Number 6

In UK Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,065 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

256times drawn · chance expected 253 +0.21σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

41longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 256 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, +0.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 55 times, counted separately.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 256 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 8 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 smallest146 · chance 143.9
2nd smallest89 · chance 92.3
3rd smallest21 · chance 18.5
4th smallest0 · chance 1.4
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 26.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 29 32 36 8 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2015-09-09	6	1st	6 18 20 21 29 31
2015-08-19	2	2nd	5 6 7 25 27 33
2015-08-12	1	1st	6 15 17 20 24 25
2015-08-08	8	1st

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2013-07-17	8	1st	6 24 33 38 42 43
2013-06-19	7	1st	6 9 13 35 36 47
2013-05-25	3	2nd	5 6 26 30 33 40
2013-05-15	18	3rd	4 5 6 20 30 35
2013-03-13	3	1st	6 8 21 23 41 46
2013-03-02	3	1st	6 9 23 31 35 48
2013-02-20	2	2nd	3 6 36 44 45 48
2013-02-13	5	1st	6 14 20 23 29 49
2013-01-26	1	2nd	2 6 21 29 34 47
2013-01-23	7	1st	6 10 14 24 32 41
2012-12-29	4	1st	6 8 31 37 40 48
2012-12-15	22	1st	6 19 22 23 28 29
2012-09-29	1	2nd	1 6 7 8 25 42
2012-09-26	14	1st	6 8 11 39 40 43
2012-08-08	14	1st	6 14 19 22 30 36
2012-06-20	7	1st	6 10 12 30 36 49
2012-05-26	3	2nd	2 6 7 15 25 44
2012-05-16	15	2nd	5 6 21 41 48 49
2012-03-24	38	1st	6 24 27 31 39 45
2011-11-12	10	1st	6 12 13 28 33 38
2011-10-08	6	1st	6 16 22 26 30 34
2011-09-17	6	3rd	2 3 6 41 44 45
2011-08-27	11	1st	6 7 29 32 41 46
2011-07-20	6	1st	6 10 15 32 42 49
2011-06-29	12	2nd	5 6 13 21 31 47
2011-05-18	5	1st	6 15 20 36 38 42
2011-04-30	1	2nd	1 6 12 29 36 44
2011-04-27	1	1st	6 15 27 32 37 44
2011-04-23	4	2nd	5 6 18 36 44 49
2011-04-09	5	1st	6 8 17 21 39 47
2011-03-23	7	1st	6 18 23 26 32 44
2011-02-26	2	1st	6 8 20 29 34 36
2011-02-19	3	1st	6 16 26 32 34 46
2011-02-09	16	2nd	2 6 8 9 36 39
2010-12-15	7	1st	6 9 31 33 40 45
2010-11-20	1	1st	6 7 8 17 27 46
2010-11-17	9	2nd	3 6 27 29 33 41
2010-10-16	31	1st	6 30 34 38 45 48
2010-06-30	16	1st	6 18 20 25 35 36
2010-05-05	1	2nd	3 6 8 10 36 47
2010-05-01	5	1st	6 15 28 29 30 47
2010-04-14	1	2nd	2 6 8 23 44 46
2010-04-10	4	1st	6 9 11 21 40 48
2010-03-27	5	1st	6 11 15 32 38 42
2010-03-10	1	2nd	1 6 13 23 29 34
2010-03-06	15	1st	6 13 27 28 34 42
2010-01-13	14	1st	6 8 14 16 21 43
2009-11-25	4	2nd	3 6 11 17 23 29
2009-11-11	6	2nd	4 6 12 31 38 48
2009-10-21	23	1st	6 12 16 19 33 44
2009-08-01	6	2nd	2 6 27 28 40 49
2009-07-11	10	2nd	4 6 10 28 35 39
2009-06-06	1	1st	6 14 32 35 41 42
2009-06-03	7	2nd	4 6 22 31 33 35
2009-05-09	8	1st	6 9 28 31 37 42
2009-04-11	9	1st	6 11 24 30 32 45
2009-03-11	1	1st	6 9 20 21 31 34
2009-03-07	2	1st	6 21 30 32 33 44
2009-02-28	1	1st	6 25 33 37 42 43
2009-02-25	26	1st	6 19 25 32 37 39
2008-11-26	8	2nd	3 6 13 23 27 49
2008-10-29	8	1st	6 10 12 15 20 27
2008-10-01	7	1st	6 27 29 38 42 49
2008-09-06	14	2nd	4 6 9 13 35 36
2008-07-19	16	1st	6 9 13 18 29 30
2008-05-24	13	2nd	3 6 10 26 30 38
2008-04-09	2	2nd	1 6 8 14 17 32
2008-04-02	19	2nd	2 6 21 23 43 47
2008-01-26	2	3rd	1 2 6 13 38 43
2008-01-19	2	1st	6 10 30 32 43 45
2008-01-12	10	1st	6 11 15 18 34 45
2007-12-08	5	2nd	4 6 10 11 24 33
2007-11-21	4	1st	6 8 24 25 32 47
2007-11-07	3	2nd	2 6 9 13 17 36
2007-10-27	6	1st	6 8 10 13 22 32
2007-10-06	5	2nd	5 6 18 22 24 38
2007-09-19	6	3rd	2 5 6 13 25 47
2007-08-29	5	2nd	4 6 11 17 31 41
2007-08-11	3	1st	6 10 11 19 22 46
2007-08-01	11	2nd	3 6 15 23 28 42
2007-06-23	12	1st	6 12 19 25 31 41
2007-05-12	17	2nd	3 6 9 12 40 43
2007-03-14	6	1st	6 21 24 38 39 48
2007-02-21	1	2nd	1 6 26 34 39 42
2007-02-17	3	1st	6 18 40 43 47 49
2007-02-07	10	1st	6 16 18 29 30 35
2007-01-03	19	2nd	4 6 30 36 43 44
2006-10-28	3	3rd	4 5 6 12 20 29
2006-10-18	7	1st	6 12 36 39 41 48
2006-09-23	9	1st	6 26 28 35 42 43
2006-08-23	1	1st	6 16 20 21 23 37
2006-08-19	10	1st	6 29 31 34 40 48
2006-07-15	2	1st	6 12 19 20 38 39
2006-07-08	9	1st	6 10 19 29 32 42
2006-06-07	1	1st	6 9 11 14 33 48
2006-06-03	4	2nd	4 6 7 9 28 39
2006-05-20	12	1st	6 16 17 22 24 45
2006-04-08	3	2nd	5 6 7 18 28 40
2006-03-29	1	2nd	2 6 18 36 37 44
2006-03-25	14	2nd	2 6 10 17 29 30
2006-02-04	7	3rd	1 3 6 22 23 39
2006-01-11	3	2nd	5 6 8 19 34 38
2005-12-31	1	1st	6 9 11 33 36 49
2005-12-28	2	1st	6 8 10 19 30 42
2005-12-21	23	2nd	5 6 12 13 31 45
2005-10-01	10	2nd	4 6 31 42 46 47
2005-08-27	6	1st	6 13 17 23 32 43
2005-08-06	18	2nd	3 6 7 17 30 34
2005-06-04	7	1st	6 8 13 15 21 40
2005-05-11	1	2nd	1 6 11 17 29 43
2005-05-07	14	2nd	2 6 21 34 35 49
2005-03-19	4	1st	6 8 18 33 43 49
2005-03-05	1	1st	6 19 24 26 27 49
2005-03-02	17	2nd	3 6 15 16 33 48
2005-01-01	11	2nd	4 6 9 12 15 40
2004-11-24	13	1st	6 9 15 23 38 48
2004-10-09	1	1st	6 17 22 27 30 34
2004-10-06	1	1st	6 11 12 19 37 44
2004-10-02	10	3rd	1 5 6 31 33 41
2004-08-28	3	1st	6 7 10 20 37 44
2004-08-18	8	1st	6 11 12 13 36 42
2004-07-21	2	1st	6 9 13 15 40 43
2004-07-14	1	1st	6 27 33 38 45 47
2004-07-10	2	1st	6 9 31 32 40 47
2004-07-03	10	1st	6 8 21 25 43 47
2004-05-29	8	3rd	1 4 6 18 19 40
2004-05-01	18	2nd	5 6 10 15 27 49
2004-02-28	1	1st	6 19 22 38 39 43
2004-02-25	20	1st	6 21 28 34 38 41
2003-12-17	10	2nd	4 6 13 21 36 46
2003-11-12	6	1st	6 9 13 17 21 24
2003-10-22	3	1st	6 19 29 32 34 46
2003-10-11	1	2nd	3 6 11 20 34 43
2003-10-08	14	1st	6 22 25 26 28 44
2003-08-20	13	2nd	5 6 34 37 42 48
2003-07-05	3	1st	6 10 18 19 22 43
2003-06-25	5	2nd	2 6 7 23 27 30
2003-06-07	10	3rd	2 5 6 17 18 30
2003-05-03	15	2nd	3 6 7 29 46 49
2003-03-12	1	1st	6 16 33 37 40 41
2003-03-08	11	2nd	5 6 8 32 33 41
2003-01-29	17	2nd	1 6 26 29 37 48
2002-11-30	2	1st	6 7 20 29 37 39
2002-11-23	3	2nd	5 6 12 19 30 47
2002-11-13	2	2nd	3 6 8 14 24 31
2002-11-06	12	2nd	2 6 8 21 41 42
2002-09-25	1	1st	6 21 29 32 33 47
2002-09-21	11	2nd	1 6 7 11 13 30
2002-08-14	3	2nd	1 6 8 20 29 38
2002-08-03	11	1st	6 11 19 35 36 44
2002-06-26	12	1st	6 7 25 33 38 43
2002-05-15	14	2nd	4 6 10 19 40 49
2002-03-27	3	1st	6 9 20 24 35 36
2002-03-16	5	2nd	5 6 26 41 42 44
2002-02-27	7	1st	6 12 28 31 39 44
2002-02-02	3	1st	6 12 30 39 45 46
2002-01-23	6	1st	6 8 14 19 20 44
2002-01-02	8	2nd	2 6 20 24 29 32
2001-12-05	7	2nd	4 6 8 19 23 29
2001-11-10	3	1st	6 23 24 25 30 49
2001-10-31	3	3rd	4 5 6 18 36 49
2001-10-20	8	3rd	1 3 6 19 21 26
2001-09-22	1	1st	6 14 35 45 46 49
2001-09-19	3	1st	6 8 21 25 30 45
2001-09-08	7	2nd	1 6 13 18 20 49
2001-08-15	27	2nd	4 6 18 21 35 38
2001-05-12	14	1st	6 29 30 38 39 45
2001-03-24	22	1st	6 25 31 32 42 43
2001-01-06	1	1st	6 16 23 34 35 40
2001-01-03	8	2nd	5 6 16 17 19 22
2000-12-06	3	1st	6 10 13 19 27 47
2000-11-25	2	2nd	3 6 20 42 43 48
2000-11-18	7	1st	6 9 11 21 27 43
2000-10-25	2	1st	6 9 13 14 26 38
2000-10-18	2	2nd	4 6 11 19 32 36
2000-10-11	1	1st	6 10 19 30 34 41
2000-10-07	4	2nd	1 6 20 28 31 45
2000-09-23	5	1st	6 16 18 32 35 45
2000-09-06	7	1st	6 7 11 23 32 44
2000-08-12	11	1st	6 31 35 36 43 46
2000-07-05	3	1st	6 11 19 23 25 28
2000-06-24	9	1st	6 9 32 34 42 48
2000-05-24	3	1st	6 8 21 36 38 46
2000-05-13	3	1st	6 30 35 42 44 45
2000-05-03	12	2nd	5 6 24 36 38 48
2000-03-22	4	1st	6 18 20 33 36 40
2000-03-08	3	1st	6 18 22 32 36 46
2000-02-26	3	3rd	3 5 6 8 16 45
2000-02-16	1	1st	6 7 12 16 19 42
2000-02-12	1	2nd	4 6 12 17 18 19
2000-02-09	4	2nd	3 6 14 19 32 41
2000-01-26	11	1st	6 14 21 28 41 43
1999-12-18	9	1st	6 7 12 13 18 29
1999-11-17	16	2nd	2 6 23 31 33 36
1999-09-22	7	1st	6 16 21 28 37 44
1999-08-28	3	1st	6 14 15 17 27 47
1999-08-18	12	1st	6 8 13 34 38 45
1999-07-07	5	2nd	4 6 8 41 43 44
1999-06-19	41	2nd	4 6 20 24 41 42
1999-01-27	4	3rd	2 3 6 20 21 22
1999-01-13	23	1st	6 25 27 35 42 48
1998-10-24	8	1st	6 8 15 23 26 41
1998-09-26	38	1st	6 15 18 29 35 40
1998-05-16	3	3rd	2 4 6 10 34 44
1998-05-06	12	1st	6 7 14 19 22 27
1998-03-25	6	2nd	1 6 10 25 31 45
1998-03-04	11	1st	6 28 30 34 41 45
1998-01-24	9	3rd	1 4 6 14 24 49
1997-12-24	12	2nd	5 6 11 29 36 41
1997-11-12	2	2nd	3 6 8 27 36 45
1997-11-05	19	3rd	1 4 6 9 32 38
1997-08-30	7	1st	6 20 30 33 38 46
1997-08-06	2	3rd	3 5 6 20 45 49
1997-07-30	8	2nd	3 6 12 19 44 45
1997-07-02	17	1st	6 10 18 22 41 45
1997-05-03	2	1st	6 20 29 31 35 40
1997-04-26	3	1st	6 10 14 25 27 38
1997-04-16	2	2nd	3 6 9 19 37 48
1997-04-09	27	1st	6 22 35 42 45 49
1996-12-07	9	1st	6 13 17 22 42 47
1996-10-05	11	1st	6 9 25 45 47 48
1996-07-20	11	1st	6 14 20 25 34 44
1996-05-04	1	1st	6 25 26 33 34 47
1996-04-27	3	2nd	4 6 11 18 31 48
1996-04-06	14	3rd	1 4 6 14 17 38
1995-12-30	1	1st	6 32 39 42 43 45
1995-12-23	7	1st	6 11 34 40 47 49
1995-11-04	2	1st	6 14 18 27 44 48
1995-10-21	27	2nd	2 6 17 19 21 47
1995-04-15	12	3rd	1 4 6 23 26 49
1995-01-21	8	1st	6 16 20 30 31 47
1994-11-26	—	1st	6 12 15 16 31 44