Number 12

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,160 draws, 6 from 1–40.

180times drawn · chance expected 174 +0.49σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 85% for any number

6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

30longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 180 times in 1,160 draws against 174.0 expected, +0.49σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 16 times, counted separately.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 180 times in 1,160 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 30 · waiting 2 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 30.7
2nd smallest76 · chance 70.4
3rd smallest55 · chance 56.3
4th smallest17 · chance 19.5
5th smallest1 · chance 2.9
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 21 38 24 4 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-03	1	4th	1 2 6 12 13 17
2026-09-30	1	2nd	5 12 24 31 32 36
2026-09-26	19	1st	12 14 15 21 25 38
2026-07-22

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-02	23	1st	12 18 22 25 29 40
2025-04-12	1	2nd	7 12 28 31 33 38
2025-04-09	8	2nd	11 12 15 29 33 38
2025-03-12	7	1st	12 20 22 24 28 38
2025-02-15	1	2nd	4 12 14 19 31 37
2025-02-12	2	2nd	1 12 25 32 38 39
2025-02-05	16	2nd	2 12 23 25 31 32
2024-12-11	1	2nd	1 12 24 25 29 30
2024-12-07	3	4th	2 3 6 12 28 30
2024-11-27	5	3rd	4 10 12 16 29 34
2024-11-09	4	2nd	11 12 20 21 37 38
2024-10-26	2	2nd	9 12 15 19 21 37
2024-10-19	3	2nd	10 12 14 23 29 32
2024-10-09	12	1st	12 14 18 21 34 37
2024-08-28	3	2nd	1 12 23 25 27 38
2024-08-17	15	3rd	5 8 12 17 20 23
2024-06-26	8	2nd	10 12 24 34 35 37
2024-05-29	1	3rd	4 6 12 27 31 34
2024-05-25	15	4th	2 4 5 12 14 31
2024-04-03	2	3rd	2 6 12 21 26 28
2024-03-27	7	2nd	10 12 24 26 34 38
2024-03-02	8	3rd	4 8 12 13 22 39
2024-02-03	2	4th	4 9 10 12 19 24
2024-01-27	1	2nd	11 12 14 17 24 40
2024-01-24	1	3rd	3 8 12 19 23 33
2024-01-20	8	1st	12 23 26 31 32 38
2023-12-23	1	3rd	1 8 12 17 21 36
2023-12-20	30	2nd	9 12 13 20 25 40
2023-09-06	3	3rd	8 9 12 14 19 27
2023-08-26	1	3rd	6 11 12 26 30 36
2023-08-23	2	2nd	9 12 13 21 31 34
2023-08-16	3	2nd	3 12 15 17 19 26
2023-08-05	7	2nd	6 12 26 31 37 39
2023-07-12	2	2nd	7 12 14 25 30 40
2023-07-05	5	2nd	7 12 18 21 32 34
2023-06-17	8	3rd	1 11 12 15 23 34
2023-05-20	2	2nd	11 12 17 22 23 27
2023-05-13	4	3rd	5 8 12 13 23 38
2023-04-29	18	1st	12 17 21 22 28 35
2023-02-25	3	1st	12 13 22 24 35 38
2023-02-15	6	2nd	9 12 14 16 27 37
2023-01-25	20	3rd	2 7 12 19 28 29
2022-11-16	17	2nd	4 12 14 16 19 30
2022-09-17	5	3rd	8 9 12 27 31 34
2022-08-31	11	2nd	6 12 14 20 36 37
2022-07-23	19	1st	12 19 25 27 32 35
2022-05-18	4	2nd	2 12 19 20 29 34
2022-05-04	4	3rd	5 11 12 16 38 39
2022-04-20	3	3rd	1 11 12 14 38 40
2022-04-09	2	3rd	9 10 12 25 29 30
2022-04-02	5	2nd	2 12 14 16 28 39
2022-03-16	6	4th	3 10 11 12 14 28
2022-02-23	1	1st	12 14 15 21 30 39
2022-02-19	11	2nd	3 12 15 18 36 40
2022-01-12	7	3rd	4 10 12 19 23 24
2021-12-18	2	3rd	7 8 12 26 38 39
2021-12-11	29	2nd	6 12 13 19 32 39
2021-09-01	5	2nd	4 12 14 17 27 32
2021-08-14	1	1st	12 20 28 32 33 37
2021-08-11	2	2nd	4 12 17 23 29 33
2021-08-04	11	1st	12 14 16 18 34 39
2021-06-26	3	3rd	4 7 12 18 20 30
2021-06-16	1	3rd	5 9 12 13 20 22
2021-06-12	30	3rd	2 11 12 18 19 23
2021-02-27	9	2nd	9 12 15 25 33 39
2021-01-27	3	3rd	2 9 12 14 24 32
2021-01-16	2	3rd	5 8 12 25 35 39
2021-01-09	9	4th	4 7 9 12 13 14
2020-12-09	5	2nd	9 12 15 23 25 35
2020-11-21	6	4th	2 4 8 12 21 22
2020-10-31	2	2nd	7 12 17 18 20 40
2020-10-24	3	2nd	1 12 25 26 35 38
2020-10-14	7	3rd	1 11 12 24 29 38
2020-09-19	2	3rd	3 8 12 13 14 29
2020-09-12	3	1st	12 13 20 24 29 39
2020-09-02	4	1st	12 24 30 31 38 39
2020-08-19	5	3rd	3 10 12 24 27 34
2020-08-01	16	2nd	11 12 14 21 28 31
2020-06-06	6	1st	12 16 20 27 32 33
2020-05-16	2	1st	12 15 20 32 34 38
2020-05-09	1	3rd	1 7 12 14 22 24
2020-05-06	13	2nd	7 12 14 21 31 40
2020-03-21	7	3rd	8 10 12 13 26 30
2020-02-26	22	1st	12 20 21 24 34 38
2019-12-11	19	3rd	10 11 12 27 29 33
2019-10-05	1	3rd	2 11 12 21 27 40
2019-10-02	5	2nd	1 12 13 23 33 34
2019-09-14	12	2nd	11 12 13 23 25 27
2019-08-03	10	2nd	8 12 13 16 17 38
2019-06-29	1	1st	12 16 24 27 29 30
2019-06-26	4	3rd	4 7 12 17 19 39
2019-06-12	20	2nd	11 12 24 25 28 35
2019-04-03	3	3rd	3 11 12 14 27 39
2019-03-23	6	3rd	3 5 12 22 24 38
2019-03-02	3	4th	3 8 10 12 14 37
2019-02-20	5	2nd	8 12 14 15 21 34
2019-02-02	5	4th	1 3 9 12 22 26
2019-01-16	3	2nd	8 12 17 20 21 40
2019-01-05	1	2nd	3 12 13 15 21 34
2019-01-02	7	2nd	5 12 17 20 28 33
2018-12-08	6	4th	4 10 11 12 24 32
2018-11-17	2	3rd	3 9 12 14 15 29
2018-11-10	9	2nd	11 12 18 22 29 39
2018-10-10	1	3rd	1 2 12 16 36 37
2018-10-06	6	1st	12 22 27 30 33 37
2018-09-15	7	2nd	2 12 23 35 36 37
2018-08-22	1	2nd	7 12 19 25 31 39
2018-08-18	6	1st	12 20 22 24 39 40
2018-07-28	4	2nd	2 12 21 28 36 40
2018-07-14	16	2nd	1 12 13 27 34 37
2018-05-19	12	2nd	2 12 14 26 29 30
2018-04-07	7	3rd	1 10 12 26 33 38
2018-03-14	1	2nd	8 12 16 20 27 28
2018-03-10	1	2nd	9 12 15 19 20 38
2018-03-07	4	2nd	4 12 14 20 26 35
2018-02-21	21	3rd	4 5 12 21 24 38
2017-12-09	1	3rd	4 7 12 18 28 37
2017-12-06	4	1st	12 17 20 27 37 40
2017-11-22	5	4th	6 7 8 12 25 33
2017-11-04	3	3rd	7 9 12 13 18 31
2017-10-25	7	3rd	4 11 12 14 19 32
2017-09-30	7	4th	2 4 7 12 23 39
2017-09-06	4	1st	12 13 18 21 37 38
2017-08-23	2	2nd	5 12 21 31 33 36
2017-08-16	2	4th	4 9 10 12 26 34
2017-08-09	6	2nd	8 12 16 28 34 35
2017-07-19	7	3rd	3 11 12 23 29 40
2017-06-24	2	2nd	8 12 14 16 29 35
2017-06-17	1	4th	4 7 11 12 32 40
2017-06-14	7	2nd	7 12 22 33 35 37
2017-05-20	20	2nd	7 12 22 27 32 39
2017-03-11	21	3rd	3 5 12 21 27 34
2016-12-28	3	1st	12 21 24 31 33 34
2016-12-17	18	3rd	5 11 12 18 27 31
2016-10-15	1	1st	12 18 21 30 32 33
2016-10-12	8	1st	12 18 21 26 30 34
2016-09-14	22	1st	12 13 16 18 28 38
2016-06-29	9	2nd	10 12 24 28 34 40
2016-05-28	3	2nd	6 12 13 23 35 36
2016-05-18	9	3rd	7 8 12 17 21 22
2016-04-16	4	3rd	3 9 12 14 26 27
2016-04-02	13	2nd	10 12 16 19 33 35
2016-02-17	4	3rd	4 5 12 22 24 32
2016-02-03	2	2nd	10 12 16 23 28 40
2016-01-27	4	3rd	8 9 12 13 24 30
2016-01-13	7	1st	12 13 17 26 29 35
2015-12-19	1	4th	5 6 9 12 19 40
2015-12-16	3	2nd	7 12 18 32 37 39
2015-12-05	1	3rd	2 4 12 13 25 29
2015-12-02	16	3rd	1 6 12 16 21 38
2015-10-07	1	5th	5 6 10 11 12 19
2015-10-03	3	2nd	4 12 17 18 23 36
2015-09-23	1	2nd	6 12 16 18 35 39
2015-09-19	2	3rd	1 5 12 15 17 34
2015-09-12	1	3rd	6 8 12 19 26 37
2015-09-09	—	1st	12 16 25 26 33 38