Number 12

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

336times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.86σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

41longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 336 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +0.86σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 336 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 41 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest80 · chance 85.5
2nd smallest135 · chance 142.6
3rd smallest94 · chance 83.9
4th smallest23 · chance 21.6
5th smallest4 · chance 2.4
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 4 34 8 40 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-10	19	1st	12 13 28 35 46 49
2026-08-26	10	2nd	10 12 16 22 39 48
2026-08-03	2	2nd	3 12 16 17 21 22
2026-07-29	9	2nd	9

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-30	4	3rd	9 11 12 15 17 34
2025-06-21	1	3rd	4 11 12 30 38 42
2025-06-18	2	2nd	4 12 14 39 40 45
2025-06-14	16	3rd	7 10 12 20 29 45
2025-05-07	11	3rd	4 6 12 16 26 29
2025-04-12	1	1st	12 13 29 37 46 49
2025-04-09	1	2nd	11 12 20 42 47 49
2025-04-07	3	2nd	8 12 21 24 35 44
2025-03-31	5	3rd	5 7 12 16 30 40
2025-03-19	4	3rd	4 11 12 28 29 43
2025-03-10	9	1st	12 17 21 26 30 42
2025-02-17	18	3rd	1 7 12 19 25 44
2025-01-06	21	1st	12 23 25 32 35 48
2024-11-18	10	4th	7 9 11 12 23 24
2024-10-26	3	2nd	8 12 14 18 29 42
2024-10-19	8	2nd	3 12 14 19 26 44
2024-09-30	5	3rd	2 6 12 22 36 38
2024-09-18	19	2nd	2 12 21 32 33 49
2024-08-05	1	2nd	8 12 22 24 43 48
2024-08-03	17	3rd	6 11 12 28 40 43
2024-06-24	10	2nd	5 12 19 30 32 48
2024-06-01	8	2nd	3 12 19 21 34 44
2024-05-13	2	2nd	10 12 18 40 41 45
2024-05-08	9	1st	12 28 34 36 39 49
2024-04-17	27	3rd	1 10 12 19 22 36
2024-02-14	2	1st	12 13 16 31 37 45
2024-02-10	11	3rd	3 7 12 24 34 38
2024-01-15	2	2nd	8 12 16 20 43 45
2024-01-10	4	3rd	1 4 12 15 20 37
2024-01-01	4	3rd	3 10 12 37 39 41
2023-12-23	39	1st	12 14 19 32 42 45
2023-09-23	8	3rd	7 8 12 13 24 48
2023-09-04	2	1st	12 16 17 33 42 44
2023-08-30	1	1st	12 18 21 26 31 42
2023-08-28	19	1st	12 16 23 26 34 45
2023-07-15	17	3rd	5 8 12 28 29 38
2023-06-05	3	1st	12 14 25 29 34 49
2023-05-29	18	1st	12 13 16 29 32 42
2023-04-17	2	4th	3 7 9 12 39 45
2023-04-12	6	2nd	10 12 36 39 40 45
2023-03-29	6	2nd	3 12 23 26 35 42
2023-03-15	13	3rd	2 11 12 22 38 45
2023-02-13	17	1st	12 16 24 26 35 48
2023-01-04	13	2nd	4 12 17 25 40 49
2022-12-05	1	2nd	8 12 21 23 26 32
2022-12-03	9	4th	6 7 10 12 36 38
2022-11-12	11	2nd	2 12 20 27 40 49
2022-10-17	7	1st	12 19 25 29 36 37
2022-10-01	3	2nd	8 12 16 19 39 41
2022-09-24	6	2nd	2 12 20 24 32 45
2022-09-10	17	1st	12 22 33 36 37 45
2022-08-01	2	3rd	1 6 12 22 29 30
2022-07-27	6	2nd	4 12 41 42 47 49
2022-07-13	5	3rd	4 9 12 13 14 41
2022-07-02	1	2nd	9 12 15 30 35 39
2022-06-29	1	2nd	8 12 16 22 36 44
2022-06-27	1	2nd	7 12 34 35 37 48
2022-06-25	3	1st	12 31 34 35 40 46
2022-06-18	18	1st	12 20 33 34 43 46
2022-05-07	16	3rd	4 11 12 17 23 49
2022-03-30	17	2nd	5 12 13 26 28 35
2022-02-19	19	2nd	1 12 22 29 32 49
2022-01-05	6	2nd	9 12 13 18 20 24
2021-12-22	26	2nd	11 12 19 20 34 43
2021-10-23	1	3rd	3 4 12 14 34 46
2021-10-20	5	2nd	8 12 30 35 37 40
2021-10-09	6	1st	12 14 23 34 39 45
2021-09-25	5	2nd	10 12 15 17 24 33
2021-09-13	4	1st	12 18 23 29 38 42
2021-09-04	1	2nd	1 12 16 39 46 47
2021-09-01	2	2nd	4 12 24 28 30 42
2021-08-28	16	3rd	1 10 12 13 30 40
2021-07-21	7	4th	6 7 8 12 40 42
2021-07-05	4	3rd	4 5 12 13 27 48
2021-06-26	2	2nd	3 12 17 23 25 46
2021-06-21	3	2nd	9 12 31 33 45 47
2021-06-14	1	1st	12 14 17 18 23 28
2021-06-12	2	1st	12 28 29 30 40 41
2021-06-07	2	2nd	4 12 15 22 30 46
2021-06-02	25	4th	6 9 10 12 16 35
2021-04-05	1	4th	3 10 11 12 34 46
2021-04-03	12	3rd	2 3 12 13 20 30
2021-03-06	13	2nd	11 12 27 32 42 44
2021-02-03	5	3rd	1 2 12 14 17 43
2021-01-23	3	2nd	5 12 38 40 43 44
2021-01-16	4	3rd	6 11 12 22 41 43
2021-01-06	6	2nd	2 12 20 43 46 48
2020-12-23	7	4th	2 8 11 12 15 34
2020-12-07	20	2nd	3 12 19 39 44 48
2020-10-21	1	3rd	3 5 12 17 22 33
2020-10-19	1	3rd	4 5 12 13 34 40
2020-10-17	11	2nd	7 12 20 25 34 45
2020-09-21	18	1st	12 18 29 31 41 47
2020-08-10	3	2nd	7 12 16 33 42 49
2020-08-03	8	1st	12 22 24 27 30 40
2020-07-15	6	3rd	7 9 12 13 19 36
2020-07-01	1	3rd	9 10 12 19 35 43
2020-06-29	3	3rd	5 6 12 17 19 47
2020-06-22	2	2nd	2 12 25 26 31 32
2020-06-17	1	1st	12 19 23 32 41 49
2020-06-15	1	1st	12 14 15 25 28 31
2020-06-13	2	2nd	4 12 26 31 39 49
2020-06-08	2	2nd	9 12 30 38 40 43
2020-06-03	1	2nd	4 12 24 28 46 48
2020-06-01	1	1st	12 13 16 18 23 48
2020-05-30	6	1st	12 15 29 36 44 49
2020-05-16	4	2nd	11 12 16 32 41 45
2020-05-06	11	1st	12 14 15 18 31 43
2020-04-11	8	4th	2 3 11 12 16 28
2020-03-23	4	1st	12 17 18 30 39 45
2020-03-14	33	2nd	8 12 17 22 29 35
2019-12-28	28	3rd	3 8 12 18 22 49
2019-10-23	14	2nd	3 12 26 33 39 44
2019-09-21	6	3rd	4 6 12 16 28 43
2019-09-07	2	4th	2 3 7 12 24 27
2019-09-02	15	1st	12 14 15 24 25 48
2019-07-29	11	2nd	10 12 13 34 42 45
2019-07-03	2	2nd	5 12 13 27 34 49
2019-06-29	10	1st	12 31 36 42 46 47
2019-06-05	10	2nd	2 12 17 30 37 47
2019-05-13	2	4th	4 5 8 12 13 28
2019-05-08	11	3rd	1 11 12 22 26 30
2019-04-13	5	1st	12 13 16 19 23 44
2019-04-01	3	4th	2 5 10 12 48 49
2019-03-25	3	2nd	2 12 33 34 39 48
2019-03-18	2	1st	12 15 29 35 38 40
2019-03-13	15	3rd	1 4 12 32 38 39
2019-02-06	2	2nd	10 12 23 32 38 47
2019-02-02	9	2nd	11 12 15 16 21 41
2019-01-12	1	2nd	6 12 14 32 38 45
2019-01-09	10	2nd	2 12 15 33 38 42
2018-12-17	2	1st	12 21 26 27 39 43
2018-12-12	1	3rd	3 4 12 29 36 46
2018-12-10	2	2nd	4 12 21 25 30 34
2018-12-05	1	2nd	2 12 18 24 28 46
2018-12-03	20	3rd	8 10 12 37 45 46
2018-10-17	2	3rd	1 8 12 19 26 34
2018-10-13	7	1st	12 29 31 32 34 44
2018-09-26	12	1st	12 17 29 38 40 42
2018-08-29	28	1st	12 22 23 26 28 42
2018-06-25	25	2nd	7 12 22 31 36 47
2018-04-28	6	2nd	3 12 19 24 25 34
2018-04-14	3	3rd	1 4 12 14 36 38
2018-04-07	4	1st	12 21 22 36 37 45
2018-03-28	8	2nd	10 12 14 16 35 40
2018-03-10	6	1st	12 19 23 27 29 43
2018-02-24	20	2nd	1 12 23 27 34 47
2018-01-08	7	2nd	3 12 19 24 44 46
2017-12-23	1	4th	5 6 9 12 27 38
2017-12-20	4	2nd	4 12 16 28 33 42
2017-12-11	19	3rd	1 6 12 19 39 41
2017-10-28	2	2nd	8 12 14 33 42 44
2017-10-23	6	1st	12 22 27 31 32 43
2017-10-09	1	3rd	3 4 12 25 33 34
2017-10-07	4	3rd	1 10 12 18 30 33
2017-09-27	17	2nd	9 12 25 27 40 43
2017-08-19	3	4th	5 8 11 12 37 43
2017-08-12	1	2nd	3 12 14 31 43 45
2017-08-09	18	4th	2 4 5 12 29 31
2017-06-28	2	1st	12 26 35 38 40 42
2017-06-24	13	1st	12 16 21 23 32 43
2017-05-24	23	3rd	4 5 12 15 22 32
2017-04-01	7	2nd	6 12 26 27 36 46
2017-03-15	3	2nd	9 12 32 38 41 49
2017-03-08	7	5th	3 6 10 11 12 24
2017-02-20	2	1st	12 26 37 41 42 44
2017-02-15	5	2nd	10 12 26 27 38 47
2017-02-04	1	3rd	6 7 12 16 30 46
2017-02-01	11	3rd	3 4 12 13 16 19
2017-01-07	2	3rd	3 4 12 15 21 40
2017-01-02	12	3rd	7 11 12 16 32 47
2016-12-05	2	3rd	4 11 12 36 42 45
2016-11-30	3	5th	3 5 6 8 12 23
2016-11-23	7	2nd	8 12 13 15 27 31
2016-11-07	1	2nd	6 12 15 39 43 49
2016-11-05	14	1st	12 25 31 32 37 47
2016-10-03	7	2nd	3 12 15 27 41 42
2016-09-17	10	2nd	4 12 16 17 33 38
2016-08-24	3	1st	12 20 24 27 28 39
2016-08-17	10	1st	12 14 18 35 36 45
2016-07-25	5	4th	2 3 5 12 13 18
2016-07-13	6	1st	12 20 26 30 37 38
2016-06-29	13	2nd	9 12 19 40 47 49
2016-05-30	5	3rd	4 9 12 20 24 44
2016-05-18	13	2nd	4 12 17 21 39 48
2016-04-18	6	3rd	3 5 12 15 28 29
2016-04-04	1	2nd	10 12 26 36 37 47
2016-04-02	5	1st	12 23 24 34 37 48
2016-03-21	21	3rd	6 8 12 31 40 47
2016-02-01	7	3rd	4 11 12 21 24 48
2016-01-16	17	1st	12 31 35 36 40 47
2015-12-07	3	2nd	10 12 20 38 43 49
2015-11-30	1	3rd	2 5 12 33 36 48
2015-11-28	4	2nd	4 12 22 29 32 39
2015-11-18	7	3rd	1 8 12 29 31 39
2015-11-02	3	2nd	10 12 13 23 26 39
2015-10-26	24	2nd	9 12 37 44 46 49
2015-08-31	10	3rd	3 6 12 13 23 31
2015-08-08	3	1st	12 15 18 20 28 47
2015-08-01	2	2nd	3 12 19 22 44 48
2015-07-27	5	3rd	4 6 12 32 36 46
2015-07-15	18	3rd	3 11 12 14 22 42
2015-06-03	7	3rd	6 10 12 14 30 39
2015-05-18	12	2nd	10 12 18 37 41 42
2015-04-20	21	3rd	5 8 12 15 47 49
2015-03-02	9	1st	12 14 20 24 28 46
2015-02-09	2	2nd	11 12 14 21 26 33
2015-02-04	5	4th	1 7 9 12 17 48
2015-01-24	1	4th	5 8 9 12 30 49
2015-01-21	3	2nd	11 12 13 22 25 32
2015-01-14	2	3rd	3 7 12 17 37 40
2015-01-10	2	2nd	3 12 30 34 44 49
2015-01-05	15	3rd	1 9 12 20 27 31
2014-12-01	9	3rd	8 9 12 28 33 35
2014-11-10	6	1st	12 14 18 19 21 35
2014-10-27	2	3rd	6 10 12 22 24 49
2014-10-22	7	2nd	9 12 19 22 34 39
2014-10-06	11	1st	12 29 33 35 39 48
2014-09-10	7	1st	12 14 20 36 37 44
2014-08-25	1	2nd	5 12 13 14 21 43
2014-08-23	1	3rd	4 9 12 20 21 24
2014-08-20	7	2nd	11 12 17 25 41 47
2014-08-04	6	2nd	2 12 21 28 32 44
2014-07-21	2	1st	12 17 20 34 35 46
2014-07-16	23	2nd	7 12 31 45 48 49
2014-05-24	10	2nd	3 12 15 18 24 40
2014-04-30	6	2nd	10 12 19 27 45 48
2014-04-16	6	3rd	3 11 12 24 37 44
2014-04-02	7	3rd	1 4 12 19 31 39
2014-03-17	2	3rd	3 7 12 29 30 39
2014-03-12	14	2nd	5 12 14 32 35 49
2014-02-08	8	2nd	9 12 15 19 20 25
2014-01-20	16	3rd	1 11 12 26 30 39
2013-12-14	11	3rd	6 7 12 16 26 31
2013-11-18	7	3rd	7 9 12 27 36 46
2013-11-02	8	2nd	10 12 17 28 29 36
2013-10-14	17	1st	12 13 20 23 28 37
2013-09-04	6	2nd	3 12 14 43 44 46
2013-08-21	1	2nd	6 12 15 25 33 35
2013-08-19	7	2nd	8 12 23 30 31 48
2013-08-03	1	2nd	10 12 17 18 27 32
2013-07-31	10	2nd	4 12 15 20 38 43
2013-07-08	21	1st	12 14 37 45 46 48
2013-05-20	6	3rd	2 6 12 16 17 23
2013-05-06	5	2nd	10 12 25 29 31 32
2013-04-24	4	2nd	7 12 16 30 32 41
2013-04-15	9	1st	12 13 18 33 42 47
2013-03-25	5	3rd	3 8 12 17 25 30
2013-03-13	5	3rd	3 11 12 27 37 46
2013-03-02	11	2nd	2 12 29 31 40 42
2013-02-04	37	2nd	2 12 15 34 38 49
2012-11-10	2	1st	12 17 19 24 30 40
2012-11-05	18	2nd	5 12 20 24 34 45
2012-09-24	2	1st	12 14 27 35 41 42
2012-09-19	4	3rd	1 5 12 13 43 46
2012-09-10	2	2nd	1 12 20 23 32 33
2012-09-05	7	1st	12 15 21 23 25 33
2012-08-20	1	3rd	1 8 12 18 23 43
2012-08-18	4	3rd	7 8 12 19 29 38
2012-08-08	14	2nd	8 12 27 31 35 44
2012-07-07	18	3rd	6 8 12 20 24 49
2012-05-26	2	2nd	3 12 13 22 23 31
2012-05-21	3	2nd	4 12 13 28 45 46
2012-05-14	12	2nd	11 12 23 33 34 40
2012-04-16	6	4th	1 5 10 12 14 46
2012-04-02	4	3rd	3 6 12 26 34 45
2012-03-24	5	3rd	2 6 12 35 40 44
2012-03-12	5	2nd	8 12 15 36 38 49
2012-02-29	3	3rd	9 11 12 14 29 33
2012-02-22	10	2nd	3 12 20 22 38 48
2012-01-30	1	3rd	7 10 12 15 41 46
2012-01-28	14	1st	12 27 32 34 41 44
2011-12-26	1	3rd	9 11 12 22 44 47
2011-12-24	7	2nd	5 12 19 20 26 27
2011-12-07	1	4th	4 5 6 12 36 44
2011-12-05	7	2nd	7 12 18 43 47 48
2011-11-19	3	1st	12 16 28 34 43 45
2011-11-12	13	5th	3 6 10 11 12 49
2011-10-12	11	5th	3 6 8 9 12 19
2011-09-17	14	1st	12 26 30 33 34 38
2011-08-15	13	2nd	4 12 13 24 35 49
2011-07-16	4	2nd	2 12 20 22 38 44
2011-07-06	15	2nd	8 12 21 22 40 43
2011-06-01	8	2nd	3 12 13 14 25 41
2011-05-14	8	1st	12 17 23 29 38 49
2011-04-25	9	2nd	1 12 28 30 43 45
2011-04-04	5	1st	12 14 26 34 37 48
2011-03-23	9	1st	12 13 18 24 30 38
2011-03-02	3	1st	12 13 18 21 27 30
2011-02-23	4	1st	12 18 26 36 44 46
2011-02-14	6	4th	3 5 7 12 23 38
2011-01-31	2	3rd	9 11 12 32 38 43
2011-01-26	7	2nd	7 12 30 32 48 49
2011-01-10	19	4th	1 7 8 12 37 44
2010-11-27	1	2nd	7 12 22 25 26 45
2010-11-24	1	1st	12 26 34 35 39 42
2010-11-22	8	3rd	1 3 12 25 40 42
2010-11-03	11	1st	12 16 22 30 43 44
2010-10-09	1	3rd	2 5 12 26 44 46
2010-10-06	14	3rd	5 11 12 13 34 39
2010-09-04	41	3rd	4 8 12 29 32 49
2010-05-31	8	2nd	3 12 18 21 24 25
2010-05-12	4	1st	12 15 30 31 33 42
2010-05-03	1	2nd	4 12 29 34 38 48
2010-05-01	21	1st	12 22 23 26 33 43
2010-03-13	1	2nd	1 12 35 39 40 41
2010-03-10	6	2nd	2 12 13 22 26 42
2010-02-24	1	4th	7 8 10 12 27 41
2010-02-22	10	2nd	6 12 29 40 46 47
2010-01-30	7	2nd	10 12 21 28 39 46
2010-01-13	2	1st	12 19 24 25 31 47
2010-01-09	—	2nd	9 12 14 25 36 39