Number 6

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,160 draws, 6 from 1–40.

166times drawn · chance expected 174 −0.66σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

46longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 166 times in 1,160 draws against 174.0 expected, −0.66σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 26 times, counted separately.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 166 times in 1,160 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 1 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 smallest79 · chance 80.2
2nd smallest70 · chance 66.9
3rd smallest16 · chance 17.3
4th smallest1 · chance 1.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 19 36 30 39 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-07	1	2nd	2 6 7 14 30 35
2026-10-03	4	3rd	1 2 6 12 13 17
2026-09-19	7	1st	6 22 23 32 36 37
2026-08-26

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-19	18	2nd	5 6 12 14 24 31
2025-05-17	17	2nd	2 6 7 10 24 38
2025-03-19	11	1st	6 9 10 18 25 37
2025-02-08	3	1st	6 27 28 30 32 37
2025-01-29	15	2nd	1 6 26 28 32 33
2024-12-07	1	3rd	2 3 6 12 28 30
2024-12-04	10	2nd	1 6 7 28 32 36
2024-10-30	5	2nd	1 6 21 25 27 32
2024-10-12	15	4th	2 3 4 6 8 10
2024-08-21	11	3rd	4 5 6 20 36 38
2024-07-13	4	1st	6 24 26 33 34 38
2024-06-29	6	1st	6 9 19 25 27 39
2024-06-08	3	2nd	4 6 19 21 22 35
2024-05-29	12	2nd	4 6 12 27 31 34
2024-04-17	1	1st	6 7 16 19 21 23
2024-04-13	3	1st	6 9 26 29 34 38
2024-04-03	5	2nd	2 6 12 21 26 28
2024-03-16	18	2nd	2 6 9 21 24 28
2024-01-13	1	2nd	3 6 8 11 35 38
2024-01-10	20	1st	6 9 10 21 25 29
2023-11-01	2	2nd	5 6 17 23 28 36
2023-10-25	11	1st	6 16 18 19 35 36
2023-09-16	4	1st	6 14 23 34 35 36
2023-09-02	2	3rd	1 4 6 15 18 25
2023-08-26	2	1st	6 11 12 26 30 36
2023-08-19	4	2nd	5 6 8 9 30 36
2023-08-05	3	1st	6 12 26 31 37 39
2023-07-26	2	2nd	3 6 22 31 32 35
2023-07-19	8	1st	6 11 18 20 23 36
2023-06-21	6	3rd	2 4 6 13 19 27
2023-05-31	19	1st	6 20 29 30 31 36
2023-03-25	9	1st	6 8 18 29 30 36
2023-02-22	6	2nd	3 6 7 22 24 29
2023-02-01	1	1st	6 9 20 22 30 38
2023-01-28	2	2nd	5 6 14 22 32 40
2023-01-21	10	1st	6 11 16 21 25 38
2022-12-17	22	3rd	1 3 6 9 10 26
2022-10-01	9	1st	6 14 21 31 35 39
2022-08-31	25	1st	6 12 14 20 36 37
2022-06-04	6	3rd	4 5 6 7 29 30
2022-05-14	1	1st	6 8 16 17 24 35
2022-05-11	8	2nd	3 6 10 18 23 30
2022-04-13	9	1st	6 9 11 13 23 31
2022-03-12	1	1st	6 17 20 27 32 38
2022-03-09	11	1st	6 7 9 16 30 33
2022-01-29	4	2nd	4 6 15 18 19 32
2022-01-15	6	1st	6 11 18 29 31 39
2021-12-25	4	2nd	5 6 16 22 25 29
2021-12-11	6	1st	6 12 13 19 32 39
2021-11-20	13	1st	6 8 14 19 28 40
2021-10-06	3	1st	6 15 16 20 29 33
2021-09-25	2	2nd	1 6 11 19 32 39
2021-09-18	3	2nd	4 6 11 21 35 37
2021-09-08	13	2nd	3 6 9 20 24 40
2021-07-24	1	2nd	3 6 13 25 32 34
2021-07-21	16	1st	6 8 9 16 23 26
2021-05-26	3	2nd	2 6 7 34 38 39
2021-05-15	1	2nd	5 6 13 22 26 37
2021-05-12	29	2nd	3 6 33 35 38 40
2021-01-30	3	2nd	2 6 20 23 32 34
2021-01-20	8	2nd	5 6 13 16 34 39
2020-12-23	1	1st	6 20 22 25 30 36
2020-12-19	7	2nd	2 6 24 32 33 39
2020-11-25	5	1st	6 10 13 19 31 38
2020-11-07	1	2nd	3 6 14 20 31 39
2020-11-04	26	2nd	4 6 8 16 24 38
2020-08-05	9	2nd	1 6 26 31 34 35
2020-07-04	3	1st	6 11 27 28 34 37
2020-06-24	8	2nd	5 6 8 16 20 31
2020-05-27	1	2nd	4 6 8 9 15 40
2020-05-23	7	1st	6 8 28 34 36 39
2020-04-29	4	2nd	4 6 20 26 32 39
2020-04-15	23	3rd	1 4 6 8 23 27
2020-01-25	23	1st	6 8 19 21 32 39
2019-11-06	1	1st	6 13 17 28 30 36
2019-11-02	46	2nd	2 6 13 15 33 36
2019-05-25	1	2nd	1 6 13 29 32 40
2019-05-22	9	1st	6 20 22 28 34 40
2019-04-20	4	2nd	2 6 19 21 31 33
2019-04-06	3	1st	6 13 15 21 38 39
2019-03-27	17	2nd	1 6 7 19 25 34
2019-01-26	4	2nd	2 6 7 24 29 39
2019-01-12	5	2nd	1 6 8 13 30 31
2018-12-26	1	2nd	2 6 7 19 20 30
2018-12-22	1	1st	6 14 19 31 36 39
2018-12-19	6	1st	6 22 27 35 39 40
2018-11-28	7	1st	6 25 32 34 36 39
2018-11-03	1	2nd	1 6 19 25 26 29
2018-10-31	1	1st	6 30 36 37 38 40
2018-10-27	2	1st	6 10 11 17 21 35
2018-10-20	6	1st	6 8 9 14 18 26
2018-09-29	2	1st	6 17 24 26 36 39
2018-09-22	1	1st	6 8 17 27 29 36
2018-09-19	4	1st	6 7 9 22 30 34
2018-09-05	1	2nd	3 6 7 8 17 23
2018-09-01	6	1st	6 15 17 27 30 38
2018-08-11	17	2nd	3 6 10 16 24 33
2018-06-13	3	2nd	5 6 8 16 17 34
2018-06-02	7	1st	6 7 11 21 22 31
2018-05-09	24	1st	6 11 22 24 29 30
2018-02-14	10	2nd	4 6 10 14 23 36
2018-01-10	3	1st	6 7 8 31 36 37
2017-12-30	4	2nd	1 6 8 16 21 40
2017-12-16	6	3rd	3 4 6 15 25 30
2017-11-25	1	1st	6 10 16 17 24 35
2017-11-22	3	1st	6 7 8 12 25 33
2017-11-11	13	1st	6 9 11 13 25 38
2017-09-27	5	2nd	2 6 17 26 38 40
2017-09-09	10	2nd	4 6 27 33 34 37
2017-08-05	20	1st	6 7 8 19 28 40
2017-05-27	5	2nd	5 6 16 26 27 28
2017-05-10	3	1st	6 16 17 28 31 33
2017-04-29	3	1st	6 13 14 25 33 35
2017-04-19	12	2nd	4 6 7 18 26 28
2017-03-08	1	3rd	1 4 6 23 37 39
2017-03-04	10	2nd	1 6 7 8 26 30
2017-01-28	4	1st	6 10 15 16 37 40
2017-01-14	14	2nd	5 6 19 22 35 39
2016-11-26	3	2nd	1 6 10 19 34 38
2016-11-16	8	1st	6 9 13 16 21 26
2016-10-19	4	1st	6 8 19 23 32 39
2016-10-05	8	2nd	1 6 14 22 30 34
2016-09-07	5	1st	6 8 10 23 28 30
2016-08-20	5	3rd	1 5 6 24 29 36
2016-08-03	7	2nd	3 6 9 19 32 38
2016-07-09	12	3rd	1 2 6 9 20 30
2016-05-28	4	1st	6 12 13 23 35 36
2016-05-14	1	1st	6 7 11 16 20 29
2016-05-11	1	1st	6 10 14 17 20 25
2016-05-07	1	2nd	4 6 11 22 23 29
2016-05-04	4	1st	6 8 13 14 29 33
2016-04-20	2	2nd	2 6 7 22 27 36
2016-04-13	13	1st	6 7 11 16 26 35
2016-02-27	2	2nd	1 6 21 27 28 32
2016-02-20	18	1st	6 14 19 23 31 32
2015-12-19	5	2nd	5 6 9 12 19 40
2015-12-02	2	2nd	1 6 12 16 21 38
2015-11-25	13	1st	6 14 15 17 18 19
2015-10-10	1	1st	6 11 30 31 36 38
2015-10-07	4	2nd	5 6 10 11 12 19
2015-09-23	3	1st	6 12 16 18 35 39
2015-09-12	—	1st	6 8 12 19 26 37