Number 9

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,153 draws, 5 from 1–40.

149times drawn · chance expected 144 +0.43σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

36longest completed wait · 75% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 149 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, +0.43σ. 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 149 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 36 · 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 57.0
2nd smallest61 · chance 65.1
3rd smallest28 · chance 23.6
4th smallest3 · chance 3.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 19 23 3 24 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-10	1	1st	9 10 14 24 26
2026-10-09	6	2nd	3 9 23 25 34
2026-10-03	2	2nd	6 9 21 30 31
2026-10-01	9	2nd	8 9 19 21

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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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