Number 6

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 929 draws, 6 from 1–45.

132times drawn · chance expected 124 +0.78σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

41longest completed wait · 35% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 132 times in 929 draws against 123.9 expected, +0.78σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 44 times, counted separately.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 132 times in 929 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 3 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 smallest69 · chance 70.0
2nd smallest57 · chance 50.0
3rd smallest6 · chance 11.1
4th smallest0 · chance 0.9
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 15.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

18 3 21 37 40 43

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
2026-09-26	7	2nd	2 6 25 27 31 40
2026-08-08	2	1st	6 22 26 28 33 36
2026-07-25	5	2nd	2 6 8 12 22 43
2026-06-20	18	2nd

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-06	27	2nd	5 6 14 36 37 45
2023-09-30	5	1st	6 20 27 29 43 45
2023-08-26	8	1st	6 10 18 32 33 37
2023-07-01	7	1st	6 7 19 21 26 38
2023-05-13	5	1st	6 22 23 24 33 36
2023-04-08	3	2nd	4 6 9 11 13 40
2023-03-18	14	2nd	1 6 15 21 43 44
2022-12-10	4	1st	6 14 22 24 35 44
2022-11-12	2	2nd	3 6 12 18 31 35
2022-10-29	8	2nd	3 6 7 9 22 42
2022-09-03	1	2nd	3 6 10 18 21 39
2022-08-27	1	3rd	2 3 6 23 41 42
2022-08-20	6	1st	6 16 34 35 37 42
2022-07-09	2	1st	6 23 30 37 43 44
2022-06-25	7	1st	6 16 18 20 25 36
2022-05-07	5	1st	6 7 11 13 17 45
2022-04-02	14	3rd	1 4 6 15 21 27
2021-12-25	2	1st	6 19 21 30 31 42
2021-12-11	11	1st	6 12 27 35 37 39
2021-09-25	1	1st	6 28 29 33 36 40
2021-09-18	4	2nd	5 6 15 18 36 43
2021-08-21	13	1st	6 19 34 35 40 43
2021-05-22	12	1st	6 7 9 13 23 27
2021-02-27	3	2nd	4 6 24 35 42 45
2021-02-06	1	2nd	3 6 8 10 12 24
2021-01-30	1	2nd	3 6 15 20 30 31
2021-01-23	10	2nd	1 6 8 10 29 40
2020-11-14	16	1st	6 15 23 26 27 45
2020-07-25	41	1st	6 9 16 32 37 44
2019-10-12	8	1st	6 8 16 17 27 33
2019-08-17	1	1st	6 19 23 24 28 35
2019-08-10	10	2nd	1 6 9 37 38 39
2019-06-01	2	1st	6 9 20 25 27 31
2019-05-18	23	2nd	2 6 8 36 39 45
2018-12-08	3	2nd	2 6 23 25 26 43
2018-11-17	5	1st	6 18 19 26 30 31
2018-10-13	8	2nd	3 6 10 34 37 40
2018-08-18	5	1st	6 17 19 26 37 38
2018-07-14	1	1st	6 11 12 32 40 45
2018-07-07	7	2nd	1 6 18 23 29 43
2018-05-19	1	1st	6 9 21 33 39 42
2018-05-12	5	1st	6 12 14 17 31 38
2018-04-07	12	1st	6 7 8 17 23 35
2018-01-13	2	2nd	1 6 16 19 36 45
2017-12-30	5	1st	6 9 27 30 35 37
2017-11-25	1	2nd	4 6 18 31 36 44
2017-11-18	5	1st	6 19 26 28 40 42
2017-10-14	3	1st	6 13 18 25 34 39
2017-09-23	12	1st	6 8 13 40 44 45
2017-07-01	6	1st	6 10 18 19 32 36
2017-05-20	16	1st	6 10 11 15 29 33
2017-01-28	16	1st	6 10 19 28 37 40
2016-10-08	1	3rd	2 3 6 21 26 38
2016-10-01	8	1st	6 14 22 26 35 37
2016-08-06	17	1st	6 12 15 19 23 31
2016-04-09	16	2nd	3 6 18 21 23 41
2015-12-19	1	2nd	3 6 11 24 33 34
2015-12-12	3	1st	6 7 8 11 31 40
2015-11-21	1	1st	6 9 10 11 35 37
2015-11-14	1	1st	6 10 21 28 37 42
2015-11-07	5	2nd	4 6 17 31 38 39
2015-10-03	7	2nd	3 6 7 21 22 43
2015-08-15	2	1st	6 12 23 26 28 36
2015-08-01	13	1st	6 10 15 16 17 29
2015-05-02	8	1st	6 15 18 23 35 43
2015-03-07	11	2nd	3 6 24 40 41 44
2014-12-20	1	1st	6 8 9 19 21 41
2014-12-13	10	1st	6 11 16 17 21 44
2014-10-04	1	1st	6 20 22 29 32 44
2014-09-27	32	2nd	1 6 16 20 25 36
2014-02-15	1	1st	6 27 28 32 39 40
2014-02-08	5	1st	6 15 17 21 22 42
2014-01-04	13	2nd	5 6 10 28 32 40
2013-10-05	10	1st	6 8 11 21 27 31
2013-07-27	10	1st	6 25 27 29 38 41
2013-05-18	5	2nd	3 6 14 16 25 31
2013-04-13	7	3rd	2 4 6 9 37 44
2013-02-23	1	1st	6 8 13 29 34 39
2013-02-16	3	2nd	1 6 16 17 18 34
2013-01-26	2	1st	6 12 25 36 39 43
2013-01-12	5	2nd	2 6 11 15 31 34
2012-12-08	6	1st	6 13 16 33 36 41
2012-10-27	14	2nd	5 6 25 33 34 44
2012-07-21	7	2nd	3 6 7 9 23 43
2012-06-02	9	1st	6 17 18 31 36 43
2012-03-31	15	2nd	2 6 26 29 41 43
2011-12-17	6	1st	6 11 12 24 26 36
2011-11-05	13	2nd	2 6 12 18 44 45
2011-08-06	5	2nd	4 6 9 27 39 43
2011-07-02	2	1st	6 10 14 17 39 40
2011-06-18	13	2nd	1 6 14 19 32 42
2011-03-19	10	2nd	2 6 7 8 18 21
2011-01-08	10	2nd	5 6 19 23 35 38
2010-10-30	14	2nd	4 6 7 27 31 45
2010-07-24	3	1st	6 13 16 24 30 33
2010-07-03	7	2nd	1 6 10 15 26 40
2010-05-15	4	2nd	4 6 13 15 18 35
2010-04-17	14	2nd	5 6 22 32 36 43
2010-01-09	2	1st	6 8 18 20 36 45
2009-12-26	8	1st	6 9 11 24 28 42
2009-10-31	3	1st	6 24 29 30 37 44
2009-10-10	12	2nd	2 6 13 14 25 32
2009-07-18	7	3rd	2 5 6 8 12 13
2009-05-30	1	1st	6 26 33 34 40 45
2009-05-23	10	1st	6 8 18 25 27 37
2009-03-14	1	1st	6 17 20 26 38 41
2009-03-07	3	2nd	2 6 12 34 39 41
2009-02-14	—	2nd	5 6 20 23 24 26