Number 9

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Aug 2020 rules — 642 draws, 6 from 1–42.

78times drawn · chance expected 92 −1.55σ

30draws waiting · a wait this long: 1% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

47longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 78 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, −1.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 30 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 78 times in 642 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 30 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 smallest24 · chance 24.7
2nd smallest45 · chance 34.1
3rd smallest7 · chance 15.9
4th smallest2 · chance 3.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 12 20 11 14 25

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
2026-06-27	2	3rd	1 6 9 13 25 38
2026-06-20	5	1st	9 13 16 17 33 41
2026-06-03	3	2nd	7 9 11 28 35 36
2026-05-23	12	2nd	2

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.

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