Number 9

In El Gordo de la Primitiva under the 5/54 + 1/9 · since Jan 2010 rules — 866 draws, 5 from 1–54.

92times drawn · chance expected 80 +1.39σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 56% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 10.8

39longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 92 times in 866 draws against 80.2 expected, +1.39σ. 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 92 times in 866 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 39 · 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 smallest50 · chance 46.8
2nd smallest32 · chance 35.7
3rd smallest9 · chance 8.7
4th smallest1 · chance 0.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

11 27 30 6 47 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 54. 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
2026-08-23	21	2nd	2 9 20 41 48
2026-03-29	8	1st	9 13 34 35 47
2026-02-01	15	3rd	6 7 9 25 35
2025-10-19	16	1st	9 10

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 5/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-01-23	39	1st	9 22 25 27 35
2021-04-25	4	3rd	4 8 9 33 48
2021-03-28	23	4th	2 5 7 9 16
2020-10-18	7	2nd	5 9 32 38 39
2020-08-30	1	2nd	5 9 35 37 46
2020-08-23	1	1st	9 13 22 29 51
2020-08-16	3	1st	9 20 28 30 52
2020-07-26	24	1st	9 30 34 36 37
2019-12-01	11	1st	9 21 30 41 53
2019-09-15	13	1st	9 24 29 33 54
2019-06-16	3	1st	9 24 27 43 45
2019-05-26	7	1st	9 30 32 49 50
2019-04-07	2	2nd	5 9 19 21 27
2019-03-24	16	3rd	1 8 9 16 42
2018-12-02	36	1st	9 20 29 34 51
2018-03-25	2	3rd	3 8 9 20 37
2018-03-11	7	2nd	4 9 31 37 48
2018-01-21	9	2nd	4 9 11 29 46
2017-11-19	3	1st	9 11 12 36 53
2017-10-29	1	1st	9 11 21 51 54
2017-10-22	6	2nd	6 9 20 27 43
2017-09-10	2	2nd	7 9 12 33 47
2017-08-27	2	1st	9 21 31 45 46
2017-08-13	6	1st	9 19 33 37 40
2017-07-02	1	1st	9 27 31 32 34
2017-06-25	5	3rd	1 2 9 12 38
2017-05-21	15	1st	9 33 34 42 47
2017-02-05	6	2nd	7 9 10 13 37
2016-12-25	8	1st	9 18 19 45 53
2016-10-30	4	3rd	4 5 9 53 54
2016-10-02	8	1st	9 12 34 35 40
2016-08-07	16	2nd	8 9 12 25 33
2016-04-17	7	1st	9 10 15 36 47
2016-02-28	16	1st	9 17 25 36 38
2015-11-08	5	2nd	6 9 43 47 51
2015-10-04	3	1st	9 18 25 39 42
2015-09-13	2	1st	9 22 25 53 54
2015-08-30	37	2nd	4 9 11 27 36
2014-12-14	12	2nd	5 9 31 35 48
2014-09-21	1	1st	9 18 26 30 31
2014-09-14	7	1st	9 10 13 24 36
2014-07-27	7	2nd	6 9 18 27 47
2014-06-08	2	1st	9 45 47 49 54
2014-05-25	5	1st	9 26 40 47 51
2014-04-20	4	2nd	1 9 17 29 53
2014-03-23	2	1st	9 20 30 37 44
2014-03-09	1	1st	9 17 32 41 48
2014-03-02	14	1st	9 15 24 38 39
2013-11-24	3	1st	9 17 21 37 41
2013-11-03	34	2nd	2 9 17 28 42
2013-03-10	1	2nd	3 9 26 45 49
2013-03-03	2	2nd	6 9 14 22 39
2013-02-17	1	1st	9 27 28 32 53
2013-02-10	2	2nd	7 9 11 15 48
2013-01-27	6	1st	9 27 30 43 46
2012-12-16	12	1st	9 20 28 31 50
2012-09-23	8	1st	9 17 27 34 47
2012-07-29	24	1st	9 11 39 43 45
2012-02-12	7	1st	9 19 27 30 53
2011-12-25	6	2nd	4 9 30 41 50
2011-11-13	18	2nd	4 9 16 21 29
2011-07-10	4	1st	9 16 29 33 43
2011-06-12	25	1st	9 40 47 53 54
2010-12-19	7	1st	9 10 12 14 43
2010-10-31	4	3rd	1 3 9 20 32
2010-10-03	6	1st	9 11 33 42 50
2010-08-22	32	1st	9 13 17 22 36
2010-01-10	—	2nd	6 9 12 23 40