Number 9

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,025 draws, 5 from 1–45.

228times drawn · chance expected 225 +0.21σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 70% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

52longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 228 times in 2,025 draws against 225.0 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 228 times in 2,025 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 52 · 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 smallest99 · chance 98.9
2nd smallest91 · chance 95.9
3rd smallest34 · chance 29.6
4th smallest3 · chance 3.4
5th smallest1 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 7 35 5 16 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-07	2	2nd	5 9 10 21 22
2026-10-05	2	4th	3 4 8 9 36
2026-10-03	3	1st	9 11 29 31 41
2026-09-30	2	3rd	4 7 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-06-23	1	1st	9 20 27 29 31
2026-06-22	4	1st	9 10 14 15 45
2026-06-18	2	2nd	6 9 25 35 36
2026-06-16	5	1st	9 16 26 37 41
2026-06-11	6	3rd	1 6 9 10 23
2026-06-05	5	1st	9 16 20 32 37
2026-05-31	1	1st	9 14 28 31 44
2026-05-30	6	2nd	1 9 20 28 31
2026-05-24	14	3rd	3 4 9 16 41
2026-05-10	2	2nd	2 9 20 24 43
2026-05-08	1	2nd	7 9 11 30 45
2026-05-07	3	1st	9 26 31 35 45
2026-05-04	5	1st	9 30 41 43 44
2026-04-29	4	1st	9 14 33 35 38
2026-04-25	9	5th	1 2 7 8 9
2026-04-16	27	1st	9 26 27 35 42
2026-03-20	23	2nd	3 9 11 30 44
2026-02-25	15	2nd	7 9 16 28 31
2026-02-10	14	3rd	4 7 9 25 29
2026-01-27	4	2nd	5 9 17 37 40
2026-01-23	7	1st	9 12 36 37 42
2026-01-16	6	3rd	5 8 9 16 17
2026-01-10	19	1st	9 18 35 43 44
2025-12-22	4	2nd	6 9 19 25 45
2025-12-18	2	1st	9 29 30 33 42
2025-12-16	14	1st	9 14 30 41 43
2025-12-02	6	1st	9 14 15 26 38
2025-11-25	8	3rd	2 7 9 19 25
2025-11-17	1	4th	3 7 8 9 13
2025-11-16	10	2nd	6 9 16 21 36
2025-11-06	1	2nd	8 9 24 43 45
2025-11-05	2	1st	9 15 26 27 40
2025-11-03	6	2nd	4 9 10 32 34
2025-10-28	14	2nd	8 9 20 21 41
2025-10-13	11	1st	9 16 17 37 44
2025-10-02	14	3rd	5 8 9 34 39
2025-09-18	12	1st	9 12 16 26 30
2025-09-06	17	2nd	2 9 13 35 44
2025-08-20	4	1st	9 14 17 35 40
2025-08-16	11	3rd	1 3 9 18 34
2025-08-05	4	2nd	2 9 14 27 37
2025-08-01	1	1st	9 12 13 28 39
2025-07-31	11	2nd	6 9 14 33 40
2025-07-20	3	2nd	2 9 24 33 35
2025-07-17	7	2nd	8 9 11 18 26
2025-07-10	3	2nd	4 9 11 13 32
2025-07-07	8	1st	9 18 22 44 45
2025-06-29	6	2nd	7 9 14 22 28
2025-06-23	4	2nd	1 9 13 26 43
2025-06-19	1	2nd	6 9 12 14 19
2025-06-18	8	2nd	3 9 37 38 41
2025-06-10	7	1st	9 12 19 27 39
2025-06-03	3	2nd	8 9 15 19 38
2025-05-31	3	2nd	7 9 19 23 28
2025-05-28	1	3rd	1 2 9 44 45
2025-05-27	6	3rd	1 7 9 11 12
2025-05-21	2	1st	9 22 28 35 41
2025-05-19	2	2nd	2 9 27 33 43
2025-05-17	19	1st	9 17 30 34 38
2025-04-28	6	2nd	4 9 11 17 31
2025-04-22	8	3rd	2 5 9 20 34
2025-04-14	16	2nd	7 9 31 41 44
2025-03-29	5	2nd	5 9 16 22 32
2025-03-24	10	1st	9 23 30 39 45
2025-03-14	39	1st	9 15 23 33 36
2025-02-03	2	2nd	4 9 19 22 36
2025-02-01	7	3rd	5 7 9 22 39
2025-01-25	13	3rd	1 5 9 22 31
2025-01-12	31	3rd	5 8 9 29 33
2024-12-12	20	2nd	1 9 12 23 35
2024-11-22	13	1st	9 19 20 40 42
2024-11-09	14	3rd	2 8 9 18 34
2024-10-26	8	1st	9 14 22 23 31
2024-10-18	17	1st	9 15 19 25 36
2024-10-01	34	1st	9 20 23 29 44
2024-08-28	17	1st	9 13 14 19 33
2024-08-11	6	1st	9 23 26 35 36
2024-08-05	3	1st	9 20 24 25 37
2024-08-02	25	2nd	5 9 27 30 31
2024-07-08	2	2nd	1 9 20 30 34
2024-07-06	27	2nd	8 9 14 18 30
2024-06-09	2	2nd	2 9 25 30 36
2024-06-07	22	1st	9 15 32 35 42
2024-05-16	1	2nd	1 9 15 32 40
2024-05-15	21	1st	9 21 22 29 33
2024-04-24	13	2nd	8 9 11 18 26
2024-04-11	3	1st	9 13 35 40 44
2024-04-08	7	1st	9 14 26 35 39
2024-04-01	11	1st	9 19 25 36 40
2024-03-21	22	2nd	4 9 22 24 39
2024-02-28	4	2nd	7 9 11 36 42
2024-02-24	1	1st	9 13 14 26 33
2024-02-23	12	1st	9 10 20 23 24
2024-02-11	10	2nd	3 9 13 27 45
2024-02-01	10	1st	9 20 30 44 45
2024-01-22	6	1st	9 18 20 41 42
2024-01-16	5	1st	9 24 25 28 35
2024-01-11	2	1st	9 14 23 35 37
2024-01-09	6	3rd	1 5 9 11 29
2024-01-03	2	3rd	4 5 9 12 38
2024-01-01	4	1st	9 16 35 42 43
2023-12-28	15	1st	9 15 25 30 35
2023-12-13	1	1st	9 13 24 26 36
2023-12-12	27	1st	9 10 11 39 42
2023-11-15	25	1st	9 16 20 24 41
2023-10-21	11	1st	9 12 21 30 39
2023-10-10	13	1st	9 15 22 30 44
2023-09-27	3	1st	9 13 20 31 33
2023-09-24	2	2nd	7 9 12 16 30
2023-09-22	10	1st	9 36 38 40 45
2023-09-12	10	1st	9 17 23 39 45
2023-09-02	6	3rd	2 5 9 31 39
2023-08-27	14	1st	9 22 26 28 33
2023-08-13	46	1st	9 19 30 41 45
2023-06-28	1	3rd	3 8 9 30 37
2023-06-27	13	2nd	6 9 25 30 35
2023-06-14	3	1st	9 15 24 27 35
2023-06-11	15	2nd	5 9 23 33 45
2023-05-27	4	1st	9 13 19 22 31
2023-05-23	6	1st	9 13 26 35 40
2023-05-17	4	2nd	7 9 29 31 42
2023-05-13	4	3rd	2 7 9 15 43
2023-05-09	15	2nd	3 9 15 18 31
2023-04-24	48	1st	9 16 30 33 43
2023-03-07	2	1st	9 11 31 41 42
2023-03-05	6	1st	9 14 31 33 39
2023-02-27	12	1st	9 31 32 35 39
2023-02-15	7	1st	9 10 12 16 33
2023-02-08	5	1st	9 15 18 30 39
2023-02-03	2	3rd	2 7 9 19 44
2023-02-01	10	3rd	1 3 9 26 41
2023-01-22	1	2nd	8 9 15 23 39
2023-01-21	14	4th	1 5 7 9 14
2023-01-07	4	2nd	8 9 24 28 35
2023-01-03	2	2nd	7 9 24 25 27
2023-01-01	19	1st	9 16 20 24 25
2022-12-13	16	1st	9 18 29 32 37
2022-11-27	31	1st	9 13 19 29 33
2022-10-15	6	1st	9 10 35 37 39
2022-09-10	21	1st	9 25 26 28 40
2022-06-29	5	2nd	5 9 16 17 28
2022-06-11	9	1st	9 24 28 37 40
2022-05-11	4	1st	9 11 18 35 41
2022-04-27	15	1st	9 14 19 32 40
2022-03-05	1	2nd	2 9 36 41 45
2022-03-02	1	2nd	3 9 21 22 24
2022-02-26	4	1st	9 10 11 36 45
2022-02-12	27	2nd	4 9 20 26 41
2021-11-10	4	2nd	6 9 20 36 44
2021-10-27	8	2nd	3 9 16 33 45
2021-09-29	12	2nd	5 9 34 36 44
2021-08-18	10	2nd	1 9 12 39 42
2021-07-14	8	1st	9 16 21 24 39
2021-06-16	21	2nd	5 9 17 27 34
2021-04-03	2	1st	9 13 16 26 30
2021-03-27	4	2nd	3 9 13 29 32
2021-03-13	3	1st	9 10 31 34 40
2021-03-03	6	1st	9 11 16 26 28
2021-02-10	1	2nd	7 9 29 32 41
2021-02-06	2	3rd	3 6 9 22 34
2021-01-30	4	2nd	6 9 14 29 36
2021-01-16	5	1st	9 21 37 38 43
2020-12-30	1	2nd	8 9 13 23 38
2020-12-26	2	2nd	6 9 11 13 24
2020-12-19	11	1st	9 22 28 34 43
2020-11-11	16	1st	9 11 20 22 28
2020-09-16	7	2nd	2 9 20 22 45
2020-08-22	52	2nd	8 9 12 21 44
2020-02-22	12	1st	9 21 24 40 41
2020-01-11	4	1st	9 15 31 36 40
2019-12-28	1	2nd	2 9 10 12 36
2019-12-25	14	2nd	5 9 15 19 27
2019-11-06	13	1st	9 10 21 22 40
2019-09-21	5	2nd	5 9 20 27 34
2019-09-04	12	1st	9 11 28 36 43
2019-07-24	3	1st	9 14 16 36 37
2019-07-13	3	2nd	1 9 15 36 39
2019-07-03	3	1st	9 15 27 29 42
2019-06-22	2	2nd	1 9 12 17 21
2019-06-15	1	1st	9 10 12 38 40
2019-06-12	6	2nd	1 9 10 27 42
2019-05-22	4	3rd	1 7 9 29 31
2019-05-08	11	2nd	7 9 17 23 32
2019-03-30	13	2nd	1 9 12 14 19
2019-02-13	4	3rd	2 7 9 18 31
2019-01-30	10	1st	9 13 16 27 41
2018-12-26	31	3rd	2 6 9 41 43
2018-09-08	21	3rd	1 8 9 19 29
2018-06-27	18	2nd	5 9 16 17 18
2018-04-25	10	2nd	5 9 20 21 35
2018-03-21	7	1st	9 17 22 31 42
2018-02-24	3	2nd	1 9 12 17 22
2018-02-14	1	2nd	2 9 27 39 40
2018-02-10	8	1st	9 11 13 15 41
2018-01-13	3	1st	9 15 16 23 41
2018-01-03	3	2nd	8 9 17 22 44
2017-12-23	12	3rd	3 5 9 11 21
2017-11-11	3	2nd	7 9 22 35 45
2017-11-01	14	1st	9 12 31 39 42
2017-09-13	4	2nd	3 9 16 25 27
2017-08-30	8	1st	9 14 25 32 34
2017-08-02	4	2nd	6 9 24 34 41
2017-07-19	17	2nd	5 9 25 27 31
2017-05-20	—	2nd	1 9 23 28 38