Number 9

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

111times drawn · chance expected 101 +1.06σ

12draws waiting · a wait this long: 19% for any number

6.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

32longest completed wait · 64% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 111 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, +1.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 12 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 111 times in 722 draws · average wait 6.4 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 12 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 smallest38 · chance 35.7
2nd smallest48 · chance 47.6
3rd smallest22 · chance 22.5
4th smallest3 · chance 4.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.5
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0
7th smallest0 · chance 0.0

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.

37 22 21 31 19 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-02-27	9	2nd	7 9 22 24 34 36 37
2026-01-27	1	2nd	5 9 24 30 36 39 43
2026-01-23	1	2nd	3 9 13 16 18 27

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-22	5	3rd	4 6 9 21 40 42 43
2024-11-05	9	3rd	1 2 9 22 26 32 47
2024-10-04	6	2nd	2 9 20 27 40 45 49
2024-09-13	6	1st	9 12 13 15 29 30 41
2024-08-23	25	3rd	4 5 9 15 33 37 42
2024-05-28	1	3rd	2 6 9 21 22 32 43
2024-05-24	32	3rd	1 6 9 11 31 39 50
2024-02-02	3	2nd	7 9 14 18 22 32 42
2024-01-23	2	2nd	4 9 25 31 41 48 49
2024-01-16	4	2nd	2 9 10 14 42 43 44
2024-01-02	1	1st	9 10 16 29 36 37 50
2023-12-29	6	3rd	3 6 9 25 30 36 42
2023-12-08	7	2nd	8 9 11 23 25 32 34
2023-11-14	3	1st	9 14 15 19 45 47 50
2023-11-03	15	3rd	5 7 9 10 19 24 40
2023-09-12	20	3rd	6 7 9 12 13 32 37
2023-07-04	2	2nd	2 9 20 21 23 32 43
2023-06-27	9	2nd	1 9 25 31 34 35 38
2023-05-26	17	3rd	2 7 9 12 21 30 37
2023-03-28	1	2nd	5 9 12 19 21 22 49
2023-03-24	11	2nd	5 9 14 23 32 33 46
2023-02-14	5	1st	9 15 21 28 31 36 38
2023-01-27	2	3rd	4 5 9 13 29 30 35
2023-01-20	5	1st	9 16 17 19 30 38 49
2023-01-03	4	1st	9 25 32 34 37 46 50
2022-12-20	5	3rd	3 8 9 20 22 36 50
2022-12-02	5	2nd	4 9 14 18 24 30 45
2022-11-15	7	1st	9 12 13 22 25 35 47
2022-10-21	6	2nd	1 9 25 35 41 43 50
2022-09-30	3	1st	9 14 36 37 38 40 48
2022-09-20	2	1st	9 10 11 20 24 31 48
2022-09-13	6	1st	9 10 14 32 35 36 46
2022-08-23	2	1st	9 13 14 19 37 43 50
2022-08-16	6	3rd	1 2 9 21 32 33 43
2022-07-26	1	3rd	3 8 9 15 21 27 31
2022-07-22	1	2nd	1 9 19 34 37 39 49
2022-07-19	7	2nd	6 9 17 19 31 34 46
2022-06-24	8	2nd	3 9 17 19 20 44 50
2022-05-27	8	2nd	4 9 21 22 27 31 34
2022-04-29	25	2nd	8 9 19 32 37 46 48
2022-02-01	13	1st	9 14 24 26 29 39 49
2021-12-17	3	1st	9 14 16 33 39 46 49
2021-12-07	3	1st	9 16 19 24 27 34 40
2021-11-26	26	1st	9 26 30 35 37 42 50
2021-08-27	7	1st	9 10 13 25 41 47 49
2021-08-03	16	3rd	4 5 9 15 24 36 48
2021-06-08	4	2nd	1 9 14 24 26 37 42
2021-05-25	2	2nd	6 9 11 19 24 38 46
2021-05-18	21	2nd	5 9 18 27 32 38 40
2021-03-05	1	2nd	6 9 23 25 31 36 48
2021-03-02	9	1st	9 29 30 36 42 46 49
2021-01-29	12	1st	9 11 20 22 33 36 46
2020-12-18	2	2nd	2 9 10 22 31 35 49
2020-12-11	3	1st	9 21 30 33 38 39 46
2020-12-01	1	3rd	1 4 9 15 18 24 31
2020-11-27	6	1st	9 15 35 41 42 45 46
2020-11-06	3	2nd	7 9 19 20 26 32 35
2020-10-27	6	2nd	2 9 11 29 33 39 44
2020-10-06	2	3rd	4 5 9 19 28 34 44
2020-09-29	1	3rd	4 6 9 15 22 24 28
2020-09-25	1	3rd	1 7 9 28 38 48 50
2020-09-22	6	2nd	8 9 37 38 40 43 49
2020-09-01	1	2nd	2 9 29 30 31 35 37
2020-08-28	5	3rd	5 8 9 28 32 48 50
2020-08-11	1	1st	9 17 22 33 36 45 46
2020-08-07	7	1st	9 21 26 28 30 37 44
2020-07-14	2	2nd	3 9 21 35 44 47 48
2020-07-07	13	1st	9 20 21 22 25 26 37
2020-05-22	7	1st	9 11 14 21 22 24 41
2020-04-28	1	1st	9 18 23 36 39 43 48
2020-04-24	1	2nd	8 9 19 26 27 31 46
2020-04-21	2	1st	9 10 13 21 40 41 43
2020-04-14	1	3rd	3 6 9 22 29 38 39
2020-04-10	2	2nd	3 9 10 14 15 19 20
2020-04-03	4	2nd	5 9 10 25 27 29 38
2020-03-20	4	1st	9 16 17 18 21 22 27
2020-03-06	26	2nd	2 9 10 35 41 42 47
2019-12-06	4	1st	9 11 17 19 35 36 43
2019-11-22	9	2nd	5 9 23 29 30 31 37
2019-10-22	7	4th	1 4 6 9 25 31 43
2019-09-27	2	2nd	3 9 25 26 28 34 38
2019-09-20	6	1st	9 15 26 36 39 41 47
2019-08-30	3	2nd	5 9 33 36 39 41 44
2019-08-20	24	1st	9 17 23 37 44 46 48
2019-05-28	1	2nd	4 9 10 26 27 29 37
2019-05-24	3	1st	9 11 15 19 20 35 41
2019-05-14	—	1st	9 24 27 33 40 44 48