Number 9

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,151 draws, 5 from 1–52.

110times drawn · chance expected 111 −0.07σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

10.6average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

56longest completed wait · 34% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 110 times in 1,151 draws against 110.7 expected, −0.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 110 times in 1,151 draws · average wait 10.6 draws · longest completed wait 56 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest53 · chance 54.3
2nd smallest42 · chance 43.5
3rd smallest15 · chance 11.1
4th smallest0 · chance 1.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 15 1 6 33 38

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2026-10-10	25	2nd	1 9 16 21 23
2026-08-12	17	2nd	1 9 27 32 36
2026-07-04	10	1st	9 17 22 35 37
2026-06-10	5	2nd	6 9 23

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-29	17	1st	9 20 23 42 45
2024-12-21	20	1st	9 19 30 39 44
2024-11-04	1	2nd	3 9 12 16 52
2024-11-02	21	2nd	7 9 23 32 42
2024-09-14	1	2nd	6 9 38 42 50
2024-09-11	2	2nd	2 9 10 12 24
2024-09-07	1	3rd	1 4 9 33 37
2024-09-04	10	2nd	7 9 28 30 31
2024-08-12	7	1st	9 24 27 28 52
2024-07-27	4	1st	9 15 17 42 45
2024-07-17	21	2nd	6 9 15 44 49
2024-05-29	1	2nd	8 9 11 29 36
2024-05-27	4	1st	9 25 32 40 51
2024-05-18	9	3rd	7 8 9 12 33
2024-04-27	6	1st	9 13 16 39 48
2024-04-13	6	2nd	7 9 10 29 38
2024-03-30	1	1st	9 17 34 48 52
2024-03-27	11	1st	9 22 30 31 34
2024-03-02	14	1st	9 19 35 38 45
2024-01-29	5	2nd	5 9 15 50 51
2024-01-17	2	1st	9 14 16 23 40
2024-01-13	5	2nd	6 9 30 38 46
2024-01-01	1	2nd	7 9 19 36 45
2023-12-30	13	1st	9 10 11 30 44
2023-11-29	5	1st	9 22 24 37 47
2023-11-18	16	1st	9 18 22 26 34
2023-10-11	21	3rd	3 6 9 17 51
2023-08-23	15	1st	9 11 29 38 39
2023-07-19	6	1st	9 12 16 33 40
2023-07-05	3	1st	9 21 38 39 48
2023-06-28	9	1st	9 28 33 43 47
2023-06-07	2	1st	9 12 21 22 26
2023-06-03	8	1st	9 14 21 22 48
2023-05-15	2	1st	9 16 33 38 41
2023-05-10	3	1st	9 13 14 17 26
2023-05-03	5	2nd	8 9 31 43 44
2023-04-22	37	2nd	5 9 12 24 26
2023-01-25	11	1st	9 15 28 47 49
2022-12-31	18	1st	9 29 30 35 42
2022-11-19	2	1st	9 16 19 32 48
2022-11-14	16	1st	9 23 29 40 49
2022-10-08	2	3rd	1 4 9 14 49
2022-10-03	7	3rd	6 7 9 28 39
2022-09-17	1	2nd	5 9 14 28 52
2022-09-14	1	1st	9 13 15 29 32
2022-09-12	7	3rd	1 6 9 11 20
2022-08-27	22	2nd	5 9 19 34 51
2022-07-02	8	1st	9 19 43 44 50
2022-06-04	1	1st	9 14 33 45 46
2022-06-01	48	2nd	4 9 10 15 30
2021-12-15	4	2nd	1 9 24 25 47
2021-12-01	7	2nd	7 9 23 39 47
2021-11-06	7	2nd	6 9 16 32 39
2021-10-13	32	1st	9 14 15 34 44
2021-06-23	11	2nd	3 9 16 19 38
2021-05-15	30	1st	9 14 19 30 46
2021-01-30	6	3rd	5 7 9 10 29
2021-01-09	6	1st	9 25 29 30 39
2020-12-19	5	2nd	1 9 15 28 35
2020-12-02	27	1st	9 12 22 38 40
2020-08-29	56	3rd	4 5 9 13 51
2020-02-15	2	2nd	4 9 12 23 32
2020-02-08	3	2nd	2 9 17 36 40
2020-01-29	9	1st	9 11 12 25 43
2019-12-28	19	1st	9 31 45 47 51
2019-10-23	2	1st	9 10 15 25 34
2019-10-16	2	3rd	1 5 9 15 33
2019-10-09	3	2nd	6 9 13 23 46
2019-09-28	2	1st	9 23 39 44 47
2019-09-21	2	1st	9 12 15 27 33
2019-09-14	7	2nd	7 9 16 37 43
2019-08-21	9	1st	9 25 31 34 37
2019-07-20	13	3rd	5 8 9 25 38
2019-06-05	10	2nd	2 9 29 38 46
2019-05-01	9	2nd	7 9 33 46 47
2019-03-30	33	1st	9 17 25 27 30
2018-12-05	19	1st	9 15 33 40 48
2018-09-29	10	3rd	1 6 9 28 33
2018-08-25	3	1st	9 10 30 45 49
2018-08-15	9	2nd	6 9 29 32 36
2018-07-14	1	2nd	6 9 31 37 51
2018-07-11	17	1st	9 22 24 31 38
2018-05-12	36	2nd	8 9 10 21 33
2018-01-06	7	1st	9 13 26 38 48
2017-12-13	8	1st	9 18 23 46 50
2017-11-15	—	2nd	2 9 18 31 39