Number 6

In Megabucks Plus under the 5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,888 draws, 5 from 1–41.

210times drawn · chance expected 230 −1.42σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 68% for any number

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

55longest completed wait · 17% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 210 times in 1,888 draws against 230.2 expected, −1.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 210 times in 1,888 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 4 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 smallest116 · chance 120.3
2nd smallest76 · chance 75.2
3rd smallest18 · chance 13.7
4th smallest0 · chance 0.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 4 26 35 5 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2026-10-12	2	2nd	3 6 17 25 32
2026-10-07	2	3rd	2 3 6 21 23
2026-10-03	15	2nd	3 6 7 8 12
2026-08-29	13	2nd	5 6 18

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-30	1	2nd	4 6 26 34 39
2025-06-28	10	2nd	5 6 19 20 34
2025-06-04	2	1st	6 8 15 34 37
2025-05-31	8	1st	6 7 32 39 41
2025-05-12	2	2nd	1 6 15 30 38
2025-05-07	6	1st	6 29 31 32 41
2025-04-23	1	1st	6 19 27 28 41
2025-04-21	7	2nd	4 6 18 28 41
2025-04-05	28	1st	6 11 15 22 37
2025-01-29	7	2nd	2 6 17 27 41
2025-01-13	6	2nd	2 6 20 23 24
2024-12-30	4	1st	6 9 14 28 39
2024-12-21	5	3rd	2 4 6 7 20
2024-12-09	8	1st	6 7 16 26 29
2024-11-20	14	1st	6 23 28 34 35
2024-10-19	6	1st	6 17 19 39 41
2024-10-05	1	3rd	1 2 6 28 30
2024-10-02	6	2nd	4 6 13 19 35
2024-09-18	6	3rd	1 3 6 18 23
2024-09-04	20	1st	6 18 21 24 38
2024-07-20	3	2nd	3 6 7 30 37
2024-07-13	1	1st	6 12 15 31 41
2024-07-10	3	1st	6 8 12 14 34
2024-07-03	2	1st	6 16 19 29 34
2024-06-29	22	1st	6 10 22 26 39
2024-05-08	4	2nd	4 6 17 25 27
2024-04-29	9	1st	6 10 22 31 36
2024-04-08	13	3rd	3 5 6 11 37
2024-03-09	12	2nd	5 6 8 19 24
2024-02-10	18	3rd	1 5 6 14 32
2023-12-30	2	1st	6 11 13 21 26
2023-12-25	1	2nd	5 6 12 31 40
2023-12-23	18	3rd	2 5 6 12 26
2023-11-11	2	1st	6 14 25 28 35
2023-11-06	18	3rd	4 5 6 12 24
2023-09-25	5	1st	6 21 31 38 39
2023-09-13	4	2nd	1 6 15 23 31
2023-08-30	2	3rd	2 4 6 14 29
2023-08-23	10	1st	6 8 19 34 40
2023-07-19	5	1st	6 11 15 35 40
2023-07-01	36	1st	6 9 13 23 39
2023-02-25	1	2nd	2 6 11 23 26
2023-02-22	1	2nd	2 6 8 16 40
2023-02-18	4	1st	6 24 27 36 40
2023-02-04	13	2nd	2 6 13 20 21
2022-12-21	2	1st	6 15 16 34 40
2022-12-14	13	2nd	3 6 15 16 20
2022-10-29	18	1st	6 13 24 26 31
2022-08-27	1	1st	6 17 22 26 31
2022-08-24	3	1st	6 13 21 39 40
2022-08-13	5	1st	6 20 26 32 39
2022-07-27	1	2nd	1 6 9 24 35
2022-07-23	26	1st	6 16 32 34 39
2022-04-23	17	1st	6 14 21 35 41
2022-02-23	3	1st	6 19 30 34 38
2022-02-12	16	1st	6 18 29 34 35
2021-12-18	1	1st	6 13 17 29 35
2021-12-15	8	2nd	4 6 20 31 32
2021-11-17	28	2nd	5 6 16 19 31
2021-08-11	16	1st	6 13 20 24 33
2021-06-16	14	2nd	2 6 13 25 40
2021-04-28	5	1st	6 8 13 17 23
2021-04-10	7	1st	6 11 16 30 35
2021-03-17	32	2nd	4 6 8 13 27
2020-11-25	9	2nd	1 6 27 33 37
2020-10-24	5	2nd	2 6 11 23 37
2020-10-07	55	1st	6 16 25 39 41
2020-03-28	8	2nd	5 6 8 30 31
2020-02-29	18	1st	6 21 24 32 35
2019-12-28	7	1st	6 17 33 34 35
2019-12-04	16	2nd	1 6 18 23 38
2019-10-09	18	1st	6 20 24 25 41
2019-08-07	1	2nd	5 6 20 22 37
2019-08-03	5	3rd	1 4 6 25 26
2019-07-17	3	1st	6 16 35 37 41
2019-07-06	3	2nd	3 6 17 26 32
2019-06-26	12	2nd	2 6 26 29 30
2019-05-15	8	1st	6 13 14 21 40
2019-04-17	1	2nd	3 6 20 31 32
2019-04-13	5	1st	6 15 16 25 34
2019-03-27	2	1st	6 13 15 34 37
2019-03-20	1	2nd	5 6 14 17 20
2019-03-16	14	2nd	4 6 19 25 31
2019-01-26	36	1st	6 19 21 34 40
2018-09-22	1	1st	6 8 12 19 21
2018-09-19	9	1st	6 11 20 28 41
2018-08-18	6	1st	6 15 16 28 32
2018-07-28	22	1st	6 19 26 28 41
2018-05-12	8	2nd	3 6 13 33 37
2018-04-14	16	1st	6 7 8 10 26
2018-02-17	6	1st	6 10 15 27 37
2018-01-27	12	2nd	2 6 7 25 37
2017-12-16	6	1st	6 13 19 31 37
2017-11-25	4	2nd	5 6 15 29 38
2017-11-11	7	1st	6 16 29 32 37
2017-10-18	1	1st	6 17 28 33 35
2017-10-14	25	1st	6 12 17 18 33
2017-07-19	4	3rd	2 4 6 21 33
2017-07-05	9	2nd	5 6 11 26 33
2017-06-03	18	2nd	3 6 12 15 37
2017-04-01	9	1st	6 12 22 23 41
2017-03-01	2	2nd	3 6 20 26 34
2017-02-22	18	1st	6 10 12 17 30
2016-12-21	22	2nd	3 6 9 22 34
2016-10-05	6	1st	6 13 20 23 24
2016-09-14	5	1st	6 19 33 35 36
2016-08-27	4	1st	6 12 18 34 40
2016-08-13	2	1st	6 27 28 30 38
2016-08-06	28	1st	6 9 14 27 35
2016-04-30	2	1st	6 20 25 35 38
2016-04-23	18	2nd	3 6 12 35 39
2016-02-20	10	1st	6 19 22 31 39
2016-01-16	20	1st	6 17 29 34 36
2015-11-07	12	3rd	1 4 6 23 30
2015-09-26	1	2nd	2 6 10 15 19
2015-09-23	1	1st	6 16 29 33 40
2015-09-19	7	2nd	3 6 7 33 39
2015-08-26	27	2nd	3 6 7 22 29
2015-05-23	5	1st	6 12 30 35 39
2015-05-06	15	1st	6 22 31 38 39
2015-03-14	1	1st	6 8 16 23 30
2015-03-11	10	2nd	4 6 16 33 39
2015-02-04	11	2nd	4 6 12 27 32
2014-12-27	1	2nd	4 6 26 30 40
2014-12-24	3	2nd	2 6 13 39 40
2014-12-13	3	3rd	3 4 6 34 40
2014-12-03	2	2nd	2 6 21 27 37
2014-11-26	2	2nd	4 6 9 13 14
2014-11-19	1	1st	6 22 23 36 40
2014-11-15	15	2nd	5 6 23 29 36
2014-09-24	8	1st	6 8 25 36 41
2014-08-27	10	1st	6 8 14 25 39
2014-07-23	2	1st	6 31 34 37 38
2014-07-16	6	1st	6 8 9 12 29
2014-06-25	3	1st	6 18 23 35 39
2014-06-14	11	1st	6 23 24 27 39
2014-05-07	40	1st	6 20 21 24 41
2013-12-18	21	1st	6 11 20 30 31
2013-10-05	22	2nd	4 6 25 26 35
2013-07-20	28	1st	6 22 31 33 35
2013-04-13	10	2nd	5 6 15 22 35
2013-03-09	5	2nd	4 6 11 15 18
2013-02-20	6	2nd	4 6 13 14 41
2013-01-30	3	1st	6 16 33 37 40
2013-01-19	4	1st	6 14 15 26 33
2013-01-05	6	3rd	4 5 6 34 35
2012-12-15	5	1st	6 12 19 22 41
2012-11-28	18	2nd	1 6 11 22 39
2012-09-26	3	1st	6 12 20 21 33
2012-09-15	5	1st	6 7 21 24 39
2012-08-29	4	3rd	2 5 6 27 37
2012-08-15	2	1st	6 19 27 30 33
2012-08-04	5	2nd	3 6 13 19 33
2012-07-18	23	1st	6 18 19 34 37
2012-04-28	6	1st	6 13 18 29 40
2012-04-07	5	2nd	4 6 13 21 36
2012-03-21	1	2nd	5 6 19 30 41
2012-03-17	3	1st	6 28 33 37 41
2012-03-07	7	2nd	4 6 7 13 18
2012-02-11	12	2nd	4 6 17 26 32
2011-12-31	2	3rd	3 5 6 19 30
2011-12-24	6	2nd	3 6 10 20 25
2011-12-03	25	1st	6 13 21 23 41
2011-09-07	11	1st	6 12 15 26 38
2011-07-30	16	2nd	5 6 28 29 40
2011-06-04	6	1st	6 10 14 17 26
2011-05-14	10	3rd	4 5 6 8 26
2011-04-09	4	3rd	1 5 6 14 32
2011-03-26	1	1st	6 8 31 33 40
2011-03-23	5	2nd	5 6 8 17 29
2011-03-05	14	1st	6 13 22 24 27
2011-01-15	5	2nd	2 6 10 21 32
2010-12-29	6	1st	6 15 19 32 40
2010-12-08	14	2nd	2 6 13 15 35
2010-10-20	1	1st	6 12 21 26 33
2010-10-16	3	2nd	3 6 17 28 29
2010-10-06	2	1st	6 28 31 37 39
2010-09-29	4	1st	6 12 19 24 28
2010-09-15	1	1st	6 9 11 28 39
2010-09-11	1	1st	6 8 15 21 22
2010-09-08	5	1st	6 29 30 34 35
2010-08-21	1	1st	6 10 16 21 24
2010-08-18	7	1st	6 9 11 20 23
2010-07-24	5	1st	6 15 18 20 38
2010-07-07	17	2nd	1 6 9 12 21
2010-05-08	—	1st	6 16 18 25 38