Star 6

In Eurojackpot under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Mar 2022 rules — 476 draws, 2 from 1–12.

79times drawn · chance expected 79 −0.04σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 83% for any number

6.1average wait between appearances · chance says 6.0

42longest completed wait · 4% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 79 times in 476 draws against 79.3 expected, −0.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 79 times in 476 draws · average wait 6.1 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 2 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 smallest45 · chance 43.1
2nd smallest34 · chance 35.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 2 7 5 1 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 11 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 12. 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
2026-10-06	15	2nd	1 6
2026-08-14	4	2nd	3 6
2026-07-31	18	2nd	4 6
2026-05-29	3	2nd	5 6
2026-05-19	3	2nd	5 6
2026-05-08	7	1st	6 12
2026-04-14	7

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 2/12 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-29	4	1st	6 11
2025-07-15	1	1st	6 11
2025-07-11	1	1st	6 11
2025-07-08	2	1st	6 10
2025-07-01	13	1st	6 8
2025-05-16	14	1st	6 12
2025-03-28	2	2nd	2 6
2025-03-21	19	1st	6 12
2025-01-14	5	2nd	2 6
2024-12-27	1	1st	6 8
2024-12-24	14	1st	6 7
2024-11-05	10	2nd	1 6
2024-10-01	12	1st	6 7
2024-08-20	8	1st	6 12
2024-07-23	6	1st	6 12
2024-07-02	3	1st	6 12
2024-06-21	2	2nd	5 6
2024-06-14	4	2nd	2 6
2024-05-31	2	1st	6 7
2024-05-24	3	1st	6 12
2024-05-14	14	2nd	1 6
2024-03-26	9	2nd	1 6
2024-02-23	8	2nd	2 6
2024-01-26	4	1st	6 7
2024-01-12	4	1st	6 9
2023-12-29	3	2nd	2 6
2023-12-19	3	1st	6 12
2023-12-08	8	2nd	3 6
2023-11-10	18	2nd	5 6
2023-09-08	3	2nd	5 6
2023-08-29	4	1st	6 9
2023-08-15	2	2nd	5 6
2023-08-08	1	1st	6 9
2023-08-04	6	1st	6 7
2023-07-14	4	1st	6 8
2023-06-30	2	2nd	2 6
2023-06-23	4	1st	6 8
2023-06-09	2	1st	6 8
2023-06-02	8	1st	6 11
2023-05-05	2	1st	6 8
2023-04-28	2	1st	6 7
2023-04-21	2	2nd	3 6
2023-04-14	7	1st	6 11
2023-03-21	1	1st	6 8
2023-03-17	1	2nd	1 6
2023-03-14	5	2nd	2 6
2023-02-24	1	1st	6 7
2023-02-21	10	2nd	3 6
2023-01-17	7	2nd	2 6
2022-12-23	4	1st	6 11
2022-12-09	4	2nd	3 6
2022-11-25	11	1st	6 11
2022-10-18	17	2nd	5 6
2022-08-19	42	1st	6 8
2022-03-25	—	1st	6 10