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Fact check: How many times has 6 11 18 20 21 34 come up in 649 lottery
Executive Summary
The claim asks how many times the specific combination "6, 11, 18, 20, 21, 34" has appeared in the Canada Lotto 6/49. Available recent data summaries and lottery-history tools cited in the provided materials do not confirm that exact combination appearing; none of the examined past-results pages list this exact draw [1] [2]. Given the sources offered, a definitive count cannot be established from the provided material alone; verifying the count requires querying full historical draw archives or a frequency search tool not present in these excerpts [3] [4].
1. What the user implicitly claimed and what the evidence shows about that exact combination
The user's implicit claim is factual: they want the frequency with which the six-number set 6, 11, 18, 20, 21, 34 has been drawn in Lotto 6/49. The supplied sources include recent draw listings and frequency tools but do not show this combination in the sampled draws between September 1 and October 1, 2025, or in the other snapshots provided [1] [2] [5]. Because the excerpts focus on recent draws and description of analytic tools, the available material only supports the negative finding that the combination does not appear in those presented lists, not a comprehensive historical count [1] [3].
2. Why available pages and tools aren't sufficient to declare a historical total
Several of the referenced pages advertise the ability to search past draws and compute number frequencies, but the extracts provided here lack the actual historical-query results for the precise six-number combination [4] [2]. Tools and summaries that list "hot and cold" numbers or recent draws cannot substitute for a combination-specific search across the entire Lotto 6/49 history. One source explicitly notes it permits searching past draws spanning months, but the snippet does not include a direct match for 6, 11, 18, 20, 21, 34, so it cannot be used alone to claim a total count [3] [1].
3. What a rigorous verification would require and where to find it
To answer with authority, one must query complete Lotto 6/49 historical draw archives or use a frequency-search feature that checks exact six-number combinations across all draws since the game's inception. The provided sources point to such features (past winning numbers pages and analytics tools), but the actual search results are missing from the supplied extracts, so we must rely on those live tools to perform the check [4] [1]. A proper verification would return either zero occurrences or a list of draw dates where that exact combination occurred, and then summarize the count.
4. How to interpret "occurrence" in lotteries and common pitfalls
Even when a dataset returns a count, interpretive caution is needed: "occurrence" usually means exact match of all six main numbers in a single draw, not permutations across different draws, nor partial matches with fewer numbers, nor occurrences including bonus/extra numbers. The provided pages discuss past-winning numbers and frequency analysis, but none clarify whether their tools treat orderless six-number combinations, though Lotto 6/49 draws are orderless by design [2] [3]. Misreading a tool that reports single-number frequencies or pair occurrences as evidence for a full six-number match is a common error.
5. What the supplied materials collectively imply about the likelihood of the combination appearing
The sampled datasets and analytics pages do not document the combination in the recent windows shown, which implies no recent appearance between the sampled dates (early September through late September 2025) in the excerpts provided [1] [2]. However, absence in a small recent sample is not evidence of never having occurred historically; Lotto archives span decades, and combinations that are rare can still appear at any time. The sources advertise full-archive lookups but the provided snippets omit the actual historical query results needed for a definitive count [1] [3].
6. Clear next steps to obtain a definitive answer using trustworthy channels
To get a final, verifiable count, use the official Lotto 6/49 historical results page or a reputable lottery-archive service and run an exact-combination query for 6,11,18,20,21,34; if using third-party analytics, export or screenshot the query results for record-keeping. The materials referenced here identify such pages and tools but do not include the query outcome in their excerpts [1] [4] [3]. If you want, I can draft the precise search query or describe the exact navigation steps for the official Lotto 6/49 archive based on these tool descriptions so you can run the check and provide the results for confirmation.