Number 9

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

137times drawn · chance expected 147 −0.87σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

33longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 137 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, −0.87σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 28 times, counted separately.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 137 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 33 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest52 · chance 50.2
2nd smallest65 · chance 59.0
3rd smallest18 · chance 23.6
4th smallest2 · chance 3.9
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 34 15 38 14 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-10-10	8	2nd	6 9 29 34 38 39
2026-09-12	5	3rd	1 3 9 14 16 19
2026-08-26	32	2nd	7 9 14 15 24 42
2026-05-06	2	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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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