Number 9

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,160 draws, 6 from 1–40.

166times drawn · chance expected 174 −0.66σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

34longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 166 times in 1,160 draws against 174.0 expected, −0.66σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 22 times, counted separately.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 166 times in 1,160 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 13 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 49.0
2nd smallest72 · chance 72.6
3rd smallest34 · chance 36.3
4th smallest8 · chance 7.5
5th smallest1 · chance 0.6
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

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.

14 13 38 8 34 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-08-26	11	3rd	5 6 9 21 25 33
2026-07-18	11	2nd	7 9 12 15 21 29
2026-06-10	9	1st	9 18 23 31 36 39
2026-05-09

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-22	1	2nd	5 9 18 32 33 38
2025-01-18	3	3rd	3 7 9 17 26 29
2025-01-08	21	2nd	2 9 31 35 37 39
2024-10-26	3	1st	9 12 15 19 21 37
2024-10-16	3	1st	9 11 14 15 17 35
2024-10-05	2	1st	9 16 21 25 38 39
2024-09-28	13	3rd	3 7 9 19 23 27
2024-08-14	8	2nd	3 9 21 33 36 39
2024-07-17	2	2nd	7 9 21 22 34 39
2024-07-10	3	3rd	2 7 9 30 31 37
2024-06-29	22	2nd	6 9 19 25 27 39
2024-04-13	1	2nd	6 9 26 29 34 38
2024-04-10	7	2nd	5 9 13 15 21 28
2024-03-16	5	3rd	2 6 9 21 24 28
2024-02-28	7	2nd	1 9 16 18 20 23
2024-02-03	1	2nd	4 9 10 12 19 24
2024-01-31	6	1st	9 11 17 21 28 40
2024-01-10	6	2nd	6 9 10 21 25 29
2023-12-20	2	1st	9 12 13 20 25 40
2023-12-13	4	1st	9 10 15 24 26 38
2023-11-29	24	3rd	7 8 9 14 15 24
2023-09-06	2	2nd	8 9 12 14 19 27
2023-08-30	2	1st	9 10 14 19 20 34
2023-08-23	1	1st	9 12 13 21 31 34
2023-08-19	5	4th	5 6 8 9 30 36
2023-08-02	10	1st	9 18 25 31 34 40
2023-06-28	5	2nd	8 9 13 17 21 38
2023-06-10	7	1st	9 13 14 27 30 36
2023-05-17	3	2nd	1 9 13 24 30 33
2023-05-06	23	2nd	7 9 14 15 16 38
2023-02-15	4	1st	9 12 14 16 27 37
2023-02-01	6	2nd	6 9 20 22 30 38
2023-01-11	7	3rd	5 7 9 16 29 36
2022-12-17	7	4th	1 3 6 9 10 26
2022-11-23	12	1st	9 18 22 24 26 33
2022-10-12	4	3rd	2 3 9 16 29 34
2022-09-28	3	2nd	1 9 10 18 25 39
2022-09-17	24	2nd	8 9 12 27 31 34
2022-06-25	1	3rd	4 8 9 16 17 28
2022-06-22	16	3rd	1 5 9 24 28 37
2022-04-27	4	3rd	3 4 9 13 27 31
2022-04-13	1	2nd	6 9 11 13 23 31
2022-04-09	6	1st	9 10 12 25 29 30
2022-03-19	3	1st	9 10 16 18 19 23
2022-03-09	6	3rd	6 7 9 16 30 33
2022-02-16	34	1st	9 11 16 17 34 35
2021-10-20	2	2nd	3 9 14 18 28 29
2021-10-13	1	2nd	5 9 14 16 28 34
2021-10-09	9	1st	9 13 19 23 28 39
2021-09-08	14	3rd	3 6 9 20 24 40
2021-07-21	5	3rd	6 8 9 16 23 26
2021-07-03	3	1st	9 21 29 30 31 36
2021-06-23	1	3rd	3 8 9 20 23 24
2021-06-19	1	2nd	7 9 14 24 32 36
2021-06-16	2	2nd	5 9 12 13 20 22
2021-06-09	23	1st	9 13 15 17 23 38
2021-03-20	3	2nd	1 9 23 29 31 34
2021-03-10	3	2nd	4 9 20 22 25 39
2021-02-27	1	1st	9 12 15 25 33 39
2021-02-24	1	2nd	4 9 13 20 31 38
2021-02-20	7	1st	9 13 26 30 35 37
2021-01-27	5	2nd	2 9 12 14 24 32
2021-01-09	9	3rd	4 7 9 12 13 14
2020-12-09	1	1st	9 12 15 23 25 35
2020-12-05	2	1st	9 17 21 27 33 38
2020-11-28	17	2nd	2 9 17 30 31 38
2020-09-30	2	1st	9 14 22 24 31 40
2020-09-23	2	2nd	8 9 11 17 19 24
2020-09-16	6	1st	9 11 14 27 29 31
2020-08-26	1	1st	9 15 23 25 31 39
2020-08-22	4	1st	9 18 23 31 33 40
2020-08-08	5	3rd	2 5 9 10 36 38
2020-07-22	4	2nd	1 9 11 18 24 33
2020-07-08	6	2nd	8 9 25 28 30 37
2020-06-17	1	1st	9 16 17 20 26 35
2020-06-13	5	2nd	5 9 11 14 33 34
2020-05-27	7	4th	4 6 8 9 15 40
2020-05-02	4	2nd	3 9 19 31 32 34
2020-04-18	14	2nd	7 9 18 21 26 39
2020-02-29	5	2nd	4 9 10 21 36 39
2020-02-12	15	3rd	7 8 9 11 13 33
2019-12-21	31	1st	9 11 25 26 34 40
2019-09-04	1	2nd	5 9 18 20 25 36
2019-08-31	1	3rd	5 8 9 15 38 39
2019-08-28	11	2nd	1 9 17 19 33 35
2019-07-20	10	4th	1 2 4 9 14 40
2019-06-15	32	3rd	7 8 9 19 21 36
2019-02-23	5	2nd	2 9 11 20 24 32
2019-02-06	1	1st	9 11 16 21 24 28
2019-02-02	17	3rd	1 3 9 12 22 26
2018-12-05	4	2nd	4 9 20 26 29 34
2018-11-21	1	2nd	3 9 20 35 36 39
2018-11-17	8	2nd	3 9 12 14 15 29
2018-10-20	5	3rd	6 8 9 14 18 26
2018-10-03	2	3rd	5 8 9 10 26 31
2018-09-26	2	1st	9 28 29 30 36 40
2018-09-19	3	3rd	6 7 9 22 30 34
2018-09-08	10	2nd	3 9 14 23 27 31
2018-08-04	1	4th	2 4 5 9 34 38
2018-08-01	2	2nd	8 9 10 13 25 37
2018-07-25	14	2nd	7 9 15 22 26 36
2018-06-06	7	1st	9 11 13 15 18 32
2018-05-12	4	1st	9 17 24 27 30 34
2018-04-28	1	1st	9 20 22 24 33 37
2018-04-25	4	4th	2 7 8 9 18 22
2018-04-11	4	1st	9 19 28 34 38 39
2018-03-28	5	2nd	3 9 29 35 38 39
2018-03-10	19	1st	9 12 15 19 20 38
2018-01-03	15	2nd	5 9 11 17 31 33
2017-11-11	2	2nd	6 9 11 13 25 38
2017-11-04	2	2nd	7 9 12 13 18 31
2017-10-28	2	3rd	1 3 9 13 20 30
2017-10-21	5	2nd	4 9 11 29 30 37
2017-10-04	6	1st	9 18 27 30 34 35
2017-09-13	8	2nd	8 9 14 20 29 38
2017-08-16	10	2nd	4 9 10 12 26 34
2017-07-12	28	3rd	1 2 9 26 36 39
2017-04-05	2	1st	9 13 14 23 25 34
2017-03-29	1	2nd	7 9 15 27 29 39
2017-03-25	2	2nd	3 9 14 22 23 26
2017-03-18	17	1st	9 11 16 19 33 36
2017-01-18	12	2nd	1 9 13 15 24 37
2016-12-07	6	1st	9 11 18 21 32 36
2016-11-16	4	2nd	6 9 13 16 21 26
2016-11-02	1	3rd	3 4 9 14 30 38
2016-10-29	2	2nd	5 9 13 19 22 24
2016-10-22	19	2nd	8 9 13 19 28 36
2016-08-17	4	2nd	8 9 27 32 34 39
2016-08-03	1	3rd	3 6 9 19 32 38
2016-07-30	1	2nd	2 9 10 11 15 36
2016-07-27	2	2nd	7 9 29 36 37 38
2016-07-20	3	2nd	7 9 14 29 38 40
2016-07-09	4	4th	1 2 6 9 20 30
2016-06-25	20	3rd	4 8 9 18 20 26
2016-04-16	12	2nd	3 9 12 14 26 27
2016-03-05	10	1st	9 11 13 26 36 38
2016-01-30	1	1st	9 21 23 29 36 38
2016-01-27	7	2nd	8 9 12 13 24 30
2016-01-02	4	4th	3 4 5 9 22 31
2015-12-19	23	3rd	5 6 9 12 19 40
2015-09-30	1	1st	9 14 20 21 31 33
2015-09-26	—	2nd	5 9 10 26 30 38