Number 6

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

109times drawn · chance expected 103 +0.64σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 80% for any number

12.9average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

68longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 109 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, +0.64σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 109 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 12.9 draws · longest completed wait 68 · 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 smallest76 · chance 79.7
2nd smallest31 · chance 26.6
3rd smallest2 · chance 2.6
4th smallest0 · chance 0.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 35 33 36 28 39

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 6 is picked about 1.12× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.06

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 6 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-30	22	2nd	4 6 23 33 44
2026-08-10	4	1st	6 37 54 55 64
2026-08-01	2	1st	6 17 27 48 50
2026-07-27	11	1st	6 26 46 58

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-28	4	1st	6 31 51 54 55
2024-12-18	9	1st	6 15 18 33 49
2024-11-27	10	2nd	1 6 7 13 40
2024-11-04	38	1st	6 18 33 48 53
2024-08-07	19	1st	6 19 35 47 57
2024-06-24	13	2nd	5 6 36 53 69
2024-05-25	6	1st	6 33 35 36 64
2024-05-11	13	2nd	3 6 39 49 67
2024-04-10	1	1st	6 7 12 24 36
2024-04-08	7	1st	6 21 23 39 54
2024-03-23	7	1st	6 23 25 34 51
2024-03-06	8	1st	6 19 28 44 60
2024-02-17	34	1st	6 28 59 62 69
2023-11-29	17	1st	6 47 50 61 68
2023-10-21	23	1st	6 15 24 67 68
2023-08-28	9	2nd	4 6 25 55 68
2023-08-07	18	1st	6 13 20 35 54
2023-06-26	68	1st	6 28 39 43 54
2023-01-18	18	1st	6 15 22 42 47
2022-12-07	2	1st	6 28 44 59 61
2022-12-03	5	1st	6 13 33 36 37
2022-11-21	14	2nd	1 6 40 51 67
2022-10-19	4	1st	6 8 15 27 42
2022-10-10	5	2nd	3 6 11 17 22
2022-09-28	3	1st	6 10 24 33 67
2022-09-21	4	1st	6 33 34 45 54
2022-09-12	8	1st	6 14 16 34 66
2022-08-24	26	1st	6 24 35 37 44
2022-06-25	1	1st	6 12 20 27 32
2022-06-22	17	1st	6 10 31 48 56
2022-05-14	3	1st	6 40 41 45 52
2022-05-07	12	3rd	4 5 6 28 67
2022-04-09	1	1st	6 16 31 62 66
2022-04-06	2	1st	6 42 45 47 64
2022-04-02	16	1st	6 28 47 58 59
2022-02-23	21	1st	6 17 21 35 64
2022-01-05	2	1st	6 14 25 33 46
2022-01-01	1	1st	6 12 39 48 50
2021-12-29	5	2nd	2 6 9 33 39
2021-12-18	22	2nd	2 6 24 51 61
2021-10-27	31	2nd	3 6 26 35 51
2021-08-14	21	1st	6 21 49 65 67
2021-06-02	19	1st	6 7 11 66 67
2021-03-27	2	1st	6 14 38 39 65
2021-03-20	25	2nd	1 6 22 42 61
2020-12-23	5	1st	6 13 38 39 53
2020-12-05	10	3rd	3 4 6 48 53
2020-10-31	4	2nd	2 6 40 42 55
2020-10-17	3	1st	6 10 31 37 44
2020-10-07	16	1st	6 24 30 53 56
2020-08-12	3	2nd	2 6 18 36 37
2020-08-01	66	1st	6 25 36 43 48
2019-12-14	20	2nd	3 6 12 32 64
2019-10-05	7	1st	6 14 36 51 54
2019-09-11	11	1st	6 17 24 53 57
2019-08-03	12	2nd	3 6 45 66 68
2019-06-22	6	2nd	3 6 11 14 66
2019-06-01	6	1st	6 15 34 45 52
2019-05-11	2	1st	6 8 9 37 40
2019-05-04	3	1st	6 16 23 30 61
2019-04-24	13	1st	6 32 35 36 65
2019-03-09	1	2nd	5 6 45 55 59
2019-03-06	3	1st	6 10 21 35 46
2019-02-23	13	2nd	4 6 14 20 32
2019-01-09	15	1st	6 19 37 49 59
2018-11-17	19	1st	6 8 20 52 68
2018-09-12	2	1st	6 28 48 63 64
2018-09-05	25	1st	6 15 50 59 60
2018-06-09	6	1st	6 10 15 25 36
2018-05-19	15	2nd	3 6 9 17 56
2018-03-28	4	1st	6 8 26 52 53
2018-03-14	2	1st	6 12 24 41 68
2018-03-07	33	1st	6 13 19 36 51
2017-11-11	3	2nd	4 6 16 30 56
2017-11-01	15	2nd	3 6 19 26 44
2017-09-09	2	1st	6 20 29 57 59
2017-09-02	3	1st	6 21 41 52 62
2017-08-23	51	1st	6 7 16 23 26
2017-02-25	6	1st	6 32 47 62 65
2017-02-04	48	1st	6 13 16 17 52
2016-08-20	9	2nd	3 6 21 60 68
2016-07-20	15	1st	6 25 35 58 66
2016-05-28	42	1st	6 33 34 58 59
2016-01-02	10	2nd	5 6 15 29 42
2015-11-28	—	2nd	2 6 47 66 67