Number 9

In Lotto Poker under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 396 draws, 5 from 1–13.

160times drawn · chance expected 152 +0.79σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 23% for any number

2.5average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

12longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 160 times in 396 draws against 152.3 expected, +0.79σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 160 times in 396 draws · average wait 2.5 draws · longest completed wait 12 · waiting 4 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest3 · chance 0.3
2nd smallest26 · chance 10.3
3rd smallest56 · chance 54.3
4th smallest56 · chance 72.4
5th smallest19 · chance 22.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 53.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 11 12 13 2 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 12 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 13. 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
2026-09-26	0	2nd	3 9 10 11
2026-09-26	3	2nd	3 9 10 11
2026-09-16	8	3rd	1 4 9 11 13
2026-08-24	0	3rd	6 7 9 11
2026-08-24

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 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-07-07	0	2nd	7 9 10 11
2026-07-07	12	2nd	7 9 10 11
2026-06-25	10	2nd	5 9 11 12 13
2026-06-15	4	2nd	8 9 11 11 13
2026-06-11	7	3rd	1 6 9 10 13
2026-06-04	0	3rd	4 6 9 10
2026-06-04	4	3rd	4 6 9 10
2026-05-31	0	3rd	7 7 9 12
2026-05-31	5	3rd	7 7 9 12
2026-05-26	2	3rd	2 2 9 11 13
2026-05-24	2	3rd	2 3 9 12 12
2026-05-22	2	4th	2 4 8 9 11
2026-05-20	1	4th	3 4 5 9 10
2026-05-19	1	3rd	1 2 9 12 13
2026-05-18	5	3rd	3 4 9 10 13
2026-05-13	0	2nd	3 9 10 13
2026-05-13	2	2nd	3 9 10 13
2026-05-11	0	1st	9 11 12 13
2026-05-11	1	1st	9 11 12 13
2026-05-10	3	4th	1 7 8 9 12
2026-05-07	8	5th	3 4 6 7 9
2026-04-29	3	4th	1 5 7 9 12
2026-04-26	3	4th	5 7 7 9 10
2026-04-23	1	2nd	3 9 12 13 13
2026-04-22	1	5th	2 6 7 8 9
2026-04-21	6	3rd	5 7 9 12 12
2026-04-15	2	5th	3 3 4 5 9
2026-04-13	1	4th	4 4 8 9 13
2026-04-12	6	3rd	8 8 9 10 12
2026-04-06	0	3rd	1 4 9 11
2026-04-06	1	3rd	1 4 9 11
2026-04-05	1	3rd	4 6 9 10 11
2026-04-04	5	4th	4 8 8 9 13
2026-03-30	0	2nd	7 9 12 13
2026-03-30	2	2nd	7 9 12 13
2026-03-28	5	2nd	2 9 10 13 13
2026-03-23	2	4th	2 4 8 9 13
2026-03-21	4	2nd	5 9 12 12 12
2026-03-17	8	3rd	3 5 9 11 13
2026-03-09	5	3rd	6 8 9 11 13
2026-03-04	2	4th	4 6 8 9 11
2026-03-02	0	3rd	1 4 9 12
2026-03-02	3	3rd	1 4 9 12
2026-02-27	1	5th	2 3 3 5 9
2026-02-26	3	5th	1 7 7 7 9
2026-02-23	1	4th	6 6 7 9 11
2026-02-22	1	3rd	1 8 9 12 12
2026-02-21	2	5th	1 2 8 8 9
2026-02-19	0	3rd	5 8 9 11
2026-02-19	1	3rd	5 8 9 11
2026-02-18	1	3rd	2 6 9 10 12
2026-02-17	2	3rd	4 7 9 11 13
2026-02-15	1	3rd	3 5 9 11 12
2026-02-14	12	2nd	7 9 12 13 13
2026-02-02	3	4th	3 4 4 9 10
2026-01-30	1	4th	2 6 6 9 11
2026-01-29	0	2nd	5 9 12 12
2026-01-29	1	2nd	5 9 12 12
2026-01-28	0	4th	1 2 4 9
2026-01-28	4	4th	1 2 4 9
2026-01-24	2	3rd	3 4 9 11 13
2026-01-22	2	5th	4 7 7 8 9
2026-01-20	1	5th	2 2 3 5 9
2026-01-19	0	2nd	2 9 10 13
2026-01-19	1	2nd	2 9 10 13
2026-01-18	6	5th	1 5 6 8 9
2026-01-12	1	3rd	7 8 9 10 11
2026-01-11	1	5th	4 5 5 7 9
2026-01-10	2	5th	1 1 7 8 9
2026-01-08	1	3rd	4 5 9 10 11
2026-01-07	3	4th	3 6 7 9 10
2026-01-04	6	4th	1 2 7 9 10
2025-12-29	1	3rd	2 3 9 12 13
2025-12-28	4	4th	2 4 8 9 10
2025-12-24	1	4th	2 7 8 9 13
2025-12-23	1	4th	2 6 7 9 10
2025-12-22	3	4th	2 6 7 9 11
2025-12-19	1	3rd	2 5 9 10 11
2025-12-18	3	4th	2 4 5 9 10
2025-12-15	0	3rd	2 3 9 11
2025-12-15	1	3rd	2 3 9 11
2025-12-14	2	4th	2 3 4 9 11
2025-12-12	1	2nd	5 9 10 12 13
2025-12-11	7	2nd	1 9 11 12 13
2025-12-04	2	4th	1 4 7 9 12
2025-12-02	8	2nd	4 9 10 11 12
2025-11-24	1	2nd	7 9 11 12 12
2025-11-23	2	3rd	4 5 9 10 11
2025-11-21	5	4th	1 7 8 9 13
2025-11-16	3	3rd	1 7 9 11 12
2025-11-13	0	4th	3 5 7 9
2025-11-13	2	4th	3 5 7 9
2025-11-11	0	4th	1 7 8 9
2025-11-11	2	4th	1 7 8 9
2025-11-09	5	3rd	1 7 9 10 10
2025-11-04	1	5th	1 3 4 8 9
2025-11-03	0	4th	3 6 7 9
2025-11-03	1	4th	3 6 7 9
2025-11-02	3	5th	2 5 5 7 9
2025-10-30	5	4th	1 3 5 9 11
2025-10-25	2	4th	1 1 8 9 11
2025-10-23	2	4th	4 6 8 9 12
2025-10-21	2	2nd	7 9 12 13 13
2025-10-19	2	4th	1 2 6 9 12
2025-10-17	4	3rd	1 4 9 10 13
2025-10-13	3	3rd	5 6 9 12 13
2025-10-10	1	5th	1 1 5 7 9
2025-10-09	1	4th	2 3 4 9 10
2025-10-08	1	3rd	5 6 9 11 13
2025-10-07	1	3rd	4 6 9 11 12
2025-10-06	1	4th	2 5 7 9 13
2025-10-05	1	3rd	6 8 9 10 11
2025-10-04	0	4th	2 3 8 9
2025-10-04	2	4th	2 3 8 9
2025-10-02	2	4th	5 6 7 9 13
2025-09-30	4	2nd	3 9 12 13 13
2025-09-26	3	4th	2 2 5 9 12
2025-09-23	2	1st	9 10 11 13 13
2025-09-21	1	3rd	7 8 9 11 11
2025-09-20	2	3rd	2 3 9 10 11
2025-09-18	1	3rd	2 4 9 11 13
2025-09-17	2	4th	1 4 7 9 12
2025-09-15	1	4th	2 5 7 9 13
2025-09-14	1	4th	1 2 7 9 10
2025-09-13	3	3rd	3 5 9 12 13
2025-09-10	4	2nd	2 9 10 11 12
2025-09-06	1	4th	4 5 8 9 11
2025-09-05	7	4th	3 4 4 9 11
2025-08-29	0	4th	1 2 6 9
2025-08-29	3	4th	1 2 6 9
2025-08-26	8	4th	3 8 8 9 10
2025-08-18	2	5th	3 3 4 4 9
2025-08-16	1	2nd	8 9 11 13 13
2025-08-15	4	3rd	6 8 9 10 12
2025-08-11	2	4th	5 5 6 9 11
2025-08-09	—	4th	1 1 7 9 13