Number 9

In The Pick under the 6/44 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,962 draws, 6 from 1–44.

254times drawn · chance expected 268 −0.89σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

42longest completed wait · 46% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 254 times in 1,962 draws against 267.5 expected, −0.89σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 254 times in 1,962 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 10 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 smallest83 · chance 85.7
2nd smallest111 · chance 110.5
3rd smallest46 · chance 48.4
4th smallest12 · chance 8.8
5th smallest2 · chance 0.6
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 29.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 3 40 25 15 27

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-09-19	4	3rd	4 6 9 19 20 30
2026-09-09	4	3rd	2 8 9 18 20 40
2026-08-31	8	2nd	4 9 15 20 22 35
2026-08-12	2	2nd	8

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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

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