Number 6

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 6 from 1–48.

329times drawn · chance expected 323 +0.35σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

39longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 329 times in 2,585 draws against 323.1 expected, +0.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 329 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 6 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 smallest194 · chance 182.5
2nd smallest119 · chance 120.0
3rd smallest16 · chance 24.6
4th smallest0 · chance 1.8
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 35.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

47 31 45 16 33 23

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
2026-09-28	5	1st	6 13 26 28 29 46
2026-09-16	10	1st	6 16 26 35 43 44
2026-08-24	8	2nd	5 6 15 17 24 27
2026-08-05	21	1st

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

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