Number 6

In Lotto under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,355 draws, 6 from 1–40.

200times drawn · chance expected 203 −0.25σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

38longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 200 times in 1,355 draws against 203.3 expected, −0.25σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 34 times, counted separately.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 200 times in 1,355 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 5 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 smallest107 · chance 96.7
2nd smallest60 · chance 80.5
3rd smallest32 · chance 20.8
4th smallest1 · chance 1.9
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 15 11 28 40 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-23	20	3rd	1 4 6 9 16 27
2026-07-15	7	1st	6 10 14 19 20 27
2026-06-20	7	1st	6 9 27 28 30 32
2026-05-27	3	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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-04	4	1st	6 9 10 11 14 35
2025-05-21	1	3rd	3 5 6 24 27 37
2025-05-17	1	2nd	2 6 15 19 22 25
2025-05-14	15	2nd	1 6 8 21 27 28
2025-03-22	5	2nd	5 6 12 19 24 26
2025-03-05	20	1st	6 9 11 14 17 33
2024-12-25	6	1st	6 13 15 18 29 31
2024-12-04	14	1st	6 7 17 20 23 35
2024-10-16	19	2nd	5 6 11 17 18 40
2024-08-10	7	2nd	3 6 17 24 25 30
2024-07-17	18	1st	6 7 13 31 33 34
2024-05-15	2	1st	6 11 13 21 28 37
2024-05-08	3	1st	6 12 13 17 28 29
2024-04-27	6	3rd	4 5 6 12 16 21
2024-04-06	3	3rd	2 5 6 10 21 30
2024-03-27	7	1st	6 8 12 15 25 38
2024-03-02	2	3rd	1 5 6 28 29 40
2024-02-24	2	1st	6 13 16 35 36 38
2024-02-17	5	2nd	5 6 10 22 24 34
2024-01-31	26	2nd	2 6 10 25 36 40
2023-11-01	4	2nd	2 6 13 26 28 32
2023-10-18	1	1st	6 11 13 28 36 40
2023-10-14	5	2nd	4 6 9 12 20 36
2023-09-27	7	2nd	3 6 9 11 19 27
2023-09-02	9	3rd	1 5 6 20 36 39
2023-08-02	4	1st	6 23 25 27 28 32
2023-07-19	3	1st	6 20 23 28 35 38
2023-07-08	4	1st	6 8 10 18 25 32
2023-06-24	5	1st	6 7 21 22 23 40
2023-06-07	1	1st	6 15 24 30 34 37
2023-06-03	24	3rd	3 4 6 19 25 29
2023-03-11	32	1st	6 19 26 28 37 39
2022-11-19	8	2nd	4 6 12 23 26 27
2022-10-22	7	1st	6 9 15 29 33 34
2022-09-28	10	3rd	1 3 6 20 31 37
2022-08-24	1	1st	6 18 24 29 30 34
2022-08-20	6	1st	6 13 28 31 33 38
2022-07-30	5	1st	6 12 16 23 24 36
2022-07-13	7	3rd	2 3 6 9 15 40
2022-06-18	5	1st	6 13 15 17 33 38
2022-06-01	9	3rd	2 5 6 9 25 35
2022-04-30	9	2nd	2 6 15 22 29 38
2022-03-30	7	3rd	4 5 6 15 22 40
2022-03-05	1	2nd	5 6 12 18 25 27
2022-03-02	3	2nd	3 6 16 23 32 38
2022-02-19	7	1st	6 14 17 24 29 32
2022-01-26	7	1st	6 15 25 34 36 38
2022-01-01	4	2nd	3 6 19 20 23 29
2021-12-18	5	3rd	3 4 6 13 14 17
2021-12-01	2	1st	6 10 11 15 28 31
2021-11-24	2	3rd	2 4 6 13 20 36
2021-11-17	1	1st	6 7 10 30 34 39
2021-11-13	16	1st	6 16 18 25 30 39
2021-09-18	6	1st	6 15 18 19 21 32
2021-08-28	8	1st	6 22 26 28 29 39
2021-07-31	1	1st	6 8 23 29 34 40
2021-07-28	4	1st	6 8 9 10 20 30
2021-07-14	5	1st	6 12 13 19 21 38
2021-06-26	5	3rd	1 2 6 11 26 32
2021-06-09	7	2nd	3 6 18 21 29 35
2021-05-15	2	1st	6 8 17 25 26 31
2021-05-08	3	1st	6 17 26 29 34 35
2021-04-28	5	1st	6 7 18 23 35 40
2021-04-10	1	1st	6 23 24 28 30 35
2021-04-07	3	1st	6 10 15 22 29 31
2021-03-27	5	1st	6 25 31 32 33 34
2021-03-10	1	2nd	3 6 11 15 17 22
2021-03-06	12	2nd	1 6 11 17 18 35
2021-01-23	1	2nd	4 6 16 20 30 40
2021-01-20	4	2nd	5 6 9 11 17 38
2021-01-06	10	2nd	1 6 16 18 23 32
2020-12-02	3	3rd	2 4 6 25 30 40
2020-11-21	9	2nd	5 6 7 15 19 36
2020-10-21	4	2nd	1 6 18 26 38 40
2020-10-07	5	1st	6 19 23 29 39 40
2020-09-19	15	1st	6 7 17 26 34 40
2020-07-29	7	1st	6 21 28 36 37 40
2020-07-04	7	2nd	2 6 7 23 25 30
2020-06-10	1	1st	6 11 12 15 17 22
2020-06-06	7	1st	6 10 11 12 25 39
2020-05-13	3	2nd	5 6 18 20 29 33
2020-05-02	4	1st	6 7 9 22 24 38
2020-04-18	4	3rd	1 4 6 8 11 19
2020-04-04	17	1st	6 10 11 13 20 30
2020-02-05	6	3rd	2 3 6 15 31 40
2020-01-15	2	2nd	4 6 21 29 32 35
2020-01-08	1	3rd	2 4 6 23 24 25
2020-01-04	2	1st	6 7 12 17 24 33
2019-12-28	1	1st	6 10 16 24 28 34
2019-12-25	2	1st	6 13 15 16 35 38
2019-12-18	3	1st	6 19 21 24 32 34
2019-12-07	8	1st	6 9 23 25 26 27
2019-11-09	6	1st	6 7 11 23 29 37
2019-10-19	5	1st	6 12 21 28 35 38
2019-10-02	5	3rd	3 4 6 22 25 32
2019-09-14	3	1st	6 13 15 22 26 34
2019-09-04	3	2nd	4 6 20 22 30 39
2019-08-24	1	3rd	2 4 6 17 22 35
2019-08-21	1	1st	6 8 15 17 21 23
2019-08-17	6	2nd	1 6 10 12 29 32
2019-07-27	1	3rd	1 4 6 17 19 21
2019-07-24	11	1st	6 22 23 25 27 32
2019-06-15	1	1st	6 15 25 27 28 35
2019-06-12	1	2nd	2 6 7 8 23 39
2019-06-08	33	1st	6 10 22 25 27 36
2019-02-13	2	3rd	2 5 6 26 27 31
2019-02-06	7	1st	6 8 14 15 26 31
2019-01-12	1	2nd	4 6 18 19 24 40
2019-01-09	11	2nd	4 6 11 12 23 40
2018-12-01	5	1st	6 25 26 30 34 39
2018-11-14	38	1st	6 8 20 24 27 31
2018-07-04	4	1st	6 13 21 30 35 38
2018-06-20	9	3rd	1 4 6 26 27 33
2018-05-19	4	2nd	3 6 13 25 31 37
2018-05-05	10	1st	6 11 16 20 34 40
2018-03-31	18	3rd	2 4 6 11 16 23
2018-01-27	13	1st	6 8 23 26 29 37
2017-12-13	23	1st	6 10 11 34 37 39
2017-09-23	8	1st	6 7 15 19 31 35
2017-08-26	7	2nd	4 6 11 29 33 35
2017-08-02	13	3rd	1 2 6 8 26 28
2017-06-17	1	3rd	3 5 6 7 33 37
2017-06-14	7	2nd	3 6 7 13 36 40
2017-05-20	25	2nd	1 6 14 16 20 31
2017-02-22	1	1st	6 14 19 30 34 36
2017-02-18	3	1st	6 10 14 24 28 35
2017-02-08	3	2nd	4 6 25 35 39 40
2017-01-28	8	1st	6 8 9 10 17 19
2016-12-31	2	1st	6 8 11 16 21 34
2016-12-24	6	2nd	3 6 9 25 26 28
2016-12-03	3	2nd	5 6 10 15 28 37
2016-11-23	8	3rd	1 2 6 7 30 40
2016-10-26	11	3rd	3 4 6 11 28 29
2016-09-17	6	1st	6 16 22 25 34 40
2016-08-27	3	2nd	4 6 7 9 15 25
2016-08-17	7	3rd	2 3 6 10 14 26
2016-07-23	1	2nd	5 6 9 21 25 33
2016-07-20	4	1st	6 15 25 34 38 39
2016-07-06	1	2nd	1 6 12 14 29 30
2016-07-02	1	2nd	5 6 13 20 28 39
2016-06-29	9	2nd	1 6 7 25 31 32
2016-05-28	4	1st	6 9 29 32 33 40
2016-05-14	15	2nd	3 6 13 18 34 40
2016-03-23	16	1st	6 12 16 18 31 37
2016-01-27	19	1st	6 7 11 13 32 34
2015-11-21	10	1st	6 15 19 31 35 40
2015-10-17	13	2nd	1 6 12 24 26 34
2015-08-01	15	1st	6 8 18 19 20 35
2015-04-18	6	1st	6 15 18 21 23 37
2015-03-07	1	3rd	1 2 6 24 26 30
2015-02-28	1	2nd	5 6 25 30 31 40
2015-02-21	7	1st	6 18 21 26 31 39
2015-01-03	24	2nd	4 6 17 27 31 32
2014-07-19	9	1st	6 8 11 16 29 33
2014-05-17	9	1st	6 19 23 26 36 40
2014-03-15	1	2nd	2 6 11 19 22 36
2014-03-08	10	2nd	3 6 8 18 28 35
2013-12-28	7	1st	6 15 16 18 20 34
2013-11-09	4	1st	6 9 18 28 30 39
2013-10-12	3	1st	6 8 30 32 37 39
2013-09-21	3	1st	6 8 17 18 21 26
2013-08-31	4	1st	6 12 17 20 25 28
2013-08-03	2	2nd	4 6 9 15 23 29
2013-07-20	6	2nd	1 6 10 20 21 36
2013-06-08	8	1st	6 7 19 29 32 37
2013-04-13	2	1st	6 7 16 24 37 38
2013-03-30	6	1st	6 10 11 26 36 38
2013-02-16	2	2nd	2 6 25 32 35 36
2013-02-02	5	2nd	5 6 13 19 24 39
2012-12-29	1	2nd	3 6 7 25 26 29
2012-12-22	1	1st	6 8 13 14 19 31
2012-12-15	11	1st	6 12 23 24 25 36
2012-09-29	16	1st	6 9 13 30 34 35
2012-06-09	19	2nd	5 6 7 10 17 24
2012-01-28	11	1st	6 8 16 33 35 40
2011-11-12	—	4th	1 2 5 6 8 18