Number 9

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,228 draws, 5 from 1–42.

244times drawn · chance expected 265 −1.39σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

64longest completed wait · 8% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 244 times in 2,228 draws against 265.2 expected, −1.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 244 times in 2,228 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 64 · waiting 1 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 smallest104 · chance 98.6
2nd smallest107 · chance 105.2
3rd smallest30 · chance 35.6
4th smallest2 · chance 4.5
5th smallest1 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 20 10 30 3 11

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
2026-10-11	16	1st	9 19 25 26 32
2026-09-25	2	1st	9 19 22 29 33
2026-09-23	8	2nd	6 9 18 24 36
2026-09-15	38	2nd	5 9 11 33

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.

2026-02-20	9	1st	9 16 23 34 36
2026-02-11	9	2nd	1 9 22 25 42
2026-02-02	3	2nd	2 9 13 19 21
2026-01-30	1	2nd	3 9 30 35 37
2026-01-29	3	1st	9 28 36 38 40
2026-01-26	13	1st	9 12 25 36 40
2026-01-13	10	2nd	4 9 18 29 34
2026-01-03	5	2nd	2 9 20 32 39
2025-12-29	2	1st	9 19 25 33 36
2025-12-27	1	2nd	7 9 20 22 25
2025-12-26	15	2nd	2 9 12 36 37
2025-12-11	3	3rd	3 6 9 34 42
2025-12-08	20	2nd	8 9 21 33 37
2025-11-18	18	3rd	1 6 9 28 37
2025-10-31	32	1st	9 13 29 33 35
2025-09-29	14	2nd	3 9 13 19 29
2025-09-15	3	3rd	3 5 9 12 40
2025-09-12	6	2nd	1 9 11 27 33
2025-09-06	9	3rd	3 4 9 10 30
2025-08-28	4	2nd	3 9 22 25 30
2025-08-24	3	3rd	5 8 9 19 24
2025-08-21	11	2nd	4 9 13 30 41
2025-08-10	8	2nd	3 9 29 38 40
2025-08-02	9	1st	9 17 28 29 30
2025-07-24	5	2nd	8 9 11 18 38
2025-07-19	7	2nd	4 9 28 36 38
2025-07-12	11	1st	9 10 12 19 29
2025-07-01	3	1st	9 11 13 28 40
2025-06-28	14	2nd	1 9 12 13 26
2025-06-14	1	1st	9 20 25 34 39
2025-06-13	2	1st	9 21 32 33 40
2025-06-11	1	1st	9 13 18 20 34
2025-06-10	1	1st	9 10 30 33 34
2025-06-09	26	2nd	4 9 14 27 41
2025-05-14	6	2nd	7 9 10 23 38
2025-05-08	5	2nd	1 9 11 22 28
2025-05-03	8	2nd	1 9 10 25 38
2025-04-25	2	1st	9 10 17 27 38
2025-04-23	64	2nd	7 9 11 14 31
2025-02-18	3	1st	9 16 27 33 35
2025-02-15	5	1st	9 15 18 23 25
2025-02-10	8	1st	9 21 27 28 35
2025-02-02	6	2nd	8 9 22 23 32
2025-01-27	1	2nd	2 9 20 22 42
2025-01-26	2	2nd	7 9 29 30 41
2025-01-24	14	3rd	3 6 9 12 23
2025-01-10	6	2nd	1 9 26 28 30
2025-01-04	10	2nd	4 9 10 18 20
2024-12-25	12	1st	9 14 22 29 40
2024-12-13	3	2nd	7 9 15 20 34
2024-12-10	17	2nd	3 9 12 21 42
2024-11-23	1	3rd	3 4 9 15 21
2024-11-22	6	2nd	4 9 23 25 37
2024-11-16	5	2nd	6 9 20 38 41
2024-11-11	1	3rd	5 6 9 26 35
2024-11-10	6	1st	9 10 12 22 42
2024-11-04	4	2nd	5 9 12 18 30
2024-10-31	7	2nd	6 9 15 18 30
2024-10-24	9	2nd	5 9 11 26 35
2024-10-15	16	2nd	7 9 10 11 36
2024-09-29	7	1st	9 15 31 38 41
2024-09-22	16	3rd	4 6 9 23 35
2024-09-06	16	1st	9 18 20 25 28
2024-08-21	16	2nd	4 9 15 19 40
2024-08-05	2	2nd	3 9 23 34 42
2024-08-03	3	1st	9 10 18 22 27
2024-07-31	11	2nd	6 9 20 21 33
2024-07-20	35	1st	9 32 34 35 38
2024-06-15	16	2nd	1 9 15 20 42
2024-05-30	4	3rd	1 6 9 10 31
2024-05-26	2	2nd	3 9 11 24 25
2024-05-24	10	1st	9 10 25 31 35
2024-05-14	5	1st	9 12 17 35 38
2024-05-09	14	2nd	2 9 29 33 34
2024-04-25	15	1st	9 11 17 26 37
2024-04-10	1	2nd	3 9 16 20 39
2024-04-09	1	1st	9 17 20 21 22
2024-04-08	16	2nd	3 9 11 17 34
2024-03-23	5	3rd	3 6 9 19 38
2024-03-18	4	2nd	4 9 21 35 42
2024-03-14	1	2nd	5 9 16 18 40
2024-03-13	4	2nd	3 9 10 23 29
2024-03-09	30	2nd	1 9 10 11 31
2024-02-08	16	1st	9 10 21 37 39
2024-01-23	10	2nd	6 9 17 26 34
2024-01-13	27	1st	9 20 30 33 40
2023-12-17	3	1st	9 12 15 24 38
2023-12-14	1	1st	9 19 22 32 42
2023-12-13	2	2nd	7 9 29 36 42
2023-12-11	15	1st	9 11 12 28 31
2023-11-26	5	3rd	5 7 9 32 41
2023-11-21	3	1st	9 12 17 31 39
2023-11-18	5	2nd	6 9 17 20 34
2023-11-13	2	3rd	3 4 9 20 37
2023-11-11	21	1st	9 10 21 28 34
2023-10-21	32	2nd	4 9 18 33 40
2023-09-19	23	1st	9 13 20 26 32
2023-08-27	3	1st	9 10 17 30 37
2023-08-24	2	2nd	2 9 10 32 37
2023-08-22	10	1st	9 12 14 17 42
2023-08-12	10	2nd	1 9 11 23 27
2023-08-02	1	1st	9 11 14 20 38
2023-08-01	10	1st	9 21 32 34 37
2023-07-22	9	1st	9 19 23 26 40
2023-07-13	1	1st	9 12 23 35 42
2023-07-12	11	1st	9 22 27 32 35
2023-07-01	6	2nd	2 9 34 36 41
2023-06-25	12	1st	9 14 24 27 42
2023-06-13	17	1st	9 10 19 31 33
2023-05-27	1	2nd	1 9 27 32 38
2023-05-26	12	2nd	2 9 30 31 42
2023-05-14	2	2nd	7 9 13 20 41
2023-05-12	7	2nd	2 9 10 22 41
2023-05-05	25	2nd	6 9 26 34 41
2023-04-10	16	3rd	7 8 9 36 38
2023-03-25	4	2nd	1 9 23 29 36
2023-03-21	7	2nd	1 9 15 37 41
2023-03-14	3	1st	9 18 20 27 34
2023-03-11	3	3rd	4 5 9 11 31
2023-03-08	2	1st	9 24 29 39 40
2023-03-06	8	1st	9 18 29 30 42
2023-02-26	11	1st	9 12 34 38 39
2023-02-15	18	2nd	2 9 11 14 39
2023-01-28	5	1st	9 14 17 25 34
2023-01-23	1	3rd	5 8 9 17 35
2023-01-22	8	2nd	8 9 14 29 39
2023-01-14	2	2nd	7 9 14 24 37
2023-01-12	34	3rd	1 6 9 15 28
2022-12-09	7	3rd	2 8 9 25 28
2022-12-02	3	1st	9 11 23 33 36
2022-11-29	2	4th	3 4 8 9 11
2022-11-27	2	1st	9 14 26 32 34
2022-11-25	6	2nd	8 9 27 40 42
2022-11-19	8	2nd	8 9 11 29 41
2022-11-11	23	2nd	4 9 13 18 29
2022-10-19	12	1st	9 13 16 19 21
2022-10-07	12	2nd	3 9 16 22 39
2022-09-25	15	2nd	7 9 26 35 41
2022-09-10	2	1st	9 22 24 25 26
2022-09-08	1	2nd	8 9 13 31 36
2022-09-07	7	1st	9 10 15 24 25
2022-08-31	1	1st	9 10 16 17 30
2022-08-30	15	1st	9 16 29 33 40
2022-08-15	13	2nd	8 9 14 19 26
2022-08-02	5	2nd	3 9 16 26 38
2022-07-28	2	1st	9 10 15 28 36
2022-07-26	1	1st	9 16 24 26 36
2022-07-25	39	2nd	5 9 14 23 35
2022-06-16	18	1st	9 14 17 19 24
2022-05-29	13	2nd	3 9 15 20 21
2022-05-16	1	2nd	3 9 18 20 37
2022-05-15	4	3rd	3 8 9 30 38
2022-05-11	3	1st	9 25 26 32 42
2022-05-08	3	1st	9 11 20 31 36
2022-05-05	6	1st	9 24 25 33 37
2022-04-29	9	2nd	3 9 12 18 34
2022-04-20	15	2nd	4 9 26 30 37
2022-04-05	3	1st	9 10 23 30 31
2022-04-02	4	1st	9 20 30 32 36
2022-03-29	7	3rd	1 6 9 27 29
2022-03-22	14	4th	4 7 8 9 35
2022-03-08	9	3rd	3 6 9 25 40
2022-02-27	11	3rd	1 5 9 26 39
2022-02-16	5	1st	9 18 30 36 38
2022-02-11	26	1st	9 20 29 32 37
2022-01-16	3	1st	9 13 19 32 33
2022-01-13	5	2nd	1 9 15 23 24
2022-01-08	20	2nd	1 9 15 23 42
2021-12-19	7	3rd	1 4 9 21 29
2021-12-12	15	2nd	4 9 18 21 23
2021-11-27	7	1st	9 10 32 34 39
2021-11-20	5	1st	9 10 26 33 42
2021-11-15	3	2nd	5 9 23 34 35
2021-11-12	18	1st	9 19 27 33 38
2021-10-25	1	1st	9 16 17 21 23
2021-10-24	31	1st	9 10 23 30 35
2021-09-23	1	1st	9 14 21 24 42
2021-09-22	2	2nd	7 9 16 20 30
2021-09-20	31	1st	9 19 25 35 41
2021-08-20	18	2nd	6 9 19 22 33
2021-08-02	9	2nd	6 9 12 34 37
2021-07-24	3	1st	9 21 26 29 40
2021-07-21	5	2nd	2 9 13 23 31
2021-07-16	2	1st	9 18 22 30 37
2021-07-14	5	2nd	8 9 13 24 27
2021-07-09	5	1st	9 18 27 30 38
2021-07-04	4	1st	9 18 28 34 36
2021-06-30	4	1st	9 15 23 27 34
2021-06-26	11	2nd	5 9 25 27 30
2021-06-15	7	2nd	7 9 10 21 29
2021-06-08	9	2nd	5 9 11 15 38
2021-05-30	11	2nd	3 9 20 35 40
2021-05-19	7	1st	9 11 31 33 41
2021-05-12	1	1st	9 17 19 23 33
2021-05-11	20	3rd	3 6 9 12 33
2021-04-21	1	1st	9 21 33 35 40
2021-04-20	22	1st	9 10 13 36 42
2021-03-29	9	1st	9 12 20 23 31
2021-03-20	3	3rd	2 6 9 24 39
2021-03-17	8	1st	9 11 27 31 38
2021-03-09	4	1st	9 11 18 32 42
2021-03-05	4	3rd	1 4 9 11 21
2021-03-01	2	1st	9 12 14 30 38
2021-02-27	3	1st	9 18 28 34 35
2021-02-24	2	1st	9 14 15 35 41
2021-02-22	21	3rd	4 8 9 11 36
2021-02-01	4	2nd	1 9 10 18 39
2021-01-28	8	2nd	3 9 26 33 41
2021-01-20	24	2nd	6 9 18 32 34
2020-12-27	1	1st	9 25 28 30 31
2020-12-26	26	2nd	4 9 19 20 22
2020-11-30	5	2nd	2 9 15 27 39
2020-11-25	17	2nd	2 9 19 39 41
2020-11-08	6	3rd	4 7 9 37 39
2020-11-02	18	2nd	8 9 33 35 39
2020-10-15	12	2nd	3 9 20 22 24
2020-10-03	17	2nd	1 9 13 30 34
2020-09-16	6	1st	9 28 29 34 37
2020-09-10	3	1st	9 19 29 34 40
2020-09-07	—	1st	9 15 24 32 39