Number 9

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

259times drawn · chance expected 245 +0.93σ

21draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

52longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 259 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, +0.93σ. Each draw is independent: after 21 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 259 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 21 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 smallest126 · chance 119.4
2nd smallest99 · chance 106.2
3rd smallest32 · chance 30.1
4th smallest2 · chance 3.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 4 22 25 33 46

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-01-31	11	1st	9 13 25 30 43
2026-01-20	4	2nd	6 9 28 41 45
2026-01-16	14	3rd	4 6 9 14 17
2026-01-02	7	1st	9 15 20

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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-09	6	1st	9 19 35 44 45
2025-08-03	6	2nd	4 9 25 33 43
2025-07-28	1	2nd	4 9 13 23 34
2025-07-27	1	3rd	4 6 9 25 47
2025-07-26	3	3rd	4 8 9 22 23
2025-07-23	6	2nd	5 9 11 30 47
2025-07-17	7	3rd	1 7 9 10 32
2025-07-10	1	2nd	7 9 11 17 32
2025-07-09	4	1st	9 17 38 43 47
2025-07-05	1	1st	9 17 26 27 41
2025-07-04	6	1st	9 26 27 30 46
2025-06-28	8	1st	9 11 40 46 47
2025-06-20	9	2nd	5 9 31 33 45
2025-06-11	13	2nd	7 9 30 36 43
2025-05-29	5	1st	9 14 20 31 46
2025-05-24	12	1st	9 10 32 36 44
2025-05-12	3	1st	9 13 15 16 48
2025-05-09	14	2nd	4 9 22 41 46
2025-04-25	14	1st	9 15 40 41 48
2025-04-11	1	2nd	7 9 10 31 34
2025-04-10	9	1st	9 18 38 39 45
2025-04-01	7	1st	9 20 29 36 41
2025-03-25	10	1st	9 16 27 30 35
2025-03-15	7	1st	9 12 30 39 41
2025-03-08	8	1st	9 20 31 40 44
2025-02-28	23	1st	9 16 18 23 42
2025-02-05	6	2nd	7 9 25 37 39
2025-01-30	7	1st	9 13 18 23 40
2025-01-23	6	1st	9 13 18 24 46
2025-01-17	7	4th	1 4 6 9 46
2025-01-10	6	2nd	3 9 21 33 36
2025-01-04	9	2nd	3 9 27 29 33
2024-12-26	5	1st	9 10 12 30 47
2024-12-21	1	2nd	2 9 10 41 42
2024-12-20	5	1st	9 20 21 35 36
2024-12-15	27	1st	9 12 22 36 45
2024-11-18	13	2nd	4 9 10 28 29
2024-11-05	7	2nd	1 9 14 38 45
2024-10-29	5	3rd	4 8 9 25 48
2024-10-24	1	3rd	2 4 9 29 32
2024-10-23	26	1st	9 12 22 25 44
2024-09-27	3	3rd	4 7 9 24 36
2024-09-24	4	2nd	6 9 18 36 38
2024-09-20	12	2nd	2 9 17 18 27
2024-09-08	18	1st	9 17 27 42 45
2024-08-21	13	1st	9 16 26 42 45
2024-08-08	1	3rd	3 4 9 33 44
2024-08-07	11	2nd	3 9 30 45 46
2024-07-27	9	1st	9 32 37 40 43
2024-07-18	4	1st	9 22 25 35 45
2024-07-14	3	1st	9 13 16 20 23
2024-07-11	3	3rd	3 4 9 17 37
2024-07-08	6	2nd	2 9 27 37 48
2024-07-02	2	1st	9 15 18 28 34
2024-06-30	20	2nd	6 9 12 24 32
2024-06-10	11	2nd	7 9 14 23 47
2024-05-30	1	1st	9 11 12 14 24
2024-05-29	1	1st	9 12 15 41 46
2024-05-28	1	1st	9 18 21 37 46
2024-05-27	4	2nd	2 9 17 19 46
2024-05-23	9	3rd	4 8 9 28 29
2024-05-14	3	1st	9 27 43 44 48
2024-05-11	4	2nd	3 9 20 23 37
2024-05-07	6	1st	9 21 22 33 48
2024-05-01	6	2nd	2 9 19 21 46
2024-04-25	8	2nd	3 9 21 31 41
2024-04-17	20	2nd	6 9 19 27 42
2024-03-28	24	1st	9 15 29 38 39
2024-03-04	5	2nd	3 9 17 30 42
2024-02-28	25	2nd	2 9 19 28 34
2024-02-03	7	2nd	8 9 18 31 38
2024-01-27	7	1st	9 34 36 39 45
2024-01-20	9	1st	9 10 18 23 40
2024-01-11	3	1st	9 10 21 24 28
2024-01-08	1	1st	9 19 25 33 43
2024-01-07	15	2nd	6 9 19 39 47
2023-12-23	5	2nd	3 9 11 14 48
2023-12-18	12	1st	9 11 17 32 33
2023-12-06	8	2nd	4 9 15 25 40
2023-11-28	3	1st	9 15 18 31 40
2023-11-25	19	3rd	3 6 9 21 26
2023-11-06	11	1st	9 11 12 20 32
2023-10-26	10	1st	9 24 34 39 45
2023-10-16	7	1st	9 15 17 18 48
2023-10-09	7	1st	9 13 17 30 38
2023-10-02	7	1st	9 10 21 38 46
2023-09-25	5	3rd	2 7 9 11 18
2023-09-20	6	2nd	8 9 20 31 47
2023-09-14	4	1st	9 19 23 26 47
2023-09-10	4	1st	9 16 19 20 48
2023-09-06	3	3rd	6 8 9 31 48
2023-09-03	5	1st	9 22 26 35 41
2023-08-29	21	1st	9 24 32 42 43
2023-08-08	9	1st	9 11 19 36 45
2023-07-30	1	2nd	5 9 19 44 46
2023-07-29	13	1st	9 14 23 30 34
2023-07-16	1	2nd	3 9 44 46 48
2023-07-15	33	2nd	6 9 20 21 27
2023-06-12	22	1st	9 26 27 35 41
2023-05-21	11	1st	9 11 18 22 27
2023-05-10	5	2nd	8 9 35 37 40
2023-05-05	1	2nd	6 9 28 37 39
2023-05-04	6	2nd	8 9 13 19 43
2023-04-28	17	1st	9 31 32 34 47
2023-04-11	14	3rd	1 5 9 33 47
2023-03-28	3	2nd	7 9 16 28 30
2023-03-25	12	1st	9 11 20 22 48
2023-03-13	1	2nd	3 9 20 27 37
2023-03-12	9	1st	9 27 32 37 43
2023-03-03	5	1st	9 12 35 37 44
2023-02-26	8	2nd	5 9 18 35 38
2023-02-18	3	1st	9 10 22 24 34
2023-02-15	3	1st	9 16 28 35 44
2023-02-12	13	2nd	8 9 21 22 32
2023-01-30	8	1st	9 16 34 46 47
2023-01-22	24	2nd	7 9 13 24 44
2022-12-29	2	2nd	7 9 11 23 32
2022-12-27	2	1st	9 19 35 42 43
2022-12-25	46	1st	9 25 34 41 48
2022-11-09	16	3rd	3 5 9 36 41
2022-10-24	11	3rd	1 5 9 31 38
2022-10-13	6	1st	9 17 27 42 48
2022-10-07	4	2nd	7 9 13 16 18
2022-10-03	39	2nd	2 9 27 33 40
2022-08-25	38	3rd	5 6 9 27 30
2022-07-18	23	2nd	4 9 16 36 43
2022-06-25	12	1st	9 11 30 45 46
2022-06-13	7	1st	9 16 17 24 27
2022-06-06	23	1st	9 21 24 29 36
2022-05-14	1	2nd	4 9 13 33 44
2022-05-13	52	2nd	6 9 13 28 38
2022-03-22	9	1st	9 11 26 34 36
2022-03-13	2	3rd	4 7 9 15 28
2022-03-11	14	1st	9 22 29 30 47
2022-02-25	8	1st	9 23 25 32 38
2022-02-17	24	1st	9 29 33 38 41
2022-01-24	2	1st	9 22 25 29 31
2022-01-22	5	1st	9 15 17 21 48
2022-01-17	2	1st	9 29 33 38 45
2022-01-15	8	2nd	2 9 25 28 36
2022-01-07	9	2nd	5 9 22 28 44
2021-12-29	5	1st	9 19 21 33 48
2021-12-24	5	2nd	2 9 22 38 42
2021-12-19	6	1st	9 16 42 44 48
2021-12-13	2	2nd	3 9 20 24 43
2021-12-11	7	2nd	8 9 16 31 44
2021-12-04	4	1st	9 18 23 30 47
2021-11-30	2	1st	9 25 29 40 42
2021-11-28	4	1st	9 14 24 29 30
2021-11-24	5	3rd	5 6 9 29 30
2021-11-19	10	3rd	3 4 9 19 40
2021-11-09	5	2nd	5 9 10 12 34
2021-11-04	9	2nd	6 9 12 23 41
2021-10-26	8	1st	9 11 15 25 37
2021-10-18	19	1st	9 17 18 25 47
2021-09-29	34	1st	9 26 40 41 45
2021-08-26	1	1st	9 12 31 36 45
2021-08-25	13	1st	9 24 33 40 48
2021-08-12	14	2nd	1 9 19 20 31
2021-07-29	33	3rd	2 4 9 10 39
2021-04-29	9	2nd	1 9 10 18 34
2021-03-29	6	1st	9 29 32 42 45
2021-03-08	7	2nd	3 9 40 41 44
2021-02-11	2	2nd	7 9 15 31 39
2021-02-04	11	2nd	3 9 13 24 40
2020-12-28	18	2nd	6 9 11 15 29
2020-10-26	7	1st	9 12 20 30 38
2020-10-01	1	3rd	5 8 9 25 29
2020-09-28	8	1st	9 14 45 46 47
2020-08-31	3	2nd	3 9 14 18 25
2020-08-20	1	1st	9 11 18 39 40
2020-08-17	1	2nd	5 9 11 17 27
2020-08-13	9	1st	9 33 34 36 40
2020-07-13	9	1st	9 13 34 36 46
2020-06-11	2	1st	9 24 25 29 42
2020-06-04	11	1st	9 18 24 26 29
2020-04-27	15	3rd	1 5 9 28 35
2020-03-05	9	3rd	6 8 9 36 47
2020-02-03	19	2nd	2 9 34 36 48
2019-11-28	4	2nd	3 9 22 24 41
2019-11-14	7	1st	9 11 21 22 30
2019-10-21	1	1st	9 14 15 35 40
2019-10-17	11	2nd	8 9 25 27 33
2019-09-09	4	2nd	8 9 17 22 33
2019-08-26	1	1st	9 25 30 37 48
2019-08-22	28	2nd	7 9 14 22 42
2019-05-16	4	1st	9 18 26 28 32
2019-05-02	9	3rd	5 7 9 25 33
2019-04-01	2	1st	9 19 22 33 41
2019-03-25	1	2nd	7 9 14 29 31
2019-03-21	18	1st	9 24 26 27 38
2019-01-17	2	1st	9 22 27 38 46
2019-01-10	4	1st	9 13 21 34 43
2018-12-27	1	1st	9 16 32 39 41
2018-12-24	12	2nd	2 9 14 27 47
2018-11-12	13	3rd	2 4 9 15 37
2018-09-27	1	2nd	5 9 29 30 34
2018-09-24	15	1st	9 16 21 27 45
2018-08-02	2	1st	9 16 17 20 23
2018-07-26	14	1st	9 10 14 20 44
2018-06-07	15	2nd	2 9 27 38 43
2018-04-16	2	1st	9 11 26 33 38
2018-04-09	5	1st	9 13 20 39 44
2018-03-22	16	1st	9 17 27 29 31
2018-01-25	27	2nd	8 9 31 43 45
2017-10-23	1	3rd	4 7 9 10 31
2017-10-19	6	1st	9 24 27 32 44
2017-09-28	4	1st	9 10 12 16 32
2017-09-14	3	2nd	4 9 14 17 23
2017-09-04	16	3rd	1 4 9 15 33
2017-07-10	7	1st	9 23 32 33 42
2017-06-15	26	1st	9 19 36 40 45
2017-03-16	1	2nd	1 9 25 36 39
2017-03-13	8	2nd	2 9 24 27 40
2017-02-13	1	2nd	4 9 38 41 42
2017-02-09	16	2nd	5 9 17 40 44
2016-12-15	3	2nd	4 9 27 30 36
2016-12-05	5	1st	9 10 17 44 47
2016-11-17	3	1st	9 12 19 22 33
2016-11-07	5	2nd	3 9 33 35 39
2016-10-20	2	3rd	4 5 9 28 37
2016-10-13	11	3rd	2 3 9 28 42
2016-09-05	20	1st	9 14 21 34 40
2016-06-27	1	2nd	8 9 13 32 46
2016-06-23	5	2nd	6 9 19 31 42
2016-06-06	8	2nd	7 9 22 25 37
2016-05-09	41	3rd	2 3 9 26 28
2015-12-17	1	1st	9 14 22 28 46
2015-12-14	9	2nd	1 9 20 22 33
2015-11-12	16	2nd	7 9 16 22 46
2015-09-17	18	2nd	1 9 30 33 43
2015-07-16	7	1st	9 13 19 22 45
2015-06-22	2	2nd	2 9 13 19 22
2015-06-15	13	4th	4 5 7 9 38
2015-04-30	—	1st	9 12 27 34 38