Number 9

In Megabucks Plus under the 5/41 + 1/6 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,883 draws, 5 from 1–41.

220times drawn · chance expected 230 −0.68σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

46longest completed wait · 47% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 220 times in 1,883 draws against 229.6 expected, −0.68σ. 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 220 times in 1,883 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 46 · 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 smallest80 · chance 86.6
2nd smallest103 · chance 95.5
3rd smallest30 · chance 33.4
4th smallest7 · chance 4.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 14 33 37 38 40

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2026-09-16	10	1st	9 18 20 28 33
2026-08-24	3	1st	9 10 22 26 40
2026-08-17	4	1st	9 19 24 26 31
2026-08-08	3	1st	9 12

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-17	6	1st	9 22 24 27 31
2025-05-03	1	2nd	1 9 24 29 33
2025-04-30	2	2nd	4 9 14 21 29
2025-04-26	3	1st	9 10 12 16 35
2025-04-19	1	1st	9 17 25 36 37
2025-04-16	9	1st	9 11 21 31 38
2025-03-26	10	1st	9 11 15 23 40
2025-03-03	13	1st	9 10 29 32 40
2025-02-01	5	2nd	1 9 14 19 33
2025-01-20	4	2nd	5 9 14 25 37
2025-01-11	5	1st	9 16 21 24 36
2024-12-30	5	2nd	6 9 14 28 39
2024-12-18	3	2nd	2 9 29 36 37
2024-12-11	13	2nd	5 9 18 20 28
2024-11-11	27	3rd	1 2 9 30 38
2024-09-09	4	2nd	5 9 19 23 36
2024-08-31	9	1st	9 10 15 26 29
2024-08-10	14	1st	9 15 21 22 40
2024-07-08	8	1st	9 20 27 33 36
2024-06-19	4	3rd	2 4 9 10 12
2024-06-10	22	1st	9 10 11 13 15
2024-04-20	4	2nd	3 9 17 18 27
2024-04-10	24	2nd	1 9 25 29 32
2024-02-14	10	4th	2 3 7 9 17
2024-01-22	24	2nd	3 9 21 24 37
2023-11-27	6	1st	9 16 21 22 29
2023-11-13	19	3rd	4 8 9 12 41
2023-09-30	28	2nd	3 9 28 35 38
2023-07-01	3	2nd	6 9 13 23 39
2023-06-21	4	2nd	3 9 16 18 25
2023-06-07	10	3rd	3 5 9 20 31
2023-05-03	14	2nd	3 9 24 30 38
2023-03-15	20	1st	9 14 28 30 35
2023-01-04	1	3rd	2 3 9 26 31
2022-12-31	6	2nd	1 9 13 14 18
2022-12-10	6	2nd	8 9 12 14 28
2022-11-19	7	3rd	4 5 9 32 39
2022-10-26	3	2nd	3 9 18 31 39
2022-10-15	3	2nd	3 9 13 21 27
2022-10-05	6	1st	9 23 33 39 40
2022-09-14	1	2nd	7 9 14 27 35
2022-09-10	13	2nd	2 9 10 30 40
2022-07-27	16	3rd	1 6 9 24 35
2022-06-01	4	1st	9 11 18 24 31
2022-05-18	10	1st	9 11 15 23 33
2022-04-13	1	1st	9 14 15 23 33
2022-04-09	5	1st	9 21 24 26 37
2022-03-23	7	4th	4 7 8 9 30
2022-02-26	5	1st	9 15 19 37 39
2022-02-09	14	1st	9 10 31 37 39
2021-12-22	4	2nd	1 9 12 14 18
2021-12-08	9	2nd	3 9 11 21 33
2021-11-06	7	2nd	7 9 14 24 31
2021-10-13	1	2nd	8 9 22 26 33
2021-10-09	6	2nd	1 9 12 13 40
2021-09-18	17	1st	9 16 26 27 31
2021-07-21	1	1st	9 17 32 38 41
2021-07-17	5	3rd	3 4 9 10 14
2021-06-30	8	1st	9 11 12 25 38
2021-06-02	7	3rd	2 7 9 16 33
2021-05-08	6	1st	9 18 28 33 35
2021-04-17	3	1st	9 23 33 37 38
2021-04-07	4	2nd	4 9 11 12 27
2021-03-24	27	2nd	3 9 24 29 39
2020-12-19	1	2nd	1 9 23 30 35
2020-12-16	1	2nd	5 9 20 33 40
2020-12-12	13	1st	9 23 25 34 40
2020-10-28	18	2nd	2 9 16 27 30
2020-08-26	1	1st	9 11 18 31 32
2020-08-22	18	1st	9 10 26 29 34
2020-06-20	1	2nd	5 9 18 22 36
2020-06-17	5	3rd	3 8 9 22 35
2020-05-30	6	1st	9 21 30 40 41
2020-05-09	11	4th	1 3 4 9 24
2020-04-01	7	1st	9 21 25 33 38
2020-03-07	8	2nd	1 9 14 35 40
2020-02-08	11	2nd	8 9 17 31 38
2020-01-01	2	3rd	4 7 9 24 27
2019-12-25	3	1st	9 14 21 36 41
2019-12-14	6	1st	9 15 17 26 27
2019-11-23	5	2nd	1 9 12 14 34
2019-11-06	10	1st	9 24 29 38 39
2019-10-02	24	2nd	3 9 11 27 35
2019-07-10	2	2nd	1 9 14 29 34
2019-07-03	17	1st	9 11 12 14 18
2019-05-04	7	1st	9 14 17 21 40
2019-04-10	26	3rd	3 5 9 21 28
2019-01-09	4	1st	9 22 27 33 40
2018-12-26	13	2nd	5 9 14 17 29
2018-11-10	22	2nd	2 9 14 27 36
2018-08-25	11	2nd	2 9 12 19 34
2018-07-18	17	1st	9 21 28 29 33
2018-05-19	35	2nd	8 9 11 27 32
2018-01-17	14	2nd	2 9 15 17 23
2017-11-29	17	2nd	4 9 15 16 19
2017-09-30	8	1st	9 13 17 29 33
2017-09-02	4	2nd	4 9 15 16 40
2017-08-19	5	2nd	5 9 20 28 33
2017-08-02	3	1st	9 16 18 30 34
2017-07-22	21	1st	9 13 15 21 35
2017-05-10	1	3rd	3 8 9 16 37
2017-05-06	5	2nd	8 9 29 32 39
2017-04-19	1	2nd	3 9 17 35 38
2017-04-15	1	1st	9 16 29 31 36
2017-04-12	17	2nd	8 9 27 30 33
2017-02-11	2	1st	9 13 22 33 37
2017-02-04	2	1st	9 22 24 30 31
2017-01-28	5	1st	9 29 34 36 38
2017-01-11	3	1st	9 10 31 38 39
2016-12-31	3	4th	3 4 7 9 37
2016-12-21	8	3rd	3 6 9 22 34
2016-11-23	4	2nd	8 9 18 25 33
2016-11-09	27	1st	9 23 35 40 41
2016-08-06	1	2nd	6 9 14 27 35
2016-08-03	14	2nd	3 9 20 30 33
2016-06-15	4	2nd	7 9 11 30 37
2016-06-01	4	2nd	2 9 24 30 37
2016-05-18	6	1st	9 22 24 27 30
2016-04-27	27	2nd	2 9 11 12 37
2016-01-23	3	2nd	4 9 13 27 33
2016-01-13	15	1st	9 10 25 31 34
2015-11-21	6	1st	9 12 15 31 39
2015-10-31	16	1st	9 12 17 26 38
2015-09-05	19	3rd	3 7 9 28 35
2015-07-01	8	2nd	3 9 21 35 36
2015-06-03	17	1st	9 13 27 33 38
2015-04-04	8	1st	9 22 30 34 37
2015-03-07	6	2nd	8 9 13 15 26
2015-02-14	1	2nd	8 9 12 27 29
2015-02-11	4	2nd	3 9 22 34 38
2015-01-28	8	1st	9 17 35 37 40
2014-12-31	6	2nd	5 9 24 27 37
2014-12-10	4	3rd	1 5 9 24 40
2014-11-26	15	3rd	4 6 9 13 14
2014-10-04	2	1st	9 17 18 27 38
2014-09-27	21	1st	9 12 24 36 37
2014-07-16	5	3rd	6 8 9 12 29
2014-06-28	30	1st	9 12 23 25 28
2014-03-15	5	1st	9 26 34 35 41
2014-02-26	5	2nd	3 9 11 16 29
2014-02-08	1	2nd	7 9 15 30 31
2014-02-05	4	2nd	2 9 15 31 37
2014-01-22	1	2nd	3 9 11 19 37
2014-01-18	22	2nd	3 9 10 26 36
2013-11-02	13	2nd	8 9 15 33 37
2013-09-18	7	2nd	7 9 11 20 27
2013-08-24	5	1st	9 19 32 35 38
2013-08-07	2	2nd	5 9 11 25 36
2013-07-31	1	2nd	4 9 32 35 40
2013-07-27	15	1st	9 11 19 30 40
2013-06-05	20	3rd	7 8 9 10 13
2013-03-27	13	3rd	4 5 9 36 39
2013-02-09	11	1st	9 18 25 29 36
2013-01-02	2	2nd	1 9 10 21 27
2012-12-26	10	2nd	5 9 20 22 32
2012-11-21	6	2nd	2 9 31 40 41
2012-10-31	1	2nd	7 9 13 14 31
2012-10-27	2	1st	9 17 22 29 38
2012-10-20	1	2nd	1 9 13 23 28
2012-10-17	2	2nd	5 9 30 33 40
2012-10-10	10	2nd	3 9 13 28 31
2012-09-05	5	2nd	5 9 11 16 19
2012-08-18	7	1st	9 20 22 32 41
2012-07-21	2	1st	9 25 31 32 36
2012-07-14	7	2nd	8 9 20 21 41
2012-06-20	11	2nd	5 9 21 24 34
2012-05-12	13	1st	9 11 34 35 38
2012-03-28	8	2nd	5 9 29 37 38
2012-02-29	2	2nd	1 9 26 35 41
2012-02-22	1	1st	9 14 17 21 40
2012-02-18	3	2nd	5 9 25 28 35
2012-02-08	16	3rd	2 4 9 14 17
2011-12-14	6	3rd	4 7 9 22 40
2011-11-23	5	2nd	2 9 34 37 40
2011-11-05	8	1st	9 11 20 21 25
2011-10-08	13	2nd	8 9 24 28 30
2011-08-24	9	2nd	3 9 15 18 32
2011-07-23	22	2nd	1 9 21 24 37
2011-05-07	3	3rd	1 4 9 18 30
2011-04-27	8	2nd	1 9 13 19 25
2011-03-30	6	2nd	8 9 10 19 40
2011-03-09	12	2nd	2 9 25 30 35
2011-01-26	15	3rd	5 7 9 22 39
2010-12-04	12	3rd	3 7 9 32 37
2010-10-23	6	1st	9 14 17 23 26
2010-10-02	4	2nd	1 9 12 27 30
2010-09-18	1	2nd	3 9 35 37 38
2010-09-15	8	2nd	6 9 11 28 39
2010-08-18	4	2nd	6 9 11 20 23
2010-08-04	8	2nd	8 9 12 20 35
2010-07-07	10	3rd	1 6 9 12 21
2010-06-02	1	3rd	2 8 9 23 40
2010-05-29	3	1st	9 10 17 22 29
2010-05-19	1	1st	9 14 21 27 40
2010-05-15	5	2nd	2 9 13 26 37
2010-04-28	—	2nd	5 9 20 28 39