Number 9

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 5 from 1–47.

189times drawn · chance expected 186 +0.21σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 71% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

59longest completed wait · 24% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 189 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, +0.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 189 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 4 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 smallest75 · chance 85.5
2nd smallest97 · chance 78.2
3rd smallest14 · chance 22.8
4th smallest3 · chance 2.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 2 20 18 21 22

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
2026-09-26	2	2nd	1 9 26 35 36
2026-09-19	3	1st	9 11 12 14 30
2026-09-09	1	1st	9 24 28 34 41
2026-09-05	9	2nd	8 9

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-03-16	27	1st	9 12 29 32 38
2023-12-13	36	2nd	4 9 28 36 41
2023-08-09	8	1st	9 22 31 32 33
2023-07-12	3	2nd	5 9 11 35 43
2023-07-01	1	2nd	2 9 10 16 20
2023-06-28	5	2nd	5 9 12 34 46
2023-06-10	15	2nd	7 9 17 21 28
2023-04-19	5	2nd	3 9 11 17 18
2023-04-01	1	2nd	2 9 11 13 46
2023-03-29	4	2nd	7 9 12 21 39
2023-03-15	3	2nd	6 9 20 28 30
2023-03-04	1	2nd	4 9 20 27 34
2023-03-01	8	2nd	1 9 17 27 44
2023-02-01	9	1st	9 20 21 30 36
2022-12-31	10	2nd	6 9 20 22 42
2022-11-26	7	3rd	1 8 9 44 47
2022-11-02	7	2nd	7 9 14 39 43
2022-10-08	1	1st	9 11 17 33 36
2022-10-05	5	3rd	2 8 9 28 43
2022-09-17	9	2nd	8 9 13 46 47
2022-08-17	21	2nd	2 9 25 38 41
2022-06-04	2	1st	9 13 21 27 45
2022-05-28	1	2nd	3 9 12 15 42
2022-05-25	6	1st	9 38 42 43 47
2022-05-04	27	2nd	5 9 20 27 42
2022-01-29	7	1st	9 10 22 25 34
2022-01-05	3	2nd	2 9 17 20 25
2021-12-25	3	3rd	5 8 9 29 43
2021-12-15	29	3rd	5 8 9 19 39
2021-09-04	5	1st	9 11 23 30 43
2021-08-18	3	1st	9 22 38 39 45
2021-08-07	8	2nd	2 9 12 20 39
2021-07-10	2	1st	9 11 15 27 30
2021-07-03	3	2nd	4 9 21 33 40
2021-06-23	6	2nd	4 9 38 40 41
2021-06-02	1	1st	9 23 27 28 41
2021-05-29	35	2nd	7 9 23 37 42
2021-01-27	26	1st	9 10 16 30 46
2020-10-28	2	3rd	2 7 9 14 46
2020-10-21	45	1st	9 10 16 31 46
2020-05-16	5	2nd	3 9 23 27 35
2020-04-29	4	2nd	2 9 15 34 46
2020-04-15	5	3rd	5 8 9 27 37
2020-03-28	2	1st	9 18 26 29 30
2020-03-21	4	2nd	8 9 22 32 39
2020-03-07	16	1st	9 19 20 21 33
2020-01-11	3	2nd	4 9 13 18 34
2020-01-01	5	2nd	4 9 17 35 40
2019-12-14	1	2nd	8 9 22 42 43
2019-12-11	5	4th	2 3 6 9 11
2019-11-23	1	1st	9 15 27 41 43
2019-11-20	2	3rd	1 7 9 14 25
2019-11-13	3	1st	9 12 23 27 43
2019-11-02	7	2nd	1 9 27 32 45
2019-10-09	26	2nd	7 9 14 18 38
2019-07-10	9	2nd	8 9 14 21 45
2019-06-08	19	2nd	6 9 18 33 38
2019-04-03	8	2nd	2 9 21 37 42
2019-03-06	4	1st	9 10 27 39 43
2019-02-20	18	1st	9 18 35 40 46
2018-12-19	5	2nd	7 9 17 24 35
2018-12-01	17	2nd	7 9 14 30 32
2018-10-03	2	1st	9 16 18 20 32
2018-09-26	1	1st	9 21 28 32 36
2018-09-22	26	1st	9 22 24 44 45
2018-06-23	12	3rd	2 6 9 13 23
2018-05-12	4	2nd	1 9 17 20 25
2018-04-28	3	2nd	2 9 17 22 37
2018-04-18	2	2nd	1 9 18 25 32
2018-04-11	5	2nd	5 9 16 22 28
2018-03-24	3	2nd	1 9 15 22 43
2018-03-14	4	2nd	4 9 18 24 32
2018-02-28	59	3rd	6 7 9 14 25
2017-08-05	7	2nd	6 9 19 27 38
2017-07-12	11	1st	9 14 34 35 36
2017-06-03	9	1st	9 25 30 33 41
2017-05-03	6	1st	9 22 23 32 37
2017-04-12	15	1st	9 14 17 23 29
2017-02-18	1	1st	9 18 24 27 41
2017-02-15	6	2nd	5 9 16 27 41
2017-01-25	3	1st	9 13 27 29 33
2017-01-14	25	2nd	1 9 10 19 26
2016-10-19	4	2nd	4 9 11 15 21
2016-10-05	9	1st	9 13 27 33 40
2016-09-03	3	4th	1 3 4 9 42
2016-08-24	26	2nd	2 9 40 44 46
2016-05-25	24	3rd	4 6 9 16 47
2016-03-02	5	1st	9 10 18 19 42
2016-02-13	11	1st	9 13 25 44 45
2016-01-06	4	2nd	2 9 15 35 37
2015-12-23	5	2nd	6 9 11 19 47
2015-12-05	2	1st	9 30 37 44 46
2015-11-28	5	1st	9 16 20 21 31
2015-11-11	4	2nd	5 9 22 36 44
2015-10-28	14	2nd	7 9 12 20 34
2015-09-09	5	1st	9 15 18 21 22
2015-08-22	8	2nd	6 9 31 33 42
2015-07-25	31	1st	9 19 21 24 45
2015-04-08	3	1st	9 20 26 27 47
2015-03-28	12	2nd	7 9 24 29 41
2015-02-14	21	2nd	8 9 18 22 31
2014-12-03	3	1st	9 19 23 37 47
2014-11-22	10	4th	2 4 8 9 18
2014-10-18	14	1st	9 12 15 23 40
2014-08-30	3	1st	9 15 31 32 46
2014-08-20	8	1st	9 11 14 18 36
2014-07-23	23	2nd	2 9 33 36 37
2014-05-03	13	2nd	5 9 25 31 46
2014-03-19	7	2nd	3 9 13 20 28
2014-02-22	6	1st	9 22 29 32 39
2014-02-01	1	1st	9 14 15 16 44
2014-01-29	4	2nd	5 9 17 29 33
2014-01-15	1	1st	9 21 34 43 46
2014-01-11	3	2nd	5 9 11 35 43
2014-01-01	11	2nd	3 9 19 24 42
2013-11-23	3	1st	9 17 22 32 47
2013-11-13	8	2nd	1 9 13 34 46
2013-10-16	14	1st	9 19 32 40 47
2013-08-28	19	1st	9 25 40 44 47
2013-06-22	6	1st	9 23 25 27 34
2013-06-01	7	2nd	6 9 10 25 45
2013-05-08	2	1st	9 27 28 34 47
2013-05-01	6	1st	9 14 16 18 19
2013-04-10	29	1st	9 18 37 41 42
2012-12-29	1	2nd	6 9 20 28 33
2012-12-26	2	2nd	2 9 24 33 37
2012-12-19	6	2nd	6 9 11 28 45
2012-11-28	3	2nd	2 9 13 21 46
2012-11-17	5	2nd	8 9 16 22 26
2012-10-31	7	1st	9 16 29 31 40
2012-10-06	31	2nd	3 9 15 17 31
2012-06-20	10	3rd	4 7 9 16 25
2012-05-16	7	1st	9 15 17 24 35
2012-04-21	4	1st	9 20 30 37 41
2012-04-07	59	1st	9 16 25 45 47
2011-09-14	9	1st	9 15 18 32 36
2011-08-13	8	2nd	7 9 17 28 42
2011-07-16	6	1st	9 10 28 29 33
2011-06-25	9	1st	9 16 27 34 45
2011-05-25	18	2nd	2 9 36 43 46
2011-03-23	7	1st	9 18 31 33 42
2011-02-26	1	1st	9 21 23 41 47
2011-02-23	5	1st	9 13 15 22 35
2011-02-05	10	2nd	7 9 12 34 44
2011-01-01	7	2nd	5 9 19 32 34
2010-12-08	10	2nd	3 9 12 20 38
2010-11-03	1	2nd	6 9 18 23 37
2010-10-30	4	1st	9 25 30 31 46
2010-10-16	20	2nd	8 9 19 30 33
2010-08-07	1	2nd	8 9 36 38 45
2010-08-04	3	2nd	5 9 24 27 37
2010-07-24	3	1st	9 13 15 18 25
2010-07-14	2	1st	9 10 15 27 47
2010-07-07	1	3rd	2 6 9 10 21
2010-07-03	1	1st	9 13 25 29 32
2010-06-30	1	2nd	2 9 10 39 46
2010-06-26	10	2nd	5 9 14 26 29
2010-05-22	2	1st	9 12 22 30 46
2010-05-15	5	2nd	3 9 12 13 38
2010-04-28	3	2nd	1 9 15 16 29
2010-04-17	3	2nd	7 9 17 31 47
2010-04-07	7	1st	9 21 23 30 36
2010-03-13	4	1st	9 15 20 24 43
2010-02-27	16	2nd	5 9 14 39 47
2010-01-02	—	2nd	4 9 19 24 41