Number 6

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

188times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.12σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 23% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

58longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 188 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, +0.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 188 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 58 · waiting 13 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 smallest111 · chance 109.7
2nd smallest64 · chance 65.3
3rd smallest12 · chance 12.1
4th smallest1 · chance 0.8
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 18.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 20 3 21 8 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-03-27	3	1st	6 20 26 29 33 35
2025-03-20	3	1st	6 12 13 20 29 31
2025-03-13	14	1st	6 20 31 32 38 45
2025-02-08

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-10-02	6	1st	6 14 35 38 42 50
2023-09-18	58	1st	6 20 22 26 31 35
2023-05-06	20	2nd	3 6 11 20 25 50
2023-03-20	2	1st	6 7 13 17 23 41
2023-03-16	1	2nd	3 6 20 23 36 41
2023-03-13	1	1st	6 17 28 29 44 45
2023-03-11	7	1st	6 17 21 37 47 50
2023-02-23	17	1st	6 18 27 41 44 45
2023-01-14	4	1st	6 10 16 18 20 41
2023-01-05	1	2nd	3 6 26 31 37 41
2023-01-02	20	2nd	4 6 7 10 12 38
2022-11-17	1	2nd	2 6 9 12 43 50
2022-11-14	6	3rd	2 3 6 7 25 47
2022-10-31	17	1st	6 20 24 28 43 44
2022-09-22	1	2nd	4 6 21 25 38 40
2022-09-19	5	2nd	4 6 15 40 49 50
2022-09-08	6	1st	6 9 11 19 37 47
2022-08-25	29	1st	6 11 32 38 42 47
2022-06-18	11	2nd	4 6 7 24 28 29
2022-05-23	7	1st	6 8 21 34 36 39
2022-05-07	2	2nd	5 6 23 32 36 39
2022-05-02	10	1st	6 9 28 30 34 41
2022-04-09	3	2nd	1 6 16 17 48 50
2022-04-02	8	1st	6 21 25 29 39 43
2022-03-14	5	2nd	5 6 24 25 31 45
2022-03-03	9	1st	6 11 16 18 24 43
2022-02-10	2	2nd	5 6 7 11 18 19
2022-02-05	5	3rd	3 4 6 13 15 50
2022-01-24	2	2nd	5 6 12 18 29 36
2022-01-20	2	2nd	2 6 13 14 20 38
2022-01-15	4	1st	6 19 27 35 45 48
2022-01-06	23	1st	6 10 14 36 39 44
2021-11-13	12	1st	6 25 26 29 46 48
2021-10-16	11	2nd	1 6 13 20 26 42
2021-09-20	5	1st	6 8 34 36 46 49
2021-09-09	48	1st	6 7 28 31 40 50
2021-05-20	4	1st	6 11 22 25 34 36
2021-05-10	14	2nd	2 6 8 20 37 48
2021-04-08	39	1st	6 8 11 17 18 42
2021-01-07	4	1st	6 11 23 25 33 46
2020-12-28	4	2nd	2 6 13 27 28 35
2020-12-19	8	1st	6 7 11 29 36 44
2020-11-30	5	1st	6 7 11 15 17 47
2020-11-19	1	1st	6 11 19 25 45 52
2020-11-16	13	1st	6 11 15 20 36 50
2020-10-17	5	1st	6 10 20 43 45 51
2020-10-05	3	2nd	3 6 8 14 16 41
2020-09-28	2	3rd	3 4 6 13 44 46
2020-09-24	1	1st	6 14 21 44 48 49
2020-09-21	35	2nd	2 6 9 19 39 45
2020-07-02	6	1st	6 18 25 30 41 43
2020-06-18	6	2nd	3 6 12 24 49 51
2020-06-04	6	1st	6 11 15 41 44 48
2020-05-21	2	1st	6 12 21 26 40 41
2020-05-16	3	3rd	2 3 6 7 18 33
2020-05-09	2	1st	6 8 10 21 24 49
2020-05-04	12	1st	6 12 16 30 41 47
2020-04-06	8	3rd	1 3 6 23 24 35
2020-03-19	20	2nd	5 6 13 17 28 51
2020-02-01	8	3rd	1 3 6 8 23 47
2020-01-13	4	1st	6 29 33 39 42 50
2020-01-04	2	2nd	3 6 21 23 30 34
2019-12-30	5	3rd	1 3 6 9 17 23
2019-12-19	30	1st	6 7 27 29 34 46
2019-10-10	16	1st	6 9 21 30 45 48
2019-09-02	8	1st	6 9 29 36 44 48
2019-08-15	13	2nd	2 6 17 23 37 38
2019-07-15	24	1st	6 11 19 29 42 52
2019-05-20	8	1st	6 16 19 21 34 39
2019-05-02	7	2nd	3 6 8 16 34 49
2019-04-15	4	2nd	1 6 20 26 45 46
2019-04-06	7	3rd	3 5 6 8 18 34
2019-03-21	2	1st	6 9 12 30 47 50
2019-03-16	1	1st	6 11 21 33 49 50
2019-03-14	15	1st	6 18 32 35 46 51
2019-02-07	4	2nd	5 6 17 26 28 52
2019-01-28	6	1st	6 7 28 32 45 50
2019-01-14	1	2nd	2 6 20 32 37 38
2019-01-12	1	1st	6 11 25 30 49 51
2019-01-10	21	1st	6 16 22 24 30 41
2018-11-22	3	3rd	2 4 6 32 43 46
2018-11-15	6	2nd	1 6 11 30 38 40
2018-11-01	4	2nd	5 6 14 15 41 46
2018-10-22	16	2nd	4 6 10 22 31 39
2018-09-15	15	2nd	1 6 8 11 15 17
2018-08-11	4	1st	6 11 22 36 48 51
2018-08-02	11	1st	6 9 28 33 36 50
2018-07-07	7	1st	6 11 17 20 44 46
2018-06-21	2	1st	6 19 25 36 39 47
2018-06-16	1	1st	6 14 24 25 38 46
2018-06-14	7	1st	6 10 15 29 30 37
2018-05-28	6	1st	6 12 23 31 42 52
2018-05-14	3	2nd	2 6 10 11 14 52
2018-05-07	1	1st	6 27 32 41 44 52
2018-05-05	13	1st	6 7 24 39 44 46
2018-04-05	7	1st	6 10 28 30 36 42
2018-03-19	2	1st	6 7 13 42 49 51
2018-03-15	6	1st	6 21 26 33 40 49
2018-03-01	5	2nd	5 6 8 16 27 52
2018-02-17	13	1st	6 14 16 27 34 44
2018-01-18	1	1st	6 11 13 32 46 52
2018-01-15	17	1st	6 9 26 32 33 51
2017-12-07	5	1st	6 19 23 26 32 35
2017-11-25	6	2nd	2 6 9 33 38 48
2017-11-11	6	1st	6 22 24 31 43 44
2017-10-28	13	1st	6 11 20 25 27 47
2017-09-28	1	1st	6 10 16 33 36 42
2017-09-25	10	2nd	2 6 16 28 34 50
2017-09-02	9	2nd	2 6 10 21 27 41
2017-08-12	4	1st	6 9 10 21 30 31
2017-08-03	1	1st	6 7 13 29 41 43
2017-07-31	1	2nd	2 6 8 10 12 15
2017-07-29	9	1st	6 12 21 26 37 51
2017-07-08	19	1st	6 16 17 33 36 46
2017-05-25	8	2nd	3 6 19 28 34 36
2017-05-06	19	1st	6 20 26 27 30 35
2017-03-23	1	1st	6 10 18 31 41 43
2017-03-20	5	1st	6 15 28 29 44 46
2017-03-09	5	1st	6 20 22 25 27 31
2017-02-25	1	1st	6 8 16 18 31 35
2017-02-23	3	1st	6 7 33 34 39 50
2017-02-16	27	2nd	4 6 11 20 21 26
2016-12-15	27	2nd	1 6 7 20 51 52
2016-10-13	6	2nd	2 6 7 22 30 44
2016-09-29	20	2nd	5 6 11 12 33 39
2016-08-13	2	1st	6 28 30 34 49 51
2016-08-08	6	1st	6 8 11 13 40 48
2016-07-25	3	1st	6 11 23 28 34 51
2016-07-18	1	1st	6 7 17 19 45 52
2016-07-16	19	2nd	5 6 13 23 32 34
2016-06-02	3	4th	1 3 4 6 17 40
2016-05-26	7	2nd	3 6 9 18 21 41
2016-05-09	23	2nd	2 6 10 20 31 38
2016-03-17	1	1st	6 11 35 37 39 44
2016-03-14	5	1st	6 19 32 44 48 51
2016-03-03	2	2nd	3 6 8 27 29 50
2016-02-27	3	1st	6 24 30 34 37 42
2016-02-20	11	1st	6 16 21 31 36 52
2016-01-25	1	1st	6 10 11 40 46 49
2016-01-23	12	1st	6 8 9 11 39 46
2015-12-26	9	2nd	1 6 9 26 43 49
2015-12-05	31	2nd	3 6 16 40 45 47
2015-09-24	4	2nd	1 6 27 36 47 50
2015-09-14	1	2nd	1 6 16 21 33 38
2015-09-12	2	1st	6 18 33 36 37 46
2015-09-07	3	1st	6 8 11 13 22 45
2015-08-31	18	2nd	2 6 13 20 33 51
2015-07-20	1	2nd	2 6 18 30 31 33
2015-07-18	1	2nd	3 6 10 39 49 51
2015-07-16	1	2nd	1 6 23 31 32 33
2015-07-13	9	3rd	3 5 6 18 23 30
2015-06-22	6	1st	6 8 27 39 40 51
2015-06-08	4	2nd	3 6 27 29 32 50
2015-05-30	6	1st	6 16 20 25 34 52
2015-05-16	2	1st	6 8 14 16 22 31
2015-05-11	20	1st	6 8 10 16 23 45
2015-03-26	6	2nd	2 6 14 32 39 51
2015-03-12	9	1st	6 19 36 38 43 52
2015-02-19	3	2nd	1 6 40 45 47 49
2015-02-12	6	2nd	5 6 22 33 34 44
2015-01-29	1	1st	6 13 26 30 39 52
2015-01-26	5	3rd	4 5 6 17 24 46
2015-01-15	2	1st	6 18 27 34 46 47
2015-01-10	—	2nd	4 6 16 20 33 48