Number 6

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

101times drawn · chance expected 98 +0.35σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 20% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

39longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

6 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 101 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, +0.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 15 times, counted separately.

Number 6, draw by draw

Drawn 101 times in 847 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 14 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 smallest61 · chance 58.9
2nd smallest34 · chance 35.1
3rd smallest5 · chance 6.5
4th smallest1 · chance 0.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

45 28 30 1 15 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-08-02	1	1st	6 16 25 30 50 51
2025-07-30	5	1st	6 27 29 34 47 50
2025-07-12	15	2nd	5 6 7 15 30 34
2025-05-21	9	1st

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-08-09	17	2nd	5 6 11 23 28 31
2023-06-10	39	1st	6 8 12 23 32 48
2023-01-25	11	2nd	3 6 9 11 31 39
2022-12-17	8	2nd	4 6 18 20 36 40
2022-11-19	20	1st	6 8 12 37 43 51
2022-09-10	8	1st	6 15 17 19 41 44
2022-08-13	7	1st	6 8 27 28 39 48
2022-07-20	2	2nd	3 6 15 30 41 45
2022-07-13	1	2nd	3 6 9 10 29 51
2022-07-09	8	1st	6 24 29 35 41 44
2022-06-11	5	1st	6 15 18 23 34 37
2022-05-25	10	2nd	1 6 12 17 31 45
2022-04-20	7	2nd	1 6 25 26 39 47
2022-03-26	1	1st	6 18 22 28 34 45
2022-03-23	21	2nd	3 6 10 30 38 48
2022-01-08	12	1st	6 12 15 17 22 33
2021-11-24	6	1st	6 18 24 39 43 48
2021-11-03	17	2nd	5 6 11 12 13 16
2021-09-04	12	2nd	4 6 27 30 39 41
2021-07-24	1	1st	6 39 40 44 45 47
2021-07-21	16	2nd	3 6 13 23 28 31
2021-05-26	2	1st	6 22 29 45 50 52
2021-05-19	4	2nd	1 6 12 16 35 45
2021-05-05	9	1st	6 14 19 28 31 32
2021-04-03	13	1st	6 9 15 30 32 34
2021-02-17	5	3rd	1 3 6 25 35 43
2021-01-30	18	1st	6 21 27 32 34 35
2020-11-28	9	1st	6 12 15 24 36 37
2020-10-28	26	1st	6 16 20 30 44 51
2020-07-29	11	1st	6 16 23 26 33 48
2020-06-20	9	1st	6 24 28 40 45 49
2020-05-20	2	1st	6 13 25 27 30 36
2020-05-13	9	3rd	1 5 6 8 10 18
2020-04-11	4	1st	6 25 41 43 45 48
2020-03-28	15	1st	6 13 14 19 28 45
2020-02-05	6	2nd	3 6 20 21 41 45
2020-01-15	1	1st	6 25 31 36 41 42
2020-01-11	7	1st	6 16 18 33 47 51
2019-12-14	1	3rd	2 3 6 23 34 49
2019-12-11	22	2nd	3 6 18 28 31 50
2019-09-25	8	4th	1 2 5 6 10 49
2019-08-28	5	1st	6 13 14 42 43 51
2019-08-10	7	1st	6 20 21 26 45 48
2019-07-17	1	2nd	5 6 10 32 38 45
2019-07-13	1	1st	6 17 22 26 42 43
2019-07-10	13	2nd	4 6 20 28 46 49
2019-05-25	7	2nd	4 6 12 17 32 34
2019-05-01	6	2nd	2 6 10 30 42 45
2019-04-10	10	2nd	1 6 13 18 36 47
2019-03-06	4	1st	6 16 23 24 30 46
2019-02-20	3	1st	6 16 21 27 30 52
2019-02-09	2	1st	6 10 17 31 40 49
2019-02-02	11	2nd	1 6 19 28 32 48
2018-12-26	4	2nd	1 6 12 15 20 29
2018-12-12	5	1st	6 24 34 37 38 50
2018-11-24	2	1st	6 11 22 27 34 51
2018-11-17	5	1st	6 14 18 28 33 44
2018-10-31	15	1st	6 17 18 23 33 47
2018-09-08	13	1st	6 14 25 40 43 52
2018-07-25	4	2nd	2 6 18 23 27 48
2018-07-11	1	2nd	5 6 17 30 37 40
2018-07-07	1	1st	6 16 27 28 34 42
2018-07-04	2	2nd	1 6 7 17 31 36
2018-06-27	6	3rd	2 4 6 37 39 40
2018-06-06	2	2nd	2 6 10 15 27 48
2018-05-30	5	2nd	3 6 7 14 30 46
2018-05-12	13	1st	6 19 26 28 38 39
2018-03-28	3	2nd	1 6 17 18 22 26
2018-03-17	6	1st	6 21 26 40 42 44
2018-02-24	5	1st	6 11 12 15 29 31
2018-02-07	1	1st	6 19 47 49 50 52
2018-02-03	2	1st	6 7 16 21 44 50
2018-01-27	10	1st	6 7 15 21 24 48
2017-12-23	16	1st	6 8 19 24 39 41
2017-10-28	19	2nd	1 6 19 38 45 46
2017-08-23	5	2nd	1 6 7 26 27 40
2017-08-05	—	1st	6 7 31 33 39 45