Number 6

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

82times drawn · chance expected 87 −0.51σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

10.5average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

44longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 82 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, −0.51σ. 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 82 times in 865 draws · average wait 10.5 draws · longest completed wait 44 · 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 smallest52 · chance 52.5
2nd smallest27 · chance 25.6
3rd smallest3 · chance 3.7
4th smallest0 · chance 0.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 47 8 31 45 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 50. 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
2026-09-18	18	3rd	2 4 6 8 43
2026-07-17	16	1st	6 9 31 37 42
2026-05-22	11	1st	6 8 16 22 25
2026-04-14	5	2nd	2 6 16 30

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-02-06	3	2nd	2 6 10 18 28
2024-01-26	9	2nd	1 6 13 20 21
2023-12-26	25	1st	6 29 30 34 38
2023-09-29	12	1st	6 14 27 31 47
2023-08-18	6	3rd	1 3 6 7 16
2023-07-28	28	2nd	2 6 11 20 47
2023-04-21	8	3rd	2 3 6 12 49
2023-03-24	22	1st	6 27 33 45 46
2023-01-06	11	1st	6 20 31 37 46
2022-11-29	8	2nd	4 6 8 33 38
2022-11-01	4	2nd	3 6 22 29 47
2022-10-18	1	1st	6 7 14 29 48
2022-10-14	19	1st	6 17 22 33 37
2022-08-09	4	1st	6 26 39 42 43
2022-07-26	7	2nd	4 6 9 41 50
2022-07-01	3	1st	6 8 13 21 28
2022-06-21	33	2nd	2 6 18 40 50
2022-02-25	18	1st	6 12 26 40 45
2021-12-24	34	1st	6 10 11 29 41
2021-08-27	2	1st	6 10 11 45 47
2021-08-20	15	1st	6 21 33 37 50
2021-06-29	17	1st	6 35 41 43 45
2021-04-30	5	1st	6 12 22 38 45
2021-04-13	11	1st	6 8 22 31 42
2021-03-05	9	1st	6 15 39 40 48
2021-02-02	15	1st	6 13 22 34 49
2020-12-08	2	1st	6 16 35 37 40
2020-12-01	6	2nd	5 6 7 8 9
2020-11-10	1	1st	6 23 30 35 36
2020-11-06	4	1st	6 9 33 40 44
2020-10-23	5	2nd	3 6 36 41 43
2020-10-06	14	1st	6 21 25 29 33
2020-08-18	5	1st	6 22 30 39 49
2020-07-31	2	1st	6 18 30 46 48
2020-07-24	21	2nd	4 6 11 27 34
2020-05-12	2	1st	6 22 34 44 45
2020-05-05	2	1st	6 22 41 46 49
2020-04-28	4	1st	6 12 32 36 45
2020-04-14	9	1st	6 11 25 31 46
2020-03-13	1	2nd	5 6 12 22 50
2020-03-10	1	1st	6 8 24 25 50
2020-03-06	27	1st	6 23 26 28 47
2019-12-03	1	2nd	5 6 15 23 45
2019-11-29	19	1st	6 11 21 25 49
2019-09-24	6	1st	6 34 35 36 46
2019-09-03	8	1st	6 11 16 31 34
2019-08-06	4	1st	6 8 15 30 37
2019-07-23	28	2nd	4 6 35 45 48
2019-04-16	5	2nd	5 6 32 44 48
2019-03-29	17	2nd	3 6 11 13 31
2019-01-29	2	1st	6 7 23 25 29
2019-01-22	13	1st	6 15 24 41 47
2018-12-07	4	2nd	3 6 22 33 47
2018-11-23	3	2nd	3 6 8 23 30
2018-11-13	1	2nd	4 6 19 24 41
2018-11-09	22	1st	6 7 10 19 43
2018-08-24	7	2nd	3 6 25 27 40
2018-07-31	—	2nd	3 6 14 34 36