Number 13

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

140times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.55σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

61longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 140 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, +0.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 140 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 61 · waiting 3 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 smallest42 · chance 37.1
2nd smallest61 · chance 61.4
3rd smallest31 · chance 33.8
4th smallest6 · chance 7.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 28 32 22 27 43

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, 13 is picked about 0.92× as often as an indifferent choice — 31st 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
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
2026-10-01	1	1st	13 14 38 40 42
2026-09-28	9	2nd	7 13 28 39 42
2026-08-27	10	1st	13 27 35 43 45
2026-07-23	12	2nd	12 13 19

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-27	14	3rd	4 10 13 14 32
2025-01-09	4	2nd	6 13 18 22 40
2024-12-26	10	3rd	3 11 13 27 40
2024-11-21	1	1st	13 16 21 32 43
2024-11-18	13	1st	13 22 26 38 41
2024-10-03	10	3rd	7 11 13 15 40
2024-08-29	2	2nd	9 13 20 38 42
2024-08-22	4	1st	13 19 28 30 42
2024-08-08	17	2nd	5 13 31 37 38
2024-06-10	15	1st	13 27 28 32 34
2024-04-18	17	1st	13 16 31 35 38
2024-02-19	3	3rd	8 9 13 20 39
2024-02-08	2	2nd	9 13 21 24 40
2024-02-01	3	3rd	10 11 13 15 23
2024-01-22	4	2nd	11 13 39 43 45
2024-01-08	1	3rd	6 11 13 22 37
2024-01-04	3	3rd	5 10 13 23 28
2023-12-25	16	3rd	3 5 13 32 38
2023-10-30	2	2nd	6 13 19 29 39
2023-10-23	6	3rd	2 4 13 25 33
2023-10-02	5	2nd	4 13 18 22 25
2023-09-14	9	2nd	1 13 14 27 32
2023-08-14	1	4th	1 8 9 13 45
2023-08-10	11	1st	13 14 20 22 45
2023-07-03	6	1st	13 17 31 32 34
2023-06-12	16	2nd	11 13 22 28 40
2023-04-17	3	4th	3 4 10 13 39
2023-04-06	7	2nd	4 13 29 31 38
2023-03-13	4	1st	13 22 27 34 36
2023-02-27	22	1st	13 16 34 35 41
2022-12-12	5	1st	13 26 31 36 37
2022-11-24	15	1st	13 22 25 37 45
2022-10-03	1	3rd	6 11 13 23 41
2022-09-29	10	2nd	11 13 25 29 42
2022-08-25	19	3rd	7 8 13 31 33
2022-06-20	7	1st	13 17 20 21 28
2022-05-26	28	2nd	9 13 30 36 43
2022-02-17	5	1st	13 20 24 44 45
2022-01-31	3	2nd	9 13 16 20 27
2022-01-20	2	2nd	4 13 30 36 39
2022-01-13	3	2nd	9 13 24 31 40
2022-01-03	1	1st	13 23 25 26 45
2021-12-30	31	3rd	6 12 13 34 44
2021-09-13	4	2nd	2 13 28 30 38
2021-08-30	1	2nd	4 13 19 25 35
2021-08-26	27	1st	13 21 28 29 32
2021-05-24	8	2nd	8 13 32 41 43
2021-04-26	4	3rd	9 10 13 31 43
2021-04-12	4	2nd	7 13 31 32 41
2021-03-29	6	2nd	9 13 17 18 44
2021-03-08	8	3rd	3 4 13 19 33
2021-02-08	8	2nd	4 13 22 24 33
2021-01-11	4	3rd	2 8 13 19 30
2020-12-28	13	2nd	1 13 14 20 29
2020-11-12	4	1st	13 16 22 30 41
2020-10-29	12	2nd	10 13 22 24 36
2020-09-17	16	3rd	7 11 13 30 32
2020-07-23	4	2nd	3 13 18 39 45
2020-07-09	22	4th	8 10 11 13 40
2020-04-23	10	1st	13 15 25 33 34
2020-03-19	2	4th	1 6 7 13 31
2020-03-12	3	2nd	5 13 14 21 37
2020-03-02	5	2nd	11 13 18 39 42
2020-02-13	22	3rd	9 10 13 21 41
2019-11-28	6	2nd	5 13 33 42 43
2019-11-07	9	3rd	8 12 13 31 38
2019-10-07	10	3rd	6 7 13 32 34
2019-09-02	13	2nd	8 13 17 24 41
2019-07-18	4	2nd	4 13 23 29 34
2019-07-04	8	1st	13 23 29 36 43
2019-06-06	7	3rd	10 12 13 26 37
2019-05-13	5	1st	13 24 34 43 44
2019-04-25	1	1st	13 14 19 43 44
2019-04-22	11	4th	2 5 11 13 23
2019-03-14	5	3rd	1 12 13 21 39
2019-02-25	2	2nd	4 13 29 38 39
2019-02-18	1	2nd	10 13 21 30 43
2019-02-14	4	2nd	10 13 38 40 41
2019-01-31	1	2nd	6 13 18 42 45
2019-01-28	5	2nd	12 13 18 41 43
2019-01-10	8	2nd	5 13 28 41 42
2018-12-13	6	2nd	4 13 22 26 31
2018-11-22	21	1st	13 27 36 38 42
2018-09-10	2	4th	2 6 8 13 26
2018-09-03	6	1st	13 27 28 34 36
2018-08-13	6	3rd	9 12 13 20 28
2018-07-23	3	1st	13 16 20 27 40
2018-07-12	4	1st	13 19 30 36 38
2018-06-28	27	2nd	8 13 16 19 22
2018-03-26	3	2nd	9 13 16 20 30
2018-03-15	9	3rd	3 10 13 15 41
2018-02-12	45	1st	13 15 17 27 40
2017-09-07	20	3rd	9 10 13 36 45
2017-06-29	7	1st	13 22 37 44 45
2017-06-05	3	2nd	7 13 14 20 23
2017-05-25	4	2nd	10 13 26 27 42
2017-05-11	8	1st	13 20 21 37 44
2017-04-13	2	2nd	3 13 25 26 37
2017-04-06	5	3rd	8 10 13 28 42
2017-03-20	11	1st	13 27 29 36 37
2017-02-09	61	2nd	2 13 15 27 45
2016-07-11	1	1st	13 26 29 30 40
2016-07-07	11	1st	13 15 20 32 40
2016-05-30	8	2nd	5 13 33 34 43
2016-05-02	8	3rd	5 10 13 22 32
2016-04-04	10	1st	13 15 32 39 41
2016-02-29	3	1st	13 14 28 38 44
2016-02-18	4	3rd	4 9 13 25 31
2016-02-04	11	2nd	1 13 28 35 45
2015-12-28	6	1st	13 19 20 35 37
2015-12-07	25	1st	13 25 29 33 43
2015-09-10	11	3rd	7 11 13 26 34
2015-08-03	6	2nd	12 13 32 41 44
2015-07-13	7	1st	13 17 27 30 43
2015-06-15	21	2nd	1 13 23 37 44
2015-04-02	—	2nd	5 13 22 28 40