Number 6

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

108times drawn · chance expected 116 −0.77σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

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

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 108 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −0.77σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 108 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 41 · 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 smallest66 · chance 67.6
2nd smallest31 · chance 34.5
3rd smallest11 · chance 5.5
4th smallest0 · chance 0.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 12 59 31 43 45

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-08-29	3	2nd	2 6 28 33 43 54
2026-08-19	7	2nd	1 6 24 32 48 54
2026-07-25	18	2nd	2 6 29 36 55 59
2026-05-23	6	3rd	4 5

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-02	8	3rd	4 5 6 20 21 59
2024-09-04	5	2nd	3 6 15 25 29 41
2024-08-17	4	2nd	3 6 10 18 52 59
2024-08-03	18	1st	6 19 20 26 28 45
2024-06-01	2	1st	6 11 16 21 43 50
2024-05-25	1	1st	6 28 30 40 53 58
2024-05-22	34	1st	6 7 25 31 35 43
2024-01-24	14	1st	6 22 27 46 49 57
2023-12-06	6	3rd	2 3 6 22 43 55
2023-11-15	8	1st	6 7 16 33 40 55
2023-10-18	29	1st	6 7 8 20 34 48
2023-07-08	36	1st	6 15 18 23 24 59
2023-03-04	16	1st	6 16 24 30 33 44
2023-01-07	26	1st	6 7 11 33 45 57
2022-10-08	5	1st	6 8 12 26 32 46
2022-09-21	3	1st	6 13 28 34 37 45
2022-09-10	6	2nd	2 6 7 29 31 42
2022-08-20	3	3rd	3 5 6 9 35 59
2022-08-10	9	1st	6 21 24 40 47 52
2022-07-09	11	1st	6 12 15 24 40 48
2022-06-01	7	3rd	1 4 6 30 32 38
2022-05-07	1	3rd	3 5 6 15 41 45
2022-05-04	5	1st	6 10 29 50 55 57
2022-04-16	21	3rd	2 4 6 35 55 58
2022-02-02	12	1st	6 22 29 48 50 59
2021-12-22	3	1st	6 13 14 20 45 52
2021-12-11	11	1st	6 13 14 15 31 33
2021-11-03	7	1st	6 31 39 47 48 58
2021-10-09	22	1st	6 9 30 48 51 52
2021-07-24	11	1st	6 7 17 28 34 37
2021-06-16	3	1st	6 22 28 36 48 53
2021-06-05	6	2nd	3 6 33 39 46 57
2021-05-15	7	1st	6 19 27 32 39 57
2021-04-21	2	2nd	4 6 14 32 34 39
2021-04-14	4	1st	6 12 20 48 52 57
2021-03-31	5	2nd	4 6 13 49 56 58
2021-03-13	7	1st	6 8 11 17 29 44
2021-02-17	7	2nd	5 6 8 20 26 39
2021-01-23	6	2nd	1 6 25 45 49 52
2021-01-02	15	1st	6 8 9 36 39 57
2020-11-11	3	1st	6 36 46 49 50 59
2020-10-31	23	2nd	1 6 16 34 49 59
2020-08-12	19	1st	6 8 27 31 37 51
2020-06-06	2	2nd	3 6 12 17 35 40
2020-05-30	12	2nd	2 6 8 32 33 35
2020-04-18	38	2nd	3 6 31 43 46 53
2019-12-07	24	1st	6 20 27 34 35 57
2019-09-14	8	1st	6 10 14 19 26 43
2019-08-17	16	1st	6 9 10 41 46 58
2019-06-22	3	1st	6 9 17 32 44 57
2019-06-12	23	1st	6 16 34 36 37 53
2019-03-23	2	1st	6 26 30 50 52 59
2019-03-16	6	1st	6 26 32 37 42 59
2019-02-23	6	1st	6 9 38 40 42 48
2019-02-02	16	2nd	1 6 41 53 55 59
2018-12-08	1	1st	6 23 36 38 43 48
2018-12-05	11	2nd	1 6 13 23 45 56
2018-10-27	3	2nd	1 6 25 26 31 39
2018-10-17	17	3rd	1 5 6 20 51 54
2018-08-18	14	3rd	1 2 6 12 13 55
2018-06-30	26	1st	6 28 32 45 46 49
2018-03-31	1	1st	6 8 20 26 35 36
2018-03-28	21	2nd	2 6 7 15 52 54
2018-01-13	1	1st	6 7 9 18 35 46
2018-01-10	8	1st	6 11 27 29 40 55
2017-12-13	11	1st	6 14 23 24 43 58
2017-11-04	6	1st	6 20 23 29 35 53
2017-10-14	8	1st	6 22 40 43 47 58
2017-09-16	13	2nd	1 6 31 37 49 50
2017-08-02	4	2nd	4 6 24 35 45 52
2017-07-19	12	2nd	2 6 14 16 25 36
2017-06-07	13	1st	6 8 12 36 37 41
2017-04-22	7	2nd	4 6 34 37 42 52
2017-03-29	2	2nd	5 6 16 32 42 51
2017-03-22	2	1st	6 11 12 19 27 31
2017-03-15	1	1st	6 24 27 38 39 58
2017-03-11	10	1st	6 15 23 29 55 57
2017-02-04	1	1st	6 9 27 30 40 50
2017-02-01	41	1st	6 8 15 31 45 58
2016-09-10	2	1st	6 17 37 46 47 51
2016-09-03	29	2nd	2 6 17 28 38 55
2016-05-25	1	1st	6 20 33 44 45 55
2016-05-21	32	1st	6 7 19 28 30 52
2016-01-30	—	2nd	1 6 21 31 41 44