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Number 6 In PowerBall under the 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 rules — 896 draws, 5 from 1–45 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 5/45 + 1/20 · Oct 2009 – Jun 2018 94 times drawn · chance expected 100 −0.59σ
0 draws waiting — it came up last time
9.4 average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0
47 longest completed wait · 34% chance of one at least that long
6 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 94 times in 896 draws against 99.6 expected, −0.59σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
6 Number 6, draw by draw Drawn 94 times in 896 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 47 · drawn in the most recent draw
6 draws: 2010-01-08 to 2010-01-29 4 draws: 2010-01-29 to 2010-02-12 7 draws: 2010-02-12 to 2010-03-09 4 draws: 2010-03-09 to 2010-03-23 14 draws: 2010-03-23 to 2010-05-14 1 draws: 2010-05-14 to 2010-05-18 9 draws: 2010-05-18 to 2010-06-18 4 draws: 2010-06-18 to 2010-07-02 9 draws: 2010-07-02 to 2010-08-03 6 draws: 2010-08-03 to 2010-08-24 22 draws: 2010-08-24 to 2010-11-09 6 draws: 2010-11-09 to 2010-11-30 3 draws: 2010-11-30 to 2010-12-10 5 draws: 2010-12-10 to 2010-12-28 7 draws: 2010-12-28 to 2011-01-21 37 draws: 2011-01-21 to 2011-06-03 6 draws: 2011-06-03 to 2011-06-24 40 draws: 2011-06-24 to 2011-11-11 6 draws: 2011-11-11 to 2011-12-02 1 draws: 2011-12-02 to 2011-12-06 19 draws: 2011-12-06 to 2012-02-10 9 draws: 2012-02-10 to 2012-03-13 3 draws: 2012-03-13 to 2012-03-23 9 draws: 2012-03-23 to 2012-04-27 2 draws: 2012-04-27 to 2012-05-04 2 draws: 2012-05-04 to 2012-05-11 5 draws: 2012-05-11 to 2012-05-29 9 draws: 2012-05-29 to 2012-06-29 8 draws: 2012-06-29 to 2012-07-27 11 draws: 2012-07-27 to 2012-09-04 7 draws: 2012-09-04 to 2012-09-28 3 draws: 2012-09-28 to 2012-10-09 11 draws: 2012-10-09 to 2012-11-16 4 draws: 2012-11-16 to 2012-11-30 22 draws: 2012-11-30 to 2013-02-19 6 draws: 2013-02-19 to 2013-03-12 5 draws: 2013-03-12 to 2013-04-02 20 draws: 2013-04-02 to 2013-06-11 4 draws: 2013-06-11 to 2013-06-25 3 draws: 2013-06-25 to 2013-07-05 1 draws: 2013-07-05 to 2013-07-09 3 draws: 2013-07-09 to 2013-07-19 1 draws: 2013-07-19 to 2013-07-23 14 draws: 2013-07-23 to 2013-09-10 4 draws: 2013-09-10 to 2013-09-24 1 draws: 2013-09-24 to 2013-09-27 9 draws: 2013-09-27 to 2013-10-29 1 draws: 2013-10-29 to 2013-11-01 17 draws: 2013-11-01 to 2013-12-31 6 draws: 2013-12-31 to 2014-01-21 7 draws: 2014-01-21 to 2014-02-14 17 draws: 2014-02-14 to 2014-04-15 19 draws: 2014-04-15 to 2014-06-24 5 draws: 2014-06-24 to 2014-07-11 11 draws: 2014-07-11 to 2014-08-19 11 draws: 2014-08-19 to 2014-09-26 3 draws: 2014-09-26 to 2014-10-07 3 draws: 2014-10-07 to 2014-10-17 34 draws: 2014-10-17 to 2015-02-13 13 draws: 2015-02-13 to 2015-03-31 4 draws: 2015-03-31 to 2015-04-17 13 draws: 2015-04-17 to 2015-06-02 16 draws: 2015-06-02 to 2015-07-28 6 draws: 2015-07-28 to 2015-08-18 7 draws: 2015-08-18 to 2015-09-11 6 draws: 2015-09-11 to 2015-10-02 8 draws: 2015-10-02 to 2015-10-30 3 draws: 2015-10-30 to 2015-11-10 24 draws: 2015-11-10 to 2016-02-05 8 draws: 2016-02-05 to 2016-03-04 1 draws: 2016-03-04 to 2016-03-08 27 draws: 2016-03-08 to 2016-06-10 13 draws: 2016-06-10 to 2016-07-26 7 draws: 2016-07-26 to 2016-08-19 36 draws: 2016-08-19 to 2016-12-23 3 draws: 2016-12-23 to 2017-01-03 2 draws: 2017-01-03 to 2017-01-10 13 draws: 2017-01-10 to 2017-02-24 3 draws: 2017-02-24 to 2017-03-07 3 draws: 2017-03-07 to 2017-03-17 3 draws: 2017-03-17 to 2017-03-28 47 draws: 2017-03-28 to 2017-09-08 15 draws: 2017-09-08 to 2017-10-31 25 draws: 2017-10-31 to 2018-01-26 3 draws: 2018-01-26 to 2018-02-06 6 draws: 2018-02-06 to 2018-02-27 13 draws: 2018-02-27 to 2018-04-13 1 draws: 2018-04-13 to 2018-04-17 2 draws: 2018-04-17 to 2018-04-24 4 draws: 2018-04-24 to 2018-05-08 3 draws: 2018-05-08 to 2018-05-18 2 draws: 2018-05-18 to 2018-05-25 8 draws: 2018-05-25 to 2018-06-22 2010-01-08 2010-01-29 2010-02-12 2010-03-09 2010-03-23 2010-05-14 2010-05-18 2010-06-18 2010-07-02 2010-08-03 2010-08-24 2010-11-09 2010-11-30 2010-12-10 2010-12-28 2011-01-21 2011-06-03 2011-06-24 2011-11-11 2011-12-02 2011-12-06 2012-02-10 2012-03-13 2012-03-23 2012-04-27 2012-05-04 2012-05-11 2012-05-29 2012-06-29 2012-07-27 2012-09-04 2012-09-28 2012-10-09 2012-11-16 2012-11-30 2013-02-19 2013-03-12 2013-04-02 2013-06-11 2013-06-25 2013-07-05 2013-07-09 2013-07-19 2013-07-23 2013-09-10 2013-09-24 2013-09-27 2013-10-29 2013-11-01 2013-12-31 2014-01-21 2014-02-14 2014-04-15 2014-06-24 2014-07-11 2014-08-19 2014-09-26 2014-10-07 2014-10-17 2015-02-13 2015-03-31 2015-04-17 2015-06-02 2015-07-28 2015-08-18 2015-09-11 2015-10-02 2015-10-30 2015-11-10 2016-02-05 2016-03-04 2016-03-08 2016-06-10 2016-07-26 2016-08-19 2016-12-23 2017-01-03 2017-01-10 2017-02-24 2017-03-07 2017-03-17 2017-03-28 2017-09-08 2017-10-31 2018-01-26 2018-02-06 2018-02-27 2018-04-13 2018-04-17 2018-04-24 2018-05-08 2018-05-18 2018-05-25 2018-06-22 2009-10-23 2018-06-22
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1st smallest 55 · chance 57.0 2nd smallest 31 · chance 31.6 3rd smallest 8 · chance 5.1 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.3 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.5 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 44 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 45. 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.