Number 6

In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/17 · Nov 2016 – Oct 2024 rules — 2,889 draws, 4 from 1–31 (an earlier era).

400times drawn · chance expected 373 +1.51σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 22% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

49longest completed wait · 41% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 400 times in 2,889 draws against 372.8 expected, +1.51σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 400 times in 2,889 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 12 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 smallest225 · chance 226.6
2nd smallest144 · chance 147.8
3rd smallest29 · chance 24.6
4th smallest2 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 40.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 17 22 4 27 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 30 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 31. 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
2024-10-03	8	2nd	1 6 9 14
2024-09-25	4	1st	6 15 22 24
2024-09-21	13	1st	6 12 22 28
2024-09-08	9	2nd	5 6 19 31

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 4/31 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-03-21	1	1st	6 8 29 31
2024-03-20	9	2nd	4 6 16 28
2024-03-11	6	1st	6 7 12 18
2024-03-05	2	2nd	2 6 24 26
2024-03-03	48	1st	6 10 14 26
2024-01-15	17	2nd	2 6 19 20
2023-12-29	16	1st	6 14 25 30
2023-12-13	2	3rd	1 2 6 26
2023-12-11	11	2nd	2 6 17 26
2023-11-30	2	1st	6 8 9 10
2023-11-28	12	1st	6 10 22 31
2023-11-16	14	2nd	1 6 9 25
2023-11-02	1	3rd	4 5 6 30
2023-11-01	1	1st	6 7 17 22
2023-10-31	3	1st	6 11 16 20
2023-10-28	9	1st	6 10 18 22
2023-10-19	6	1st	6 9 15 20
2023-10-13	19	1st	6 10 22 27
2023-09-24	8	1st	6 7 12 31
2023-09-16	1	1st	6 18 26 27
2023-09-15	11	2nd	5 6 11 21
2023-09-04	8	1st	6 11 24 26
2023-08-27	6	1st	6 14 17 23
2023-08-21	12	2nd	4 6 10 27
2023-08-09	8	1st	6 15 23 26
2023-08-01	6	1st	6 28 29 31
2023-07-26	5	2nd	1 6 17 21
2023-07-21	1	1st	6 21 23 31
2023-07-20	8	2nd	5 6 27 31
2023-07-12	20	1st	6 17 29 30
2023-06-22	2	1st	6 8 18 24
2023-06-20	1	1st	6 19 21 28
2023-06-19	4	2nd	4 6 19 28
2023-06-15	2	1st	6 8 14 19
2023-06-13	15	1st	6 8 24 25
2023-05-29	3	1st	6 20 23 31
2023-05-26	4	2nd	1 6 16 19
2023-05-22	8	2nd	5 6 21 23
2023-05-14	10	2nd	3 6 24 26
2023-05-04	5	2nd	5 6 27 30
2023-04-29	5	1st	6 13 16 17
2023-04-24	8	1st	6 18 19 23
2023-04-16	8	1st	6 10 15 18
2023-04-08	23	2nd	3 6 10 25
2023-03-16	6	2nd	1 6 19 29
2023-03-10	2	1st	6 11 28 31
2023-03-08	24	1st	6 10 22 30
2023-02-12	4	1st	6 8 24 30
2023-02-08	1	1st	6 12 15 22
2023-02-07	1	1st	6 12 21 22
2023-02-06	4	3rd	1 2 6 29
2023-02-02	3	1st	6 14 22 31
2023-01-30	6	3rd	1 2 6 17
2023-01-24	19	1st	6 12 14 29
2023-01-05	18	1st	6 18 24 30
2022-12-18	20	2nd	5 6 12 14
2022-11-28	4	1st	6 13 21 25
2022-11-24	17	3rd	2 3 6 15
2022-11-07	7	1st	6 12 26 31
2022-10-31	9	2nd	2 6 17 24
2022-10-22	13	2nd	3 6 11 18
2022-10-09	19	1st	6 23 24 27
2022-09-20	3	3rd	4 5 6 17
2022-09-17	7	2nd	3 6 18 30
2022-09-10	1	1st	6 21 28 29
2022-09-09	7	2nd	4 6 16 26
2022-09-02	2	1st	6 9 15 20
2022-08-31	1	1st	6 17 23 29
2022-08-30	18	1st	6 10 16 29
2022-08-12	2	1st	6 15 16 21
2022-08-10	6	2nd	3 6 7 24
2022-08-04	3	1st	6 11 19 21
2022-08-01	9	2nd	1 6 10 13
2022-07-23	4	2nd	2 6 10 16
2022-07-19	4	1st	6 7 10 12
2022-07-15	16	1st	6 9 16 19
2022-06-29	12	1st	6 8 21 30
2022-06-17	6	1st	6 10 19 29
2022-06-11	3	2nd	1 6 11 25
2022-06-08	1	1st	6 8 12 31
2022-06-07	8	1st	6 8 19 20
2022-05-30	3	2nd	1 6 9 18
2022-05-27	1	1st	6 12 17 22
2022-05-26	12	2nd	4 6 12 23
2022-05-14	5	1st	6 17 21 29
2022-05-09	1	2nd	2 6 21 26
2022-05-08	6	1st	6 11 13 27
2022-05-02	26	2nd	2 6 25 27
2022-04-06	5	2nd	3 6 8 27
2022-04-01	6	1st	6 17 23 28
2022-03-26	9	2nd	4 6 21 29
2022-03-17	10	1st	6 20 21 31
2022-03-07	3	2nd	5 6 23 30
2022-03-04	13	2nd	3 6 26 31
2022-02-19	5	1st	6 9 15 25
2022-02-14	12	2nd	2 6 14 15
2022-02-02	4	1st	6 11 21 22
2022-01-29	2	2nd	2 6 20 30
2022-01-27	6	1st	6 11 17 29
2022-01-21	32	2nd	1 6 9 22
2021-12-20	9	1st	6 16 19 22
2021-12-11	9	1st	6 21 22 31
2021-12-02	10	3rd	3 4 6 16
2021-11-22	3	3rd	2 3 6 25
2021-11-19	2	2nd	3 6 10 11
2021-11-17	2	1st	6 27 28 31
2021-11-15	11	1st	6 15 24 28
2021-11-04	35	1st	6 25 28 30
2021-09-30	6	2nd	4 6 12 21
2021-09-24	3	1st	6 8 25 26
2021-09-21	5	3rd	2 4 6 18
2021-09-16	3	1st	6 11 12 16
2021-09-13	1	1st	6 13 20 26
2021-09-12	9	2nd	5 6 9 14
2021-09-03	5	2nd	2 6 19 31
2021-08-29	8	1st	6 19 29 31
2021-08-21	4	1st	6 9 23 26
2021-08-17	6	2nd	4 6 13 17
2021-08-11	1	1st	6 26 27 28
2021-08-10	5	2nd	5 6 8 14
2021-08-05	2	1st	6 7 8 24
2021-08-03	9	1st	6 15 24 31
2021-07-25	5	2nd	4 6 11 12
2021-07-20	1	1st	6 8 14 28
2021-07-19	3	1st	6 7 11 13
2021-07-16	18	1st	6 9 14 23
2021-06-28	1	2nd	1 6 7 15
2021-06-27	9	3rd	1 2 6 8
2021-06-18	5	2nd	4 6 26 27
2021-06-13	5	2nd	4 6 15 24
2021-06-08	7	1st	6 9 29 31
2021-06-01	10	1st	6 17 26 31
2021-05-22	15	1st	6 7 28 30
2021-05-07	4	1st	6 8 21 26
2021-05-03	1	1st	6 19 24 30
2021-05-02	2	1st	6 10 17 22
2021-04-30	5	2nd	3 6 15 22
2021-04-25	17	1st	6 18 25 29
2021-04-08	9	1st	6 22 27 28
2021-03-30	3	1st	6 8 11 12
2021-03-27	2	1st	6 10 14 21
2021-03-25	3	2nd	5 6 12 27
2021-03-22	10	1st	6 8 13 27
2021-03-12	7	3rd	1 4 6 17
2021-03-05	2	2nd	2 6 7 10
2021-03-03	5	1st	6 7 12 20
2021-02-26	4	2nd	2 6 10 12
2021-02-22	6	2nd	2 6 10 19
2021-02-16	7	2nd	5 6 12 22
2021-02-09	11	2nd	3 6 7 18
2021-01-29	1	2nd	1 6 9 22
2021-01-28	11	1st	6 7 15 21
2021-01-17	3	2nd	4 6 10 17
2021-01-14	1	1st	6 8 15 22
2021-01-13	3	1st	6 14 19 26
2021-01-10	11	1st	6 15 19 20
2020-12-30	2	1st	6 9 18 23
2020-12-28	2	2nd	4 6 12 18
2020-12-26	2	2nd	4 6 14 19
2020-12-24	1	2nd	4 6 13 26
2020-12-23	5	2nd	5 6 8 9
2020-12-18	9	1st	6 9 17 20
2020-12-09	3	1st	6 14 17 28
2020-12-06	20	2nd	2 6 10 28
2020-11-16	1	2nd	2 6 14 16
2020-11-15	10	1st	6 17 20 24
2020-11-05	1	2nd	3 6 12 17
2020-11-04	8	1st	6 12 23 28
2020-10-27	8	2nd	4 6 9 27
2020-10-19	1	2nd	5 6 25 28
2020-10-18	6	1st	6 10 21 27
2020-10-12	4	2nd	5 6 17 25
2020-10-08	17	2nd	3 6 9 24
2020-09-21	6	2nd	2 6 9 14
2020-09-15	2	1st	6 19 27 28
2020-09-13	17	2nd	5 6 7 16
2020-08-27	3	1st	6 8 25 28
2020-08-24	6	1st	6 11 20 28
2020-08-18	13	1st	6 7 17 23
2020-08-05	5	3rd	1 5 6 25
2020-07-31	3	1st	6 12 19 28
2020-07-28	4	1st	6 14 18 26
2020-07-24	3	1st	6 21 26 28
2020-07-21	4	1st	6 9 24 27
2020-07-17	6	1st	6 17 24 27
2020-07-11	2	2nd	2 6 7 25
2020-07-09	20	1st	6 10 16 24
2020-06-19	1	1st	6 19 23 25
2020-06-18	10	2nd	3 6 21 25
2020-06-08	16	2nd	2 6 12 24
2020-05-23	17	1st	6 15 22 25
2020-05-06	17	1st	6 21 24 28
2020-04-19	14	1st	6 10 18 20
2020-04-05	1	1st	6 8 10 23
2020-04-04	1	2nd	5 6 19 22
2020-04-03	13	1st	6 16 18 23
2020-03-21	5	3rd	2 5 6 20
2020-03-16	11	2nd	2 6 10 28
2020-03-05	4	1st	6 13 14 19
2020-03-01	6	1st	6 12 21 26
2020-02-24	3	3rd	2 4 6 21
2020-02-21	8	1st	6 7 9 20
2020-02-13	9	2nd	4 6 8 14
2020-02-04	4	1st	6 13 25 28
2020-01-31	1	2nd	5 6 15 27
2020-01-30	5	2nd	3 6 11 17
2020-01-25	20	2nd	5 6 22 27
2020-01-05	3	1st	6 7 17 23
2020-01-02	1	1st	6 12 21 23
2020-01-01	1	1st	6 16 23 27
2019-12-31	12	2nd	2 6 8 18
2019-12-19	16	2nd	5 6 24 27
2019-12-03	8	2nd	4 6 24 27
2019-11-25	8	1st	6 10 11 15
2019-11-17	9	1st	6 9 21 27
2019-11-08	16	3rd	4 5 6 22
2019-10-23	11	2nd	1 6 19 21
2019-10-12	19	1st	6 12 13 27
2019-09-23	1	1st	6 9 20 25
2019-09-22	6	2nd	4 6 8 10
2019-09-16	7	2nd	4 6 12 16
2019-09-09	8	1st	6 7 9 20
2019-09-01	15	2nd	3 6 16 18
2019-08-17	2	1st	6 16 23 26
2019-08-15	3	3rd	3 5 6 13
2019-08-12	5	2nd	1 6 10 24
2019-08-07	2	1st	6 8 12 21
2019-08-05	2	1st	6 17 22 23
2019-08-03	11	1st	6 20 22 28
2019-07-23	10	1st	6 13 19 25
2019-07-13	5	2nd	1 6 10 15
2019-07-08	13	2nd	5 6 18 27
2019-06-25	19	2nd	3 6 17 28
2019-06-06	9	1st	6 18 22 26
2019-05-28	3	1st	6 17 19 21
2019-05-25	2	3rd	2 5 6 9
2019-05-23	5	1st	6 10 17 27
2019-05-18	10	1st	6 17 22 27
2019-05-08	2	1st	6 9 12 27
2019-05-06	2	1st	6 12 14 22
2019-05-04	9	1st	6 8 11 16
2019-04-25	6	1st	6 13 15 19
2019-04-19	11	1st	6 9 22 28
2019-04-08	2	2nd	5 6 10 18
2019-04-06	11	2nd	4 6 10 12
2019-03-26	14	1st	6 8 16 17
2019-03-12	3	1st	6 9 15 16
2019-03-09	1	1st	6 9 23 24
2019-03-08	7	4th	1 3 5 6
2019-03-01	4	1st	6 8 12 28
2019-02-25	5	3rd	1 4 6 17
2019-02-20	2	2nd	4 6 23 28
2019-02-18	1	2nd	1 6 12 15
2019-02-17	3	2nd	5 6 13 14
2019-02-14	5	1st	6 8 25 28
2019-02-09	1	1st	6 8 16 20
2019-02-08	16	1st	6 18 22 24
2019-01-23	9	2nd	1 6 12 16
2019-01-14	6	1st	6 16 17 21
2019-01-08	2	1st	6 7 26 28
2019-01-06	14	1st	6 9 14 16
2018-12-23	3	1st	6 14 23 26
2018-12-20	4	2nd	2 6 14 23
2018-12-16	9	1st	6 13 18 27
2018-12-07	7	2nd	3 6 13 21
2018-11-30	1	1st	6 10 13 21
2018-11-29	6	3rd	2 5 6 18
2018-11-23	23	1st	6 17 21 26
2018-10-31	1	1st	6 10 14 20
2018-10-30	7	1st	6 9 14 24
2018-10-23	12	2nd	2 6 14 17
2018-10-11	20	1st	6 15 17 25
2018-09-21	3	1st	6 12 23 26
2018-09-18	2	2nd	5 6 21 27
2018-09-16	20	2nd	3 6 20 28
2018-08-27	1	1st	6 7 8 28
2018-08-26	1	2nd	2 6 13 22
2018-08-25	2	3rd	4 5 6 19
2018-08-23	17	1st	6 9 15 16
2018-08-06	2	1st	6 7 21 22
2018-08-04	6	1st	6 11 17 24
2018-07-29	8	2nd	4 6 24 25
2018-07-21	11	2nd	2 6 11 13
2018-07-10	6	2nd	3 6 15 24
2018-07-04	2	1st	6 16 22 28
2018-07-02	14	2nd	3 6 15 18
2018-06-18	8	1st	6 20 21 23
2018-06-10	11	1st	6 10 17 25
2018-05-30	6	3rd	3 4 6 16
2018-05-24	2	1st	6 7 13 25
2018-05-22	6	1st	6 13 15 24
2018-05-16	4	2nd	5 6 16 25
2018-05-12	12	1st	6 14 20 23
2018-04-30	1	2nd	4 6 7 19
2018-04-29	11	1st	6 8 22 23
2018-04-18	4	1st	6 15 22 26
2018-04-14	3	1st	6 18 20 24
2018-04-11	21	2nd	3 6 15 27
2018-03-21	2	1st	6 10 11 27
2018-03-19	2	3rd	2 3 6 15
2018-03-17	9	2nd	5 6 17 18
2018-03-08	8	1st	6 13 20 21
2018-02-28	2	1st	6 9 19 27
2018-02-26	3	1st	6 7 23 27
2018-02-23	7	2nd	5 6 10 19
2018-02-16	10	3rd	4 5 6 27
2018-02-06	1	1st	6 11 16 20
2018-02-05	1	1st	6 7 15 20
2018-02-04	1	1st	6 14 19 24
2018-02-03	1	1st	6 22 24 28
2018-02-02	9	3rd	1 5 6 13
2018-01-24	2	1st	6 13 22 24
2018-01-22	2	2nd	5 6 22 27
2018-01-20	2	1st	6 7 16 20
2018-01-18	7	1st	6 7 11 23
2018-01-11	10	1st	6 11 12 27
2018-01-01	7	1st	6 11 18 26
2017-12-25	9	2nd	5 6 12 23
2017-12-16	1	1st	6 14 15 18
2017-12-15	1	1st	6 10 17 22
2017-12-14	1	4th	1 2 5 6
2017-12-13	6	1st	6 19 21 26
2017-12-07	1	2nd	4 6 9 13
2017-12-06	8	1st	6 13 22 23
2017-11-28	16	2nd	1 6 12 14
2017-11-12	12	2nd	4 6 8 17
2017-10-31	6	1st	6 14 17 22
2017-10-25	12	2nd	1 6 20 23
2017-10-12	6	1st	6 11 16 23
2017-10-06	6	1st	6 18 21 24
2017-09-29	13	3rd	4 5 6 9
2017-09-16	1	1st	6 8 13 15
2017-09-15	10	1st	6 9 13 23
2017-09-05	1	3rd	3 4 6 9
2017-09-04	2	2nd	5 6 24 26
2017-09-02	1	2nd	5 6 10 13
2017-09-01	10	1st	6 10 22 26
2017-08-22	1	2nd	4 6 12 23
2017-08-21	6	2nd	5 6 7 20
2017-08-15	2	2nd	1 6 13 19
2017-08-13	31	1st	6 12 18 27
2017-07-13	5	1st	6 9 24 28
2017-07-08	2	3rd	3 5 6 11
2017-07-06	1	2nd	1 6 15 17
2017-07-05	1	1st	6 10 20 22
2017-07-04	3	2nd	2 6 11 26
2017-07-01	3	3rd	2 4 6 10
2017-06-28	2	1st	6 11 18 21
2017-06-26	4	2nd	4 6 15 21
2017-06-22	5	1st	6 16 17 28
2017-06-17	7	2nd	1 6 17 21
2017-06-10	7	1st	6 19 20 27
2017-06-03	4	1st	6 10 16 20
2017-05-30	3	2nd	4 6 10 14
2017-05-27	4	1st	6 17 18 21
2017-05-23	9	3rd	3 5 6 10
2017-05-14	7	2nd	1 6 8 22
2017-05-07	9	1st	6 9 24 28
2017-04-28	4	2nd	3 6 13 20
2017-04-24	2	2nd	4 6 14 18
2017-04-22	9	2nd	1 6 20 23
2017-04-13	10	1st	6 8 13 15
2017-04-03	5	2nd	4 6 19 20
2017-03-29	9	1st	6 10 15 24
2017-03-20	2	2nd	4 6 9 20
2017-03-18	8	1st	6 7 11 18
2017-03-10	12	1st	6 8 20 22
2017-02-26	40	2nd	2 6 10 26
2017-01-17	3	2nd	3 6 15 23
2017-01-14	3	1st	6 8 10 23
2017-01-11	6	1st	6 19 26 27
2017-01-05	4	1st	6 7 15 26
2017-01-01	13	1st	6 12 14 22
2016-12-19	3	2nd	1 6 24 26
2016-12-16	10	2nd	4 6 22 27
2016-12-06	—	1st	6 15 16 24