Number 6

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

100times drawn · chance expected 101 −0.12σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

46longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 100 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, −0.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 7 times, counted separately.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 100 times in 722 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 46 · 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 smallest41 · chance 50.5
2nd smallest51 · chance 38.8
3rd smallest6 · chance 9.7
4th smallest2 · chance 0.9
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0
7th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 28 29 30 31 40

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 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
2026-04-03	1	3rd	2 4 6 25 38 44 47
2026-03-31	2	1st	6 11 31 38 40 46 50
2026-03-24	3	1st	6 11 32 33 34 39

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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