Number 13

In Wild Money under the 5/35 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2016 rules — 1,034 draws, 5 from 1–35 (an earlier era).

139times drawn · chance expected 148 −0.77σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 25% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

31longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 139 times in 1,034 draws against 147.7 expected, −0.77σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 139 times in 1,034 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 31 · waiting 10 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 smallest23 · chance 21.9
2nd smallest56 · chance 55.4
3rd smallest45 · chance 45.7
4th smallest12 · chance 14.5
5th smallest3 · chance 1.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 1 9 10 20 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 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 35. 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
2016-10-22	3	3rd	6 9 13 22 26
2016-10-15	11	2nd	9 13 15 28 29
2016-09-20	2	1st	13 15 23 31 32
2016-09-15	10	3rd	1 4

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2015-07-28	1	2nd	1 13 19 29 30
2015-07-25	5	5th	1 6 9 11 13
2015-07-14	8	3rd	4 7 13 20 26
2015-06-25	1	3rd	8 12 13 25 34
2015-06-23	7	2nd	10 13 28 29 33
2015-06-06	7	2nd	11 13 15 16 19
2015-05-21	9	2nd	6 13 24 30 32
2015-04-30	2	3rd	1 9 13 19 29
2015-04-25	14	1st	13 16 29 30 31
2015-03-24	3	3rd	7 10 13 16 18
2015-03-17	8	3rd	5 10 13 16 22
2015-02-26	2	2nd	9 13 17 18 20
2015-02-21	9	2nd	10 13 22 32 35
2015-01-31	4	3rd	3 4 13 17 28
2015-01-22	3	2nd	8 13 16 17 23
2015-01-15	6	3rd	3 10 13 19 35
2015-01-01	9	3rd	1 12 13 14 20
2014-12-11	10	3rd	9 10 13 17 20
2014-11-18	8	3rd	9 10 13 16 21
2014-10-30	18	3rd	1 7 13 30 34
2014-09-18	6	3rd	8 12 13 18 27
2014-09-04	24	1st	13 19 21 30 35
2014-07-10	2	4th	1 5 10 13 24
2014-07-05	2	4th	7 9 10 13 14
2014-07-01	1	2nd	2 13 18 27 30
2014-06-28	2	2nd	6 13 15 17 22
2014-06-24	3	1st	13 18 23 24 28
2014-06-17	8	2nd	12 13 18 22 34
2014-05-29	29	2nd	8 13 21 28 31
2014-03-22	1	3rd	3 12 13 19 23
2014-03-20	6	3rd	2 11 13 25 31
2014-03-06	10	2nd	11 13 20 23 29
2014-02-11	1	2nd	10 13 22 23 26
2014-02-08	1	3rd	1 8 13 28 30
2014-02-06	2	3rd	9 11 13 18 32
2014-02-01	14	3rd	5 11 13 21 33
2013-12-31	9	1st	13 14 22 24 29
2013-12-10	2	1st	13 19 20 21 31
2013-12-05	6	2nd	7 13 28 34 35
2013-11-21	1	2nd	3 13 17 28 35
2013-11-19	1	3rd	8 12 13 21 35
2013-11-16	7	3rd	7 11 13 19 22
2013-10-31	1	1st	13 22 24 25 34
2013-10-29	9	1st	13 14 23 29 33
2013-10-08	6	4th	1 7 10 13 22
2013-09-24	3	3rd	3 9 13 18 33
2013-09-17	8	3rd	5 10 13 18 27
2013-08-29	7	2nd	7 13 17 30 32
2013-08-13	1	2nd	3 13 18 22 28
2013-08-10	8	3rd	9 12 13 28 32
2013-07-23	8	2nd	11 13 15 20 34
2013-07-04	3	3rd	5 10 13 20 28
2013-06-27	7	2nd	6 13 16 25 26
2013-06-11	2	1st	13 18 19 27 32
2013-06-06	16	1st	13 15 26 28 32
2013-04-30	3	3rd	4 10 13 19 23
2013-04-23	13	2nd	8 13 19 20 33
2013-03-23	1	3rd	3 6 13 29 32
2013-03-21	6	4th	1 2 6 13 29
2013-03-07	28	2nd	8 13 18 20 27
2013-01-01	8	3rd	8 11 13 19 28
2012-12-13	1	2nd	9 13 21 23 32
2012-12-11	12	4th	4 11 12 13 26
2012-11-13	11	2nd	11 13 22 25 33
2012-10-18	10	4th	1 4 7 13 35
2012-09-25	3	2nd	2 13 19 21 31
2012-09-18	1	2nd	1 13 14 16 27
2012-09-15	2	3rd	4 7 13 29 30
2012-09-11	1	3rd	1 10 13 27 31
2012-09-08	1	2nd	11 13 22 23 30
2012-09-06	4	3rd	5 7 13 15 31
2012-08-28	3	4th	2 3 6 13 33
2012-08-21	2	2nd	5 13 24 32 34
2012-08-16	28	3rd	5 10 13 21 31
2012-06-09	2	5th	2 3 6 9 13
2012-06-05	9	2nd	12 13 24 25 33
2012-05-15	8	3rd	6 11 13 15 19
2012-04-26	6	1st	13 14 22 29 33
2012-04-12	13	3rd	1 12 13 19 29
2012-03-13	7	3rd	5 11 13 21 25
2012-02-25	3	3rd	5 6 13 25 31
2012-02-18	1	2nd	10 13 22 32 34
2012-02-16	6	1st	13 17 20 24 25
2012-02-02	2	3rd	1 11 13 23 32
2012-01-28	4	2nd	4 13 14 17 33
2012-01-19	15	2nd	9 13 16 20 21
2011-12-15	13	2nd	1 13 24 28 29
2011-11-15	31	2nd	7 13 16 21 25
2011-09-03	6	1st	13 15 17 20 22
2011-08-20	10	1st	13 21 22 28 34
2011-07-28	14	4th	1 8 11 13 34
2011-06-25	16	2nd	3 13 16 23 31
2011-05-19	7	2nd	12 13 24 27 35
2011-05-03	6	1st	13 20 28 32 34
2011-04-19	4	3rd	5 11 13 18 30
2011-04-09	6	1st	13 20 22 23 33
2011-03-26	26	1st	13 15 27 34 35
2011-01-25	11	2nd	5 13 14 16 24
2010-12-30	11	2nd	11 13 16 26 29
2010-12-04	3	2nd	6 13 26 32 34
2010-11-27	7	2nd	4 13 22 23 26
2010-11-11	3	2nd	2 13 21 28 29
2010-11-04	10	2nd	1 13 15 17 31
2010-10-12	1	2nd	9 13 21 22 30
2010-10-09	13	2nd	3 13 29 32 34
2010-09-09	5	3rd	4 12 13 18 20
2010-08-28	7	2nd	7 13 26 31 34
2010-08-12	5	2nd	7 13 17 19 22
2010-07-31	13	2nd	11 13 21 25 31
2010-07-01	4	2nd	8 13 20 21 30
2010-06-22	1	1st	13 14 24 26 34
2010-06-19	12	2nd	2 13 24 30 31
2010-05-22	11	3rd	9 10 13 24 34
2010-04-27	4	2nd	4 13 14 26 30
2010-04-17	—	2nd	3 13 28 29 34