Number 6

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,151 draws, 5 from 1–52.

110times drawn · chance expected 111 −0.07σ

33draws waiting · a wait this long: 4% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

50longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 110 times in 1,151 draws against 110.7 expected, −0.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 33 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 110 times in 1,151 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 33 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 smallest71 · chance 71.8
2nd smallest36 · chance 33.4
3rd smallest3 · chance 4.6
4th smallest0 · chance 0.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 8 9 38 5 35

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 51 numbers; chance expects about 0.0 such strangers 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 52. 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
2026-07-25	5	2nd	2 6 37 49 52
2026-07-13	13	1st	6 7 24 29 51
2026-06-13	1	1st	6 13 31 35 48
2026-06-10	15	1st	6 9 23

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-14	5	1st	6 9 38 42 50
2024-09-02	5	2nd	3 6 7 27 39
2024-08-21	5	1st	6 25 41 45 46
2024-08-10	9	1st	6 19 40 41 42
2024-07-20	1	1st	6 7 13 16 36
2024-07-17	3	1st	6 9 15 44 49
2024-07-10	3	1st	6 21 25 42 51
2024-07-03	4	1st	6 7 37 46 49
2024-06-24	9	1st	6 18 22 25 35
2024-06-03	12	2nd	5 6 22 33 38
2024-05-06	7	2nd	3 6 11 17 30
2024-04-20	8	1st	6 11 14 15 31
2024-04-01	17	1st	6 16 32 41 44
2024-02-21	2	2nd	2 6 26 40 43
2024-02-17	15	1st	6 8 10 14 33
2024-01-13	31	1st	6 9 30 38 46
2023-11-01	8	1st	6 19 21 26 29
2023-10-14	1	1st	6 32 33 36 47
2023-10-11	34	2nd	3 6 9 17 51
2023-07-24	4	1st	6 13 20 29 51
2023-07-15	15	2nd	5 6 20 42 48
2023-06-10	2	2nd	4 6 38 46 52
2023-06-05	18	1st	6 15 33 42 43
2023-04-24	9	1st	6 8 15 16 31
2023-04-03	17	1st	6 27 30 40 52
2023-02-22	13	1st	6 24 25 31 38
2023-01-23	24	1st	6 8 16 43 47
2022-11-28	24	2nd	5 6 29 34 49
2022-10-03	5	1st	6 7 9 28 39
2022-09-21	4	1st	6 32 38 43 45
2022-09-12	4	2nd	1 6 9 11 20
2022-09-03	10	1st	6 8 13 26 30
2022-08-10	13	2nd	4 6 15 44 50
2022-07-09	22	1st	6 11 26 32 35
2022-04-23	7	1st	6 15 31 43 46
2022-03-30	1	2nd	1 6 23 35 36
2022-03-26	5	1st	6 20 22 29 40
2022-03-09	17	3rd	1 3 6 8 49
2022-01-08	15	2nd	5 6 34 37 50
2021-11-17	3	1st	6 30 31 40 50
2021-11-06	8	1st	6 9 16 32 39
2021-10-09	18	1st	6 22 45 48 51
2021-08-07	8	2nd	2 6 34 38 41
2021-07-10	3	1st	6 14 27 28 43
2021-06-30	1	2nd	4 6 14 25 32
2021-06-26	21	2nd	3 6 8 40 49
2021-04-14	24	3rd	2 3 6 38 39
2021-01-20	1	1st	6 14 16 38 49
2021-01-16	18	1st	6 16 21 30 36
2020-11-14	4	1st	6 8 14 17 27
2020-10-31	9	2nd	5 6 24 29 40
2020-09-30	2	2nd	5 6 11 30 37
2020-09-23	4	1st	6 15 37 41 42
2020-09-09	1	1st	6 15 35 38 52
2020-09-05	7	1st	6 10 31 39 42
2020-08-12	2	2nd	5 6 35 39 42
2020-08-05	24	1st	6 23 26 29 43
2020-05-13	14	1st	6 19 20 35 50
2020-03-25	2	1st	6 33 36 41 48
2020-03-18	4	1st	6 16 24 34 45
2020-03-04	9	2nd	5 6 18 22 24
2020-02-01	3	2nd	1 6 8 21 23
2020-01-22	24	2nd	4 6 11 21 23
2019-10-30	6	2nd	3 6 28 32 44
2019-10-09	13	1st	6 9 13 23 46
2019-08-24	5	2nd	5 6 41 42 44
2019-08-07	7	1st	6 25 44 50 51
2019-07-13	7	1st	6 15 18 25 37
2019-06-19	13	1st	6 8 17 25 44
2019-05-04	20	2nd	5 6 17 19 48
2019-02-23	3	1st	6 10 21 25 48
2019-02-13	1	2nd	5 6 18 26 45
2019-02-09	3	1st	6 25 38 47 50
2019-01-30	8	1st	6 10 23 38 41
2019-01-02	13	1st	6 10 18 19 41
2018-11-17	14	2nd	4 6 11 43 52
2018-09-29	13	2nd	1 6 9 28 33
2018-08-15	1	1st	6 9 29 32 36
2018-08-11	5	1st	6 8 17 32 36
2018-07-25	3	1st	6 8 13 20 35
2018-07-14	2	1st	6 9 31 37 51
2018-07-07	6	2nd	3 6 13 38 40
2018-06-16	25	1st	6 15 17 19 33
2018-03-21	5	1st	6 18 25 26 28
2018-03-03	29	1st	6 21 30 32 45
2017-11-22	—	1st	6 8 22 29 34