Number 12

In Dakota Cash under the 5/35 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 5 from 1–35.

236times drawn · chance expected 246 −0.71σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 29% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

35longest completed wait · 71% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 236 times in 1,724 draws against 246.3 expected, −0.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 236 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 9 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 smallest36 · chance 45.1
2nd smallest102 · chance 99.1
3rd smallest78 · chance 70.8
4th smallest16 · chance 19.3
5th smallest4 · chance 1.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 22 7 11 33 9

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, 12 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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
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
2026-09-09	2	2nd	3 12 14 15 17
2026-09-02	20	5th	3 4 5 6 12
2026-06-24	2	2nd	2 12 13 26 34
2026-06-17	18	3rd	8 11 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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-03	10	2nd	1 12 13 16 34
2024-02-28	27	2nd	8 12 17 18 31
2023-11-25	8	2nd	10 12 14 26 29
2023-10-28	11	3rd	2 10 12 21 34
2023-09-20	1	2nd	6 12 22 29 30
2023-09-16	12	2nd	5 12 19 28 32
2023-08-05	1	2nd	7 12 22 27 31
2023-08-02	3	3rd	8 9 12 14 19
2023-07-22	35	3rd	4 5 12 23 34
2023-03-22	6	3rd	4 9 12 22 30
2023-03-01	2	2nd	10 12 14 30 35
2023-02-22	3	3rd	1 3 12 21 35
2023-02-11	6	1st	12 14 18 23 24
2023-01-21	3	3rd	3 11 12 22 34
2023-01-11	8	2nd	6 12 18 31 35
2022-12-14	5	2nd	2 12 21 27 33
2022-11-26	18	3rd	6 10 12 18 32
2022-09-24	11	1st	12 13 16 20 30
2022-08-17	2	2nd	5 12 21 26 33
2022-08-10	6	3rd	2 10 12 24 30
2022-07-20	7	3rd	4 10 12 24 35
2022-06-25	6	2nd	9 12 16 18 26
2022-06-04	13	2nd	10 12 28 30 33
2022-04-20	3	2nd	6 12 13 19 27
2022-04-09	9	3rd	2 9 12 21 28
2022-03-09	10	2nd	7 12 26 28 34
2022-02-02	5	2nd	2 12 13 18 35
2022-01-15	30	2nd	3 12 13 16 32
2021-10-02	1	3rd	4 6 12 19 30
2021-09-29	1	2nd	9 12 13 22 31
2021-09-25	21	2nd	4 12 22 29 33
2021-07-14	17	2nd	5 12 18 22 29
2021-05-15	4	2nd	1 12 19 26 32
2021-05-01	13	2nd	5 12 13 18 29
2021-03-17	6	2nd	7 12 16 17 33
2021-02-24	2	4th	7 10 11 12 23
2021-02-17	17	3rd	8 10 12 27 34
2020-12-19	6	3rd	3 6 12 17 33
2020-11-28	5	3rd	8 11 12 17 31
2020-11-11	4	1st	12 14 24 27 29
2020-10-28	8	2nd	2 12 20 23 24
2020-09-30	3	3rd	2 9 12 14 20
2020-09-19	1	1st	12 18 26 28 31
2020-09-16	9	2nd	9 12 18 21 27
2020-08-15	2	2nd	9 12 20 22 28
2020-08-08	15	1st	12 21 22 30 31
2020-06-17	1	2nd	7 12 17 21 35
2020-06-13	3	2nd	10 12 13 25 33
2020-06-03	5	3rd	5 7 12 13 28
2020-05-16	2	1st	12 17 28 32 34
2020-05-09	8	3rd	1 10 12 16 27
2020-04-11	16	3rd	3 10 12 30 33
2020-02-15	10	2nd	11 12 19 28 34
2020-01-11	15	2nd	2 12 19 27 28
2019-11-20	1	4th	6 7 11 12 32
2019-11-16	2	2nd	10 12 21 22 31
2019-11-09	6	3rd	2 3 12 16 28
2019-10-19	2	3rd	10 11 12 17 31
2019-10-12	8	2nd	3 12 15 30 33
2019-09-14	1	1st	12 15 22 24 26
2019-09-11	2	2nd	6 12 13 30 33
2019-09-04	1	3rd	6 8 12 15 25
2019-08-31	3	3rd	4 6 12 14 31
2019-08-21	3	1st	12 16 23 27 31
2019-08-10	1	3rd	5 10 12 15 22
2019-08-07	1	5th	1 3 6 11 12
2019-08-03	3	3rd	3 10 12 18 28
2019-07-24	6	2nd	7 12 21 24 33
2019-07-03	4	3rd	1 8 12 16 33
2019-06-19	28	4th	2 4 7 12 21
2019-03-13	1	2nd	5 12 27 28 35
2019-03-09	8	4th	2 8 10 12 20
2019-02-09	8	2nd	10 12 14 17 22
2019-01-12	22	1st	12 21 23 26 32
2018-10-27	9	1st	12 20 24 25 33
2018-09-26	1	3rd	2 7 12 23 32
2018-09-22	5	2nd	3 12 13 20 22
2018-09-05	2	2nd	2 12 27 28 34
2018-08-29	1	1st	12 22 29 30 32
2018-08-25	4	3rd	2 11 12 14 19
2018-08-11	2	1st	12 13 15 16 23
2018-08-04	1	3rd	6 9 12 27 29
2018-08-01	1	2nd	11 12 17 18 31
2018-07-28	12	3rd	6 9 12 25 29
2018-06-16	23	2nd	4 12 15 28 30
2018-03-28	1	1st	12 13 14 22 33
2018-03-24	15	2nd	10 12 14 17 25
2018-01-31	10	2nd	4 12 18 19 21
2017-12-27	9	4th	1 7 8 12 28
2017-11-25	5	2nd	7 12 14 16 23
2017-11-08	7	3rd	1 2 12 14 23
2017-10-14	7	4th	2 3 5 12 25
2017-09-20	1	3rd	6 9 12 24 32
2017-09-16	4	2nd	5 12 17 31 33
2017-09-02	18	2nd	7 12 18 25 33
2017-07-01	5	2nd	5 12 14 22 33
2017-06-14	1	2nd	9 12 21 23 25
2017-06-10	4	3rd	1 2 12 14 30
2017-05-27	7	2nd	10 12 13 25 27
2017-05-03	4	3rd	2 9 12 30 32
2017-04-19	14	1st	12 16 27 31 35
2017-03-01	1	2nd	6 12 19 21 31
2017-02-25	6	2nd	8 12 23 31 32
2017-02-04	3	3rd	8 11 12 15 17
2017-01-25	4	2nd	6 12 22 28 31
2017-01-11	14	3rd	7 9 12 23 35
2016-11-23	3	5th	1 2 5 10 12
2016-11-12	1	2nd	6 12 17 26 32
2016-11-09	11	2nd	3 12 15 17 35
2016-10-01	8	3rd	2 6 12 25 31
2016-09-03	10	4th	2 6 7 12 24
2016-07-30	5	2nd	4 12 20 21 34
2016-07-13	2	1st	12 16 25 26 35
2016-07-06	1	2nd	10 12 18 24 35
2016-07-02	10	3rd	1 11 12 13 21
2016-05-28	4	1st	12 14 18 23 26
2016-05-14	1	2nd	4 12 13 18 21
2016-05-11	3	3rd	1 11 12 22 30
2016-04-30	2	1st	12 13 14 19 34
2016-04-23	11	2nd	3 12 13 20 27
2016-03-16	1	3rd	1 3 12 30 32
2016-03-12	2	5th	1 8 9 11 12
2016-03-05	1	3rd	1 4 12 22 23
2016-03-02	8	2nd	4 12 24 25 30
2016-02-03	1	3rd	3 10 12 24 32
2016-01-30	4	3rd	2 4 12 19 24
2016-01-16	8	1st	12 25 27 30 33
2015-12-19	1	1st	12 15 30 33 35
2015-12-16	5	3rd	5 8 12 24 31
2015-11-28	3	2nd	5 12 25 28 31
2015-11-18	7	3rd	7 10 12 19 25
2015-10-24	9	1st	12 18 19 21 34
2015-09-23	7	2nd	3 12 13 17 33
2015-08-29	4	2nd	8 12 16 19 25
2015-08-15	2	1st	12 13 22 29 35
2015-08-08	3	1st	12 13 19 28 34
2015-07-29	2	3rd	3 6 12 15 29
2015-07-22	19	1st	12 15 25 31 35
2015-05-16	14	4th	2 4 9 12 18
2015-03-28	22	2nd	4 12 16 27 29
2015-01-10	7	2nd	6 12 13 14 35
2014-12-17	6	1st	12 18 19 21 28
2014-11-26	8	1st	12 22 24 29 35
2014-10-29	3	1st	12 21 28 33 34
2014-10-18	11	3rd	5 7 12 20 23
2014-09-10	2	4th	1 4 9 12 21
2014-09-03	11	4th	2 5 11 12 20
2014-07-26	10	3rd	3 8 12 17 19
2014-06-21	10	3rd	1 9 12 22 27
2014-05-17	13	2nd	1 12 24 25 26
2014-04-02	1	1st	12 15 19 24 27
2014-03-29	3	4th	2 4 8 12 19
2014-03-19	20	2nd	2 12 13 25 32
2014-01-08	5	1st	12 18 27 32 35
2013-12-21	13	3rd	10 11 12 21 31
2013-11-06	7	3rd	2 4 12 23 32
2013-10-12	4	3rd	7 11 12 24 26
2013-09-28	1	2nd	7 12 14 22 32
2013-09-25	1	2nd	2 12 22 23 29
2013-09-21	2	3rd	9 11 12 16 17
2013-09-14	11	3rd	1 9 12 26 33
2013-08-07	5	3rd	4 7 12 20 30
2013-07-20	1	2nd	10 12 14 26 30
2013-07-17	19	3rd	1 8 12 14 21
2013-05-11	2	3rd	5 9 12 29 35
2013-05-04	1	2nd	8 12 13 20 31
2013-05-01	22	3rd	2 9 12 25 26
2013-02-13	2	3rd	3 9 12 19 32
2013-02-06	6	3rd	7 11 12 28 30
2013-01-16	9	2nd	8 12 15 22 32
2012-12-15	1	3rd	7 10 12 25 29
2012-12-12	16	2nd	10 12 16 19 20
2012-10-17	1	3rd	6 11 12 21 29
2012-10-13	7	3rd	7 9 12 21 29
2012-09-19	8	2nd	8 12 22 23 29
2012-08-22	3	3rd	1 9 12 30 34
2012-08-11	1	2nd	8 12 16 18 24
2012-08-08	2	2nd	10 12 24 25 29
2012-08-01	8	2nd	8 12 16 26 33
2012-07-04	1	3rd	6 7 12 14 22
2012-06-30	12	1st	12 13 25 27 34
2012-05-19	12	1st	12 18 19 20 28
2012-04-07	11	3rd	2 11 12 17 33
2012-02-29	6	2nd	7 12 14 24 33
2012-02-08	2	3rd	3 11 12 20 22
2012-02-01	2	4th	3 7 11 12 31
2012-01-25	15	3rd	5 7 12 16 35
2011-12-03	3	2nd	1 12 13 23 27
2011-11-23	7	4th	1 2 8 12 35
2011-10-29	3	2nd	4 12 16 28 33
2011-10-19	4	3rd	1 7 12 21 28
2011-10-05	2	2nd	8 12 18 22 27
2011-09-28	6	2nd	8 12 14 19 23
2011-09-07	24	4th	1 3 7 12 20
2011-06-15	2	2nd	11 12 14 27 34
2011-06-08	6	1st	12 13 17 32 34
2011-05-18	1	2nd	11 12 24 26 35
2011-05-14	4	2nd	7 12 17 19 23
2011-04-30	4	3rd	5 11 12 24 34
2011-04-16	6	2nd	5 12 15 16 29
2011-03-26	14	2nd	2 12 14 25 30
2011-02-05	9	3rd	3 4 12 19 23
2011-01-05	10	2nd	7 12 14 16 32
2010-12-01	11	1st	12 14 18 24 34
2010-10-23	15	2nd	6 12 27 33 34
2010-09-01	3	2nd	11 12 13 15 32
2010-08-21	16	2nd	8 12 16 29 33
2010-06-26	7	3rd	5 6 12 24 29
2010-06-02	1	1st	12 13 19 25 29
2010-05-29	2	3rd	2 9 12 24 35
2010-05-22	13	3rd	2 11 12 22 33
2010-04-07	—	2nd	4 12 23 27 35