Number 6

In El Gordo de la Primitiva under the 5/54 + 1/9 · since Jan 2010 rules — 868 draws, 5 from 1–54.

92times drawn · chance expected 80 +1.36σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 10.8

46longest completed wait · 69% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 868 draws against 80.4 expected, +1.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 92 times in 868 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 15 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 smallest64 · chance 61.1
2nd smallest25 · chance 27.2
3rd smallest3 · chance 3.5
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 6.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

42 9 19 34 39 50

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 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 54. 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
2026-07-12	1	1st	6 14 28 46 53
2026-07-05	9	1st	6 13 27 30 32
2026-05-03	4	1st	6 30 39 49 50
2026-04-05	9	1st	6 18

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 5/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-12-10	27	2nd	5 6 42 50 54
2023-06-04	46	1st	6 9 11 19 42
2022-07-17	2	3rd	1 4 6 36 45
2022-07-03	3	1st	6 10 16 27 44
2022-06-12	3	1st	6 9 11 28 30
2022-05-22	5	2nd	2 6 12 25 42
2022-04-17	2	1st	6 18 19 40 48
2022-04-03	37	1st	6 9 34 50 54
2021-07-18	7	2nd	4 6 12 36 50
2021-05-30	1	1st	6 13 19 28 51
2021-05-23	12	1st	6 7 11 14 32
2021-02-28	3	2nd	5 6 26 27 35
2021-02-07	7	1st	6 8 26 37 50
2020-12-20	3	2nd	2 6 42 50 54
2020-11-29	3	2nd	1 6 22 26 39
2020-11-08	1	1st	6 23 39 43 45
2020-11-01	1	1st	6 15 29 34 36
2020-10-25	3	1st	6 16 18 31 39
2020-10-04	3	2nd	3 6 13 23 37
2020-09-13	6	1st	6 31 50 52 54
2020-08-02	34	1st	6 19 39 50 51
2019-09-29	9	2nd	3 6 7 33 35
2019-07-28	39	2nd	1 6 12 28 54
2018-10-28	9	1st	6 19 23 26 35
2018-08-26	28	2nd	5 6 14 20 33
2018-02-11	7	3rd	1 3 6 29 40
2017-12-24	9	1st	6 7 34 42 53
2017-10-22	7	1st	6 9 20 27 43
2017-09-03	13	1st	6 14 22 46 50
2017-06-04	5	1st	6 15 22 29 54
2017-04-30	2	1st	6 15 30 34 44
2017-04-16	15	1st	6 14 17 39 41
2017-01-01	8	1st	6 10 32 45 51
2016-11-06	14	1st	6 25 28 34 44
2016-07-31	3	1st	6 10 13 20 46
2016-07-10	1	1st	6 10 18 26 42
2016-07-03	2	1st	6 16 32 42 50
2016-06-19	4	2nd	2 6 29 34 39
2016-05-22	1	1st	6 12 14 17 24
2016-05-15	15	2nd	4 6 28 31 47
2016-01-31	2	1st	6 16 33 42 43
2016-01-17	10	1st	6 8 15 19 22
2015-11-08	1	1st	6 9 43 47 51
2015-11-01	44	1st	6 10 11 21 31
2014-12-28	18	2nd	5 6 15 34 53
2014-08-24	4	2nd	2 6 7 24 27
2014-07-27	6	1st	6 9 18 27 47
2014-06-15	21	1st	6 11 15 24 38
2014-01-19	7	3rd	2 3 6 27 39
2013-12-01	3	1st	6 24 46 48 54
2013-11-10	13	1st	6 7 29 51 54
2013-08-11	11	1st	6 29 47 52 53
2013-05-26	9	1st	6 7 32 41 51
2013-03-24	3	1st	6 22 30 31 51
2013-03-03	13	1st	6 9 14 22 39
2012-12-02	26	1st	6 11 32 47 48
2012-06-03	5	2nd	2 6 20 25 28
2012-04-29	2	1st	6 22 23 29 49
2012-04-15	25	2nd	4 6 23 41 52
2011-10-23	4	1st	6 11 13 15 53
2011-09-25	3	1st	6 12 14 24 37
2011-09-04	2	1st	6 12 24 34 45
2011-08-21	8	2nd	5 6 21 26 37
2011-06-26	23	1st	6 18 20 22 52
2011-01-16	22	2nd	1 6 13 40 45
2010-08-15	4	2nd	3 6 23 28 40
2010-07-18	27	1st	6 8 13 29 52
2010-01-10	—	1st	6 9 12 23 40