Number 9

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

328times drawn · chance expected 304 +1.45σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 7% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

51longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 328 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, +1.45σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 328 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 20 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 smallest111 · chance 118.0
2nd smallest155 · chance 145.2
3rd smallest55 · chance 56.5
4th smallest7 · chance 8.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 4 16 31 23 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2025-03-31	1	2nd	3 9 31 34 36
2025-03-30	11	1st	9 12 15 24 26
2025-03-19	2	3rd	6 7 9 24 30
2025-03-17	2	1st	9 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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-14	1	2nd	7 9 12 26 27
2024-10-13	3	1st	9 32 36 37 38
2024-10-10	17	1st	9 17 23 26 27
2024-09-23	5	1st	9 10 22 31 33
2024-09-18	6	1st	9 10 25 30 36
2024-09-12	9	2nd	7 9 21 22 23
2024-09-03	2	1st	9 16 24 31 37
2024-09-01	2	2nd	6 9 15 30 38
2024-08-30	3	3rd	1 5 9 16 38
2024-08-27	5	4th	6 7 8 9 23
2024-08-22	10	1st	9 15 25 27 35
2024-08-12	3	1st	9 17 26 31 33
2024-08-09	13	3rd	1 6 9 15 33
2024-07-27	6	1st	9 14 29 33 35
2024-07-21	7	2nd	1 9 16 35 37
2024-07-14	1	2nd	2 9 21 31 35
2024-07-13	12	2nd	8 9 14 19 29
2024-07-01	3	1st	9 11 12 13 30
2024-06-28	4	2nd	4 9 16 19 37
2024-06-24	3	2nd	2 9 13 26 33
2024-06-21	8	4th	1 5 7 9 29
2024-06-13	7	2nd	5 9 15 22 33
2024-06-06	8	1st	9 13 21 26 38
2024-05-29	4	1st	9 13 24 27 30
2024-05-25	8	1st	9 16 20 22 33
2024-05-17	3	1st	9 13 25 27 36
2024-05-14	26	2nd	8 9 24 30 32
2024-04-18	1	3rd	5 8 9 15 25
2024-04-17	7	2nd	1 9 28 29 34
2024-04-10	10	1st	9 16 19 27 31
2024-03-31	13	1st	9 20 25 28 37
2024-03-18	6	1st	9 12 20 24 28
2024-03-12	12	2nd	8 9 11 17 30
2024-02-29	10	2nd	6 9 23 28 33
2024-02-19	9	2nd	6 9 13 27 29
2024-02-10	9	2nd	4 9 27 28 37
2024-02-01	1	2nd	3 9 16 27 32
2024-01-31	8	3rd	1 7 9 21 37
2024-01-23	7	2nd	8 9 16 19 28
2024-01-16	4	2nd	4 9 25 34 36
2024-01-12	16	1st	9 10 12 25 31
2023-12-27	4	2nd	8 9 16 18 21
2023-12-23	1	1st	9 11 15 18 22
2023-12-22	2	2nd	8 9 12 26 31
2023-12-20	3	2nd	8 9 23 28 36
2023-12-17	3	2nd	5 9 33 36 38
2023-12-14	4	3rd	1 8 9 28 31
2023-12-10	14	2nd	3 9 19 20 22
2023-11-26	7	3rd	2 5 9 17 27
2023-11-19	4	1st	9 21 29 31 34
2023-11-15	4	1st	9 12 19 24 31
2023-11-11	22	2nd	2 9 26 28 34
2023-10-20	2	2nd	4 9 13 14 16
2023-10-18	4	3rd	3 6 9 15 22
2023-10-14	6	3rd	1 5 9 16 35
2023-10-08	9	2nd	7 9 12 20 38
2023-09-29	1	3rd	4 6 9 34 36
2023-09-28	9	2nd	5 9 16 32 33
2023-09-19	4	2nd	1 9 13 20 38
2023-09-15	4	2nd	6 9 10 34 36
2023-09-11	5	3rd	2 4 9 11 30
2023-09-06	19	3rd	3 8 9 12 25
2023-08-18	3	1st	9 15 22 28 34
2023-08-15	4	2nd	4 9 30 32 33
2023-08-11	2	1st	9 22 24 32 35
2023-08-09	16	2nd	2 9 13 25 28
2023-07-24	1	2nd	4 9 10 17 18
2023-07-23	2	3rd	1 4 9 22 34
2023-07-21	4	2nd	6 9 18 26 31
2023-07-17	32	2nd	4 9 16 35 38
2023-06-15	6	2nd	3 9 17 25 33
2023-06-09	14	2nd	3 9 18 31 38
2023-05-26	13	3rd	1 3 9 19 21
2023-05-13	4	2nd	3 9 12 26 29
2023-05-09	3	2nd	5 9 10 16 33
2023-05-06	2	1st	9 10 26 30 34
2023-05-04	4	3rd	4 7 9 17 18
2023-04-30	10	1st	9 19 27 31 32
2023-04-20	2	2nd	6 9 26 34 35
2023-04-18	1	2nd	8 9 21 22 36
2023-04-17	5	1st	9 12 20 24 35
2023-04-12	12	2nd	2 9 22 30 37
2023-03-31	5	3rd	5 6 9 30 38
2023-03-26	1	3rd	1 8 9 14 35
2023-03-25	13	1st	9 13 18 24 26
2023-03-12	1	2nd	3 9 14 18 37
2023-03-11	9	2nd	8 9 16 29 34
2023-03-02	5	1st	9 21 32 34 35
2023-02-25	6	2nd	8 9 14 20 24
2023-02-19	3	1st	9 11 14 35 36
2023-02-16	7	1st	9 12 20 31 32
2023-02-09	3	1st	9 14 26 31 36
2023-02-06	5	2nd	1 9 17 18 34
2023-02-01	1	3rd	1 3 9 13 34
2023-01-31	27	2nd	3 9 31 34 35
2023-01-04	2	1st	9 10 17 28 33
2023-01-02	4	1st	9 10 24 29 35
2022-12-29	1	1st	9 16 29 30 37
2022-12-28	8	2nd	3 9 13 18 29
2022-12-20	1	1st	9 11 22 24 31
2022-12-19	14	1st	9 22 25 31 38
2022-12-05	21	2nd	2 9 16 26 34
2022-11-14	1	3rd	1 4 9 13 21
2022-11-13	7	2nd	7 9 11 14 31
2022-11-06	18	1st	9 10 19 23 29
2022-10-19	13	3rd	1 2 9 13 33
2022-10-06	6	3rd	5 6 9 33 38
2022-09-30	2	2nd	7 9 16 19 37
2022-09-28	3	2nd	4 9 15 20 35
2022-09-25	17	1st	9 24 29 32 37
2022-09-08	17	2nd	8 9 22 25 28
2022-08-22	7	4th	3 5 8 9 21
2022-08-15	2	2nd	3 9 23 26 32
2022-08-13	4	2nd	4 9 17 26 30
2022-08-09	10	1st	9 15 32 34 37
2022-07-30	2	1st	9 26 29 32 35
2022-07-28	1	2nd	2 9 26 27 35
2022-07-27	17	2nd	6 9 29 36 38
2022-07-10	50	2nd	4 9 26 37 38
2022-05-21	1	2nd	3 9 13 25 33
2022-05-20	10	3rd	3 5 9 10 30
2022-05-10	3	2nd	6 9 31 35 36
2022-05-07	3	2nd	1 9 17 28 30
2022-05-04	2	1st	9 10 13 15 17
2022-05-02	3	2nd	1 9 11 21 29
2022-04-29	8	1st	9 24 29 30 38
2022-04-21	3	3rd	3 6 9 13 22
2022-04-18	2	3rd	2 8 9 10 28
2022-04-16	5	2nd	4 9 17 19 24
2022-04-11	24	1st	9 21 24 27 28
2022-03-18	4	2nd	7 9 22 37 38
2022-03-14	15	2nd	5 9 21 22 25
2022-02-27	7	2nd	6 9 20 36 37
2022-02-20	1	2nd	8 9 18 29 36
2022-02-19	21	4th	3 6 7 9 33
2022-01-29	15	2nd	7 9 27 31 33
2022-01-14	17	1st	9 14 22 26 35
2021-12-28	12	3rd	3 4 9 10 26
2021-12-16	1	2nd	2 9 12 19 20
2021-12-15	1	1st	9 18 21 30 35
2021-12-14	8	1st	9 13 16 23 28
2021-12-06	6	2nd	8 9 16 25 35
2021-11-30	10	1st	9 18 26 27 37
2021-11-20	1	1st	9 14 18 21 23
2021-11-19	4	2nd	5 9 29 30 38
2021-11-15	10	3rd	2 3 9 16 35
2021-11-05	10	2nd	4 9 11 20 36
2021-10-26	8	2nd	3 9 11 13 16
2021-10-18	6	1st	9 16 30 32 35
2021-10-12	6	1st	9 16 22 23 32
2021-10-06	9	2nd	4 9 11 16 31
2021-09-27	14	2nd	8 9 17 19 31
2021-09-13	8	1st	9 10 17 21 32
2021-09-05	27	3rd	3 6 9 25 29
2021-08-09	3	3rd	1 6 9 24 26
2021-08-06	5	1st	9 12 16 27 33
2021-08-01	4	3rd	2 4 9 18 36
2021-07-28	2	1st	9 18 24 31 33
2021-07-26	6	2nd	6 9 14 31 32
2021-07-20	10	1st	9 18 23 34 36
2021-07-10	14	1st	9 19 20 30 32
2021-06-26	2	1st	9 12 20 23 33
2021-06-24	8	1st	9 16 22 23 38
2021-06-16	13	2nd	6 9 11 23 29
2021-06-03	8	3rd	5 7 9 21 27
2021-05-26	12	2nd	2 9 13 15 30
2021-05-14	3	1st	9 11 12 36 37
2021-05-11	6	2nd	8 9 26 32 36
2021-05-05	1	3rd	1 5 9 22 38
2021-05-04	1	1st	9 12 27 28 29
2021-05-03	1	1st	9 28 31 34 36
2021-05-02	5	3rd	2 3 9 23 38
2021-04-27	6	1st	9 10 11 18 24
2021-04-21	2	1st	9 17 21 33 38
2021-04-19	2	1st	9 13 21 36 37
2021-04-17	18	2nd	4 9 19 29 34
2021-03-30	1	1st	9 11 17 20 36
2021-03-29	3	1st	9 10 22 35 37
2021-03-26	5	3rd	1 3 9 24 28
2021-03-21	19	1st	9 19 22 25 31
2021-03-02	51	3rd	1 8 9 17 29
2021-01-10	6	3rd	1 8 9 22 28
2021-01-04	12	1st	9 26 27 34 37
2020-12-23	9	2nd	2 9 12 16 38
2020-12-14	10	1st	9 20 22 27 37
2020-12-04	2	2nd	4 9 19 20 34
2020-12-02	3	2nd	6 9 14 32 38
2020-11-29	7	2nd	8 9 26 36 38
2020-11-22	7	2nd	8 9 18 22 26
2020-11-15	7	2nd	1 9 11 15 22
2020-11-08	7	1st	9 15 16 27 30
2020-11-01	11	2nd	7 9 22 23 34
2020-10-21	6	2nd	4 9 13 18 28
2020-10-15	4	2nd	5 9 11 30 31
2020-10-11	1	1st	9 17 18 19 31
2020-10-10	3	2nd	8 9 21 26 29
2020-10-07	6	1st	9 18 19 23 34
2020-10-01	1	1st	9 14 24 25 32
2020-09-30	3	3rd	2 3 9 22 38
2020-09-27	6	3rd	1 3 9 16 31
2020-09-21	7	2nd	1 9 11 13 26
2020-09-14	3	1st	9 11 21 22 26
2020-09-11	7	2nd	6 9 15 25 28
2020-09-04	6	1st	9 20 22 23 25
2020-08-29	10	2nd	7 9 10 17 20
2020-08-19	8	2nd	4 9 10 18 34
2020-08-11	12	1st	9 15 20 34 36
2020-07-30	1	2nd	3 9 23 31 34
2020-07-29	8	2nd	5 9 28 31 33
2020-07-21	13	2nd	4 9 15 16 29
2020-06-30	8	1st	9 14 19 23 26
2020-06-11	5	2nd	7 9 13 17 31
2020-05-30	3	3rd	2 4 9 15 29
2020-05-23	4	2nd	4 9 17 22 27
2020-05-14	4	2nd	4 9 12 22 24
2020-05-05	13	2nd	3 9 19 20 23
2020-04-04	11	2nd	4 9 23 28 35
2020-03-10	4	2nd	7 9 30 31 34
2020-02-29	1	2nd	8 9 16 25 28
2020-02-27	3	3rd	2 3 9 14 19
2020-02-20	8	2nd	7 9 10 11 17
2020-02-01	2	3rd	1 7 9 12 21
2020-01-28	2	2nd	1 9 13 20 27
2020-01-23	5	1st	9 10 25 26 29
2020-01-11	13	2nd	1 9 23 29 34
2019-12-12	3	1st	9 13 16 29 35
2019-12-05	15	2nd	6 9 18 25 26
2019-10-31	3	2nd	6 9 23 28 32
2019-10-24	1	3rd	1 7 9 21 26
2019-10-22	9	1st	9 13 17 19 21
2019-10-01	3	2nd	5 9 29 32 34
2019-09-24	1	2nd	2 9 15 29 33
2019-09-21	2	1st	9 19 22 25 26
2019-09-17	1	2nd	4 9 17 25 33
2019-09-14	1	1st	9 14 15 19 25
2019-09-12	4	3rd	1 6 9 18 35
2019-09-03	4	1st	9 10 12 13 32
2019-08-24	4	1st	9 12 22 30 32
2019-08-15	9	1st	9 10 17 23 27
2019-07-25	2	1st	9 26 28 31 32
2019-07-20	3	1st	9 12 13 32 34
2019-07-13	21	2nd	7 9 21 27 32
2019-05-25	3	2nd	2 9 23 30 34
2019-05-18	6	2nd	6 9 15 18 24
2019-05-04	6	2nd	2 9 11 16 21
2019-04-20	10	1st	9 17 23 24 31
2019-03-28	7	2nd	3 9 14 17 27
2019-03-12	1	2nd	4 9 23 27 32
2019-03-09	23	1st	9 27 30 32 34
2019-01-15	1	2nd	1 9 10 13 26
2019-01-12	10	2nd	8 9 11 24 26
2018-12-20	7	2nd	7 9 10 16 25
2018-12-04	3	1st	9 19 20 32 35
2018-11-27	2	1st	9 19 23 27 31
2018-11-22	17	1st	9 15 26 32 34
2018-10-13	13	3rd	3 7 9 15 21
2018-09-13	7	2nd	4 9 18 26 28
2018-08-28	4	1st	9 15 23 24 27
2018-08-18	9	1st	9 18 20 29 33
2018-07-28	5	3rd	1 7 9 15 16
2018-07-17	12	2nd	1 9 10 15 18
2018-06-19	2	2nd	4 9 13 29 33
2018-06-14	15	1st	9 18 20 29 35
2018-05-10	5	4th	6 7 8 9 12
2018-04-28	13	4th	1 2 5 9 12
2018-03-29	7	2nd	5 9 23 29 31
2018-03-13	3	2nd	6 9 11 28 34
2018-03-06	5	2nd	7 9 10 25 27
2018-02-22	9	2nd	3 9 15 23 35
2018-02-01	4	4th	1 2 8 9 19
2018-01-23	2	1st	9 11 21 23 33
2018-01-18	1	1st	9 14 18 34 35
2018-01-16	5	2nd	8 9 10 19 35
2018-01-04	2	2nd	8 9 17 29 30
2017-12-30	4	3rd	4 7 9 14 35
2017-12-21	5	2nd	5 9 15 18 30
2017-12-09	1	2nd	6 9 10 13 26
2017-12-07	5	3rd	4 7 9 17 23
2017-11-25	14	2nd	6 9 11 12 16
2017-10-24	4	1st	9 10 16 17 24
2017-10-14	1	1st	9 11 21 22 30
2017-10-12	3	1st	9 10 26 29 32
2017-10-05	1	2nd	3 9 21 27 35
2017-10-03	2	1st	9 10 18 20 26
2017-09-28	1	1st	9 18 22 30 35
2017-09-26	19	1st	9 19 21 22 26
2017-08-12	3	2nd	4 9 27 30 35
2017-08-05	2	1st	9 14 18 23 28
2017-08-01	19	2nd	7 9 12 27 28
2017-06-17	16	2nd	7 9 14 15 35
2017-05-11	5	1st	9 15 16 22 27
2017-04-29	6	3rd	3 4 9 15 23
2017-04-15	7	2nd	3 9 24 28 35
2017-03-30	18	2nd	1 9 12 14 27
2017-02-16	12	2nd	4 9 10 12 16
2017-01-19	3	2nd	6 9 11 31 32
2017-01-12	5	1st	9 18 26 28 33
2016-12-31	2	3rd	6 7 9 22 23
2016-12-27	7	2nd	1 9 18 33 35
2016-12-10	3	3rd	2 4 9 17 32
2016-12-03	1	2nd	2 9 19 30 35
2016-12-01	3	3rd	3 6 9 15 31
2016-11-24	2	1st	9 18 23 24 34
2016-11-19	—	3rd	1 4 9 24 25