Number 12

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/42 · since Mar 2024 rules — 939 draws, 5 from 1–42.

90times drawn · chance expected 112 −2.20σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 78% for any number

10.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

44longest completed wait · 32% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 90 times in 939 draws against 111.8 expected, −2.20σ. 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 90 times in 939 draws · average wait 10.5 draws · longest completed wait 44 · 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 smallest31 · chance 24.4
2nd smallest31 · chance 39.7
3rd smallest20 · chance 21.3
4th smallest8 · chance 4.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 32 19 27 1 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-09	5	2nd	3 12 23 26 29
2026-10-04	8	1st	12 15 25 34 38
2026-09-26	3	1st	12 19 30 37 40
2026-09-23	2	2nd	2 12

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-24	24	3rd	3 5 12 15 36
2026-02-28	1	2nd	10 12 17 21 37
2026-02-27	19	1st	12 20 23 27 32
2026-02-08	8	1st	12 25 30 32 38
2026-01-31	18	2nd	3 12 30 35 40
2026-01-13	7	1st	12 25 27 35 41
2026-01-06	7	4th	3 8 11 12 34
2025-12-30	37	3rd	2 3 12 26 35
2025-11-23	21	1st	12 15 25 36 37
2025-11-02	13	3rd	6 9 12 34 40
2025-10-20	21	1st	12 15 24 31 32
2025-09-29	3	1st	12 17 20 21 27
2025-09-26	9	1st	12 26 30 32 39
2025-09-17	15	3rd	2 9 12 14 26
2025-09-02	6	2nd	6 12 19 29 39
2025-08-27	27	2nd	9 12 18 19 34
2025-07-31	1	2nd	4 12 23 25 37
2025-07-30	4	3rd	5 10 12 17 38
2025-07-26	16	1st	12 15 16 17 38
2025-07-10	10	1st	12 14 25 29 42
2025-06-30	4	2nd	1 12 27 28 42
2025-06-26	21	1st	12 22 29 34 41
2025-06-05	23	1st	12 14 20 30 42
2025-05-13	6	2nd	9 12 22 34 41
2025-05-07	11	1st	12 20 25 33 36
2025-04-26	1	2nd	11 12 25 37 39
2025-04-25	3	2nd	10 12 18 32 35
2025-04-22	20	1st	12 20 32 38 39
2025-04-02	21	1st	12 24 32 36 37
2025-03-12	13	1st	12 16 19 20 38
2025-02-27	11	2nd	5 12 30 31 39
2025-02-16	1	2nd	2 12 15 38 40
2025-02-15	9	3rd	6 8 12 28 38
2025-02-06	14	4th	2 4 5 12 32
2025-01-23	14	3rd	1 11 12 29 31
2025-01-09	3	1st	12 29 32 33 40
2025-01-06	6	1st	12 16 22 24 32
2024-12-31	3	1st	12 20 26 33 42
2024-12-28	10	2nd	9 12 13 33 34
2024-12-18	12	4th	2 6 10 12 15
2024-12-06	13	2nd	1 12 19 31 38
2024-11-23	12	2nd	2 12 19 25 32
2024-11-11	6	1st	12 13 16 18 37
2024-11-05	13	2nd	2 12 15 28 31
2024-10-23	6	2nd	5 12 30 37 40
2024-10-17	4	2nd	5 12 17 18 26
2024-10-13	1	3rd	1 7 12 13 41
2024-10-12	2	3rd	1 3 12 32 42
2024-10-10	34	2nd	4 12 25 27 33
2024-09-06	12	2nd	11 12 17 19 25
2024-08-25	1	4th	1 6 7 12 14
2024-08-24	4	1st	12 13 14 30 32
2024-08-20	2	3rd	1 10 12 28 41
2024-08-18	4	3rd	2 9 12 17 21
2024-08-14	9	2nd	7 12 20 26 27
2024-08-05	20	2nd	6 12 22 35 38
2024-07-16	9	1st	12 25 33 35 37
2024-07-07	4	4th	3 9 11 12 19
2024-07-03	17	2nd	1 12 27 29 37
2024-06-16	5	2nd	10 12 17 19 39
2024-06-11	26	4th	5 6 9 12 40
2024-05-16	13	4th	1 7 9 12 29
2024-05-03	20	1st	12 13 19 25 29
2024-04-13	21	1st	12 16 22 33 40
2024-03-23	1	1st	12 19 22 24 34
2024-03-22	—	1st	12 19 28 40 41