Number 6

In Poker Lotto under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 439 draws, 5 from 1–13.

151times drawn · chance expected 169 −1.75σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 9% for any number

2.9average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

14longest completed wait · 24% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 151 times in 439 draws against 168.8 expected, −1.75σ. 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 151 times in 439 draws · average wait 2.9 draws · longest completed wait 14 · 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 smallest19 · chance 10.7
2nd smallest43 · chance 53.4
3rd smallest64 · chance 64.1
4th smallest23 · chance 21.4
5th smallest2 · chance 1.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 50.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 1 11 12 3 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 12 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 13. 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
2026-10-15	3	2nd	1 6 7 10 13
2026-10-12	0	3rd	2 3 6 10
2026-10-12	5	3rd	2 3 6 10
2026-10-07	5	2nd	2 6 8 11 12

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 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-08-16	4	3rd	2 2 6 9 10
2026-08-12	1	3rd	3 3 6 11 13
2026-08-11	2	4th	1 4 5 6 11
2026-08-09	7	3rd	1 2 6 10 12
2026-08-02	1	3rd	1 2 6 8 13
2026-08-01	2	3rd	2 5 6 10 13
2026-07-30	10	3rd	4 5 6 8 12
2026-07-20	11	2nd	2 6 7 10 11
2026-07-09	2	2nd	2 6 8 8 11
2026-07-07	0	4th	1 4 5 6
2026-07-07	1	4th	1 4 5 6
2026-07-06	2	3rd	3 4 6 7 11
2026-07-04	5	3rd	2 4 6 12 12
2026-06-29	0	1st	6 8 11 12
2026-06-29	1	1st	6 8 11 12
2026-06-28	3	3rd	1 3 6 9 11
2026-06-25	0	2nd	2 6 7 10
2026-06-25	1	2nd	2 6 7 10
2026-06-24	3	4th	1 2 2 6 13
2026-06-21	4	3rd	1 4 6 8 9
2026-06-17	12	2nd	1 6 9 10 13
2026-06-05	1	4th	1 2 4 6 11
2026-06-04	6	3rd	2 5 6 7 9
2026-05-29	0	2nd	4 6 8 11
2026-05-29	6	2nd	4 6 8 11
2026-05-23	4	4th	4 5 5 6 8
2026-05-19	2	3rd	4 5 6 8 10
2026-05-17	5	3rd	2 4 6 10 13
2026-05-12	3	3rd	1 3 6 8 10
2026-05-09	1	4th	2 3 5 6 10
2026-05-08	5	3rd	2 4 6 12 13
2026-05-03	0	1st	6 10 11 12
2026-05-03	3	1st	6 10 11 12
2026-04-30	0	2nd	2 6 7 8
2026-04-30	6	2nd	2 6 7 8
2026-04-24	0	1st	6 8 9 11
2026-04-24	4	1st	6 8 9 11
2026-04-20	1	3rd	2 5 6 8 11
2026-04-19	1	3rd	1 4 6 9 12
2026-04-18	4	3rd	1 3 6 7 8
2026-04-14	0	4th	2 4 5 6
2026-04-14	1	4th	2 4 5 6
2026-04-13	0	1st	6 10 12 12
2026-04-13	5	1st	6 10 12 12
2026-04-08	0	3rd	2 3 6 9
2026-04-08	2	3rd	2 3 6 9
2026-04-06	1	5th	1 1 4 5 6
2026-04-05	2	4th	1 2 3 6 12
2026-04-03	1	3rd	1 4 6 10 13
2026-04-02	2	1st	6 11 12 12 13
2026-03-31	1	3rd	2 3 6 11 12
2026-03-30	1	2nd	5 6 10 11 11
2026-03-29	5	4th	2 4 4 6 11
2026-03-24	6	2nd	3 6 8 8 8
2026-03-18	14	3rd	3 3 6 7 7
2026-03-04	1	2nd	3 6 11 11 13
2026-03-03	2	2nd	1 6 10 12 13
2026-03-01	1	2nd	2 6 10 11 13
2026-02-28	1	3rd	1 2 6 9 11
2026-02-27	4	3rd	4 5 6 8 11
2026-02-23	5	4th	3 3 5 6 12
2026-02-18	1	4th	1 3 3 6 10
2026-02-17	1	4th	2 3 3 6 13
2026-02-16	3	1st	6 7 9 11 13
2026-02-13	3	4th	2 4 5 6 11
2026-02-10	9	4th	1 3 3 6 13
2026-02-01	0	2nd	5 6 7 9
2026-02-01	1	2nd	5 6 7 9
2026-01-31	11	2nd	2 6 8 11 12
2026-01-20	0	2nd	4 6 7 8
2026-01-20	2	2nd	4 6 7 8
2026-01-18	0	2nd	2 6 7 13
2026-01-18	7	2nd	2 6 7 13
2026-01-11	1	4th	1 4 4 6 10
2026-01-10	5	2nd	1 6 7 7 8
2026-01-05	6	3rd	1 3 6 10 13
2025-12-30	11	2nd	4 6 8 9 12
2025-12-19	1	3rd	1 2 6 10 11
2025-12-18	1	4th	1 4 5 6 9
2025-12-17	1	2nd	4 6 7 8 12
2025-12-16	2	3rd	2 5 6 7 13
2025-12-14	5	1st	6 7 9 12 12
2025-12-09	2	3rd	3 5 6 8 13
2025-12-07	5	5th	1 3 4 4 6
2025-12-02	6	3rd	2 5 6 10 11
2025-11-26	1	1st	6 7 10 11 13
2025-11-25	1	3rd	1 4 6 10 11
2025-11-24	2	1st	6 7 7 10 11
2025-11-22	9	4th	4 5 5 6 13
2025-11-13	4	3rd	1 2 6 9 9
2025-11-09	3	2nd	1 6 8 10 12
2025-11-06	2	3rd	3 5 6 8 10
2025-11-04	6	3rd	2 4 6 12 13
2025-10-29	0	3rd	1 2 6 12
2025-10-29	7	3rd	1 2 6 12
2025-10-22	4	4th	1 3 5 6 13
2025-10-18	11	2nd	1 6 7 8 12
2025-10-07	3	3rd	1 4 6 11 12
2025-10-04	1	3rd	1 3 6 10 11
2025-10-03	0	3rd	1 4 6 9
2025-10-03	1	3rd	1 4 6 9
2025-10-02	2	2nd	2 6 8 9 12
2025-09-30	0	1st	6 10 12
2025-09-30	0	1st	6 10 12
2025-09-30	1	1st	6 10 12
2025-09-29	6	2nd	1 6 9 11 13
2025-09-23	2	3rd	3 4 6 9 12
2025-09-21	1	1st	6 7 8 13 13
2025-09-20	1	3rd	1 2 6 8 11
2025-09-19	1	3rd	3 5 6 8 11
2025-09-18	0	2nd	5 6 11 11
2025-09-18	2	2nd	5 6 11 11
2025-09-16	8	2nd	2 6 9 10 12
2025-09-08	8	1st	6 9 10 13 13
2025-08-31	0	4th	1 2 3 6
2025-08-31	4	4th	1 2 3 6
2025-08-27	2	3rd	4 5 6 7 8
2025-08-25	0	2nd	5 6 10 13
2025-08-25	1	2nd	5 6 10 13
2025-08-24	1	3rd	2 4 6 8 12
2025-08-23	2	2nd	4 6 7 12 12
2025-08-21	1	2nd	3 6 11 13 13
2025-08-20	1	2nd	3 6 7 11 12
2025-08-19	2	3rd	5 5 6 10 10
2025-08-17	1	4th	1 3 3 6 9
2025-08-16	6	3rd	1 3 6 8 12
2025-08-10	—	3rd	2 5 6 7 13