Number 9

In Poker Lotto under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 429 draws, 5 from 1–13.

174times drawn · chance expected 165 +0.89σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

2.5average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

12longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 174 times in 429 draws against 165.0 expected, +0.89σ. 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 174 times in 429 draws · average wait 2.5 draws · longest completed wait 12 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest3 · chance 0.4
2nd smallest24 · chance 11.2
3rd smallest52 · chance 59.1
4th smallest62 · chance 78.7
5th smallest33 · chance 24.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 58.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 8 4 13 11 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 12 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 13. 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
2026-10-11	3	5th	6 8 8 8 9
2026-10-08	0	1st	9 11 12 13
2026-10-08	2	1st	9 11 12 13
2026-10-06	0	4th	1 2 5 9
2026-10-06

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 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-08-12	1	4th	4 5 5 9 13
2026-08-11	4	5th	2 3 3 8 9
2026-08-07	1	4th	1 3 7 9 11
2026-08-06	2	4th	1 5 6 9 12
2026-08-04	1	4th	2 3 4 9 10
2026-08-03	1	4th	5 6 8 9 12
2026-08-02	1	2nd	2 9 12 13 13
2026-08-01	1	5th	2 4 5 6 9
2026-07-31	2	3rd	6 7 9 11 12
2026-07-29	0	3rd	4 8 9 10
2026-07-29	1	3rd	4 8 9 10
2026-07-28	1	4th	1 3 3 9 12
2026-07-27	1	3rd	1 5 9 10 11
2026-07-26	1	4th	2 4 8 9 13
2026-07-25	2	5th	1 4 5 8 9
2026-07-23	1	4th	2 4 8 9 13
2026-07-22	2	4th	1 1 5 9 13
2026-07-20	3	4th	2 3 8 9 11
2026-07-17	6	3rd	6 6 9 10 13
2026-07-11	2	4th	2 3 7 9 12
2026-07-09	1	4th	2 4 5 9 13
2026-07-08	1	2nd	5 9 10 10 13
2026-07-07	1	3rd	2 8 9 11 12
2026-07-06	1	4th	2 7 7 9 11
2026-07-05	2	3rd	2 4 9 10 13
2026-07-03	2	5th	4 4 5 7 9
2026-07-01	2	3rd	4 4 9 11 12
2026-06-29	0	3rd	3 5 9 13
2026-06-29	1	3rd	3 5 9 13
2026-06-28	7	5th	1 2 4 7 9
2026-06-21	5	4th	2 4 8 9 10
2026-06-16	6	4th	2 4 6 9 11
2026-06-10	4	4th	2 5 7 9 11
2026-06-06	3	5th	2 4 7 8 9
2026-06-03	1	5th	1 2 4 7 9
2026-06-02	2	3rd	4 7 9 12 13
2026-05-31	4	5th	4 5 6 7 9
2026-05-27	5	4th	2 3 4 9 13
2026-05-22	1	4th	1 3 8 9 10
2026-05-21	2	4th	1 4 6 9 13
2026-05-19	0	4th	1 3 7 9
2026-05-19	5	4th	1 3 7 9
2026-05-14	5	3rd	6 7 9 12 13
2026-05-09	2	5th	1 3 5 6 9
2026-05-07	4	4th	5 7 8 9 13
2026-05-03	0	2nd	1 9 11 13
2026-05-03	4	2nd	1 9 11 13
2026-04-29	3	4th	3 4 8 9 10
2026-04-26	6	3rd	3 3 9 11 12
2026-04-20	6	3rd	1 2 9 12 13
2026-04-14	1	4th	7 7 8 9 12
2026-04-13	1	5th	1 1 7 8 9
2026-04-12	1	5th	1 2 3 8 9
2026-04-11	1	4th	1 4 6 9 12
2026-04-10	3	4th	5 5 8 9 12
2026-04-07	2	2nd	5 9 10 12 13
2026-04-05	1	4th	1 3 8 9 13
2026-04-04	5	5th	3 6 7 8 9
2026-03-30	1	3rd	2 6 9 10 13
2026-03-29	2	2nd	5 9 10 12 12
2026-03-27	3	2nd	5 9 11 11 13
2026-03-24	2	4th	3 4 6 9 11
2026-03-22	1	4th	2 3 5 9 10
2026-03-21	5	4th	2 2 7 9 10
2026-03-16	2	4th	2 2 4 9 11
2026-03-14	1	2nd	2 9 10 11 13
2026-03-13	1	4th	1 1 2 9 10
2026-03-12	1	5th	2 3 5 7 9
2026-03-11	4	5th	2 5 7 7 9
2026-03-07	1	3rd	2 6 9 12 13
2026-03-06	0	3rd	1 7 9 10
2026-03-06	11	3rd	1 7 9 10
2026-02-23	4	5th	3 4 4 4 9
2026-02-19	0	2nd	6 9 10 11
2026-02-19	2	2nd	6 9 10 11
2026-02-17	4	2nd	4 9 10 12 13
2026-02-13	2	5th	2 2 3 8 9
2026-02-11	0	2nd	5 9 10 12
2026-02-11	1	2nd	5 9 10 12
2026-02-10	1	5th	2 4 5 6 9
2026-02-09	3	4th	1 6 7 9 11
2026-02-06	2	4th	2 4 4 9 10
2026-02-04	1	3rd	7 8 9 12 12
2026-02-03	1	4th	2 3 7 9 11
2026-02-02	4	2nd	2 9 12 13 13
2026-01-29	1	3rd	1 2 9 11 11
2026-01-28	1	4th	2 5 8 9 12
2026-01-27	4	4th	4 7 8 9 10
2026-01-23	0	3rd	1 5 9 10
2026-01-23	1	3rd	1 5 9 10
2026-01-22	5	3rd	1 3 9 10 12
2026-01-17	3	5th	1 7 7 8 9
2026-01-14	2	3rd	3 4 9 10 13
2026-01-12	3	3rd	1 8 9 11 13
2026-01-09	8	3rd	2 3 9 11 12
2026-01-01	5	3rd	3 5 9 11 13
2025-12-27	1	5th	4 5 6 8 9
2025-12-26	2	5th	1 7 7 8 9
2025-12-24	1	3rd	6 7 9 10 12
2025-12-23	1	4th	3 6 8 9 13
2025-12-22	2	4th	4 8 8 9 12
2025-12-20	0	3rd	4 6 9 11
2025-12-20	1	3rd	4 6 9 11
2025-12-19	4	5th	2 4 7 8 9
2025-12-15	2	3rd	3 6 9 10 13
2025-12-13	5	4th	2 6 8 9 13
2025-12-08	2	5th	1 3 4 5 9
2025-12-06	5	3rd	4 7 9 12 12
2025-12-01	7	5th	4 7 8 8 9
2025-11-24	3	3rd	4 8 9 11 13
2025-11-21	12	5th	3 4 7 8 9
2025-11-09	2	3rd	5 8 9 10 12
2025-11-07	1	3rd	2 4 9 10 11
2025-11-06	5	4th	3 4 8 9 11
2025-11-01	2	2nd	5 9 10 12 13
2025-10-30	1	4th	6 7 7 9 13
2025-10-29	3	4th	1 3 7 9 13
2025-10-26	1	5th	1 2 5 8 9
2025-10-25	3	4th	2 6 6 9 12
2025-10-22	5	5th	4 5 5 8 9
2025-10-17	2	2nd	3 9 10 10 13
2025-10-15	1	4th	1 2 8 9 10
2025-10-14	0	2nd	3 9 12 13
2025-10-14	5	2nd	3 9 12 13
2025-10-09	1	4th	3 6 7 9 11
2025-10-08	3	3rd	6 7 9 10 10
2025-10-05	1	3rd	3 4 9 11 11
2025-10-04	1	3rd	2 5 9 10 13
2025-10-03	1	4th	3 6 8 9 10
2025-10-02	1	3rd	4 8 9 11 11
2025-10-01	5	5th	1 3 6 6 9
2025-09-26	1	5th	1 3 3 6 9
2025-09-25	1	3rd	1 5 9 11 13
2025-09-24	5	3rd	2 8 9 11 11
2025-09-19	2	5th	4 5 6 7 9
2025-09-17	2	4th	2 3 8 9 11
2025-09-15	0	2nd	2 9 12 12
2025-09-15	1	2nd	2 9 12 12
2025-09-14	0	3rd	1 6 9 13
2025-09-14	7	3rd	1 6 9 13
2025-09-07	4	4th	2 4 8 9 11
2025-09-03	5	4th	1 2 8 9 10
2025-08-29	0	2nd	2 9 10 11
2025-08-29	1	2nd	2 9 10 11
2025-08-28	2	3rd	1 2 9 12 13
2025-08-26	12	3rd	3 4 9 10 12
2025-08-14	2	3rd	3 8 9 12 13
2025-08-12	1	5th	1 4 5 7 9
2025-08-11	2	5th	1 2 2 5 9
2025-08-09	—	3rd	8 8 9 11 12