Number 9

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

105times drawn · chance expected 108 −0.30σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 69% for any number

11.3average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

68longest completed wait · 18% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, −0.30σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 11.3 draws · longest completed wait 68 · waiting 5 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 9 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 56.6
2nd smallest35 · chance 40.0
3rd smallest9 · chance 8.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 32 20 35 22 11

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 44 numbers; chance expects about 0.0 such strangers by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 9 is picked about 1.48× as often as an indifferent choice — 2nd 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
Culturally lucky numbers 3, 8, 9 ×1.10

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 9 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-03	12	1st	9 20 32 39
2026-09-12	12	1st	9 20 27 38
2026-08-22	5	3rd	1 2 9 11
2026-08-14	2	1st	9 11 37 45
2026-08-10	46	1st	9

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: 9 is drawn with probability 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-02	9	2nd	5 9 29 37
2025-03-17	20	1st	9 38 42 45
2025-02-10	3	1st	9 12 30 37
2025-02-05	5	3rd	2 6 9 31
2025-01-27	2	1st	9 10 36 37
2025-01-24	1	2nd	1 9 20 37
2025-01-22	13	2nd	5 9 17 43
2024-12-30	14	1st	9 27 35 43
2024-12-06	12	1st	9 10 29 45
2024-11-15	22	1st	9 30 32 41
2024-10-07	7	1st	9 15 17 37
2024-09-25	12	1st	9 16 39 44
2024-09-04	23	1st	9 22 35 42
2024-07-26	24	1st	9 22 29 36
2024-06-14	9	3rd	1 3 9 20
2024-05-29	3	1st	9 11 29 40
2024-05-24	2	2nd	2 9 10 36
2024-05-20	1	2nd	3 9 25 30
2024-05-18	17	1st	9 20 32 43
2024-04-08	2	1st	9 16 22 43
2024-04-03	16	1st	9 16 20 35
2024-02-26	20	1st	9 20 22 33
2024-01-10	14	1st	9 16 18 44
2023-12-09	7	1st	9 11 25 44
2023-11-22	1	2nd	2 9 13 45
2023-11-20	11	2nd	3 9 16 35
2023-10-25	13	1st	9 27 32 35
2023-09-25	7	3rd	3 5 9 34
2023-09-09	3	1st	9 11 14 29
2023-09-02	2	1st	9 32 37 41
2023-08-28	2	2nd	5 9 12 29
2023-08-23	7	2nd	7 9 13 14
2023-08-07	17	2nd	5 9 12 23
2023-06-28	7	2nd	8 9 14 16
2023-06-12	28	1st	9 29 35 39
2023-04-08	6	1st	9 11 13 40
2023-03-25	6	1st	9 14 39 42
2023-03-11	2	2nd	4 9 10 42
2023-03-06	19	1st	9 20 24 39
2023-01-21	2	1st	9 11 23 32
2023-01-16	11	2nd	6 9 32 36
2022-12-21	7	2nd	4 9 30 45
2022-12-05	2	1st	9 23 25 28
2022-11-30	5	1st	9 16 25 44
2022-11-19	9	1st	9 23 31 43
2022-10-29	2	3rd	6 7 9 42
2022-10-24	12	3rd	2 6 9 22
2022-09-26	9	1st	9 16 17 22
2022-09-05	14	1st	9 25 26 35
2022-08-03	9	1st	9 22 38 44
2022-07-13	68	1st	9 23 32 42
2022-02-05	3	1st	9 10 11 22
2022-01-29	1	2nd	8 9 23 34
2022-01-26	12	2nd	5 9 14 39
2021-12-29	10	1st	9 11 29 32
2021-12-06	6	1st	9 14 25 30
2021-11-22	13	2nd	3 9 12 35
2021-10-23	1	1st	9 10 16 32
2021-10-20	29	1st	9 14 41 43
2021-08-14	13	2nd	3 9 13 19
2021-07-14	1	2nd	6 9 12 39
2021-07-12	22	1st	9 15 17 20
2021-05-22	4	2nd	7 9 23 27
2021-05-12	28	1st	9 14 37 41
2021-03-08	7	2nd	6 9 27 43
2021-02-20	18	3rd	3 5 9 41
2021-01-09	9	1st	9 20 22 34
2020-12-19	29	1st	9 16 35 39
2020-10-12	2	3rd	2 5 9 33
2020-10-07	13	2nd	7 9 13 17
2020-09-07	7	1st	9 16 23 44
2020-08-22	9	2nd	2 9 16 43
2020-08-01	3	2nd	8 9 23 42
2020-07-25	5	1st	9 32 37 44
2020-07-13	2	1st	9 11 20 22
2020-07-08	16	3rd	1 3 9 24
2020-06-01	2	1st	9 19 30 41
2020-05-27	6	2nd	8 9 19 35
2020-05-13	31	1st	9 31 33 38
2020-03-02	23	2nd	8 9 28 29
2020-01-08	—	1st	9 13 24 42