Number 6

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–40.

144times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.00σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 39% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

40longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 144 times in 1,152 draws against 144.0 expected, +0.00σ. 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 144 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 40 · 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 smallest81 · chance 81.2
2nd smallest52 · chance 52.4
3rd smallest9 · chance 9.8
4th smallest2 · 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 14.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 11 19 21 32 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-03	10	1st	6 9 21 30 31
2026-09-23	8	1st	6 12 18 25 38
2026-09-15	9	1st	6 7 11 21 31
2026-09-06	17	1st	6 13 20 21

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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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