Number 12

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

124times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.92σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

52longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 124 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, −0.92σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 124 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 11 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 smallest40 · chance 37.4
2nd smallest48 · chance 54.8
3rd smallest29 · chance 26.5
4th smallest7 · chance 5.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 19 38 29 37 41

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, 12 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th 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
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
2026-09-03	12	2nd	11 12 18 33 37
2026-07-23	1	1st	12 13 19 23 32
2026-07-20	11	2nd	2 12 14 31 38
2026-06-11	6	2nd	11 12 13

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-01	2	2nd	1 12 35 40 41
2024-06-24	3	3rd	5 9 12 18 31
2024-06-13	13	1st	12 29 33 38 45
2024-04-29	18	2nd	10 12 27 30 38
2024-02-26	44	1st	12 27 39 40 42
2023-09-25	10	2nd	11 12 16 22 45
2023-08-21	10	2nd	1 12 16 28 35
2023-07-17	31	2nd	3 12 28 32 43
2023-03-30	4	1st	12 16 19 23 31
2023-03-16	11	1st	12 14 29 33 41
2023-02-06	12	3rd	6 10 12 19 42
2022-12-26	30	3rd	8 11 12 27 44
2022-09-12	13	2nd	6 12 20 24 40
2022-07-28	2	2nd	4 12 23 24 43
2022-07-21	1	3rd	3 4 12 18 29
2022-07-18	1	2nd	1 12 26 33 36
2022-07-14	9	2nd	8 12 21 35 45
2022-06-13	10	3rd	1 5 12 19 21
2022-05-09	4	1st	12 15 20 34 45
2022-04-25	13	4th	1 7 11 12 30
2022-03-10	1	1st	12 16 24 27 31
2022-03-07	4	3rd	9 11 12 27 38
2022-02-21	13	1st	12 20 23 38 44
2022-01-06	2	2nd	2 12 17 34 41
2021-12-30	5	2nd	6 12 13 34 44
2021-12-13	7	3rd	9 10 12 20 37
2021-11-18	14	3rd	1 2 12 30 31
2021-09-30	12	3rd	1 9 12 21 35
2021-08-19	1	2nd	2 12 33 37 38
2021-08-16	7	1st	12 24 27 29 32
2021-07-22	7	4th	7 8 9 12 37
2021-06-28	16	1st	12 15 22 29 38
2021-05-03	18	3rd	1 10 12 19 45
2021-03-01	4	3rd	3 10 12 30 34
2021-02-15	6	3rd	5 11 12 21 33
2021-01-25	2	3rd	1 8 12 19 30
2021-01-18	7	1st	12 18 25 28 40
2020-12-24	6	3rd	8 9 12 16 19
2020-12-03	11	1st	12 32 36 38 41
2020-10-26	20	1st	12 14 27 34 35
2020-08-17	9	2nd	2 12 16 18 43
2020-07-16	26	2nd	5 12 19 21 45
2020-04-16	2	2nd	1 12 22 39 43
2020-04-09	1	2nd	10 12 24 27 43
2020-04-06	8	4th	1 3 7 12 37
2020-03-09	28	2nd	1 12 16 23 38
2019-12-02	7	1st	12 29 31 32 40
2019-11-07	13	2nd	8 12 13 31 38
2019-09-23	1	2nd	5 12 26 29 36
2019-09-19	7	1st	12 20 28 38 40
2019-08-26	9	3rd	6 9 12 24 35
2019-07-25	5	2nd	4 12 28 30 37
2019-07-08	5	2nd	11 12 26 28 40
2019-06-20	3	1st	12 18 22 33 45
2019-06-10	1	2nd	2 12 41 43 44
2019-06-06	6	2nd	10 12 13 26 37
2019-05-16	2	4th	2 7 10 12 20
2019-05-09	14	1st	12 19 26 34 40
2019-03-21	2	2nd	3 12 32 37 41
2019-03-14	13	2nd	1 12 13 21 39
2019-01-28	8	1st	12 13 18 41 43
2018-12-31	17	2nd	7 12 14 21 43
2018-11-01	7	4th	4 6 9 12 43
2018-10-08	1	3rd	4 5 12 18 31
2018-10-04	6	2nd	1 12 17 18 23
2018-09-13	8	1st	12 29 39 42 44
2018-08-16	1	3rd	6 7 12 30 38
2018-08-13	3	2nd	9 12 13 20 28
2018-08-02	2	2nd	3 12 20 30 36
2018-07-26	2	1st	12 19 24 37 41
2018-07-19	1	2nd	10 12 35 38 41
2018-07-16	3	2nd	2 12 27 29 40
2018-07-05	6	3rd	6 9 12 24 44
2018-06-14	10	3rd	4 11 12 25 36
2018-05-10	4	2nd	1 12 22 25 37
2018-04-26	11	1st	12 15 19 26 31
2018-03-19	7	1st	12 15 19 26 32
2018-02-22	4	2nd	1 12 19 26 30
2018-02-08	13	3rd	4 5 12 28 41
2017-12-25	36	1st	12 17 27 29 32
2017-08-21	16	2nd	10 12 15 32 38
2017-06-26	12	3rd	1 3 12 19 27
2017-05-15	6	1st	12 20 29 38 40
2017-04-24	52	1st	12 19 20 34 36
2016-10-24	2	3rd	2 11 12 25 43
2016-10-17	8	1st	12 14 17 26 40
2016-09-19	1	1st	12 15 16 35 37
2016-09-15	15	2nd	10 12 25 28 33
2016-07-25	3	1st	12 19 31 34 44
2016-07-14	5	2nd	3 12 30 33 37
2016-06-27	3	2nd	1 12 38 39 44
2016-06-16	3	3rd	4 7 12 17 19
2016-06-06	3	2nd	7 12 18 30 41
2016-05-26	1	1st	12 34 37 40 43
2016-05-23	41	1st	12 30 31 32 41
2015-12-31	5	1st	12 15 27 28 29
2015-12-14	20	2nd	4 12 23 32 37
2015-10-05	18	3rd	1 5 12 15 29
2015-08-03	11	1st	12 13 32 41 44
2015-06-25	—	2nd	3 12 16 23 45