Number 9

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,879 draws, 6 from 1–42.

277times drawn · chance expected 268 +0.57σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 29% for any number

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

36longest completed wait · 72% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 277 times in 1,879 draws against 268.4 expected, +0.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 277 times in 1,879 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 9 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 smallest87 · chance 87.7
2nd smallest129 · chance 121.0
3rd smallest44 · chance 56.5
4th smallest13 · chance 10.9
5th smallest4 · chance 0.9
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 33.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 10 30 13 14 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-09-21	4	2nd	5 9 12 17 21 30
2026-09-12	3	2nd	3 9 10 21 23 37
2026-09-05	4	1st	9 22 24 27 38 39
2026-08-26	24	2nd	4

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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