Number 12

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

191times drawn · chance expected 211 −1.48σ

31draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

59longest completed wait · 9% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 191 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, −1.48σ. Each draw is independent: after 31 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 191 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 31 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 48.6
2nd smallest99 · chance 81.0
3rd smallest39 · chance 47.7
4th smallest12 · chance 12.3
5th smallest2 · chance 1.4
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 6 5 17 21 28

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
2026-06-24	2	3rd	1 8 12 24 26 27
2026-06-17	8	2nd	7 12 21 26 36 44
2026-05-20	4	3rd	2 9 12 21 22 43
2026-05-06	13	2nd

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.

2024-07-20	2	3rd	3 6 12 14 41 44
2024-07-13	10	3rd	3 9 12 26 30 33
2024-06-08	31	1st	12 25 35 38 45 48
2024-02-21	6	2nd	7 12 19 20 42 45
2024-01-31	10	3rd	8 10 12 13 41 42
2023-12-27	17	1st	12 17 20 25 34 35
2023-10-28	5	1st	12 15 28 31 36 40
2023-10-11	17	2nd	5 12 25 27 28 33
2023-08-12	15	2nd	4 12 16 45 47 49
2023-06-21	7	1st	12 13 15 19 35 48
2023-05-27	2	2nd	11 12 18 25 39 40
2023-05-20	8	2nd	7 12 19 28 33 43
2023-04-22	14	3rd	1 8 12 17 23 49
2023-03-04	5	2nd	6 12 14 29 48 49
2023-02-15	4	1st	12 15 20 30 35 47
2023-02-01	8	3rd	4 6 12 21 24 42
2023-01-04	17	3rd	4 6 12 17 27 28
2022-11-05	2	2nd	5 12 21 24 27 41
2022-10-29	4	3rd	5 11 12 25 28 45
2022-10-15	3	2nd	2 12 20 23 37 48
2022-10-05	21	4th	1 4 10 12 20 35
2022-07-23	14	1st	12 14 15 35 39 49
2022-06-04	3	1st	12 21 24 35 43 46
2022-05-25	10	2nd	6 12 19 21 29 31
2022-04-20	4	3rd	10 11 12 14 20 28
2022-04-06	10	2nd	11 12 21 28 46 49
2022-03-02	1	3rd	2 5 12 26 43 48
2022-02-26	6	3rd	6 8 12 26 27 34
2022-02-05	2	3rd	3 6 12 17 23 39
2022-01-29	4	2nd	11 12 14 18 24 25
2022-01-15	2	4th	1 2 5 12 16 17
2022-01-08	19	2nd	11 12 27 29 40 45
2021-11-03	5	2nd	6 12 28 34 39 44
2021-10-16	5	1st	12 14 20 21 32 48
2021-09-29	5	2nd	1 12 13 22 26 30
2021-09-11	17	2nd	4 12 23 24 25 40
2021-07-14	3	4th	1 6 7 12 18 48
2021-07-03	10	4th	2 4 6 12 26 42
2021-05-29	11	2nd	8 12 25 42 44 47
2021-04-21	5	2nd	6 12 16 21 40 42
2021-04-03	3	1st	12 13 16 38 45 47
2021-03-24	7	2nd	3 12 20 29 42 49
2021-02-27	28	1st	12 17 33 40 41 46
2020-11-21	10	3rd	5 8 12 17 24 26
2020-10-17	3	1st	12 18 22 24 27 29
2020-10-07	18	1st	12 23 26 37 38 44
2020-08-05	16	1st	12 27 35 38 44 48
2020-06-10	5	2nd	5 12 23 30 34 44
2020-05-23	4	2nd	1 12 13 15 41 45
2020-05-09	10	4th	4 6 8 12 29 49
2020-04-04	1	2nd	8 12 17 19 30 32
2020-04-01	7	3rd	2 5 12 35 38 44
2020-03-07	9	2nd	8 12 19 35 48 49
2020-02-05	8	1st	12 20 21 25 36 47
2020-01-08	15	2nd	5 12 22 23 31 38
2019-11-16	8	2nd	9 12 22 25 29 36
2019-10-19	21	3rd	8 9 12 36 47 48
2019-08-07	3	1st	12 18 20 21 31 36
2019-07-27	59	2nd	6 12 14 16 45 46
2019-01-02	11	2nd	4 12 14 21 22 31
2018-11-24	3	2nd	4 12 19 31 41 48
2018-11-14	12	3rd	3 5 12 14 17 34
2018-10-03	3	2nd	1 12 15 18 22 46
2018-09-22	18	1st	12 17 20 27 36 38
2018-07-21	8	1st	12 18 24 30 33 41
2018-06-23	7	1st	12 22 35 39 41 46
2018-05-30	23	1st	12 14 18 19 22 25
2018-03-10	11	5th	5 7 8 11 12 32
2018-01-31	7	3rd	5 7 12 15 37 42
2018-01-06	9	2nd	1 12 16 27 32 33
2017-12-06	18	2nd	7 12 14 18 30 32
2017-10-04	4	2nd	9 12 28 34 42 48
2017-09-20	6	2nd	4 12 17 24 39 43
2017-08-30	6	2nd	5 12 36 37 40 44
2017-08-09	5	2nd	1 12 27 31 38 41
2017-07-22	4	2nd	9 12 20 24 35 47
2017-07-08	24	1st	12 21 23 28 31 39
2017-04-15	7	2nd	8 12 16 18 41 45
2017-03-22	8	2nd	8 12 20 27 31 42
2017-02-22	6	1st	12 17 26 27 35 49
2017-02-01	14	1st	12 17 18 33 40 42
2016-12-14	5	2nd	2 12 29 36 38 44
2016-11-26	28	2nd	1 12 16 26 33 42
2016-08-20	16	1st	12 33 36 37 38 47
2016-06-25	2	2nd	7 12 39 42 43 48
2016-06-18	19	2nd	7 12 17 25 39 42
2016-04-13	3	4th	2 4 10 12 38 46
2016-04-02	1	2nd	10 12 24 29 35 37
2016-03-30	10	2nd	6 12 22 23 31 42
2016-02-24	1	2nd	2 12 15 24 29 39
2016-02-20	3	2nd	2 12 15 16 23 35
2016-02-10	4	2nd	6 12 22 27 45 46
2016-01-27	1	2nd	11 12 16 17 20 29
2016-01-23	4	3rd	6 8 12 29 36 47
2016-01-09	2	2nd	5 12 15 34 47 49
2016-01-02	13	2nd	3 12 25 28 30 38
2015-11-18	24	2nd	5 12 13 17 23 41
2015-08-26	5	3rd	6 10 12 26 46 47
2015-08-08	2	1st	12 17 32 40 42 43
2015-08-01	8	1st	12 17 19 31 46 48
2015-07-04	6	2nd	10 12 28 31 38 46
2015-06-13	16	3rd	5 7 12 24 41 44
2015-04-18	1	2nd	8 12 35 41 42 43
2015-04-15	2	2nd	6 12 16 29 30 33
2015-04-08	2	4th	3 5 11 12 22 44
2015-04-01	14	1st	12 17 23 30 43 47
2015-02-11	26	1st	12 28 31 36 44 49
2014-11-12	7	4th	2 7 10 12 37 39
2014-10-18	15	3rd	4 5 12 21 38 39
2014-08-27	28	2nd	10 12 31 32 42 43
2014-05-21	11	2nd	3 12 13 20 22 32
2014-04-12	3	2nd	8 12 16 25 35 36
2014-04-02	9	2nd	3 12 22 38 40 47
2014-03-01	1	2nd	9 12 30 31 33 41
2014-02-26	20	2nd	6 12 16 21 36 48
2013-12-18	1	3rd	7 10 12 34 35 40
2013-12-14	31	2nd	5 12 20 21 22 34
2013-08-28	10	2nd	8 12 15 21 22 47
2013-07-24	9	3rd	2 6 12 21 27 46
2013-06-22	3	3rd	3 10 12 15 30 41
2013-06-12	1	4th	2 8 11 12 28 31
2013-06-08	1	2nd	8 12 15 19 26 45
2013-06-05	11	1st	12 19 20 37 39 42
2013-04-27	1	2nd	4 12 27 38 43 47
2013-04-24	6	3rd	2 10 12 40 41 47
2013-04-03	7	2nd	7 12 22 32 33 37
2013-03-09	6	3rd	3 11 12 25 33 39
2013-02-16	15	3rd	8 9 12 15 19 29
2012-12-26	1	2nd	2 12 28 33 35 37
2012-12-22	11	4th	5 8 9 12 23 49
2012-11-14	4	2nd	10 12 17 27 40 43
2012-10-31	4	2nd	9 12 14 28 35 47
2012-10-17	28	2nd	8 12 13 14 28 49
2012-07-11	2	1st	12 18 19 22 36 41
2012-07-04	6	2nd	10 12 17 30 37 39
2012-06-13	7	1st	12 20 23 25 36 46
2012-05-19	1	2nd	7 12 20 24 37 47
2012-05-16	23	2nd	6 12 26 36 38 41
2012-02-25	1	1st	12 13 24 40 42 45
2012-02-22	5	3rd	4 10 12 24 31 44
2012-02-04	2	2nd	11 12 18 27 46 47
2012-01-28	23	5th	4 7 8 9 12 40
2011-11-09	8	1st	12 18 28 31 46 47
2011-10-12	13	1st	12 25 31 34 41 45
2011-08-27	6	1st	12 16 25 27 28 44
2011-08-06	4	2nd	5 12 15 28 40 49
2011-07-23	5	2nd	3 12 21 33 45 48
2011-07-06	2	2nd	5 12 29 36 40 42
2011-06-29	4	2nd	9 12 14 18 23 45
2011-06-15	10	2nd	2 12 28 31 40 46
2011-05-11	7	1st	12 13 26 29 32 36
2011-04-16	8	3rd	1 2 12 19 22 28
2011-03-19	7	2nd	5 12 15 16 27 40
2011-02-23	4	1st	12 13 25 44 48 49
2011-02-09	1	2nd	7 12 16 17 28 34
2011-02-05	15	2nd	2 12 13 34 38 45
2010-12-15	2	4th	5 8 9 12 13 48
2010-12-08	8	3rd	3 4 12 26 30 37
2010-11-10	4	2nd	10 12 13 20 21 29
2010-10-27	14	2nd	10 12 21 28 41 49
2010-09-08	1	2nd	4 12 19 20 30 49
2010-09-04	8	2nd	11 12 19 35 37 45
2010-08-07	6	2nd	1 12 20 26 36 43
2010-07-17	4	2nd	10 12 19 28 35 48
2010-07-03	6	3rd	2 4 12 14 21 29
2010-06-12	13	3rd	6 11 12 37 38 49
2010-04-28	—	4th	7 8 10 12 16 29