Number 9

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

116times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.02σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 28% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

53longest completed wait · 35% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 116 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 21 times, counted separately.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 116 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 53 · 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 smallest57 · chance 53.6
2nd smallest39 · chance 46.6
3rd smallest16 · chance 13.9
4th smallest4 · chance 1.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

46 42 40 5 26 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-07-22	3	2nd	3 9 12 23 32 53
2026-07-11	15	1st	9 13 22 36 40 45
2026-05-20	2	1st	9 20 24 51 52 59
2026-05-13	13	1st	9 12

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-22	17	3rd	3 7 9 29 33 51
2024-12-25	5	1st	9 15 17 35 47 51
2024-12-07	12	1st	9 12 14 26 35 42
2024-10-26	1	1st	9 16 30 41 44 47
2024-10-23	2	2nd	6 9 23 27 45 51
2024-10-16	16	1st	9 11 29 41 42 48
2024-08-21	9	1st	9 23 37 42 53 57
2024-07-20	3	1st	9 19 22 41 55 58
2024-07-10	5	2nd	8 9 13 19 26 48
2024-06-22	2	2nd	5 9 18 32 44 58
2024-06-15	3	2nd	1 9 25 29 34 39
2024-06-05	5	2nd	1 9 13 21 33 58
2024-05-18	11	1st	9 13 22 45 46 48
2024-04-10	16	1st	9 19 24 31 39 56
2024-02-14	23	1st	9 11 32 36 45 54
2023-11-25	1	2nd	5 9 31 34 46 48
2023-11-22	6	1st	9 14 26 49 55 56
2023-11-01	12	1st	9 15 36 37 42 43
2023-09-20	5	1st	9 18 34 37 42 52
2023-09-02	31	1st	9 11 46 49 53 55
2023-05-17	2	4th	1 2 4 9 50 51
2023-05-10	23	1st	9 15 22 45 52 57
2023-02-18	8	1st	9 35 49 52 53 58
2023-01-21	2	2nd	7 9 14 21 30 57
2023-01-14	3	1st	9 33 37 39 47 54
2023-01-04	8	3rd	1 4 9 32 42 58
2022-12-07	19	1st	9 21 33 37 45 51
2022-10-01	8	3rd	1 4 9 40 44 58
2022-09-03	4	1st	9 25 42 43 46 52
2022-08-20	13	4th	3 5 6 9 35 59
2022-07-06	1	1st	9 25 36 41 44 54
2022-07-02	8	1st	9 23 33 43 48 53
2022-06-04	32	1st	9 19 41 46 52 59
2022-02-12	36	1st	9 16 26 28 47 58
2021-10-09	1	2nd	6 9 30 48 51 52
2021-10-06	25	2nd	1 9 16 27 30 51
2021-07-10	8	1st	9 19 22 33 47 54
2021-06-12	1	1st	9 11 16 27 36 52
2021-06-09	5	1st	9 15 24 34 43 49
2021-05-22	21	1st	9 20 41 43 46 48
2021-03-10	4	3rd	1 5 9 21 26 42
2021-02-24	6	2nd	1 9 16 17 18 34
2021-02-03	7	2nd	4 9 17 21 26 46
2021-01-09	2	1st	9 21 23 30 35 38
2021-01-02	10	3rd	6 8 9 36 39 57
2020-11-28	11	1st	9 27 35 45 46 57
2020-10-21	2	1st	9 12 27 28 29 44
2020-10-14	7	1st	9 12 28 31 46 50
2020-09-19	19	1st	9 13 39 49 52 53
2020-07-15	1	1st	9 27 29 37 44 53
2020-07-11	7	1st	9 10 14 17 32 58
2020-06-17	15	2nd	2 9 33 39 48 54
2020-04-25	41	2nd	3 9 21 25 28 59
2019-12-04	6	1st	9 13 21 25 28 31
2019-11-13	18	4th	1 2 7 9 44 55
2019-09-11	7	2nd	4 9 26 35 38 53
2019-08-17	2	2nd	6 9 10 41 46 58
2019-08-10	3	3rd	5 8 9 17 23 29
2019-07-31	10	1st	9 18 20 42 43 46
2019-06-26	1	3rd	5 7 9 24 32 44
2019-06-22	8	2nd	6 9 17 32 44 57
2019-05-25	15	2nd	5 9 26 35 43 54
2019-04-03	11	2nd	5 9 17 26 35 52
2019-02-23	15	2nd	6 9 38 40 42 48
2019-01-02	9	2nd	8 9 10 35 40 53
2018-12-01	4	3rd	5 8 9 12 31 49
2018-11-17	3	3rd	4 5 9 12 17 42
2018-11-07	4	3rd	4 5 9 40 46 59
2018-10-24	17	1st	9 22 32 40 51 59
2018-08-25	10	1st	9 22 33 39 41 56
2018-07-21	16	1st	9 13 16 25 40 46
2018-05-26	6	1st	9 14 19 29 39 40
2018-05-05	4	2nd	2 9 14 49 52 56
2018-04-21	5	3rd	2 8 9 12 20 57
2018-04-04	10	2nd	1 9 15 26 38 43
2018-02-28	3	1st	9 10 27 30 33 45
2018-02-17	10	3rd	5 8 9 10 38 53
2018-01-13	12	3rd	6 7 9 18 35 46
2017-12-02	33	2nd	4 9 13 32 46 50
2017-08-09	53	2nd	5 9 25 34 51 59
2017-02-04	3	2nd	6 9 27 30 40 50
2017-01-25	12	2nd	4 9 20 23 37 53
2016-12-14	3	4th	3 7 8 9 40 58
2016-12-03	12	3rd	3 8 9 19 21 54
2016-10-22	25	1st	9 19 26 27 45 50
2016-07-27	7	1st	9 24 26 38 40 46
2016-07-02	14	2nd	3 9 16 19 24 43
2016-05-14	7	1st	9 12 23 24 32 51
2016-04-20	25	3rd	1 7 9 10 12 31
2016-01-23	15	2nd	8 9 10 11 41 54
2015-12-02	4	1st	9 11 14 28 37 42
2015-11-18	—	1st	9 23 30 46 49 55