Number 9

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

150times drawn · chance expected 134 +1.47σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 11% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

39longest completed wait · 82% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 150 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, +1.47σ. 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 150 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 39 · 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 smallest64 · chance 65.1
2nd smallest67 · chance 63.1
3rd smallest13 · chance 19.5
4th smallest6 · chance 2.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 20 4 6 10 21

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
2026-08-03	22	1st	9 16 21 25 41
2026-05-18	4	3rd	2 7 9 12 25
2026-05-04	10	2nd	7 9 20 32 33
2026-03-30	16	2nd	6 9 19

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.

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