Number 6

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,089 draws, 5 from 1–45.

109times drawn · chance expected 121 −1.16σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 89% for any number

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

59longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 109 times in 1,089 draws against 121.0 expected, −1.16σ. 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 109 times in 1,089 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 59 · 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 smallest70 · chance 66.0
2nd smallest28 · chance 36.7
3rd smallest11 · chance 5.9
4th smallest0 · chance 0.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 20 22 32 25 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-09	9	2nd	1 6 29 30 42
2026-09-30	22	1st	6 22 31 39 43
2026-09-08	2	1st	6 21 22 33 41
2026-09-06	7	2nd	4 6 36 38

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-09	2	3rd	1 5 6 34 40
2026-02-07	2	1st	6 7 15 35 37
2026-02-05	2	2nd	1 6 27 31 42
2026-02-03	32	1st	6 8 9 22 45
2026-01-02	10	1st	6 15 22 37 43
2025-12-23	8	1st	6 8 24 27 40
2025-12-15	3	1st	6 17 21 27 30
2025-12-12	5	2nd	2 6 12 24 40
2025-12-07	44	1st	6 16 21 25 30
2025-10-24	1	2nd	1 6 23 26 37
2025-10-23	3	1st	6 10 11 12 17
2025-10-20	11	2nd	2 6 18 31 32
2025-10-09	3	1st	6 13 16 37 41
2025-10-06	6	2nd	4 6 13 22 45
2025-09-30	29	3rd	2 5 6 22 25
2025-09-01	20	1st	6 23 32 39 40
2025-08-12	59	1st	6 16 36 39 42
2025-06-14	5	1st	6 19 28 34 41
2025-06-09	12	1st	6 7 20 27 32
2025-05-28	8	1st	6 7 18 23 27
2025-05-20	6	1st	6 8 22 27 34
2025-05-14	13	1st	6 19 36 38 41
2025-05-01	5	3rd	3 4 6 32 39
2025-04-26	17	1st	6 8 18 20 21
2025-04-09	17	1st	6 13 21 26 32
2025-03-23	17	2nd	1 6 22 25 39
2025-03-06	19	1st	6 15 24 32 42
2025-02-15	3	2nd	4 6 33 35 40
2025-02-12	23	1st	6 7 19 33 37
2025-01-20	10	3rd	1 3 6 42 45
2025-01-10	2	3rd	3 5 6 38 42
2025-01-08	10	1st	6 9 12 20 21
2024-12-29	11	1st	6 22 25 37 40
2024-12-18	5	3rd	4 5 6 28 36
2024-12-13	6	1st	6 17 28 38 44
2024-12-07	40	1st	6 22 28 39 45
2024-10-28	9	1st	6 8 9 35 39
2024-10-19	1	1st	6 12 25 27 29
2024-10-18	4	2nd	5 6 10 33 41
2024-10-14	14	1st	6 7 30 37 44
2024-09-30	1	1st	6 20 32 36 43
2024-09-29	1	2nd	1 6 14 25 36
2024-09-28	4	2nd	4 6 10 14 33
2024-09-24	3	1st	6 16 20 22 45
2024-09-21	5	1st	6 9 14 24 37
2024-09-16	3	3rd	4 5 6 11 37
2024-09-13	3	2nd	1 6 8 30 42
2024-09-10	4	1st	6 11 17 20 37
2024-09-06	3	2nd	4 6 23 27 29
2024-09-03	8	1st	6 7 8 15 16
2024-08-26	16	1st	6 12 24 31 37
2024-08-10	16	2nd	3 6 24 38 41
2024-07-25	9	1st	6 9 29 31 36
2024-07-16	3	1st	6 15 19 25 40
2024-07-13	7	1st	6 17 31 35 40
2024-07-06	7	1st	6 18 21 22 40
2024-06-29	22	1st	6 9 23 26 37
2024-06-07	7	1st	6 29 30 38 44
2024-05-31	2	1st	6 9 20 23 24
2024-05-29	8	1st	6 12 15 25 45
2024-05-21	5	1st	6 8 19 21 33
2024-05-16	19	1st	6 25 29 33 36
2024-04-27	6	2nd	2 6 9 31 32
2024-04-21	8	1st	6 7 16 25 29
2024-04-13	4	1st	6 9 14 20 41
2024-04-09	6	1st	6 15 17 28 35
2024-04-03	3	2nd	1 6 18 28 31
2024-03-31	10	2nd	4 6 24 32 38
2024-03-21	10	1st	6 8 13 16 17
2024-03-11	1	1st	6 29 31 38 45
2024-03-10	11	2nd	1 6 12 20 42
2024-02-28	8	2nd	1 6 14 21 27
2024-02-20	6	1st	6 12 27 31 32
2024-02-14	11	3rd	3 4 6 7 41
2024-02-03	4	2nd	2 6 7 12 25
2024-01-30	19	2nd	2 6 28 29 35
2024-01-11	12	3rd	3 5 6 16 24
2023-12-30	9	1st	6 20 25 34 39
2023-12-21	20	3rd	1 4 6 21 43
2023-12-01	4	1st	6 9 19 35 39
2023-11-27	14	1st	6 26 30 34 38
2023-11-13	8	3rd	1 2 6 8 28
2023-11-05	3	1st	6 15 18 32 37
2023-11-02	12	1st	6 8 23 24 25
2023-10-21	—	1st	6 29 38 40 44