In MO Millions under the 6/42 · since Nov 2025 rules — 99 draws, 6 from 1–42.
18times drawn · chance expected 14 +1.11σ
0draws waiting — it came up last time
4.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0
11longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long
9 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 18 times in 99 draws against 14.1 expected, +1.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
9
Number 9, draw by draw
Drawn 18 times in 99 draws · average wait 4.8 draws · longest completed wait 11 · 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.
Never drawn alongside 4 of the other 41 numbers; chance expects about 5 such strangers 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 42. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.