Number 9

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/42 · since Mar 2024 rules — 939 draws, 5 from 1–42.

118times drawn · chance expected 112 +0.63σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

61longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 118 times in 939 draws against 111.8 expected, +0.63σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 118 times in 939 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 61 · waiting 10 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 smallest51 · chance 47.7
2nd smallest49 · chance 50.9
3rd smallest14 · chance 17.2
4th smallest4 · chance 2.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

24 34 2 30 14 39

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-02	7	2nd	3 9 24 26 30
2026-09-25	6	1st	9 11 26 37 40
2026-09-19	9	2nd	5 9 30 33 40
2026-09-10	4	2nd	6 9

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-17	17	2nd	2 9 11 15 21
2026-03-31	4	2nd	2 9 16 28 39
2026-03-27	61	2nd	2 9 10 29 32
2026-01-25	1	2nd	8 9 13 34 37
2026-01-24	2	1st	9 20 22 30 36
2026-01-22	7	1st	9 10 15 24 41
2026-01-15	4	2nd	4 9 25 29 34
2026-01-11	4	1st	9 14 17 25 27
2026-01-07	5	3rd	3 7 9 14 38
2026-01-02	21	2nd	7 9 11 21 30
2025-12-12	1	2nd	5 9 24 29 31
2025-12-11	1	2nd	2 9 21 22 42
2025-12-10	3	2nd	1 9 10 31 36
2025-12-07	12	1st	9 13 21 29 33
2025-11-25	9	1st	9 10 24 27 36
2025-11-16	14	2nd	2 9 17 19 32
2025-11-02	6	2nd	6 9 12 34 40
2025-10-27	16	1st	9 22 36 38 39
2025-10-11	5	1st	9 10 17 19 37
2025-10-06	19	2nd	7 9 26 33 39
2025-09-17	1	2nd	2 9 12 14 26
2025-09-16	3	3rd	2 4 9 20 39
2025-09-13	2	2nd	5 9 16 37 38
2025-09-11	7	1st	9 10 16 32 41
2025-09-04	8	2nd	5 9 25 34 41
2025-08-27	7	1st	9 12 18 19 34
2025-08-20	11	1st	9 14 22 29 31
2025-08-09	4	1st	9 17 19 22 30
2025-08-05	20	1st	9 16 17 24 33
2025-07-16	1	4th	2 6 8 9 18
2025-07-15	7	2nd	7 9 10 32 34
2025-07-08	11	1st	9 10 20 34 39
2025-06-27	7	2nd	3 9 24 26 41
2025-06-20	3	1st	9 23 25 36 39
2025-06-17	4	2nd	6 9 20 28 40
2025-06-13	2	2nd	2 9 26 28 32
2025-06-11	1	1st	9 15 36 37 38
2025-06-10	1	1st	9 11 23 24 39
2025-06-09	7	1st	9 20 24 33 36
2025-06-02	1	2nd	1 9 17 19 27
2025-06-01	9	1st	9 22 30 31 37
2025-05-23	10	2nd	8 9 25 36 37
2025-05-13	7	1st	9 12 22 34 41
2025-05-06	1	2nd	3 9 18 25 35
2025-05-05	30	3rd	3 8 9 20 41
2025-04-05	17	1st	9 14 20 37 41
2025-03-19	5	4th	2 6 7 9 29
2025-03-14	1	2nd	5 9 24 28 32
2025-03-13	13	2nd	3 9 13 31 38
2025-02-28	11	2nd	2 9 10 20 32
2025-02-17	4	1st	9 15 29 31 41
2025-02-13	23	1st	9 13 15 16 39
2025-01-21	3	3rd	2 4 9 38 39
2025-01-18	2	1st	9 20 30 34 38
2025-01-16	1	3rd	2 8 9 14 35
2025-01-15	11	1st	9 14 18 30 40
2025-01-04	6	1st	9 14 22 24 35
2024-12-29	1	1st	9 24 25 34 35
2024-12-28	24	1st	9 12 13 33 34
2024-12-04	10	1st	9 28 32 33 41
2024-11-24	16	2nd	6 9 25 26 31
2024-11-08	5	4th	1 7 8 9 18
2024-11-03	19	1st	9 14 20 34 41
2024-10-15	1	1st	9 10 14 28 32
2024-10-14	7	2nd	8 9 17 21 30
2024-10-07	8	1st	9 20 30 32 41
2024-09-29	9	1st	9 14 27 33 38
2024-09-20	4	1st	9 11 14 24 40
2024-09-16	4	2nd	1 9 11 22 34
2024-09-12	8	3rd	1 3 9 17 19
2024-09-04	1	1st	9 30 32 41 42
2024-09-03	5	2nd	5 9 10 13 14
2024-08-29	11	1st	9 22 33 36 38
2024-08-18	14	2nd	2 9 12 17 21
2024-08-04	4	3rd	3 4 9 30 39
2024-07-31	9	1st	9 29 33 34 39
2024-07-22	8	3rd	3 4 9 26 28
2024-07-14	7	2nd	1 9 16 20 28
2024-07-07	10	2nd	3 9 11 12 19
2024-06-27	6	1st	9 13 17 24 30
2024-06-21	7	2nd	2 9 15 31 42
2024-06-14	1	2nd	8 9 13 19 34
2024-06-13	2	2nd	5 9 15 34 37
2024-06-11	3	3rd	5 6 9 12 40
2024-06-08	20	1st	9 28 29 37 41
2024-05-19	3	2nd	2 9 22 35 40
2024-05-16	1	3rd	1 7 9 12 29
2024-05-15	18	2nd	4 9 34 36 40
2024-04-27	11	3rd	3 5 9 28 38
2024-04-16	9	2nd	7 9 21 37 41
2024-04-07	9	2nd	3 9 18 37 39
2024-03-29	5	3rd	2 5 9 16 17
2024-03-24	3	1st	9 16 30 35 40
2024-03-21	—	2nd	7 9 11 20 42