Number 6

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,062 draws, 5 from 1–39.

398times drawn · chance expected 393 +0.29σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 19% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

37longest completed wait · 94% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 398 times in 3,062 draws against 392.6 expected, +0.29σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 398 times in 3,062 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 13 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 smallest230 · chance 220.6
2nd smallest129 · chance 147.1
3rd smallest37 · chance 28.5
4th smallest2 · chance 1.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 41.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 8 18 10 4 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-09-18	1	3rd	2 4 6 8 17
2026-09-16	11	1st	6 9 16 20 36
2026-08-28	2	1st	6 9 10 28 34
2026-08-25	21	1st	6 8 9

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-09-20	10	2nd	1 6 12 26 28
2025-09-03	20	2nd	4 6 13 29 33
2025-07-30	14	1st	6 7 13 21 31
2025-07-05	2	1st	6 18 21 28 29
2025-07-02	9	1st	6 9 12 20 35
2025-06-17	1	2nd	2 6 12 17 39
2025-06-14	13	1st	6 27 28 29 39
2025-05-23	1	2nd	4 6 12 24 30
2025-05-21	11	1st	6 12 20 33 34
2025-05-02	14	3rd	1 4 6 35 37
2025-04-08	3	1st	6 9 23 25 34
2025-04-02	5	3rd	1 4 6 26 34
2025-03-25	28	3rd	3 4 6 13 35
2025-02-04	19	2nd	2 6 18 27 38
2025-01-01	2	2nd	5 6 18 32 36
2024-12-28	1	1st	6 17 21 27 34
2024-12-27	2	1st	6 20 27 29 30
2024-12-24	16	2nd	1 6 8 13 19
2024-11-26	11	1st	6 8 18 22 24
2024-11-06	2	1st	6 12 19 20 39
2024-11-02	4	1st	6 11 23 29 31
2024-10-26	30	1st	6 9 15 32 38
2024-09-04	4	1st	6 23 25 26 30
2024-08-28	1	2nd	4 6 13 16 28
2024-08-27	2	3rd	3 5 6 9 34
2024-08-23	1	2nd	5 6 11 20 33
2024-08-21	14	3rd	1 2 6 17 22
2024-07-27	11	1st	6 11 18 33 38
2024-07-09	16	1st	6 12 17 23 35
2024-06-11	3	1st	6 12 21 35 38
2024-06-05	7	3rd	3 5 6 25 35
2024-05-24	17	1st	6 14 27 31 32
2024-04-24	5	2nd	1 6 15 17 35
2024-04-16	37	1st	6 11 17 27 39
2024-02-10	20	3rd	2 4 6 14 38
2024-01-06	27	2nd	1 6 23 38 39
2023-11-21	6	1st	6 16 20 25 36
2023-11-10	2	1st	6 17 18 23 35
2023-11-07	13	1st	6 8 15 24 25
2023-10-14	2	2nd	1 6 7 16 36
2023-10-11	5	2nd	3 6 9 10 32
2023-10-03	3	2nd	1 6 19 27 36
2023-09-27	15	2nd	4 6 12 13 36
2023-09-01	29	2nd	4 6 10 14 24
2023-07-12	3	3rd	1 2 6 28 35
2023-07-07	6	1st	6 11 18 32 35
2023-06-27	5	2nd	2 6 12 22 23
2023-06-17	7	4th	1 3 5 6 38
2023-06-06	3	2nd	5 6 8 24 32
2023-05-31	14	1st	6 12 13 15 21
2023-05-06	1	2nd	5 6 25 28 34
2023-05-05	2	2nd	4 6 9 10 38
2023-05-02	2	2nd	4 6 8 16 26
2023-04-28	15	2nd	4 6 26 33 38
2023-04-01	3	1st	6 9 24 28 30
2023-03-28	22	1st	6 15 29 31 32
2023-02-17	5	1st	6 16 28 35 37
2023-02-08	2	1st	6 16 35 37 38
2023-02-04	2	2nd	5 6 15 20 34
2023-02-01	9	2nd	4 6 22 26 27
2023-01-17	11	2nd	3 6 19 31 32
2022-12-28	7	3rd	1 5 6 19 28
2022-12-16	2	2nd	1 6 10 28 39
2022-12-13	3	2nd	2 6 16 22 32
2022-12-07	4	2nd	1 6 9 12 22
2022-11-30	4	1st	6 24 25 31 34
2022-11-23	10	2nd	5 6 8 18 21
2022-11-05	13	3rd	1 5 6 32 36
2022-10-14	26	1st	6 13 32 38 39
2022-08-30	2	1st	6 12 31 33 36
2022-08-26	13	1st	6 10 14 20 22
2022-08-03	21	2nd	1 6 15 34 38
2022-06-28	4	2nd	2 6 8 11 16
2022-06-21	5	1st	6 9 12 17 21
2022-06-11	11	1st	6 8 12 13 14
2022-05-24	6	2nd	1 6 14 15 22
2022-05-13	14	2nd	2 6 13 29 38
2022-04-19	2	1st	6 19 23 24 39
2022-04-15	1	1st	6 12 17 19 24
2022-04-13	11	2nd	2 6 16 31 35
2022-03-25	18	1st	6 9 25 32 39
2022-02-22	2	2nd	2 6 21 34 37
2022-02-18	3	1st	6 7 9 20 23
2022-02-12	19	1st	6 13 18 29 34
2022-01-11	4	1st	6 7 16 17 18
2022-01-04	1	1st	6 13 31 32 34
2022-01-01	1	2nd	4 6 8 10 18
2021-12-31	22	2nd	2 6 11 12 37
2021-11-23	10	3rd	1 3 6 15 39
2021-11-05	2	2nd	2 6 13 14 24
2021-11-02	3	1st	6 10 11 27 30
2021-10-27	8	1st	6 7 15 22 38
2021-10-13	3	2nd	3 6 9 21 33
2021-10-08	9	2nd	4 6 10 15 20
2021-09-22	22	1st	6 7 11 13 20
2021-08-14	5	3rd	1 4 6 18 32
2021-08-06	22	2nd	2 6 15 23 24
2021-06-29	1	2nd	4 6 17 18 20
2021-06-26	3	1st	6 24 29 33 37
2021-06-22	1	1st	6 18 26 36 37
2021-06-19	9	1st	6 7 18 23 34
2021-06-04	16	1st	6 8 17 23 33
2021-05-07	18	4th	2 3 5 6 17
2021-04-06	6	1st	6 9 27 33 35
2021-03-26	7	1st	6 21 33 38 39
2021-03-13	1	1st	6 24 27 31 35
2021-03-12	14	1st	6 19 30 36 38
2021-02-16	5	1st	6 13 14 29 37
2021-02-06	3	1st	6 14 16 31 32
2021-02-02	1	2nd	5 6 11 20 28
2021-01-30	10	1st	6 11 14 23 33
2021-01-13	2	1st	6 22 28 32 37
2021-01-09	1	1st	6 8 26 29 35
2021-01-08	1	1st	6 13 24 25 30
2021-01-06	4	1st	6 13 22 27 31
2020-12-30	8	3rd	1 4 6 8 15
2020-12-16	13	2nd	4 6 18 27 32
2020-11-24	4	2nd	4 6 7 9 37
2020-11-17	17	1st	6 15 16 33 35
2020-10-17	2	1st	6 9 11 24 31
2020-10-14	2	2nd	1 6 26 38 39
2020-10-10	4	1st	6 23 25 26 29
2020-10-03	1	2nd	3 6 10 11 28
2020-10-02	1	1st	6 7 22 33 36
2020-09-30	10	3rd	2 5 6 12 28
2020-09-12	7	3rd	2 5 6 16 33
2020-09-01	2	1st	6 14 32 33 39
2020-08-28	10	2nd	5 6 10 12 37
2020-08-11	9	2nd	2 6 16 20 38
2020-07-25	1	1st	6 14 15 21 26
2020-07-24	24	1st	6 13 19 22 29
2020-06-12	12	1st	6 24 25 36 37
2020-05-22	10	2nd	4 6 8 14 17
2020-05-05	3	1st	6 31 33 34 39
2020-04-29	17	1st	6 7 19 34 39
2020-03-31	3	2nd	3 6 10 33 39
2020-03-25	1	2nd	3 6 18 23 30
2020-03-24	6	1st	6 8 20 26 29
2020-03-13	1	2nd	5 6 11 13 31
2020-03-11	1	1st	6 14 15 18 24
2020-03-10	5	2nd	2 6 7 10 34
2020-02-29	3	3rd	1 3 6 10 37
2020-02-25	4	1st	6 9 18 24 38
2020-02-18	7	1st	6 10 27 32 34
2020-02-05	20	1st	6 18 25 29 38
2020-01-01	8	2nd	4 6 37 38 39
2019-12-18	4	2nd	4 6 16 17 23
2019-12-11	3	1st	6 7 10 23 34
2019-12-06	9	1st	6 9 26 35 36
2019-11-20	12	1st	6 15 25 30 35
2019-10-30	15	2nd	1 6 15 34 36
2019-10-04	9	1st	6 12 25 33 39
2019-09-18	1	1st	6 10 22 26 37
2019-09-17	9	1st	6 11 14 15 30
2019-08-31	1	1st	6 10 23 25 28
2019-08-30	11	1st	6 23 27 30 34
2019-08-10	9	2nd	5 6 13 16 29
2019-07-26	3	2nd	3 6 10 21 35
2019-07-20	6	2nd	5 6 8 11 37
2019-07-10	6	1st	6 8 12 16 36
2019-06-29	4	2nd	1 6 12 18 20
2019-06-22	7	1st	6 13 28 35 36
2019-06-11	8	3rd	1 3 6 9 18
2019-05-28	1	2nd	2 6 7 32 39
2019-05-25	1	1st	6 9 14 20 29
2019-05-24	5	2nd	4 6 12 13 37
2019-05-15	3	1st	6 15 17 26 27
2019-05-10	23	1st	6 11 18 30 31
2019-03-30	7	1st	6 10 12 16 30
2019-03-19	11	1st	6 11 12 31 36
2019-02-27	1	1st	6 13 24 35 37
2019-02-26	1	1st	6 13 29 30 31
2019-02-23	13	1st	6 12 21 23 30
2019-02-01	6	1st	6 8 19 26 34
2019-01-22	2	2nd	5 6 17 20 30
2019-01-18	1	3rd	1 4 6 29 32
2019-01-16	8	1st	6 12 23 29 30
2019-01-02	5	2nd	5 6 20 21 31
2018-12-25	6	1st	6 11 16 30 36
2018-12-14	4	1st	6 9 25 33 36
2018-12-07	5	2nd	3 6 26 29 31
2018-11-28	3	3rd	1 3 6 13 14
2018-11-23	4	1st	6 8 10 22 25
2018-11-16	23	1st	6 8 21 26 35
2018-10-06	10	2nd	4 6 11 12 16
2018-09-19	5	1st	6 11 30 36 39
2018-09-11	21	1st	6 14 17 32 37
2018-08-04	2	1st	6 11 16 29 33
2018-08-01	4	2nd	5 6 11 20 38
2018-07-25	13	2nd	1 6 27 29 33
2018-07-03	13	1st	6 25 30 33 39
2018-06-09	14	1st	6 24 34 35 38
2018-05-16	5	1st	6 19 20 27 28
2018-05-08	9	1st	6 9 12 15 16
2018-04-21	8	1st	6 9 24 31 37
2018-04-07	1	1st	6 8 14 21 35
2018-04-06	13	3rd	3 4 6 10 17
2018-03-14	9	1st	6 9 22 26 31
2018-02-27	12	2nd	4 6 15 19 34
2018-02-06	6	1st	6 15 21 22 30
2018-01-26	8	1st	6 15 18 19 34
2018-01-06	6	2nd	4 6 16 24 34
2017-12-23	1	1st	6 8 25 32 33
2017-12-22	8	1st	6 8 15 35 39
2017-12-02	17	1st	6 15 19 30 31
2017-10-25	8	3rd	1 2 6 31 34
2017-10-06	2	1st	6 7 20 24 39
2017-09-30	2	1st	6 14 24 38 39
2017-09-27	26	3rd	3 4 6 18 19
2017-07-28	1	2nd	4 6 12 25 37
2017-07-26	2	1st	6 7 12 19 34
2017-07-21	13	2nd	5 6 7 14 35
2017-06-21	6	2nd	3 6 9 21 22
2017-06-07	12	1st	6 8 18 19 34
2017-05-10	8	3rd	3 5 6 31 34
2017-04-21	4	2nd	1 6 11 15 34
2017-04-12	1	1st	6 16 17 19 20
2017-04-08	1	3rd	4 5 6 13 19
2017-04-07	1	1st	6 10 17 33 37
2017-04-05	12	2nd	2 6 13 34 36
2017-03-08	20	1st	6 18 20 21 37
2017-01-20	11	1st	6 13 19 35 36
2016-12-24	5	2nd	1 6 25 32 36
2016-12-14	3	3rd	1 4 6 28 30
2016-12-07	2	2nd	3 6 22 25 28
2016-12-02	5	1st	6 19 30 33 35
2016-11-19	1	2nd	3 6 15 26 38
2016-11-18	20	1st	6 7 9 24 38
2016-10-01	10	1st	6 8 17 26 33
2016-09-09	13	1st	6 12 20 26 27
2016-08-10	5	2nd	2 6 13 20 29
2016-07-29	7	1st	6 7 16 22 29
2016-07-13	3	3rd	1 3 6 8 12
2016-07-06	23	2nd	2 6 15 18 29
2016-05-13	1	1st	6 10 12 28 31
2016-05-11	4	1st	6 10 16 25 27
2016-04-30	7	1st	6 10 11 17 18
2016-04-15	6	1st	6 14 16 30 38
2016-04-01	1	1st	6 7 10 12 26
2016-03-30	9	2nd	5 6 15 30 32
2016-03-09	6	1st	6 11 13 19 36
2016-02-24	4	1st	6 7 28 30 38
2016-02-13	3	3rd	4 5 6 29 32
2016-02-06	18	1st	6 12 18 21 31
2015-12-26	4	2nd	2 6 28 32 35
2015-12-18	5	3rd	4 5 6 16 25
2015-12-05	2	2nd	5 6 27 30 33
2015-12-02	10	2nd	2 6 25 29 34
2015-11-07	11	1st	6 11 13 25 36
2015-10-14	11	1st	6 12 23 34 37
2015-09-18	9	2nd	3 6 12 17 23
2015-08-28	10	2nd	1 6 14 30 36
2015-08-05	3	1st	6 23 26 27 35
2015-07-29	1	2nd	1 6 20 22 23
2015-07-25	8	1st	6 7 11 23 29
2015-07-08	5	2nd	2 6 19 37 38
2015-06-26	6	3rd	2 3 6 13 20
2015-06-12	10	2nd	1 6 12 27 36
2015-05-20	21	1st	6 10 21 22 32
2015-04-01	5	1st	6 22 23 24 38
2015-03-20	1	1st	6 9 16 34 35
2015-03-18	6	1st	6 11 20 26 31
2015-03-04	1	1st	6 20 28 33 36
2015-02-28	1	1st	6 17 22 33 37
2015-02-27	10	1st	6 10 13 19 21
2015-02-04	1	1st	6 8 14 28 30
2015-01-31	1	1st	6 10 22 25 27
2015-01-30	3	1st	6 8 20 27 35
2015-01-23	20	2nd	5 6 17 24 39
2014-12-06	15	1st	6 10 11 15 36
2014-11-01	7	2nd	1 6 14 19 32
2014-10-17	3	2nd	2 6 10 22 38
2014-10-10	2	1st	6 21 25 31 34
2014-10-04	1	1st	6 9 12 16 36
2014-10-03	3	1st	6 29 30 33 39
2014-09-26	3	1st	6 8 13 32 33
2014-09-19	2	1st	6 22 24 26 33
2014-09-13	8	2nd	1 6 15 24 31
2014-08-27	9	1st	6 7 9 26 35
2014-08-06	6	2nd	4 6 12 25 35
2014-07-23	2	2nd	5 6 9 13 25
2014-07-18	2	1st	6 8 12 22 27
2014-07-12	2	1st	6 22 25 31 34
2014-07-09	2	2nd	2 6 10 15 25
2014-07-04	2	1st	6 8 32 35 39
2014-06-28	15	1st	6 18 23 33 36
2014-05-24	19	2nd	1 6 10 12 32
2014-04-11	18	1st	6 14 21 37 38
2014-02-28	5	2nd	3 6 7 26 38
2014-02-15	18	1st	6 7 14 17 18
2014-01-04	7	2nd	1 6 10 38 39
2013-12-20	6	1st	6 14 20 21 39
2013-12-06	2	1st	6 8 27 32 39
2013-11-30	11	2nd	4 6 17 21 25
2013-11-06	5	2nd	3 6 7 14 37
2013-10-25	4	1st	6 19 24 25 38
2013-10-16	6	2nd	1 6 18 24 31
2013-10-02	18	1st	6 12 28 30 34
2013-08-21	1	2nd	5 6 13 20 38
2013-08-17	31	3rd	1 4 6 30 37
2013-06-07	1	1st	6 8 10 24 35
2013-06-05	12	1st	6 15 17 27 39
2013-05-08	5	1st	6 9 17 20 28
2013-04-26	6	2nd	5 6 7 14 20
2013-04-12	2	1st	6 8 19 36 37
2013-04-06	4	1st	6 8 17 18 27
2013-03-29	3	1st	6 10 20 26 33
2013-03-22	9	1st	6 17 19 25 33
2013-03-01	4	1st	6 14 15 18 22
2013-02-20	4	2nd	1 6 11 14 24
2013-02-09	2	1st	6 8 9 22 38
2013-02-06	1	1st	6 14 27 31 35
2013-02-02	6	1st	6 16 17 28 33
2013-01-19	3	1st	6 8 22 24 26
2013-01-12	4	1st	6 26 30 31 39
2013-01-04	3	1st	6 14 17 24 28
2012-12-28	15	1st	6 7 8 38 39
2012-11-23	7	3rd	2 4 6 18 19
2012-11-07	4	2nd	3 6 7 8 39
2012-10-27	2	1st	6 15 16 19 28
2012-10-24	35	1st	6 7 16 29 34
2012-08-03	1	1st	6 7 13 25 38
2012-08-01	3	1st	6 9 18 22 26
2012-07-25	2	3rd	3 5 6 9 27
2012-07-20	8	1st	6 9 12 21 28
2012-06-30	1	2nd	3 6 12 15 21
2012-06-29	21	2nd	4 6 15 25 28
2012-05-11	5	3rd	1 4 6 17 32
2012-04-28	3	1st	6 8 21 34 36
2012-04-21	12	1st	6 8 13 18 21
2012-03-24	7	1st	6 18 31 32 33
2012-03-09	2	2nd	4 6 7 29 33
2012-03-03	9	2nd	1 6 13 27 30
2012-02-11	21	1st	6 17 21 28 32
2011-12-24	8	1st	6 7 18 20 39
2011-12-07	10	1st	6 29 31 35 38
2011-11-12	4	1st	6 7 18 19 35
2011-11-04	1	1st	6 10 20 26 35
2011-11-02	3	1st	6 12 24 25 36
2011-10-26	27	1st	6 13 19 24 28
2011-08-24	1	2nd	5 6 20 29 30
2011-08-20	7	1st	6 7 11 22 33
2011-08-05	9	1st	6 8 20 23 39
2011-07-15	8	1st	6 10 18 23 38
2011-06-25	1	1st	6 8 32 33 37
2011-06-24	8	3rd	4 5 6 7 28
2011-06-04	6	1st	6 13 20 35 36
2011-05-21	6	2nd	3 6 8 10 28
2011-05-07	13	1st	6 12 16 17 19
2011-04-08	7	1st	6 12 21 25 36
2011-03-23	2	2nd	5 6 10 29 38
2011-03-18	4	1st	6 12 15 21 26
2011-03-09	14	3rd	3 4 6 18 29
2011-02-04	1	1st	6 12 15 21 22
2011-02-02	4	1st	6 11 16 23 37
2011-01-22	1	1st	6 9 18 21 36
2011-01-21	13	1st	6 8 14 27 36
2010-12-22	16	1st	6 12 17 33 36
2010-11-13	14	2nd	5 6 10 23 36
2010-10-13	9	1st	6 13 25 26 34
2010-09-22	3	1st	6 10 13 29 33
2010-09-15	8	2nd	3 6 15 16 38
2010-08-27	32	2nd	3 6 11 18 27
2010-06-12	4	1st	6 7 9 18 31
2010-06-04	11	2nd	2 6 23 33 36
2010-05-08	1	2nd	5 6 7 8 10
2010-05-05	1	1st	6 8 16 18 20
2010-05-01	2	2nd	2 6 15 24 30
2010-04-24	9	2nd	4 6 10 14 18
2010-03-24	4	1st	6 14 21 23 25
2010-03-10	15	2nd	3 6 9 10 17
2010-01-16	1	1st	6 13 27 28 30
2010-01-13	1	1st	6 21 28 30 31
2010-01-09	—	1st	6 15 18 26 31