Number 9

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,430 draws, 5 from 1–38.

197times drawn · chance expected 188 +0.69σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 37% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

37longest completed wait · 71% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 197 times in 1,430 draws against 188.2 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 197 times in 1,430 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 37 · 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 smallest74 · chance 70.8
2nd smallest84 · chance 87.2
3rd smallest35 · chance 33.9
4th smallest3 · chance 4.8
5th smallest1 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 11 10 36 21 2

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
2026-10-04	12	2nd	1 9 21 29 31
2026-09-22	16	2nd	7 9 22 25 36
2026-09-06	12	1st	9 11 13 26 30
2026-08-25	30	1st	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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-21	4	1st	9 25 27 31 37
2026-03-17	1	2nd	7 9 22 24 36
2026-03-16	4	3rd	7 8 9 18 22
2026-03-12	6	2nd	2 9 27 28 32
2026-03-06	8	2nd	1 9 11 14 34
2026-02-26	15	1st	9 12 27 33 36
2026-02-11	13	3rd	1 8 9 20 27
2026-01-29	3	2nd	8 9 15 19 25
2026-01-26	4	1st	9 14 19 20 21
2026-01-22	11	2nd	8 9 10 20 26
2026-01-11	14	1st	9 10 12 28 36
2025-12-28	5	1st	9 13 14 20 30
2025-12-23	19	1st	9 19 23 27 33
2025-12-04	2	1st	9 11 14 16 18
2025-12-02	1	2nd	2 9 18 26 27
2025-12-01	17	2nd	4 9 18 20 28
2025-11-14	5	2nd	2 9 10 18 24
2025-11-09	2	1st	9 12 17 18 28
2025-11-07	1	1st	9 19 21 27 36
2025-11-06	2	2nd	8 9 13 35 36
2025-11-04	7	1st	9 17 33 34 35
2025-10-28	3	2nd	3 9 10 25 38
2025-10-25	10	1st	9 12 24 26 36
2025-10-15	6	2nd	5 9 10 12 37
2025-10-09	3	2nd	3 9 12 16 31
2025-10-06	4	2nd	6 9 15 32 37
2025-10-02	9	1st	9 11 17 25 29
2025-09-23	22	2nd	4 9 17 25 38
2025-09-01	2	2nd	4 9 15 32 34
2025-08-30	23	3rd	1 3 9 29 31
2025-08-07	8	1st	9 18 20 29 31
2025-07-30	17	1st	9 10 11 23 31
2025-07-13	15	1st	9 13 16 22 26
2025-06-28	5	3rd	2 7 9 11 35
2025-06-23	1	1st	9 13 16 26 32
2025-06-22	7	2nd	4 9 16 17 21
2025-06-15	1	4th	1 3 4 9 12
2025-06-14	4	2nd	1 9 23 24 34
2025-06-10	19	3rd	1 2 9 12 38
2025-05-22	7	1st	9 10 21 32 37
2025-05-15	1	1st	9 11 14 20 37
2025-05-14	4	2nd	8 9 17 37 38
2025-05-10	7	1st	9 13 17 25 34
2025-05-03	6	2nd	7 9 15 20 27
2025-04-27	4	1st	9 12 19 20 36
2025-04-23	8	2nd	3 9 17 19 35
2025-04-15	3	2nd	6 9 10 23 34
2025-04-12	2	2nd	7 9 18 28 36
2025-04-10	1	2nd	5 9 17 25 29
2025-04-09	26	2nd	5 9 11 15 29
2025-03-14	7	2nd	1 9 21 26 37
2025-03-07	1	3rd	2 8 9 23 33
2025-03-06	1	1st	9 10 22 34 35
2025-03-05	9	2nd	5 9 15 20 31
2025-02-24	5	2nd	2 9 10 20 22
2025-02-19	7	5th	2 4 5 6 9
2025-02-12	3	1st	9 10 11 22 24
2025-02-09	3	4th	1 2 6 9 27
2025-02-06	1	2nd	8 9 11 26 27
2025-02-05	4	4th	1 4 7 9 20
2025-02-01	5	3rd	2 8 9 19 33
2025-01-27	17	1st	9 14 17 21 36
2025-01-10	1	2nd	8 9 14 21 22
2025-01-09	8	2nd	8 9 23 25 29
2025-01-01	21	1st	9 21 22 23 32
2024-12-11	3	3rd	2 8 9 30 35
2024-12-08	8	2nd	4 9 11 18 35
2024-11-30	7	3rd	5 6 9 21 36
2024-11-23	6	2nd	5 9 25 26 36
2024-11-17	14	1st	9 12 14 23 27
2024-11-03	15	2nd	3 9 15 20 33
2024-10-19	9	3rd	1 6 9 21 23
2024-10-10	8	2nd	7 9 24 27 35
2024-10-02	2	1st	9 10 23 25 37
2024-09-30	3	2nd	5 9 13 26 34
2024-09-27	1	2nd	5 9 15 21 38
2024-09-26	3	2nd	2 9 24 28 29
2024-09-23	4	2nd	1 9 17 24 28
2024-09-19	8	1st	9 14 16 32 38
2024-09-11	1	3rd	3 4 9 21 33
2024-09-10	2	1st	9 12 14 26 33
2024-09-08	2	3rd	4 6 9 17 32
2024-09-06	3	2nd	2 9 13 33 38
2024-09-03	1	2nd	4 9 23 30 38
2024-09-02	21	3rd	3 5 9 12 21
2024-08-12	3	2nd	4 9 11 29 36
2024-08-09	11	2nd	1 9 11 17 24
2024-07-29	10	1st	9 10 19 21 38
2024-07-19	4	2nd	4 9 11 21 37
2024-07-15	6	3rd	4 6 9 15 30
2024-07-09	13	1st	9 12 29 36 37
2024-06-26	4	1st	9 19 21 33 34
2024-06-22	2	1st	9 11 17 22 25
2024-06-20	2	3rd	5 8 9 26 31
2024-06-18	6	1st	9 15 16 27 28
2024-06-12	1	2nd	1 9 24 27 34
2024-06-11	3	2nd	1 9 11 18 34
2024-06-08	4	3rd	6 8 9 13 26
2024-06-04	19	3rd	1 7 9 19 31
2024-05-16	1	2nd	5 9 21 29 37
2024-05-15	11	2nd	8 9 18 19 24
2024-05-04	8	3rd	3 6 9 18 35
2024-04-26	5	1st	9 16 24 26 36
2024-04-21	5	2nd	6 9 10 16 32
2024-04-16	9	1st	9 16 19 23 24
2024-04-07	3	2nd	2 9 16 26 35
2024-04-04	7	2nd	8 9 13 16 18
2024-03-28	6	1st	9 20 30 36 37
2024-03-22	8	1st	9 11 13 20 26
2024-03-14	18	3rd	6 8 9 11 31
2024-02-25	2	2nd	7 9 24 30 33
2024-02-23	3	2nd	6 9 21 32 36
2024-02-20	10	2nd	1 9 10 11 14
2024-02-10	37	2nd	4 9 10 28 32
2024-01-04	3	2nd	3 9 10 16 27
2024-01-01	5	2nd	7 9 11 13 36
2023-12-27	3	2nd	5 9 14 25 34
2023-12-24	6	3rd	1 2 9 30 35
2023-12-18	10	3rd	1 2 9 18 21
2023-12-08	2	3rd	1 4 9 23 37
2023-12-06	5	3rd	1 2 9 13 33
2023-12-01	13	2nd	3 9 11 13 24
2023-11-18	2	1st	9 15 18 25 26
2023-11-16	5	3rd	7 8 9 33 37
2023-11-11	18	1st	9 12 19 32 33
2023-10-24	2	1st	9 10 12 23 38
2023-10-22	1	1st	9 13 18 28 34
2023-10-21	1	2nd	5 9 11 28 34
2023-10-20	3	1st	9 10 12 26 35
2023-10-17	16	1st	9 24 32 35 36
2023-10-01	13	1st	9 12 26 29 36
2023-09-18	10	3rd	5 6 9 23 25
2023-09-08	15	1st	9 22 25 30 35
2023-08-24	9	1st	9 14 17 18 36
2023-08-15	16	2nd	5 9 19 21 25
2023-07-30	1	2nd	3 9 29 34 38
2023-07-29	4	3rd	2 6 9 20 38
2023-07-25	4	1st	9 13 17 21 24
2023-07-21	13	2nd	2 9 11 16 33
2023-07-08	9	1st	9 11 23 35 38
2023-06-29	3	1st	9 14 27 34 37
2023-06-26	4	3rd	2 5 9 18 27
2023-06-22	7	2nd	3 9 19 24 30
2023-06-15	2	1st	9 11 18 22 35
2023-06-13	17	2nd	6 9 15 17 23
2023-05-27	2	3rd	6 7 9 34 35
2023-05-25	8	2nd	8 9 22 33 35
2023-05-17	2	3rd	2 6 9 15 29
2023-05-15	18	1st	9 10 18 19 30
2023-04-27	2	2nd	1 9 13 28 31
2023-04-25	8	1st	9 15 20 31 33
2023-04-17	2	2nd	2 9 29 33 38
2023-04-15	1	3rd	5 6 9 20 21
2023-04-14	11	2nd	3 9 11 12 33
2023-04-03	9	1st	9 12 14 24 34
2023-03-25	16	1st	9 12 13 30 38
2023-03-09	3	1st	9 16 28 31 36
2023-03-06	13	2nd	6 9 15 29 30
2023-02-21	1	1st	9 18 26 28 33
2023-02-20	22	2nd	8 9 28 30 33
2023-01-29	4	2nd	2 9 12 15 17
2023-01-25	7	2nd	8 9 10 15 34
2023-01-18	11	1st	9 10 17 26 32
2023-01-07	3	1st	9 19 20 31 34
2023-01-04	2	1st	9 15 18 20 37
2023-01-02	12	3rd	5 7 9 16 23
2022-12-21	3	1st	9 10 19 34 35
2022-12-18	3	1st	9 16 30 35 36
2022-12-15	11	1st	9 11 27 28 32
2022-12-04	2	2nd	5 9 21 32 37
2022-12-02	4	2nd	3 9 12 15 20
2022-11-28	11	3rd	3 6 9 15 34
2022-11-17	—	2nd	6 9 12 18 29