Number 13

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,228 draws, 5 from 1–42.

246times drawn · chance expected 265 −1.26σ

25draws waiting · a wait this long: 5% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

45longest completed wait · 60% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 246 times in 2,228 draws against 265.2 expected, −1.26σ. Each draw is independent: after 25 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 246 times in 2,228 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 25 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 smallest65 · chance 57.7
2nd smallest106 · chance 106.5
3rd smallest64 · chance 65.1
4th smallest9 · chance 15.5
5th smallest2 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 29 35 3 41 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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-09-17	16	2nd	7 13 22 26 38
2026-09-01	1	1st	13 17 26 38 39
2026-08-31	2	2nd	5 13 31 35 38
2026-08-29	21	1st	13 14 16 21

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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