Number 12

In Daily Lotto under the 5/36 · since Mar 2019 rules — 2,767 draws, 5 from 1–36.

391times drawn · chance expected 384 +0.37σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

76longest completed wait · 0.5% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 391 times in 2,767 draws against 384.3 expected, +0.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 12, draw by draw

Drawn 391 times in 2,767 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 76 · waiting 1 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 smallest66 · chance 79.3
2nd smallest165 · chance 166.3
3rd smallest117 · chance 113.4
4th smallest40 · chance 29.6
5th smallest3 · chance 2.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 44.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 10 2 25 27 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 35 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 36. 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
2026-10-11	2	2nd	10 12 22 29 34
2026-10-09	2	2nd	9 12 17 25 31
2026-10-07	9	2nd	10 12 21 29 34
2026-09-28	9	2nd	1 12 20 25

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 5/36 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-03	7	2nd	3 12 25 27 28
2026-03-27	6	3rd	9 11 12 22 24
2026-03-21	12	4th	5 7 8 12 21
2026-03-09	8	3rd	5 9 12 21 30
2026-03-01	9	2nd	7 12 24 29 34
2026-02-20	4	3rd	5 7 12 27 30
2026-02-16	8	3rd	7 8 12 14 20
2026-02-08	18	1st	12 16 23 33 35
2026-01-21	5	2nd	10 12 13 21 35
2026-01-16	7	2nd	2 12 14 21 33
2026-01-09	15	2nd	2 12 26 27 31
2025-12-24	4	2nd	6 12 31 34 36
2025-12-20	1	3rd	3 8 12 13 28
2025-12-19	4	1st	12 25 26 33 35
2025-12-15	14	2nd	8 12 20 30 35
2025-12-01	5	2nd	7 12 21 22 23
2025-11-26	8	1st	12 20 24 30 33
2025-11-18	1	1st	12 16 18 22 26
2025-11-17	7	3rd	6 11 12 21 30
2025-11-10	9	2nd	3 12 22 25 36
2025-11-01	6	2nd	8 12 16 22 24
2025-10-26	8	3rd	2 9 12 23 25
2025-10-18	2	3rd	1 4 12 18 27
2025-10-16	4	2nd	8 12 20 33 34
2025-10-12	2	2nd	7 12 16 26 33
2025-10-10	14	4th	6 7 8 12 28
2025-09-26	10	1st	12 17 28 29 36
2025-09-16	8	2nd	4 12 14 18 26
2025-09-08	4	3rd	6 8 12 14 35
2025-09-04	7	2nd	10 12 22 23 29
2025-08-28	1	2nd	7 12 14 21 30
2025-08-27	6	3rd	1 3 12 20 27
2025-08-21	3	2nd	8 12 18 29 31
2025-08-18	4	2nd	10 12 18 25 30
2025-08-14	3	1st	12 16 19 21 29
2025-08-11	9	2nd	10 12 26 29 34
2025-08-02	3	3rd	4 5 12 19 27
2025-07-30	1	3rd	3 10 12 15 20
2025-07-29	20	1st	12 14 26 27 28
2025-07-09	9	3rd	4 10 12 32 35
2025-06-30	7	2nd	6 12 19 20 28
2025-06-23	13	3rd	4 5 12 19 27
2025-06-10	4	2nd	3 12 15 29 36
2025-06-06	2	3rd	4 7 12 22 29
2025-06-04	4	4th	2 10 11 12 26
2025-05-31	3	2nd	6 12 23 24 35
2025-05-28	5	2nd	3 12 13 15 27
2025-05-23	8	3rd	2 3 12 15 20
2025-05-15	28	4th	2 3 6 12 15
2025-04-17	2	3rd	2 10 12 20 28
2025-04-15	5	3rd	3 8 12 26 33
2025-04-10	11	4th	2 7 9 12 17
2025-03-30	4	2nd	3 12 14 20 28
2025-03-26	10	5th	1 3 4 8 12
2025-03-16	3	2nd	4 12 21 25 30
2025-03-13	3	1st	12 25 29 32 33
2025-03-10	1	4th	1 6 10 12 21
2025-03-09	14	2nd	5 12 19 32 36
2025-02-23	2	1st	12 22 27 32 36
2025-02-21	2	1st	12 15 17 22 27
2025-02-19	35	2nd	4 12 17 25 33
2025-01-15	1	3rd	2 3 12 18 33
2025-01-14	2	3rd	1 6 12 13 15
2025-01-12	1	2nd	7 12 20 33 34
2025-01-11	1	2nd	9 12 17 28 35
2025-01-10	5	2nd	7 12 14 16 20
2025-01-05	1	4th	3 5 9 12 28
2025-01-04	8	1st	12 25 27 30 35
2024-12-27	13	2nd	2 12 17 24 29
2024-12-13	4	2nd	7 12 19 27 33
2024-12-09	17	2nd	2 12 25 31 35
2024-11-22	11	3rd	2 9 12 25 32
2024-11-11	4	3rd	2 11 12 23 35
2024-11-07	3	2nd	4 12 15 18 25
2024-11-04	17	3rd	5 11 12 28 36
2024-10-18	13	3rd	4 7 12 20 26
2024-10-05	7	2nd	5 12 30 31 35
2024-09-28	8	4th	2 7 8 12 13
2024-09-20	8	3rd	2 7 12 13 25
2024-09-12	21	2nd	10 12 14 24 36
2024-08-22	3	4th	6 7 8 12 24
2024-08-19	22	1st	12 14 22 33 34
2024-07-28	18	4th	1 3 4 12 32
2024-07-10	2	1st	12 14 19 21 26
2024-07-08	1	2nd	6 12 16 32 34
2024-07-07	10	1st	12 14 15 16 30
2024-06-27	4	3rd	2 3 12 13 34
2024-06-23	7	3rd	8 9 12 21 23
2024-06-16	8	2nd	11 12 15 25 35
2024-06-08	23	3rd	1 7 12 24 33
2024-05-16	23	1st	12 15 26 28 32
2024-04-23	1	2nd	6 12 23 35 36
2024-04-22	7	3rd	4 10 12 13 36
2024-04-15	35	2nd	1 12 13 17 25
2024-03-11	1	3rd	4 9 12 16 21
2024-03-10	2	3rd	6 7 12 18 29
2024-03-08	1	3rd	10 11 12 15 21
2024-03-07	1	2nd	3 12 13 22 28
2024-03-06	2	3rd	4 9 12 28 30
2024-03-04	23	3rd	6 9 12 18 27
2024-02-10	5	2nd	7 12 16 24 29
2024-02-05	5	3rd	3 10 12 14 28
2024-01-31	6	4th	4 9 10 12 29
2024-01-25	7	4th	1 3 11 12 32
2024-01-18	10	1st	12 15 22 29 31
2024-01-08	14	2nd	4 12 19 23 26
2023-12-24	20	3rd	7 9 12 17 18
2023-12-04	17	4th	6 7 10 12 34
2023-11-17	6	2nd	6 12 20 31 33
2023-11-11	13	1st	12 19 27 29 35
2023-10-29	3	1st	12 13 20 26 34
2023-10-26	4	3rd	1 3 12 22 28
2023-10-22	3	3rd	2 6 12 14 15
2023-10-19	2	3rd	6 8 12 16 36
2023-10-17	3	1st	12 22 28 30 35
2023-10-14	3	1st	12 14 18 19 22
2023-10-11	5	2nd	1 12 21 31 33
2023-10-06	13	2nd	5 12 14 26 27
2023-09-23	2	2nd	10 12 22 31 34
2023-09-21	5	4th	4 5 6 12 24
2023-09-16	2	3rd	5 9 12 30 35
2023-09-14	1	2nd	8 12 16 22 28
2023-09-13	11	2nd	10 12 16 18 20
2023-09-02	6	2nd	2 12 24 25 33
2023-08-27	1	2nd	8 12 20 26 28
2023-08-26	3	3rd	9 10 12 15 18
2023-08-23	1	2nd	3 12 14 22 23
2023-08-22	1	2nd	2 12 15 27 36
2023-08-21	28	4th	5 6 8 12 18
2023-07-24	14	2nd	8 12 14 22 24
2023-07-10	3	3rd	4 5 12 19 22
2023-07-07	2	3rd	1 3 12 30 35
2023-07-05	3	4th	2 3 11 12 28
2023-07-02	1	3rd	4 6 12 18 35
2023-07-01	1	1st	12 21 30 31 34
2023-06-30	4	3rd	2 11 12 25 26
2023-06-26	7	2nd	10 12 15 25 27
2023-06-19	5	2nd	9 12 27 32 35
2023-06-14	2	2nd	2 12 13 18 23
2023-06-12	16	1st	12 15 16 21 34
2023-05-27	2	2nd	2 12 13 20 22
2023-05-25	9	4th	3 5 10 12 23
2023-05-16	2	2nd	11 12 14 27 31
2023-05-14	13	1st	12 15 32 34 35
2023-05-01	2	2nd	7 12 32 33 35
2023-04-29	4	2nd	3 12 17 20 34
2023-04-25	3	2nd	7 12 27 28 32
2023-04-22	16	3rd	3 5 12 14 19
2023-04-06	9	4th	1 6 10 12 31
2023-03-28	1	3rd	2 7 12 23 33
2023-03-27	26	3rd	1 10 12 21 25
2023-03-01	8	2nd	8 12 25 33 36
2023-02-21	19	4th	2 3 11 12 36
2023-02-02	11	3rd	2 7 12 16 21
2023-01-22	7	2nd	5 12 23 30 33
2023-01-15	1	2nd	6 12 25 28 31
2023-01-14	9	3rd	2 3 12 19 29
2023-01-05	1	3rd	1 11 12 13 16
2023-01-04	9	2nd	10 12 27 29 35
2022-12-26	2	3rd	5 10 12 17 23
2022-12-23	11	2nd	1 12 26 27 29
2022-12-12	1	2nd	7 12 13 17 26
2022-12-11	9	4th	3 5 6 12 32
2022-12-02	11	2nd	3 12 18 22 31
2022-11-21	14	3rd	7 10 12 21 32
2022-11-07	2	3rd	2 4 12 21 28
2022-11-05	7	1st	12 13 22 31 36
2022-10-29	5	1st	12 21 27 28 31
2022-10-24	5	3rd	4 7 12 14 18
2022-10-19	7	2nd	9 12 19 22 35
2022-10-12	7	2nd	9 12 16 21 36
2022-10-05	6	2nd	8 12 21 28 33
2022-09-29	6	4th	2 5 8 12 17
2022-09-23	3	3rd	5 9 12 27 28
2022-09-20	4	4th	3 4 5 12 14
2022-09-16	4	3rd	8 11 12 18 27
2022-09-12	5	2nd	1 12 20 21 26
2022-09-07	2	1st	12 13 15 17 26
2022-09-05	10	2nd	10 12 14 15 25
2022-08-26	1	2nd	10 12 21 23 31
2022-08-25	1	3rd	6 8 12 15 17
2022-08-24	8	3rd	2 5 12 22 23
2022-08-16	76	2nd	1 12 19 21 27
2022-06-01	2	3rd	4 7 12 18 25
2022-05-30	17	4th	1 2 9 12 33
2022-05-13	2	1st	12 22 24 31 33
2022-05-11	4	4th	1 5 10 12 21
2022-05-07	2	3rd	4 10 12 20 23
2022-05-05	14	3rd	7 11 12 27 29
2022-04-21	7	1st	12 16 20 32 35
2022-04-14	3	3rd	5 10 12 20 34
2022-04-11	7	2nd	3 12 23 27 31
2022-04-04	3	4th	1 5 6 12 23
2022-04-01	15	2nd	10 12 14 17 27
2022-03-17	7	3rd	6 9 12 17 20
2022-03-10	9	2nd	3 12 16 21 25
2022-03-01	8	1st	12 14 15 16 32
2022-02-21	9	3rd	2 5 12 28 36
2022-02-12	10	2nd	7 12 15 28 36
2022-02-02	4	2nd	1 12 26 30 35
2022-01-29	14	3rd	1 2 12 16 27
2022-01-15	13	4th	3 7 11 12 35
2022-01-02	18	1st	12 21 23 25 31
2021-12-14	7	2nd	3 12 15 20 28
2021-12-07	3	3rd	2 8 12 20 27
2021-12-04	21	2nd	1 12 24 29 36
2021-11-13	2	2nd	11 12 15 24 33
2021-11-11	32	3rd	1 10 12 19 21
2021-10-10	2	2nd	7 12 13 15 23
2021-10-08	6	2nd	3 12 16 25 36
2021-10-02	11	4th	5 7 9 12 21
2021-09-21	1	1st	12 15 17 24 36
2021-09-20	2	3rd	4 11 12 16 33
2021-09-18	4	5th	2 3 4 6 12
2021-09-14	1	1st	12 13 20 21 31
2021-09-13	4	1st	12 20 31 33 35
2021-09-09	5	2nd	10 12 18 25 32
2021-09-04	2	2nd	8 12 22 27 33
2021-09-02	14	4th	1 2 6 12 14
2021-08-19	12	2nd	1 12 17 20 25
2021-08-07	1	3rd	5 7 12 31 33
2021-08-06	28	2nd	7 12 16 30 34
2021-07-09	16	3rd	2 4 12 16 17
2021-06-23	2	2nd	2 12 21 27 32
2021-06-21	10	1st	12 21 27 30 36
2021-06-11	12	3rd	4 6 12 28 32
2021-05-30	11	2nd	9 12 18 29 32
2021-05-19	1	4th	2 7 10 12 26
2021-05-18	3	1st	12 15 16 17 33
2021-05-15	1	3rd	6 10 12 16 26
2021-05-14	1	2nd	10 12 31 35 36
2021-05-13	21	3rd	7 10 12 24 27
2021-04-22	14	2nd	4 12 18 21 29
2021-04-08	2	2nd	6 12 15 16 21
2021-04-06	1	1st	12 13 18 31 35
2021-04-05	2	3rd	1 9 12 15 19
2021-04-03	1	3rd	6 10 12 24 25
2021-04-02	1	1st	12 14 20 22 29
2021-04-01	4	3rd	7 10 12 30 36
2021-03-28	8	1st	12 16 21 24 31
2021-03-20	9	2nd	4 12 15 26 34
2021-03-11	12	3rd	6 9 12 29 31
2021-02-27	1	2nd	11 12 17 27 28
2021-02-26	7	2nd	3 12 16 25 35
2021-02-19	2	1st	12 13 14 21 23
2021-02-17	2	2nd	2 12 15 18 20
2021-02-15	1	2nd	3 12 14 27 32
2021-02-14	1	1st	12 14 18 25 27
2021-02-13	2	2nd	1 12 20 25 35
2021-02-11	13	2nd	6 12 27 32 36
2021-01-29	1	3rd	2 9 12 16 33
2021-01-28	7	2nd	1 12 13 14 36
2021-01-21	3	2nd	1 12 18 21 24
2021-01-18	1	2nd	6 12 21 24 30
2021-01-17	1	1st	12 22 26 28 34
2021-01-16	12	3rd	2 10 12 23 24
2021-01-04	1	1st	12 13 19 21 23
2021-01-03	3	1st	12 20 23 27 31
2020-12-31	8	1st	12 20 24 28 34
2020-12-22	6	4th	4 6 11 12 26
2020-12-16	1	1st	12 14 16 28 32
2020-12-15	4	3rd	5 6 12 19 36
2020-12-11	7	2nd	8 12 26 28 35
2020-12-04	7	2nd	5 12 20 24 27
2020-11-27	1	2nd	1 12 26 28 32
2020-11-26	2	2nd	5 12 16 17 29
2020-11-24	5	3rd	4 5 12 13 35
2020-11-19	1	1st	12 16 25 33 35
2020-11-18	3	1st	12 13 31 35 36
2020-11-15	3	3rd	9 11 12 19 36
2020-11-12	24	2nd	3 12 18 32 33
2020-10-19	7	2nd	4 12 19 20 36
2020-10-12	9	3rd	3 6 12 16 29
2020-10-03	6	2nd	6 12 24 25 27
2020-09-27	3	2nd	4 12 19 21 29
2020-09-24	2	1st	12 17 24 28 29
2020-09-22	4	3rd	3 5 12 20 28
2020-09-18	9	3rd	3 6 12 25 30
2020-09-09	4	1st	12 21 28 29 35
2020-09-05	8	1st	12 14 22 23 25
2020-08-28	7	3rd	5 8 12 17 30
2020-08-21	7	3rd	3 6 12 32 36
2020-08-14	7	3rd	1 10 12 19 29
2020-08-07	2	1st	12 13 22 31 34
2020-08-05	6	4th	3 8 11 12 26
2020-07-30	11	3rd	1 5 12 14 34
2020-07-19	2	2nd	11 12 18 27 29
2020-07-17	5	2nd	10 12 25 31 32
2020-07-12	6	2nd	4 12 14 18 29
2020-07-06	14	4th	1 8 9 12 26
2020-06-22	1	2nd	6 12 20 33 34
2020-06-21	3	1st	12 28 33 35 36
2020-06-18	4	1st	12 14 19 22 30
2020-06-14	4	3rd	2 7 12 30 33
2020-06-10	10	4th	2 5 9 12 22
2020-05-31	1	1st	12 23 25 27 34
2020-05-30	2	2nd	5 12 14 20 23
2020-05-28	2	2nd	9 12 20 25 26
2020-05-26	3	2nd	5 12 14 17 25
2020-05-23	8	3rd	3 9 12 13 31
2020-05-15	1	2nd	3 12 14 16 29
2020-05-14	3	3rd	2 11 12 22 28
2020-05-11	4	1st	12 13 28 30 31
2020-05-07	1	2nd	9 12 24 25 34
2020-05-06	3	1st	12 28 34 35 36
2020-05-03	2	1st	12 18 22 24 26
2020-05-01	6	2nd	1 12 18 19 24
2020-04-25	18	2nd	9 12 29 31 34
2020-04-07	4	3rd	7 11 12 23 24
2020-04-03	19	2nd	2 12 24 25 31
2020-03-15	2	2nd	1 12 13 34 36
2020-03-13	1	2nd	3 12 13 20 35
2020-03-12	8	2nd	2 12 18 32 36
2020-03-04	10	2nd	9 12 28 34 36
2020-02-23	2	4th	4 5 11 12 27
2020-02-21	1	2nd	10 12 15 25 29
2020-02-20	8	3rd	3 5 12 27 33
2020-02-12	1	3rd	3 8 12 23 30
2020-02-11	5	1st	12 13 15 26 28
2020-02-06	3	5th	2 4 6 9 12
2020-02-03	2	3rd	5 6 12 28 36
2020-02-01	4	4th	4 5 7 12 23
2020-01-28	1	2nd	6 12 22 30 34
2020-01-27	1	2nd	7 12 19 32 36
2020-01-26	10	3rd	3 6 12 17 29
2020-01-16	1	1st	12 17 31 35 36
2020-01-15	5	4th	6 8 11 12 22
2020-01-10	12	3rd	1 11 12 27 35
2019-12-29	3	2nd	4 12 16 34 36
2019-12-26	3	2nd	6 12 23 25 36
2019-12-22	5	2nd	2 12 13 22 35
2019-12-17	19	2nd	5 12 16 20 25
2019-11-28	4	2nd	4 12 17 28 34
2019-11-24	3	2nd	6 12 19 27 34
2019-11-21	7	3rd	4 11 12 21 23
2019-11-14	12	2nd	8 12 15 21 26
2019-11-02	2	2nd	2 12 20 24 31
2019-10-31	25	1st	12 15 17 21 36
2019-10-06	7	4th	2 8 10 12 27
2019-09-29	4	2nd	6 12 13 19 31
2019-09-25	6	2nd	4 12 13 23 28
2019-09-19	1	2nd	10 12 15 16 23
2019-09-18	1	2nd	10 12 15 23 25
2019-09-17	1	1st	12 20 27 34 36
2019-09-16	1	2nd	11 12 21 23 27
2019-09-15	6	4th	2 3 9 12 27
2019-09-09	1	3rd	3 10 12 19 23
2019-09-08	3	2nd	10 12 15 19 27
2019-09-05	9	3rd	1 9 12 22 29
2019-08-27	2	3rd	2 5 12 27 29
2019-08-25	12	1st	12 15 16 17 18
2019-08-13	12	2nd	2 12 26 28 33
2019-08-01	2	1st	12 21 25 33 36
2019-07-30	2	3rd	1 7 12 13 25
2019-07-28	22	4th	2 3 10 12 35
2019-07-06	18	3rd	2 11 12 16 24
2019-06-18	17	3rd	3 10 12 25 32
2019-06-01	11	1st	12 14 19 26 34
2019-05-21	2	2nd	2 12 26 28 34
2019-05-19	12	2nd	1 12 21 33 34
2019-05-07	13	3rd	3 11 12 22 25
2019-04-24	6	2nd	8 12 18 19 24
2019-04-18	22	2nd	10 12 14 20 22
2019-03-27	2	4th	4 5 10 12 25
2019-03-25	3	3rd	10 11 12 19 23
2019-03-22	7	2nd	9 12 17 33 35
2019-03-15	—	3rd	9 10 12 25 27