Number 12

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,227 draws, 5 from 1–42.

255times drawn · chance expected 265 −0.66σ

46draws waiting · a wait this long: 0.3% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

45longest completed wait · 62% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 255 times in 2,227 draws against 265.1 expected, −0.66σ. Each draw is independent: after 46 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 255 times in 2,227 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 46 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 smallest63 · chance 69.0
2nd smallest118 · chance 112.5
3rd smallest58 · chance 60.2
4th smallest16 · chance 12.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 10 17 31 14 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-08-26	11	2nd	1 12 27 30 31
2026-08-15	10	1st	12 15 25 27 31
2026-08-05	14	2nd	11 12 20 29 39
2026-07-22	4	2nd	4 12 13 31

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-14	9	2nd	10 12 14 17 24
2026-01-05	6	1st	12 27 38 39 40
2025-12-30	4	3rd	3 6 12 14 23
2025-12-26	7	3rd	2 9 12 36 37
2025-12-19	1	3rd	6 10 12 18 28
2025-12-18	1	2nd	10 12 38 39 40
2025-12-17	7	2nd	7 12 13 26 30
2025-12-10	5	3rd	5 7 12 30 35
2025-12-05	1	1st	12 24 25 31 41
2025-12-04	7	2nd	7 12 17 19 36
2025-11-27	1	4th	2 5 11 12 30
2025-11-26	7	2nd	7 12 22 28 39
2025-11-19	6	3rd	3 10 12 24 26
2025-11-13	1	2nd	7 12 17 18 35
2025-11-12	10	1st	12 18 28 35 37
2025-11-02	21	1st	12 14 19 38 41
2025-10-12	3	2nd	10 12 15 16 35
2025-10-09	5	2nd	1 12 27 32 37
2025-10-04	1	2nd	4 12 35 40 41
2025-10-03	2	1st	12 16 26 27 38
2025-10-01	4	3rd	5 10 12 28 36
2025-09-27	1	1st	12 21 23 37 38
2025-09-26	11	1st	12 15 22 39 41
2025-09-15	1	4th	3 5 9 12 40
2025-09-14	5	3rd	1 6 12 37 40
2025-09-09	27	2nd	7 12 16 31 40
2025-08-13	5	1st	12 23 35 36 37
2025-08-08	8	2nd	11 12 17 31 34
2025-07-31	5	2nd	6 12 25 34 36
2025-07-26	8	2nd	3 12 14 19 38
2025-07-18	6	1st	12 25 32 34 35
2025-07-12	3	3rd	9 10 12 19 29
2025-07-09	5	2nd	3 12 19 34 40
2025-07-04	2	2nd	11 12 17 25 29
2025-07-02	4	4th	1 5 11 12 27
2025-06-28	2	3rd	1 9 12 13 26
2025-06-26	14	2nd	4 12 14 30 36
2025-06-12	6	2nd	2 12 19 27 33
2025-06-06	2	4th	1 6 11 12 17
2025-06-04	9	2nd	4 12 18 32 33
2025-05-26	2	3rd	8 11 12 16 35
2025-05-24	1	2nd	1 12 14 31 32
2025-05-23	1	2nd	5 12 13 26 27
2025-05-22	1	4th	4 7 8 12 38
2025-05-21	11	4th	3 4 10 12 23
2025-05-10	41	1st	12 13 24 27 28
2025-03-30	4	3rd	6 10 12 17 24
2025-03-26	16	3rd	10 11 12 14 34
2025-03-10	5	3rd	1 4 12 14 19
2025-03-05	2	2nd	2 12 16 29 30
2025-03-03	22	2nd	8 12 17 18 27
2025-02-09	8	1st	12 20 22 29 42
2025-02-01	3	1st	12 17 26 27 36
2025-01-29	5	1st	12 15 23 25 36
2025-01-24	7	4th	3 6 9 12 23
2025-01-17	17	2nd	2 12 13 17 21
2024-12-31	8	1st	12 16 18 21 41
2024-12-23	2	2nd	7 12 13 18 31
2024-12-21	1	2nd	6 12 14 21 33
2024-12-20	3	1st	12 17 20 22 32
2024-12-17	3	2nd	5 12 18 25 29
2024-12-14	4	1st	12 14 23 24 39
2024-12-10	4	3rd	3 9 12 21 42
2024-12-06	10	2nd	5 12 14 32 36
2024-11-26	12	2nd	10 12 14 16 27
2024-11-14	2	1st	12 20 21 28 35
2024-11-12	2	2nd	8 12 14 19 32
2024-11-10	6	3rd	9 10 12 22 42
2024-11-04	5	3rd	5 9 12 18 30
2024-10-30	3	2nd	2 12 14 28 40
2024-10-27	1	1st	12 29 33 35 37
2024-10-26	5	3rd	2 7 12 19 42
2024-10-21	4	2nd	11 12 13 14 23
2024-10-17	5	1st	12 14 19 20 21
2024-10-12	7	2nd	3 12 15 23 31
2024-10-05	1	1st	12 19 26 36 40
2024-10-04	3	3rd	1 7 12 29 40
2024-10-01	26	2nd	1 12 18 21 23
2024-09-05	3	2nd	8 12 27 35 41
2024-09-02	11	3rd	4 10 12 14 27
2024-08-22	7	3rd	2 3 12 17 34
2024-08-15	30	3rd	4 10 12 29 36
2024-07-16	2	2nd	7 12 15 20 37
2024-07-14	4	3rd	2 4 12 15 31
2024-07-10	3	2nd	5 12 17 23 38
2024-07-07	3	1st	12 25 27 33 39
2024-07-04	7	2nd	7 12 15 31 35
2024-06-27	5	2nd	1 12 19 29 40
2024-06-22	8	2nd	10 12 13 29 30
2024-06-14	27	3rd	1 7 12 18 30
2024-05-18	4	1st	12 16 21 22 23
2024-05-14	3	2nd	9 12 17 35 38
2024-05-11	25	3rd	8 10 12 15 18
2024-04-16	4	2nd	4 12 25 29 38
2024-04-12	33	1st	12 18 21 29 33
2024-03-10	3	2nd	6 12 24 31 42
2024-03-07	10	2nd	7 12 17 20 41
2024-02-26	10	2nd	7 12 19 39 40
2024-02-16	19	2nd	2 12 14 15 31
2024-01-28	19	1st	12 16 30 33 38
2024-01-09	20	2nd	8 12 15 19 30
2023-12-20	3	2nd	10 12 16 30 40
2023-12-17	1	2nd	9 12 15 24 38
2023-12-16	5	1st	12 16 25 26 28
2023-12-11	12	3rd	9 11 12 28 31
2023-11-29	4	2nd	7 12 14 16 33
2023-11-25	2	3rd	8 11 12 25 30
2023-11-23	2	2nd	8 12 16 21 33
2023-11-21	1	2nd	9 12 17 31 39
2023-11-20	18	1st	12 14 34 39 40
2023-11-02	4	4th	1 2 8 12 31
2023-10-29	9	2nd	2 12 17 18 37
2023-10-20	1	1st	12 22 25 28 38
2023-10-19	3	3rd	4 10 12 25 30
2023-10-16	6	3rd	1 11 12 16 34
2023-10-10	1	2nd	2 12 19 28 33
2023-10-09	7	1st	12 13 18 38 42
2023-10-02	8	2nd	3 12 19 25 28
2023-09-24	6	2nd	5 12 25 30 39
2023-09-18	16	2nd	8 12 14 25 29
2023-09-02	7	1st	12 19 20 30 32
2023-08-26	4	3rd	1 5 12 18 26
2023-08-22	17	2nd	9 12 14 17 42
2023-08-05	19	1st	12 15 22 31 42
2023-07-17	4	1st	12 18 21 29 32
2023-07-13	7	2nd	9 12 23 35 42
2023-07-06	6	2nd	7 12 15 21 26
2023-06-30	14	2nd	10 12 26 36 41
2023-06-16	10	2nd	10 12 21 36 40
2023-06-06	3	2nd	2 12 19 31 42
2023-06-03	10	2nd	3 12 19 20 42
2023-05-24	4	3rd	5 10 12 24 39
2023-05-20	4	3rd	2 8 12 16 20
2023-05-16	5	1st	12 28 30 32 35
2023-05-11	8	2nd	5 12 17 29 40
2023-05-03	5	3rd	1 2 12 29 30
2023-04-28	30	2nd	1 12 17 31 39
2023-03-29	31	1st	12 24 29 36 40
2023-02-26	1	2nd	9 12 34 38 39
2023-02-25	8	2nd	10 12 22 24 41
2023-02-17	8	2nd	7 12 16 23 33
2023-02-09	1	1st	12 13 19 28 41
2023-02-08	1	3rd	5 10 12 15 40
2023-02-07	3	4th	2 7 11 12 30
2023-02-04	3	2nd	6 12 16 24 31
2023-02-01	2	1st	12 14 15 29 42
2023-01-30	1	2nd	10 12 23 29 34
2023-01-29	3	2nd	4 12 17 24 41
2023-01-26	5	4th	2 4 6 12 27
2023-01-21	3	2nd	2 12 13 20 21
2023-01-18	5	1st	12 18 24 30 42
2023-01-13	8	2nd	5 12 16 22 30
2023-01-05	13	1st	12 13 17 30 31
2022-12-23	12	3rd	5 6 12 18 30
2022-12-11	43	2nd	10 12 14 15 41
2022-10-29	1	2nd	5 12 15 16 30
2022-10-28	13	2nd	6 12 15 25 41
2022-10-15	11	1st	12 16 25 27 33
2022-10-04	7	2nd	1 12 17 28 38
2022-09-27	15	2nd	3 12 14 17 24
2022-09-12	35	1st	12 30 31 36 37
2022-08-08	4	1st	12 13 15 21 30
2022-08-04	26	2nd	1 12 20 26 35
2022-07-09	13	1st	12 21 24 25 36
2022-06-26	2	1st	12 19 21 31 33
2022-06-24	5	3rd	1 2 12 16 20
2022-06-19	13	3rd	3 8 12 21 34
2022-06-06	18	4th	1 7 10 12 20
2022-05-19	7	2nd	2 12 15 17 26
2022-05-12	8	4th	7 8 10 12 28
2022-05-04	5	2nd	7 12 31 32 42
2022-04-29	2	3rd	3 9 12 18 34
2022-04-27	1	1st	12 13 27 37 40
2022-04-26	5	2nd	6 12 14 21 36
2022-04-21	11	2nd	3 12 19 24 26
2022-04-10	11	2nd	3 12 16 29 36
2022-03-30	45	2nd	6 12 18 29 30
2022-02-13	29	4th	1 4 11 12 19
2022-01-15	28	2nd	4 12 30 31 33
2021-12-18	9	2nd	4 12 17 21 41
2021-12-09	6	2nd	10 12 18 23 39
2021-12-03	2	2nd	8 12 28 37 38
2021-12-01	12	1st	12 15 25 38 40
2021-11-19	6	2nd	3 12 15 26 30
2021-11-13	4	3rd	2 6 12 22 25
2021-11-09	2	1st	12 17 19 23 31
2021-11-07	16	2nd	1 12 13 19 30
2021-10-22	5	1st	12 15 18 34 41
2021-10-17	1	1st	12 21 32 37 41
2021-10-16	2	2nd	11 12 18 25 26
2021-10-14	19	3rd	2 11 12 33 42
2021-09-25	17	3rd	7 11 12 23 29
2021-09-08	24	3rd	1 4 12 18 23
2021-08-15	13	1st	12 22 28 34 41
2021-08-02	34	3rd	6 9 12 34 37
2021-06-29	12	3rd	4 11 12 25 37
2021-06-17	7	1st	12 31 34 36 41
2021-06-10	18	3rd	2 11 12 38 41
2021-05-23	1	4th	2 4 8 12 41
2021-05-22	2	1st	12 28 29 34 41
2021-05-20	5	3rd	5 6 12 21 32
2021-05-15	1	2nd	6 12 29 38 42
2021-05-14	3	2nd	11 12 13 23 37
2021-05-11	25	4th	3 6 9 12 33
2021-04-16	6	1st	12 14 19 25 28
2021-04-10	5	3rd	1 3 12 36 37
2021-04-05	6	3rd	5 11 12 28 35
2021-03-30	1	2nd	4 12 13 30 34
2021-03-29	11	2nd	9 12 20 23 31
2021-03-18	3	2nd	6 12 25 28 37
2021-03-15	5	1st	12 17 23 30 37
2021-03-10	6	2nd	3 12 17 24 25
2021-03-04	3	3rd	1 4 12 13 41
2021-03-01	15	2nd	9 12 14 30 38
2021-02-14	22	1st	12 16 29 39 41
2021-01-23	26	2nd	1 12 22 27 42
2020-12-28	10	1st	12 15 17 33 41
2020-12-18	10	3rd	1 5 12 25 39
2020-12-08	18	2nd	8 12 31 35 37
2020-11-20	5	2nd	3 12 26 30 40
2020-11-15	6	3rd	1 5 12 32 37
2020-11-09	8	3rd	1 2 12 21 32
2020-11-01	3	2nd	5 12 21 25 33
2020-10-29	6	1st	12 16 17 19 27
2020-10-23	7	2nd	10 12 19 35 40
2020-10-16	6	2nd	11 12 14 26 28
2020-10-10	5	2nd	10 12 21 24 41
2020-10-05	7	3rd	10 11 12 16 40
2020-09-28	15	1st	12 20 23 31 40
2020-09-13	2	3rd	4 6 12 35 42
2020-09-11	—	2nd	4 12 23 29 36