Number 9

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

102times drawn · chance expected 105 −0.29σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 23% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

42longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 102 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, −0.29σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 102 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 15 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 smallest44 · chance 48.8
2nd smallest47 · chance 41.1
3rd smallest10 · chance 11.1
4th smallest1 · chance 1.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 13 39 32 49 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-08-18	22	2nd	3 9 38 40 50
2026-06-02	9	2nd	6 9 17 18 42
2026-05-01	22	2nd	3 9 42 46 47
2026-02-13	20	1st	9 13 31

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-23	16	2nd	6 9 11 32 49
2024-02-27	14	3rd	3 4 9 12 20
2024-01-09	29	2nd	2 9 12 39 40
2023-09-29	11	1st	9 11 13 21 32
2023-08-22	2	2nd	2 9 23 32 40
2023-08-15	2	3rd	3 5 9 32 43
2023-08-08	24	2nd	8 9 33 35 40
2023-05-16	1	3rd	4 6 9 14 37
2023-05-12	15	1st	9 10 13 39 44
2023-03-21	3	2nd	1 9 20 29 32
2023-03-10	12	1st	9 16 37 38 48
2023-01-27	13	2nd	8 9 15 19 31
2022-12-13	26	2nd	3 9 12 26 30
2022-09-13	7	1st	9 12 15 40 47
2022-08-19	10	2nd	2 9 13 19 38
2022-07-15	34	1st	9 17 29 38 39
2022-03-18	7	2nd	1 9 14 17 43
2022-02-22	2	2nd	5 9 14 26 32
2022-02-15	26	1st	9 20 31 33 44
2021-11-16	1	1st	9 19 21 32 36
2021-11-12	24	2nd	2 9 15 47 50
2021-08-20	3	2nd	3 9 19 20 23
2021-08-10	4	1st	9 37 47 48 49
2021-07-27	7	2nd	5 9 19 21 25
2021-07-02	6	1st	9 14 29 38 49
2021-06-11	6	1st	9 17 21 33 39
2021-05-21	18	2nd	2 9 13 15 35
2021-03-19	2	2nd	3 9 35 43 44
2021-03-12	5	3rd	4 6 9 11 44
2021-02-23	2	1st	9 18 30 39 45
2021-02-16	18	2nd	5 9 25 29 30
2020-12-15	1	1st	9 13 21 29 35
2020-12-11	27	2nd	6 9 13 24 41
2020-09-08	7	2nd	2 9 31 35 41
2020-08-14	5	1st	9 10 19 42 49
2020-07-28	1	1st	9 13 15 17 34
2020-07-24	11	2nd	8 9 27 28 50
2020-06-16	6	2nd	4 9 11 17 39
2020-05-26	4	2nd	4 9 14 21 27
2020-05-12	15	1st	9 16 29 37 39
2020-03-20	12	2nd	3 9 20 34 40
2020-02-07	4	1st	9 15 17 25 40
2020-01-24	12	4th	3 4 6 9 24
2019-12-13	11	1st	9 16 18 23 32
2019-11-05	9	1st	9 14 25 33 48
2019-10-04	14	2nd	6 9 35 41 44
2019-08-16	12	1st	9 10 27 37 42
2019-07-05	4	2nd	2 9 20 34 42
2019-06-21	5	3rd	5 8 9 25 39
2019-06-04	9	1st	9 31 32 39 41
2019-05-03	9	2nd	2 9 20 27 43
2019-04-02	4	2nd	2 9 16 26 36
2019-03-19	5	3rd	1 6 9 34 47
2019-03-01	11	2nd	6 9 19 26 31
2019-01-22	10	1st	9 23 29 41 49
2018-12-18	9	2nd	1 9 18 39 48
2018-11-16	10	1st	9 10 13 28 41
2018-10-12	9	2nd	4 9 12 31 43
2018-09-11	28	1st	9 18 32 38 46
2018-06-05	24	1st	9 15 22 39 46
2018-03-13	1	1st	9 11 13 33 49
2018-03-09	13	1st	9 14 21 32 44
2018-01-23	26	3rd	5 8 9 23 24
2017-10-24	5	1st	9 11 13 27 33
2017-10-06	8	2nd	1 9 15 19 25
2017-09-08	1	1st	9 24 42 47 49
2017-09-05	11	2nd	6 9 18 28 29
2017-07-28	2	2nd	5 9 29 31 41
2017-07-21	7	3rd	1 8 9 26 49
2017-06-27	5	1st	9 17 21 28 45
2017-06-09	6	1st	9 20 27 39 43
2017-05-19	7	1st	9 11 12 19 30
2017-04-25	6	1st	9 11 19 32 43
2017-04-04	2	2nd	1 9 24 33 34
2017-03-28	40	1st	9 13 31 33 46
2016-11-08	5	2nd	5 9 47 49 50
2016-10-21	7	1st	9 20 23 44 48
2016-09-27	—	2nd	6 9 13 39 41