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Star 6 In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 1 from 1–26.
Main numbers Stars 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/35 · Jan 2012 – Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/39 · Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 5/55 + 1/42 · Aug 2005 – Jan 2009 5/53 + 1/42 · Oct 2002 – Aug 2005 5/49 + 1/42 · Nov 1997 – Oct 2002 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 52 times drawn · chance expected 55 −0.35σ
43 draws waiting · a wait this long: 19% for any number
26.7 average wait between appearances · chance says 26.0
95 longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long
6 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 52 times in 1,418 draws against 54.5 expected, −0.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 43 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
6 Number 6, draw by draw Drawn 52 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 26.7 draws · longest completed wait 95 · waiting 43 draws now
8 draws: 2015-11-18 to 2015-12-16 9 draws: 2015-12-16 to 2016-01-16 13 draws: 2016-01-16 to 2016-03-02 7 draws: 2016-03-02 to 2016-03-26 27 draws: 2016-03-26 to 2016-06-29 13 draws: 2016-06-29 to 2016-08-13 72 draws: 2016-08-13 to 2017-04-22 11 draws: 2017-04-22 to 2017-05-31 53 draws: 2017-05-31 to 2017-12-02 2 draws: 2017-12-02 to 2017-12-09 16 draws: 2017-12-09 to 2018-02-03 6 draws: 2018-02-03 to 2018-02-24 19 draws: 2018-02-24 to 2018-05-02 78 draws: 2018-05-02 to 2019-01-30 20 draws: 2019-01-30 to 2019-04-10 5 draws: 2019-04-10 to 2019-04-27 26 draws: 2019-04-27 to 2019-07-27 1 draws: 2019-07-27 to 2019-07-31 11 draws: 2019-07-31 to 2019-09-07 44 draws: 2019-09-07 to 2020-02-08 42 draws: 2020-02-08 to 2020-07-04 32 draws: 2020-07-04 to 2020-10-24 17 draws: 2020-10-24 to 2020-12-23 27 draws: 2020-12-23 to 2021-03-27 7 draws: 2021-03-27 to 2021-04-21 81 draws: 2021-04-21 to 2021-12-06 42 draws: 2021-12-06 to 2022-03-14 2 draws: 2022-03-14 to 2022-03-19 3 draws: 2022-03-19 to 2022-03-26 4 draws: 2022-03-26 to 2022-04-04 79 draws: 2022-04-04 to 2022-10-05 3 draws: 2022-10-05 to 2022-10-12 13 draws: 2022-10-12 to 2022-11-12 71 draws: 2022-11-12 to 2023-04-26 4 draws: 2023-04-26 to 2023-05-06 78 draws: 2023-05-06 to 2023-11-04 5 draws: 2023-11-04 to 2023-11-15 16 draws: 2023-11-15 to 2023-12-23 29 draws: 2023-12-23 to 2024-02-28 33 draws: 2024-02-28 to 2024-05-15 64 draws: 2024-05-15 to 2024-10-12 43 draws: 2024-10-12 to 2025-01-20 21 draws: 2025-01-20 to 2025-03-10 7 draws: 2025-03-10 to 2025-03-26 41 draws: 2025-03-26 to 2025-06-30 95 draws: 2025-06-30 to 2026-02-07 4 draws: 2026-02-07 to 2026-02-16 3 draws: 2026-02-16 to 2026-02-23 4 draws: 2026-02-23 to 2026-03-04 16 draws: 2026-03-04 to 2026-04-11 35 draws: 2026-04-11 to 2026-07-01 Still waiting — at least 43 draws since 2026-07-01 2015-11-18 2015-12-16 2016-01-16 2016-03-02 2016-03-26 2016-06-29 2016-08-13 2017-04-22 2017-05-31 2017-12-02 2017-12-09 2018-02-03 2018-02-24 2018-05-02 2019-01-30 2019-04-10 2019-04-27 2019-07-27 2019-07-31 2019-09-07 2020-02-08 2020-07-04 2020-10-24 2020-12-23 2021-03-27 2021-04-21 2021-12-06 2022-03-14 2022-03-19 2022-03-26 2022-04-04 2022-10-05 2022-10-12 2022-11-12 2023-04-26 2023-05-06 2023-11-04 2023-11-15 2023-12-23 2024-02-28 2024-05-15 2024-10-12 2025-01-20 2025-03-10 2025-03-26 2025-06-30 2026-02-07 2026-02-16 2026-02-23 2026-03-04 2026-04-11 2026-07-01 2015-10-07 2026-10-10
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1st smallest 52 · chance 52.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 25 of the other 25 numbers; chance expects about 25 such strangers 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 26. 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 ← star 5 Every number star 7 → 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 1/26 tonight whatever it did last week.