Number 9

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,584 draws, 4 from 1–77.

140times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.51σ

42draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

18.3average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

116longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 140 times in 2,584 draws against 134.2 expected, +0.51σ. Each draw is independent: after 42 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 140 times in 2,584 draws · average wait 18.3 draws · longest completed wait 116 · waiting 42 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 smallest102 · chance 99.8
2nd smallest32 · chance 36.3
3rd smallest6 · chance 3.8
4th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 25 71 29 33 34

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 76 numbers; chance expects about 0.3 such strangers 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 77. 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
2026-07-04	7	1st	9 13 22 76
2026-06-17	3	2nd	5 9 36 43
2026-06-10	19	2nd	1 9 21 74
2026-04-27	1	1st	9 25 34 45
2026-04-25	63	2nd

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-06-14	116	1st	9 12 43 47
2022-09-17	76	1st	9 13 67 76
2022-03-23	2	1st	9 17 37 52
2022-03-19	19	1st	9 59 68 71
2022-02-02	17	2nd	8 9 25 26
2021-12-25	54	2nd	1 9 30 48
2021-08-21	14	2nd	8 9 13 45
2021-07-19	15	1st	9 24 41 62
2021-06-14	22	1st	9 25 48 76
2021-04-24	5	1st	9 54 66 68
2021-04-12	4	1st	9 13 49 57
2021-04-03	5	1st	9 17 34 47
2021-03-22	14	1st	9 17 38 50
2021-02-17	3	1st	9 10 36 45
2021-02-10	15	1st	9 21 41 63
2021-01-06	2	1st	9 11 12 71
2021-01-02	6	1st	9 44 56 68
2020-12-19	25	2nd	5 9 20 22
2020-10-21	22	1st	9 23 63 70
2020-08-31	25	1st	9 33 55 64
2020-07-04	23	1st	9 23 71 75
2020-05-11	8	1st	9 22 53 74
2020-04-22	40	2nd	1 9 20 40
2020-01-20	12	1st	9 25 46 60
2019-12-23	18	1st	9 27 39 48
2019-11-11	15	2nd	6 9 15 58
2019-10-07	4	1st	9 11 21 34
2019-09-28	8	2nd	7 9 26 72
2019-09-09	2	1st	9 45 59 71
2019-09-04	17	2nd	7 9 48 57
2019-07-27	6	1st	9 23 24 65
2019-07-13	2	2nd	2 9 25 33
2019-07-08	84	1st	9 16 29 42
2018-12-24	1	2nd	7 9 27 35
2018-12-22	5	2nd	6 9 26 44
2018-12-10	7	2nd	3 9 13 69
2018-11-24	19	2nd	4 9 47 49
2018-10-10	9	1st	9 41 57 71
2018-09-19	9	1st	9 12 16 30
2018-08-29	81	2nd	5 9 14 38
2018-02-21	44	1st	9 20 34 35
2017-11-11	3	1st	9 29 46 56
2017-11-04	1	1st	9 23 25 28
2017-11-01	12	2nd	2 9 27 35
2017-10-04	14	2nd	3 9 11 30
2017-09-02	2	1st	9 22 38 64
2017-08-28	16	2nd	3 9 29 31
2017-07-22	31	1st	9 26 36 60
2017-05-10	16	1st	9 18 25 69
2017-04-03	27	1st	9 10 14 52
2017-01-30	64	1st	9 33 58 61
2016-09-03	26	1st	9 36 52 69
2016-07-04	16	3rd	7 8 9 36
2016-05-28	2	2nd	8 9 20 34
2016-05-23	28	1st	9 44 59 72
2016-03-19	32	1st	9 19 53 69
2016-01-04	18	1st	9 34 59 72
2015-11-23	25	1st	9 10 14 25
2015-09-26	92	1st	9 12 36 38
2015-02-23	6	2nd	5 9 10 49
2015-02-09	14	1st	9 15 69 77
2015-01-07	4	1st	9 11 13 40
2014-12-29	18	1st	9 27 46 74
2014-11-17	1	1st	9 28 39 72
2014-11-15	59	2nd	1 9 30 55
2014-06-30	18	1st	9 15 20 61
2014-05-19	2	1st	9 29 33 74
2014-05-14	18	1st	9 66 67 73
2014-04-02	1	1st	9 30 55 58
2014-03-31	7	1st	9 23 57 70
2014-03-15	3	1st	9 48 51 65
2014-03-08	1	1st	9 19 35 38
2014-03-05	35	1st	9 47 68 70
2013-12-14	1	1st	9 20 58 61
2013-12-11	8	2nd	2 9 71 77
2013-11-23	8	1st	9 27 43 62
2013-11-04	25	2nd	8 9 46 74
2013-09-07	2	2nd	3 9 33 35
2013-09-02	10	1st	9 19 37 56
2013-08-10	43	1st	9 15 22 29
2013-05-01	41	1st	9 22 45 70
2013-01-26	8	1st	9 24 59 74
2013-01-07	2	2nd	7 9 36 70
2013-01-02	5	1st	9 37 55 67
2012-12-22	1	1st	9 14 49 57
2012-12-19	19	1st	9 17 40 50
2012-11-05	6	2nd	7 9 27 71
2012-10-22	4	1st	9 23 75 76
2012-10-13	25	1st	9 13 34 71
2012-08-15	9	1st	9 21 29 62
2012-07-25	23	3rd	3 5 9 29
2012-06-02	18	3rd	3 8 9 37
2012-04-18	19	1st	9 11 40 68
2012-03-05	15	1st	9 11 13 66
2012-01-30	44	1st	9 51 61 68
2011-10-19	1	1st	9 41 45 74
2011-10-17	31	1st	9 55 72 75
2011-08-06	13	1st	9 25 72 77
2011-07-06	2	1st	9 16 18 54
2011-07-02	6	1st	9 20 35 37
2011-06-18	11	1st	9 12 19 75
2011-05-23	5	1st	9 31 52 64
2011-05-11	4	1st	9 39 60 71
2011-05-02	9	3rd	2 5 9 22
2011-04-11	17	1st	9 22 33 35
2011-03-02	25	1st	9 12 56 65
2011-01-03	19	1st	9 41 46 62
2010-11-20	10	1st	9 12 51 70
2010-10-27	8	3rd	3 4 9 50
2010-10-09	14	1st	9 15 20 37
2010-09-06	10	1st	9 33 39 47
2010-08-14	33	1st	9 23 34 51
2010-05-29	2	2nd	1 9 22 67
2010-05-24	17	2nd	7 9 34 67
2010-04-14	2	1st	9 51 57 63
2010-04-10	—	1st	9 28 42 75