Number 9

In Cash 5 under the 5/43 · since Nov 2018 rules — 2,786 draws, 5 from 1–43.

317times drawn · chance expected 324 −0.41σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.6

76longest completed wait · 3% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 317 times in 2,786 draws against 324.0 expected, −0.41σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 317 times in 2,786 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 76 · waiting 17 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 smallest115 · chance 131.3
2nd smallest151 · chance 135.6
3rd smallest46 · chance 44.5
4th smallest5 · chance 5.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 22 38 6 7 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2026-09-24	4	2nd	5 9 30 34 35
2026-09-20	34	2nd	5 9 14 16 32
2026-08-17	4	2nd	2 9 10 20 41
2026-08-13	2	2nd	1 9 20 22

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 5/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-02	4	1st	9 22 28 32 40
2026-02-26	4	2nd	4 9 22 32 35
2026-02-22	12	2nd	3 9 20 32 35
2026-02-10	33	2nd	8 9 10 20 31
2026-01-08	11	1st	9 11 17 36 39
2025-12-28	3	1st	9 10 16 18 28
2025-12-25	6	3rd	2 3 9 22 33
2025-12-19	4	2nd	1 9 20 29 36
2025-12-15	26	2nd	5 9 31 38 40
2025-11-19	16	1st	9 16 25 32 43
2025-11-03	2	2nd	6 9 19 25 32
2025-11-01	13	1st	9 19 28 32 36
2025-10-19	4	2nd	1 9 24 33 36
2025-10-15	7	2nd	7 9 17 34 39
2025-10-08	6	2nd	2 9 25 33 35
2025-10-02	18	1st	9 26 27 28 30
2025-09-14	1	2nd	4 9 20 30 38
2025-09-13	8	2nd	1 9 12 17 42
2025-09-05	18	1st	9 10 12 27 40
2025-08-18	6	2nd	8 9 22 34 42
2025-08-12	3	1st	9 10 11 24 29
2025-08-09	17	3rd	6 8 9 23 40
2025-07-23	6	2nd	6 9 24 39 40
2025-07-17	4	2nd	8 9 29 30 33
2025-07-13	21	1st	9 16 24 31 35
2025-06-22	6	2nd	5 9 10 20 34
2025-06-16	12	1st	9 32 34 38 39
2025-06-04	10	1st	9 20 36 40 41
2025-05-25	15	3rd	4 6 9 21 29
2025-05-10	16	1st	9 22 26 41 43
2025-04-24	3	2nd	5 9 16 26 34
2024-12-29	4	1st	9 12 24 25 34
2024-12-25	17	2nd	3 9 28 39 40
2024-12-08	3	3rd	2 4 9 12 32
2024-12-05	15	1st	9 10 17 40 42
2024-11-20	5	3rd	1 5 9 15 27
2024-11-15	2	1st	9 15 16 26 38
2024-11-13	11	2nd	8 9 22 23 43
2024-11-02	3	2nd	1 9 14 32 38
2024-10-30	11	1st	9 18 25 26 32
2024-10-19	48	3rd	4 6 9 34 39
2024-09-01	19	2nd	8 9 27 31 37
2024-08-13	1	1st	9 18 27 34 38
2024-08-12	1	2nd	5 9 34 37 43
2024-08-11	3	4th	1 4 5 9 35
2024-08-08	3	1st	9 14 19 24 39
2024-08-05	2	4th	5 6 7 9 23
2024-08-03	32	2nd	4 9 18 32 42
2024-07-02	6	2nd	7 9 23 31 41
2024-06-26	2	2nd	1 9 12 42 43
2024-06-24	10	2nd	6 9 16 19 23
2024-06-14	5	3rd	5 7 9 12 16
2024-06-09	2	1st	9 24 32 33 35
2024-06-07	9	2nd	5 9 18 27 41
2024-05-29	1	1st	9 13 15 23 32
2024-05-28	1	1st	9 11 15 27 32
2024-05-27	10	2nd	7 9 18 35 43
2024-05-17	2	2nd	4 9 13 19 28
2024-05-15	4	1st	9 21 39 41 43
2024-05-11	5	2nd	7 9 13 19 20
2024-05-06	21	3rd	1 4 9 22 26
2024-04-15	6	2nd	7 9 15 22 40
2024-04-09	13	2nd	6 9 11 33 41
2024-03-27	21	2nd	1 9 13 16 27
2024-03-06	8	4th	1 2 6 9 14
2024-02-27	2	3rd	4 7 9 28 39
2024-02-25	25	1st	9 11 24 25 33
2024-01-31	22	2nd	7 9 15 33 34
2024-01-09	15	1st	9 21 22 28 34
2023-12-25	4	2nd	8 9 28 35 39
2023-12-21	1	2nd	1 9 18 27 37
2023-12-20	12	2nd	8 9 10 22 42
2023-12-08	27	2nd	3 9 12 16 27
2023-11-11	1	2nd	4 9 11 16 38
2023-11-10	4	2nd	2 9 13 14 33
2023-11-06	3	2nd	8 9 15 37 40
2023-11-03	7	2nd	3 9 16 25 27
2023-10-27	10	2nd	5 9 25 30 36
2023-10-17	3	1st	9 11 14 30 34
2023-10-14	2	3rd	3 6 9 27 31
2023-10-12	10	3rd	5 7 9 18 28
2023-10-02	1	2nd	8 9 14 33 41
2023-10-01	1	2nd	7 9 13 36 42
2023-09-30	5	1st	9 30 32 36 42
2023-09-25	1	3rd	6 8 9 20 22
2023-09-24	6	1st	9 15 19 23 24
2023-09-18	6	1st	9 21 36 41 43
2023-09-12	2	2nd	7 9 32 36 39
2023-09-10	8	1st	9 15 18 31 33
2023-09-02	3	2nd	4 9 22 35 42
2023-08-30	1	3rd	3 7 9 12 22
2023-08-29	9	1st	9 17 25 37 43
2023-08-20	15	3rd	1 3 9 20 37
2023-08-05	1	3rd	1 6 9 15 31
2023-08-04	14	3rd	3 4 9 34 35
2023-07-21	8	2nd	1 9 14 28 31
2023-07-13	1	1st	9 13 16 22 26
2023-07-12	9	3rd	6 8 9 16 31
2023-07-03	31	2nd	6 9 15 32 41
2023-06-02	2	2nd	1 9 12 35 38
2023-05-31	6	1st	9 22 24 26 35
2023-05-25	1	2nd	4 9 23 32 38
2023-05-24	10	1st	9 11 17 20 37
2023-05-14	1	1st	9 12 13 25 38
2023-05-13	3	1st	9 15 17 33 41
2023-05-10	6	1st	9 26 37 39 42
2023-05-04	4	2nd	2 9 21 22 27
2023-04-30	1	1st	9 13 20 24 41
2023-04-29	2	2nd	1 9 19 20 33
2023-04-27	2	1st	9 15 27 32 36
2023-04-25	22	2nd	2 9 14 36 42
2023-04-03	2	2nd	6 9 12 33 34
2023-04-01	3	1st	9 13 30 37 38
2023-03-29	13	1st	9 16 27 30 43
2023-03-16	7	2nd	7 9 14 34 38
2023-03-09	17	2nd	2 9 11 17 40
2023-02-20	76	1st	9 15 17 28 29
2022-12-06	8	2nd	6 9 12 17 31
2022-11-28	4	2nd	5 9 12 20 30
2022-11-24	4	3rd	1 6 9 14 36
2022-11-20	24	1st	9 10 26 30 35
2022-10-27	5	2nd	5 9 20 26 43
2022-10-22	2	2nd	4 9 16 17 28
2022-10-20	3	1st	9 24 31 32 43
2022-10-17	13	3rd	6 8 9 12 26
2022-10-04	5	3rd	2 7 9 19 40
2022-09-29	36	2nd	2 9 20 38 42
2022-08-24	4	1st	9 33 38 39 42
2022-08-20	2	1st	9 24 30 33 42
2022-08-18	2	2nd	3 9 11 33 39
2022-08-16	10	2nd	5 9 19 24 42
2022-08-06	15	4th	1 2 6 9 12
2022-07-22	1	1st	9 11 21 22 35
2022-07-21	4	1st	9 27 35 40 42
2022-07-17	26	1st	9 13 20 28 33
2022-06-21	3	2nd	5 9 14 15 38
2022-06-18	4	2nd	2 9 12 34 35
2022-06-14	2	1st	9 12 17 26 28
2022-06-12	21	2nd	5 9 23 32 39
2022-05-22	39	1st	9 12 24 37 38
2022-04-13	10	2nd	3 9 20 24 42
2022-04-03	3	2nd	4 9 35 38 41
2022-03-31	5	2nd	1 9 16 28 40
2022-03-26	2	2nd	7 9 21 22 36
2022-03-24	1	2nd	1 9 33 35 40
2022-03-23	7	3rd	6 7 9 25 29
2022-03-16	8	2nd	7 9 30 37 38
2022-03-08	3	2nd	8 9 27 39 42
2022-03-05	17	2nd	8 9 13 32 33
2022-02-16	1	1st	9 12 30 37 43
2022-02-15	5	2nd	4 9 19 21 33
2022-02-10	11	3rd	6 7 9 12 21
2022-01-30	6	2nd	2 9 18 25 32
2022-01-24	4	1st	9 23 25 36 43
2022-01-20	3	2nd	4 9 14 16 37
2022-01-17	3	1st	9 26 34 38 39
2022-01-14	14	2nd	8 9 20 27 28
2021-12-31	6	2nd	7 9 14 23 41
2021-12-25	12	1st	9 15 26 27 43
2021-12-13	21	2nd	4 9 11 22 25
2021-11-22	10	1st	9 22 30 31 40
2021-11-12	10	1st	9 11 16 22 32
2021-11-02	2	2nd	1 9 11 15 32
2021-10-31	1	3rd	2 7 9 15 40
2021-10-30	4	2nd	2 9 14 24 34
2021-10-26	4	2nd	1 9 30 39 41
2021-10-22	12	3rd	2 7 9 31 38
2021-10-10	13	2nd	7 9 19 23 37
2021-09-27	5	3rd	6 7 9 19 39
2021-09-22	6	2nd	8 9 16 23 34
2021-09-16	5	1st	9 21 22 24 38
2021-09-11	7	1st	9 11 15 20 39
2021-09-04	9	1st	9 13 37 40 43
2021-08-26	8	2nd	3 9 16 30 36
2021-08-18	11	2nd	2 9 15 18 42
2021-08-07	1	1st	9 23 24 26 41
2021-08-06	15	2nd	2 9 30 36 43
2021-07-22	4	2nd	8 9 25 27 28
2021-07-18	19	3rd	6 7 9 21 41
2021-06-29	25	1st	9 10 16 19 29
2021-06-04	4	2nd	3 9 17 29 35
2021-05-31	11	2nd	7 9 11 19 40
2021-05-20	11	3rd	2 8 9 18 22
2021-05-09	7	3rd	1 4 9 15 30
2021-05-02	1	2nd	8 9 12 26 38
2021-05-01	20	2nd	2 9 27 30 36
2021-04-11	13	1st	9 14 22 26 35
2021-03-29	4	3rd	1 8 9 10 28
2021-03-25	3	1st	9 12 16 20 35
2021-03-22	20	1st	9 18 32 33 34
2021-03-02	2	1st	9 15 20 27 34
2021-02-28	12	2nd	6 9 13 14 22
2021-02-16	1	2nd	1 9 22 23 27
2021-02-15	1	2nd	6 9 11 18 23
2021-02-14	3	2nd	6 9 19 26 43
2021-02-11	14	1st	9 10 17 32 36
2021-01-28	24	2nd	2 9 14 18 43
2021-01-04	2	2nd	5 9 10 38 43
2021-01-02	1	3rd	3 8 9 18 38
2021-01-01	5	1st	9 14 25 28 32
2020-12-27	2	1st	9 19 23 40 42
2020-12-25	11	2nd	3 9 24 26 33
2020-12-14	9	2nd	2 9 14 21 29
2020-12-05	24	1st	9 25 28 32 36
2020-11-11	4	2nd	5 9 11 14 29
2020-11-07	1	1st	9 14 16 17 36
2020-11-06	1	1st	9 25 29 42 43
2020-11-05	26	3rd	4 7 9 33 34
2020-10-10	13	2nd	8 9 10 24 33
2020-09-27	4	3rd	2 4 9 11 33
2020-09-23	7	1st	9 15 26 33 37
2020-09-16	10	1st	9 25 26 27 33
2020-09-06	10	2nd	7 9 30 36 38
2020-08-27	1	2nd	2 9 17 19 27
2020-08-26	3	2nd	2 9 19 21 31
2020-08-23	10	1st	9 13 22 23 33
2020-08-13	7	1st	9 20 24 40 43
2020-08-06	13	3rd	3 8 9 38 42
2020-07-24	3	1st	9 23 25 36 41
2020-07-21	1	2nd	4 9 13 21 34
2020-07-20	2	1st	9 15 20 36 37
2020-07-18	13	3rd	6 8 9 16 21
2020-07-05	3	2nd	4 9 16 18 20
2020-07-02	1	1st	9 14 26 35 40
2020-07-01	2	1st	9 35 36 40 43
2020-06-29	15	1st	9 25 35 40 42
2020-06-14	5	2nd	8 9 11 18 37
2020-06-09	11	2nd	8 9 23 25 39
2020-05-29	17	2nd	6 9 16 25 33
2020-05-12	2	1st	9 10 26 38 41
2020-05-10	1	1st	9 23 27 33 42
2020-05-09	11	1st	9 13 21 29 30
2020-04-28	11	1st	9 19 20 32 37
2020-04-17	4	1st	9 11 24 32 34
2020-04-13	11	1st	9 10 27 33 38
2020-04-02	20	2nd	1 9 33 36 39
2020-03-13	5	1st	9 13 19 20 23
2020-03-08	5	1st	9 26 29 37 38
2020-03-03	13	4th	1 4 7 9 18
2020-02-19	2	1st	9 24 30 38 40
2020-02-17	7	1st	9 11 13 28 41
2020-02-10	4	2nd	1 9 11 22 41
2020-02-06	4	2nd	8 9 26 36 39
2020-02-02	8	2nd	4 9 15 34 36
2020-01-25	5	1st	9 12 17 27 30
2020-01-20	10	1st	9 29 38 41 42
2020-01-10	21	2nd	3 9 22 29 30
2019-12-20	15	1st	9 10 14 36 38
2019-12-05	5	1st	9 11 29 30 39
2019-11-30	9	2nd	1 9 15 34 35
2019-11-21	7	1st	9 17 23 33 34
2019-11-14	5	1st	9 20 21 26 41
2019-11-09	3	2nd	5 9 11 12 31
2019-11-06	2	3rd	4 7 9 10 17
2019-11-04	7	3rd	4 6 9 11 27
2019-10-28	31	3rd	7 8 9 34 37
2019-09-27	24	2nd	4 9 11 12 13
2019-09-03	23	1st	9 14 16 22 26
2019-08-11	11	2nd	1 9 30 38 40
2019-07-31	12	2nd	5 9 14 17 30
2019-07-19	2	2nd	1 9 26 30 36
2019-07-17	6	2nd	2 9 16 26 35
2019-07-11	4	1st	9 10 15 35 40
2019-07-07	18	2nd	3 9 20 36 39
2019-06-19	14	2nd	8 9 25 31 35
2019-06-05	4	2nd	5 9 19 23 27
2019-06-01	4	3rd	1 7 9 31 32
2019-05-28	1	2nd	3 9 13 25 27
2019-05-27	2	3rd	7 8 9 23 31
2019-05-25	8	3rd	3 7 9 22 40
2019-05-17	11	2nd	6 9 19 34 39
2019-05-06	14	1st	9 10 14 15 19
2019-04-22	2	2nd	5 9 13 15 29
2019-04-20	20	1st	9 10 18 20 23
2019-03-31	5	1st	9 16 31 34 40
2019-03-26	17	2nd	1 9 32 36 38
2019-03-09	1	2nd	2 9 17 26 40
2019-03-08	3	2nd	1 9 22 30 37
2019-03-05	36	2nd	1 9 22 28 38
2019-01-28	3	1st	9 14 24 39 41
2019-01-25	2	3rd	3 8 9 20 40
2019-01-23	4	2nd	3 9 22 28 30
2019-01-19	2	1st	9 13 14 23 39
2019-01-17	6	1st	9 19 20 29 31
2019-01-11	5	1st	9 11 18 24 39
2019-01-06	11	2nd	1 9 15 29 42
2018-12-26	11	3rd	2 3 9 27 43
2018-12-15	3	2nd	6 9 16 19 29
2018-12-12	10	1st	9 22 26 39 42
2018-12-02	12	1st	9 15 17 27 34
2018-11-20	2	1st	9 10 14 35 38
2018-11-18	9	2nd	3 9 12 34 40
2018-11-09	—	1st	9 10 11 14 35