Number 9

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,089 draws, 5 from 1–45.

124times drawn · chance expected 121 +0.29σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 19% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

37longest completed wait · 83% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 124 times in 1,089 draws against 121.0 expected, +0.29σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 124 times in 1,089 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 15 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 smallest49 · chance 53.8
2nd smallest63 · chance 52.2
3rd smallest12 · chance 16.1
4th smallest0 · chance 1.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 5 10 29 35 43

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-26	10	2nd	5 9 28 32 39
2026-09-16	4	2nd	3 9 16 26 42
2026-09-12	10	2nd	7 9 11 29 35
2026-09-02	4	2nd	1 9 12 22 41
2026-08-29	11	1st	9 28 32 36 43
2026-08-18	3	3rd	2 4 9 25 37
2026-08-15	12	1st	9 19 20 29 41
2026-08-03	6	1st	9 34 38 39 43
2026-07-28	2	2nd	1 9 17 25 27
2026-07-26	2	1st	9 25 29 34 36
2026-07-24	5	1st	9 16 26 37 42
2026-07-19	24	1st	9 13 14 17 21
2026-06-24	14	1st	9 12 15 24 43
2026-06-10	26	2nd	2 9 14 20 44
2026-05-15	12	1st	9 15 20 34 42
2026-05-03	3	3rd	3 5 9 19 44
2026-04-30	17	2nd	5 9 25 39 43
2026-04-13	17	1st	9 14 15 21 29
2026-03-27	4	2nd	1 9 15 32 34
2026-03-23	3	1st	9 11 17 22 36
2026-03-20	16	2nd	6 9 10 28 44
2026-03-04	3	1st	9 15 27 31 33
2026-03-01	2	2nd	1 9 23 30 37
2026-02-27	3	1st	9 26 33 36 43

The other 100 appearances

2026-02-24	11	2nd	4 9 10 23 26
2026-02-13	7	1st	9 21 25 36 37
2026-02-06	3	3rd	3 5 9 24 44
2026-02-03	1	3rd	6 8 9 22 45
2026-02-02	37	1st	9 19 32 35 41
2025-12-27	10	1st	9 10 14 37 42
2025-12-17	12	1st	9 11 15 17 39
2025-12-05	2	2nd	5 9 16 17 28
2025-12-03	1	1st	9 10 14 16 30
2025-12-02	1	3rd	1 5 9 27 35
2025-12-01	1	2nd	2 9 17 30 39
2025-11-30	20	2nd	1 9 10 23 28
2025-11-10	9	2nd	2 9 10 15 39
2025-11-01	3	2nd	2 9 23 24 42
2025-10-29	7	2nd	3 9 25 30 35
2025-10-22	7	2nd	5 9 10 19 26
2025-10-15	12	2nd	4 9 11 15 16
2025-10-03	10	2nd	1 9 28 33 38
2025-09-23	6	1st	9 15 25 32 43
2025-09-17	11	1st	9 16 27 29 43
2025-09-06	1	2nd	7 9 22 37 42
2025-09-05	25	1st	9 17 19 21 34
2025-08-11	4	2nd	7 9 20 28 41
2025-08-07	1	1st	9 21 28 31 39
2025-08-06	2	1st	9 10 16 19 26
2025-08-04	4	1st	9 11 17 19 32
2025-07-31	4	2nd	5 9 25 29 38
2025-07-27	7	2nd	5 9 11 33 39
2025-07-20	24	1st	9 17 37 38 41
2025-06-26	1	1st	9 23 28 36 39
2025-06-25	13	2nd	5 9 10 28 29
2025-06-12	2	1st	9 11 18 39 40
2025-06-10	5	1st	9 19 27 40 44
2025-06-05	27	2nd	4 9 16 32 36
2025-05-09	4	2nd	2 9 16 29 35
2025-05-05	5	3rd	3 7 9 15 29
2025-04-30	8	1st	9 14 22 24 28
2025-04-22	4	1st	9 27 35 41 44
2025-04-18	4	2nd	2 9 14 38 43
2025-04-14	1	2nd	2 9 13 16 20
2025-04-13	19	1st	9 12 14 18 35
2025-03-25	3	1st	9 20 21 30 34
2025-03-22	4	2nd	8 9 32 34 42
2025-03-18	18	2nd	3 9 17 19 31
2025-02-28	3	1st	9 17 32 40 45
2025-02-25	23	2nd	4 9 25 35 41
2025-02-02	4	1st	9 25 26 41 42
2025-01-29	21	2nd	5 9 12 34 45
2025-01-08	11	2nd	6 9 12 20 21
2024-12-28	8	2nd	7 9 34 42 44
2024-12-20	3	2nd	3 9 22 29 32
2024-12-17	8	3rd	1 7 9 26 39
2024-12-09	1	2nd	7 9 13 16 18
2024-12-08	8	1st	9 20 30 42 43
2024-11-30	7	1st	9 13 29 35 44
2024-11-23	14	3rd	5 8 9 12 32
2024-11-09	3	2nd	7 9 10 22 39
2024-11-06	9	2nd	4 9 10 18 45
2024-10-28	19	3rd	6 8 9 35 39
2024-10-09	18	3rd	3 5 9 11 43
2024-09-21	10	2nd	6 9 14 24 37
2024-09-11	23	2nd	1 9 17 23 42
2024-08-19	4	2nd	3 9 15 36 42
2024-08-15	21	2nd	3 9 23 24 27
2024-07-25	15	2nd	6 9 29 31 36
2024-07-10	6	1st	9 19 29 34 45
2024-07-04	5	1st	9 10 12 18 21
2024-06-29	11	2nd	6 9 23 26 37
2024-06-18	1	2nd	4 9 18 25 44
2024-06-17	1	2nd	1 9 15 17 26
2024-06-16	6	2nd	4 9 16 24 28
2024-06-10	10	1st	9 10 17 41 42
2024-05-31	5	2nd	6 9 20 23 24
2024-05-26	29	1st	9 29 31 35 36
2024-04-27	14	3rd	2 6 9 31 32
2024-04-13	3	2nd	6 9 14 20 41
2024-04-10	3	2nd	8 9 27 30 37
2024-04-07	2	1st	9 13 22 37 43
2024-04-05	8	2nd	7 9 13 14 37
2024-03-28	5	2nd	2 9 23 33 38
2024-03-23	10	2nd	4 9 20 22 29
2024-03-13	6	1st	9 10 25 28 43
2024-03-07	2	1st	9 27 28 35 43
2024-03-05	23	1st	9 23 31 34 43
2024-02-11	13	1st	9 20 24 26 35
2024-01-29	14	2nd	8 9 36 39 44
2024-01-15	2	1st	9 10 33 38 44
2024-01-13	18	2nd	5 9 20 29 43
2023-12-26	2	2nd	4 9 19 35 39
2023-12-24	10	2nd	5 9 19 36 43
2023-12-14	1	2nd	2 9 23 31 44
2023-12-13	12	2nd	5 9 37 42 45
2023-12-01	1	2nd	6 9 19 35 39
2023-11-30	5	1st	9 19 21 30 44
2023-11-25	10	2nd	8 9 15 16 20
2023-11-15	8	3rd	1 7 9 36 41
2023-11-07	7	1st	9 13 22 24 40
2023-10-31	4	2nd	3 9 13 26 39
2023-10-27	2	1st	9 13 22 30 35
2023-10-25	—	1st	9 10 31 37 40

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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