Number 9

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

159times drawn · chance expected 144 +1.33σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

40longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 159 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, +1.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 159 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 3 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 smallest77 · chance 69.0
2nd smallest66 · chance 66.9
3rd smallest14 · chance 20.7
4th smallest2 · chance 2.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 39 13 14 22 25

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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	3	1st	9 26 30 36 44
2026-09-19	7	1st	9 14 26 28 35
2026-08-26	15	2nd	6 9 29 35 37
2026-07-04	2	1st	9 13 17

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-26	2	1st	9 18 22 41 45
2025-03-19	11	1st	9 11 13 40 41
2025-02-08	21	2nd	5 9 22 42 44
2024-11-27	6	2nd	7 9 31 39 44
2024-11-06	2	1st	9 18 20 25 38
2024-10-30	6	1st	9 17 20 21 28
2024-10-09	1	3rd	1 8 9 28 41
2024-10-05	7	2nd	4 9 19 21 39
2024-09-11	1	2nd	4 9 16 32 42
2024-09-07	3	1st	9 26 34 37 43
2024-08-28	1	2nd	4 9 16 27 38
2024-08-24	4	1st	9 10 18 36 39
2024-08-10	10	1st	9 10 19 33 39
2024-07-06	24	2nd	8 9 13 25 27
2024-04-13	5	1st	9 16 25 28 40
2024-03-27	5	1st	9 23 26 34 37
2024-03-09	3	2nd	1 9 15 19 23
2024-02-28	5	1st	9 11 13 32 38
2024-02-10	7	1st	9 12 16 22 31
2024-01-17	4	2nd	4 9 15 20 39
2024-01-03	2	2nd	8 9 28 32 38
2023-12-27	5	1st	9 14 18 24 41
2023-12-09	4	2nd	3 9 18 33 39
2023-11-25	14	1st	9 22 34 36 38
2023-10-07	7	1st	9 10 27 35 38
2023-09-13	11	2nd	5 9 13 36 39
2023-08-05	17	3rd	1 2 9 13 38
2023-06-07	12	1st	9 10 14 32 34
2023-04-26	2	1st	9 10 12 14 16
2023-04-19	34	1st	9 19 21 30 40
2022-12-21	5	1st	9 13 14 23 28
2022-12-03	7	3rd	6 7 9 30 34
2022-11-09	20	1st	9 19 25 34 36
2022-08-31	17	2nd	6 9 23 25 38
2022-07-02	2	1st	9 11 13 32 39
2022-06-25	11	2nd	7 9 27 28 43
2022-05-18	23	1st	9 17 22 37 40
2022-02-26	10	1st	9 15 16 17 20
2022-01-22	10	1st	9 34 38 39 40
2021-12-18	5	2nd	8 9 25 42 45
2021-12-01	4	2nd	2 9 14 27 39
2021-11-17	20	1st	9 26 36 42 45
2021-09-08	3	3rd	1 7 9 23 28
2021-08-28	8	2nd	6 9 11 29 32
2021-07-31	3	1st	9 10 30 39 41
2021-07-21	6	2nd	7 9 28 34 41
2021-06-30	1	2nd	5 9 13 38 44
2021-06-26	12	1st	9 14 25 26 31
2021-05-15	6	2nd	8 9 20 25 27
2021-04-24	6	1st	9 19 20 21 31
2021-04-03	25	2nd	6 9 13 28 30
2021-01-06	6	1st	9 19 22 24 45
2020-12-16	9	1st	9 11 22 25 35
2020-11-14	10	1st	9 16 19 24 33
2020-10-10	15	1st	9 13 20 29 35
2020-08-19	10	2nd	1 9 27 35 40
2020-07-15	3	4th	2 3 6 9 33
2020-07-04	3	2nd	6 9 22 26 35
2020-06-24	1	2nd	1 9 20 33 45
2020-06-20	4	2nd	6 9 21 30 43
2020-06-06	3	2nd	5 9 11 15 37
2020-05-27	1	2nd	8 9 25 27 37
2020-05-23	6	2nd	8 9 20 30 45
2020-05-02	2	3rd	1 8 9 29 38
2020-04-25	10	3rd	1 6 9 39 42
2020-03-21	4	2nd	5 9 16 34 36
2020-03-07	3	1st	9 14 28 29 35
2020-02-26	1	1st	9 15 26 40 44
2020-02-22	14	2nd	2 9 11 32 35
2020-01-04	7	2nd	2 9 13 15 23
2019-12-11	9	1st	9 15 28 36 39
2019-11-09	18	4th	1 5 8 9 43
2019-09-07	19	1st	9 18 22 32 44
2019-07-03	6	2nd	3 9 22 28 29
2019-06-12	7	2nd	3 9 13 18 36
2019-05-18	15	2nd	3 9 12 14 36
2019-03-27	2	2nd	2 9 26 27 34
2019-03-20	13	1st	9 35 36 38 43
2019-02-02	14	1st	9 14 28 31 38
2018-12-15	12	2nd	7 9 12 24 43
2018-11-03	36	2nd	5 9 19 30 39
2018-06-30	1	1st	9 12 21 24 42
2018-06-27	6	2nd	7 9 13 18 19
2018-06-06	2	1st	9 14 19 22 39
2018-05-30	8	3rd	3 5 9 15 45
2018-05-02	5	2nd	1 9 17 35 41
2018-04-14	5	1st	9 18 22 25 39
2018-03-28	6	1st	9 10 18 37 43
2018-03-07	2	1st	9 14 25 37 43
2018-02-28	40	2nd	2 9 21 25 45
2017-10-11	4	1st	9 17 19 35 37
2017-09-27	1	2nd	7 9 11 14 38
2017-09-23	11	1st	9 13 35 40 43
2017-08-16	22	2nd	5 9 13 29 44
2017-05-31	5	1st	9 13 35 43 44
2017-05-13	3	2nd	7 9 18 30 40
2017-05-03	2	1st	9 11 20 35 44
2017-04-26	8	3rd	7 8 9 21 40
2017-03-29	7	1st	9 12 17 19 41
2017-03-04	12	2nd	5 9 22 37 43
2017-01-21	7	2nd	6 9 11 25 35
2016-12-28	7	1st	9 21 22 25 38
2016-12-03	6	1st	9 20 33 34 37
2016-11-12	13	2nd	2 9 25 27 45
2016-09-28	18	2nd	5 9 19 23 36
2016-07-27	3	2nd	5 9 11 20 36
2016-07-16	1	2nd	1 9 15 29 43
2016-07-13	30	2nd	2 9 24 26 43
2016-03-30	18	1st	9 15 35 37 41
2016-01-27	3	1st	9 10 20 31 39
2016-01-16	6	1st	9 14 20 25 43
2015-12-26	4	1st	9 20 29 43 45
2015-12-12	8	1st	9 10 12 22 31
2015-11-14	1	1st	9 30 33 34 42
2015-11-11	1	3rd	1 6 9 21 25
2015-11-07	3	2nd	8 9 13 37 40
2015-10-28	5	1st	9 16 22 23 25
2015-10-10	6	2nd	7 9 14 24 33
2015-09-19	14	3rd	2 6 9 33 35
2015-08-01	15	2nd	3 9 18 27 44
2015-06-10	20	1st	9 11 19 38 45
2015-04-01	6	1st	9 23 27 29 31
2015-03-11	6	2nd	8 9 13 15 16
2015-02-18	3	2nd	2 9 10 30 35
2015-02-07	2	2nd	2 9 26 28 33
2015-01-31	2	1st	9 22 35 41 45
2015-01-24	5	1st	9 28 35 42 45
2015-01-07	6	1st	9 28 33 41 44
2014-12-17	24	1st	9 29 31 39 41
2014-09-24	8	1st	9 10 15 18 28
2014-08-27	3	1st	9 15 22 29 39
2014-08-16	15	3rd	5 6 9 39 42
2014-06-25	5	1st	9 12 14 26 34
2014-06-07	2	1st	9 15 25 26 30
2014-05-31	—	1st	9 12 17 20 45