Number 13

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

175times drawn · chance expected 174 +0.08σ

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

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

31longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 175 times in 1,160 draws against 174.0 expected, +0.08σ. 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 19 times, counted separately.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 175 times in 1,160 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 31 · 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 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 smallest28 · chance 24.5
2nd smallest60 · chance 64.0
3rd smallest59 · chance 58.7
4th smallest24 · chance 23.5
5th smallest4 · chance 4.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 39 14 15 34 12

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-10-03	27	5th	1 2 6 12 13 17
2026-07-01	4	3rd	5 10 13 14 29 33
2026-06-17	3	3rd	6 12 13 16 19 40
2026-06-06

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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