Number 13

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,429 draws, 5 from 1–38.

176times drawn · chance expected 188 −0.94σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 49% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

44longest completed wait · 33% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 176 times in 1,429 draws against 188.0 expected, −0.94σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 176 times in 1,429 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 6 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 smallest33 · chance 33.7
2nd smallest66 · chance 73.5
3rd smallest54 · chance 52.8
4th smallest23 · chance 14.7
5th smallest0 · chance 1.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 11 8 20 32 34

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-10-05	15	1st	13 18 20 22 34
2026-09-20	14	2nd	2 13 18 19 33
2026-09-06	7	3rd	9 11 13 26 30
2026-08-30	5	3rd	7

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-30	33	2nd	11 13 16 30 36
2026-02-25	23	2nd	3 13 16 27 29
2026-02-02	2	3rd	7 12 13 16 19
2026-01-31	1	2nd	6 13 18 27 34
2026-01-30	7	3rd	5 8 13 20 28
2026-01-23	10	2nd	1 13 29 36 37
2026-01-13	16	3rd	1 10 13 24 37
2025-12-28	3	2nd	9 13 14 20 30
2025-12-25	14	1st	13 14 17 22 31
2025-12-11	6	2nd	8 13 15 23 32
2025-12-05	11	1st	13 14 15 32 36
2025-11-24	13	1st	13 20 21 22 25
2025-11-11	1	4th	3 4 11 13 35
2025-11-10	4	1st	13 22 27 30 37
2025-11-06	7	3rd	8 9 13 35 36
2025-10-30	9	2nd	8 13 19 26 36
2025-10-21	2	1st	13 15 23 30 37
2025-10-19	6	3rd	8 10 13 15 23
2025-10-13	12	3rd	2 11 13 24 33
2025-10-01	1	3rd	4 6 13 16 32
2025-09-30	15	2nd	10 13 17 20 35
2025-09-15	10	2nd	4 13 34 37 38
2025-09-05	1	2nd	5 13 18 21 28
2025-09-04	6	2nd	6 13 15 20 32
2025-08-29	3	2nd	8 13 28 36 38
2025-08-26	1	2nd	1 13 16 18 24
2025-08-25	2	2nd	10 13 17 20 30
2025-08-23	4	3rd	6 12 13 33 38
2025-08-19	19	2nd	12 13 27 34 38
2025-07-31	18	1st	13 18 28 33 37
2025-07-13	10	2nd	9 13 16 22 26
2025-07-03	2	3rd	7 12 13 18 34
2025-07-01	4	2nd	1 13 20 27 29
2025-06-27	3	4th	4 8 11 13 34
2025-06-24	1	3rd	1 7 13 16 25
2025-06-23	4	2nd	9 13 16 26 32
2025-06-19	10	1st	13 16 17 36 38
2025-06-09	6	3rd	2 7 13 18 32
2025-06-03	1	2nd	11 13 21 30 32
2025-06-02	7	1st	13 19 20 26 29
2025-05-26	3	1st	13 23 30 32 37
2025-05-23	13	3rd	1 8 13 18 24
2025-05-10	3	2nd	9 13 17 25 34
2025-05-07	24	2nd	6 13 19 25 34
2025-04-13	44	2nd	2 13 15 28 31
2025-02-28	7	2nd	10 13 21 22 38
2025-02-21	6	2nd	8 13 19 22 35
2025-02-15	1	3rd	2 12 13 23 35
2025-02-14	1	2nd	1 13 15 21 34
2025-02-13	14	4th	4 5 12 13 30
2025-01-30	4	1st	13 20 27 31 36
2025-01-26	14	4th	3 10 11 13 26
2025-01-12	13	1st	13 17 21 22 35
2024-12-30	9	2nd	2 13 19 27 38
2024-12-21	4	1st	13 16 26 34 35
2024-12-17	2	3rd	7 11 13 23 29
2024-12-15	37	2nd	1 13 14 15 26
2024-11-08	7	2nd	8 13 17 20 31
2024-11-01	8	4th	3 5 12 13 34
2024-10-24	2	2nd	7 13 17 20 33
2024-10-22	2	1st	13 21 25 32 34
2024-10-20	12	3rd	7 12 13 19 36
2024-10-08	8	3rd	2 11 13 14 19
2024-09-30	1	3rd	5 9 13 26 34
2024-09-29	8	2nd	7 13 19 24 37
2024-09-21	3	3rd	5 7 13 27 36
2024-09-18	5	3rd	1 5 13 18 35
2024-09-13	7	4th	1 11 12 13 22
2024-09-06	14	3rd	2 9 13 33 38
2024-08-23	2	2nd	10 13 19 23 35
2024-08-21	19	2nd	1 13 18 27 32
2024-08-02	17	4th	8 10 11 13 25
2024-07-16	10	4th	1 5 8 13 34
2024-07-06	2	1st	13 25 27 32 34
2024-07-04	1	3rd	1 12 13 31 37
2024-07-03	6	3rd	8 11 13 20 29
2024-06-27	3	1st	13 19 33 35 38
2024-06-24	5	4th	2 10 11 13 24
2024-06-19	11	3rd	4 7 13 14 32
2024-06-08	34	4th	6 8 9 13 26
2024-05-05	5	3rd	2 12 13 27 37
2024-04-30	13	2nd	12 13 21 22 37
2024-04-17	4	2nd	1 13 14 17 30
2024-04-13	9	4th	1 4 7 13 31
2024-04-04	2	3rd	8 9 13 16 18
2024-04-02	1	2nd	10 13 20 26 37
2024-04-01	10	4th	4 6 11 13 31
2024-03-22	9	3rd	9 11 13 20 26
2024-03-13	15	4th	1 3 5 13 35
2024-02-27	9	1st	13 31 32 35 36
2024-02-18	1	2nd	8 13 14 28 35
2024-02-17	2	2nd	8 13 30 32 34
2024-02-15	20	4th	3 4 8 13 20
2024-01-26	3	2nd	10 13 29 31 36
2024-01-23	5	4th	8 10 12 13 38
2024-01-18	1	2nd	11 13 30 31 32
2024-01-17	4	2nd	8 13 22 27 32
2024-01-13	1	1st	13 27 29 34 38
2024-01-12	11	3rd	7 8 13 14 36
2024-01-01	4	4th	7 9 11 13 36
2023-12-28	8	3rd	10 12 13 22 27
2023-12-20	1	1st	13 25 31 32 37
2023-12-19	13	3rd	11 12 13 19 24
2023-12-06	2	4th	1 2 9 13 33
2023-12-04	3	2nd	3 13 20 26 33
2023-12-01	16	4th	3 9 11 13 24
2023-11-15	1	4th	2 11 12 13 37
2023-11-14	5	1st	13 15 23 25 30
2023-11-09	8	2nd	7 13 18 24 28
2023-11-01	10	2nd	8 13 14 19 21
2023-10-22	8	2nd	9 13 18 28 34
2023-10-14	10	1st	13 15 19 20 34
2023-10-04	1	2nd	7 13 25 31 37
2023-10-03	18	3rd	3 11 13 15 29
2023-09-15	12	2nd	1 13 16 34 38
2023-09-03	3	2nd	11 13 21 32 37
2023-08-31	1	3rd	2 6 13 15 18
2023-08-30	2	4th	1 2 3 13 30
2023-08-28	6	2nd	4 13 22 23 26
2023-08-22	9	2nd	10 13 15 20 33
2023-08-13	18	2nd	2 13 22 23 26
2023-07-26	1	4th	5 11 12 13 22
2023-07-25	6	2nd	9 13 17 21 24
2023-07-19	3	1st	13 22 29 33 34
2023-07-16	5	3rd	3 4 13 24 37
2023-07-11	10	2nd	7 13 16 22 24
2023-07-01	10	4th	1 3 5 13 14
2023-06-21	4	3rd	3 4 13 14 25
2023-06-17	10	2nd	11 13 18 21 32
2023-06-07	9	3rd	2 10 13 15 18
2023-05-29	6	3rd	2 12 13 24 25
2023-05-23	26	1st	13 14 23 26 38
2023-04-27	9	3rd	1 9 13 28 31
2023-04-18	7	3rd	1 8 13 27 29
2023-04-11	17	2nd	7 13 14 21 24
2023-03-25	8	3rd	9 12 13 30 38
2023-03-17	7	2nd	2 13 15 27 28
2023-03-10	5	2nd	3 13 28 29 31
2023-03-05	3	3rd	6 12 13 32 38
2023-03-02	17	3rd	4 10 13 17 28
2023-02-13	6	1st	13 14 18 35 37
2023-02-07	4	2nd	2 13 18 19 20
2023-02-03	1	3rd	1 2 13 30 32
2023-02-02	14	2nd	7 13 16 28 33
2023-01-19	4	4th	1 10 12 13 33
2023-01-15	2	2nd	4 13 18 22 31
2023-01-13	22	3rd	4 8 13 24 28
2022-12-22	5	1st	13 19 24 29 32
2022-12-17	4	3rd	4 11 13 17 37
2022-12-13	16	3rd	6 7 13 30 35
2022-11-27	7	2nd	1 13 15 17 27
2022-11-20	—	3rd	1 6 13 15 16