Number 6

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

121times drawn · chance expected 108 +1.31σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

45longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 121 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, +1.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 121 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 9 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 6 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 smallest81 · chance 83.5
2nd smallest36 · chance 33.8
3rd smallest4 · chance 3.6
4th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 37 42 1 7 10

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, 6 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 6 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-26	28	2nd	2 6 25 27
2026-08-08	1	1st	6 22 28 33
2026-08-07	5	1st	6 36 42 45
2026-07-29	11	2nd	2 6 13 34
2026-07-10	11	1st	6

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: 6 is drawn with probability 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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