Number 9

In Powerball under the 6/40 + 1/10 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,350 draws, 6 from 1–40.

194times drawn · chance expected 203 −0.65σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 12% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

40longest completed wait · 29% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 194 times in 1,350 draws against 202.5 expected, −0.65σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 194 times in 1,350 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 14 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 smallest58 · chance 57.3
2nd smallest76 · chance 84.8
3rd smallest43 · chance 42.4
4th smallest17 · chance 8.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.7
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 25 1 13 15 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-08-08	14	1st	9 13 21 24 25 35
2026-06-20	5	2nd	6 9 27 28 30 32
2026-06-03	10	3rd	1 4 9 11 13 36
2026-04-29	1	2nd	7

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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