Number 9

In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/16 · since Oct 2024 rules — 727 draws, 4 from 1–31.

99times drawn · chance expected 94 +0.57σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 22% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

35longest completed wait · 59% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 99 times in 727 draws against 93.8 expected, +0.57σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 99 times in 727 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 12 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 smallest42 · chance 37.6
2nd smallest44 · chance 45.1
3rd smallest12 · chance 15.0
4th smallest1 · chance 1.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 18 28 12 25 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 30 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 31. 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
2026-09-30	9	2nd	7 9 12 18
2026-09-21	3	2nd	4 9 17 28
2026-09-18	1	2nd	4 9 14 22
2026-09-17	24	1st	9 17 26 31
2026-08-24	8	2nd	2 9 19 26
2026-08-16	4	2nd	3 9 10 30
2026-08-12	3	2nd	6 9 20 30
2026-08-09	28	2nd	2 9 11 29
2026-07-12	5	1st	9 17 22 29
2026-07-07	4	1st	9 21 24 29
2026-07-03	8	2nd	2 9 24 28
2026-06-25	5	1st	9 15 17 30
2026-06-20	5	1st	9 22 25 26
2026-06-15	3	1st	9 16 22 29
2026-06-12	2	3rd	5 8 9 18
2026-06-10	6	2nd	4 9 10 11
2026-06-04	2	3rd	2 6 9 25
2026-06-02	16	4th	3 5 7 9
2026-05-17	3	1st	9 18 27 31
2026-05-14	5	1st	9 12 24 26
2026-05-09	1	3rd	1 6 9 28
2026-05-08	2	1st	9 14 18 20
2026-05-06	6	1st	9 24 25 29
2026-04-30	22	2nd	7 9 18 28

The other 75 appearances

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

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 4/31 tonight whatever it did last week.

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