Number 6

In Poker Lotto under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 429 draws, 5 from 1–13.

158times drawn · chance expected 165 −0.69σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 9% for any number

2.7average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

12longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 158 times in 429 draws against 165.0 expected, −0.69σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 158 times in 429 draws · average wait 2.7 draws · longest completed wait 12 · waiting 6 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 smallest25 · chance 11.2
2nd smallest50 · chance 55.9
3rd smallest60 · chance 67.0
4th smallest21 · chance 22.3
5th smallest2 · chance 1.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 52.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 11 3 13 2 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 12 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 13. 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
2026-10-05	3	3rd	2 3 6 7 13
2026-10-02	1	3rd	2 5 6 8 12
2026-10-01	3	3rd	3 4 6 8 9
2026-09-28	7	3rd	2 4 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 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-07-20	1	3rd	4 5 6 8 9
2026-07-19	3	2nd	1 6 10 11 12
2026-07-16	1	3rd	2 4 6 13 13
2026-07-15	2	2nd	3 6 9 12 13
2026-07-13	7	2nd	1 6 8 9 10
2026-07-06	0	2nd	5 6 8 9
2026-07-06	4	2nd	5 6 8 9
2026-07-02	1	4th	2 4 5 6 13
2026-07-01	2	2nd	3 6 8 8 11
2026-06-29	1	4th	1 3 4 6 13
2026-06-28	2	1st	6 8 11 11 13
2026-06-26	12	3rd	1 5 6 12 13
2026-06-14	3	3rd	4 5 6 11 13
2026-06-11	3	1st	6 7 8 10 11
2026-06-08	1	2nd	5 6 8 12 12
2026-06-07	1	3rd	1 3 6 12 13
2026-06-06	5	1st	6 7 8 12 12
2026-06-01	4	2nd	3 6 8 11 12
2026-05-28	1	2nd	4 6 7 10 13
2026-05-27	3	4th	1 3 4 6 12
2026-05-24	10	4th	1 2 4 6 10
2026-05-14	2	3rd	3 5 6 10 13
2026-05-12	6	3rd	2 5 6 10 13
2026-05-06	2	1st	6 8 10 10 13
2026-05-04	4	1st	6 10 11 12 13
2026-04-30	4	3rd	3 4 6 10 12
2026-04-26	2	3rd	1 2 6 7 7
2026-04-24	7	3rd	3 5 6 10 12
2026-04-17	2	2nd	1 6 10 12 13
2026-04-15	2	2nd	3 6 9 11 11
2026-04-13	2	4th	2 4 5 6 8
2026-04-11	1	3rd	1 5 6 9 10
2026-04-10	3	4th	2 3 4 6 13
2026-04-07	1	2nd	5 6 8 9 10
2026-04-06	6	1st	6 8 9 10 11
2026-03-31	1	3rd	4 4 6 8 13
2026-03-30	0	1st	6 7 7 8
2026-03-30	2	1st	6 7 7 8
2026-03-28	2	1st	6 9 11 12 13
2026-03-26	1	3rd	4 5 6 7 11
2026-03-25	1	3rd	2 5 6 7 10
2026-03-24	0	1st	6 9 9 12
2026-03-24	8	1st	6 9 9 12
2026-03-16	8	2nd	1 6 7 11 13
2026-03-08	2	3rd	3 3 6 9 10
2026-03-06	3	2nd	1 6 9 10 11
2026-03-03	1	1st	6 8 10 12 13
2026-03-02	1	3rd	3 5 6 7 13
2026-03-01	2	4th	2 3 4 6 11
2026-02-27	1	3rd	1 4 6 8 10
2026-02-26	0	3rd	1 3 6 11
2026-02-26	2	3rd	1 3 6 11
2026-02-24	7	3rd	2 4 6 7 11
2026-02-17	1	3rd	4 5 6 7 8
2026-02-16	0	2nd	5 6 9 11
2026-02-16	4	2nd	5 6 9 11
2026-02-12	5	3rd	5 5 6 10 11
2026-02-07	0	4th	1 3 4 6
2026-02-07	1	4th	1 3 4 6
2026-02-06	5	2nd	1 6 7 8 12
2026-02-01	5	3rd	1 4 6 7 11
2026-01-27	3	3rd	2 4 6 10 11
2026-01-24	2	3rd	2 5 6 7 11
2026-01-22	7	3rd	2 3 6 11 12
2026-01-15	1	5th	1 2 4 5 6
2026-01-14	4	1st	6 10 11 12 12
2026-01-10	0	2nd	1 6 10 12
2026-01-10	2	2nd	1 6 10 12
2026-01-08	2	4th	2 3 4 6 12
2026-01-06	1	3rd	2 4 6 10 13
2026-01-05	3	1st	6 7 8 10 11
2026-01-02	0	2nd	3 6 9 9
2026-01-02	2	2nd	3 6 9 9
2025-12-31	3	1st	6 9 12 13 13
2025-12-28	2	2nd	2 6 7 9 12
2025-12-26	1	3rd	2 2 6 8 9
2025-12-25	4	2nd	3 6 7 10 11
2025-12-21	2	1st	6 8 9 10 11
2025-12-19	6	3rd	2 2 6 8 9
2025-12-13	5	4th	1 1 2 6 8
2025-12-08	2	2nd	3 6 7 12 13
2025-12-06	0	4th	2 2 2 6
2025-12-06	2	4th	2 2 2 6
2025-12-04	5	1st	6 9 9 9 11
2025-11-29	3	3rd	3 3 6 10 12
2025-11-26	1	2nd	3 6 10 11 13
2025-11-25	0	2nd	2 6 8 13
2025-11-25	4	2nd	2 6 8 13
2025-11-21	1	3rd	1 1 6 11 13
2025-11-20	3	3rd	1 3 6 10 12
2025-11-17	1	2nd	3 6 7 10 13
2025-11-16	1	3rd	1 2 6 11 12
2025-11-15	1	4th	1 1 5 6 7
2025-11-14	1	3rd	4 4 6 9 12
2025-11-13	2	3rd	4 5 6 8 12
2025-11-11	7	3rd	3 4 6 9 12
2025-11-04	1	5th	1 4 5 5 6
2025-11-03	2	3rd	2 3 6 7 7
2025-11-01	0	3rd	3 4 6
2025-11-01	0	3rd	3 4 6
2025-11-01	4	3rd	3 4 6
2025-10-28	2	3rd	3 5 6 7 8
2025-10-26	3	3rd	1 5 6 10 12
2025-10-23	3	2nd	3 6 8 11 13
2025-10-20	2	1st	6 7 8 12 12
2025-10-18	2	3rd	2 3 6 9 12
2025-10-16	2	2nd	3 6 10 12 12
2025-10-14	2	3rd	3 4 6 7 9
2025-10-12	1	4th	3 3 5 6 9
2025-10-11	1	2nd	2 6 7 7 12
2025-10-10	3	3rd	1 1 6 7 13
2025-10-07	5	3rd	5 5 6 7 8
2025-10-02	2	4th	2 2 4 6 8
2025-09-30	1	2nd	2 6 9 12 13
2025-09-29	7	1st	6 9 12 12 13
2025-09-22	1	2nd	2 6 9 10 13
2025-09-21	8	2nd	3 6 10 13 13
2025-09-13	2	2nd	4 6 7 12 13
2025-09-11	0	2nd	5 6 7 12
2025-09-11	2	2nd	5 6 7 12
2025-09-09	3	1st	6 7 8 10 12
2025-09-06	1	2nd	2 6 11 11 13
2025-09-05	1	4th	1 4 5 6 9
2025-09-04	2	3rd	2 5 6 10 10
2025-09-02	5	1st	6 7 11 11 13
2025-08-28	1	4th	1 2 3 6 8
2025-08-27	4	2nd	3 6 11 12 13
2025-08-23	3	3rd	3 4 6 11 11
2025-08-20	5	4th	2 5 5 6 7
2025-08-15	2	3rd	2 3 6 8 9
2025-08-13	1	4th	1 2 3 6 7
2025-08-12	2	3rd	1 4 6 7 8
2025-08-10	1	1st	6 8 9 9 11
2025-08-09	—	4th	1 1 3 6 12