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Number 6 In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
6/58 + 1/56 · since Sep 2025 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 100 times drawn · chance expected 97 +0.37σ
8 draws waiting · a wait this long: 40% for any number
7.8 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
47 longest completed wait · 22% chance of one at least that long
6 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 100 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +0.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 16 times, counted separately.
6 Number 6, draw by draw Drawn 100 times in 789 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 8 draws now
4 draws: 2010-01-23 to 2010-02-06 12 draws: 2010-02-06 to 2010-03-20 1 draws: 2010-03-20 to 2010-03-24 5 draws: 2010-03-24 to 2010-04-10 10 draws: 2010-04-10 to 2010-05-15 4 draws: 2010-05-15 to 2010-05-29 1 draws: 2010-05-29 to 2010-06-02 8 draws: 2010-06-02 to 2010-06-30 2 draws: 2010-06-30 to 2010-07-07 2 draws: 2010-07-07 to 2010-07-14 9 draws: 2010-07-14 to 2010-08-14 3 draws: 2010-08-14 to 2010-08-25 13 draws: 2010-08-25 to 2010-10-09 3 draws: 2010-10-09 to 2010-10-20 13 draws: 2010-10-20 to 2010-12-04 1 draws: 2010-12-04 to 2010-12-08 2 draws: 2010-12-08 to 2010-12-15 1 draws: 2010-12-15 to 2010-12-18 11 draws: 2010-12-18 to 2011-01-29 1 draws: 2011-01-29 to 2011-02-02 6 draws: 2011-02-02 to 2011-02-23 16 draws: 2011-02-23 to 2011-04-20 10 draws: 2011-04-20 to 2011-05-25 12 draws: 2011-05-25 to 2011-07-06 1 draws: 2011-07-06 to 2011-07-09 23 draws: 2011-07-09 to 2011-09-28 7 draws: 2011-09-28 to 2011-10-22 1 draws: 2011-10-22 to 2011-10-26 9 draws: 2011-10-26 to 2011-11-26 2 draws: 2011-11-26 to 2011-12-03 7 draws: 2011-12-03 to 2011-12-28 5 draws: 2011-12-28 to 2012-01-14 2 draws: 2012-01-14 to 2012-01-21 9 draws: 2012-01-21 to 2012-02-22 2 draws: 2012-02-22 to 2012-02-29 8 draws: 2012-02-29 to 2012-03-28 7 draws: 2012-03-28 to 2012-04-21 1 draws: 2012-04-21 to 2012-04-25 6 draws: 2012-04-25 to 2012-05-16 2 draws: 2012-05-16 to 2012-05-23 4 draws: 2012-05-23 to 2012-06-06 9 draws: 2012-06-06 to 2012-07-07 6 draws: 2012-07-07 to 2012-07-28 1 draws: 2012-07-28 to 2012-08-01 10 draws: 2012-08-01 to 2012-09-05 6 draws: 2012-09-05 to 2012-09-26 6 draws: 2012-09-26 to 2012-10-17 3 draws: 2012-10-17 to 2012-10-27 10 draws: 2012-10-27 to 2012-12-01 7 draws: 2012-12-01 to 2012-12-26 26 draws: 2012-12-26 to 2013-03-27 2 draws: 2013-03-27 to 2013-04-03 25 draws: 2013-04-03 to 2013-06-29 1 draws: 2013-06-29 to 2013-07-03 8 draws: 2013-07-03 to 2013-07-31 21 draws: 2013-07-31 to 2013-10-12 15 draws: 2013-10-12 to 2013-12-04 4 draws: 2013-12-04 to 2013-12-18 15 draws: 2013-12-18 to 2014-02-12 7 draws: 2014-02-12 to 2014-03-08 2 draws: 2014-03-08 to 2014-03-15 21 draws: 2014-03-15 to 2014-05-28 10 draws: 2014-05-28 to 2014-07-02 10 draws: 2014-07-02 to 2014-08-06 47 draws: 2014-08-06 to 2015-01-17 2 draws: 2015-01-17 to 2015-01-24 6 draws: 2015-01-24 to 2015-02-14 9 draws: 2015-02-14 to 2015-03-18 1 draws: 2015-03-18 to 2015-03-21 6 draws: 2015-03-21 to 2015-04-11 4 draws: 2015-04-11 to 2015-04-25 2 draws: 2015-04-25 to 2015-05-02 6 draws: 2015-05-02 to 2015-05-23 10 draws: 2015-05-23 to 2015-06-27 2 draws: 2015-06-27 to 2015-07-04 7 draws: 2015-07-04 to 2015-07-29 4 draws: 2015-07-29 to 2015-08-12 2 draws: 2015-08-12 to 2015-08-19 4 draws: 2015-08-19 to 2015-09-02 23 draws: 2015-09-02 to 2015-11-21 16 draws: 2015-11-21 to 2016-01-16 2 draws: 2016-01-16 to 2016-01-23 3 draws: 2016-01-23 to 2016-02-03 4 draws: 2016-02-03 to 2016-02-17 13 draws: 2016-02-17 to 2016-04-02 5 draws: 2016-04-02 to 2016-04-20 7 draws: 2016-04-20 to 2016-05-14 8 draws: 2016-05-14 to 2016-06-11 1 draws: 2016-06-11 to 2016-06-15 1 draws: 2016-06-15 to 2016-06-18 23 draws: 2016-06-18 to 2016-09-07 18 draws: 2016-09-07 to 2016-11-09 16 draws: 2016-11-09 to 2017-01-04 2 draws: 2017-01-04 to 2017-01-11 24 draws: 2017-01-11 to 2017-04-05 2 draws: 2017-04-05 to 2017-04-12 13 draws: 2017-04-12 to 2017-05-27 2 draws: 2017-05-27 to 2017-06-03 8 draws: 2017-06-03 to 2017-07-01 Still waiting — at least 8 draws since 2017-07-01 2010-01-23 2010-02-06 2010-03-20 2010-03-24 2010-04-10 2010-05-15 2010-05-29 2010-06-02 2010-06-30 2010-07-07 2010-07-14 2010-08-14 2010-08-25 2010-10-09 2010-10-20 2010-12-04 2010-12-08 2010-12-15 2010-12-18 2011-01-29 2011-02-02 2011-02-23 2011-04-20 2011-05-25 2011-07-06 2011-07-09 2011-09-28 2011-10-22 2011-10-26 2011-11-26 2011-12-03 2011-12-28 2012-01-14 2012-01-21 2012-02-22 2012-02-29 2012-03-28 2012-04-21 2012-04-25 2012-05-16 2012-05-23 2012-06-06 2012-07-07 2012-07-28 2012-08-01 2012-09-05 2012-09-26 2012-10-17 2012-10-27 2012-12-01 2012-12-26 2013-03-27 2013-04-03 2013-06-29 2013-07-03 2013-07-31 2013-10-12 2013-12-04 2013-12-18 2014-02-12 2014-03-08 2014-03-15 2014-05-28 2014-07-02 2014-08-06 2015-01-17 2015-01-24 2015-02-14 2015-03-18 2015-03-21 2015-04-11 2015-04-25 2015-05-02 2015-05-23 2015-06-27 2015-07-04 2015-07-29 2015-08-12 2015-08-19 2015-09-02 2015-11-21 2016-01-16 2016-01-23 2016-02-03 2016-02-17 2016-04-02 2016-04-20 2016-05-14 2016-06-11 2016-06-15 2016-06-18 2016-09-07 2016-11-09 2017-01-04 2017-01-11 2017-04-05 2017-04-12 2017-05-27 2017-06-03 2017-07-01 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 13 times 2 draws: 17 times 3 draws: 4 times 4 draws: 8 times 5 draws: 3 times 6 draws: 8 times 7 draws: 7 times 8 draws: 5 times 9 draws: 5 times 10 draws: 7 times 11 draws: 1 time 12 draws: 2 times 13 draws: 4 times 14 draws: 0 times 15 draws: 2 times 16 draws: 3 times 17 draws: 0 times 18 draws: 1 time 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 0 times 21 draws: 2 times 22 draws: 0 times 23 draws: 3 times 24 draws: 1 time 25 draws: 1 time 26 draws: 1 time 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 0 times 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 0 times 42 draws: 0 times 43 draws: 0 times 44 draws: 0 times 45 draws: 0 times 46 draws: 0 times 47 draws: 1 time 48 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 64 · chance 56.2 2nd smallest 25 · chance 36.0 3rd smallest 10 · chance 7.2 4th smallest 1 · chance 0.5 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 6th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.