Number 6

In Hit 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020 rules — 1,676 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

211times drawn · chance expected 215 −0.28σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

46longest completed wait · 35% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 211 times in 1,676 draws against 214.9 expected, −0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 211 times in 1,676 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 1 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 smallest104 · chance 117.0
2nd smallest92 · chance 78.0
3rd smallest15 · chance 15.1
4th smallest0 · chance 0.9
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 33 27 13 20 23

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

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2020-09-04	6	2nd	4 6 27 33 36
2020-08-29	6	1st	6 14 17 23 38
2020-08-15	3	1st	6 19 26 32 33
2020-08-08	2	1st	6 32 33

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.

2019-05-15	13	2nd	1 6 23 27 28
2019-04-15	1	2nd	5 6 16 23 38
2019-04-13	8	1st	6 20 29 30 32
2019-03-25	12	1st	6 8 14 21 29
2019-02-25	3	1st	6 11 20 22 29
2019-02-18	6	1st	6 14 19 29 39
2019-02-04	1	2nd	5 6 17 30 37
2019-02-02	4	2nd	4 6 29 36 38
2019-01-23	3	2nd	3 6 27 28 39
2019-01-16	1	1st	6 7 15 20 22
2019-01-14	2	2nd	3 6 7 14 28
2019-01-09	1	2nd	3 6 16 22 31
2019-01-07	17	1st	6 13 16 23 26
2018-11-28	11	1st	6 21 23 32 38
2018-11-03	7	2nd	2 6 9 12 19
2018-10-17	10	2nd	5 6 7 19 24
2018-09-24	1	2nd	5 6 8 15 22
2018-09-22	7	2nd	4 6 7 13 33
2018-09-05	2	1st	6 10 19 23 24
2018-09-01	3	2nd	1 6 7 23 33
2018-08-25	1	1st	6 15 20 27 32
2018-08-22	1	1st	6 7 25 38 39
2018-08-20	3	1st	6 14 15 25 34
2018-08-13	26	3rd	1 3 6 8 35
2018-06-13	8	2nd	4 6 7 24 28
2018-05-26	2	1st	6 9 13 23 37
2018-05-21	1	1st	6 13 16 32 35
2018-05-19	26	3rd	4 5 6 10 21
2018-03-19	15	1st	6 10 13 24 33
2018-02-12	2	1st	6 16 18 28 31
2018-02-07	1	1st	6 8 10 21 26
2018-02-05	3	2nd	3 6 18 27 32
2018-01-29	5	1st	6 11 16 19 33
2018-01-17	23	1st	6 20 29 37 39
2017-11-25	16	3rd	3 4 6 16 32
2017-10-18	15	2nd	5 6 12 34 38
2017-09-13	1	2nd	4 6 13 32 34
2017-09-11	3	1st	6 13 14 23 33
2017-09-04	6	2nd	5 6 27 36 39
2017-08-21	6	1st	6 14 18 20 27
2017-08-07	5	3rd	2 3 6 23 24
2017-07-26	2	2nd	1 6 19 30 33
2017-07-22	8	1st	6 11 18 22 33
2017-07-03	2	1st	6 16 27 30 31
2017-06-28	17	1st	6 22 32 34 37
2017-05-20	5	1st	6 7 8 10 18
2017-05-08	1	1st	6 8 9 11 38
2017-05-06	3	2nd	2 6 15 27 37
2017-04-29	24	1st	6 19 23 26 28
2017-03-04	16	2nd	5 6 7 20 30
2017-01-25	6	2nd	3 6 21 24 36
2017-01-11	24	1st	6 18 28 33 36
2016-11-16	3	2nd	3 6 18 26 27
2016-11-09	2	1st	6 19 22 27 38
2016-11-05	6	1st	6 19 32 34 36
2016-10-22	3	1st	6 7 23 29 32
2016-10-15	17	2nd	2 6 15 28 37
2016-09-05	1	1st	6 11 12 29 33
2016-09-03	7	1st	6 7 27 32 38
2016-08-17	6	2nd	1 6 8 25 26
2016-08-03	5	3rd	2 3 6 16 18
2016-07-23	11	1st	6 24 25 26 29
2016-06-27	4	1st	6 20 21 31 37
2016-06-18	9	2nd	1 6 8 15 35
2016-05-28	2	2nd	4 6 22 25 39
2016-05-23	2	1st	6 10 17 27 31
2016-05-18	2	1st	6 16 21 32 35
2016-05-14	25	1st	6 9 23 34 36
2016-03-16	12	1st	6 22 31 37 38
2016-02-17	20	1st	6 14 20 28 33
2016-01-02	11	2nd	2 6 9 14 20
2015-12-07	12	2nd	1 6 29 33 34
2015-11-09	8	2nd	2 6 12 24 36
2015-10-21	5	2nd	5 6 26 28 33
2015-10-10	3	1st	6 21 26 27 28
2015-10-03	4	1st	6 11 14 25 38
2015-09-23	23	1st	6 11 12 27 36
2015-08-01	2	1st	6 18 26 29 32
2015-07-27	13	2nd	2 6 13 16 20
2015-06-27	4	1st	6 16 23 27 39
2015-06-17	3	2nd	3 6 11 17 26
2015-06-10	2	2nd	1 6 20 30 38
2015-06-06	1	1st	6 26 27 32 34
2015-06-03	11	2nd	1 6 13 16 31
2015-05-09	2	1st	6 13 23 36 37
2015-05-04	15	2nd	3 6 12 27 36
2015-03-30	1	2nd	2 6 13 26 34
2015-03-28	10	1st	6 8 13 37 38
2015-03-04	3	1st	6 10 19 23 28
2015-02-25	12	1st	6 14 24 30 31
2015-01-28	33	2nd	5 6 11 17 31
2014-11-12	5	1st	6 19 20 34 39
2014-11-01	26	1st	6 12 17 20 26
2014-09-01	13	1st	6 17 20 34 36
2014-08-02	2	2nd	4 6 13 16 28
2014-07-28	5	1st	6 19 20 27 33
2014-07-16	4	1st	6 9 12 15 33
2014-07-07	6	2nd	1 6 17 19 35
2014-06-23	1	2nd	1 6 26 28 33
2014-06-21	20	2nd	3 6 11 26 39
2014-05-05	12	1st	6 23 28 29 35
2014-04-07	14	1st	6 9 11 22 24
2014-03-05	2	3rd	1 2 6 34 39
2014-03-01	11	3rd	3 4 6 13 15
2014-02-03	3	1st	6 14 23 31 39
2014-01-27	13	2nd	3 6 26 28 30
2013-12-28	8	2nd	5 6 13 27 28
2013-12-09	2	1st	6 8 18 27 30
2013-12-04	3	2nd	3 6 28 30 34
2013-11-27	9	2nd	3 6 25 28 32
2013-11-06	5	2nd	2 6 13 27 31
2013-10-26	4	3rd	4 5 6 30 36
2013-10-16	1	2nd	3 6 9 14 18
2013-10-14	1	1st	6 31 32 33 38
2013-10-12	7	2nd	3 6 9 17 27
2013-09-25	4	2nd	1 6 27 29 34
2013-09-16	9	1st	6 7 10 12 17
2013-08-26	2	1st	6 7 13 21 24
2013-08-21	4	1st	6 7 25 35 37
2013-08-12	1	2nd	1 6 30 34 39
2013-08-10	9	3rd	2 3 6 15 28
2013-07-20	3	2nd	3 6 13 14 39
2013-07-13	9	2nd	1 6 11 25 28
2013-06-22	3	2nd	2 6 8 10 27
2013-06-15	3	2nd	5 6 13 18 21
2013-06-08	46	2nd	2 6 25 26 33
2013-02-20	22	1st	6 18 27 35 38
2012-12-31	14	2nd	3 6 21 23 28
2012-11-28	17	2nd	3 6 12 21 34
2012-10-20	1	2nd	4 6 10 23 38
2012-10-17	11	2nd	5 6 17 27 37
2012-09-22	14	2nd	5 6 7 29 34
2012-08-20	14	2nd	3 6 25 30 35
2012-07-18	31	2nd	5 6 23 26 29
2012-05-07	8	3rd	3 5 6 18 31
2012-04-18	5	1st	6 7 8 14 30
2012-04-07	4	2nd	1 6 12 21 29
2012-03-28	3	2nd	4 6 15 19 31
2012-03-21	1	2nd	4 6 15 22 33
2012-03-19	4	1st	6 7 21 23 38
2012-03-10	5	1st	6 13 18 34 38
2012-02-27	13	2nd	5 6 11 20 21
2012-01-28	3	1st	6 20 24 25 35
2012-01-21	5	2nd	5 6 22 31 37
2012-01-09	4	2nd	4 6 26 30 33
2011-12-31	11	3rd	1 3 6 7 11
2011-12-05	15	1st	6 11 24 36 37
2011-10-31	4	1st	6 16 17 30 33
2011-10-22	14	2nd	3 6 21 24 35
2011-09-19	7	1st	6 7 23 30 36
2011-09-03	2	2nd	5 6 7 27 38
2011-08-29	2	2nd	2 6 8 15 26
2011-08-24	8	2nd	1 6 7 36 37
2011-08-06	24	2nd	4 6 13 20 37
2011-06-11	2	1st	6 11 12 29 33
2011-06-06	10	2nd	5 6 12 13 33
2011-05-14	1	1st	6 20 21 24 31
2011-05-11	32	2nd	1 6 12 14 38
2011-02-26	1	2nd	1 6 14 24 27
2011-02-23	1	1st	6 25 32 36 37
2011-02-21	5	2nd	5 6 12 19 33
2011-02-09	2	1st	6 16 23 33 34
2011-02-05	3	3rd	3 5 6 16 22
2011-01-29	7	1st	6 8 9 15 19
2011-01-12	12	1st	6 9 13 23 36
2010-12-15	5	1st	6 7 17 20 39
2010-12-04	2	1st	6 19 20 22 25
2010-11-29	10	2nd	2 6 7 14 37
2010-11-06	6	1st	6 7 14 25 30
2010-10-23	17	1st	6 11 33 37 39
2010-09-13	3	1st	6 24 28 33 34
2010-09-06	1	1st	6 17 19 28 36
2010-09-04	11	1st	6 10 13 16 30
2010-08-09	7	1st	6 10 18 26 28
2010-07-24	4	1st	6 9 13 21 30
2010-07-14	4	1st	6 11 12 20 28
2010-07-05	8	1st	6 14 16 18 35
2010-06-16	8	1st	6 14 18 23 34
2010-05-29	5	1st	6 10 11 34 38
2010-05-17	17	2nd	3 6 13 16 20
2010-04-07	4	1st	6 19 23 35 38
2010-03-29	1	2nd	4 6 18 30 36
2010-03-27	9	1st	6 8 20 21 32
2010-03-06	20	2nd	3 6 12 14 21
2010-01-18	1	1st	6 12 25 26 30
2010-01-16	1	2nd	2 6 20 30 33
2010-01-13	—	2nd	4 6 7 23 33