Number 6

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

237times drawn · chance expected 245 −0.55σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

9.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

44longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 237 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, −0.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 237 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 9.9 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 2 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 smallest134 · chance 148.7
2nd smallest83 · chance 76.3
3rd smallest19 · chance 11.4
4th smallest1 · chance 0.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

46 3 16 25 12 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-02-19	3	1st	6 10 16 27 36
2026-02-16	3	1st	6 29 36 43 46
2026-02-13	9	1st	6 18 21 35 39
2026-02-04	1	1st	6 13 15

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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-14	2	1st	6 22 31 35 37
2025-06-12	23	3rd	2 4 6 37 40
2025-05-20	30	2nd	5 6 16 29 34
2025-04-20	14	2nd	3 6 17 30 42
2025-04-06	20	2nd	3 6 27 37 40
2025-03-17	8	1st	6 12 25 29 32
2025-03-09	12	1st	6 14 18 40 46
2025-02-25	3	1st	6 10 14 16 25
2025-02-22	20	2nd	2 6 29 35 44
2025-02-02	16	2nd	5 6 17 27 36
2025-01-17	3	3rd	1 4 6 9 46
2025-01-14	8	2nd	3 6 17 26 39
2025-01-06	1	1st	6 22 31 39 44
2025-01-05	26	1st	6 27 31 33 47
2024-12-10	7	1st	6 12 30 39 46
2024-12-03	17	1st	6 11 28 30 37
2024-11-16	21	1st	6 11 18 20 29
2024-10-26	13	1st	6 12 32 35 41
2024-10-13	1	2nd	2 6 14 25 45
2024-10-12	10	1st	6 17 20 22 46
2024-10-02	8	1st	6 30 33 42 44
2024-09-24	42	1st	6 9 18 36 38
2024-08-13	1	1st	6 30 37 42 47
2024-08-12	43	2nd	3 6 17 24 35
2024-06-30	16	1st	6 9 12 24 32
2024-06-14	26	1st	6 21 25 33 45
2024-05-19	10	1st	6 16 32 34 41
2024-05-09	4	2nd	3 6 7 22 41
2024-05-05	1	2nd	1 6 10 16 27
2024-05-04	17	4th	1 4 5 6 33
2024-04-17	3	1st	6 9 19 27 42
2024-04-14	7	1st	6 20 30 37 44
2024-04-07	5	2nd	2 6 11 39 45
2024-04-02	17	1st	6 8 17 22 31
2024-03-16	6	2nd	1 6 19 27 45
2024-03-10	17	2nd	1 6 26 36 47
2024-02-22	41	3rd	2 4 6 34 47
2024-01-12	5	2nd	4 6 14 33 39
2024-01-07	6	1st	6 9 19 39 47
2024-01-01	2	1st	6 7 15 31 43
2023-12-30	13	1st	6 13 17 37 44
2023-12-17	8	1st	6 14 21 37 43
2023-12-09	7	2nd	1 6 19 28 48
2023-12-02	5	2nd	3 6 17 45 46
2023-11-27	2	1st	6 20 22 26 38
2023-11-25	10	2nd	3 6 9 21 26
2023-11-15	5	2nd	5 6 15 20 48
2023-11-10	11	1st	6 18 28 31 42
2023-10-30	9	2nd	3 6 12 14 17
2023-10-21	11	2nd	2 6 24 27 38
2023-10-10	16	2nd	3 6 19 35 44
2023-09-24	18	1st	6 25 26 28 31
2023-09-06	7	1st	6 8 9 31 48
2023-08-30	5	1st	6 8 14 39 40
2023-08-25	11	2nd	4 6 26 41 44
2023-08-14	1	1st	6 25 37 39 47
2023-08-13	7	2nd	3 6 12 37 44
2023-08-06	12	2nd	4 6 22 25 48
2023-07-25	10	3rd	2 3 6 7 33
2023-07-15	1	1st	6 9 20 21 27
2023-07-14	4	1st	6 8 16 19 45
2023-07-10	1	1st	6 15 32 34 39
2023-07-09	5	1st	6 8 18 19 48
2023-07-04	16	2nd	3 6 21 41 42
2023-06-18	2	1st	6 12 14 17 41
2023-06-16	1	2nd	2 6 34 38 46
2023-06-15	1	1st	6 7 26 44 47
2023-06-14	36	1st	6 16 28 34 45
2023-05-09	2	1st	6 12 15 41 46
2023-05-07	2	2nd	3 6 7 19 42
2023-05-05	8	1st	6 9 28 37 39
2023-04-27	10	1st	6 11 12 34 42
2023-04-17	1	2nd	3 6 12 38 46
2023-04-16	1	1st	6 21 29 34 47
2023-04-15	5	1st	6 10 22 23 33
2023-04-10	5	3rd	3 5 6 17 21
2023-04-05	3	1st	6 13 17 25 33
2023-04-02	13	2nd	3 6 18 22 40
2023-03-20	19	2nd	1 6 12 31 38
2023-03-01	13	1st	6 11 19 35 46
2023-02-16	26	1st	6 11 40 42 45
2023-01-21	2	1st	6 10 11 29 35
2023-01-19	11	1st	6 8 12 21 42
2023-01-08	25	1st	6 18 32 42 47
2022-12-14	14	3rd	2 4 6 17 20
2022-11-30	5	2nd	5 6 11 15 30
2022-11-25	23	2nd	1 6 23 36 42
2022-11-02	1	1st	6 10 16 26 42
2022-11-01	13	2nd	1 6 10 35 45
2022-10-19	3	2nd	1 6 26 28 31
2022-10-16	8	1st	6 14 15 20 33
2022-10-08	19	1st	6 18 33 38 39
2022-09-19	7	2nd	4 6 11 15 42
2022-09-12	9	2nd	4 6 16 41 46
2022-09-03	5	1st	6 8 14 25 42
2022-08-29	4	2nd	2 6 24 32 39
2022-08-25	3	2nd	5 6 9 27 30
2022-08-22	12	1st	6 7 15 41 43
2022-08-10	21	1st	6 19 21 44 45
2022-07-20	14	1st	6 36 38 46 47
2022-07-06	10	2nd	1 6 15 35 42
2022-06-26	9	1st	6 21 24 35 48
2022-06-17	1	1st	6 13 21 31 40
2022-06-16	12	1st	6 14 23 36 40
2022-06-04	4	2nd	3 6 12 34 45
2022-05-31	2	2nd	1 6 11 35 46
2022-05-29	6	1st	6 15 29 35 38
2022-05-23	10	3rd	1 2 6 30 46
2022-05-13	16	1st	6 9 13 28 38
2022-04-27	6	2nd	4 6 13 24 41
2022-04-21	5	1st	6 11 12 30 31
2022-04-16	8	1st	6 27 28 35 44
2022-04-08	7	1st	6 16 20 36 39
2022-04-01	3	1st	6 16 25 40 47
2022-03-29	10	1st	6 15 16 22 47
2022-03-19	3	1st	6 13 16 37 41
2022-03-16	4	3rd	2 3 6 33 46
2022-03-12	3	3rd	3 4 6 21 23
2022-03-09	18	1st	6 12 25 38 47
2022-02-19	12	2nd	5 6 14 37 41
2022-02-07	4	1st	6 28 36 39 41
2022-02-03	37	1st	6 14 16 25 36
2021-12-28	11	2nd	4 6 14 33 41
2021-12-17	16	1st	6 7 25 28 45
2021-12-01	4	2nd	4 6 32 36 40
2021-11-27	3	2nd	2 6 7 11 19
2021-11-24	1	2nd	5 6 9 29 30
2021-11-23	19	1st	6 11 14 16 41
2021-11-04	14	1st	6 9 12 23 41
2021-10-21	1	1st	6 13 17 25 28
2021-10-20	8	1st	6 20 21 31 42
2021-10-12	4	2nd	1 6 8 25 31
2021-10-08	13	1st	6 22 24 29 46
2021-09-25	15	1st	6 16 24 33 34
2021-09-10	4	2nd	1 6 19 21 28
2021-09-06	4	2nd	3 6 18 38 44
2021-09-02	2	1st	6 21 22 27 41
2021-08-31	3	1st	6 15 27 36 37
2021-08-28	5	2nd	2 6 8 11 38
2021-08-23	10	2nd	4 6 24 32 45
2021-08-13	7	1st	6 10 16 26 31
2021-08-06	7	3rd	1 4 6 25 26
2021-07-30	5	1st	6 41 44 46 48
2021-07-25	5	1st	6 12 27 43 46
2021-07-20	5	1st	6 8 16 31 46
2021-07-05	7	3rd	2 5 6 20 36
2021-06-10	4	1st	6 8 10 24 43
2021-05-27	1	2nd	5 6 8 40 43
2021-05-24	42	2nd	3 6 7 36 48
2020-12-28	44	1st	6 9 11 15 29
2020-07-27	1	1st	6 10 13 17 31
2020-07-23	7	2nd	5 6 23 33 45
2020-06-29	3	1st	6 12 16 19 22
2020-06-18	17	2nd	1 6 16 27 34
2020-04-20	1	3rd	1 3 6 34 45
2020-04-16	2	1st	6 8 20 28 43
2020-04-09	10	1st	6 16 23 27 48
2020-03-05	1	1st	6 8 9 36 47
2020-03-02	9	1st	6 13 24 32 40
2020-01-30	11	2nd	4 6 8 18 39
2019-12-23	1	2nd	1 6 16 21 46
2019-12-19	31	1st	6 27 28 40 44
2019-09-02	10	1st	6 7 22 25 46
2019-07-29	22	2nd	5 6 16 19 27
2019-05-13	29	1st	6 11 13 28 38
2019-01-31	1	2nd	4 6 10 29 45
2019-01-28	38	1st	6 12 30 32 37
2018-09-17	1	3rd	3 5 6 19 47
2018-09-13	5	1st	6 12 23 29 43
2018-08-27	1	1st	6 8 12 19 32
2018-08-23	18	1st	6 10 28 34 45
2018-06-21	7	2nd	3 6 25 39 44
2018-05-28	3	2nd	4 6 13 16 32
2018-05-17	3	1st	6 7 14 21 46
2018-05-07	10	3rd	2 5 6 15 40
2018-04-02	10	2nd	2 6 11 32 33
2018-02-26	1	1st	6 11 16 28 37
2018-02-22	7	1st	6 23 32 35 42
2018-01-29	27	3rd	1 4 6 30 33
2017-10-26	17	2nd	2 6 12 39 43
2017-08-28	12	3rd	1 5 6 47 48
2017-07-17	1	2nd	2 6 8 12 37
2017-07-13	14	1st	6 15 18 36 47
2017-05-25	14	2nd	3 6 14 19 22
2017-04-06	4	1st	6 18 37 41 47
2017-03-23	1	3rd	1 5 6 15 30
2017-03-20	3	1st	6 8 18 38 46
2017-03-09	6	2nd	1 6 12 13 24
2017-02-16	3	1st	6 18 40 46 47
2017-02-06	2	3rd	3 5 6 7 39
2017-01-30	4	1st	6 8 28 36 42
2017-01-16	1	2nd	5 6 24 25 26
2017-01-12	4	1st	6 7 10 35 42
2016-12-29	5	1st	6 10 15 33 34
2016-12-12	4	1st	6 18 25 44 48
2016-11-28	7	3rd	2 5 6 13 32
2016-11-03	3	1st	6 15 24 25 33
2016-10-24	2	1st	6 23 33 44 45
2016-10-17	5	1st	6 23 31 34 45
2016-09-29	23	1st	6 14 25 46 47
2016-07-11	5	2nd	3 6 17 18 43
2016-06-23	7	1st	6 9 19 31 42
2016-05-30	5	2nd	2 6 26 34 36
2016-05-12	5	2nd	1 6 25 29 44
2016-04-25	2	2nd	2 6 13 26 32
2016-04-18	27	1st	6 11 22 25 46
2016-01-14	44	2nd	2 6 33 41 48
2015-08-13	21	1st	6 24 26 27 43
2015-06-01	1	2nd	3 6 22 25 40
2015-05-28	2	1st	6 7 11 23 31
2015-05-21	21	1st	6 8 10 18 19
2015-03-09	7	1st	6 18 23 31 43
2015-02-12	—	2nd	4 6 32 42 46