Number 9

In Match 5 under the 5/35 · since Apr 2021 rules — 1,497 draws, 5 from 1–35.

202times drawn · chance expected 214 −0.88σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

7.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

33longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 202 times in 1,497 draws against 213.9 expected, −0.88σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 202 times in 1,497 draws · average wait 7.4 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 2 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 smallest57 · chance 65.1
2nd smallest107 · chance 90.6
3rd smallest36 · chance 39.6
4th smallest2 · chance 6.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 19 20 22 33 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-09	2	1st	9 10 14 30 33
2026-10-07	2	1st	9 12 19 26 32
2026-10-05	13	1st	9 10 29 31 32
2026-09-22	4	2nd	2 9 15 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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-03	20	2nd	4 9 14 20 28
2026-03-14	3	2nd	4 9 12 28 33
2026-03-11	11	2nd	6 9 10 15 20
2026-02-28	1	1st	9 19 21 26 34
2026-02-27	2	2nd	1 9 13 23 27
2026-02-25	2	3rd	2 6 9 16 17
2026-02-23	16	3rd	2 6 9 21 30
2026-02-07	14	3rd	1 8 9 10 30
2026-01-24	8	1st	9 13 17 20 27
2026-01-16	6	1st	9 21 22 28 30
2026-01-10	6	2nd	2 9 13 17 19
2026-01-04	11	2nd	2 9 19 34 35
2025-12-24	8	2nd	1 9 15 24 25
2025-12-16	3	2nd	2 9 13 18 29
2025-12-13	4	2nd	4 9 11 23 35
2025-12-09	1	3rd	1 4 9 29 32
2025-12-08	1	1st	9 16 22 25 27
2025-12-07	6	2nd	1 9 12 16 25
2025-12-01	2	2nd	2 9 11 12 20
2025-11-29	7	3rd	3 8 9 21 23
2025-11-22	4	2nd	1 9 24 26 28
2025-11-18	19	2nd	5 9 10 19 20
2025-10-30	33	2nd	4 9 12 28 35
2025-09-27	1	1st	9 15 18 26 29
2025-09-26	8	1st	9 11 12 31 32
2025-09-18	22	1st	9 12 27 29 30
2025-08-27	5	2nd	6 9 14 18 24
2025-08-22	6	3rd	1 5 9 18 20
2025-08-16	7	2nd	4 9 16 18 30
2025-08-09	2	1st	9 18 25 26 30
2025-08-07	6	3rd	7 8 9 20 23
2025-08-01	6	3rd	1 5 9 16 20
2025-07-26	3	2nd	1 9 10 24 27
2025-07-23	3	3rd	1 6 9 12 19
2025-07-20	9	2nd	4 9 11 19 32
2025-07-11	3	2nd	7 9 20 22 32
2025-07-08	1	1st	9 10 14 19 20
2025-07-07	7	1st	9 19 21 22 27
2025-06-30	5	2nd	5 9 19 22 27
2025-06-25	2	2nd	3 9 11 16 21
2025-06-23	4	2nd	3 9 15 26 28
2025-06-19	19	3rd	5 6 9 16 30
2025-05-31	5	2nd	6 9 13 20 31
2025-05-26	6	2nd	3 9 10 18 20
2025-05-20	10	1st	9 13 16 23 25
2025-05-10	2	1st	9 15 16 27 29
2025-05-08	11	2nd	8 9 13 23 34
2025-04-27	3	3rd	1 3 9 11 24
2025-04-24	9	2nd	5 9 19 27 33
2025-04-15	2	3rd	6 7 9 10 33
2025-04-13	13	2nd	4 9 11 17 29
2025-03-31	17	2nd	7 9 20 26 29
2025-03-14	12	2nd	5 9 20 24 30
2025-03-02	5	1st	9 12 19 24 35
2025-02-25	5	1st	9 16 20 27 34
2025-02-20	2	2nd	4 9 10 15 34
2025-02-18	2	1st	9 15 16 21 26
2025-02-16	11	2nd	4 9 11 15 28
2025-02-05	6	1st	9 15 22 32 34
2025-01-30	17	2nd	5 9 25 26 28
2025-01-13	5	2nd	8 9 19 22 29
2025-01-08	13	2nd	5 9 13 26 34
2024-12-26	2	3rd	2 3 9 17 31
2024-12-24	2	2nd	5 9 23 32 33
2024-12-22	5	2nd	5 9 12 16 18
2024-12-17	3	2nd	3 9 31 33 35
2024-12-14	4	2nd	4 9 23 30 33
2024-12-10	7	2nd	8 9 14 20 24
2024-12-03	6	2nd	4 9 11 28 30
2024-11-27	24	3rd	5 7 9 10 22
2024-11-03	1	1st	9 13 16 18 34
2024-11-02	31	3rd	5 6 9 19 21
2024-10-02	11	1st	9 15 16 17 19
2024-09-21	15	3rd	6 7 9 10 30
2024-09-06	1	1st	9 13 24 25 35
2024-09-05	9	1st	9 14 18 19 27
2024-08-27	6	1st	9 20 24 29 32
2024-08-21	1	2nd	1 9 11 29 35
2024-08-20	14	2nd	4 9 15 18 24
2024-08-06	31	4th	3 6 7 9 19
2024-07-06	5	2nd	4 9 18 24 31
2024-07-01	7	1st	9 12 14 20 23
2024-06-24	3	2nd	7 9 12 22 28
2024-06-21	14	1st	9 11 13 26 27
2024-06-07	1	1st	9 11 20 21 22
2024-06-06	1	2nd	8 9 19 21 24
2024-06-05	11	2nd	1 9 20 30 35
2024-05-25	20	2nd	1 9 10 12 28
2024-05-05	1	2nd	2 9 16 22 24
2024-05-04	18	2nd	2 9 12 13 35
2024-04-16	1	2nd	8 9 21 29 35
2024-04-15	10	1st	9 11 14 20 26
2024-04-05	21	2nd	1 9 11 31 33
2024-03-15	5	2nd	7 9 16 25 29
2024-03-10	6	3rd	2 8 9 22 35
2024-03-04	8	3rd	2 3 9 12 25
2024-02-25	6	2nd	8 9 23 27 35
2024-02-19	8	2nd	8 9 16 19 23
2024-02-11	5	2nd	7 9 19 24 33
2024-02-06	5	2nd	7 9 26 31 35
2024-02-01	2	3rd	1 5 9 22 27
2024-01-30	12	3rd	5 7 9 11 26
2024-01-18	5	3rd	2 6 9 20 34
2024-01-13	2	2nd	1 9 13 20 34
2024-01-11	25	1st	9 16 19 20 33
2023-12-17	2	2nd	5 9 17 31 32
2023-12-15	4	3rd	1 8 9 10 18
2023-12-11	21	2nd	8 9 15 24 29
2023-11-20	11	3rd	1 5 9 13 14
2023-11-09	2	2nd	4 9 16 22 34
2023-11-07	1	2nd	1 9 15 28 33
2023-11-06	1	2nd	7 9 10 13 20
2023-11-05	8	2nd	1 9 24 26 29
2023-10-28	23	1st	9 13 18 27 33
2023-10-05	1	1st	9 21 26 32 33
2023-10-04	2	2nd	5 9 18 28 29
2023-10-02	19	1st	9 10 18 23 35
2023-09-13	3	1st	9 18 23 24 34
2023-09-10	10	3rd	1 2 9 30 32
2023-08-19	18	1st	9 12 26 32 33
2023-07-08	11	1st	9 10 16 19 26
2023-06-13	33	1st	9 13 19 27 32
2023-03-28	5	3rd	1 3 9 10 34
2023-03-16	12	1st	9 22 24 31 33
2023-02-16	6	2nd	1 9 17 29 32
2023-02-02	3	2nd	3 9 21 29 32
2023-01-26	3	2nd	1 9 19 20 35
2023-01-19	8	2nd	3 9 18 22 24
2022-12-31	2	2nd	1 9 10 32 34
2022-12-27	3	1st	9 12 13 19 33
2022-12-20	2	3rd	4 6 9 24 35
2022-12-15	8	2nd	7 9 20 22 30
2022-11-26	1	3rd	5 8 9 16 19
2022-11-24	12	3rd	1 3 9 27 28
2022-10-27	7	2nd	4 9 14 24 32
2022-10-11	4	1st	9 15 22 25 26
2022-10-01	9	1st	9 13 17 21 33
2022-09-10	2	1st	9 16 19 22 27
2022-09-06	3	2nd	2 9 10 11 17
2022-08-30	5	2nd	2 9 12 25 26
2022-08-18	11	2nd	7 9 14 19 31
2022-07-23	2	2nd	6 9 10 23 29
2022-07-19	2	3rd	3 7 9 17 32
2022-07-14	1	2nd	1 9 15 17 30
2022-07-12	10	2nd	2 9 20 21 30
2022-06-18	3	2nd	5 9 11 29 31
2022-06-11	5	2nd	5 9 17 19 29
2022-05-31	2	2nd	6 9 18 30 31
2022-05-26	1	1st	9 20 28 29 30
2022-05-24	5	1st	9 15 16 23 25
2022-05-12	4	3rd	2 7 9 21 33
2022-05-03	4	2nd	5 9 11 24 33
2022-04-23	14	2nd	5 9 22 26 31
2022-03-22	6	2nd	4 9 15 22 32
2022-03-08	7	1st	9 17 19 21 24
2022-02-19	1	2nd	1 9 16 19 35
2022-02-17	2	1st	9 20 25 31 35
2022-02-12	1	2nd	1 9 12 22 26
2022-02-10	3	2nd	7 9 13 15 31
2022-02-03	2	2nd	5 9 20 25 26
2022-01-29	4	2nd	7 9 11 17 34
2022-01-20	8	1st	9 11 13 22 33
2022-01-01	6	2nd	3 9 26 30 34
2021-12-18	3	2nd	5 9 22 30 35
2021-12-11	3	1st	9 15 19 25 29
2021-12-04	22	1st	9 21 23 27 31
2021-10-14	5	2nd	7 9 10 16 24
2021-10-02	16	3rd	1 3 9 14 33
2021-08-26	3	2nd	6 9 19 29 30
2021-08-19	1	1st	9 18 21 25 29
2021-08-17	17	4th	1 5 7 9 10
2021-07-08	3	1st	9 13 22 26 33
2021-07-01	2	2nd	2 9 16 19 33
2021-06-26	6	2nd	1 9 30 33 34
2021-06-12	6	1st	9 18 22 26 34
2021-05-29	11	3rd	1 2 9 17 32
2021-05-01	1	2nd	6 9 12 16 22
2021-04-29	—	2nd	7 9 25 27 33