Number 6

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

99times drawn · chance expected 105 −0.60σ

30draws waiting · a wait this long: 5% for any number

10.4average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

41longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 99 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, −0.60σ. Each draw is independent: after 30 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 99 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 10.4 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 30 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 smallest75 · chance 63.4
2nd smallest22 · chance 30.9
3rd smallest2 · chance 4.4
4th smallest0 · chance 0.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 24 10 29 12 34

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, 6 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 6 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-06-26	6	1st	6 16 26 34 35
2026-06-05	1	2nd	5 6 16 17 49
2026-06-02	2	1st	6 9 17 18 42
2026-05-26	1	1st	6 23 25

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-23	35	1st	6 9 11 32 49
2023-12-22	3	1st	6 14 34 44 49
2023-12-12	2	1st	6 28 37 39 43
2023-12-05	18	2nd	4 6 20 24 25
2023-10-03	2	1st	6 20 22 24 45
2023-09-26	13	2nd	2 6 14 19 23
2023-08-11	12	2nd	4 6 10 13 34
2023-06-30	11	2nd	1 6 25 29 36
2023-05-23	2	2nd	5 6 14 23 34
2023-05-16	21	2nd	4 6 9 14 37
2023-03-03	12	2nd	3 6 8 24 50
2023-01-20	41	2nd	3 6 13 40 42
2022-08-30	12	2nd	4 6 10 15 19
2022-07-19	5	1st	6 23 27 40 41
2022-07-01	3	1st	6 18 24 34 46
2022-06-21	4	1st	6 23 36 39 47
2022-06-07	13	1st	6 16 17 25 31
2022-04-22	2	1st	6 11 21 35 36
2022-04-15	6	1st	6 24 30 32 48
2022-03-25	6	1st	6 10 24 27 29
2022-03-04	7	1st	6 20 40 42 43
2022-02-08	4	1st	6 20 34 37 43
2022-01-25	3	1st	6 16 18 39 47
2022-01-14	5	1st	6 17 25 31 46
2021-12-28	22	2nd	4 6 15 17 29
2021-10-12	4	1st	6 13 22 45 49
2021-09-28	5	1st	6 7 12 33 39
2021-09-10	8	2nd	1 6 7 18 28
2021-08-13	9	1st	6 12 44 47 49
2021-07-13	1	2nd	5 6 8 11 22
2021-07-09	3	1st	6 19 36 37 49
2021-06-29	2	1st	6 12 20 24 48
2021-06-22	11	1st	6 24 26 27 41
2021-05-14	8	1st	6 16 18 29 38
2021-04-16	10	1st	6 11 29 40 48
2021-03-12	4	2nd	4 6 9 11 44
2021-02-26	22	1st	6 12 22 29 33
2020-12-11	15	1st	6 9 13 24 41
2020-10-20	5	2nd	5 6 15 37 42
2020-10-02	8	1st	6 12 15 40 45
2020-09-04	5	1st	6 22 29 40 43
2020-08-18	14	1st	6 12 17 34 42
2020-06-30	22	2nd	1 6 11 28 42
2020-04-14	23	1st	6 29 34 35 40
2020-01-24	4	3rd	3 4 6 9 24
2020-01-10	28	1st	6 17 32 44 46
2019-10-04	29	1st	6 9 35 41 44
2019-06-25	28	1st	6 26 27 34 46
2019-03-19	4	2nd	1 6 9 34 47
2019-03-05	1	1st	6 10 16 39 46
2019-03-01	5	1st	6 9 19 26 31
2019-02-12	5	1st	6 34 36 41 50
2019-01-25	2	2nd	1 6 13 15 16
2019-01-18	17	2nd	5 6 16 30 46
2018-11-20	16	1st	6 19 39 45 48
2018-09-25	20	1st	6 15 20 30 38
2018-07-17	14	2nd	4 6 27 48 50
2018-05-29	7	1st	6 11 20 38 43
2018-05-04	1	1st	6 12 23 39 45
2018-05-01	20	1st	6 15 17 42 48
2018-02-20	7	1st	6 14 19 25 29
2018-01-26	5	1st	6 15 24 28 48
2018-01-09	12	1st	6 12 15 38 49
2017-11-28	16	2nd	1 6 12 18 42
2017-10-03	3	1st	6 24 32 48 50
2017-09-22	5	1st	6 11 31 39 42
2017-09-05	36	1st	6 9 18 28 29
2017-05-02	13	1st	6 19 23 25 27
2017-03-17	3	1st	6 10 19 29 36
2017-03-07	23	1st	6 37 41 48 50
2016-12-16	2	1st	6 10 30 41 45
2016-12-09	2	1st	6 12 28 37 40
2016-12-02	9	1st	6 11 23 31 32
2016-11-01	10	1st	6 10 20 29 37
2016-09-27	—	1st	6 9 13 39 41