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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

EuroMillions · every number · star deck

Star 9

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,049 draws, 2 from 1–12.

176times drawn · chance expected 175 +0.10σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

5.9average wait between appearances · chance says 6.0

32longest completed wait · 46% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 176 times in 1,049 draws against 174.8 expected, +0.10σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 176 times in 1,049 draws · average wait 5.9 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 13 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 smallest45 · chance 48.0
2nd smallest131 · chance 128.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 12 6 2 5 1

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.

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
2026-08-28	1	2nd	6 9
2026-08-25	11	2nd	4 9
2026-07-17	1	1st	9 10
2026-07-14	8	1st	9 12
2026-06-16	4	2nd	4 9
2026-06-02	5	2nd	7 9
2026-05-15	5	2nd	2 9
2026-04-28	5	2nd	8 9
2026-04-10	7	2nd	6 9
2026-03-17	3	2nd	3 9
2026-03-06	4	2nd	6 9
2026-02-20	2	2nd	5 9
2026-02-13	3	2nd	6 9
2026-02-03	2	2nd	4 9
2026-01-27	17	2nd	3 9
2025-11-28	2	2nd	3 9
2025-11-21	2	2nd	5 9
2025-11-14	16	2nd	8 9
2025-09-19	11	1st	9 12
2025-08-12	6	2nd	3 9
2025-07-22	1	1st	9 10
2025-07-18	8	2nd	2 9
2025-06-20	11	2nd	3 9
2025-05-13	1	2nd	2 9

The other 152 appearances

2025-05-09	1	2nd	5 9
2025-05-06	4	2nd	4 9
2025-04-22	7	1st	9 12
2025-03-28	4	2nd	1 9
2025-03-14	3	2nd	2 9
2025-03-04	1	2nd	2 9
2025-02-28	9	2nd	5 9
2025-01-28	4	2nd	1 9
2025-01-14	3	2nd	5 9
2025-01-03	4	2nd	1 9
2024-12-20	3	2nd	6 9
2024-12-10	3	2nd	5 9
2024-11-29	1	2nd	5 9
2024-11-26	6	1st	9 12
2024-11-05	3	2nd	6 9
2024-10-25	3	2nd	8 9
2024-10-15	4	2nd	3 9
2024-10-01	6	1st	9 11
2024-09-10	5	2nd	2 9
2024-08-23	21	2nd	8 9
2024-06-11	6	2nd	7 9
2024-05-21	2	2nd	7 9
2024-05-14	15	2nd	7 9
2024-03-22	11	1st	9 10
2024-02-13	1	2nd	4 9
2024-02-09	2	1st	9 12
2024-02-02	2	2nd	5 9
2024-01-26	4	1st	9 12
2024-01-12	4	1st	9 12
2023-12-29	1	2nd	6 9
2023-12-26	3	1st	9 10
2023-12-15	1	2nd	5 9
2023-12-12	2	1st	9 12
2023-12-05	1	2nd	5 9
2023-12-01	8	1st	9 12
2023-11-03	3	2nd	5 9
2023-10-24	4	2nd	6 9
2023-10-10	1	2nd	3 9
2023-10-06	14	2nd	2 9
2023-08-18	6	1st	9 12
2023-07-28	3	2nd	6 9
2023-07-18	2	2nd	1 9
2023-07-11	7	2nd	4 9
2023-06-16	8	1st	9 11
2023-05-19	3	2nd	3 9
2023-05-09	12	2nd	7 9
2023-03-28	11	1st	9 10
2023-02-17	3	2nd	1 9
2023-02-07	11	2nd	3 9
2022-12-30	32	2nd	1 9
2022-09-09	13	2nd	4 9
2022-07-26	13	2nd	1 9
2022-06-10	2	1st	9 12
2022-06-03	1	1st	9 11
2022-05-31	3	2nd	3 9
2022-05-20	3	2nd	3 9
2022-05-10	5	2nd	4 9
2022-04-22	13	2nd	1 9
2022-03-08	10	2nd	2 9
2022-02-01	1	2nd	6 9
2022-01-28	4	1st	9 10
2022-01-14	1	1st	9 12
2022-01-11	4	1st	9 12
2021-12-28	7	1st	9 12
2021-12-03	6	1st	9 10
2021-11-12	4	2nd	6 9
2021-10-29	7	2nd	3 9
2021-10-05	5	2nd	7 9
2021-09-17	3	2nd	1 9
2021-09-07	5	2nd	7 9
2021-08-20	9	1st	9 11
2021-07-20	4	2nd	6 9
2021-07-06	8	1st	9 11
2021-06-08	9	2nd	7 9
2021-05-07	6	2nd	8 9
2021-04-16	7	2nd	5 9
2021-03-23	12	2nd	3 9
2021-02-09	2	1st	9 10
2021-02-02	6	1st	9 12
2021-01-12	3	2nd	6 9
2021-01-01	10	2nd	1 9
2020-11-27	8	2nd	8 9
2020-10-30	7	2nd	3 9
2020-10-06	1	1st	9 11
2020-10-02	6	2nd	3 9
2020-09-11	1	1st	9 12
2020-09-08	3	1st	9 12
2020-08-28	5	2nd	7 9
2020-08-11	7	2nd	3 9
2020-07-17	1	2nd	7 9
2020-07-14	19	1st	9 10
2020-05-08	11	2nd	7 9
2020-03-31	5	2nd	1 9
2020-03-13	6	1st	9 10
2020-02-21	4	2nd	5 9
2020-02-07	7	2nd	3 9
2020-01-14	8	2nd	8 9
2019-12-17	21	2nd	6 9
2019-10-04	11	2nd	6 9
2019-08-27	15	2nd	1 9
2019-07-05	3	2nd	6 9
2019-06-25	17	2nd	1 9
2019-04-26	4	1st	9 11
2019-04-12	8	2nd	6 9
2019-03-15	1	1st	9 12
2019-03-12	6	2nd	2 9
2019-02-19	16	2nd	7 9
2018-12-25	6	2nd	2 9
2018-12-04	8	2nd	8 9
2018-11-06	3	2nd	2 9
2018-10-26	8	2nd	6 9
2018-09-28	13	2nd	2 9
2018-08-14	1	1st	9 11
2018-08-10	5	2nd	3 9
2018-07-24	10	2nd	3 9
2018-06-19	13	2nd	4 9
2018-05-04	11	1st	9 12
2018-03-27	2	1st	9 10
2018-03-20	4	1st	9 11
2018-03-06	11	2nd	2 9
2018-01-26	5	2nd	4 9
2018-01-09	17	2nd	2 9
2017-11-10	2	2nd	1 9
2017-11-03	14	2nd	4 9
2017-09-15	3	1st	9 12
2017-09-05	3	2nd	1 9
2017-08-25	6	1st	9 12
2017-08-04	4	2nd	2 9
2017-07-21	10	2nd	5 9
2017-06-16	4	1st	9 12
2017-06-02	1	2nd	3 9
2017-05-30	3	2nd	6 9
2017-05-19	2	2nd	4 9
2017-05-12	5	2nd	3 9
2017-04-25	9	2nd	3 9
2017-03-24	2	2nd	5 9
2017-03-17	6	2nd	3 9
2017-02-24	2	2nd	8 9
2017-02-17	2	2nd	2 9
2017-02-10	2	2nd	2 9
2017-02-03	1	2nd	5 9
2017-01-31	1	2nd	6 9
2017-01-27	5	2nd	5 9
2017-01-10	1	2nd	4 9
2017-01-06	9	1st	9 11
2016-12-06	2	2nd	4 9
2016-11-29	5	1st	9 11
2016-11-11	1	2nd	2 9
2016-11-08	2	2nd	8 9
2016-11-01	4	2nd	1 9
2016-10-18	3	2nd	6 9
2016-10-07	—	1st	9 11

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 2/12 tonight whatever it did last week.