Number 12

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

80times drawn · chance expected 87 −0.74σ

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

10.8average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

63longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

12 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 80 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, −0.74σ. 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 80 times in 865 draws · average wait 10.8 draws · longest completed wait 63 · 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 smallest28 · chance 27.9
2nd smallest38 · chance 35.0
3rd smallest9 · chance 14.6
4th smallest5 · chance 2.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 29 49 3 28 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 50. 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
2026-10-06	20	1st	12 18 21 35 46
2026-07-28	5	2nd	3 12 27 36 47
2026-07-10	9	2nd	2 12 13 20 23
2026-06-09	21	3rd	5 8 12 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: 12 is drawn with probability 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-26	17	2nd	5 12 13 17 32
2024-02-27	14	1st	12 13 33 39 43
2024-01-09	36	1st	12 20 24 33 43
2023-09-05	27	2nd	4 12 18 24 50
2023-06-02	11	4th	1 4 5 12 25
2023-04-25	1	2nd	10 12 13 23 47
2023-04-21	12	4th	2 3 6 12 49
2023-03-10	11	1st	12 19 22 27 37
2023-01-31	3	1st	12 14 17 29 50
2023-01-20	2	2nd	5 12 15 39 47
2023-01-13	6	1st	12 19 25 29 41
2022-12-23	6	2nd	3 12 13 18 46
2022-12-02	15	1st	12 14 28 31 34
2022-10-11	1	2nd	2 12 25 29 34
2022-10-07	10	2nd	3 12 16 33 45
2022-09-02	19	2nd	1 12 18 20 41
2022-06-28	5	2nd	9 12 28 29 50
2022-06-10	2	1st	12 25 26 27 49
2022-06-03	13	1st	12 17 20 21 33
2022-04-19	1	1st	12 25 26 28 43
2022-04-15	2	3rd	4 10 12 35 39
2022-04-08	6	2nd	7 12 13 16 38
2022-03-18	6	2nd	3 12 15 19 22
2022-02-25	8	2nd	6 12 26 40 45
2022-01-28	4	2nd	1 12 21 26 48
2022-01-14	2	1st	12 22 26 29 49
2022-01-07	34	2nd	10 12 37 42 43
2021-09-10	9	2nd	8 12 17 28 43
2021-08-10	3	3rd	1 4 12 13 33
2021-07-30	1	2nd	4 12 27 35 50
2021-07-27	5	2nd	5 12 15 28 29
2021-07-09	8	2nd	3 12 29 31 38
2021-06-11	12	2nd	9 12 27 37 48
2021-04-30	3	2nd	6 12 22 38 45
2021-04-20	1	3rd	3 5 12 32 49
2021-04-16	23	3rd	2 5 12 25 49
2021-01-26	9	3rd	4 8 12 15 19
2020-12-22	10	2nd	9 12 15 27 42
2020-11-17	14	2nd	11 12 36 37 38
2020-09-29	5	2nd	7 12 16 28 38
2020-09-11	1	4th	1 4 10 12 49
2020-09-08	1	1st	12 13 14 36 50
2020-09-04	14	4th	2 3 11 12 43
2020-07-17	20	1st	12 15 24 30 38
2020-05-08	2	1st	12 21 30 35 45
2020-05-01	1	1st	12 20 43 48 49
2020-04-28	1	2nd	6 12 32 36 45
2020-04-24	9	2nd	10 12 22 42 50
2020-03-24	3	2nd	4 12 41 45 46
2020-03-13	28	3rd	5 6 12 22 50
2019-12-06	40	1st	12 19 33 34 49
2019-07-19	3	2nd	3 12 13 20 41
2019-07-09	63	2nd	9 12 28 44 49
2018-11-30	1	1st	12 15 25 29 49
2018-11-27	38	1st	12 27 39 41 46
2018-07-17	—	1st	12 26 34 35 44