Number 6

In Easy 5 under the 5/37 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,615 draws, 5 from 1–37.

206times drawn · chance expected 218 −0.89σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

46longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 206 times in 1,615 draws against 218.2 expected, −0.89σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 206 times in 1,615 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 8 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 smallest115 · chance 110.0
2nd smallest75 · chance 78.6
3rd smallest15 · chance 16.3
4th smallest1 · chance 1.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 18 24 30 9 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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
2026-09-12	1	1st	6 9 16 28 37
2026-09-09	6	1st	6 14 23 24 37
2026-08-19	14	1st	6 9 24 25 30
2026-07-01	3	1st	6 7 12 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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-11	14	1st	6 9 10 12 16
2024-10-23	9	1st	6 18 31 35 36
2024-09-21	2	1st	6 8 16 28 33
2024-09-14	3	1st	6 7 27 31 37
2024-09-04	8	1st	6 9 14 22 25
2024-08-07	6	2nd	3 6 8 16 27
2024-07-17	14	3rd	1 4 6 12 32
2024-05-29	15	1st	6 7 11 28 32
2024-04-06	1	1st	6 16 18 30 32
2024-04-03	1	2nd	5 6 20 36 37
2024-03-30	14	2nd	3 6 19 28 33
2024-02-10	7	2nd	1 6 12 24 33
2024-01-17	3	1st	6 13 24 26 32
2024-01-06	3	1st	6 7 14 17 31
2023-12-27	16	1st	6 7 16 18 30
2023-11-01	14	1st	6 12 17 19 27
2023-09-13	5	2nd	3 6 9 15 29
2023-08-26	10	1st	6 7 11 23 25
2023-07-22	3	2nd	4 6 16 19 36
2023-07-12	1	1st	6 27 29 30 31
2023-07-08	12	1st	6 15 20 27 32
2023-05-27	4	1st	6 7 29 32 36
2023-05-13	7	2nd	2 6 8 14 37
2023-04-19	10	1st	6 10 32 33 34
2023-03-15	32	4th	1 3 4 6 27
2022-11-23	3	1st	6 11 18 21 22
2022-11-12	1	1st	6 12 24 25 35
2022-11-09	2	2nd	4 6 11 30 33
2022-11-02	38	3rd	1 4 6 21 35
2022-06-22	6	3rd	2 3 6 7 32
2022-06-01	20	2nd	3 6 12 16 28
2022-03-23	7	1st	6 7 20 22 27
2022-02-26	4	2nd	5 6 8 14 29
2022-02-12	2	1st	6 9 17 23 30
2022-02-05	1	1st	6 15 18 32 35
2022-02-02	1	2nd	3 6 28 30 35
2022-01-29	5	1st	6 14 20 26 34
2022-01-12	2	1st	6 10 11 14 23
2022-01-05	12	2nd	2 6 16 18 22
2021-11-20	3	2nd	4 6 7 16 36
2021-11-10	3	1st	6 17 18 32 35
2021-10-30	9	2nd	1 6 11 24 26
2021-09-29	3	2nd	2 6 21 27 34
2021-09-18	9	2nd	1 6 12 19 30
2021-08-18	2	2nd	4 6 11 14 22
2021-08-11	1	3rd	2 5 6 14 22
2021-08-07	7	2nd	4 6 11 24 26
2021-07-14	7	1st	6 21 31 32 37
2021-06-19	18	1st	6 19 22 23 27
2021-04-17	3	2nd	2 6 7 9 12
2021-04-07	5	2nd	4 6 12 18 20
2021-03-20	1	1st	6 19 30 35 36
2021-03-17	4	2nd	3 6 7 20 28
2021-03-03	20	1st	6 14 20 22 26
2020-12-23	5	2nd	5 6 11 16 35
2020-12-05	3	2nd	3 6 7 11 27
2020-11-25	9	1st	6 18 19 21 37
2020-10-24	6	2nd	4 6 7 23 27
2020-10-03	17	1st	6 14 31 34 35
2020-08-05	5	1st	6 8 11 26 28
2020-07-18	4	1st	6 11 14 30 33
2020-07-04	12	1st	6 8 13 28 32
2020-05-23	7	1st	6 11 14 21 33
2020-04-29	4	1st	6 9 14 28 36
2020-04-15	2	2nd	1 6 11 12 21
2020-04-08	4	1st	6 18 21 29 30
2020-03-25	6	1st	6 13 14 15 16
2020-03-04	11	1st	6 7 9 10 24
2020-01-25	10	2nd	4 6 12 23 27
2019-12-18	11	1st	6 8 16 18 29
2019-11-09	21	1st	6 22 23 24 31
2019-08-28	1	2nd	4 6 7 13 33
2019-08-24	1	1st	6 11 20 26 28
2019-08-21	6	1st	6 11 35 36 37
2019-07-31	46	1st	6 13 24 25 33
2019-02-20	1	2nd	2 6 13 23 29
2019-02-16	11	2nd	5 6 10 11 27
2019-01-09	1	2nd	1 6 19 21 25
2019-01-05	13	1st	6 10 30 33 34
2018-11-21	24	1st	6 8 24 25 35
2018-08-29	1	1st	6 8 12 19 31
2018-08-25	5	1st	6 9 19 27 36
2018-08-08	5	1st	6 12 16 22 23
2018-07-21	1	2nd	4 6 20 30 35
2018-07-18	3	1st	6 12 15 18 24
2018-07-07	3	1st	6 9 16 27 31
2018-06-27	11	1st	6 8 20 23 31
2018-05-19	2	2nd	1 6 12 26 28
2018-05-12	3	1st	6 14 18 20 33
2018-05-02	5	1st	6 8 18 22 25
2018-04-14	5	1st	6 9 17 27 30
2018-03-28	24	2nd	3 6 8 30 34
2018-01-03	6	1st	6 8 19 31 34
2016-12-14	4	2nd	5 6 27 28 36
2016-11-30	12	1st	6 7 8 21 26
2016-10-19	2	2nd	5 6 8 19 23
2016-10-12	1	1st	6 14 20 27 32
2016-10-08	12	1st	6 19 22 32 37
2016-08-27	7	2nd	2 6 11 16 27
2016-08-03	9	1st	6 18 21 30 34
2016-07-02	1	1st	6 9 13 25 34
2016-06-29	16	1st	6 17 23 33 35
2016-05-04	6	2nd	3 6 9 10 18
2016-04-13	1	2nd	1 6 9 29 37
2016-04-09	1	2nd	4 6 13 35 37
2016-04-06	4	2nd	3 6 18 25 29
2016-03-23	11	1st	6 16 19 21 30
2016-02-13	4	2nd	3 6 9 21 25
2016-01-30	16	1st	6 7 10 18 34
2015-12-05	1	1st	6 17 19 27 30
2015-12-02	2	1st	6 8 15 26 36
2015-11-25	5	1st	6 10 14 22 32
2015-11-07	8	2nd	2 6 14 18 29
2015-10-10	7	2nd	1 6 20 25 36
2015-09-16	10	1st	6 11 18 28 32
2015-08-12	5	2nd	2 6 11 22 25
2015-07-25	8	2nd	2 6 18 34 35
2015-06-27	4	1st	6 8 25 29 37
2015-06-13	3	1st	6 11 15 23 30
2015-06-03	9	2nd	4 6 13 27 36
2015-05-02	5	1st	6 10 33 36 37
2015-04-15	6	1st	6 12 19 23 25
2015-03-25	2	1st	6 24 33 34 36
2015-03-18	18	2nd	3 6 14 31 37
2015-01-14	9	1st	6 13 19 21 35
2014-12-13	18	1st	6 17 21 29 33
2014-10-11	1	2nd	2 6 19 26 33
2014-10-08	25	1st	6 7 11 33 35
2014-07-12	8	3rd	2 4 6 31 37
2014-06-14	4	1st	6 8 28 36 37
2014-05-31	20	3rd	2 5 6 16 26
2014-03-22	1	1st	6 9 14 24 34
2014-03-19	3	1st	6 14 24 30 33
2014-03-08	14	1st	6 9 12 24 37
2014-01-18	6	3rd	3 5 6 16 28
2013-12-28	7	1st	6 8 9 18 30
2013-11-30	1	3rd	2 3 6 15 32
2013-11-27	11	2nd	5 6 11 15 36
2013-10-19	9	1st	6 18 21 26 30
2013-09-18	11	3rd	1 5 6 20 25
2013-08-10	1	1st	6 9 21 35 36
2013-08-07	8	3rd	4 5 6 17 35
2013-07-10	1	1st	6 14 15 30 33
2013-07-06	1	2nd	4 6 23 28 35
2013-07-03	4	1st	6 7 30 31 34
2013-06-19	1	2nd	1 6 10 20 28
2013-06-15	6	2nd	1 6 21 24 27
2013-05-25	22	1st	6 9 13 30 31
2013-03-09	38	2nd	5 6 17 33 35
2012-10-27	4	3rd	1 3 6 17 18
2012-10-13	10	1st	6 11 20 21 29
2012-09-08	17	2nd	1 6 22 24 32
2012-07-11	3	1st	6 9 20 29 30
2012-06-30	10	1st	6 19 27 31 35
2012-05-26	1	2nd	5 6 7 32 33
2012-05-23	5	2nd	1 6 13 18 20
2012-05-05	2	2nd	1 6 26 27 28
2012-04-28	3	2nd	3 6 24 27 37
2012-04-18	9	1st	6 8 13 16 29
2012-03-17	7	2nd	1 6 12 14 21
2012-02-22	10	2nd	3 6 18 24 35
2012-01-18	1	1st	6 16 22 32 37
2012-01-14	2	2nd	5 6 15 22 27
2012-01-07	6	1st	6 7 21 29 34
2011-12-17	11	2nd	3 6 26 30 31
2011-11-09	28	2nd	1 6 17 23 24
2011-08-03	13	2nd	3 6 20 23 29
2011-06-18	29	1st	6 9 24 26 32
2011-03-09	1	2nd	5 6 9 17 21
2011-03-05	2	1st	6 14 21 26 36
2011-02-26	11	2nd	3 6 17 20 28
2011-01-19	3	1st	6 17 18 25 29
2011-01-08	10	2nd	1 6 24 30 34
2010-12-01	2	2nd	5 6 22 24 32
2010-11-24	12	2nd	2 6 12 16 28
2010-10-13	14	1st	6 13 16 22 29
2010-08-25	3	1st	6 10 23 32 33
2010-08-14	7	3rd	2 5 6 11 27
2010-07-21	11	3rd	2 4 6 16 28
2010-06-12	9	1st	6 20 24 35 37
2010-05-12	6	2nd	2 6 9 10 31
2010-04-21	—	1st	6 7 13 27 31