Number 6

In Wild Money under the 5/35 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2016 rules — 1,034 draws, 5 from 1–35 (an earlier era).

146times drawn · chance expected 148 −0.15σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

37longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 146 times in 1,034 draws against 147.7 expected, −0.15σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 146 times in 1,034 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 37 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest51 · chance 74.8
2nd smallest77 · chance 57.5
3rd smallest18 · chance 12.8
4th smallest0 · chance 0.9
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 29 2 19 1 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2016-11-15	3	1st	6 7 14 20 33
2016-11-08	2	2nd	3 6 22 23 33
2016-11-03	5	2nd	5 6 15 23 25
2016-10-22	4	1st	6 9

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-02-13	6	2nd	5 6 12 13 21
2016-01-30	9	2nd	5 6 7 14 29
2016-01-09	20	2nd	4 6 11 14 29
2015-11-24	1	1st	6 26 28 29 33
2015-11-21	2	2nd	3 6 9 12 16
2015-11-17	14	2nd	5 6 8 13 30
2015-10-15	2	2nd	1 6 7 16 29
2015-10-10	14	2nd	4 6 14 20 22
2015-09-08	3	2nd	3 6 23 25 34
2015-09-01	6	2nd	4 6 7 14 31
2015-08-18	1	2nd	3 6 17 18 32
2015-08-15	3	2nd	2 6 14 20 32
2015-08-08	6	2nd	3 6 8 10 34
2015-07-25	10	2nd	1 6 9 11 13
2015-07-02	7	2nd	4 6 15 17 34
2015-06-16	3	3rd	1 4 6 27 35
2015-06-09	3	1st	6 16 23 27 33
2015-06-02	1	2nd	2 6 12 31 35
2015-05-30	4	2nd	5 6 20 22 27
2015-05-21	2	1st	6 13 24 30 32
2015-05-16	3	1st	6 17 19 27 29
2015-05-09	1	2nd	5 6 8 11 29
2015-05-07	23	2nd	5 6 18 26 31
2015-03-14	1	2nd	3 6 8 28 31
2015-03-12	15	2nd	4 6 17 30 33
2015-02-05	3	3rd	2 3 6 29 31
2015-01-29	5	1st	6 10 22 29 35
2015-01-17	3	2nd	1 6 10 29 33
2015-01-10	3	1st	6 8 12 25 29
2015-01-03	30	1st	6 18 22 29 35
2014-10-25	13	1st	6 10 16 21 35
2014-09-25	13	1st	6 8 19 31 35
2014-08-26	9	2nd	3 6 22 24 31
2014-08-05	16	2nd	5 6 8 23 34
2014-06-28	7	1st	6 13 15 17 22
2014-06-12	2	2nd	1 6 9 15 18
2014-06-07	7	2nd	5 6 16 22 26
2014-05-22	7	1st	6 14 18 29 30
2014-05-06	14	2nd	4 6 19 22 26
2014-04-03	4	1st	6 14 18 19 29
2014-03-25	4	1st	6 7 15 17 20
2014-03-15	7	1st	6 7 10 15 17
2014-02-27	3	2nd	2 6 22 32 34
2014-02-20	11	1st	6 10 23 32 33
2014-01-25	4	2nd	3 6 16 19 35
2014-01-16	1	2nd	3 6 9 26 32
2014-01-14	4	2nd	5 6 19 25 26
2014-01-04	17	2nd	4 6 7 19 30
2013-11-26	26	1st	6 10 11 25 29
2013-09-26	10	1st	6 7 19 20 31
2013-09-03	15	3rd	3 4 6 11 12
2013-07-30	9	2nd	5 6 17 31 35
2013-07-09	5	1st	6 8 10 18 28
2013-06-27	4	1st	6 13 16 25 26
2013-06-18	4	3rd	2 5 6 17 21
2013-06-08	5	2nd	3 6 17 20 34
2013-05-28	7	3rd	2 3 6 29 30
2013-05-11	4	2nd	2 6 12 20 23
2013-05-02	11	1st	6 8 15 18 35
2013-04-06	3	2nd	1 6 12 23 29
2013-03-30	3	2nd	1 6 19 24 35
2013-03-23	1	2nd	3 6 13 29 32
2013-03-21	9	3rd	1 2 6 13 29
2013-02-28	2	1st	6 10 22 33 34
2013-02-23	9	2nd	3 6 26 27 28
2013-02-02	16	2nd	3 6 12 25 28
2012-12-27	2	1st	6 15 22 27 33
2012-12-22	32	1st	6 17 32 33 35
2012-10-09	2	3rd	2 3 6 12 22
2012-10-04	13	1st	6 21 26 29 35
2012-09-04	3	2nd	1 6 9 19 29
2012-08-28	1	3rd	2 3 6 13 33
2012-08-25	7	2nd	4 6 9 12 29
2012-08-07	4	2nd	2 6 8 25 27
2012-07-28	4	2nd	4 6 12 28 30
2012-07-19	9	1st	6 18 25 28 34
2012-06-28	4	2nd	5 6 7 19 30
2012-06-19	4	1st	6 9 11 14 34
2012-06-09	8	3rd	2 3 6 9 13
2012-05-22	3	1st	6 7 12 14 19
2012-05-15	19	1st	6 11 13 15 19
2012-03-31	15	2nd	1 6 12 26 27
2012-02-25	1	2nd	5 6 13 25 31
2012-02-23	1	2nd	3 6 9 18 28
2012-02-21	18	3rd	1 2 6 10 11
2012-01-10	9	1st	6 17 26 31 34
2011-12-20	13	2nd	3 6 8 18 19
2011-11-19	37	2nd	1 6 27 31 32
2011-08-25	1	2nd	2 6 19 21 34
2011-08-23	4	3rd	2 5 6 21 24
2011-08-13	1	3rd	1 3 6 15 23
2011-08-11	10	1st	6 8 19 21 28
2011-07-19	15	1st	6 11 18 20 34
2011-06-14	12	1st	6 8 9 17 23
2011-05-17	3	2nd	1 6 12 15 19
2011-05-10	17	3rd	2 4 6 31 35
2011-03-31	8	2nd	1 6 12 15 22
2011-03-12	2	1st	6 16 18 30 35
2011-03-08	1	2nd	3 6 21 26 28
2011-03-05	5	2nd	5 6 12 23 34
2011-02-22	10	2nd	2 6 17 25 31
2011-01-29	12	3rd	4 5 6 14 28
2011-01-01	2	1st	6 17 27 30 35
2010-12-28	5	2nd	1 6 15 17 29
2010-12-16	2	1st	6 24 25 27 35
2010-12-11	3	2nd	3 6 19 29 35
2010-12-04	4	1st	6 13 26 32 34
2010-11-25	1	2nd	3 6 23 24 29
2010-11-23	26	1st	6 10 19 22 31
2010-09-23	3	1st	6 11 16 18 21
2010-09-16	6	2nd	1 6 15 23 35
2010-09-02	1	1st	6 7 25 26 33
2010-08-31	5	2nd	3 6 18 23 29
2010-08-19	11	1st	6 7 12 23 26
2010-07-24	21	3rd	2 5 6 25 29
2010-06-05	3	2nd	3 6 14 18 20
2010-05-29	4	3rd	4 5 6 7 9
2010-05-20	2	2nd	1 6 14 15 27
2010-05-15	3	1st	6 15 26 30 34
2010-05-08	1	2nd	3 6 8 25 32
2010-05-06	7	2nd	4 6 10 12 20
2010-04-20	—	2nd	4 6 7 16 25