Number 9

In 2by2 under the 4/26 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,377 draws, 4 from 1–26.

216times drawn · chance expected 212 +0.31σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 37% for any number

6.4average wait between appearances · chance says 6.5

26longest completed wait · 96% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 216 times in 1,377 draws against 211.8 expected, +0.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 216 times in 1,377 draws · average wait 6.4 draws · longest completed wait 26 · waiting 7 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 smallest79 · chance 63.9
2nd smallest85 · chance 102.2
3rd smallest48 · chance 44.7
4th smallest4 · chance 5.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 14 17 18 22 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 25 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 26. 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
2026-08-23	2	3rd	1 2 9 18
2026-08-21	6	2nd	1 9 16 19
2026-08-15	15	2nd	3 9 11 20
2026-07-31	1	1st	9 12 14 22
2026-07-30	2	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 4/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-29	1	2nd	6 9 14 18
2026-03-28	12	1st	9 15 16 24
2026-03-16	1	2nd	6 9 22 25
2026-03-15	3	3rd	2 2 9 17
2026-03-12	3	1st	9 14 14 26
2026-03-09	15	1st	9 16 20 22
2026-02-22	4	2nd	6 9 26 26
2026-02-18	20	1st	9 13 14 22
2026-01-29	8	2nd	7 9 12 15
2026-01-21	1	1st	9 12 24 26
2026-01-20	0	1st	9 21 23
2026-01-20	1	1st	9 21 23
2026-01-19	3	2nd	8 9 15 24
2026-01-16	3	2nd	5 9 11 15
2026-01-13	3	3rd	2 3 9 24
2026-01-10	1	1st	9 13 19 24
2026-01-09	1	2nd	3 9 14 14
2026-01-08	5	3rd	3 4 9 26
2026-01-03	2	3rd	4 5 9 16
2026-01-01	7	2nd	1 9 10 14
2025-12-25	2	3rd	3 6 9 22
2025-12-23	21	3rd	5 7 9 15
2025-12-02	4	2nd	4 9 21 22
2025-11-28	7	3rd	3 6 9 19
2025-11-21	3	2nd	6 9 12 24
2025-11-18	17	4th	5 6 7 9
2025-11-01	7	1st	9 18 25 26
2025-10-25	12	3rd	2 4 9 13
2025-10-13	4	3rd	1 2 9 10
2025-10-09	7	2nd	7 9 16 26
2025-10-02	1	3rd	4 7 9 16
2025-10-01	13	2nd	3 9 10 13
2025-09-18	2	4th	1 5 7 9
2025-09-16	6	2nd	2 9 16 21
2025-09-10	2	1st	9 10 15 16
2025-09-08	14	3rd	2 6 9 13
2025-08-25	7	1st	9 21 22 23
2025-08-18	4	3rd	1 2 9 18
2025-08-14	4	3rd	1 8 9 22
2025-08-10	7	2nd	5 9 16 25
2025-08-03	20	1st	9 11 18 25
2025-07-14	6	1st	9 11 16 22
2025-07-08	9	2nd	5 9 13 15
2025-06-29	4	2nd	2 9 17 19
2025-06-25	6	1st	9 12 13 20
2025-06-19	5	1st	9 12 17 21
2025-06-14	7	2nd	6 9 16 16
2025-06-07	0	2nd	6 9 17
2025-06-07	1	2nd	6 9 17
2025-06-06	7	3rd	3 8 9 14
2025-05-30	5	2nd	2 9 22 24
2025-05-25	25	1st	9 13 21 26
2025-04-30	2	1st	9 14 24 26
2025-04-28	4	2nd	3 9 20 25
2025-04-24	1	1st	9 14 20 23
2025-04-23	9	1st	9 23 24 26
2025-04-14	15	1st	9 12 18 18
2025-03-30	4	1st	9 10 17 20
2025-03-26	8	2nd	3 9 14 22
2025-03-18	2	1st	9 12 14 21
2025-03-16	4	1st	9 14 15 21
2025-03-12	10	2nd	3 9 12 23
2025-03-02	1	1st	9 14 14 23
2025-03-01	17	2nd	8 9 17 22
2025-02-12	6	1st	9 17 18 26
2025-02-06	9	1st	9 18 19 22
2025-01-28	5	3rd	6 6 9 14
2025-01-23	1	1st	9 19 24 25
2025-01-22	2	2nd	7 9 17 21
2025-01-20	7	1st	9 19 24 25
2025-01-13	4	2nd	4 9 17 18
2025-01-09	1	1st	9 17 18 20
2025-01-08	4	1st	9 15 15 23
2025-01-04	3	2nd	6 9 13 16
2025-01-01	4	2nd	3 9 13 22
2024-12-28	5	1st	9 10 16 17
2024-12-23	3	2nd	2 9 10 18
2024-12-20	19	3rd	1 4 9 17
2024-12-01	2	3rd	3 5 9 15
2024-11-29	15	1st	9 11 14 15
2024-11-14	0	2nd	8 9 13
2024-11-14	10	2nd	8 9 13
2024-11-04	5	2nd	4 9 15 22
2024-10-30	1	2nd	3 9 13 26
2024-10-29	5	1st	9 21 22 23
2024-10-24	26	2nd	2 9 14 14
2024-09-28	3	3rd	2 6 9 24
2024-09-25	2	1st	9 12 22 24
2024-09-23	2	4th	1 2 5 9
2024-09-21	12	1st	9 16 19 20
2024-09-09	10	1st	9 19 20 26
2024-08-30	2	3rd	1 5 9 22
2024-08-28	4	2nd	8 9 16 17
2024-08-24	8	2nd	5 9 14 18
2024-08-16	2	1st	9 11 13 16
2024-08-14	3	3rd	3 7 9 22
2024-08-11	8	1st	9 13 15 18
2024-08-03	1	2nd	6 9 17 25
2024-08-02	2	3rd	6 8 9 10
2024-07-31	7	2nd	2 9 23 25
2024-07-24	3	3rd	3 6 9 12
2024-07-21	1	3rd	2 6 9 16
2024-07-20	12	2nd	3 9 18 21
2024-07-08	2	1st	9 11 15 20
2024-07-06	11	3rd	3 3 9 11
2024-06-25	2	1st	9 11 14 18
2024-06-23	15	3rd	1 3 9 10
2024-06-08	9	1st	9 17 18 26
2024-05-30	5	2nd	8 9 11 20
2024-05-25	8	2nd	1 9 10 25
2024-05-17	4	2nd	7 9 15 18
2024-05-13	6	2nd	2 9 11 12
2024-05-07	8	2nd	2 9 11 24
2024-04-29	10	1st	9 11 14 19
2024-04-19	0	1st	9 15 16
2024-04-19	2	1st	9 15 16
2024-04-17	20	2nd	7 9 19 24
2024-03-28	9	3rd	1 6 9 17
2024-03-19	7	1st	9 12 13 20
2024-03-12	1	2nd	2 9 18 24
2024-03-11	1	1st	9 20 24 24
2024-03-10	23	2nd	1 9 10 22
2024-02-16	14	3rd	3 8 9 20
2024-02-02	1	2nd	5 9 21 23
2024-02-01	6	2nd	4 9 10 19
2024-01-26	5	1st	9 11 21 23
2024-01-21	2	2nd	3 9 13 25
2024-01-19	3	2nd	5 9 11 26
2024-01-16	6	2nd	8 9 18 25
2024-01-10	11	2nd	5 9 17 21
2023-12-30	4	1st	9 16 20 21
2023-12-26	2	2nd	3 9 21 24
2023-12-24	4	1st	9 11 13 14
2023-12-20	1	2nd	3 9 19 26
2023-12-19	1	1st	9 12 14 25
2023-12-18	2	3rd	5 8 9 23
2023-12-16	6	1st	9 12 24 25
2023-12-10	2	2nd	4 9 11 20
2023-12-08	15	3rd	2 5 9 25
2023-11-23	1	1st	9 10 18 23
2023-11-22	6	1st	9 15 16 26
2023-11-16	3	2nd	5 9 12 15
2023-11-13	6	4th	1 2 3 9
2023-11-07	10	2nd	5 9 13 20
2023-10-28	5	3rd	5 6 9 25
2023-10-23	6	1st	9 10 13 19
2023-10-17	17	1st	9 17 23 25
2023-09-30	9	3rd	5 7 9 17
2023-09-21	1	2nd	4 9 18 26
2023-09-20	7	3rd	1 4 9 23
2023-09-13	4	2nd	8 9 21 22
2023-09-09	10	2nd	6 9 11 11
2023-08-30	8	1st	9 12 20 26
2023-08-22	14	1st	9 13 20 22
2023-08-08	7	3rd	1 3 9 22
2023-08-01	12	1st	9 13 20 26
2023-07-20	12	1st	9 15 16 23
2023-07-08	4	1st	9 11 12 17
2023-07-04	9	2nd	3 9 13 24
2023-06-25	1	1st	9 12 20 24
2023-06-24	4	1st	9 10 17 21
2023-06-20	4	2nd	4 9 14 19
2023-06-16	1	2nd	6 9 10 23
2023-06-15	21	2nd	3 9 22 24
2023-05-25	2	2nd	4 9 23 26
2023-05-23	9	2nd	2 9 15 22
2023-05-14	1	1st	9 21 22 22
2023-05-13	20	3rd	7 8 9 14
2023-04-23	4	2nd	3 9 25 26
2023-04-19	12	2nd	6 9 14 22
2023-04-07	9	1st	9 19 25 25
2023-03-29	1	1st	9 11 18 23
2023-03-28	3	2nd	4 9 17 19
2023-03-25	1	3rd	2 2 9 20
2023-03-24	16	3rd	3 5 9 21
2023-03-08	4	3rd	7 8 9 23
2023-03-04	6	1st	9 14 24 24
2023-02-26	3	2nd	6 9 10 20
2023-02-23	4	2nd	3 9 16 23
2023-02-19	9	3rd	2 3 9 10
2023-02-10	16	1st	9 14 21 24
2023-01-25	3	2nd	3 9 17 26
2023-01-22	9	3rd	1 6 9 11
2023-01-13	1	1st	9 13 15 18
2023-01-12	3	3rd	1 6 9 15
2023-01-09	5	1st	9 17 18 26
2023-01-04	4	3rd	1 3 9 17
2022-12-31	26	2nd	5 9 14 20
2022-12-05	2	3rd	3 8 9 13
2022-12-03	1	1st	9 18 18 20
2022-12-02	8	3rd	4 8 9 19
2022-11-24	—	2nd	8 9 10 25