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Number 6 In Lotto under the 6/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2015 rules — 601 draws, 6 from 1–45 (an earlier era).
6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 6/45 + 1/45 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2015 93 times drawn · chance expected 80 +1.54σ
3 draws waiting · a wait this long: 75% for any number
6.5 average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5
43 longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long
6 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 93 times in 601 draws against 80.1 expected, +1.54σ. 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 15 times, counted separately.
6 Number 6, draw by draw Drawn 93 times in 601 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 3 draws now
21 draws: 2010-01-13 to 2010-03-27 1 draws: 2010-03-27 to 2010-03-31 4 draws: 2010-03-31 to 2010-04-14 7 draws: 2010-04-14 to 2010-05-08 4 draws: 2010-05-08 to 2010-05-22 23 draws: 2010-05-22 to 2010-08-11 13 draws: 2010-08-11 to 2010-09-25 7 draws: 2010-09-25 to 2010-10-20 6 draws: 2010-10-20 to 2010-11-10 18 draws: 2010-11-10 to 2011-01-12 7 draws: 2011-01-12 to 2011-02-05 1 draws: 2011-02-05 to 2011-02-09 5 draws: 2011-02-09 to 2011-02-26 7 draws: 2011-02-26 to 2011-03-23 4 draws: 2011-03-23 to 2011-04-06 4 draws: 2011-04-06 to 2011-04-20 3 draws: 2011-04-20 to 2011-04-30 4 draws: 2011-04-30 to 2011-05-14 6 draws: 2011-05-14 to 2011-06-04 1 draws: 2011-06-04 to 2011-06-08 4 draws: 2011-06-08 to 2011-06-22 2 draws: 2011-06-22 to 2011-06-29 1 draws: 2011-06-29 to 2011-07-02 5 draws: 2011-07-02 to 2011-07-20 2 draws: 2011-07-20 to 2011-07-27 28 draws: 2011-07-27 to 2011-11-02 6 draws: 2011-11-02 to 2011-11-23 1 draws: 2011-11-23 to 2011-11-26 13 draws: 2011-11-26 to 2012-01-11 1 draws: 2012-01-11 to 2012-01-14 9 draws: 2012-01-14 to 2012-02-15 10 draws: 2012-02-15 to 2012-03-21 3 draws: 2012-03-21 to 2012-03-31 6 draws: 2012-03-31 to 2012-04-21 4 draws: 2012-04-21 to 2012-05-05 3 draws: 2012-05-05 to 2012-05-16 9 draws: 2012-05-16 to 2012-06-16 9 draws: 2012-06-16 to 2012-07-18 3 draws: 2012-07-18 to 2012-07-28 10 draws: 2012-07-28 to 2012-09-01 13 draws: 2012-09-01 to 2012-10-17 5 draws: 2012-10-17 to 2012-11-03 43 draws: 2012-11-03 to 2013-04-03 2 draws: 2013-04-03 to 2013-04-10 11 draws: 2013-04-10 to 2013-05-18 3 draws: 2013-05-18 to 2013-05-29 4 draws: 2013-05-29 to 2013-06-12 1 draws: 2013-06-12 to 2013-06-15 1 draws: 2013-06-15 to 2013-06-19 2 draws: 2013-06-19 to 2013-06-26 4 draws: 2013-06-26 to 2013-07-10 1 draws: 2013-07-10 to 2013-07-13 5 draws: 2013-07-13 to 2013-07-31 2 draws: 2013-07-31 to 2013-08-07 7 draws: 2013-08-07 to 2013-08-31 10 draws: 2013-08-31 to 2013-10-05 4 draws: 2013-10-05 to 2013-10-19 17 draws: 2013-10-19 to 2013-12-18 1 draws: 2013-12-18 to 2013-12-21 2 draws: 2013-12-21 to 2013-12-28 15 draws: 2013-12-28 to 2014-02-19 3 draws: 2014-02-19 to 2014-03-01 2 draws: 2014-03-01 to 2014-03-08 10 draws: 2014-03-08 to 2014-04-12 1 draws: 2014-04-12 to 2014-04-16 2 draws: 2014-04-16 to 2014-04-23 11 draws: 2014-04-23 to 2014-05-31 11 draws: 2014-05-31 to 2014-07-09 16 draws: 2014-07-09 to 2014-09-03 1 draws: 2014-09-03 to 2014-09-06 19 draws: 2014-09-06 to 2014-11-12 3 draws: 2014-11-12 to 2014-11-22 8 draws: 2014-11-22 to 2014-12-20 2 draws: 2014-12-20 to 2014-12-27 4 draws: 2014-12-27 to 2015-01-10 1 draws: 2015-01-10 to 2015-01-14 5 draws: 2015-01-14 to 2015-01-31 2 draws: 2015-01-31 to 2015-02-07 2 draws: 2015-02-07 to 2015-02-14 3 draws: 2015-02-14 to 2015-02-25 4 draws: 2015-02-25 to 2015-03-11 1 draws: 2015-03-11 to 2015-03-14 2 draws: 2015-03-14 to 2015-03-21 6 draws: 2015-03-21 to 2015-04-11 2 draws: 2015-04-11 to 2015-04-18 5 draws: 2015-04-18 to 2015-05-06 5 draws: 2015-05-06 to 2015-05-23 11 draws: 2015-05-23 to 2015-07-01 6 draws: 2015-07-01 to 2015-07-22 14 draws: 2015-07-22 to 2015-09-09 1 draws: 2015-09-09 to 2015-09-12 3 draws: 2015-09-12 to 2015-09-23 Still waiting — at least 3 draws since 2015-09-23 2010-01-13 2010-03-27 2010-03-31 2010-04-14 2010-05-08 2010-05-22 2010-08-11 2010-09-25 2010-10-20 2010-11-10 2011-01-12 2011-02-05 2011-02-09 2011-02-26 2011-03-23 2011-04-06 2011-04-20 2011-04-30 2011-05-14 2011-06-04 2011-06-08 2011-06-22 2011-06-29 2011-07-02 2011-07-20 2011-07-27 2011-11-02 2011-11-23 2011-11-26 2012-01-11 2012-01-14 2012-02-15 2012-03-21 2012-03-31 2012-04-21 2012-05-05 2012-05-16 2012-06-16 2012-07-18 2012-07-28 2012-09-01 2012-10-17 2012-11-03 2013-04-03 2013-04-10 2013-05-18 2013-05-29 2013-06-12 2013-06-15 2013-06-19 2013-06-26 2013-07-10 2013-07-13 2013-07-31 2013-08-07 2013-08-31 2013-10-05 2013-10-19 2013-12-18 2013-12-21 2013-12-28 2014-02-19 2014-03-01 2014-03-08 2014-04-12 2014-04-16 2014-04-23 2014-05-31 2014-07-09 2014-09-03 2014-09-06 2014-11-12 2014-11-22 2014-12-20 2014-12-27 2015-01-10 2015-01-14 2015-01-31 2015-02-07 2015-02-14 2015-02-25 2015-03-11 2015-03-14 2015-03-21 2015-04-11 2015-04-18 2015-05-06 2015-05-23 2015-07-01 2015-07-22 2015-09-09 2015-09-12 2015-09-23 2010-01-02 2015-10-03
1 draws: 15 times 2 draws: 13 times 3 draws: 9 times 4 draws: 12 times 5 draws: 7 times 6 draws: 6 times 7 draws: 5 times 8 draws: 1 time 9 draws: 3 times 10 draws: 4 times 11 draws: 4 times 12 draws: 0 times 13 draws: 3 times 14 draws: 1 time 15 draws: 1 time 16 draws: 1 time 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 1 time 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 1 time 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 1 time 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 0 times 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 0 times 43 draws: 1 time 44 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 46 · chance 49.3 2nd smallest 36 · chance 35.2 3rd smallest 11 · chance 7.8 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.6 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 6th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
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 ← number 5 Every number number 7 → 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.