In Eurojackpot under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Mar 2022 rules — 476 draws, 2 from 1–12.
74times drawn · chance expected 79 −0.66σ
18draws waiting · a wait this long: 5% for any number
6.1average wait between appearances · chance says 6.0
26longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long
9 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 74 times in 476 draws against 79.3 expected, −0.66σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
9
Number 9, draw by draw
Drawn 74 times in 476 draws · average wait 6.1 draws · longest completed wait 26 · waiting 18 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.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 11 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 12. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 2/12 tonight whatever it did last week.