Number 9

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

162times drawn · chance expected 170 −0.62σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 72% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

49longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 162 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, −0.62σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 29 times, counted separately.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 162 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 4 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 smallest66 · chance 74.9
2nd smallest75 · chance 65.1
3rd smallest18 · chance 19.4
4th smallest3 · chance 2.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 57 2 3 10 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-09-26	14	2nd	6 9 13 32 46 53
2026-08-08	1	2nd	2 9 24 26 28 35
2026-08-05	23	2nd	2 9 30 38 42 53
2026-05-16

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-07	7	2nd	2 9 20 22 32 46
2024-07-13	7	2nd	6 9 19 24 27 41
2024-06-19	8	3rd	2 8 9 29 39 49
2024-05-22	24	1st	9 21 25 28 42 56
2024-02-28	49	1st	9 10 11 35 44 59
2023-09-09	3	2nd	1 9 23 52 53 57
2023-08-30	22	2nd	7 9 19 41 48 53
2023-06-14	3	2nd	1 9 21 22 31 42
2023-06-03	22	1st	9 10 24 32 50 57
2023-03-18	17	1st	9 18 34 37 43 50
2023-01-18	4	2nd	5 9 21 25 35 42
2023-01-04	1	2nd	6 9 12 16 29 57
2022-12-31	12	1st	9 10 13 35 36 55
2022-11-19	20	1st	9 12 24 28 30 41
2022-09-10	22	1st	9 30 32 51 55 57
2022-06-25	43	1st	9 12 26 36 41 53
2022-01-26	15	2nd	4 9 15 42 48 58
2021-12-04	9	2nd	6 9 15 16 43 53
2021-11-03	14	1st	9 10 27 28 35 41
2021-09-15	48	2nd	3 9 14 16 21 25
2021-03-31	27	1st	9 30 32 46 49 53
2020-12-26	2	1st	9 13 20 36 58 59
2020-12-19	9	2nd	1 9 14 21 56 57
2020-11-18	7	2nd	6 9 31 36 43 49
2020-10-24	19	1st	9 10 15 24 25 57
2020-08-19	4	3rd	1 3 9 33 35 52
2020-08-05	3	2nd	7 9 20 29 36 56
2020-07-25	4	2nd	5 9 11 30 41 57
2020-07-11	34	3rd	3 5 9 11 29 47
2020-03-14	5	2nd	8 9 16 46 53 54
2020-02-26	1	2nd	4 9 13 15 53 57
2020-02-22	7	3rd	2 8 9 48 57 59
2020-01-29	23	1st	9 15 17 37 52 53
2019-11-09	7	2nd	4 9 16 32 42 44
2019-10-16	3	3rd	2 7 9 11 40 54
2019-10-05	6	1st	9 22 32 45 54 59
2019-09-14	1	2nd	1 9 14 22 24 25
2019-09-11	17	2nd	2 9 10 35 58 59
2019-07-13	21	1st	9 12 14 21 44 55
2019-05-01	7	2nd	8 9 24 27 36 37
2019-04-06	16	2nd	6 9 16 20 26 41
2019-02-09	23	2nd	3 9 12 23 36 53
2018-11-21	9	1st	9 24 34 35 57 58
2018-10-20	6	4th	4 7 8 9 41 58
2018-09-29	16	1st	9 13 35 41 42 51
2018-08-04	10	1st	9 20 24 31 32 53
2018-06-30	6	1st	9 15 21 35 49 56
2018-06-09	11	1st	9 10 20 28 32 37
2018-05-02	3	2nd	4 9 21 25 37 39
2018-04-21	13	1st	9 19 20 21 45 47
2018-03-07	21	3rd	3 8 9 16 21 53
2017-12-23	1	2nd	7 9 19 37 48 50
2017-12-20	8	2nd	1 9 18 33 45 57
2017-11-22	8	2nd	4 9 28 37 43 48
2017-10-25	18	2nd	5 9 19 29 38 40
2017-08-23	19	1st	9 23 34 37 52 56
2017-06-17	5	1st	9 16 18 34 45 51
2017-05-31	9	1st	9 12 29 30 43 59
2017-04-29	2	1st	9 24 34 40 47 59
2017-04-22	14	1st	9 28 31 45 49 50
2017-03-04	4	2nd	3 9 18 46 47 55
2017-02-18	7	1st	9 26 28 34 36 57
2017-01-25	3	2nd	3 9 29 49 51 54
2017-01-14	11	1st	9 13 16 23 35 58
2016-12-07	4	2nd	8 9 19 34 39 43
2016-11-23	6	2nd	6 9 10 18 25 42
2016-11-02	7	1st	9 21 24 26 50 54
2016-10-08	10	2nd	2 9 29 40 55 57
2016-09-03	7	2nd	3 9 26 34 48 59
2016-08-10	2	1st	9 12 14 17 26 28
2016-08-03	1	1st	9 16 22 27 46 51
2016-07-30	17	4th	1 6 8 9 18 38
2016-06-01	1	1st	9 13 15 25 38 56
2016-05-28	17	3rd	3 8 9 26 39 42
2016-03-30	4	2nd	6 9 34 44 54 59
2016-03-16	1	3rd	4 7 9 20 52 57
2016-03-12	2	2nd	6 9 12 15 22 37
2016-03-05	14	1st	9 37 38 41 46 58
2016-01-16	10	1st	9 23 39 41 48 52
2015-12-12	8	1st	9 10 11 19 41 58
2015-11-14	1	2nd	3 9 11 16 20 38
2015-11-11	5	3rd	5 8 9 17 28 48
2015-10-24	2	2nd	1 9 45 51 55 57
2015-10-17	3	2nd	1 9 11 16 19 22
2015-10-07	16	2nd	1 9 13 35 49 59
2015-08-12	3	2nd	6 9 16 21 36 44
2015-08-01	19	2nd	5 9 13 31 40 54
2015-05-27	9	2nd	2 9 21 25 45 54
2015-04-25	22	1st	9 18 24 34 49 58
2015-02-07	2	2nd	4 9 17 18 21 52
2015-01-31	12	3rd	3 5 9 21 23 24
2014-12-20	25	1st	9 17 20 27 32 42
2014-09-24	4	1st	9 10 25 26 35 44
2014-09-10	12	2nd	2 9 10 22 35 42
2014-07-30	5	1st	9 10 21 43 44 50
2014-07-12	1	1st	9 12 17 38 45 46
2014-07-09	1	2nd	7 9 24 26 48 49
2014-07-05	4	2nd	5 9 23 34 44 59
2014-06-21	1	1st	9 19 31 54 57 59
2014-06-18	3	2nd	6 9 22 39 41 44
2014-06-07	11	2nd	3 9 21 29 52 58
2014-04-30	7	1st	9 10 12 23 52 58
2014-04-05	7	3rd	3 6 9 19 31 41
2014-03-12	5	1st	9 11 14 16 49 57
2014-02-22	1	1st	9 10 29 38 40 46
2014-02-19	12	2nd	2 9 10 31 40 52
2014-01-08	2	3rd	1 3 9 28 53 55
2014-01-01	11	1st	9 14 24 26 35 55
2013-11-23	10	3rd	3 5 9 15 27 29
2013-10-19	21	2nd	2 9 20 22 55 57
2013-08-07	1	3rd	5 6 9 13 34 50
2013-08-03	1	1st	9 11 17 25 42 44
2013-07-31	5	1st	9 19 20 42 46 55
2013-07-13	10	2nd	2 9 14 16 23 27
2013-06-08	15	1st	9 17 35 42 53 57
2013-04-17	13	1st	9 19 26 33 34 51
2013-03-02	6	2nd	3 9 10 33 48 51
2013-02-09	2	1st	9 18 20 40 46 55
2013-02-02	1	1st	9 20 35 51 55 59
2013-01-30	29	1st	9 22 35 47 48 57
2012-10-20	9	2nd	4 9 25 26 32 35
2012-09-19	3	1st	9 36 38 43 46 49
2012-09-08	9	2nd	2 9 25 31 39 42
2012-08-08	11	2nd	7 9 27 44 46 56
2012-06-30	11	2nd	8 9 21 26 35 38
2012-05-23	11	3rd	1 6 9 22 35 41
2012-04-14	16	2nd	3 9 41 45 51 57
2012-02-18	9	1st	9 17 35 43 45 53
2012-01-18	15	2nd	4 9 15 29 39 55
2011-11-26	21	1st	9 17 19 44 46 53
2011-09-14	7	1st	9 15 19 27 46 54
2011-08-20	12	2nd	2 9 19 42 43 54
2011-07-09	2	1st	9 14 35 44 55 58
2011-07-02	5	2nd	6 9 10 19 39 47
2011-06-15	5	1st	9 13 14 29 32 51
2011-05-28	18	4th	2 3 7 9 12 57
2011-03-26	42	1st	9 23 27 37 41 45
2010-10-30	—	2nd	7 9 23 30 38 51