Number 6

In Dakota Cash under the 5/35 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 5 from 1–35.

240times drawn · chance expected 246 −0.43σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

32longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 240 times in 1,724 draws against 246.3 expected, −0.43σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 240 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 2 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 smallest129 · chance 122.9
2nd smallest95 · chance 94.5
3rd smallest14 · chance 21.0
4th smallest2 · chance 1.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 7 29 31 9 22

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
2026-10-03	8	1st	6 9 10 14 16
2026-09-05	1	1st	6 9 26 27 31
2026-09-02	6	4th	3 4 5 6 12
2026-08-12	3	3rd	1 5 6

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.

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