Number 6

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

153times drawn · chance expected 170 −1.35σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

10.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

79longest completed wait · 3% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 153 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −1.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 28 times, counted separately.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 153 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 10.9 draws · longest completed wait 79 · waiting 4 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 smallest95 · chance 95.8
2nd smallest54 · chance 48.9
3rd smallest4 · chance 7.8
4th smallest0 · chance 0.5
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 13.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 15 55 22 37 54

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-09-26	6	1st	6 9 13 32 46 53
2026-09-05	2	2nd	4 6 22 50 53 58
2026-08-29	4	1st	6 16 28 30 37 40
2026-08-15

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-13	1	1st	6 9 19 24 27 41
2024-07-10	20	1st	6 8 12 19 20 51
2024-05-01	11	2nd	3 6 12 19 42 47
2024-03-23	17	1st	6 20 38 48 52 54
2024-01-24	8	1st	6 10 20 26 28 45
2023-12-27	7	2nd	3 6 19 26 37 54
2023-12-02	8	1st	6 10 31 48 52 54
2023-11-04	6	1st	6 13 16 21 35 40
2023-10-14	6	1st	6 19 28 31 34 46
2023-09-23	23	1st	6 25 35 41 53 57
2023-07-05	11	2nd	5 6 28 31 32 43
2023-05-27	5	1st	6 30 32 37 39 43
2023-05-10	21	3rd	4 5 6 43 47 57
2023-02-25	7	1st	6 19 24 37 45 56
2023-02-01	8	3rd	2 4 6 16 23 32
2023-01-04	21	1st	6 9 12 16 29 57
2022-10-22	6	2nd	3 6 22 41 43 50
2022-10-01	1	2nd	2 6 16 33 35 52
2022-09-28	13	1st	6 22 28 32 36 49
2022-08-13	42	1st	6 10 22 38 55 58
2022-03-19	17	2nd	5 6 17 18 19 35
2022-01-19	13	1st	6 7 8 10 37 46
2021-12-04	25	1st	6 9 15 16 43 53
2021-09-08	4	1st	6 22 30 33 38 50
2021-08-25	13	2nd	4 6 7 12 30 40
2021-07-10	9	2nd	4 6 7 27 56 59
2021-06-09	7	1st	6 24 25 43 45 55
2021-05-15	11	2nd	1 6 19 39 49 57
2021-04-07	37	2nd	2 6 7 20 24 43
2020-11-28	3	1st	6 18 34 40 47 51
2020-11-18	1	1st	6 9 31 36 43 49
2020-11-14	18	2nd	3 6 12 17 24 52
2020-09-12	6	2nd	4 6 35 46 47 54
2020-08-22	2	1st	6 25 33 36 55 57
2020-08-15	2	2nd	2 6 10 17 23 44
2020-08-08	5	1st	6 17 31 49 52 53
2020-07-22	19	1st	6 15 51 54 55 59
2020-05-16	5	1st	6 8 13 30 36 58
2020-04-29	5	1st	6 8 19 32 33 44
2020-04-11	3	1st	6 11 14 33 44 52
2020-04-01	3	1st	6 10 35 44 49 53
2020-03-21	9	1st	6 15 18 34 42 58
2020-02-19	4	1st	6 18 22 25 54 57
2020-02-05	9	1st	6 15 32 33 42 49
2020-01-04	22	1st	6 10 16 30 33 55
2019-10-19	15	1st	6 15 21 37 55 59
2019-08-28	18	3rd	1 5 6 7 16 48
2019-06-26	5	1st	6 15 25 28 36 49
2019-06-08	3	2nd	5 6 14 37 47 52
2019-05-29	2	1st	6 12 15 24 31 42
2019-05-22	2	1st	6 18 36 54 55 57
2019-05-15	11	1st	6 16 17 26 29 48
2019-04-06	5	1st	6 9 16 20 26 41
2019-03-20	5	2nd	4 6 8 12 15 55
2019-03-02	11	1st	6 10 15 50 52 56
2019-01-23	15	1st	6 18 19 21 23 51
2018-12-01	79	2nd	5 6 12 20 50 54
2018-02-28	5	2nd	4 6 10 28 30 53
2018-02-10	4	2nd	2 6 11 19 35 42
2018-01-27	14	2nd	2 6 16 37 53 54
2017-12-09	8	1st	6 11 17 25 28 54
2017-11-11	2	1st	6 22 30 35 55 59
2017-11-04	5	2nd	4 6 31 45 51 59
2017-10-18	2	1st	6 12 30 48 54 55
2017-10-11	1	1st	6 16 24 25 37 38
2017-10-07	6	2nd	3 6 29 37 53 56
2017-09-16	18	1st	6 11 15 20 25 27
2017-07-15	6	2nd	4 6 17 20 34 43
2017-06-24	39	1st	6 14 18 23 31 37
2017-02-08	14	1st	6 23 27 45 47 49
2016-12-21	7	1st	6 23 25 39 42 53
2016-11-26	1	1st	6 16 22 25 31 56
2016-11-23	33	1st	6 9 10 18 25 42
2016-07-30	35	2nd	1 6 8 9 18 38
2016-03-30	5	1st	6 9 34 44 54 59
2016-03-12	30	1st	6 9 12 15 22 37
2015-11-28	31	1st	6 14 25 39 44 48
2015-08-12	1	1st	6 9 16 21 36 44
2015-08-08	7	1st	6 21 27 41 43 56
2015-07-15	13	1st	6 7 8 13 33 55
2015-05-30	36	2nd	3 6 13 27 31 58
2015-01-24	7	2nd	3 6 30 41 45 56
2014-12-31	22	2nd	4 6 34 38 52 59
2014-10-15	4	2nd	2 6 25 35 56 59
2014-10-01	10	2nd	3 6 11 30 43 59
2014-08-27	1	2nd	3 6 14 17 45 48
2014-08-23	2	1st	6 15 22 37 41 45
2014-08-16	17	2nd	3 6 31 48 50 53
2014-06-18	13	1st	6 9 22 39 41 44
2014-05-03	8	1st	6 19 21 26 41 57
2014-04-05	6	2nd	3 6 9 19 31 41
2014-03-15	16	1st	6 29 30 34 44 49
2014-01-18	15	2nd	1 6 19 44 48 54
2013-11-27	5	1st	6 22 28 42 50 55
2013-11-09	4	2nd	5 6 24 25 28 33
2013-10-26	23	1st	6 10 16 21 29 54
2013-08-07	8	2nd	5 6 9 13 34 50
2013-07-10	14	1st	6 12 16 38 44 52
2013-05-22	36	1st	6 7 33 37 48 53
2013-01-16	6	1st	6 15 22 30 42 56
2012-12-26	6	1st	6 12 14 32 56 59
2012-12-05	7	1st	6 10 16 24 33 39
2012-11-10	8	1st	6 14 17 24 41 59
2012-10-13	1	2nd	1 6 8 28 35 42
2012-10-10	3	2nd	2 6 15 32 50 53
2012-09-29	12	1st	6 24 41 42 49 55
2012-08-18	12	2nd	5 6 7 15 26 42
2012-07-07	3	1st	6 10 19 22 37 43
2012-06-27	10	2nd	5 6 14 44 52 54
2012-05-23	4	2nd	1 6 9 22 35 41
2012-05-09	4	2nd	1 6 13 26 40 55
2012-04-25	11	1st	6 8 32 44 47 50
2012-03-17	7	2nd	2 6 10 20 43 58
2012-02-22	5	1st	6 15 31 48 53 57
2012-02-04	1	2nd	3 6 33 36 51 56
2012-02-01	2	2nd	4 6 20 31 39 54
2012-01-25	5	2nd	1 6 11 13 23 24
2012-01-07	4	1st	6 8 26 27 36 48
2011-12-24	3	1st	6 16 25 30 38 55
2011-12-14	10	2nd	1 6 7 12 14 55
2011-11-09	13	1st	6 18 51 52 53 55
2011-09-24	4	1st	6 8 17 22 27 28
2011-09-10	20	1st	6 8 11 35 38 56
2011-07-02	4	1st	6 9 10 19 39 47
2011-06-18	23	1st	6 11 21 45 55 57
2011-03-30	6	1st	6 24 28 34 41 55
2011-03-09	18	2nd	5 6 11 47 50 51
2011-01-05	15	2nd	4 6 11 18 20 33
2010-11-13	—	1st	6 10 18 29 45 53