Number 6

In Pick 6 under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,816 draws, 6 from 1–49.

229times drawn · chance expected 222 +0.47σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

48longest completed wait · 39% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 229 times in 1,816 draws against 222.4 expected, +0.47σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 229 times in 1,816 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 13 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 smallest121 · chance 128.7
2nd smallest80 · chance 82.5
3rd smallest26 · chance 16.5
4th smallest2 · 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 23.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 10 17 36 35 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-10	12	2nd	5 6 8 16 32 39
2026-08-13	4	1st	6 17 19 20 26 34
2026-08-03	2	1st	6 13 23 26 31 34
2026-07-30	1	3rd	3

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-10-18	1	1st	6 7 11 21 31 45
2025-10-16	9	1st	6 8 32 37 40 41
2025-09-25	15	1st	6 19 34 36 40 42
2025-08-21	6	1st	6 8 14 17 23 45
2025-08-07	2	1st	6 21 30 31 36 37
2025-08-02	4	1st	6 10 13 15 21 44
2025-07-24	11	1st	6 8 10 25 30 31
2025-06-23	2	1st	6 13 24 30 34 42
2025-06-16	2	1st	6 8 20 22 27 38
2025-06-09	16	1st	6 8 23 24 36 38
2025-04-14	6	2nd	5 6 22 33 35 36
2025-03-24	2	1st	6 22 23 30 32 38
2025-03-17	6	4th	3 4 5 6 10 13
2025-02-24	7	1st	6 9 12 35 38 45
2025-01-30	2	1st	6 13 20 31 41 43
2025-01-23	25	1st	6 12 20 39 42 46
2024-10-28	3	2nd	4 6 12 19 24 36
2024-10-17	9	2nd	5 6 7 8 12 25
2024-09-16	4	2nd	2 6 27 31 38 44
2024-09-02	3	3rd	1 5 6 24 27 37
2024-08-22	1	1st	6 18 33 37 38 41
2024-08-19	14	2nd	1 6 12 20 27 33
2024-07-01	15	3rd	3 4 6 30 32 33
2024-05-09	5	2nd	5 6 29 30 33 36
2024-04-22	5	2nd	4 6 8 22 26 45
2024-04-04	1	1st	6 14 21 27 30 35
2024-04-01	30	2nd	1 6 12 21 30 46
2023-12-18	7	1st	6 7 16 17 26 39
2023-11-23	3	2nd	1 6 10 17 27 38
2023-11-13	4	3rd	1 5 6 18 35 36
2023-10-30	5	2nd	1 6 21 27 39 42
2023-10-12	8	1st	6 9 10 17 28 32
2023-09-14	25	2nd	1 6 10 16 19 20
2023-06-19	34	1st	6 21 26 34 36 44
2023-02-20	3	3rd	3 4 6 15 34 43
2023-02-09	19	1st	6 7 18 27 33 40
2022-12-05	3	1st	6 17 28 40 43 46
2022-11-24	5	1st	6 10 14 32 34 35
2022-11-07	2	2nd	1 6 21 30 33 46
2022-10-31	14	1st	6 12 13 20 34 35
2022-09-12	5	1st	6 14 19 38 42 44
2022-08-25	2	1st	6 14 15 28 37 39
2022-08-18	9	1st	6 20 23 35 45 46
2022-07-18	1	1st	6 15 16 17 29 36
2022-07-14	1	2nd	5 6 15 16 19 22
2022-07-11	9	1st	6 7 12 14 34 45
2022-06-09	13	1st	6 11 16 17 41 46
2022-04-25	3	1st	6 11 12 15 17 39
2022-04-14	11	1st	6 20 21 22 32 42
2022-03-07	9	2nd	4 6 15 35 41 47
2022-02-03	15	3rd	4 5 6 9 31 33
2021-12-13	2	1st	6 13 22 28 31 41
2021-12-06	10	2nd	1 6 32 39 40 41
2021-11-01	16	2nd	3 6 10 25 32 33
2021-09-06	15	2nd	2 6 17 22 29 49
2021-07-15	38	1st	6 16 26 30 36 42
2021-03-04	1	1st	6 10 11 21 23 37
2021-03-01	11	2nd	5 6 20 22 30 35
2021-01-21	7	2nd	5 6 22 36 42 43
2020-12-28	1	2nd	3 6 20 40 48 49
2020-12-24	13	1st	6 15 19 31 36 43
2020-11-09	8	2nd	2 6 24 28 31 37
2020-10-12	3	2nd	1 6 20 28 33 49
2020-10-01	13	2nd	5 6 24 29 42 48
2020-08-17	6	2nd	1 6 10 23 39 40
2020-07-27	9	1st	6 15 21 25 37 41
2020-06-25	6	1st	6 13 16 17 18 46
2020-06-04	19	2nd	4 6 17 24 38 46
2020-03-30	8	2nd	5 6 17 31 36 43
2020-03-02	2	1st	6 19 28 30 35 36
2020-02-24	1	1st	6 21 32 34 45 48
2020-02-20	6	2nd	2 6 24 35 40 49
2020-01-30	12	2nd	1 6 12 19 26 49
2019-12-19	7	1st	6 7 16 32 33 38
2019-11-25	8	1st	6 9 16 21 32 39
2019-10-28	6	2nd	5 6 24 25 34 45
2019-10-07	15	1st	6 17 19 29 36 39
2019-08-15	12	2nd	2 6 10 26 38 39
2019-07-04	1	3rd	1 3 6 16 19 48
2019-07-01	1	3rd	1 4 6 23 29 49
2019-06-27	14	1st	6 10 31 33 44 48
2019-05-09	10	1st	6 18 23 35 42 49
2019-04-04	5	1st	6 14 28 35 44 48
2019-03-18	9	2nd	4 6 10 18 31 49
2019-02-14	29	1st	6 8 18 27 35 41
2018-11-05	5	2nd	1 6 17 31 36 47
2018-10-18	1	2nd	5 6 9 30 32 45
2018-10-15	1	3rd	1 2 6 18 24 37
2018-10-11	4	1st	6 11 13 25 36 45
2018-09-27	9	3rd	3 5 6 12 27 35
2018-08-27	16	1st	6 16 21 38 44 45
2018-07-02	35	3rd	4 5 6 22 23 34
2018-03-01	9	1st	6 9 10 37 42 49
2018-01-29	1	3rd	1 3 6 18 19 43
2018-01-25	2	1st	6 11 23 30 34 41
2018-01-18	4	2nd	2 6 15 31 47 48
2018-01-04	4	1st	6 17 26 35 38 41
2017-12-21	14	1st	6 7 10 15 34 39
2017-11-02	10	1st	6 11 17 26 33 44
2017-09-28	14	1st	6 7 8 39 41 49
2017-08-10	9	3rd	3 4 6 18 35 41
2017-07-10	14	1st	6 13 25 26 30 39
2017-05-22	1	1st	6 8 29 40 42 44
2017-05-18	1	1st	6 10 23 29 42 46
2017-05-15	5	1st	6 9 14 32 36 37
2017-04-27	23	1st	6 8 9 16 24 27
2017-02-06	3	1st	6 17 23 29 32 37
2017-01-26	7	3rd	3 5 6 9 13 20
2017-01-02	8	1st	6 7 13 15 16 32
2016-12-05	3	1st	6 14 15 17 30 49
2016-11-24	19	1st	6 9 27 37 39 48
2016-09-19	3	2nd	5 6 19 27 33 45
2016-09-08	17	3rd	4 5 6 42 43 48
2016-07-11	47	1st	6 30 35 37 41 42
2016-01-28	48	2nd	3 6 11 17 21 36
2015-08-13	7	2nd	1 6 11 16 18 20
2015-07-20	10	3rd	3 5 6 17 28 44
2015-06-15	5	1st	6 8 24 27 41 42
2015-05-28	13	2nd	5 6 11 34 35 37
2015-04-13	3	1st	6 16 25 37 40 45
2015-04-02	3	2nd	4 6 32 36 40 48
2015-03-23	3	1st	6 13 27 31 34 39
2015-03-12	4	2nd	2 6 15 18 27 36
2015-02-26	7	1st	6 11 18 20 21 32
2015-02-02	4	3rd	2 5 6 38 46 47
2015-01-19	3	1st	6 8 10 27 29 35
2015-01-08	5	1st	6 12 17 29 35 38
2014-12-22	1	1st	6 11 12 21 22 46
2014-12-18	21	2nd	5 6 9 23 33 44
2014-10-06	5	1st	6 30 37 39 41 47
2014-09-18	2	1st	6 14 18 40 44 46
2014-09-11	4	1st	6 16 25 30 47 48
2014-08-28	6	1st	6 7 13 17 25 49
2014-08-07	3	1st	6 10 29 36 37 38
2014-07-28	4	2nd	4 6 13 19 22 26
2014-07-14	5	2nd	4 6 20 24 32 34
2014-06-26	1	1st	6 10 25 38 39 41
2014-06-23	3	2nd	5 6 12 25 38 45
2014-06-12	4	2nd	1 6 18 24 31 39
2014-05-29	11	1st	6 12 13 20 38 43
2014-04-21	10	1st	6 20 36 41 43 47
2014-03-17	10	2nd	2 6 16 28 30 47
2014-02-10	2	1st	6 12 15 22 37 47
2014-02-03	8	2nd	2 6 21 28 31 40
2014-01-06	6	1st	6 14 19 24 32 40
2013-12-16	15	1st	6 7 10 34 36 38
2013-10-24	4	1st	6 10 17 22 29 43
2013-10-10	10	2nd	3 6 7 30 40 47
2013-09-05	16	1st	6 12 30 31 32 49
2013-07-11	3	1st	6 17 20 25 40 49
2013-07-01	6	4th	2 4 5 6 19 49
2013-06-10	1	1st	6 11 12 17 23 48
2013-06-06	12	1st	6 9 17 22 26 46
2013-04-25	8	1st	6 10 23 28 32 39
2013-03-28	1	2nd	2 6 16 27 32 35
2013-03-25	2	1st	6 25 26 35 47 49
2013-03-18	1	2nd	4 6 21 23 30 49
2013-03-14	3	2nd	2 6 16 26 37 46
2013-03-04	19	1st	6 14 16 21 24 49
2012-12-27	13	2nd	5 6 17 28 29 49
2012-11-12	2	1st	6 31 33 43 45 49
2012-11-05	17	2nd	1 6 21 28 34 46
2012-09-06	7	1st	6 9 14 22 40 46
2012-08-13	2	1st	6 13 23 39 45 47
2012-08-06	13	1st	6 10 21 25 43 48
2012-06-21	2	3rd	1 3 6 28 34 49
2012-06-14	8	1st	6 9 15 24 36 40
2012-05-17	3	1st	6 13 27 42 43 46
2012-05-07	3	2nd	1 6 20 28 33 47
2012-04-26	10	1st	6 11 18 37 38 41
2012-03-22	2	1st	6 8 15 16 35 46
2012-03-15	4	2nd	5 6 13 32 42 48
2012-03-01	2	2nd	1 6 23 31 35 41
2012-02-23	14	2nd	3 6 9 10 14 20
2012-01-05	7	1st	6 10 13 31 34 39
2011-12-12	9	1st	6 12 26 34 45 49
2011-11-10	25	1st	6 14 15 16 19 29
2011-08-15	12	1st	6 18 21 25 27 42
2011-07-04	3	2nd	3 6 9 32 35 49
2011-06-23	2	3rd	2 3 6 8 45 46
2011-06-16	8	1st	6 13 16 19 45 48
2011-05-19	2	2nd	3 6 22 24 27 30
2011-05-12	5	2nd	2 6 11 19 34 38
2011-04-25	5	3rd	2 3 6 34 39 40
2011-04-07	2	1st	6 9 24 27 31 43
2011-03-31	6	1st	6 13 35 41 42 49
2011-03-10	1	1st	6 7 23 28 39 45
2011-03-07	11	1st	6 10 30 42 46 47
2011-01-27	9	2nd	1 6 7 15 20 38
2010-12-27	6	1st	6 15 24 37 45 46
2010-12-06	2	2nd	3 6 11 23 30 43
2010-11-29	15	1st	6 17 18 19 31 33
2010-10-07	3	2nd	3 6 10 34 43 48
2010-09-27	2	2nd	5 6 24 37 42 44
2010-09-20	3	1st	6 11 20 35 46 48
2010-09-09	6	3rd	3 5 6 8 19 39
2010-08-19	17	2nd	2 6 31 35 42 45
2010-06-21	22	2nd	2 6 17 27 30 36
2010-04-05	8	1st	6 18 24 33 47 48
2010-03-08	3	1st	6 10 11 26 40 43
2010-02-25	3	1st	6 15 16 17 39 46
2010-02-15	6	2nd	3 6 14 36 42 48
2010-01-25	2	3rd	1 2 6 10 30 32
2010-01-18	4	1st	6 10 23 26 32 38
2010-01-04	—	1st	6 14 21 27 31 47