Number 9

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

119times drawn · chance expected 124 −0.46σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

36longest completed wait · 55% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 119 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, −0.46σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 42 times, counted separately.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 119 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 1 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 smallest43 · chance 41.3
2nd smallest48 · chance 51.6
3rd smallest22 · chance 21.9
4th smallest5 · chance 3.9
5th smallest1 · chance 0.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 13 32 41 23 27

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, 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	3	1st	9 18 20 32 39 45
2026-09-12	3	2nd	3 9 20 27 30 38
2026-08-22	9	3rd	1 2 9 11 13 20
2026-06-20	7	3rd	3 6 9 14 21 22
2026-05-02	12	1st	9 18 19 29 34 45
2026-02-07	1	3rd	3 8 9 27 33 41
2026-01-31	2	1st	9 20 33 34 42 45
2026-01-17	2	2nd	8 9 19 35 38 44
2026-01-03	12	1st	9 10 13 19 21 36
2025-10-11	6	1st	9 21 32 33 37 43
2025-08-30	7	3rd	4 5 9 10 28 36
2025-07-12	6	1st	9 23 29 35 36 37
2025-05-31	2	3rd	5 7 9 23 27 45
2025-05-17	21	1st	9 19 31 37 40 44
2024-12-21	31	1st	9 18 25 27 38 44
2024-05-18	7	1st	9 13 20 26 32 43
2024-03-30	16	1st	9 12 15 42 43 44
2023-12-09	13	1st	9 11 25 32 33 44
2023-09-09	1	2nd	7 9 11 14 15 29
2023-09-02	21	1st	9 16 32 37 40 41
2023-04-08	2	3rd	4 6 9 11 13 40
2023-03-25	2	2nd	8 9 10 14 39 42
2023-03-11	1	3rd	1 4 9 10 29 42
2023-03-04	6	2nd	1 9 13 32 33 34

The other 95 appearances

2023-01-21	2	1st	9 10 11 23 32 40
2023-01-07	7	2nd	2 9 11 17 18 38
2022-11-19	3	1st	9 12 14 23 31 43
2022-10-29	4	4th	3 6 7 9 22 42
2022-10-01	2	1st	9 20 25 30 32 40
2022-09-17	17	3rd	4 7 9 21 23 25
2022-05-21	15	2nd	5 9 13 23 38 41
2022-02-05	1	2nd	2 9 10 11 22 37
2022-01-29	10	2nd	8 9 22 23 34 40
2021-11-20	4	1st	9 17 20 21 25 33
2021-10-23	10	1st	9 10 16 22 26 32
2021-08-14	12	2nd	3 9 13 19 24 28
2021-05-22	2	3rd	6 7 9 13 23 27
2021-05-08	7	3rd	2 4 9 26 31 41
2021-03-20	4	2nd	8 9 13 19 22 32
2021-02-20	6	3rd	3 5 9 26 35 41
2021-01-09	3	2nd	7 9 20 22 34 45
2020-12-19	2	1st	9 16 26 35 39 41
2020-12-05	15	2nd	1 9 11 24 32 41
2020-08-22	3	3rd	2 7 9 16 33 43
2020-08-01	1	2nd	8 9 23 29 38 42
2020-07-25	5	2nd	6 9 16 32 37 44
2020-06-20	27	1st	9 11 17 19 22 29
2019-12-14	16	2nd	1 9 31 34 39 40
2019-08-24	2	2nd	4 9 10 11 32 33
2019-08-10	10	3rd	1 6 9 37 38 39
2019-06-01	6	2nd	6 9 20 25 27 31
2019-04-20	4	1st	9 14 16 18 20 36
2019-03-23	6	1st	9 29 32 33 37 39
2019-02-09	6	1st	9 11 13 16 17 21
2018-12-29	1	2nd	2 9 17 30 33 39
2018-12-22	8	2nd	5 9 14 29 41 43
2018-10-27	4	1st	9 13 16 17 32 37
2018-09-29	1	2nd	2 9 10 13 16 25
2018-09-22	13	1st	9 21 26 29 32 44
2018-06-23	5	1st	9 10 18 31 35 41
2018-05-19	5	2nd	6 9 21 33 39 42
2018-04-14	12	2nd	7 9 10 17 18 38
2018-01-20	3	3rd	2 5 9 14 31 34
2017-12-30	19	2nd	6 9 27 30 35 37
2017-08-19	11	2nd	3 9 23 30 39 45
2017-06-03	4	1st	9 21 27 30 32 35
2017-05-06	9	2nd	8 9 16 26 39 41
2017-03-04	7	1st	9 12 15 18 28 34
2017-01-14	3	1st	9 12 21 22 30 41
2016-12-24	7	3rd	4 5 9 24 34 39
2016-11-05	7	1st	9 23 24 34 38 43
2016-09-17	1	3rd	3 8 9 12 18 27
2016-09-10	24	3rd	5 7 9 13 18 27
2016-03-26	13	2nd	5 9 17 24 32 43
2015-12-26	4	2nd	5 9 25 34 35 36
2015-11-28	1	2nd	1 9 17 18 24 34
2015-11-21	36	2nd	6 9 10 11 35 37
2015-03-14	5	2nd	7 9 17 26 42 43
2015-02-07	1	1st	9 19 30 33 41 44
2015-01-31	6	1st	9 15 19 26 33 36
2014-12-20	5	3rd	6 8 9 19 21 41
2014-11-15	2	2nd	4 9 13 37 42 43
2014-11-01	2	1st	9 15 21 24 30 42
2014-10-18	22	4th	5 7 8 9 27 34
2014-05-17	17	2nd	8 9 22 25 36 42
2014-01-18	5	2nd	1 9 10 13 27 39
2013-12-14	7	2nd	4 9 14 22 42 45
2013-10-26	2	1st	9 13 16 21 33 44
2013-10-12	12	2nd	3 9 33 34 39 41
2013-07-20	1	3rd	1 3 9 12 22 29
2013-07-13	13	2nd	5 9 14 27 37 40
2013-04-13	17	4th	2 4 6 9 37 44
2012-12-15	11	3rd	5 7 9 16 20 41
2012-09-29	4	1st	9 10 16 25 32 34
2012-09-01	6	1st	9 19 24 28 29 31
2012-07-21	9	4th	3 6 7 9 23 43
2012-05-19	2	1st	9 12 28 29 32 41
2012-05-05	15	2nd	7 9 12 15 27 40
2012-01-21	4	2nd	2 9 14 22 31 33
2011-12-24	2	4th	1 4 7 9 12 30
2011-12-10	1	1st	9 18 29 32 33 41
2011-12-03	1	2nd	2 9 13 18 26 44
2011-11-26	1	1st	9 12 22 28 41 42
2011-11-19	15	1st	9 18 23 24 33 36
2011-08-06	1	3rd	4 6 9 27 39 43
2011-07-30	9	3rd	2 5 9 16 23 31
2011-05-28	15	2nd	1 9 11 13 33 35
2011-02-12	10	2nd	4 9 10 26 38 44
2010-12-04	9	1st	9 10 12 13 39 43
2010-10-02	5	2nd	8 9 29 33 37 42
2010-08-28	22	2nd	3 9 11 29 30 34
2010-03-27	13	1st	9 13 16 23 27 33
2009-12-26	1	2nd	6 9 11 24 28 42
2009-12-19	5	5th	2 3 5 7 9 23
2009-11-14	10	2nd	2 9 13 23 26 36
2009-09-05	8	1st	9 11 20 29 34 39
2009-07-11	2	2nd	5 9 20 29 33 37
2009-06-27	23	1st	9 14 20 24 25 38
2009-01-17	—	2nd	4 9 27 37 42 45

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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