Number 9

In North 5 under the 5/34 · since Jan 2025 rules — 642 draws, 5 from 1–34.

95times drawn · chance expected 94 +0.07σ

35draws waiting · a wait this long: 0.4% for any number

6.4average wait between appearances · chance says 6.8

35longest completed wait · 34% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 95 times in 642 draws against 94.4 expected, +0.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 35 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 95 times in 642 draws · average wait 6.4 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 35 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 smallest28 · chance 29.4
2nd smallest42 · chance 42.7
3rd smallest22 · chance 19.5
4th smallest3 · chance 3.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 23 21 32 7 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 33 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 34. 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
2026-09-07	5	2nd	6 9 15 21 31
2026-09-02	5	1st	9 23 24 28 30
2026-08-28	2	2nd	6 9 20 21 23
2026-08-26	1	3rd	3 7 9 26

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 5/34 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-08	5	1st	9 19 22 26 31
2026-05-03	6	1st	9 17 21 23 32
2026-04-27	3	1st	9 10 24 28 31
2026-04-24	1	3rd	6 8 9 10 12
2026-04-23	3	1st	9 13 16 17 31
2026-04-20	1	2nd	7 9 24 26 32
2026-04-19	2	2nd	7 9 20 25 30
2026-04-17	19	2nd	7 9 13 19 28
2026-03-29	7	2nd	5 9 20 21 34
2026-03-22	30	3rd	2 7 9 21 25
2026-02-20	1	1st	9 17 21 25 32
2026-02-19	2	2nd	8 9 16 17 32
2026-02-17	10	2nd	8 9 22 24 32
2026-02-07	7	3rd	1 6 9 10 12
2026-01-31	13	2nd	2 9 11 14 26
2026-01-18	7	3rd	3 6 9 16 17
2026-01-11	35	4th	4 6 8 9 11
2025-12-07	8	3rd	5 6 9 20 22
2025-11-29	9	2nd	5 9 19 20 31
2025-11-20	7	3rd	5 6 9 22 32
2025-11-13	7	4th	2 3 7 9 17
2025-11-06	5	3rd	1 8 9 14 34
2025-11-01	11	3rd	2 3 9 10 17
2025-10-21	5	4th	1 2 3 9 15
2025-10-16	1	2nd	8 9 11 13 25
2025-10-15	5	1st	9 15 19 20 31
2025-10-10	1	1st	9 23 25 29 30
2025-10-09	4	2nd	5 9 11 29 34
2025-10-05	17	2nd	6 9 15 18 29
2025-09-18	8	2nd	7 9 13 14 16
2025-09-10	7	2nd	4 9 13 16 24
2025-09-03	4	3rd	5 7 9 14 25
2025-08-30	10	3rd	1 3 9 14 24
2025-08-20	3	1st	9 11 16 19 26
2025-08-17	4	1st	9 19 22 29 32
2025-08-13	3	2nd	3 9 22 28 31
2025-08-10	4	3rd	2 5 9 23 30
2025-08-06	8	2nd	4 9 12 26 32
2025-07-29	3	1st	9 10 13 15 21
2025-07-26	2	1st	9 20 22 26 29
2025-07-24	20	2nd	4 9 25 26 28
2025-07-04	8	2nd	5 9 10 20 24
2025-06-26	10	2nd	6 9 17 22 34
2025-06-16	7	2nd	8 9 11 23 27
2025-06-09	2	2nd	6 9 10 11 25
2025-06-07	1	1st	9 17 18 33 34
2025-06-06	8	1st	9 20 27 29 33
2025-05-29	2	3rd	4 7 9 27 34
2025-05-27	13	1st	9 20 23 25 28
2025-05-14	3	2nd	1 9 17 31 32
2025-05-11	9	2nd	2 9 10 23 30
2025-05-02	2	2nd	4 9 13 26 32
2025-04-30	11	2nd	4 9 10 21 22
2025-04-19	8	3rd	1 2 9 13 22
2025-04-11	4	3rd	1 8 9 28 29
2025-04-07	3	3rd	4 7 9 29 31
2025-04-04	9	2nd	2 9 23 26 33
2025-03-26	1	1st	9 13 16 24 32
2025-03-25	11	1st	9 16 18 23 32
2025-03-14	1	2nd	1 9 24 33 34
2025-03-13	1	1st	9 19 24 33 34
2025-03-12	1	3rd	2 8 9 11 17
2025-03-11	5	1st	9 20 23 27 34
2025-03-06	2	1st	9 19 20 28 33
2025-03-04	5	2nd	1 9 14 23 33
2025-02-27	4	1st	9 10 12 18 34
2025-02-23	5	1st	9 20 25 29 30
2025-02-18	13	2nd	7 9 13 21 22
2025-02-05	11	1st	9 23 28 29 30
2025-01-25	14	3rd	4 7 9 16 23
2025-01-11	—	2nd	2 9 13 25 28