Number 9

In Lotto under the 6/44 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–44.

252times drawn · chance expected 239 +0.92σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

32longest completed wait · 93% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 252 times in 1,751 draws against 238.8 expected, +0.92σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 252 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 1 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 smallest81 · chance 85.0
2nd smallest106 · chance 109.7
3rd smallest58 · chance 48.0
4th smallest6 · chance 8.7
5th smallest1 · 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 29.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 1 4 18 21 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
2026-10-06	32	1st	9 13 19 22 32 38
2026-06-16	3	2nd	4 9 15 23 27 37
2026-06-05	7	2nd	2 9 13 24 31 34
2026-05-12	10	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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

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