Number 9

In Loto under the 5/49 + 1/10 · since Oct 2008 rules — 2,820 draws, 5 from 1–49.

290times drawn · chance expected 288 +0.14σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

43longest completed wait · 96% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 290 times in 2,820 draws against 287.8 expected, +0.14σ. 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 290 times in 2,820 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 43 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest154 · chance 136.2
2nd smallest115 · chance 117.8
3rd smallest21 · chance 32.6
4th smallest0 · chance 3.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 26 22 28 36 34

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-12	22	1st	9 26 38 45 48
2026-07-22	3	2nd	4 9 10 13 23
2026-07-15	6	2nd	1 9 13 21 37
2026-07-01	29	2nd	8 9 10 25 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 5/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-17	7	1st	9 16 20 26 32
2025-03-01	24	2nd	8 9 14 28 33
2025-01-04	11	1st	9 17 19 20 29
2024-12-09	1	3rd	5 6 9 25 38
2024-12-07	10	1st	9 21 24 28 30
2024-11-13	7	1st	9 12 13 32 39
2024-10-28	1	1st	9 21 39 41 43
2024-10-26	14	1st	9 11 17 20 30
2024-09-23	7	2nd	7 9 27 28 40
2024-09-07	41	1st	9 15 31 43 48
2024-06-03	8	1st	9 15 39 48 49
2024-05-15	15	1st	9 15 16 20 21
2024-04-10	4	2nd	1 9 18 33 39
2024-04-01	17	1st	9 12 15 17 26
2024-02-21	10	1st	9 22 33 42 45
2024-01-29	2	2nd	8 9 15 26 27
2024-01-24	9	1st	9 25 31 32 34
2024-01-03	4	2nd	1 9 14 36 45
2023-12-25	12	3rd	1 7 9 32 47
2023-11-27	1	2nd	8 9 19 26 46
2023-11-25	20	2nd	1 9 11 13 19
2023-10-09	1	1st	9 16 23 30 32
2023-10-07	17	2nd	5 9 12 26 42
2023-08-28	7	1st	9 23 28 35 37
2023-08-12	4	2nd	1 9 20 39 44
2023-08-02	7	1st	9 12 18 23 32
2023-07-17	7	2nd	6 9 20 41 47
2023-07-01	7	2nd	7 9 15 18 24
2023-06-14	6	1st	9 12 14 16 33
2023-05-31	2	1st	9 13 28 40 43
2023-05-27	5	1st	9 24 25 31 34
2023-05-15	1	2nd	7 9 12 29 48
2023-05-13	1	2nd	6 9 25 34 43
2023-05-10	38	1st	9 12 15 44 45
2023-02-11	4	1st	9 15 43 45 47
2023-02-01	25	1st	9 12 35 38 48
2022-12-05	3	1st	9 17 24 36 45
2022-11-28	9	2nd	2 9 13 24 46
2022-11-07	20	2nd	8 9 24 31 40
2022-09-21	9	2nd	3 9 12 22 37
2022-08-31	4	1st	9 10 15 39 45
2022-08-22	5	2nd	2 9 39 44 46
2022-08-10	14	1st	9 11 15 28 35
2022-07-09	15	2nd	8 9 24 34 37
2022-06-04	11	2nd	6 9 17 23 42
2022-05-09	7	3rd	6 7 9 15 33
2022-04-23	2	1st	9 11 20 42 44
2022-04-18	15	1st	9 10 33 39 47
2022-03-14	6	2nd	5 9 11 32 49
2022-02-28	43	1st	9 21 27 36 43
2021-11-20	4	1st	9 17 18 42 44
2021-11-10	10	1st	9 12 31 40 41
2021-10-18	3	1st	9 27 35 36 41
2021-10-11	8	3rd	1 7 9 26 28
2021-09-22	2	2nd	5 9 13 14 40
2021-09-18	10	2nd	2 9 21 38 39
2021-08-25	32	2nd	3 9 19 26 29
2021-06-12	6	3rd	2 5 9 10 29
2021-05-29	3	2nd	4 9 32 36 44
2021-05-22	4	3rd	2 7 9 19 45
2021-05-12	14	1st	9 11 19 22 36
2021-04-10	1	3rd	4 8 9 15 35
2021-04-07	6	1st	9 16 19 35 43
2021-03-24	17	1st	9 22 28 37 38
2021-02-13	2	1st	9 13 17 28 31
2021-02-08	1	2nd	5 9 10 19 29
2021-02-06	3	1st	9 15 42 44 47
2021-01-30	21	2nd	5 9 17 33 37
2020-12-12	3	1st	9 14 23 31 45
2020-12-05	2	1st	9 14 20 34 35
2020-11-30	1	1st	9 18 26 28 29
2020-11-28	10	2nd	2 9 25 35 47
2020-11-04	2	1st	9 10 14 16 29
2020-10-31	6	1st	9 13 22 28 35
2020-10-17	5	1st	9 20 23 24 28
2020-10-05	1	3rd	5 6 9 19 22
2020-10-03	27	1st	9 18 31 33 36
2020-08-01	10	1st	9 17 18 25 38
2020-07-08	7	1st	9 26 30 37 48
2020-06-22	5	2nd	5 9 21 36 39
2020-06-10	7	1st	9 11 20 36 47
2020-05-25	9	1st	9 26 30 36 42
2020-05-04	1	2nd	8 9 15 33 39
2020-05-02	5	1st	9 12 22 30 43
2020-04-20	5	3rd	5 7 9 37 41
2020-04-08	19	2nd	6 9 16 19 26
2020-02-24	22	1st	9 15 20 27 47
2020-01-04	18	1st	9 22 31 34 43
2019-11-23	43	2nd	4 9 22 27 28
2019-08-12	1	1st	9 20 30 31 34
2019-08-10	26	2nd	4 9 12 18 37
2019-06-10	1	1st	9 18 24 39 49
2019-06-08	2	1st	9 10 14 41 45
2019-06-03	22	1st	9 12 33 41 42
2019-04-13	2	2nd	1 9 17 24 46
2019-04-08	21	1st	9 13 15 24 26
2019-02-18	23	2nd	7 9 11 18 33
2018-12-26	4	2nd	5 9 11 24 45
2018-12-17	6	2nd	2 9 25 30 35
2018-12-03	12	2nd	1 9 15 19 39
2018-11-05	1	1st	9 11 29 32 39
2018-11-03	2	3rd	6 8 9 29 39
2018-10-29	2	1st	9 22 24 42 43
2018-10-24	35	1st	9 28 34 36 45
2018-08-04	6	1st	9 23 32 38 41
2018-07-21	2	2nd	1 9 18 28 44
2018-07-16	3	2nd	3 9 16 31 36
2018-07-09	5	1st	9 19 21 36 40
2018-06-27	1	2nd	8 9 11 26 41
2018-06-25	7	1st	9 13 14 21 32
2018-06-09	12	3rd	5 7 9 12 16
2018-05-12	3	3rd	5 6 9 23 47
2018-05-05	30	1st	9 15 30 41 47
2018-02-24	2	2nd	6 9 12 31 43
2018-02-19	7	2nd	8 9 28 29 32
2018-02-03	3	1st	9 13 22 23 38
2018-01-27	1	1st	9 10 34 39 45
2018-01-24	6	1st	9 23 28 35 37
2018-01-10	4	2nd	7 9 16 18 49
2018-01-01	7	2nd	7 9 10 14 43
2017-12-16	12	1st	9 15 20 48 49
2017-11-18	7	1st	9 13 17 37 48
2017-11-01	3	2nd	8 9 18 26 32
2017-10-25	31	2nd	3 9 19 41 43
2017-08-14	5	2nd	2 9 13 15 39
2017-08-02	6	1st	9 12 30 32 34
2017-07-19	5	3rd	6 8 9 16 26
2017-07-08	4	1st	9 30 31 43 46
2017-06-28	12	1st	9 29 30 37 48
2017-05-31	2	2nd	1 9 27 36 41
2017-05-27	6	2nd	8 9 17 28 40
2017-05-13	17	1st	9 13 16 28 47
2017-04-03	1	2nd	3 9 16 34 44
2017-04-01	2	2nd	2 9 25 44 46
2017-03-27	23	2nd	2 9 18 38 49
2017-02-01	21	1st	9 17 24 45 46
2016-12-14	6	1st	9 10 14 44 46
2016-11-30	2	2nd	3 9 31 33 40
2016-11-26	20	2nd	6 9 11 21 44
2016-10-10	25	2nd	3 9 18 19 48
2016-08-13	6	3rd	1 6 9 33 46
2016-07-30	13	1st	9 22 23 30 46
2016-06-29	27	1st	9 14 17 22 48
2016-04-27	18	1st	9 25 36 44 45
2016-03-16	2	2nd	7 9 11 18 43
2016-03-12	9	1st	9 17 25 27 46
2016-02-20	13	1st	9 20 33 34 41
2016-01-20	20	1st	9 21 31 34 42
2015-12-05	1	1st	9 20 26 27 47
2015-12-02	20	2nd	3 9 10 39 45
2015-10-17	19	1st	9 14 22 33 46
2015-09-02	7	2nd	6 9 17 28 29
2015-08-17	5	1st	9 26 29 36 42
2015-08-05	2	1st	9 10 22 34 36
2015-08-01	23	1st	9 23 24 31 34
2015-06-08	24	3rd	3 8 9 41 44
2015-04-13	8	1st	9 36 41 43 48
2015-03-25	8	1st	9 10 17 20 43
2015-03-07	7	2nd	3 9 18 43 48
2015-02-18	1	1st	9 21 25 29 44
2015-02-16	5	2nd	1 9 14 20 36
2015-02-04	3	1st	9 24 28 35 49
2015-01-28	29	1st	9 12 16 33 41
2014-11-22	9	2nd	1 9 22 26 44
2014-11-01	7	2nd	2 9 29 36 48
2014-10-15	4	1st	9 28 37 41 46
2014-10-06	4	1st	9 20 22 40 46
2014-09-27	14	1st	9 26 29 35 38
2014-08-25	4	1st	9 26 31 43 45
2014-08-16	3	1st	9 22 23 37 40
2014-08-09	4	3rd	4 5 9 21 34
2014-07-30	4	3rd	7 8 9 13 25
2014-07-21	14	2nd	3 9 10 21 27
2014-06-18	3	1st	9 13 18 30 47
2014-06-11	6	1st	9 15 22 32 42
2014-05-28	3	2nd	8 9 26 46 48
2014-05-21	1	2nd	1 9 23 35 49
2014-05-19	12	2nd	8 9 40 41 49
2014-04-21	7	1st	9 18 20 27 38
2014-04-05	20	1st	9 13 22 40 45
2014-02-17	43	2nd	1 9 20 23 32
2013-11-09	10	1st	9 12 30 33 39
2013-10-16	5	1st	9 12 14 23 40
2013-10-05	3	2nd	7 9 14 27 38
2013-09-28	14	2nd	1 9 29 34 45
2013-08-26	16	2nd	1 9 14 25 49
2013-07-20	9	1st	9 17 28 30 48
2013-06-29	14	2nd	8 9 14 23 37
2013-05-27	3	1st	9 13 15 28 37
2013-05-20	10	1st	9 23 25 27 47
2013-04-27	3	1st	9 17 19 26 39
2013-04-20	4	2nd	3 9 24 28 42
2013-04-10	5	2nd	3 9 18 28 45
2013-03-30	3	1st	9 10 26 30 34
2013-03-23	8	1st	9 11 17 24 41
2013-03-04	17	2nd	1 9 30 45 47
2013-01-23	2	1st	9 11 19 36 49
2013-01-19	23	1st	9 22 23 42 45
2012-11-26	9	1st	9 15 35 44 48
2012-11-05	1	1st	9 14 27 33 37
2012-11-03	24	1st	9 11 15 22 36
2012-09-08	6	1st	9 15 22 34 43
2012-08-25	36	2nd	2 9 10 13 29
2012-06-02	1	1st	9 22 26 34 39
2012-05-30	16	2nd	5 9 13 17 30
2012-04-23	27	1st	9 24 33 34 45
2012-02-20	3	2nd	3 9 31 34 35
2012-02-13	4	1st	9 22 23 24 36
2012-02-04	7	1st	9 10 17 32 38
2012-01-18	3	1st	9 13 21 33 42
2012-01-11	11	2nd	7 9 23 36 44
2011-12-17	28	1st	9 34 37 38 41
2011-10-12	18	1st	9 12 20 25 30
2011-08-31	24	3rd	5 7 9 39 42
2011-07-06	8	2nd	3 9 10 24 33
2011-06-18	1	1st	9 12 33 43 46
2011-06-15	13	1st	9 36 37 41 47
2011-05-16	7	1st	9 11 41 43 46
2011-04-30	22	3rd	2 8 9 42 49
2011-03-09	1	2nd	3 9 15 29 43
2011-03-07	6	2nd	7 9 17 23 38
2011-02-21	3	1st	9 20 21 36 46
2011-02-14	9	1st	9 31 35 40 48
2011-01-24	15	3rd	3 6 9 39 48
2010-12-20	3	2nd	6 9 13 23 32
2010-12-13	1	2nd	6 9 14 40 49
2010-12-11	6	2nd	3 9 11 28 38
2010-11-27	4	1st	9 10 15 43 44
2010-11-17	4	2nd	4 9 30 38 46
2010-11-08	7	2nd	6 9 14 35 47
2010-10-23	4	1st	9 14 16 47 49
2010-10-13	1	1st	9 22 25 33 44
2010-10-11	3	3rd	1 4 9 20 35
2010-10-04	13	2nd	7 9 29 31 46
2010-09-04	5	1st	9 11 15 42 49
2010-08-23	4	1st	9 16 28 41 49
2010-08-14	4	1st	9 11 21 27 49
2010-08-04	6	2nd	8 9 22 32 46
2010-07-21	15	2nd	3 9 21 43 45
2010-06-16	13	2nd	3 9 15 40 48
2010-05-17	1	1st	9 26 27 29 36
2010-05-15	7	1st	9 27 31 32 44
2010-04-28	3	1st	9 25 34 38 49
2010-04-21	2	2nd	1 9 24 26 35
2010-04-17	1	1st	9 16 24 32 42
2010-04-14	8	2nd	2 9 12 21 29
2010-03-27	1	1st	9 21 42 43 46
2010-03-24	3	2nd	8 9 28 35 42
2010-03-17	5	2nd	1 9 18 24 46
2010-03-06	33	2nd	5 9 18 26 36
2009-12-19	20	2nd	6 9 15 16 40
2009-11-02	13	1st	9 17 23 34 40
2009-10-03	8	2nd	7 9 15 47 49
2009-09-14	12	1st	9 18 22 32 43
2009-08-17	6	2nd	2 9 14 17 25
2009-08-03	7	1st	9 18 26 38 49
2009-07-18	8	1st	9 14 26 34 44
2009-06-29	21	1st	9 10 28 35 43
2009-05-11	6	1st	9 15 27 34 48
2009-04-27	1	2nd	4 9 21 34 37
2009-04-25	5	1st	9 20 23 34 49
2009-04-13	17	1st	9 11 20 24 30
2009-03-04	22	2nd	7 9 10 25 29
2009-01-12	2	2nd	4 9 11 29 47
2009-01-07	25	1st	9 11 33 37 39
2008-11-10	—	1st	9 12 21 38 45