Number 9

In Gimme 5 under the 5/39 · since Nov 2013 rules — 2,669 draws, 5 from 1–39.

339times drawn · chance expected 342 −0.18σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

43longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 339 times in 2,669 draws against 342.2 expected, −0.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 339 times in 2,669 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 2 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 smallest127 · chance 125.9
2nd smallest154 · chance 149.2
3rd smallest52 · chance 55.9
4th smallest6 · chance 7.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 33 19 16 18 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-10-08	7	3rd	2 6 9 19 29
2026-09-29	1	4th	2 6 8 9 35
2026-09-28	18	1st	9 13 16 34 37
2026-09-02	7	1st	9 22 27 32

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

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