Number 13

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

119times drawn · chance expected 112 +0.73σ

34draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

34longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 119 times in 939 draws against 111.8 expected, +0.73σ. Each draw is independent: after 34 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 119 times in 939 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 34 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 smallest26 · chance 27.9
2nd smallest54 · chance 51.5
3rd smallest29 · chance 31.5
4th smallest9 · chance 7.5
5th smallest1 · chance 0.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 33 3 15 24 35

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-09-08	5	2nd	7 13 20 28 37
2026-09-03	9	2nd	2 13 26 33 36
2026-08-25	2	3rd	2 4 13 20 39
2026-08-23	6	2nd	1 13

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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