32
2024-06-03	7	2nd	2 12 13 17 37
2024-05-27	1	3rd	3 7 12 17 29
2024-05-26	25	2nd	2 12 14 23 33
2024-05-01	5	1st	12 15 17 20 24
2024-04-26	4	2nd	3 12 16 22 27
2024-04-22	8	2nd	3 12 16 29 32
2024-04-14	9	1st	12 13 20 24 32
2024-04-05	11	1st	12 14 16 31 36
2024-03-25	7	2nd	1 12 14 21 33
2024-03-18	15	2nd	9 12 20 24 28
2024-03-03	11	3rd	3 5 12 14 25
2024-02-21	4	2nd	7 12 16 23 37
2024-02-17	3	3rd	2 3 12 17 23
2024-02-14	33	2nd	11 12 17 18 26
2024-01-12	9	3rd	9 10 12 25 31
2024-01-03	12	1st	12 16 21 37 38
2023-12-22	17	3rd	8 9 12 26 31
2023-12-05	6	2nd	8 12 14 28 32
2023-11-29	9	3rd	2 11 12 15 20
2023-11-20	5	3rd	5 11 12 29 38
2023-11-15	3	2nd	9 12 19 24 31
2023-11-12	2	3rd	5 8 12 29 34
2023-11-10	1	2nd	1 12 26 27 38
2023-11-09	7	2nd	10 12 21 22 33
2023-11-02	25	3rd	4 6 12 21 38
2023-10-08	18	3rd	7 9 12 20 38
2023-09-20	14	2nd	7 12 31 35 38
2023-09-06	8	4th	3 8 9 12 25
2023-08-29	2	3rd	2 11 12 17 35
2023-08-27	5	1st	12 13 24 31 33
2023-08-22	9	2nd	2 12 15 23 25
2023-08-13	11	2nd	6 12 18 26 37
2023-08-02	13	2nd	3 12 13 32 34
2023-07-20	5	2nd	7 12 15 23 26
2023-07-15	18	2nd	6 12 16 24 35
2023-06-27	3	1st	12 19 31 32 38
2023-06-24	5	2nd	2 12 13 31 37
2023-06-19	7	1st	12 14 25 34 35
2023-06-12	4	3rd	4 10 12 25 33
2023-06-08	2	4th	1 2 6 12 19
2023-06-06	1	2nd	1 12 21 28 29
2023-06-05	3	3rd	2 11 12 21 29
2023-06-02	2	3rd	4 10 12 16 18
2023-05-31	13	1st	12 15 31 33 36
2023-05-18	5	1st	12 16 28 30 36
2023-05-13	2	3rd	3 9 12 26 29
2023-05-11	3	2nd	7 12 18 20 31
2023-05-08	21	3rd	1 6 12 29 36
2023-04-17	4	2nd	9 12 20 24 35
2023-04-13	4	2nd	8 12 20 29 35
2023-04-09	20	1st	12 17 27 28 32
2023-03-20	3	2nd	11 12 29 31 34
2023-03-17	13	2nd	7 12 16 19 21
2023-03-04	16	2nd	2 12 14 16 19
2023-02-16	3	2nd	9 12 20 31 32
2023-02-13	5	2nd	1 12 14 17 33
2023-02-08	10	3rd	2 4 12 22 34
2023-01-29	10	1st	12 16 19 22 35
2023-01-19	2	1st	12 21 24 28 31
2023-01-17	5	2nd	7 12 32 34 36
2023-01-12	5	2nd	11 12 16 28 37
2023-01-07	14	2nd	1 12 24 29 37
2022-12-24	15	3rd	7 10 12 23 32
2022-12-09	7	2nd	2 12 18 30 35
2022-12-02	2	3rd	1 5 12 17 38
2022-11-30	18	3rd	8 10 12 24 31
2022-11-12	17	2nd	11 12 21 28 32
2022-10-26	23	2nd	10 12 13 29 36
2022-10-03	13	1st	12 27 28 30 31
2022-09-20	20	2nd	7 12 14 18 21
2022-08-31	13	2nd	2 12 18 21 38
2022-08-18	1	2nd	8 12 13 16 26
2022-08-17	13	1st	12 21 24 26 36
2022-08-04	22	1st	12 16 32 33 36
2022-07-13	2	3rd	5 10 12 19 24
2022-07-11	5	1st	12 23 25 29 38
2022-07-06	2	1st	12 15 25 36 37
2022-07-04	17	1st	12 15 19 27 38
2022-06-17	5	2nd	11 12 19 23 33
2022-06-12	6	2nd	4 12 16 29 37
2022-06-06	2	1st	12 13 28 33 34
2022-06-04	10	1st	12 20 32 34 35
2022-05-25	24	1st	12 20 26 28 30
2022-05-01	1	3rd	7 10 12 28 38
2022-04-30	2	2nd	3 12 27 36 37
2022-04-28	1	3rd	3 4 12 18 37
2022-04-27	5	3rd	6 10 12 17 29
2022-04-22	2	1st	12 17 22 30 32
2022-04-20	3	3rd	3 8 12 23 28
2022-04-17	4	2nd	1 12 18 27 29
2022-04-13	9	2nd	10 12 25 27 29
2022-04-04	6	1st	12 25 32 36 38
2022-03-29	6	3rd	5 8 12 13 28
2022-03-23	1	3rd	2 6 12 26 31
2022-03-22	5	3rd	2 6 12 16 35
2022-03-17	8	2nd	6 12 14 16 17
2022-03-09	2	2nd	7 12 17 24 26
2022-03-07	5	1st	12 21 26 29 38
2022-03-02	6	1st	12 23 35 36 37
2022-02-24	2	2nd	11 12 22 27 37
2022-02-22	1	2nd	2 12 13 19 22
2022-02-21	10	3rd	7 8 12 17 31
2022-02-11	9	1st	12 17 30 32 38
2022-02-02	3	1st	12 17 18 36 37
2022-01-30	2	2nd	5 12 13 24 35
2022-01-28	2	1st	12 18 19 27 35
2022-01-26	3	4th	3 4 7 12 37
2022-01-23	1	2nd	8 12 19 25 37
2022-01-22	3	2nd	2 12 18 25 37
2022-01-19	15	3rd	1 7 12 28 37
2022-01-04	3	1st	12 16 24 27 35
2022-01-01	9	3rd	2 3 12 13 26
2021-12-23	4	2nd	3 12 20 33 35
2021-12-19	1	2nd	1 12 16 19 20
2021-12-18	2	1st	12 18 20 21 32
2021-12-16	8	3rd	2 9 12 19 20
2021-12-08	13	1st	12 20 28 34 38
2021-11-25	11	3rd	1 8 12 14 18
2021-11-14	8	2nd	5 12 28 29 30
2021-11-06	32	2nd	6 12 14 17 28
2021-10-05	3	3rd	4 6 12 20 30
2021-10-02	11	2nd	8 12 25 26 38
2021-09-21	17	1st	12 21 25 29 37
2021-09-04	11	2nd	6 12 14 15 25
2021-08-24	2	2nd	2 12 18 24 33
2021-08-22	4	1st	12 16 20 26 31
2021-08-18	12	2nd	5 12 13 24 31
2021-08-06	10	2nd	9 12 16 27 33
2021-07-27	6	3rd	5 8 12 21 38
2021-07-21	22	2nd	4 12 13 27 37
2021-06-29	3	2nd	2 12 17 28 34
2021-06-26	6	2nd	9 12 20 23 33
2021-06-20	5	1st	12 14 16 30 36
2021-06-15	1	3rd	2 10 12 18 31
2021-06-14	2	2nd	2 12 19 29 37
2021-06-12	12	3rd	5 8 12 17 20
2021-05-31	2	3rd	1 4 12 16 32
2021-05-29	2	2nd	3 12 18 20 31
2021-05-27	5	2nd	3 12 31 35 37
2021-05-22	8	1st	12 16 24 32 34
2021-05-14	2	3rd	9 11 12 36 37
2021-05-12	8	3rd	3 8 12 13 17
2021-05-04	4	2nd	9 12 27 28 29
2021-04-30	2	1st	12 27 30 36 38
2021-04-28	6	1st	12 17 34 36 37
2021-04-22	13	2nd	6 12 16 25 26
2021-04-09	1	1st	12 20 24 31 34
2021-04-08	15	2nd	7 12 17 18 36
2021-03-24	2	2nd	3 12 13 24 26
2021-03-22	3	1st	12 20 24 30 38
2021-03-19	8	2nd	11 12 15 20 28
2021-03-11	20	1st	12 17 20 33 35
2021-02-19	5	1st	12 22 31 32 36
2021-02-14	1	1st	12 23 28 29 38
2021-02-13	21	3rd	2 3 12 14 20
2021-01-23	8	1st	12 25 28 29 34
2021-01-15	6	3rd	2 7 12 36 37
2021-01-09	3	3rd	4 10 12 16 20
2021-01-06	5	1st	12 16 25 26 36
2021-01-01	9	2nd	11 12 27 30 36
2020-12-23	6	3rd	2 9 12 16 38
2020-12-17	10	3rd	1 11 12 13 21
2020-12-07	2	2nd	8 12 22 28 37
2020-12-05	50	3rd	6 7 12 18 21
2020-10-16	10	2nd	2 12 24 27 37
2020-10-06	11	2nd	11 12 17 25 37
2020-09-25	8	2nd	1 12 24 31 37
2020-09-17	1	2nd	4 12 23 27 36
2020-09-16	1	3rd	2 10 12 20 21
2020-09-15	7	2nd	4 12 19 21 33
2020-09-08	8	2nd	10 12 16 19 27
2020-08-31	23	2nd	11 12 16 19 28
2020-08-08	12	3rd	5 8 12 19 23
2020-07-27	2	1st	12 18 25 34 38
2020-07-25	1	3rd	3 6 12 32 33
2020-07-24	5	2nd	8 12 23 37 38
2020-07-19	5	5th	3 5 6 11 12
2020-07-14	15	2nd	3 12 21 22 38
2020-06-09	8	2nd	10 12 17 23 28
2020-05-21	2	2nd	2 12 17 24 31
2020-05-16	1	3rd	1 10 12 24 34
2020-05-14	2	3rd	4 9 12 22 24
2020-05-09	3	1st	12 19 26 29 34
2020-05-02	8	3rd	6 11 12 18 24
2020-04-14	7	2nd	11 12 21 31 34
2020-03-28	2	4th	5 8 11 12 25
2020-03-24	2	3rd	4 7 12 26 31
2020-03-19	6	1st	12 27 30 33 34
2020-03-05	9	3rd	1 8 12 25 34
2020-02-13	3	3rd	3 5 12 15 22
2020-02-06	2	2nd	4 12 17 28 31
2020-02-01	16	4th	1 7 9 12 21
2019-12-26	1	3rd	1 5 12 13 24
2019-12-24	4	3rd	2 5 12 29 30
2019-12-14	5	1st	12 22 26 31 32
2019-12-03	2	2nd	8 12 21 24 35
2019-11-28	1	3rd	2 5 12 14 29
2019-11-26	21	1st	12 23 27 29 30
2019-10-08	8	2nd	7 12 17 25 28
2019-09-19	5	3rd	8 11 12 25 32
2019-09-07	2	4th	3 8 11 12 32
2019-09-03	4	3rd	9 10 12 13 32
2019-08-24	10	2nd	9 12 22 30 32
2019-08-01	5	3rd	5 7 12 19 28
2019-07-20	5	2nd	9 12 13 32 34
2019-07-09	4	3rd	3 6 12 22 31
2019-06-29	5	3rd	4 11 12 29 34
2019-06-18	1	5th	5 6 8 10 12
2019-06-15	4	3rd	5 11 12 34 35
2019-06-06	2	2nd	7 12 14 26 34
2019-06-01	10	3rd	2 3 12 28 32
2019-05-09	1	2nd	6 12 27 29 34
2019-05-07	4	2nd	7 12 24 25 35
2019-04-27	12	4th	3 8 10 12 18
2019-03-30	12	3rd	1 5 12 15 26
2019-03-02	10	4th	1 10 11 12 33
2019-02-07	1	3rd	2 7 12 16 21
2019-02-05	16	2nd	3 12 14 16 26
2018-12-29	1	5th	2 6 8 10 12
2018-12-27	1	2nd	4 12 16 24 35
2018-12-25	13	2nd	2 12 17 20 23
2018-11-24	14	3rd	5 8 12 19 31
2018-10-23	11	2nd	3 12 19 25 34
2018-09-27	4	1st	12 13 16 20 35
2018-09-18	1	1st	12 13 28 31 35
2018-09-15	18	2nd	7 12 16 22 29
2018-08-04	5	2nd	7 12 16 18 19
2018-07-24	6	1st	12 24 25 27 35
2018-07-10	10	3rd	2 8 12 15 23
2018-06-16	4	1st	12 16 18 29 30
2018-06-07	12	2nd	5 12 14 21 27
2018-05-10	5	5th	6 7 8 9 12
2018-04-28	6	5th	1 2 5 9 12
2018-04-14	1	2nd	10 12 24 28 29
2018-04-12	3	1st	12 21 22 23 27
2018-04-05	7	2nd	7 12 21 27 31
2018-03-20	2	1st	12 16 29 30 34
2018-03-15	6	3rd	7 10 12 27 35
2018-03-01	1	3rd	3 8 12 14 29
2018-02-27	5	3rd	2 3 12 13 35
2018-02-15	1	3rd	4 10 12 24 29
2018-02-13	2	2nd	1 12 22 23 26
2018-02-08	2	2nd	11 12 17 18 32
2018-02-03	4	2nd	1 12 13 21 33
2018-01-25	8	1st	12 17 27 28 32
2018-01-06	4	1st	12 16 22 32 34
2017-12-28	14	2nd	7 12 14 25 35
2017-11-25	1	4th	6 9 11 12 16
2017-11-23	1	3rd	1 3 12 13 26
2017-11-21	5	3rd	5 6 12 19 22
2017-11-09	4	2nd	4 12 16 24 31
2017-10-31	2	4th	1 3 8 12 35
2017-10-26	4	2nd	6 12 20 25 27
2017-10-17	7	2nd	10 12 22 29 33
2017-09-30	26	3rd	8 10 12 18 32
2017-08-01	3	3rd	7 9 12 27 28
2017-07-25	3	1st	12 13 20 28 29
2017-07-18	18	3rd	1 4 12 26 32
2017-06-06	2	2nd	3 12 13 25 32
2017-06-01	8	5th	1 5 7 10 12
2017-05-13	2	4th	1 4 5 12 20
2017-05-09	1	2nd	8 12 16 25 26
2017-05-06	14	2nd	4 12 19 21 26
2017-04-04	2	2nd	7 12 16 17 28
2017-03-30	3	3rd	1 9 12 14 27
2017-03-23	2	3rd	1 4 12 25 26
2017-03-18	9	1st	12 17 24 29 32
2017-02-25	1	3rd	5 8 12 13 28
2017-02-23	3	1st	12 14 17 23 31
2017-02-16	2	4th	4 9 10 12 16
2017-02-11	8	1st	12 15 20 26 29
2017-01-24	7	3rd	6 10 12 22 34
2017-01-07	18	2nd	7 12 28 32 34
2016-11-26	—	2nd	7 12 15 23 28