Number 6

In Classic Lotto 47 under the 6/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,721 draws, 6 from 1–47.

203times drawn · chance expected 220 −1.21σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 22% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

50longest completed wait · 22% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 203 times in 1,721 draws against 219.7 expected, −1.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 203 times in 1,721 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 50 · waiting 12 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 smallest109 · chance 111.0
2nd smallest77 · chance 75.0
3rd smallest17 · chance 15.8
4th smallest0 · chance 1.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 43 47 9 36 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-08-29	3	2nd	2 6 13 25 33 46
2026-08-19	9	2nd	4 6 7 9 26 42
2026-07-18	17	2nd	1 6 37 38 40 43
2026-05-20

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-10	11	3rd	2 3 6 15 34 39
2024-07-03	3	1st	6 8 9 19 40 41
2024-06-22	50	3rd	3 4 6 15 37 47
2023-12-30	17	2nd	4 6 20 27 30 37
2023-11-01	19	1st	6 22 23 36 41 46
2023-08-26	5	2nd	5 6 11 26 33 47
2023-08-09	2	2nd	4 6 16 29 30 32
2023-08-02	13	2nd	4 6 8 16 32 47
2023-06-17	12	1st	6 13 17 18 21 44
2023-05-06	6	1st	6 17 26 32 36 40
2023-04-15	8	3rd	1 5 6 15 23 25
2023-03-18	7	1st	6 18 25 28 29 35
2023-02-22	10	1st	6 10 13 25 41 47
2023-01-18	2	1st	6 18 26 28 45 47
2023-01-11	25	1st	6 7 21 33 36 41
2022-10-15	4	1st	6 8 11 31 42 45
2022-10-01	3	2nd	5 6 16 17 21 46
2022-09-21	27	2nd	1 6 9 12 23 35
2022-06-18	3	3rd	2 4 6 17 31 36
2022-06-08	14	2nd	1 6 10 12 16 23
2022-04-20	1	2nd	4 6 11 17 23 31
2022-04-16	2	3rd	1 2 6 23 42 44
2022-04-09	13	1st	6 7 10 20 25 42
2022-02-23	2	1st	6 10 20 26 28 45
2022-02-16	1	1st	6 11 12 31 38 43
2022-02-12	8	1st	6 22 32 33 40 46
2022-01-15	6	2nd	1 6 19 33 35 38
2021-12-25	2	1st	6 17 18 27 28 39
2021-12-18	2	1st	6 14 24 31 37 45
2021-12-11	9	2nd	4 6 12 13 18 27
2021-11-10	17	1st	6 9 22 28 44 47
2021-09-11	3	3rd	3 5 6 13 14 30
2021-09-01	4	1st	6 22 33 37 42 43
2021-08-18	6	2nd	5 6 11 36 40 47
2021-07-28	16	2nd	5 6 7 31 38 42
2021-06-02	6	2nd	5 6 21 27 29 45
2021-05-12	2	1st	6 22 24 27 34 41
2021-05-05	10	2nd	2 6 19 20 24 30
2021-03-31	18	1st	6 18 22 23 30 32
2021-01-27	2	1st	6 11 20 26 36 37
2021-01-20	20	1st	6 10 13 41 43 46
2020-11-11	10	1st	6 19 26 27 34 38
2020-10-07	4	1st	6 15 17 27 30 42
2020-09-23	1	1st	6 9 14 15 40 45
2020-09-19	4	1st	6 23 24 25 38 39
2020-09-05	16	3rd	1 4 6 36 37 38
2020-07-11	25	1st	6 13 18 25 39 40
2020-04-15	14	3rd	2 5 6 34 36 39
2020-02-26	5	1st	6 28 37 42 43 46
2020-02-08	21	1st	6 7 12 16 18 46
2019-11-27	5	2nd	2 6 13 28 33 43
2019-11-09	8	1st	6 9 10 14 32 41
2019-10-12	6	1st	6 10 11 26 34 44
2019-09-21	3	3rd	1 5 6 8 10 47
2019-09-11	1	2nd	5 6 9 10 36 44
2019-09-07	1	1st	6 15 27 34 36 45
2019-09-04	12	2nd	1 6 9 25 38 44
2019-07-24	3	1st	6 17 24 31 35 43
2019-07-13	13	2nd	4 6 19 37 39 40
2019-05-29	3	2nd	5 6 11 26 40 41
2019-05-18	5	1st	6 10 24 25 45 47
2019-05-01	7	2nd	3 6 18 23 29 34
2019-04-06	4	1st	6 23 25 26 39 43
2019-03-23	4	3rd	1 2 6 19 22 28
2019-03-09	15	3rd	2 4 6 38 40 43
2019-01-16	10	1st	6 25 28 31 38 42
2018-12-12	6	2nd	3 6 15 20 21 46
2018-11-21	5	1st	6 18 19 25 39 40
2018-11-03	1	1st	6 14 17 19 36 41
2018-10-31	13	1st	6 18 31 32 33 40
2018-09-15	6	2nd	1 6 9 11 26 38
2018-08-25	7	1st	6 10 19 23 35 37
2018-08-01	5	1st	6 22 28 33 35 43
2018-07-14	3	1st	6 13 30 39 42 43
2018-07-04	4	2nd	3 6 16 29 34 46
2018-06-20	1	1st	6 27 29 32 39 42
2018-06-16	4	2nd	2 6 7 27 31 41
2018-06-02	5	2nd	2 6 20 35 43 45
2018-05-16	23	2nd	4 6 9 10 20 40
2018-02-24	2	2nd	1 6 18 39 43 44
2018-02-17	1	1st	6 8 10 18 43 44
2018-02-14	1	2nd	1 6 18 39 43 44
2018-02-10	2	2nd	1 6 18 39 43 44
2018-02-03	2	2nd	1 6 18 39 43 44
2018-01-27	9	2nd	4 6 14 21 33 38
2017-12-27	1	2nd	1 6 13 30 34 47
2017-12-23	6	1st	6 22 23 31 35 44
2017-12-02	4	1st	6 8 28 31 43 47
2017-11-18	13	1st	6 8 12 26 34 41
2017-10-04	13	1st	6 19 24 37 38 46
2017-08-19	38	2nd	4 6 11 41 44 47
2017-04-08	16	2nd	3 6 8 14 24 34
2017-02-11	10	1st	6 16 28 38 44 46
2017-01-07	9	2nd	2 6 18 19 27 29
2016-12-07	4	2nd	2 6 7 36 45 47
2016-11-23	11	2nd	2 6 9 25 27 45
2016-10-15	3	1st	6 7 15 17 20 39
2016-10-05	1	2nd	5 6 8 33 37 40
2016-10-01	10	1st	6 22 28 34 39 42
2016-08-27	2	2nd	5 6 9 12 17 45
2016-08-20	4	1st	6 9 11 12 16 44
2016-08-06	6	1st	6 10 11 12 13 46
2016-07-16	1	1st	6 8 15 18 26 43
2016-07-13	1	2nd	3 6 8 15 20 30
2016-07-09	6	1st	6 7 21 22 24 37
2016-06-18	3	1st	6 8 25 30 39 46
2016-06-08	24	2nd	2 6 26 33 38 43
2016-03-16	3	1st	6 11 22 27 40 44
2016-03-05	10	2nd	3 6 17 23 25 44
2016-01-30	1	1st	6 10 12 32 44 47
2016-01-27	3	1st	6 13 25 41 42 47
2016-01-16	8	2nd	3 6 12 15 21 22
2015-12-19	2	1st	6 18 19 31 45 46
2015-12-12	18	1st	6 11 28 30 31 40
2015-10-10	4	1st	6 7 9 31 39 44
2015-09-26	6	2nd	5 6 9 12 18 19
2015-09-05	1	1st	6 14 20 36 38 44
2015-09-02	12	3rd	3 5 6 32 44 46
2015-07-22	11	2nd	1 6 25 32 34 41
2015-06-13	3	1st	6 14 18 33 41 45
2015-06-03	3	2nd	1 6 7 23 36 46
2015-05-23	9	1st	6 13 23 29 30 36
2015-04-22	27	3rd	1 5 6 7 22 47
2015-01-17	4	2nd	4 6 16 26 33 36
2015-01-03	12	2nd	2 6 20 37 40 43
2014-11-22	7	2nd	2 6 13 15 16 34
2014-10-29	19	1st	6 10 14 24 36 42
2014-08-16	14	1st	6 27 33 36 43 44
2014-06-28	21	2nd	5 6 19 29 30 40
2014-04-16	5	2nd	5 6 10 16 25 29
2014-03-29	15	1st	6 7 12 24 32 47
2014-02-05	1	2nd	1 6 26 37 38 46
2014-02-01	18	1st	6 23 30 35 38 42
2013-11-30	4	1st	6 9 17 21 29 47
2013-11-16	7	1st	6 9 15 20 31 38
2013-10-23	2	1st	6 24 31 34 36 40
2013-10-16	2	2nd	4 6 11 13 26 36
2013-10-09	8	2nd	2 6 10 15 19 25
2013-09-11	7	1st	6 23 27 30 35 38
2013-08-17	11	1st	6 7 9 13 20 23
2013-07-10	1	1st	6 14 15 19 32 37
2013-07-06	1	1st	6 13 17 18 19 30
2013-07-03	5	1st	6 7 31 33 35 39
2013-06-15	3	1st	6 14 26 34 36 41
2013-06-05	3	2nd	1 6 15 17 25 47
2013-05-25	1	1st	6 20 21 29 34 46
2013-05-22	15	2nd	4 6 20 40 41 47
2013-03-30	5	2nd	5 6 31 33 42 46
2013-03-13	4	1st	6 7 20 25 40 44
2013-02-27	39	1st	6 13 19 25 28 43
2012-10-13	5	2nd	1 6 9 25 37 44
2012-09-26	21	2nd	2 6 21 23 25 36
2012-07-14	19	1st	6 7 8 35 36 43
2012-05-09	38	1st	6 7 21 26 33 47
2011-12-28	11	1st	6 9 11 19 36 45
2011-11-19	5	1st	6 9 25 30 33 34
2011-11-02	4	3rd	2 5 6 23 28 35
2011-10-19	12	1st	6 10 13 31 45 46
2011-09-07	1	2nd	2 6 8 26 28 30
2011-09-03	3	2nd	5 6 10 22 23 47
2011-08-24	1	1st	6 8 14 21 26 33
2011-08-20	4	2nd	2 6 16 18 43 44
2011-08-06	24	3rd	2 5 6 23 33 42
2011-05-14	10	1st	6 11 16 18 19 33
2011-04-09	12	1st	6 9 16 19 33 36
2011-02-26	5	2nd	2 6 7 16 35 43
2011-02-09	3	1st	6 10 12 21 31 46
2011-01-29	12	2nd	5 6 18 19 32 36
2010-12-15	1	1st	6 12 17 27 30 45
2010-12-11	1	1st	6 7 9 17 22 42
2010-12-08	9	1st	6 9 24 26 33 37
2010-11-06	3	2nd	3 6 14 19 24 47
2010-10-27	2	1st	6 19 24 37 40 45
2010-10-20	24	1st	6 11 15 16 33 44
2010-07-28	1	3rd	1 5 6 11 22 38
2010-07-24	9	1st	6 14 15 21 22 47
2010-06-23	7	1st	6 10 11 38 39 45
2010-05-29	8	1st	6 11 20 27 36 40
2010-05-01	—	1st	6 17 27 35 41 45