Number 12

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,089 draws, 5 from 1–45.

116times drawn · chance expected 121 −0.48σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

54longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 116 times in 1,089 draws against 121.0 expected, −0.48σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 116 times in 1,089 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 54 · waiting 10 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 smallest39 · chance 35.0
2nd smallest48 · chance 51.3
3rd smallest24 · chance 24.8
4th smallest5 · chance 4.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 10 32 36 25 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-01	4	1st	12 13 23 29 45
2026-09-27	25	1st	12 20 25 37 42
2026-09-02	2	3rd	1 9 12 22 41
2026-08-31	4	3rd	1 10 12 16

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-01	1	1st	12 20 21 25 34
2026-03-31	3	2nd	11 12 27 35 44
2026-03-28	15	2nd	1 12 24 25 35
2026-03-13	1	1st	12 23 28 41 42
2026-03-12	10	2nd	7 12 24 27 32
2026-03-02	31	1st	12 15 32 34 45
2026-01-30	4	1st	12 26 32 34 39
2026-01-26	1	2nd	7 12 28 37 39
2026-01-25	14	3rd	1 4 12 21 24
2026-01-11	5	1st	12 13 21 28 43
2026-01-06	6	1st	12 14 23 38 40
2025-12-31	1	1st	12 20 37 40 44
2025-12-30	16	2nd	7 12 20 31 33
2025-12-14	2	1st	12 19 31 37 42
2025-12-12	2	3rd	2 6 12 24 40
2025-12-10	2	1st	12 23 31 33 42
2025-12-08	12	1st	12 19 23 28 32
2025-11-26	9	3rd	1 10 12 44 45
2025-11-17	2	1st	12 13 24 32 36
2025-11-15	19	2nd	2 12 19 35 36
2025-10-27	4	2nd	2 12 13 19 33
2025-10-23	40	4th	6 10 11 12 17
2025-09-13	6	2nd	8 12 36 40 43
2025-09-07	10	3rd	2 7 12 39 44
2025-08-28	9	2nd	10 12 17 21 39
2025-08-19	6	1st	12 18 23 38 39
2025-08-13	54	2nd	7 12 25 32 38
2025-06-20	19	1st	12 21 30 33 40
2025-06-01	21	2nd	11 12 29 37 40
2025-05-11	28	1st	12 17 27 28 35
2025-04-13	3	2nd	9 12 14 18 35
2025-04-10	2	1st	12 13 16 23 25
2025-04-08	8	1st	12 16 17 24 32
2025-03-31	2	1st	12 14 19 42 43
2025-03-29	3	1st	12 26 35 36 38
2025-03-26	15	2nd	7 12 17 18 43
2025-03-11	29	2nd	3 12 16 30 45
2025-02-10	2	2nd	2 12 21 35 42
2025-02-08	2	1st	12 22 24 35 36
2025-02-06	8	1st	12 25 28 31 32
2025-01-29	1	3rd	5 9 12 34 45
2025-01-28	10	3rd	2 7 12 28 44
2025-01-18	10	2nd	10 12 23 37 38
2025-01-08	27	3rd	6 9 12 20 21
2024-12-12	6	3rd	1 5 12 16 43
2024-12-06	3	2nd	2 12 36 41 43
2024-12-03	7	2nd	3 12 25 28 36
2024-11-26	3	1st	12 22 31 38 44
2024-11-23	1	4th	5 8 9 12 32
2024-11-22	6	2nd	5 12 16 30 36
2024-11-16	11	2nd	1 12 15 27 43
2024-11-05	15	1st	12 29 35 36 39
2024-10-21	2	2nd	4 12 33 39 45
2024-10-19	4	2nd	6 12 25 27 29
2024-10-15	8	2nd	1 12 15 34 36
2024-10-07	28	1st	12 19 20 37 40
2024-09-09	2	1st	12 15 33 42 44
2024-09-07	12	2nd	8 12 17 30 38
2024-08-26	2	2nd	6 12 24 31 37
2024-08-24	6	2nd	2 12 21 32 45
2024-08-18	18	1st	12 25 31 32 45
2024-07-31	11	1st	12 13 31 44 45
2024-07-20	11	3rd	5 8 12 16 44
2024-07-09	5	2nd	7 12 15 17 43
2024-07-04	12	3rd	9 10 12 18 21
2024-06-22	11	1st	12 18 27 33 44
2024-06-11	8	2nd	1 12 19 22 31
2024-06-03	5	1st	12 40 42 44 45
2024-05-29	7	2nd	6 12 15 25 45
2024-05-22	4	3rd	1 7 12 36 43
2024-05-18	3	2nd	11 12 34 38 42
2024-05-15	8	2nd	4 12 26 28 29
2024-05-07	11	3rd	2 10 12 16 31
2024-04-26	9	3rd	4 10 12 15 38
2024-04-17	6	3rd	7 11 12 42 45
2024-04-11	7	1st	12 18 19 25 28
2024-04-04	15	3rd	3 11 12 26 40
2024-03-20	1	4th	4 7 11 12 22
2024-03-19	9	2nd	4 12 16 17 29
2024-03-10	19	3rd	1 6 12 20 42
2024-02-20	11	2nd	6 12 27 31 32
2024-02-09	1	1st	12 16 32 42 45
2024-02-08	5	2nd	2 12 30 34 40
2024-02-03	32	4th	2 6 7 12 25
2024-01-02	8	1st	12 14 19 28 43
2023-12-25	7	2nd	5 12 15 16 43
2023-12-18	7	4th	3 8 10 12 26
2023-12-11	1	3rd	7 10 12 18 22
2023-12-10	1	1st	12 26 32 35 38
2023-12-09	15	2nd	4 12 22 31 33
2023-11-24	5	1st	12 19 30 31 36
2023-11-19	—	1st	12 17 27 29 35