Number 9

In Classic Lotto 47 under the 6/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,721 draws, 6 from 1–47.

243times drawn · chance expected 220 +1.68σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

36longest completed wait · 87% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 243 times in 1,721 draws against 219.7 expected, +1.68σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 243 times in 1,721 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 5 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 smallest88 · chance 89.0
2nd smallest105 · chance 104.7
3rd smallest40 · chance 41.9
4th smallest10 · chance 7.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.5
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 8 33 12 19 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-09-23	3	2nd	2 9 15 16 21 25
2026-09-12	3	1st	9 11 14 19 33 36
2026-09-02	4	2nd	7 9 19 20 38 41
2026-08-19

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-09	3	1st	9 24 30 31 33 39
2025-06-28	13	1st	9 11 14 32 37 38
2025-05-14	10	2nd	6 9 13 31 33 43
2025-04-09	2	3rd	1 6 9 20 22 45
2025-04-02	5	1st	9 30 32 38 40 45
2025-03-15	2	2nd	4 9 12 14 16 33
2025-03-08	2	2nd	6 9 14 25 26 27
2025-03-01	22	1st	9 12 14 15 29 44
2024-12-14	7	1st	9 15 16 30 40 44
2024-11-20	8	1st	9 10 14 20 23 32
2024-10-23	12	1st	9 21 28 34 35 47
2024-09-11	5	1st	9 26 29 36 37 45
2024-08-24	11	2nd	2 9 18 33 38 40
2024-07-17	2	2nd	1 9 22 34 38 45
2024-07-10	2	1st	9 17 20 26 39 44
2024-07-03	4	3rd	6 8 9 19 40 41
2024-06-19	2	1st	9 10 12 22 39 42
2024-06-12	7	1st	9 10 13 33 44 45
2024-05-18	5	3rd	5 8 9 12 13 40
2024-05-01	3	2nd	5 9 21 24 26 32
2024-04-20	1	2nd	4 9 20 22 30 45
2024-04-17	1	2nd	2 9 10 15 18 21
2024-04-13	20	2nd	1 9 23 32 34 47
2024-02-03	2	2nd	7 9 27 36 40 44
2024-01-27	9	1st	9 12 25 30 38 41
2023-12-27	2	2nd	8 9 19 25 27 43
2023-12-20	17	2nd	3 9 12 29 30 34
2023-10-21	3	2nd	7 9 11 17 34 38
2023-10-11	7	2nd	7 9 15 30 35 47
2023-09-16	1	2nd	3 9 30 41 46 47
2023-09-13	2	2nd	5 9 13 29 45 47
2023-09-06	27	1st	9 10 13 15 18 43
2023-06-03	15	2nd	1 9 21 23 32 47
2023-04-12	2	2nd	8 9 20 26 31 33
2023-04-05	6	2nd	3 9 10 19 20 46
2023-03-15	2	3rd	3 8 9 13 20 34
2023-03-08	1	2nd	2 9 14 18 20 36
2023-03-04	16	4th	2 4 7 9 11 18
2023-01-07	9	2nd	2 9 20 22 24 39
2022-12-07	4	1st	9 15 20 25 27 43
2022-11-23	6	4th	1 3 8 9 15 37
2022-11-02	3	2nd	1 9 12 20 26 47
2022-10-22	5	2nd	8 9 17 20 39 46
2022-10-05	4	1st	9 11 20 23 41 44
2022-09-21	2	3rd	1 6 9 12 23 35
2022-09-14	4	2nd	7 9 18 21 34 36
2022-08-31	3	1st	9 10 16 24 26 27
2022-08-20	5	1st	9 11 22 25 28 43
2022-08-03	34	3rd	2 4 9 17 28 46
2022-04-06	2	2nd	4 9 30 32 40 45
2022-03-30	5	2nd	7 9 29 34 35 41
2022-03-12	21	1st	9 21 25 35 40 42
2021-12-29	2	1st	9 18 26 31 42 47
2021-12-22	2	3rd	1 2 9 20 21 44
2021-12-15	7	3rd	1 8 9 12 20 22
2021-11-20	3	2nd	4 9 11 25 26 36
2021-11-10	36	2nd	6 9 22 28 44 47
2021-07-07	27	1st	9 22 24 26 33 38
2021-04-03	36	1st	9 14 18 21 33 47
2020-11-28	10	1st	9 13 20 25 40 43
2020-10-24	3	2nd	3 9 15 29 36 43
2020-10-14	6	1st	9 13 18 24 33 47
2020-09-23	8	2nd	6 9 14 15 40 45
2020-08-26	2	1st	9 11 12 19 26 30
2020-08-19	8	2nd	2 9 31 33 40 44
2020-07-22	1	2nd	8 9 16 31 37 47
2020-07-18	11	3rd	4 5 9 18 29 30
2020-06-10	18	3rd	5 8 9 20 25 35
2020-04-08	2	3rd	7 8 9 13 17 24
2020-04-01	8	3rd	2 7 9 25 37 38
2020-03-04	25	2nd	4 9 10 17 33 42
2019-12-07	7	4th	2 4 8 9 17 28
2019-11-13	1	2nd	2 9 17 38 41 42
2019-11-09	1	2nd	6 9 10 14 32 41
2019-11-06	16	2nd	8 9 20 23 38 41
2019-09-11	2	3rd	5 6 9 10 36 44
2019-09-04	23	3rd	1 6 9 25 38 44
2019-06-15	10	3rd	1 5 9 16 19 40
2019-05-11	22	1st	9 20 21 37 42 46
2019-02-23	2	2nd	1 9 23 31 35 43
2019-02-16	2	2nd	2 9 16 26 28 42
2019-02-09	6	1st	9 24 25 26 32 47
2019-01-19	2	2nd	5 9 15 18 33 37
2019-01-12	2	1st	9 17 18 28 32 46
2019-01-05	2	3rd	7 8 9 10 12 14
2018-12-29	1	1st	9 12 18 20 32 42
2018-12-26	9	4th	1 2 5 9 38 43
2018-11-24	4	1st	9 11 21 23 40 41
2018-11-10	1	2nd	5 9 10 13 16 41
2018-11-07	15	3rd	2 4 9 11 13 40
2018-09-15	3	3rd	1 6 9 11 26 38
2018-09-05	17	4th	4 7 8 9 13 16
2018-07-07	2	1st	9 18 30 34 40 42
2018-06-30	2	2nd	1 9 16 23 37 38
2018-06-23	4	1st	9 15 25 33 35 36
2018-06-09	1	1st	9 11 15 26 30 35
2018-06-06	3	1st	9 12 20 29 31 38
2018-05-26	3	3rd	2 3 9 18 20 23
2018-05-16	2	3rd	4 6 9 10 20 40
2018-05-09	4	3rd	4 8 9 33 36 44
2018-04-25	5	1st	9 19 26 28 30 32
2018-04-07	1	1st	9 23 28 35 41 45
2018-04-04	3	1st	9 33 35 41 45 47
2018-03-24	21	3rd	1 2 9 21 28 29
2018-01-10	6	4th	2 3 7 9 17 46
2017-12-20	7	2nd	5 9 11 20 28 36
2017-11-25	13	2nd	2 9 13 17 20 47
2017-10-11	17	2nd	2 9 12 17 38 41
2017-08-12	3	1st	9 18 19 22 27 37
2017-08-02	2	2nd	5 9 10 19 34 45
2017-07-26	9	2nd	8 9 13 15 25 27
2017-06-24	11	1st	9 17 20 27 32 45
2017-05-17	1	1st	9 13 17 24 30 33
2017-05-13	2	1st	9 12 18 22 30 37
2017-05-06	3	2nd	2 9 26 36 38 42
2017-04-26	8	1st	9 19 22 24 26 45
2017-03-29	9	2nd	7 9 12 22 31 36
2017-02-25	6	1st	9 10 12 29 31 33
2017-02-04	15	1st	9 17 18 27 32 42
2016-12-14	6	3rd	1 3 9 16 37 42
2016-11-23	1	3rd	2 6 9 25 27 45
2016-11-19	7	1st	9 11 13 19 38 39
2016-10-26	17	3rd	3 4 9 14 30 41
2016-08-27	2	3rd	5 6 9 12 17 45
2016-08-20	15	2nd	6 9 11 12 16 44
2016-06-29	7	3rd	4 7 9 11 37 46
2016-06-04	4	2nd	4 9 12 16 31 43
2016-05-21	1	1st	9 14 21 26 32 39
2016-05-18	11	3rd	2 4 9 20 24 34
2016-04-09	2	1st	9 18 26 27 35 38
2016-04-02	24	2nd	7 9 37 38 45 46
2016-01-09	1	1st	9 33 38 40 43 45
2016-01-06	9	1st	9 11 20 26 33 47
2015-12-05	10	2nd	8 9 15 23 28 29
2015-10-31	6	2nd	1 9 14 20 35 36
2015-10-10	4	3rd	6 7 9 31 39 44
2015-09-26	8	3rd	5 6 9 12 18 19
2015-08-29	4	2nd	5 9 20 29 39 46
2015-08-15	8	2nd	8 9 19 35 38 39
2015-07-18	15	3rd	3 8 9 16 22 40
2015-05-27	15	1st	9 15 28 32 34 41
2015-04-04	1	1st	9 17 27 28 30 38
2015-04-01	7	2nd	7 9 12 23 24 31
2015-03-07	2	1st	9 14 18 21 34 43
2015-02-28	5	1st	9 13 19 26 33 40
2015-02-11	2	2nd	7 9 10 12 19 40
2015-02-04	6	1st	9 12 26 33 36 45
2015-01-14	1	1st	9 14 20 24 30 43
2015-01-10	8	1st	9 10 13 32 37 45
2014-12-13	10	2nd	1 9 19 35 36 46
2014-11-08	12	2nd	5 9 16 24 37 40
2014-09-20	1	2nd	2 9 11 23 36 45
2014-09-17	1	1st	9 23 36 41 44 47
2014-09-13	4	2nd	1 9 12 25 33 40
2014-08-30	3	1st	9 12 16 22 34 36
2014-08-20	5	2nd	7 9 11 21 28 43
2014-08-02	19	1st	9 10 21 22 23 24
2014-05-28	11	2nd	5 9 19 20 35 37
2014-04-19	4	1st	9 14 17 25 32 43
2014-04-05	16	1st	9 19 26 29 41 42
2014-02-08	20	2nd	3 9 12 26 33 45
2013-11-30	4	2nd	6 9 17 21 29 47
2013-11-16	15	2nd	6 9 15 20 31 38
2013-09-25	11	3rd	3 4 9 10 19 27
2013-08-17	7	3rd	6 7 9 13 20 23
2013-07-24	19	1st	9 17 18 31 32 40
2013-05-18	2	2nd	8 9 13 24 31 36
2013-05-11	13	2nd	1 9 13 29 30 32
2013-03-27	9	2nd	3 9 20 29 31 45
2013-02-23	2	1st	9 21 33 34 36 47
2013-02-16	18	1st	9 17 18 32 41 46
2012-12-15	2	1st	9 16 18 19 28 38
2012-12-08	5	2nd	8 9 17 36 38 41
2012-11-21	4	1st	9 25 29 34 40 43
2012-11-07	2	4th	1 7 8 9 21 41
2012-10-31	3	2nd	5 9 21 25 41 47
2012-10-20	2	2nd	1 9 11 13 18 42
2012-10-13	2	3rd	1 6 9 25 37 44
2012-10-06	1	1st	9 27 29 32 35 46
2012-10-03	7	3rd	5 7 9 35 42 47
2012-09-08	9	1st	9 12 14 28 39 41
2012-08-08	5	2nd	8 9 13 17 27 46
2012-07-21	11	1st	9 19 21 27 37 44
2012-06-13	17	1st	9 27 29 32 37 43
2012-04-14	9	4th	2 7 8 9 45 46
2012-03-14	2	2nd	3 9 18 39 40 41
2012-03-07	6	2nd	5 9 15 24 29 33
2012-02-15	1	1st	9 13 14 16 33 38
2012-02-11	3	1st	9 10 17 35 38 42
2012-02-01	10	3rd	1 8 9 13 26 44
2011-12-28	9	2nd	6 9 11 19 36 45
2011-11-26	2	2nd	2 9 18 32 33 40
2011-11-19	1	2nd	6 9 25 30 33 34
2011-11-16	26	2nd	1 9 19 38 39 42
2011-08-17	5	1st	9 14 19 21 30 31
2011-07-30	8	1st	9 11 19 22 40 47
2011-07-02	2	2nd	8 9 11 22 27 39
2011-06-25	2	3rd	4 8 9 23 27 35
2011-06-18	14	2nd	8 9 12 22 31 41
2011-04-30	3	1st	9 13 17 24 33 41
2011-04-20	3	2nd	5 9 11 20 44 46
2011-04-09	1	2nd	6 9 16 19 33 36
2011-04-06	1	2nd	3 9 11 16 17 28
2011-04-02	16	1st	9 28 29 34 36 47
2011-02-05	13	3rd	5 8 9 31 43 47
2010-12-18	2	1st	9 10 15 27 41 46
2010-12-11	1	3rd	6 7 9 17 22 42
2010-12-08	11	2nd	6 9 24 26 33 37
2010-10-30	2	1st	9 18 25 37 44 46
2010-10-23	7	1st	9 10 14 15 23 29
2010-09-29	7	2nd	5 9 20 32 36 43
2010-09-04	1	2nd	7 9 17 23 37 39
2010-09-01	5	2nd	5 9 10 12 19 46
2010-08-14	1	2nd	8 9 24 25 28 39
2010-08-11	2	1st	9 19 21 25 30 41
2010-08-04	9	2nd	1 9 11 18 32 44
2010-07-03	9	2nd	4 9 25 32 34 47
2010-06-02	14	2nd	2 9 11 21 24 40
2010-04-14	—	2nd	1 9 17 21 36 43