Number 9

In Powerball under the 7/35 + 1/20 · since Apr 2018 rules — 443 draws, 7 from 1–35.

103times drawn · chance expected 89 +1.71σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number

4.3average wait between appearances · chance says 5.0

18longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 103 times in 443 draws against 88.6 expected, +1.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 103 times in 443 draws · average wait 4.3 draws · longest completed wait 18 · waiting 7 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 smallest21 · chance 17.6
2nd smallest35 · chance 40.3
3rd smallest38 · chance 32.1
4th smallest8 · chance 11.2
5th smallest1 · chance 1.7
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1
7th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 32 11 23 24 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet 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 35. 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
2026-08-20	2	2nd	3 9 11 13 14 22 29
2026-08-06	8	1st	9 13 15 16 26 30 35
2026-06-11	11	3rd	2 8 9 11 17 24 25

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 7/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-24	4	4th	1 5 8 9 14 22 33
2024-09-26	1	1st	9 10 12 15 20 29 30
2024-09-19	1	3rd	4 7 9 10 12 24 32
2024-09-12	2	1st	9 12 22 24 31 32 34
2024-08-29	7	2nd	6 9 12 15 20 21 34
2024-07-11	1	1st	9 12 16 17 19 20 22
2024-07-04	1	3rd	6 8 9 12 13 21 30
2024-06-27	2	3rd	5 8 9 12 18 33 34
2024-06-13	4	3rd	2 6 9 17 25 26 32
2024-05-16	4	3rd	1 2 9 12 13 14 18
2024-04-18	3	1st	9 18 22 23 31 34 35
2024-03-28	9	2nd	6 9 15 18 19 29 34
2024-01-25	4	4th	1 4 6 9 21 26 27
2023-12-28	9	1st	9 11 15 16 24 27 35
2023-10-26	11	2nd	4 9 11 16 22 31 35
2023-08-10	3	1st	9 10 11 16 18 23 24
2023-07-20	5	3rd	4 7 9 14 27 29 32
2023-06-15	5	2nd	2 9 11 13 20 25 31
2023-05-11	18	3rd	3 8 9 12 15 18 28
2023-01-05	1	3rd	5 7 9 13 21 27 35
2022-12-29	5	3rd	4 6 9 22 23 24 26
2022-11-24	8	2nd	6 9 14 25 27 31 33
2022-09-29	2	1st	9 12 15 16 19 20 35
2022-09-15	5	2nd	2 9 10 13 22 31 35
2022-08-11	2	2nd	5 9 18 22 23 28 30
2022-07-28	1	2nd	5 9 10 19 23 24 34
2022-07-21	4	4th	2 7 8 9 24 25 26
2022-06-23	6	3rd	2 7 9 10 22 31 35
2022-05-12	7	3rd	4 7 9 14 16 18 22
2022-03-24	4	3rd	4 5 9 21 23 28 32
2022-02-24	6	2nd	6 9 15 27 28 32 33
2022-01-13	5	2nd	2 9 13 24 28 29 33
2021-12-09	2	2nd	4 9 14 25 28 29 34
2021-11-25	4	2nd	3 9 16 17 21 22 34
2021-10-28	6	1st	9 10 14 15 23 26 29
2021-09-16	4	3rd	1 8 9 22 30 31 32
2021-08-19	6	4th	2 7 8 9 10 26 30
2021-07-08	12	3rd	7 8 9 15 17 19 32
2021-04-15	16	3rd	1 5 9 12 17 19 24
2020-12-24	1	2nd	4 9 11 12 21 29 32
2020-12-17	1	3rd	4 5 9 16 17 29 33
2020-12-10	4	3rd	4 8 9 11 14 19 20
2020-11-12	4	2nd	6 9 11 14 19 23 24
2020-10-15	1	3rd	2 7 9 15 27 31 32
2020-10-08	4	1st	9 10 11 17 19 20 35
2020-09-10	1	3rd	2 8 9 10 19 23 29
2020-09-03	5	3rd	1 3 9 13 17 23 32
2020-07-30	1	2nd	3 9 19 24 27 30 35
2020-07-23	8	3rd	3 7 9 16 17 28 32
2020-05-28	1	1st	9 10 21 24 25 30 32
2020-05-21	2	3rd	7 8 9 18 23 30 32
2020-05-07	1	1st	9 12 16 23 26 29 35
2020-04-30	9	2nd	6 9 17 25 28 32 34
2020-02-27	4	2nd	1 9 16 17 22 24 31
2020-01-30	3	3rd	5 8 9 17 20 22 35
2020-01-09	1	4th	3 4 7 9 24 29 31
2020-01-02	1	3rd	2 3 9 21 25 27 35
2019-12-26	1	2nd	7 9 12 17 23 26 27
2019-12-19	1	3rd	4 8 9 10 11 29 32
2019-12-12	6	1st	9 11 15 16 18 28 35
2019-10-31	2	1st	9 10 16 18 22 29 33
2019-10-17	3	4th	2 6 7 9 21 22 25
2019-09-26	4	1st	9 22 25 26 27 30 33
2019-08-29	4	2nd	8 9 11 20 22 27 32
2019-08-01	1	1st	9 15 22 23 25 30 35
2019-07-25	12	3rd	1 3 9 11 22 23 24
2019-05-02	1	5th	2 4 6 8 9 11 33
2019-04-25	7	3rd	2 5 9 11 23 25 33
2019-03-07	10	3rd	4 6 9 13 20 23 27
2018-12-27	1	4th	5 7 8 9 17 18 29
2018-12-20	8	2nd	5 9 13 19 20 24 32
2018-10-25	9	1st	9 11 13 25 26 28 29
2018-08-23	3	3rd	2 6 9 14 18 28 29
2018-08-02	6	3rd	1 3 9 17 22 32 34
2018-06-21	3	3rd	2 5 9 13 24 31 35
2018-05-31	2	2nd	8 9 18 27 29 30 32
2018-05-17	3	2nd	3 9 16 25 26 31 34
2018-04-26	1	1st	9 14 15 19 24 34 35
2018-04-19	—	3rd	4 5 9 13 25 32 33