Number 9

In MegaDice Lotto under the 6/39 + 1/39 · since Sep 2024 rules — 734 draws, 6 from 1–39.

120times drawn · chance expected 113 +0.72σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.1average wait between appearances · chance says 6.5

40longest completed wait · 16% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 120 times in 734 draws against 112.9 expected, +0.72σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 120 times in 734 draws · average wait 6.1 draws · longest completed wait 40 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest37 · chance 34.1
2nd smallest56 · chance 52.4
3rd smallest21 · chance 27.2
4th smallest5 · chance 5.8
5th smallest1 · chance 0.5
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 7 17 29 30 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-10-12	6	5th	3 4 5 6 9 28
2026-10-06	3	2nd	4 9 23 25 28 30
2026-10-03	5	3rd	1 6 9 30 33 39
2026-09-28	12	3rd	7 8 9 17 34 35
2026-09-16	4	2nd	7 9 10 16 28 30
2026-09-12	2	3rd	2 7 9 12 24 27
2026-09-10	2	1st	9 10 18 21 32 37
2026-09-08	12	1st	9 14 20 28 29 39
2026-08-27	11	1st	9 13 18 28 29 32
2026-08-16	7	2nd	5 9 17 28 33 36
2026-08-09	2	3rd	1 5 9 16 19 32
2026-08-07	7	2nd	3 9 11 25 38 39
2026-07-31	8	2nd	6 9 17 33 34 36
2026-07-23	4	2nd	5 9 14 19 22 23
2026-07-19	6	2nd	8 9 21 23 24 37
2026-07-13	5	1st	9 15 16 24 29 32
2026-07-08	6	2nd	4 9 20 30 32 36
2026-07-02	13	1st	9 17 19 21 26 38
2026-06-19	1	1st	9 11 17 20 33 35
2026-06-18	8	1st	9 10 32 34 36 38
2026-06-10	5	1st	9 19 21 22 25 35
2026-06-05	9	3rd	3 5 9 13 18 30
2026-05-27	9	1st	9 10 18 19 38 39
2026-05-18	1	1st	9 17 18 19 28 29

The other 96 appearances

2026-05-17	6	1st	9 10 17 23 30 31
2026-05-11	1	1st	9 10 13 14 21 28
2026-05-10	10	2nd	2 9 11 19 25 29
2026-04-30	1	2nd	3

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 6/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

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 smallest37 · chance 34.1

2nd smallest56 · chance 52.4

3rd smallest21 · chance 27.2

4th smallest5 · chance 5.8

5th smallest1 · chance 0.5

6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

How many people play it

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

Date

Wait

Position

The draw

2026-10-12

5th

3 4 5 6 9 28

2026-10-06

2nd

4 9 23 25 28 30

2026-10-03

3rd

1 6 9 30 33 39

2026-09-28

3rd

7 8 9 17 34 35

2026-09-16

2nd

7 9 10 16 28 30

2026-09-12

3rd

2 7 9 12 24 27

2026-09-10

1st

9 10 18 21 32 37

2026-09-08

1st

9 14 20 28 29 39

2026-08-27

1st

9 13 18 28 29 32

2026-08-16

2nd

5 9 17 28 33 36

2026-08-09

3rd

1 5 9 16 19 32

2026-08-07

2nd

3 9 11 25 38 39

2026-07-31

2nd

6 9 17 33 34 36

2026-07-23

2nd

5 9 14 19 22 23

2026-07-19

2nd

8 9 21 23 24 37

2026-07-13

1st

9 15 16 24 29 32

2026-07-08

2nd

4 9 20 30 32 36

2026-07-02

1st

9 17 19 21 26 38

2026-06-19

1st

9 11 17 20 33 35

2026-06-18

1st

9 10 32 34 36 38

2026-06-10

1st

9 19 21 22 25 35

2026-06-05

3rd

3 5 9 13 18 30

2026-05-27

1st

9 10 18 19 38 39

2026-05-18

1st

9 17 18 19 28 29