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Number 6 In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 72 times drawn · chance expected 78 −0.66σ
3 draws waiting · a wait this long: 83% for any number
11.9 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
48 longest completed wait · 59% chance of one at least that long
6 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 72 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, −0.66σ. 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 72 times in 869 draws · average wait 11.9 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 3 draws now
9 draws: 2005-08-23 to 2005-09-23 6 draws: 2005-09-23 to 2005-10-14 15 draws: 2005-10-14 to 2005-12-06 4 draws: 2005-12-06 to 2005-12-20 41 draws: 2005-12-20 to 2006-05-12 32 draws: 2006-05-12 to 2006-09-01 4 draws: 2006-09-01 to 2006-09-15 3 draws: 2006-09-15 to 2006-09-26 2 draws: 2006-09-26 to 2006-10-03 4 draws: 2006-10-03 to 2006-10-17 14 draws: 2006-10-17 to 2006-12-05 3 draws: 2006-12-05 to 2006-12-15 43 draws: 2006-12-15 to 2007-05-15 7 draws: 2007-05-15 to 2007-06-08 12 draws: 2007-06-08 to 2007-07-20 13 draws: 2007-07-20 to 2007-09-04 25 draws: 2007-09-04 to 2007-11-30 3 draws: 2007-11-30 to 2007-12-11 45 draws: 2007-12-11 to 2008-05-16 29 draws: 2008-05-16 to 2008-08-26 3 draws: 2008-08-26 to 2008-09-05 6 draws: 2008-09-05 to 2008-09-26 9 draws: 2008-09-26 to 2008-10-28 17 draws: 2008-10-28 to 2008-12-26 48 draws: 2008-12-26 to 2009-06-12 6 draws: 2009-06-12 to 2009-07-03 6 draws: 2009-07-03 to 2009-07-24 5 draws: 2009-07-24 to 2009-08-11 7 draws: 2009-08-11 to 2009-09-04 34 draws: 2009-09-04 to 2010-01-01 9 draws: 2010-01-01 to 2010-02-02 37 draws: 2010-02-02 to 2010-06-11 18 draws: 2010-06-11 to 2010-08-13 9 draws: 2010-08-13 to 2010-09-14 20 draws: 2010-09-14 to 2010-11-23 3 draws: 2010-11-23 to 2010-12-03 7 draws: 2010-12-03 to 2010-12-28 11 draws: 2010-12-28 to 2011-02-04 4 draws: 2011-02-04 to 2011-02-18 11 draws: 2011-02-18 to 2011-03-29 3 draws: 2011-03-29 to 2011-04-08 8 draws: 2011-04-08 to 2011-05-06 26 draws: 2011-05-06 to 2011-08-05 12 draws: 2011-08-05 to 2011-09-16 1 draws: 2011-09-16 to 2011-09-20 9 draws: 2011-09-20 to 2011-10-21 7 draws: 2011-10-21 to 2011-11-15 8 draws: 2011-11-15 to 2011-12-13 22 draws: 2011-12-13 to 2012-02-28 6 draws: 2012-02-28 to 2012-03-20 1 draws: 2012-03-20 to 2012-03-23 5 draws: 2012-03-23 to 2012-04-10 8 draws: 2012-04-10 to 2012-05-08 19 draws: 2012-05-08 to 2012-07-13 22 draws: 2012-07-13 to 2012-09-28 3 draws: 2012-09-28 to 2012-10-09 1 draws: 2012-10-09 to 2012-10-12 9 draws: 2012-10-12 to 2012-11-13 10 draws: 2012-11-13 to 2012-12-18 8 draws: 2012-12-18 to 2013-01-15 7 draws: 2013-01-15 to 2013-02-08 5 draws: 2013-02-08 to 2013-02-26 2 draws: 2013-02-26 to 2013-03-05 4 draws: 2013-03-05 to 2013-03-19 9 draws: 2013-03-19 to 2013-04-19 5 draws: 2013-04-19 to 2013-05-07 2 draws: 2013-05-07 to 2013-05-14 10 draws: 2013-05-14 to 2013-06-18 21 draws: 2013-06-18 to 2013-08-30 5 draws: 2013-08-30 to 2013-09-17 6 draws: 2013-09-17 to 2013-10-08 Still waiting — at least 3 draws since 2013-10-08 2005-08-23 2005-09-23 2005-10-14 2005-12-06 2005-12-20 2006-05-12 2006-09-01 2006-09-15 2006-09-26 2006-10-03 2006-10-17 2006-12-05 2006-12-15 2007-05-15 2007-06-08 2007-07-20 2007-09-04 2007-11-30 2007-12-11 2008-05-16 2008-08-26 2008-09-05 2008-09-26 2008-10-28 2008-12-26 2009-06-12 2009-07-03 2009-07-24 2009-08-11 2009-09-04 2010-01-01 2010-02-02 2010-06-11 2010-08-13 2010-09-14 2010-11-23 2010-12-03 2010-12-28 2011-02-04 2011-02-18 2011-03-29 2011-04-08 2011-05-06 2011-08-05 2011-09-16 2011-09-20 2011-10-21 2011-11-15 2011-12-13 2012-02-28 2012-03-20 2012-03-23 2012-04-10 2012-05-08 2012-07-13 2012-09-28 2012-10-09 2012-10-12 2012-11-13 2012-12-18 2013-01-15 2013-02-08 2013-02-26 2013-03-05 2013-03-19 2013-04-19 2013-05-07 2013-05-14 2013-06-18 2013-08-30 2013-09-17 2013-10-08 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
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1st smallest 53 · chance 48.6 2nd smallest 17 · chance 20.7 3rd smallest 2 · chance 2.6 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.1 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 55 numbers; chance expects about 0.3 such strangers 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 56. 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 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.