Number 6

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,429 draws, 5 from 1–38.

185times drawn · chance expected 188 −0.24σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 57% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

40longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 185 times in 1,429 draws against 188.0 expected, −0.24σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 185 times in 1,429 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 5 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 smallest97 · chance 100.7
2nd smallest71 · chance 69.5
3rd smallest15 · chance 13.9
4th smallest2 · 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 20.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 15 38 18 22 32

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2026-10-06	5	3rd	2 4 6 20 36
2026-10-01	4	1st	6 7 28 31 34
2026-09-27	22	1st	6 12 22 25 28
2026-09-05	1	1st	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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-28	2	3rd	2 4 6 24 27
2026-03-26	4	1st	6 10 11 17 18
2026-03-22	4	2nd	1 6 27 35 37
2026-03-18	9	1st	6 10 11 19 28
2026-03-09	7	1st	6 14 15 21 37
2026-03-02	13	1st	6 7 12 14 35
2026-02-17	2	3rd	1 2 6 18 22
2026-02-15	15	2nd	3 6 19 22 38
2026-01-31	14	1st	6 13 18 27 34
2026-01-17	7	2nd	2 6 12 28 36
2026-01-10	2	1st	6 8 16 17 34
2026-01-08	2	2nd	2 6 17 22 31
2026-01-06	16	2nd	5 6 25 29 33
2025-12-21	4	1st	6 10 20 24 37
2025-12-17	2	3rd	3 5 6 31 32
2025-12-15	3	1st	6 11 19 21 33
2025-12-12	4	2nd	1 6 31 36 38
2025-12-08	1	3rd	1 5 6 14 21
2025-12-07	11	2nd	5 6 10 18 37
2025-11-26	4	1st	6 22 30 35 36
2025-11-22	1	2nd	2 6 8 36 37
2025-11-21	5	2nd	2 6 20 29 38
2025-11-16	4	2nd	4 6 8 15 31
2025-11-12	9	2nd	5 6 24 31 32
2025-11-03	5	2nd	2 6 7 16 25
2025-10-29	2	1st	6 16 23 28 36
2025-10-27	1	2nd	4 6 11 23 27
2025-10-26	16	1st	6 22 25 29 31
2025-10-10	4	3rd	1 2 6 14 22
2025-10-06	5	1st	6 9 15 32 37
2025-10-01	4	2nd	4 6 13 16 32
2025-09-27	14	2nd	1 6 11 28 35
2025-09-13	9	1st	6 20 30 33 35
2025-09-04	7	1st	6 13 15 20 32
2025-08-28	5	1st	6 15 23 32 38
2025-08-23	18	1st	6 12 13 33 38
2025-08-05	3	1st	6 7 16 31 38
2025-08-02	10	2nd	2 6 11 24 25
2025-07-23	2	2nd	1 6 18 33 37
2025-07-21	14	2nd	2 6 11 14 36
2025-07-07	31	1st	6 16 22 26 36
2025-06-06	30	2nd	4 6 21 23 37
2025-05-07	3	1st	6 13 19 25 34
2025-05-04	5	1st	6 8 21 25 29
2025-04-29	1	2nd	3 6 7 10 18
2025-04-28	10	2nd	1 6 22 24 38
2025-04-18	3	1st	6 22 31 35 38
2025-04-15	10	1st	6 9 10 23 34
2025-04-05	2	2nd	4 6 8 14 35
2025-04-03	1	3rd	2 3 6 28 32
2025-04-02	5	1st	6 12 15 18 20
2025-03-28	7	2nd	2 6 12 18 24
2025-03-21	8	1st	6 15 30 32 34
2025-03-13	2	1st	6 12 14 19 21
2025-03-11	1	1st	6 10 27 29 35
2025-03-10	1	1st	6 16 24 26 31
2025-03-09	17	1st	6 15 18 22 37
2025-02-20	1	1st	6 18 26 36 38
2025-02-19	8	4th	2 4 5 6 9
2025-02-11	2	2nd	1 6 14 24 28
2025-02-09	12	3rd	1 2 6 9 27
2025-01-28	10	3rd	1 4 6 16 25
2025-01-18	15	1st	6 18 29 33 37
2025-01-03	34	2nd	1 6 15 23 38
2024-11-30	1	2nd	5 6 9 21 36
2024-11-29	2	1st	6 12 17 18 26
2024-11-27	13	1st	6 10 18 22 31
2024-11-14	5	1st	6 15 16 28 35
2024-11-09	14	1st	6 24 26 29 38
2024-10-26	7	2nd	1 6 15 20 24
2024-10-19	16	2nd	1 6 9 21 23
2024-10-03	11	3rd	1 2 6 28 34
2024-09-22	14	1st	6 10 24 27 34
2024-09-08	1	2nd	4 6 9 17 32
2024-09-07	13	1st	6 10 14 27 32
2024-08-25	5	1st	6 12 14 29 32
2024-08-20	10	2nd	5 6 23 31 34
2024-08-10	4	2nd	5 6 12 16 17
2024-08-06	2	1st	6 8 24 25 38
2024-08-04	8	1st	6 11 24 34 37
2024-07-27	4	2nd	1 6 18 26 37
2024-07-23	2	2nd	1 6 11 29 31
2024-07-21	1	2nd	3 6 18 21 34
2024-07-20	5	2nd	4 6 17 19 38
2024-07-15	7	2nd	4 6 9 15 30
2024-07-08	1	2nd	3 6 14 21 36
2024-07-07	22	1st	6 19 20 33 37
2024-06-15	7	1st	6 7 14 25 28
2024-06-08	11	1st	6 8 9 13 26
2024-05-28	2	1st	6 23 28 36 38
2024-05-26	13	1st	6 15 31 34 35
2024-05-13	9	2nd	5 6 19 25 35
2024-05-04	6	2nd	3 6 9 18 35
2024-04-28	3	2nd	4 6 17 21 36
2024-04-25	4	1st	6 14 15 18 30
2024-04-21	20	1st	6 9 10 16 32
2024-04-01	5	2nd	4 6 11 13 31
2024-03-27	4	2nd	1 6 24 34 38
2024-03-23	7	2nd	2 6 8 29 33
2024-03-16	2	1st	6 23 27 32 38
2024-03-14	5	1st	6 8 9 11 31
2024-03-09	8	1st	6 12 14 22 29
2024-03-01	7	1st	6 11 28 29 34
2024-02-23	12	1st	6 9 21 32 36
2024-02-11	4	2nd	1 6 10 33 36
2024-02-07	3	1st	6 7 21 36 38
2024-02-04	27	2nd	5 6 7 18 19
2024-01-08	2	1st	6 22 27 32 33
2024-01-06	1	1st	6 22 30 37 38
2024-01-05	29	1st	6 20 21 28 29
2023-12-07	13	1st	6 8 28 32 35
2023-11-24	5	1st	6 21 23 26 32
2023-11-19	22	2nd	1 6 19 26 31
2023-10-28	3	1st	6 10 15 21 26
2023-10-25	15	2nd	2 6 11 25 36
2023-10-10	3	2nd	5 6 7 20 22
2023-10-07	15	1st	6 10 12 26 34
2023-09-22	2	2nd	4 6 8 31 36
2023-09-20	2	2nd	2 6 15 28 36
2023-09-18	7	2nd	5 6 9 23 25
2023-09-11	4	1st	6 8 16 25 32
2023-09-07	1	1st	6 11 12 18 33
2023-09-06	6	1st	6 8 15 28 31
2023-08-31	20	2nd	2 6 13 15 18
2023-08-11	1	1st	6 16 19 22 27
2023-08-10	1	3rd	2 5 6 30 33
2023-08-09	1	1st	6 11 21 22 33
2023-08-08	4	1st	6 7 8 31 37
2023-08-04	2	1st	6 8 26 31 32
2023-08-02	4	2nd	3 6 10 17 22
2023-07-29	5	2nd	2 6 9 20 38
2023-07-24	7	2nd	5 6 26 28 38
2023-07-17	12	1st	6 18 25 28 30
2023-07-05	22	1st	6 18 30 31 33
2023-06-13	13	1st	6 9 15 17 23
2023-05-31	4	1st	6 10 15 22 35
2023-05-27	9	1st	6 7 9 34 35
2023-05-18	1	2nd	4 6 14 27 28
2023-05-17	14	2nd	2 6 9 15 29
2023-05-03	1	1st	6 16 21 23 24
2023-05-02	3	1st	6 11 21 35 38
2023-04-29	1	2nd	3 6 8 21 32
2023-04-28	13	1st	6 11 12 33 37
2023-04-15	9	2nd	5 6 9 20 21
2023-04-06	2	1st	6 7 20 29 38
2023-04-04	2	1st	6 22 23 26 31
2023-04-02	5	1st	6 14 29 31 32
2023-03-28	16	3rd	2 3 6 12 14
2023-03-12	6	1st	6 10 17 30 36
2023-03-06	1	1st	6 9 15 29 30
2023-03-05	24	1st	6 12 13 32 38
2023-02-09	40	2nd	4 6 16 26 38
2022-12-31	2	2nd	5 6 8 12 36
2022-12-29	2	1st	6 11 20 27 28
2022-12-27	14	2nd	2 6 8 26 37
2022-12-13	4	1st	6 7 13 30 35
2022-12-09	11	3rd	2 4 6 15 27
2022-11-28	5	2nd	3 6 9 15 34
2022-11-23	3	2nd	3 6 11 36 37
2022-11-20	3	2nd	1 6 13 15 16
2022-11-17	—	1st	6 9 12 18 29