Number 6

In Lotto under the 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 rules — 1,077 draws, 6 from 1–40 (an earlier era).

161times drawn · chance expected 162 −0.05σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

29longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 161 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, −0.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 161 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 29 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest75 · chance 77.8
2nd smallest62 · chance 64.8
3rd smallest22 · chance 16.7
4th smallest2 · chance 1.6
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 20.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 32 1 11 39 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2020-08-08	15	1st	6 8 9 12 17 21
2020-06-17	23	1st	6 18 20 23 35 39
2020-03-28	2	3rd	1 2 6 22 24 31
2020-03-21	4

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2019-01-02	12	1st	6 24 27 29 34 35
2018-11-21	3	1st	6 26 29 34 36 38
2018-11-10	5	3rd	4 5 6 17 19 24
2018-10-24	2	3rd	2 5 6 8 13 15
2018-10-17	3	1st	6 17 24 28 34 37
2018-10-06	1	3rd	3 5 6 14 23 34
2018-10-03	10	2nd	5 6 22 26 37 38
2018-08-29	2	1st	6 12 19 29 39 40
2018-08-22	3	2nd	3 6 9 19 22 40
2018-08-11	13	1st	6 15 16 25 26 34
2018-06-27	10	3rd	1 3 6 15 23 31
2018-05-23	2	2nd	5 6 7 18 23 40
2018-05-16	6	3rd	3 4 6 11 19 32
2018-04-25	9	2nd	4 6 20 26 32 37
2018-03-24	1	1st	6 8 12 30 31 37
2018-03-21	9	1st	6 14 25 31 32 34
2018-02-17	6	1st	6 15 21 28 29 39
2018-01-27	3	4th	1 2 4 6 15 33
2018-01-17	1	1st	6 19 23 30 36 39
2018-01-13	26	1st	6 31 34 35 36 37
2017-10-14	15	2nd	5 6 10 33 34 35
2017-08-23	15	3rd	2 5 6 32 34 38
2017-07-01	3	2nd	1 6 8 23 25 31
2017-06-21	8	1st	6 7 18 22 23 28
2017-05-24	4	1st	6 9 22 33 34 37
2017-05-10	3	1st	6 11 14 16 22 33
2017-04-29	4	1st	6 15 16 20 23 39
2017-04-15	18	2nd	5 6 11 20 22 24
2017-02-11	8	2nd	5 6 10 21 35 37
2017-01-14	2	2nd	3 6 17 19 31 38
2017-01-07	1	1st	6 12 22 24 31 34
2017-01-04	4	1st	6 16 21 22 25 29
2016-12-21	8	1st	6 26 31 33 36 37
2016-11-23	3	2nd	1 6 18 23 32 36
2016-11-12	3	1st	6 15 19 24 26 37
2016-11-02	9	1st	6 8 14 16 21 22
2016-10-01	13	2nd	1 6 19 27 33 36
2016-08-17	2	1st	6 9 10 14 21 35
2016-08-10	24	1st	6 11 14 21 29 40
2016-05-18	7	1st	6 7 11 28 32 36
2016-04-23	12	1st	6 10 15 25 39 40
2016-03-12	11	2nd	1 6 10 19 24 26
2016-02-03	9	3rd	4 5 6 10 17 35
2016-01-02	17	1st	6 18 25 26 28 32
2015-11-04	3	2nd	1 6 11 17 30 34
2015-10-24	1	1st	6 19 25 32 37 40
2015-10-21	11	2nd	5 6 8 15 18 25
2015-09-12	4	2nd	1 6 7 16 24 40
2015-08-29	3	2nd	1 6 19 27 29 36
2015-08-19	7	2nd	2 6 7 13 20 32
2015-07-25	12	2nd	2 6 9 14 23 40
2015-06-13	1	1st	6 11 14 28 31 38
2015-06-10	1	2nd	5 6 20 23 32 40
2015-06-06	10	1st	6 15 23 27 36 39
2015-05-02	4	1st	6 10 21 30 32 40
2015-04-18	21	1st	6 8 17 32 36 37
2015-02-04	23	1st	6 11 14 16 20 32
2014-11-15	1	3rd	1 2 6 18 22 38
2014-11-12	7	2nd	3 6 9 15 16 31
2014-10-18	2	1st	6 10 12 22 31 33
2014-10-11	14	3rd	1 3 6 19 31 40
2014-08-23	5	2nd	4 6 16 20 26 30
2014-08-06	5	2nd	5 6 11 17 24 29
2014-07-19	17	1st	6 10 20 27 38 39
2014-05-21	4	2nd	5 6 7 10 11 30
2014-05-07	6	2nd	4 6 15 20 21 34
2014-04-16	9	2nd	5 6 14 20 27 38
2014-03-15	13	1st	6 12 28 29 30 35
2014-01-29	4	1st	6 7 13 25 28 32
2014-01-15	2	2nd	1 6 13 27 29 38
2014-01-08	3	2nd	1 6 10 22 34 36
2013-12-28	11	2nd	2 6 20 31 32 40
2013-11-16	3	1st	6 11 15 16 38 39
2013-11-06	10	1st	6 10 11 21 30 32
2013-10-02	8	2nd	5 6 9 31 32 39
2013-09-04	13	2nd	1 6 12 17 21 39
2013-07-20	1	3rd	1 5 6 17 27 37
2013-07-17	3	1st	6 13 15 19 20 28
2013-07-06	4	1st	6 7 9 29 35 37
2013-06-22	1	2nd	3 6 11 17 19 40
2013-06-19	6	2nd	1 6 8 15 16 30
2013-05-29	4	3rd	3 5 6 23 25 32
2013-05-15	8	1st	6 8 15 17 18 38
2013-04-17	6	2nd	1 6 12 30 33 35
2013-03-27	2	3rd	1 3 6 18 32 40
2013-03-20	3	1st	6 9 24 33 35 36
2013-03-09	2	3rd	2 4 6 10 19 25
2013-03-02	5	2nd	3 6 8 14 19 32
2013-02-13	4	1st	6 9 12 17 37 39
2013-01-30	9	1st	6 8 10 11 32 35
2012-12-29	2	1st	6 8 22 27 33 37
2012-12-22	12	2nd	3 6 7 14 15 36
2012-11-10	16	1st	6 22 29 32 37 38
2012-09-15	11	1st	6 9 14 27 35 39
2012-08-08	3	1st	6 10 13 23 29 36
2012-07-28	6	1st	6 7 12 13 14 18
2012-07-07	9	2nd	3 6 9 10 14 25
2012-06-06	3	3rd	1 5 6 10 18 26
2012-05-26	11	3rd	2 5 6 12 35 37
2012-04-18	1	1st	6 14 19 22 34 39
2012-04-14	10	1st	6 7 18 21 28 31
2012-03-10	10	1st	6 12 30 31 36 40
2012-02-04	10	1st	6 15 17 19 21 36
2011-12-31	3	2nd	3 6 9 17 24 35
2011-12-21	6	1st	6 8 11 19 25 40
2011-11-30	3	2nd	2 6 9 27 29 32
2011-11-19	1	2nd	4 6 7 11 35 38
2011-11-16	1	2nd	5 6 11 27 28 33
2011-11-12	19	3rd	1 5 6 12 25 27
2011-09-07	5	1st	6 8 17 31 34 35
2011-08-20	1	1st	6 12 15 20 26 35
2011-08-17	29	3rd	1 4 6 14 15 17
2011-05-07	1	2nd	2 6 15 16 24 28
2011-05-04	2	2nd	1 6 11 24 33 36
2011-04-27	3	2nd	2 6 20 22 26 39
2011-04-16	4	1st	6 17 20 27 32 33
2011-04-02	2	2nd	2 6 25 26 36 39
2011-03-26	5	2nd	3 6 7 12 14 33
2011-03-09	4	2nd	2 6 9 13 19 35
2011-02-23	1	3rd	2 5 6 7 10 24
2011-02-19	6	1st	6 8 11 29 32 39
2011-01-29	9	1st	6 8 18 24 34 37
2010-12-29	4	2nd	5 6 8 9 13 34
2010-12-11	12	2nd	4 6 7 13 14 31
2010-10-30	2	1st	6 12 23 25 34 36
2010-10-23	1	1st	6 24 29 30 36 39
2010-10-20	7	1st	6 10 22 26 28 32
2010-09-25	6	1st	6 10 17 23 29 30
2010-09-04	1	1st	6 8 11 29 34 39
2010-09-01	11	1st	6 18 20 26 31 40
2010-07-24	5	2nd	5 6 9 18 31 39
2010-07-07	10	4th	2 3 5 6 27 28
2010-06-02	1	2nd	2 6 7 9 27 31
2010-05-29	5	2nd	2 6 18 27 33 39
2010-05-12	5	1st	6 12 16 22 37 40
2010-04-24	4	1st	6 7 9 21 24 39
2010-04-10	—	2nd	5 6 25 31 32 38