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Number 6 In Cash 5 under the 5/39 · Nov 2012 – Apr 2014 rules — 527 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).
5/45 · since Jun 2017 5/41 · Apr 2014 – Jun 2017 5/39 · Nov 2012 – Apr 2014 78 times drawn · chance expected 68 +1.36σ
3 draws waiting · a wait this long: 76% for any number
6.5 average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8
28 longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long
6 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 78 times in 527 draws against 67.6 expected, +1.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
6 Number 6, draw by draw Drawn 78 times in 527 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 28 · waiting 3 draws now
1 draws: 2012-11-29 to 2012-11-30 4 draws: 2012-11-30 to 2012-12-04 10 draws: 2012-12-04 to 2012-12-14 11 draws: 2012-12-14 to 2012-12-25 1 draws: 2012-12-25 to 2012-12-26 7 draws: 2012-12-26 to 2013-01-02 5 draws: 2013-01-02 to 2013-01-07 18 draws: 2013-01-07 to 2013-01-25 2 draws: 2013-01-25 to 2013-01-27 8 draws: 2013-01-27 to 2013-02-04 6 draws: 2013-02-04 to 2013-02-10 12 draws: 2013-02-10 to 2013-02-22 2 draws: 2013-02-22 to 2013-02-24 6 draws: 2013-02-24 to 2013-03-02 4 draws: 2013-03-02 to 2013-03-06 7 draws: 2013-03-06 to 2013-03-13 8 draws: 2013-03-13 to 2013-03-21 1 draws: 2013-03-21 to 2013-03-22 1 draws: 2013-03-22 to 2013-03-23 10 draws: 2013-03-23 to 2013-04-02 2 draws: 2013-04-02 to 2013-04-04 13 draws: 2013-04-04 to 2013-04-17 3 draws: 2013-04-17 to 2013-04-20 2 draws: 2013-04-20 to 2013-04-22 4 draws: 2013-04-22 to 2013-04-26 5 draws: 2013-04-26 to 2013-05-01 4 draws: 2013-05-01 to 2013-05-05 1 draws: 2013-05-05 to 2013-05-06 8 draws: 2013-05-06 to 2013-05-14 3 draws: 2013-05-14 to 2013-05-17 5 draws: 2013-05-17 to 2013-05-22 2 draws: 2013-05-22 to 2013-05-24 28 draws: 2013-05-24 to 2013-06-21 14 draws: 2013-06-21 to 2013-07-05 10 draws: 2013-07-05 to 2013-07-15 8 draws: 2013-07-15 to 2013-07-23 8 draws: 2013-07-23 to 2013-07-31 2 draws: 2013-07-31 to 2013-08-02 1 draws: 2013-08-02 to 2013-08-03 3 draws: 2013-08-03 to 2013-08-06 6 draws: 2013-08-06 to 2013-08-12 4 draws: 2013-08-12 to 2013-08-16 3 draws: 2013-08-16 to 2013-08-19 3 draws: 2013-08-19 to 2013-08-22 7 draws: 2013-08-22 to 2013-08-29 21 draws: 2013-08-29 to 2013-09-19 18 draws: 2013-09-19 to 2013-10-07 9 draws: 2013-10-07 to 2013-10-16 1 draws: 2013-10-16 to 2013-10-17 2 draws: 2013-10-17 to 2013-10-19 5 draws: 2013-10-19 to 2013-10-24 10 draws: 2013-10-24 to 2013-11-04 4 draws: 2013-11-04 to 2013-11-08 17 draws: 2013-11-08 to 2013-11-25 7 draws: 2013-11-25 to 2013-12-02 6 draws: 2013-12-02 to 2013-12-08 9 draws: 2013-12-08 to 2013-12-17 10 draws: 2013-12-17 to 2013-12-27 5 draws: 2013-12-27 to 2014-01-01 4 draws: 2014-01-01 to 2014-01-05 1 draws: 2014-01-05 to 2014-01-06 1 draws: 2014-01-06 to 2014-01-07 8 draws: 2014-01-07 to 2014-01-15 2 draws: 2014-01-15 to 2014-01-17 13 draws: 2014-01-17 to 2014-01-30 12 draws: 2014-01-30 to 2014-02-11 1 draws: 2014-02-11 to 2014-02-12 2 draws: 2014-02-12 to 2014-02-14 6 draws: 2014-02-14 to 2014-02-20 3 draws: 2014-02-20 to 2014-02-23 15 draws: 2014-02-23 to 2014-03-10 2 draws: 2014-03-10 to 2014-03-12 15 draws: 2014-03-12 to 2014-03-27 4 draws: 2014-03-27 to 2014-03-31 6 draws: 2014-03-31 to 2014-04-06 3 draws: 2014-04-06 to 2014-04-09 3 draws: 2014-04-09 to 2014-04-12 Still waiting — at least 3 draws since 2014-04-12 2012-11-29 2012-11-30 2012-12-04 2012-12-14 2012-12-25 2012-12-26 2013-01-02 2013-01-07 2013-01-25 2013-01-27 2013-02-04 2013-02-10 2013-02-22 2013-02-24 2013-03-02 2013-03-06 2013-03-13 2013-03-21 2013-03-22 2013-03-23 2013-04-02 2013-04-04 2013-04-17 2013-04-20 2013-04-22 2013-04-26 2013-05-01 2013-05-05 2013-05-06 2013-05-14 2013-05-17 2013-05-22 2013-05-24 2013-06-21 2013-07-05 2013-07-15 2013-07-23 2013-07-31 2013-08-02 2013-08-03 2013-08-06 2013-08-12 2013-08-16 2013-08-19 2013-08-22 2013-08-29 2013-09-19 2013-10-07 2013-10-16 2013-10-17 2013-10-19 2013-10-24 2013-11-04 2013-11-08 2013-11-25 2013-12-02 2013-12-08 2013-12-17 2013-12-27 2014-01-01 2014-01-05 2014-01-06 2014-01-07 2014-01-15 2014-01-17 2014-01-30 2014-02-11 2014-02-12 2014-02-14 2014-02-20 2014-02-23 2014-03-10 2014-03-12 2014-03-27 2014-03-31 2014-04-06 2014-04-09 2014-04-12 2012-11-04 2014-04-15 a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap
1 draws: 10 times 2 draws: 10 times 3 draws: 8 times 4 draws: 8 times 5 draws: 5 times 6 draws: 6 times 7 draws: 4 times 8 draws: 6 times 9 draws: 2 times 10 draws: 5 times 11 draws: 1 time 12 draws: 2 times 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 1 time 15 draws: 2 times 16 draws: 0 times 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 2 times 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 0 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 1 time 29 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 47 · chance 43.2 2nd smallest 21 · chance 28.8 3rd smallest 9 · chance 5.6 4th smallest 1 · chance 0.3 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.2 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 38 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 39. 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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.