Number 6

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

138times drawn · chance expected 147 −0.78σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

37longest completed wait · 63% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 138 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, −0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 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 138 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 37 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest74 · chance 75.4
2nd smallest54 · chance 51.0
3rd smallest8 · chance 10.7
4th smallest2 · chance 0.8
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 15.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 29 18 42 45 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-10-10	4	1st	6 9 29 34 38 39
2026-09-26	12	1st	6 13 14 22 36 42
2026-08-15	12	1st	6 14 36 43 44 46
2026-07-04	19	1st	6 17

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-08	9	1st	6 17 27 28 35 44
2024-12-07	9	2nd	1 6 8 31 37 43
2024-11-06	7	1st	6 20 29 30 32 41
2024-10-12	4	1st	6 18 29 31 45 47
2024-09-28	21	2nd	4 6 13 27 29 32
2024-07-17	28	1st	6 8 12 17 19 38
2024-04-10	2	3rd	4 5 6 14 32 34
2024-04-03	10	4th	1 4 5 6 13 17
2024-02-28	16	1st	6 7 16 26 38 44
2024-01-03	10	2nd	1 6 7 19 28 40
2023-11-29	16	3rd	2 3 6 21 28 47
2023-10-04	4	2nd	1 6 8 12 13 16
2023-09-20	7	1st	6 10 21 24 26 29
2023-08-26	1	1st	6 11 17 37 39 45
2023-08-23	2	1st	6 18 19 27 39 45
2023-08-16	4	1st	6 11 20 21 36 37
2023-08-02	9	1st	6 7 12 14 38 40
2023-07-01	12	1st	6 8 11 24 42 46
2023-05-20	1	1st	6 7 11 15 25 42
2023-05-17	1	2nd	3 6 10 25 34 39
2023-05-13	1	2nd	2 6 21 32 35 38
2023-05-10	2	1st	6 26 27 40 41 45
2023-05-03	3	2nd	3 6 7 10 39 40
2023-04-22	15	1st	6 7 8 22 25 40
2023-03-01	1	2nd	1 6 12 23 24 34
2023-02-25	6	2nd	4 6 14 20 22 33
2023-02-04	1	1st	6 13 14 15 26 42
2023-02-01	4	2nd	1 6 15 20 34 38
2023-01-18	11	2nd	1 6 19 39 43 47
2022-12-10	8	2nd	2 6 21 33 35 36
2022-11-12	3	1st	6 12 22 27 42 46
2022-11-02	37	2nd	1 6 29 37 42 44
2022-06-25	4	2nd	2 6 27 28 41 45
2022-06-11	4	2nd	1 6 22 28 29 34
2022-05-28	10	1st	6 17 27 33 40 41
2022-04-23	7	1st	6 15 18 35 43 47
2022-03-30	3	1st	6 9 12 29 36 40
2022-03-19	8	1st	6 8 38 39 45 47
2022-02-19	2	2nd	1 6 16 30 31 46
2022-02-12	25	1st	6 19 30 31 33 43
2021-11-17	2	1st	6 7 14 22 32 46
2021-11-10	1	1st	6 20 29 33 37 42
2021-11-06	2	2nd	5 6 9 15 19 25
2021-10-30	7	2nd	5 6 17 22 33 41
2021-10-06	2	2nd	5 6 9 31 35 45
2021-09-29	12	1st	6 18 27 33 37 45
2021-08-18	26	1st	6 18 36 41 46 47
2021-05-19	2	3rd	3 5 6 27 29 39
2021-05-12	18	2nd	1 6 14 19 31 47
2021-03-10	6	1st	6 26 31 38 39 47
2021-02-17	13	1st	6 7 13 19 21 45
2021-01-02	10	2nd	3 6 18 26 42 47
2020-11-28	2	2nd	5 6 16 18 45 47
2020-11-21	8	1st	6 19 21 27 28 36
2020-10-24	12	2nd	1 6 18 29 31 42
2020-09-12	18	1st	6 15 16 28 31 41
2020-07-11	5	2nd	1 6 11 15 41 44
2020-06-24	4	2nd	5 6 15 32 39 47
2020-06-10	32	1st	6 19 32 35 37 47
2020-02-19	17	1st	6 10 16 24 25 46
2019-12-21	6	1st	6 19 22 28 35 40
2019-11-30	5	1st	6 7 19 22 24 46
2019-11-13	12	2nd	2 6 8 9 24 39
2019-10-02	3	1st	6 10 16 23 24 37
2019-09-21	8	1st	6 8 13 15 21 30
2019-08-24	4	2nd	5 6 8 16 29 46
2019-08-10	34	1st	6 12 28 33 44 45
2019-04-13	11	1st	6 7 17 24 27 44
2019-03-06	5	2nd	2 6 13 21 41 46
2019-02-16	5	2nd	3 6 17 28 35 42
2019-01-30	1	2nd	4 6 16 34 38 39
2019-01-26	3	1st	6 12 13 23 31 34
2019-01-16	21	1st	6 9 11 27 34 42
2018-11-03	1	3rd	1 5 6 12 22 46
2018-10-31	9	1st	6 15 20 29 38 44
2018-09-29	1	1st	6 9 13 14 27 45
2018-09-26	19	1st	6 7 21 37 46 47
2018-07-21	5	2nd	2 6 11 13 20 30
2018-07-04	3	1st	6 25 29 33 42 46
2018-06-23	2	2nd	4 6 12 20 40 43
2018-06-16	6	1st	6 26 27 32 45 47
2018-05-26	4	1st	6 15 22 30 39 45
2018-05-12	26	2nd	5 6 14 19 22 30
2018-02-10	10	2nd	4 6 16 18 27 39
2018-01-06	28	1st	6 8 19 20 38 46
2017-09-30	7	2nd	4 6 16 18 26 32
2017-09-06	12	4th	1 4 5 6 18 47
2017-07-26	4	2nd	1 6 13 24 37 40
2017-07-12	4	2nd	5 6 24 30 38 47
2017-06-28	5	1st	6 10 15 25 34 45
2017-06-10	5	2nd	5 6 19 20 24 29
2017-05-24	17	1st	6 16 21 22 30 45
2017-03-25	6	3rd	1 4 6 16 18 27
2017-03-04	7	1st	6 12 18 20 41 42
2017-02-08	4	2nd	2 6 9 31 41 47
2017-01-25	6	1st	6 7 17 20 25 29
2017-01-04	4	1st	6 10 19 21 43 44
2016-12-21	5	1st	6 10 23 28 37 41
2016-12-03	15	2nd	2 6 21 23 29 44
2016-10-12	8	2nd	4 6 9 20 29 45
2016-09-14	1	1st	6 7 15 17 20 45
2016-09-10	2	2nd	5 6 14 24 26 29
2016-09-03	7	1st	6 9 11 16 19 29
2016-08-10	1	1st	6 11 17 20 28 34
2016-08-06	7	1st	6 17 18 30 40 43
2016-07-13	6	1st	6 9 17 33 44 47
2016-06-22	1	1st	6 16 23 28 32 35
2016-06-18	22	2nd	4 6 15 21 22 42
2016-04-02	7	3rd	2 3 6 22 25 42
2016-03-09	12	2nd	4 6 12 13 15 31
2016-01-27	2	1st	6 7 11 17 23 33
2016-01-20	7	2nd	3 6 17 23 27 29
2015-12-26	6	2nd	5 6 10 14 40 41
2015-12-05	—	2nd	1 6 17 25 31 38