Number 6

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,205 draws, 5 from 1–45.

128times drawn · chance expected 134 −0.54σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 17% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

40longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 1,205 draws against 133.9 expected, −0.54σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 128 times in 1,205 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 16 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 smallest81 · chance 77.6
2nd smallest35 · chance 43.1
3rd smallest12 · chance 7.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 9 5 8 16 30

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
2026-08-13	1	2nd	4 6 30 36 43
2026-08-10	3	3rd	4 5 6 16 37
2026-07-30	1	1st	6 17 20 26 32
2026-07-27	9	1st	6 14 34

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.

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