Number 13

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

103times drawn · chance expected 121 −1.74σ

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

10.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

48longest completed wait · 33% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 103 times in 1,089 draws against 121.0 expected, −1.74σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 103 times in 1,089 draws · average wait 10.5 draws · longest completed wait 48 · 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 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 smallest40 · chance 27.3
2nd smallest41 · chance 45.2
3rd smallest21 · chance 24.8
4th smallest1 · chance 5.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 37 19 43 16 24

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-10-01	7	2nd	12 13 23 29 45
2026-09-24	11	3rd	4 8 13 33 37
2026-09-13	6	1st	13 17 24 28 41
2026-09-07	15	1st	13 16 19 33

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-25	6	2nd	7 13 32 41 45
2026-02-19	11	1st	13 22 26 31 41
2026-02-08	22	2nd	8 13 19 22 35
2026-01-17	6	2nd	8 13 36 37 43
2026-01-11	10	2nd	12 13 21 28 43
2026-01-01	43	2nd	3 13 19 30 39
2025-11-19	2	2nd	4 13 14 16 37
2025-11-17	11	2nd	12 13 24 32 36
2025-11-06	10	2nd	8 13 21 29 42
2025-10-27	2	3rd	2 12 13 19 33
2025-10-25	7	1st	13 23 24 37 45
2025-10-18	9	2nd	8 13 21 41 44
2025-10-09	3	2nd	6 13 16 37 41
2025-10-06	2	3rd	4 6 13 22 45
2025-10-04	45	1st	13 19 28 29 43
2025-08-20	46	3rd	3 8 13 28 34
2025-07-05	1	1st	13 18 19 25 41
2025-07-04	3	2nd	7 13 20 40 42
2025-07-01	15	1st	13 14 15 30 38
2025-06-16	1	2nd	2 13 16 19 20
2025-06-15	48	2nd	5 13 20 23 36
2025-04-28	1	1st	13 19 21 31 43
2025-04-27	2	4th	2 5 10 13 19
2025-04-25	2	2nd	8 13 18 25 39
2025-04-23	2	1st	13 26 28 34 42
2025-04-21	1	1st	13 21 37 39 42
2025-04-20	1	3rd	8 10 13 21 26
2025-04-19	5	1st	13 21 42 43 44
2025-04-14	3	3rd	2 9 13 16 20
2025-04-11	1	1st	13 26 37 41 42
2025-04-10	1	2nd	12 13 16 23 25
2025-04-09	16	2nd	6 13 21 26 32
2025-03-24	9	2nd	7 13 17 39 45
2025-03-15	1	1st	13 23 28 36 38
2025-03-14	18	3rd	3 8 13 15 21
2025-02-24	1	3rd	3 4 13 40 43
2025-02-23	7	1st	13 19 25 26 30
2025-02-16	35	1st	13 17 22 35 39
2025-01-12	6	1st	13 29 31 32 42
2025-01-06	28	2nd	1 13 20 21 32
2024-12-09	7	3rd	7 9 13 16 18
2024-12-02	2	1st	13 14 27 33 43
2024-11-30	19	2nd	9 13 29 35 44
2024-11-11	1	1st	13 25 28 36 39
2024-11-10	19	2nd	5 13 15 26 27
2024-10-22	5	3rd	1 11 13 18 37
2024-10-17	7	1st	13 15 24 35 40
2024-10-10	20	2nd	3 13 22 34 45
2024-09-20	40	3rd	5 7 13 21 36
2024-08-11	2	2nd	1 13 33 38 40
2024-08-09	9	1st	13 15 21 24 35
2024-07-31	3	2nd	12 13 31 44 45
2024-07-28	1	1st	13 15 26 34 41
2024-07-27	4	1st	13 16 19 22 40
2024-07-23	2	1st	13 19 21 22 35
2024-07-21	24	2nd	5 13 23 32 35
2024-06-27	3	1st	13 23 37 42 43
2024-06-24	36	2nd	11 13 19 28 36
2024-05-19	15	1st	13 26 30 32 35
2024-05-04	26	2nd	1 13 19 24 38
2024-04-08	1	3rd	4 10 13 16 24
2024-04-07	2	2nd	9 13 22 37 43
2024-04-05	12	3rd	7 9 13 14 37
2024-03-24	3	1st	13 28 36 39 45
2024-03-21	20	3rd	6 8 13 16 17
2024-03-01	9	1st	13 16 20 24 37
2024-02-21	11	1st	13 15 36 38 40
2024-02-10	20	1st	13 25 26 27 32
2024-01-21	1	1st	13 15 38 40 43
2024-01-20	10	2nd	10 13 14 36 37
2024-01-10	26	2nd	5 13 14 24 38
2023-12-15	7	1st	13 21 26 35 43
2023-12-08	1	1st	13 21 24 37 43
2023-12-07	30	1st	13 30 33 34 42
2023-11-07	4	2nd	9 13 22 24 40
2023-11-03	3	1st	13 19 23 27 29
2023-10-31	3	3rd	3 9 13 26 39
2023-10-28	1	1st	13 32 34 39 44
2023-10-27	—	2nd	9 13 22 30 35