Number 9

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

96times drawn · chance expected 103 −0.69σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

14.8average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

77longest completed wait · 27% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 96 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, −0.69σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 96 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 14.8 draws · longest completed wait 77 · waiting 8 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 57.5
2nd smallest30 · chance 32.3
3rd smallest9 · chance 5.8
4th smallest0 · chance 0.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 64 5 36 66 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.2 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 9 is picked about 1.16× as often as an indifferent choice — 2nd most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.06
Culturally lucky numbers 3, 8, 9 ×1.04

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 9 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-21	5	3rd	2 7 9 17 58
2026-09-09	14	1st	9 40 42 55 65
2026-08-08	8	2nd	5 9 35 54 63
2026-07-20	1	2nd	2 9 44 53

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-13	5	1st	9 55 59 66 69
2024-07-01	2	2nd	5 9 32 39 55
2024-06-26	13	2nd	4 9 36 47 56
2024-05-27	13	1st	9 30 39 49 59
2024-04-27	36	1st	9 30 53 55 62
2024-02-03	18	1st	9 11 27 59 66
2023-12-23	3	1st	9 14 17 18 53
2023-12-16	31	2nd	3 9 10 20 62
2023-10-04	10	1st	9 35 54 63 64
2023-09-11	2	1st	9 25 27 53 66
2023-09-06	9	1st	9 14 20 23 63
2023-08-16	13	1st	9 11 17 19 55
2023-07-17	1	3rd	5 8 9 17 41
2023-07-15	23	2nd	2 9 43 55 57
2023-05-22	17	1st	9 38 48 52 68
2023-04-12	1	1st	9 36 41 44 59
2023-04-10	2	1st	9 10 36 46 52
2023-04-05	3	3rd	3 5 9 42 52
2023-03-29	12	2nd	4 9 24 46 66
2023-03-01	15	2nd	2 9 28 36 53
2023-01-25	10	1st	9 17 20 38 40
2023-01-02	10	2nd	7 9 12 31 62
2022-12-10	33	1st	9 23 47 49 68
2022-09-24	4	2nd	3 9 21 24 29
2022-09-14	11	1st	9 10 20 22 52
2022-08-20	7	2nd	5 9 11 16 66
2022-08-03	14	1st	9 21 56 57 66
2022-07-02	45	1st	9 10 37 59 62
2022-03-19	26	2nd	8 9 18 48 52
2022-01-17	8	1st	9 24 35 46 65
2021-12-29	25	3rd	2 6 9 33 39
2021-11-01	23	1st	9 25 34 44 45
2021-09-08	51	1st	9 22 41 47 61
2021-03-24	77	2nd	4 9 17 27 38
2020-06-27	27	1st	9 36 49 56 62
2020-03-25	3	2nd	5 9 27 39 42
2020-03-14	13	1st	9 23 26 30 32
2020-01-29	1	1st	9 12 15 31 60
2020-01-25	36	2nd	2 9 17 36 67
2019-09-21	7	2nd	1 9 22 36 68
2019-08-28	14	1st	9 32 37 41 56
2019-07-10	9	2nd	7 9 26 44 68
2019-06-08	8	1st	9 13 42 48 60
2019-05-11	43	3rd	6 8 9 37 40
2018-12-12	2	2nd	4 9 21 29 64
2018-12-05	19	1st	9 11 36 37 38
2018-09-29	20	1st	9 17 34 59 64
2018-07-21	6	1st	9 23 56 58 68
2018-06-30	4	2nd	3 9 20 42 61
2018-06-16	8	1st	9 45 57 58 65
2018-05-19	9	3rd	3 6 9 17 56
2018-04-18	24	1st	9 10 12 17 23
2018-01-24	8	2nd	5 9 11 33 64
2017-12-27	3	2nd	3 9 16 56 60
2017-12-16	35	1st	9 35 37 50 63
2017-08-16	9	1st	9 15 43 60 64
2017-07-15	3	1st	9 40 63 64 66
2017-07-05	9	2nd	4 9 16 54 68
2017-06-03	18	2nd	3 9 21 41 54
2017-04-01	3	1st	9 32 36 44 65
2017-03-22	9	2nd	2 9 27 29 42
2017-02-18	2	3rd	3 7 9 31 33
2017-02-11	3	2nd	5 9 17 37 64
2017-02-01	4	1st	9 43 57 60 64
2017-01-18	35	1st	9 40 41 53 58
2016-09-17	7	1st	9 19 51 55 62
2016-08-24	6	1st	9 11 25 64 65
2016-08-03	21	1st	9 11 27 66 67
2016-05-21	14	3rd	5 7 9 23 32
2016-04-02	31	1st	9 28 30 40 61
2015-12-16	13	1st	9 10 32 42 55
2015-10-31	—	1st	9 20 25 47 68