Number 13

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

106times drawn · chance expected 87 +2.21σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 48% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

42longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long

13 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 106 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, +2.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 13, draw by draw

Drawn 106 times in 865 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 8 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 smallest36 · chance 33.0
2nd smallest40 · chance 46.6
3rd smallest25 · chance 22.0
4th smallest5 · chance 4.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 47 3 24 28 12

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 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
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
2026-09-11	1	3rd	9 11 13 38 43
2026-09-08	13	3rd	4 8 13 37 49
2026-07-24	3	3rd	4 8 13 22 38
2026-07-14	1	2nd	9 13 21 36

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-01	1	4th	1 6 12 13 36
2025-03-28	6	3rd	1 6 13 14 35
2025-03-07	42	2nd	12 13 16 28 46
2024-10-11	1	3rd	3 8 13 46 48
2024-10-08	12	2nd	3 13 31 37 40
2024-08-27	2	1st	13 35 39 42 49
2024-08-20	3	3rd	5 7 13 23 40
2024-08-09	15	2nd	7 13 28 37 44
2024-06-18	15	2nd	9 13 18 45 49
2024-04-26	1	3rd	5 12 13 17 32
2024-04-23	6	1st	13 20 26 37 42
2024-04-02	1	1st	13 20 28 39 47
2024-03-29	9	2nd	1 13 24 25 35
2024-02-27	2	2nd	12 13 33 39 43
2024-02-20	2	2nd	4 13 16 21 32
2024-02-13	5	1st	13 15 30 32 46
2024-01-26	19	3rd	1 6 13 20 21
2023-11-21	4	2nd	3 13 24 45 49
2023-11-07	5	2nd	3 13 28 31 40
2023-10-20	16	3rd	3 7 13 18 42
2023-08-25	15	4th	3 4 7 13 24
2023-07-04	5	1st	13 29 30 31 47
2023-06-16	13	1st	13 21 26 30 50
2023-05-02	2	1st	13 16 17 41 43
2023-04-25	35	3rd	10 12 13 23 47
2022-12-23	10	3rd	3 12 13 18 46
2022-11-18	17	1st	13 24 29 47 50
2022-09-20	14	1st	13 16 23 45 47
2022-08-02	8	1st	13 14 20 43 45
2022-07-05	1	1st	13 14 16 18 31
2022-07-01	2	3rd	6 8 13 21 28
2022-06-24	18	2nd	4 13 25 38 44
2022-04-22	4	1st	13 20 30 38 42
2022-04-08	29	3rd	7 12 13 16 38
2021-12-28	2	2nd	2 13 16 49 50
2021-12-21	12	1st	13 35 46 47 50
2021-11-09	10	1st	13 15 32 43 44
2021-10-05	2	2nd	2 13 20 42 47
2021-09-28	6	1st	13 15 20 28 29
2021-09-07	8	3rd	2 11 13 19 40
2021-08-10	1	4th	1 4 12 13 33
2021-08-06	15	2nd	7 13 18 20 25
2021-06-15	20	1st	13 23 24 27 44
2021-04-06	12	2nd	3 13 21 42 45
2021-02-23	6	2nd	8 13 25 32 42
2021-02-02	4	2nd	6 13 22 34 49
2021-01-19	2	1st	13 16 28 42 45
2021-01-12	7	2nd	11 13 28 36 37
2020-12-15	1	3rd	3 7 13 34 50
2020-12-11	2	1st	13 18 25 36 49
2020-12-04	2	1st	13 15 24 30 50
2020-11-27	1	1st	13 29 34 36 49
2020-11-24	1	1st	13 15 30 43 47
2020-11-20	11	3rd	7 10 13 22 50
2020-10-13	10	1st	13 15 20 27 28
2020-09-08	5	2nd	12 13 14 36 50
2020-08-21	13	1st	13 32 33 40 41
2020-07-07	15	3rd	2 7 13 20 45
2020-05-15	7	3rd	5 7 13 19 47
2020-04-21	4	2nd	8 13 21 46 50
2020-04-07	29	2nd	4 13 32 34 42
2019-12-27	4	2nd	4 13 34 36 38
2019-12-13	5	3rd	1 9 13 25 34
2019-11-26	3	4th	2 8 11 13 32
2019-11-15	4	1st	13 15 31 37 49
2019-11-01	13	1st	13 25 29 43 47
2019-09-17	17	1st	13 21 23 35 49
2019-07-19	6	3rd	3 12 13 20 41
2019-06-28	16	2nd	3 13 16 33 41
2019-05-03	2	1st	13 18 20 35 36
2019-04-26	5	1st	13 16 19 43 49
2019-04-09	3	3rd	5 11 13 28 38
2019-03-29	16	4th	3 6 11 13 31
2019-02-01	5	2nd	5 13 19 39 41
2019-01-15	6	2nd	9 13 24 27 29
2018-12-25	6	1st	13 16 28 29 30
2018-12-04	16	2nd	5 13 20 33 34
2018-10-09	10	2nd	5 13 22 24 40
2018-09-04	2	2nd	3 13 24 25 41
2018-08-28	4	2nd	4 13 21 41 44
2018-08-14	9	1st	13 29 32 38 45
2018-07-13	—	1st	13 14 34 38 45