Number 6

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,026 draws, 5 from 1–45.

247times drawn · chance expected 225 +1.55σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

37longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 247 times in 2,026 draws against 225.1 expected, +1.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 247 times in 2,026 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 20 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 smallest149 · chance 149.7
2nd smallest83 · chance 83.1
3rd smallest14 · chance 13.5
4th smallest1 · chance 0.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 16 14 44 19 25

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-22	7	2nd	2 6 16 34 41
2026-09-15	9	1st	6 23 35 41 44
2026-09-06	25	1st	6 9 12 39 45
2026-08-12	12	1st	6 7 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-22	3	2nd	5 6 8 14 24
2026-03-19	6	1st	6 19 24 39 41
2026-03-13	10	2nd	5 6 7 16 17
2026-03-03	2	1st	6 16 18 32 33
2026-03-01	12	2nd	3 6 7 33 41
2026-02-17	3	1st	6 15 24 34 44
2026-02-14	1	1st	6 7 16 31 43
2026-02-13	2	2nd	5 6 12 17 39
2026-02-11	37	2nd	4 6 30 31 40
2026-01-05	7	1st	6 25 31 36 42
2025-12-29	4	2nd	1 6 22 26 34
2025-12-25	3	2nd	3 6 23 24 34
2025-12-22	5	1st	6 9 19 25 45
2025-12-17	9	1st	6 26 30 35 39
2025-12-08	7	1st	6 13 18 32 44
2025-12-01	2	1st	6 7 10 26 27
2025-11-28	8	3rd	1 4 6 10 42
2025-11-20	2	2nd	4 6 23 27 37
2025-11-18	2	1st	6 16 24 30 31
2025-11-16	3	1st	6 9 16 21 36
2025-11-13	4	2nd	3 6 24 38 39
2025-11-09	21	2nd	1 6 31 42 45
2025-10-18	17	3rd	1 5 6 33 44
2025-10-01	6	1st	6 15 34 41 44
2025-09-25	3	1st	6 8 10 13 25
2025-09-22	11	1st	6 10 16 24 28
2025-09-11	4	2nd	5 6 20 25 30
2025-09-07	11	2nd	2 6 20 38 45
2025-08-27	5	1st	6 11 14 20 38
2025-08-22	3	2nd	2 6 22 41 45
2025-08-19	7	2nd	1 6 39 40 42
2025-08-12	12	1st	6 17 18 34 37
2025-07-31	19	1st	6 9 14 33 40
2025-07-12	8	1st	6 7 11 14 26
2025-07-04	6	3rd	1 2 6 19 36
2025-06-28	9	1st	6 19 20 27 39
2025-06-19	24	1st	6 9 12 14 19
2025-05-26	17	1st	6 8 12 16 25
2025-05-09	5	1st	6 8 28 29 33
2025-05-04	2	1st	6 8 21 33 41
2025-05-02	33	1st	6 7 11 15 22
2025-03-30	11	1st	6 10 11 30 42
2025-03-19	8	1st	6 13 24 26 29
2025-03-11	1	3rd	3 4 6 27 43
2025-03-10	10	1st	6 13 29 35 45
2025-02-28	8	2nd	4 6 21 27 42
2025-02-20	9	1st	6 7 22 33 42
2025-02-11	14	2nd	2 6 11 26 34
2025-01-28	5	2nd	4 6 7 19 43
2025-01-23	2	1st	6 13 26 31 34
2025-01-21	3	2nd	5 6 12 16 44
2025-01-18	7	1st	6 8 15 17 34
2025-01-11	3	1st	6 11 28 32 43
2025-01-08	18	1st	6 11 13 35 42
2024-12-21	5	1st	6 10 26 36 44
2024-12-16	6	1st	6 14 15 17 27
2024-12-10	9	1st	6 10 18 23 43
2024-12-01	6	1st	6 15 20 28 35
2024-11-25	20	1st	6 18 20 31 32
2024-11-05	25	2nd	1 6 28 41 44
2024-10-11	12	1st	6 17 26 33 45
2024-09-29	5	1st	6 31 33 34 37
2024-09-24	7	1st	6 8 19 39 43
2024-09-17	8	1st	6 12 18 20 30
2024-09-09	11	1st	6 16 22 23 33
2024-08-29	4	1st	6 18 25 27 32
2024-08-25	2	1st	6 32 35 40 41
2024-08-23	19	1st	6 16 21 25 31
2024-08-04	1	1st	6 12 30 32 43
2024-08-03	9	3rd	2 4 6 15 34
2024-07-25	14	2nd	1 6 18 21 23
2024-07-11	4	4th	1 2 5 6 17
2024-07-07	14	2nd	4 6 10 27 45
2024-06-23	9	2nd	3 6 20 26 38
2024-06-14	10	3rd	4 5 6 7 10
2024-06-04	13	1st	6 11 27 40 43
2024-05-22	14	1st	6 27 32 37 39
2024-05-08	6	1st	6 21 36 42 44
2024-05-02	4	2nd	1 6 19 32 37
2024-04-28	5	2nd	3 6 14 34 44
2024-04-23	24	2nd	2 6 16 26 36
2024-03-30	5	2nd	5 6 13 24 40
2024-03-25	2	1st	6 10 14 17 31
2024-03-23	7	1st	6 11 26 29 35
2024-03-16	30	1st	6 8 25 27 38
2024-02-15	13	2nd	1 6 12 35 45
2024-02-02	2	1st	6 28 39 42 44
2024-01-31	2	1st	6 17 28 35 44
2024-01-29	21	1st	6 8 15 17 27
2024-01-08	1	1st	6 14 29 33 43
2024-01-07	2	2nd	2 6 17 24 45
2024-01-05	5	2nd	3 6 8 18 32
2023-12-31	11	2nd	2 6 7 32 42
2023-12-20	19	1st	6 7 10 20 26
2023-12-01	3	1st	6 14 15 28 31
2023-11-28	10	1st	6 15 22 33 38
2023-11-18	7	2nd	3 6 19 26 37
2023-11-11	3	2nd	1 6 8 35 43
2023-11-08	5	2nd	4 6 10 24 42
2023-11-03	5	1st	6 11 17 29 42
2023-10-29	13	2nd	4 6 19 36 43
2023-10-16	9	1st	6 19 23 36 37
2023-10-07	8	1st	6 11 20 43 44
2023-09-29	4	1st	6 14 15 41 43
2023-09-25	2	1st	6 17 19 36 41
2023-09-23	12	2nd	4 6 10 44 45
2023-09-11	5	2nd	2 6 13 32 42
2023-09-06	2	2nd	2 6 26 27 34
2023-09-04	9	1st	6 10 17 20 43
2023-08-26	3	1st	6 8 26 39 40
2023-08-23	23	1st	6 15 16 26 33
2023-07-31	13	2nd	2 6 10 27 34
2023-07-18	3	2nd	1 6 15 36 40
2023-07-15	10	2nd	3 6 17 30 44
2023-07-05	3	1st	6 23 35 37 41
2023-07-02	5	1st	6 32 34 35 43
2023-06-27	21	1st	6 9 25 30 35
2023-06-06	11	1st	6 15 41 43 44
2023-05-26	11	2nd	3 6 11 22 34
2023-05-15	4	1st	6 11 19 21 23
2023-05-11	5	1st	6 11 18 19 39
2023-05-06	2	3rd	3 5 6 19 20
2023-05-04	2	1st	6 13 17 18 30
2023-05-02	22	2nd	5 6 19 20 30
2023-04-10	6	1st	6 12 23 29 40
2023-04-04	8	1st	6 12 23 28 32
2023-03-27	1	2nd	5 6 34 40 42
2023-03-26	6	1st	6 18 25 31 44
2023-03-20	1	1st	6 12 17 33 39
2023-03-19	22	2nd	3 6 8 25 39
2023-02-25	3	1st	6 7 11 22 28
2023-02-22	6	2nd	3 6 8 20 21
2023-02-16	5	1st	6 11 15 26 42
2023-02-11	7	3rd	3 4 6 26 41
2023-02-04	6	1st	6 7 16 41 45
2023-01-29	2	1st	6 7 22 28 41
2023-01-27	28	1st	6 29 30 32 36
2022-12-30	3	1st	6 8 11 25 26
2022-12-27	13	1st	6 18 25 29 32
2022-12-14	9	1st	6 26 29 30 40
2022-12-05	6	2nd	5 6 10 32 38
2022-11-29	5	1st	6 13 24 26 45
2022-11-24	10	1st	6 13 21 25 44
2022-11-14	8	1st	6 14 19 23 26
2022-11-06	8	1st	6 15 24 38 43
2022-10-22	13	2nd	2 6 8 35 37
2022-08-24	10	2nd	5 6 32 36 44
2022-07-20	1	1st	6 13 15 18 34
2022-07-16	7	1st	6 8 16 17 28
2022-06-22	5	1st	6 14 15 27 34
2022-06-04	19	1st	6 16 17 18 42
2022-03-30	5	1st	6 11 19 29 35
2022-03-12	12	2nd	2 6 17 18 39
2022-01-29	8	1st	6 18 21 23 36
2022-01-01	3	2nd	3 6 12 25 26
2021-12-22	2	1st	6 12 14 23 35
2021-12-15	10	2nd	4 6 19 20 24
2021-11-10	15	1st	6 9 20 36 44
2021-09-18	2	2nd	5 6 29 34 43
2021-09-11	10	1st	6 14 18 23 37
2021-08-07	1	3rd	4 5 6 11 42
2021-08-04	4	1st	6 13 16 30 41
2021-07-21	6	1st	6 11 18 30 40
2021-06-30	2	1st	6 12 36 42 45
2021-06-23	21	3rd	2 3 6 11 36
2021-04-10	3	2nd	1 6 14 36 38
2021-03-31	15	2nd	5 6 21 24 42
2021-02-06	2	2nd	3 6 9 22 34
2021-01-30	6	1st	6 9 14 29 36
2021-01-09	4	1st	6 28 32 37 41
2020-12-26	24	1st	6 9 11 13 24
2020-10-03	10	1st	6 14 15 32 40
2020-08-29	9	2nd	5 6 15 18 31
2020-07-29	1	1st	6 21 34 41 44
2020-07-25	4	2nd	4 6 16 19 27
2020-07-11	14	2nd	5 6 10 16 23
2020-05-23	24	1st	6 25 32 41 42
2020-02-29	10	1st	6 26 29 33 38
2020-01-25	1	2nd	1 6 34 39 40
2020-01-22	12	1st	6 11 16 28 35
2019-12-11	1	1st	6 14 31 40 44
2019-12-07	10	1st	6 14 36 37 42
2019-11-02	4	2nd	1 6 11 26 28
2019-10-19	2	2nd	3 6 25 35 45
2019-10-12	2	1st	6 10 14 19 22
2019-10-05	13	1st	6 10 16 30 37
2019-08-21	3	1st	6 7 14 23 25
2019-08-10	24	1st	6 24 27 28 34
2019-05-18	6	2nd	3 6 15 26 39
2019-04-27	3	3rd	3 5 6 20 22
2019-04-17	4	1st	6 7 39 40 45
2019-04-03	10	1st	6 20 33 35 44
2019-02-27	3	2nd	3 6 20 32 41
2019-02-16	14	2nd	1 6 16 40 42
2018-12-29	1	1st	6 7 16 22 28
2018-12-26	8	2nd	2 6 9 41 43
2018-11-28	2	1st	6 13 24 25 27
2018-11-21	6	3rd	3 5 6 13 33
2018-10-31	2	1st	6 30 33 41 44
2018-10-24	1	2nd	1 6 13 17 19
2018-10-20	3	1st	6 16 19 32 43
2018-10-10	12	2nd	1 6 19 26 33
2018-08-29	2	1st	6 7 8 20 44
2018-08-22	5	2nd	1 6 7 36 40
2018-08-04	17	1st	6 16 19 28 33
2018-06-06	26	2nd	3 6 14 19 26
2018-03-07	1	2nd	2 6 15 26 34
2018-03-03	1	1st	6 19 22 27 45
2018-02-28	18	2nd	2 6 25 37 43
2017-12-27	2	1st	6 23 27 29 42
2017-12-20	1	2nd	2 6 11 33 37
2017-12-16	3	1st	6 17 22 29 38
2017-12-06	13	2nd	4 6 24 33 37
2017-10-21	3	1st	6 25 30 31 39
2017-10-11	11	1st	6 14 22 29 40
2017-09-02	8	2nd	5 6 21 25 29
2017-08-05	1	1st	6 10 20 22 41
2017-08-02	6	1st	6 9 24 34 41
2017-07-12	4	1st	6 7 21 25 38
2017-06-28	6	1st	6 8 14 39 43
2017-06-07	11	3rd	2 3 6 7 44
2017-04-29	13	1st	6 8 15 16 33
2017-03-15	—	1st	6 25 30 35 45