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Star 9 In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,420 draws, 1 from 1–26.
Main numbers Stars 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/35 · Jan 2012 – Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/39 · Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 5/55 + 1/42 · Aug 2005 – Jan 2009 5/53 + 1/42 · Oct 2002 – Aug 2005 5/49 + 1/42 · Nov 1997 – Oct 2002 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 59 times drawn · chance expected 55 +0.61σ
1 draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number
24.4 average wait between appearances · chance says 26.0
145 longest completed wait · 19% chance of one at least that long
9 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 59 times in 1,420 draws against 54.6 expected, +0.61σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
9 Number 9, draw by draw Drawn 59 times in 1,420 draws · average wait 24.4 draws · longest completed wait 145 · waiting 1 draws now
16 draws: 2015-10-07 to 2015-12-02 37 draws: 2015-12-02 to 2016-04-09 8 draws: 2016-04-09 to 2016-05-07 2 draws: 2016-05-07 to 2016-05-14 42 draws: 2016-05-14 to 2016-10-08 24 draws: 2016-10-08 to 2016-12-31 23 draws: 2016-12-31 to 2017-03-22 12 draws: 2017-03-22 to 2017-05-03 4 draws: 2017-05-03 to 2017-05-17 3 draws: 2017-05-17 to 2017-05-27 13 draws: 2017-05-27 to 2017-07-12 3 draws: 2017-07-12 to 2017-07-22 5 draws: 2017-07-22 to 2017-08-09 34 draws: 2017-08-09 to 2017-12-06 28 draws: 2017-12-06 to 2018-03-14 10 draws: 2018-03-14 to 2018-04-18 17 draws: 2018-04-18 to 2018-06-16 22 draws: 2018-06-16 to 2018-09-01 135 draws: 2018-09-01 to 2019-12-18 44 draws: 2019-12-18 to 2020-05-20 17 draws: 2020-05-20 to 2020-07-18 55 draws: 2020-07-18 to 2021-01-27 38 draws: 2021-01-27 to 2021-06-09 54 draws: 2021-06-09 to 2021-11-06 3 draws: 2021-11-06 to 2021-11-13 25 draws: 2021-11-13 to 2022-01-10 53 draws: 2022-01-10 to 2022-05-14 25 draws: 2022-05-14 to 2022-07-11 18 draws: 2022-07-11 to 2022-08-22 5 draws: 2022-08-22 to 2022-09-03 43 draws: 2022-09-03 to 2022-12-12 22 draws: 2022-12-12 to 2023-02-01 3 draws: 2023-02-01 to 2023-02-08 95 draws: 2023-02-08 to 2023-09-18 29 draws: 2023-09-18 to 2023-11-25 4 draws: 2023-11-25 to 2023-12-04 27 draws: 2023-12-04 to 2024-02-05 19 draws: 2024-02-05 to 2024-03-20 7 draws: 2024-03-20 to 2024-04-06 23 draws: 2024-04-06 to 2024-05-29 5 draws: 2024-05-29 to 2024-06-10 3 draws: 2024-06-10 to 2024-06-17 6 draws: 2024-06-17 to 2024-07-01 16 draws: 2024-07-01 to 2024-08-07 1 draws: 2024-08-07 to 2024-08-10 40 draws: 2024-08-10 to 2024-11-11 1 draws: 2024-11-11 to 2024-11-13 26 draws: 2024-11-13 to 2025-01-13 11 draws: 2025-01-13 to 2025-02-08 4 draws: 2025-02-08 to 2025-02-17 12 draws: 2025-02-17 to 2025-03-17 19 draws: 2025-03-17 to 2025-04-30 42 draws: 2025-04-30 to 2025-08-06 14 draws: 2025-08-06 to 2025-09-08 145 draws: 2025-09-08 to 2026-08-12 10 draws: 2026-08-12 to 2026-09-05 13 draws: 2026-09-05 to 2026-10-05 3 draws: 2026-10-05 to 2026-10-12 Still waiting — at least 1 draws since 2026-10-12 2015-10-07 2015-12-02 2016-04-09 2016-05-07 2016-05-14 2016-10-08 2016-12-31 2017-03-22 2017-05-03 2017-05-17 2017-05-27 2017-07-12 2017-07-22 2017-08-09 2017-12-06 2018-03-14 2018-04-18 2018-06-16 2018-09-01 2019-12-18 2020-05-20 2020-07-18 2021-01-27 2021-06-09 2021-11-06 2021-11-13 2022-01-10 2022-05-14 2022-07-11 2022-08-22 2022-09-03 2022-12-12 2023-02-01 2023-02-08 2023-09-18 2023-11-25 2023-12-04 2024-02-05 2024-03-20 2024-04-06 2024-05-29 2024-06-10 2024-06-17 2024-07-01 2024-08-07 2024-08-10 2024-11-11 2024-11-13 2025-01-13 2025-02-08 2025-02-17 2025-03-17 2025-04-30 2025-08-06 2025-09-08 2026-08-12 2026-09-05 2026-10-05 2026-10-12 2015-10-07 2026-10-14
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1st smallest 59 · chance 59.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 25 of the other 25 numbers; chance expects about 25 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 26. 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 The other 35 appearances ← star 8 Every number star 10 → 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 1/26 tonight whatever it did last week.