Number 9

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

209times drawn · chance expected 211 −0.15σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 8% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

48longest completed wait · 36% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 209 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, −0.15σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 209 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 20 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 smallest85 · chance 80.3
2nd smallest78 · chance 89.2
3rd smallest42 · chance 33.8
4th smallest4 · chance 5.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 47 8 42 19 20

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-08-01	7	3rd	7 8 9 28 34 37
2026-07-08	14	3rd	5 8 9 10 11 21
2026-05-20	12	2nd	2 9 12 21 22 43
2026-04-08	4	3rd

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-05	18	2nd	8 9 10 32 38 43
2025-02-01	21	2nd	4 9 16 20 37 40
2024-11-20	10	2nd	4 9 26 29 38 42
2024-10-16	7	2nd	5 9 10 20 46 48
2024-09-21	1	2nd	7 9 21 22 35 42
2024-09-18	7	1st	9 11 33 34 42 44
2024-08-24	4	1st	9 26 32 35 36 43
2024-08-10	8	2nd	6 9 23 34 47 48
2024-07-13	4	2nd	3 9 12 26 30 33
2024-06-29	9	2nd	1 9 17 20 29 34
2024-05-29	32	1st	9 14 30 34 35 42
2024-02-07	6	3rd	5 6 9 11 14 17
2024-01-17	4	2nd	6 9 15 35 45 47
2024-01-03	4	2nd	4 9 10 27 41 43
2023-12-20	16	2nd	4 9 13 20 35 39
2023-10-25	1	1st	9 16 24 25 37 47
2023-10-21	2	2nd	4 9 31 34 44 46
2023-10-14	12	1st	9 13 17 36 40 49
2023-09-02	1	1st	9 15 21 28 43 49
2023-08-30	1	4th	1 4 8 9 30 35
2023-08-26	5	1st	9 13 21 26 30 41
2023-08-09	17	2nd	5 9 23 26 27 48
2023-06-10	21	1st	9 34 38 39 43 48
2023-03-29	2	1st	9 15 30 35 45 49
2023-03-22	3	3rd	7 8 9 13 22 37
2023-03-11	15	1st	9 25 27 33 41 47
2023-01-18	8	1st	9 19 24 25 30 37
2022-12-21	5	2nd	7 9 18 19 26 42
2022-12-03	6	1st	9 11 27 34 35 47
2022-11-12	7	1st	9 17 19 26 31 35
2022-10-19	10	1st	9 18 20 37 44 47
2022-09-14	18	2nd	1 9 11 17 29 39
2022-07-13	22	1st	9 13 19 23 45 47
2022-04-27	27	2nd	5 9 10 14 19 35
2022-01-22	5	2nd	1 9 30 32 36 37
2022-01-05	2	1st	9 13 19 34 39 45
2021-12-29	3	1st	9 10 19 27 38 45
2021-12-18	10	2nd	7 9 16 30 34 46
2021-11-13	4	3rd	4 7 9 34 44 47
2021-10-30	3	1st	9 21 33 40 44 46
2021-10-20	3	1st	9 21 27 29 39 45
2021-10-09	2	1st	9 14 16 23 26 37
2021-10-02	21	3rd	2 8 9 19 30 40
2021-07-21	7	3rd	3 5 9 13 19 36
2021-06-26	1	3rd	2 5 9 23 38 42
2021-06-23	4	1st	9 19 23 38 42 47
2021-06-09	1	2nd	8 9 14 20 23 33
2021-06-05	12	2nd	1 9 22 29 36 42
2021-04-24	10	1st	9 18 20 31 32 33
2021-03-20	9	2nd	1 9 13 20 27 28
2021-02-17	7	3rd	1 8 9 29 39 48
2021-01-23	24	2nd	2 9 30 37 40 43
2020-10-31	10	3rd	3 5 9 16 25 40
2020-09-26	1	2nd	8 9 16 32 42 44
2020-09-23	5	3rd	2 8 9 24 25 32
2020-09-05	3	3rd	5 8 9 16 25 26
2020-08-26	5	3rd	5 7 9 13 21 40
2020-08-08	15	2nd	2 9 11 19 32 44
2020-06-17	1	2nd	3 9 14 22 30 39
2020-06-13	2	2nd	8 9 14 19 42 43
2020-06-06	2	3rd	2 6 9 10 26 29
2020-05-30	1	2nd	3 9 14 29 30 38
2020-05-27	10	4th	2 5 7 9 27 33
2020-04-22	2	2nd	2 9 23 25 35 49
2020-04-15	2	3rd	1 7 9 19 25 30
2020-04-08	14	2nd	6 9 19 30 40 42
2020-02-19	10	2nd	5 9 15 22 28 35
2020-01-15	3	2nd	1 9 14 15 19 40
2020-01-04	1	2nd	6 9 14 20 24 49
2020-01-01	13	2nd	7 9 29 32 39 47
2019-11-16	1	1st	9 12 22 25 29 36
2019-11-13	7	1st	9 11 22 25 35 48
2019-10-19	7	2nd	8 9 12 36 47 48
2019-09-25	1	2nd	4 9 10 31 32 39
2019-09-21	1	3rd	2 4 9 16 26 28
2019-09-18	2	1st	9 32 37 41 45 48
2019-09-11	31	1st	9 14 16 29 30 31
2019-05-25	8	2nd	3 9 23 33 38 43
2019-04-27	1	1st	9 10 18 20 32 36
2019-04-24	7	2nd	8 9 15 17 33 40
2019-03-30	9	2nd	1 9 23 42 43 46
2019-02-27	1	2nd	3 9 22 28 31 46
2019-02-23	4	3rd	4 5 9 21 48 49
2019-02-09	5	1st	9 21 26 31 35 47
2019-01-23	16	2nd	6 9 11 25 29 42
2018-11-28	15	1st	9 16 18 20 23 34
2018-10-06	10	3rd	3 4 9 17 20 44
2018-09-01	19	2nd	6 9 20 22 28 36
2018-06-27	3	3rd	2 6 9 44 47 48
2018-06-16	10	2nd	2 9 19 28 31 33
2018-05-12	7	1st	9 23 25 41 42 45
2018-04-18	21	1st	9 14 16 27 34 36
2018-02-03	10	3rd	1 6 9 10 26 36
2017-12-30	13	3rd	4 5 9 23 40 41
2017-11-15	12	1st	9 13 16 36 43 46
2017-10-04	7	1st	9 12 28 34 42 48
2017-09-09	14	1st	9 19 20 25 29 36
2017-07-22	1	1st	9 12 20 24 35 47
2017-07-19	5	2nd	7 9 11 13 36 39
2017-07-01	5	2nd	5 9 13 19 33 41
2017-06-14	4	2nd	8 9 20 28 29 37
2017-05-31	6	2nd	2 9 28 42 47 48
2017-05-10	4	1st	9 16 18 23 36 44
2017-04-26	11	3rd	2 4 9 16 24 31
2017-03-18	23	3rd	3 8 9 13 15 44
2016-12-28	3	3rd	1 7 9 11 41 44
2016-12-17	2	1st	9 14 24 39 41 44
2016-12-10	6	1st	9 10 14 25 29 44
2016-11-19	7	2nd	4 9 15 19 22 23
2016-10-26	7	2nd	8 9 23 28 29 31
2016-10-01	7	3rd	6 7 9 36 38 45
2016-09-07	7	2nd	6 9 18 35 38 42
2016-08-13	31	2nd	8 9 20 33 43 47
2016-04-27	6	2nd	5 9 14 24 27 46
2016-04-06	6	2nd	5 9 13 41 46 48
2016-03-16	25	1st	9 16 23 26 40 47
2015-12-19	7	2nd	8 9 13 17 24 42
2015-11-25	48	3rd	1 3 9 18 19 35
2015-06-10	2	1st	9 13 29 32 41 48
2015-06-03	6	1st	9 17 23 29 33 49
2015-05-13	2	1st	9 10 23 28 29 42
2015-05-06	1	1st	9 17 21 25 47 48
2015-05-02	2	2nd	2 9 28 33 35 40
2015-04-25	12	3rd	3 6 9 19 38 47
2015-03-14	1	3rd	3 8 9 17 22 30
2015-03-11	10	3rd	5 6 9 28 36 48
2015-02-04	14	2nd	4 9 10 15 30 36
2014-12-17	9	1st	9 10 18 25 40 48
2014-11-15	18	2nd	1 9 20 31 35 43
2014-09-13	1	1st	9 26 29 36 40 47
2014-09-10	13	3rd	6 7 9 25 36 47
2014-07-26	17	2nd	3 9 19 34 42 44
2014-05-28	25	2nd	7 9 11 17 31 41
2014-03-01	6	1st	9 12 30 31 33 41
2014-02-08	4	2nd	6 9 21 25 29 33
2014-01-25	4	4th	3 6 7 9 11 15
2014-01-11	1	1st	9 22 26 34 42 46
2014-01-08	4	1st	9 18 28 41 43 48
2013-12-25	1	1st	9 14 27 29 47 48
2013-12-21	32	3rd	2 5 9 15 38 45
2013-08-31	19	2nd	3 9 22 23 46 49
2013-06-26	13	1st	9 15 26 30 34 36
2013-05-11	17	2nd	7 9 13 32 38 39
2013-03-13	3	1st	9 33 34 35 37 39
2013-03-02	4	2nd	5 9 28 38 42 49
2013-02-16	3	2nd	8 9 12 15 19 29
2013-02-06	9	2nd	5 9 26 28 34 42
2013-01-05	2	2nd	8 9 16 28 39 40
2012-12-29	2	1st	9 19 21 25 26 43
2012-12-22	2	3rd	5 8 9 12 23 49
2012-12-15	11	1st	9 13 16 20 40 41
2012-11-07	2	1st	9 15 26 30 36 45
2012-10-31	3	1st	9 12 14 28 35 47
2012-10-20	12	1st	9 16 18 25 32 47
2012-09-08	4	3rd	4 7 9 16 18 48
2012-08-25	7	1st	9 18 19 34 37 44
2012-08-01	5	2nd	4 9 22 29 47 48
2012-07-14	8	1st	9 21 29 30 37 49
2012-06-16	4	2nd	2 9 10 16 20 25
2012-06-02	10	1st	9 24 27 33 34 39
2012-04-28	11	3rd	7 8 9 16 21 44
2012-03-21	12	1st	9 22 24 32 34 46
2012-02-08	3	2nd	6 9 14 18 38 45
2012-01-28	6	4th	4 7 8 9 12 40
2012-01-07	4	1st	9 15 21 36 37 41
2011-12-24	1	3rd	4 7 9 21 25 35
2011-12-21	9	2nd	7 9 15 37 38 43
2011-11-19	13	3rd	1 8 9 20 31 47
2011-10-05	10	1st	9 17 22 30 37 38
2011-08-31	9	2nd	2 9 14 27 30 41
2011-07-30	9	2nd	2 9 15 18 32 48
2011-06-29	6	1st	9 12 14 18 23 45
2011-06-08	1	1st	9 11 15 35 37 38
2011-06-04	9	2nd	7 9 16 32 36 46
2011-05-04	12	1st	9 26 28 31 42 48
2011-03-23	15	1st	9 13 33 37 44 47
2011-01-29	2	2nd	8 9 10 21 35 46
2011-01-22	11	1st	9 27 36 40 45 47
2010-12-15	30	3rd	5 8 9 12 13 48
2010-09-01	2	1st	9 10 20 22 34 39
2010-08-25	26	3rd	1 4 9 39 42 45
2010-05-26	2	1st	9 11 14 20 23 40
2010-05-19	3	1st	9 10 29 33 34 46
2010-05-08	1	1st	9 17 18 31 37 48
2010-05-05	—	1st	9 23 29 43 46 49