Number 6

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

350times drawn · chance expected 322 +1.69σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

34longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 350 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +1.69σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 350 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 6 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 smallest208 · chance 196.8
2nd smallest115 · chance 126.1
3rd smallest27 · chance 25.2
4th smallest0 · chance 1.8
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 36.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 47 15 24 23 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-26	19	3rd	2 3 6 8 19 36
2026-08-12	13	3rd	1 5 6 21 29 30
2026-07-13	29	2nd	4 6 31 32 45 48
2026-05-06	1	2nd	1

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-30	10	2nd	3 6 14 31 32 48
2025-08-06	2	1st	6 8 26 38 46 49
2025-08-02	5	1st	6 16 21 23 42 48
2025-07-21	11	2nd	2 6 20 33 40 49
2025-06-25	1	1st	6 10 27 33 36 43
2025-06-23	13	1st	6 15 21 24 37 43
2025-05-24	3	1st	6 10 23 29 40 49
2025-05-17	1	1st	6 9 19 23 29 38
2025-05-14	1	1st	6 7 8 18 38 45
2025-05-12	2	1st	6 8 11 15 30 39
2025-05-07	4	2nd	4 6 12 16 26 29
2025-04-28	16	2nd	3 6 15 18 34 37
2025-03-22	10	1st	6 8 11 20 45 49
2025-02-26	6	1st	6 18 20 22 23 32
2025-02-12	13	1st	6 7 11 18 24 48
2025-01-13	2	2nd	3 6 27 31 34 44
2025-01-08	7	2nd	5 6 17 19 38 40
2024-12-23	9	2nd	4 6 8 22 28 47
2024-12-02	2	2nd	1 6 7 19 46 47
2024-11-27	2	1st	6 8 31 42 44 46
2024-11-23	10	3rd	1 3 6 26 27 31
2024-10-30	6	3rd	1 2 6 18 38 43
2024-10-16	5	1st	6 14 15 16 19 49
2024-10-05	2	1st	6 7 8 11 17 36
2024-09-30	6	2nd	2 6 12 22 36 38
2024-09-16	4	2nd	1 6 17 24 28 40
2024-09-07	5	3rd	2 5 6 24 32 36
2024-08-26	2	1st	6 7 28 37 43 44
2024-08-21	2	1st	6 7 15 17 19 30
2024-08-17	6	1st	6 9 14 27 29 48
2024-08-03	2	1st	6 11 12 28 40 43
2024-07-29	3	3rd	1 4 6 7 32 33
2024-07-22	11	2nd	4 6 18 34 41 45
2024-06-26	20	2nd	3 6 8 13 30 40
2024-05-11	2	2nd	5 6 23 29 36 47
2024-05-06	7	1st	6 9 15 16 27 35
2024-04-20	4	1st	6 10 23 24 35 41
2024-04-10	9	1st	6 22 25 36 38 47
2024-03-20	6	1st	6 23 29 35 42 44
2024-03-06	2	2nd	4 6 17 25 34 47
2024-03-02	13	2nd	4 6 16 31 44 48
2024-01-31	24	1st	6 22 26 30 34 42
2023-12-06	3	1st	6 18 22 33 36 47
2023-11-29	6	2nd	1 6 25 41 43 47
2023-11-15	1	2nd	2 6 10 22 33 41
2023-11-13	8	1st	6 9 10 17 45 48
2023-10-25	2	2nd	1 6 8 18 28 39
2023-10-21	3	2nd	3 6 25 27 39 43
2023-10-14	1	1st	6 13 20 27 30 32
2023-10-11	10	1st	6 10 15 19 20 48
2023-09-18	7	1st	6 22 27 35 37 46
2023-09-02	14	3rd	4 5 6 17 18 19
2023-07-31	1	2nd	3 6 19 21 23 49
2023-07-29	2	1st	6 16 33 36 37 43
2023-07-24	5	3rd	3 5 6 18 47 49
2023-07-12	6	1st	6 18 26 32 34 44
2023-06-28	27	1st	6 15 17 22 36 37
2023-04-26	5	1st	6 7 13 25 41 44
2023-04-15	14	2nd	3 6 28 29 44 46
2023-03-13	2	2nd	1 6 9 29 44 46
2023-03-08	5	2nd	2 6 14 15 32 40
2023-02-25	17	1st	6 10 28 43 44 46
2023-01-16	2	2nd	2 6 8 23 36 46
2023-01-11	5	1st	6 10 13 21 30 47
2022-12-31	4	2nd	3 6 19 25 43 48
2022-12-21	8	2nd	1 6 27 28 42 48
2022-12-03	4	1st	6 7 10 12 36 38
2022-11-23	1	1st	6 7 8 18 46 49
2022-11-21	6	3rd	1 4 6 20 25 29
2022-11-07	14	1st	6 14 35 39 46 47
2022-10-05	8	1st	6 14 18 28 30 44
2022-09-17	7	2nd	5 6 11 22 23 38
2022-08-31	8	1st	6 11 20 26 34 39
2022-08-13	5	2nd	3 6 35 38 42 48
2022-08-01	5	2nd	1 6 12 22 29 30
2022-07-20	7	2nd	4 6 13 19 35 49
2022-07-04	8	1st	6 10 18 26 39 42
2022-06-15	1	1st	6 14 19 21 34 45
2022-06-13	5	2nd	2 6 16 23 31 34
2022-06-01	13	1st	6 9 10 14 17 49
2022-05-02	21	1st	6 10 23 24 32 42
2022-03-14	1	1st	6 15 16 32 42 43
2022-03-12	4	1st	6 24 32 34 44 45
2022-03-02	23	1st	6 8 10 25 28 48
2022-01-08	5	1st	6 31 37 41 42 47
2021-12-27	4	1st	6 7 17 35 36 45
2021-12-18	5	1st	6 14 24 27 36 47
2021-12-06	3	1st	6 10 28 34 45 49
2021-11-29	13	2nd	4 6 17 24 32 33
2021-10-30	8	1st	6 8 24 27 37 41
2021-10-11	2	2nd	2 6 26 32 34 45
2021-10-06	1	1st	6 18 23 24 29 30
2021-10-04	5	1st	6 15 19 24 26 45
2021-09-22	15	1st	6 15 17 22 24 33
2021-08-18	3	1st	6 7 9 21 25 27
2021-08-11	5	2nd	5 6 7 37 41 48
2021-07-31	4	1st	6 13 31 41 45 48
2021-07-21	2	1st	6 7 8 12 40 42
2021-07-17	1	2nd	2 6 11 20 26 39
2021-07-14	6	1st	6 8 26 29 33 43
2021-06-30	12	1st	6 14 23 24 26 46
2021-06-02	6	1st	6 9 10 12 16 35
2021-05-19	22	1st	6 11 39 41 45 48
2021-03-29	7	1st	6 7 16 20 31 48
2021-03-13	12	2nd	2 6 18 22 37 44
2021-02-13	2	2nd	3 6 10 18 22 43
2021-02-08	10	3rd	3 5 6 35 36 43
2021-01-16	12	1st	6 11 12 22 41 43
2020-12-19	4	2nd	1 6 20 35 42 46
2020-12-09	8	2nd	4 6 7 27 28 47
2020-11-21	2	1st	6 8 11 14 25 37
2020-11-16	1	1st	6 16 18 27 40 47
2020-11-14	2	1st	6 17 18 23 44 46
2020-11-09	3	1st	6 7 9 11 34 43
2020-11-02	17	1st	6 7 15 30 32 40
2020-09-23	17	1st	6 14 15 20 40 47
2020-08-15	15	1st	6 17 31 32 35 37
2020-07-11	5	1st	6 22 29 41 42 48
2020-06-29	2	2nd	5 6 12 17 19 47
2020-06-24	2	2nd	3 6 32 39 41 43
2020-06-20	11	2nd	4 6 9 32 39 40
2020-05-25	9	1st	6 8 25 35 42 46
2020-05-04	12	2nd	2 6 30 31 40 42
2020-04-06	13	1st	6 24 33 41 44 49
2020-03-07	25	1st	6 13 29 37 43 48
2020-01-08	9	1st	6 19 20 22 25 38
2019-12-18	2	1st	6 14 15 16 31 43
2019-12-14	2	3rd	2 4 6 25 30 44
2019-12-09	8	1st	6 10 13 35 36 41
2019-11-20	10	2nd	3 6 14 22 47 48
2019-10-28	6	1st	6 8 16 23 37 48
2019-10-14	5	1st	6 11 14 19 31 44
2019-10-02	2	2nd	2 6 15 20 45 47
2019-09-28	3	2nd	2 6 7 15 16 47
2019-09-21	2	2nd	4 6 12 16 28 43
2019-09-16	17	2nd	4 6 17 19 36 45
2019-08-07	28	1st	6 18 19 24 38 49
2019-06-03	13	2nd	1 6 14 22 41 48
2019-05-04	13	1st	6 14 22 30 33 40
2019-04-03	25	1st	6 7 8 14 16 18
2019-02-04	4	1st	6 15 25 39 43 47
2019-01-26	6	1st	6 14 22 23 44 47
2019-01-12	9	1st	6 12 14 32 38 45
2018-12-22	14	3rd	1 3 6 15 29 43
2018-11-19	2	2nd	5 6 11 15 29 40
2018-11-14	5	2nd	4 6 14 23 24 29
2018-11-03	33	1st	6 21 26 42 45 47
2018-08-18	1	2nd	3 6 10 38 39 46
2018-08-15	7	1st	6 18 27 35 47 48
2018-07-30	4	2nd	2 6 15 22 40 48
2018-07-21	1	2nd	4 6 15 16 20 40
2018-07-18	5	2nd	5 6 13 17 21 31
2018-07-07	2	1st	6 13 27 34 46 48
2018-07-02	7	2nd	2 6 42 45 48 49
2018-06-16	4	1st	6 9 15 17 22 47
2018-06-06	12	2nd	4 6 13 24 27 33
2018-05-09	2	1st	6 13 16 24 33 39
2018-05-05	10	1st	6 7 8 9 13 47
2018-04-11	5	2nd	1 6 11 34 42 45
2018-03-31	2	1st	6 24 26 38 44 45
2018-03-26	14	3rd	1 3 6 30 33 37
2018-02-21	1	1st	6 7 23 28 38 40
2018-02-19	6	1st	6 9 10 15 32 44
2018-02-05	5	1st	6 9 24 32 39 45
2018-01-24	1	1st	6 8 38 43 45 46
2018-01-22	5	1st	6 10 23 25 31 47
2018-01-10	8	1st	6 8 28 36 39 40
2017-12-23	5	2nd	5 6 9 12 27 38
2017-12-11	5	2nd	1 6 12 19 39 41
2017-11-29	7	1st	6 8 15 35 38 43
2017-11-13	4	2nd	1 6 19 28 39 44
2017-11-04	8	1st	6 8 10 13 21 36
2017-10-16	2	1st	6 14 15 19 28 30
2017-10-11	7	2nd	4 6 16 30 42 43
2017-09-25	3	2nd	2 6 13 28 44 47
2017-09-18	1	1st	6 14 19 25 34 38
2017-09-16	3	1st	6 9 13 22 24 46
2017-09-09	1	1st	6 18 39 40 41 44
2017-09-06	1	2nd	4 6 25 36 38 48
2017-09-04	4	1st	6 8 26 30 39 41
2017-08-26	18	1st	6 13 25 29 32 42
2017-07-15	13	1st	6 8 18 19 28 37
2017-06-14	6	1st	6 15 19 30 36 43
2017-05-31	5	2nd	1 6 19 27 33 47
2017-05-20	8	1st	6 8 10 24 26 40
2017-05-01	8	2nd	2 6 8 25 29 48
2017-04-12	5	1st	6 25 27 32 35 37
2017-04-01	5	1st	6 12 26 27 36 46
2017-03-20	4	1st	6 14 25 28 38 39
2017-03-11	1	2nd	3 6 9 11 37 40
2017-03-08	1	2nd	3 6 10 11 12 24
2017-03-06	13	1st	6 23 24 30 32 36
2017-02-04	13	1st	6 7 12 16 30 46
2017-01-04	8	2nd	5 6 9 16 25 27
2016-12-17	2	1st	6 9 13 21 30 46
2016-12-12	5	1st	6 10 31 34 41 45
2016-11-30	1	3rd	3 5 6 8 12 23
2016-11-28	3	1st	6 10 31 34 42 47
2016-11-21	5	1st	6 15 17 22 33 42
2016-11-09	1	1st	6 10 20 21 25 48
2016-11-07	9	1st	6 12 15 39 43 49
2016-10-17	17	1st	6 21 24 31 38 39
2016-09-07	11	2nd	5 6 13 20 24 41
2016-08-13	22	1st	6 17 29 30 42 48
2016-06-22	4	1st	6 28 39 41 43 47
2016-06-13	2	1st	6 15 16 20 25 45
2016-06-08	7	1st	6 29 30 34 44 48
2016-05-23	8	1st	6 9 26 33 35 43
2016-05-04	11	1st	6 17 26 31 35 40
2016-04-09	8	1st	6 19 24 33 39 43
2016-03-21	5	1st	6 8 12 31 40 47
2016-03-09	11	1st	6 22 24 40 41 46
2016-02-13	7	3rd	2 3 6 19 34 39
2016-01-27	11	2nd	4 6 16 30 34 40
2016-01-02	1	2nd	1 6 9 35 39 47
2015-12-30	9	3rd	2 3 6 21 23 40
2015-12-09	2	1st	6 13 17 30 32 45
2015-12-05	24	1st	6 13 20 23 43 47
2015-10-10	1	1st	6 7 18 23 31 35
2015-10-07	2	2nd	4 6 11 15 37 42
2015-10-03	14	3rd	2 3 6 7 21 23
2015-08-31	6	2nd	3 6 12 13 23 31
2015-08-17	2	2nd	4 6 7 13 18 32
2015-08-12	7	1st	6 8 26 27 33 38
2015-07-27	6	2nd	4 6 12 32 36 46
2015-07-13	17	2nd	5 6 11 13 30 31
2015-06-03	8	1st	6 10 12 14 30 39
2015-05-16	9	2nd	3 6 18 29 37 42
2015-04-25	25	2nd	5 6 16 33 39 41
2015-02-25	13	1st	6 24 30 37 39 44
2015-01-26	11	2nd	2 6 15 24 47 49
2014-12-31	7	2nd	2 6 13 27 35 39
2014-12-15	16	2nd	2 6 15 23 28 32
2014-11-08	5	1st	6 7 8 10 19 21
2014-10-27	11	1st	6 10 12 22 24 49
2014-10-01	14	1st	6 11 39 42 43 47
2014-08-30	5	1st	6 8 15 22 46 47
2014-08-18	10	1st	6 11 14 21 24 36
2014-07-26	5	1st	6 21 24 42 44 49
2014-07-14	20	1st	6 10 24 26 31 34
2014-05-28	10	2nd	4 6 10 30 34 37
2014-05-05	7	1st	6 11 18 32 48 49
2014-04-19	10	3rd	3 5 6 7 9 22
2014-03-26	7	1st	6 11 15 20 30 41
2014-03-10	1	1st	6 11 13 24 41 44
2014-03-08	1	1st	6 25 27 29 31 41
2014-03-05	2	1st	6 28 32 33 37 48
2014-03-01	15	2nd	1 6 21 31 40 46
2014-01-25	8	1st	6 18 21 26 30 38
2014-01-06	7	1st	6 7 9 21 33 47
2013-12-21	3	1st	6 8 24 26 30 43
2013-12-14	5	1st	6 7 12 16 26 31
2013-12-02	3	1st	6 8 16 22 33 38
2013-11-25	25	1st	6 7 30 34 37 44
2013-09-28	16	2nd	4 6 17 21 40 44
2013-08-21	4	1st	6 12 15 25 33 35
2013-08-12	1	2nd	1 6 30 36 40 46
2013-08-10	12	1st	6 19 25 34 36 41
2013-07-13	15	1st	6 10 14 31 35 45
2013-06-08	5	3rd	1 4 6 33 46 48
2013-05-27	3	1st	6 9 15 35 39 48
2013-05-20	26	2nd	2 6 12 16 17 23
2013-03-20	25	2nd	4 6 8 19 38 46
2013-01-21	34	1st	6 17 18 34 40 47
2012-11-03	3	2nd	3 6 18 22 24 43
2012-10-27	10	1st	6 10 17 22 31 44
2012-10-03	2	1st	6 8 14 28 31 47
2012-09-29	7	1st	6 18 22 23 28 49
2012-09-12	18	1st	6 13 20 23 28 32
2012-08-01	4	1st	6 9 17 19 27 46
2012-07-23	6	1st	6 9 13 23 28 48
2012-07-09	1	1st	6 14 17 27 29 34
2012-07-07	5	1st	6 8 12 20 24 49
2012-06-25	9	2nd	5 6 31 34 35 47
2012-06-04	3	1st	6 34 35 39 43 48
2012-05-28	7	1st	6 15 18 25 33 44
2012-05-12	7	1st	6 10 21 32 41 44
2012-04-25	1	2nd	4 6 25 34 37 48
2012-04-23	9	1st	6 13 19 21 34 36
2012-04-02	2	2nd	3 6 12 26 34 45
2012-03-28	2	1st	6 25 27 35 36 46
2012-03-24	7	2nd	2 6 12 35 40 44
2012-03-07	4	1st	6 20 25 26 47 49
2012-02-27	6	1st	6 13 25 28 38 44
2012-02-13	2	1st	6 15 16 40 41 45
2012-02-08	9	1st	6 8 31 34 44 48
2012-01-18	7	2nd	2 6 21 25 43 47
2012-01-02	7	1st	6 16 29 30 36 37
2011-12-17	4	1st	6 18 25 31 41 45
2011-12-07	11	3rd	4 5 6 12 36 44
2011-11-12	4	2nd	3 6 10 11 12 49
2011-11-02	1	1st	6 7 15 19 28 30
2011-10-31	8	2nd	2 6 13 22 36 42
2011-10-12	4	2nd	3 6 8 9 12 19
2011-10-03	9	2nd	2 6 8 15 39 43
2011-09-12	11	1st	6 10 22 23 28 39
2011-08-17	2	2nd	3 6 24 36 38 43
2011-08-13	1	2nd	1 6 7 21 27 37
2011-08-10	1	2nd	3 6 11 13 14 38
2011-08-08	17	1st	6 13 15 19 26 44
2011-06-29	11	2nd	2 6 26 33 41 47
2011-06-04	23	3rd	1 4 6 17 24 26
2011-04-11	13	1st	6 7 16 39 40 41
2011-03-12	5	3rd	2 4 6 21 26 41
2011-02-28	19	3rd	4 5 6 21 32 34
2011-01-15	6	3rd	1 4 6 9 34 46
2011-01-01	1	1st	6 13 14 18 22 35
2010-12-29	17	1st	6 11 19 23 26 41
2010-11-20	15	1st	6 22 32 36 37 44
2010-10-16	13	1st	6 8 11 20 25 36
2010-09-15	3	1st	6 19 24 26 35 45
2010-09-08	6	1st	6 14 16 23 40 49
2010-08-25	1	2nd	5 6 20 40 41 44
2010-08-23	1	1st	6 13 15 22 34 41
2010-08-21	2	1st	6 16 20 21 45 48
2010-08-16	9	1st	6 11 30 33 40 48
2010-07-26	5	1st	6 26 29 39 40 49
2010-07-14	17	2nd	2 6 17 19 26 40
2010-06-05	3	2nd	4 6 22 28 42 44
2010-05-29	31	2nd	3 6 13 15 36 38
2010-03-17	8	1st	6 22 24 26 29 44
2010-02-27	2	1st	6 9 32 33 40 46
2010-02-22	2	1st	6 12 29 40 46 47
2010-02-17	7	1st	6 8 13 19 26 31
2010-02-01	5	1st	6 13 18 38 46 47
2010-01-20	—	2nd	4 6 11 23 39 41