In Loto Cash under the 5/35 + 2/10 · since Sep 2025 rules — 152 draws, 5 from 1–35.
19times drawn · chance expected 22 −0.63σ
11draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number
7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0
22longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long
9 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 19 times in 152 draws against 21.7 expected, −0.63σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
9
Number 9, draw by draw
Drawn 19 times in 152 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 22 · waiting 11 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.
Never drawn alongside 7 of the other 34 numbers; chance expects about 4 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 35. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.