Number 9

In UK Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,065 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

267times drawn · chance expected 253 +0.95σ

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

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

39longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 267 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, +0.95σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 45 times, counted separately.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 267 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 39 · 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 102.6
2nd smallest111 · chance 114.0
3rd smallest44 · chance 43.1
4th smallest8 · chance 6.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.4
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 30 40 48 5 29

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
2015-10-03	2	3rd	7 8 9 14 35 44
2015-09-26	1	1st	9 17 31 33 41 42
2015-09-23	6	1st	9 17 21 23 35 36
2015-09-02	30	2nd

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.

2014-01-01	2	1st	9 12 16 22 26 48
2013-12-25	7	3rd	4 8 9 10 21 24
2013-11-30	34	1st	9 16 19 31 36 37
2013-08-03	7	3rd	3 5 9 13 17 37
2013-07-10	6	2nd	3 9 10 16 20 22
2013-06-19	3	2nd	6 9 13 35 36 47
2013-06-08	8	2nd	8 9 13 17 41 43
2013-05-11	5	1st	9 12 24 25 26 43
2013-04-24	14	1st	9 11 16 17 18 38
2013-03-06	1	2nd	3 9 14 38 42 47
2013-03-02	7	2nd	6 9 23 31 35 48
2013-02-06	2	1st	9 10 16 18 27 42
2013-01-30	3	1st	9 10 24 43 47 48
2013-01-19	5	2nd	5 9 13 16 35 39
2013-01-02	6	2nd	7 9 20 21 30 37
2012-12-12	11	1st	9 15 18 33 38 44
2012-11-03	4	3rd	5 7 9 17 20 45
2012-10-20	5	1st	9 10 24 37 39 40
2012-10-03	26	2nd	3 9 11 29 45 46
2012-07-04	8	2nd	3 9 14 19 34 38
2012-06-06	11	1st	9 17 20 27 37 41
2012-04-28	7	3rd	1 3 9 23 37 46
2012-04-04	14	1st	9 23 26 33 40 44
2012-02-15	8	1st	9 28 30 33 40 44
2012-01-18	2	1st	9 22 31 34 35 43
2012-01-11	2	2nd	2 9 27 33 39 40
2012-01-04	19	1st	9 26 28 30 42 43
2011-10-29	7	2nd	5 9 14 28 46 49
2011-10-05	7	1st	9 15 17 29 30 39
2011-09-10	16	3rd	5 7 9 10 22 47
2011-07-16	6	2nd	4 9 13 15 18 40
2011-06-25	3	2nd	5 9 15 30 32 39
2011-06-15	1	1st	9 25 29 32 37 38
2011-06-11	3	1st	9 11 35 37 40 45
2011-06-01	12	3rd	2 7 9 18 38 45
2011-04-20	7	4th	3 5 8 9 18 44
2011-03-26	5	2nd	2 9 16 21 31 44
2011-03-09	8	1st	9 11 37 40 41 49
2011-02-09	6	4th	2 6 8 9 36 39
2011-01-19	5	1st	9 18 34 41 42 43
2011-01-01	4	2nd	4 9 33 34 36 45
2010-12-18	1	1st	9 21 35 38 46 49
2010-12-15	20	2nd	6 9 31 33 40 45
2010-10-06	4	1st	9 17 18 23 30 35
2010-09-22	26	1st	9 12 27 29 41 47
2010-06-23	21	2nd	5 9 13 17 22 27
2010-04-10	2	2nd	6 9 11 21 40 48
2010-04-03	38	2nd	8 9 19 28 31 37
2009-11-21	2	1st	9 24 30 32 36 40
2009-11-14	6	3rd	1 5 9 20 23 39
2009-10-24	16	2nd	5 9 12 31 32 38
2009-08-29	1	1st	9 18 34 37 39 47
2009-08-26	4	2nd	3 9 11 17 27 48
2009-08-12	1	1st	9 20 21 27 39 40
2009-08-08	6	1st	9 17 26 32 33 36
2009-07-18	6	1st	9 27 28 33 39 41
2009-06-27	11	1st	9 17 25 26 31 42
2009-05-20	1	1st	9 10 30 37 45 46
2009-05-16	2	3rd	1 5 9 27 42 45
2009-05-09	7	2nd	6 9 28 31 37 42
2009-04-15	9	2nd	5 9 18 23 31 39
2009-03-14	1	1st	9 16 25 29 31 37
2009-03-11	8	2nd	6 9 20 21 31 34
2009-02-11	7	1st	9 14 16 38 46 47
2009-01-17	4	3rd	1 7 9 33 36 38
2009-01-03	4	1st	9 19 36 37 39 49
2008-12-20	3	2nd	3 9 11 23 36 44
2008-12-10	18	1st	9 11 23 27 29 33
2008-10-08	6	1st	9 13 24 25 42 48
2008-09-17	3	2nd	3 9 11 24 29 43
2008-09-06	1	3rd	4 6 9 13 35 36
2008-09-03	3	4th	3 5 7 9 24 35
2008-08-23	2	1st	9 16 23 26 27 42
2008-08-16	1	3rd	2 3 9 34 35 41
2008-08-13	1	2nd	5 9 10 11 23 26
2008-08-09	1	1st	9 10 17 29 33 40
2008-08-06	5	2nd	7 9 23 30 47 49
2008-07-19	3	2nd	6 9 13 18 29 30
2008-07-09	5	3rd	2 3 9 15 26 29
2008-06-21	4	2nd	8 9 11 16 18 22
2008-06-07	9	2nd	5 9 14 37 38 44
2008-05-07	23	1st	9 10 12 16 30 31
2008-02-16	1	1st	9 18 21 24 37 48
2008-02-13	28	1st	9 14 24 28 32 41
2007-11-07	2	3rd	2 6 9 13 17 36
2007-10-31	6	1st	9 12 20 25 33 35
2007-10-10	3	2nd	1 9 24 27 36 45
2007-09-29	15	2nd	1 9 10 11 16 49
2007-08-08	8	2nd	3 9 12 13 20 43
2007-07-11	16	2nd	3 9 10 12 46 47
2007-05-16	1	1st	9 20 22 24 27 28
2007-05-12	1	3rd	3 6 9 12 40 43
2007-05-09	13	2nd	8 9 19 34 47 49
2007-03-24	2	1st	9 14 26 28 30 45
2007-03-17	2	2nd	1 9 14 20 43 44
2007-03-10	27	2nd	1 9 16 34 38 41
2006-12-06	1	3rd	2 5 9 12 22 32
2006-12-02	9	1st	9 11 15 31 42 46
2006-11-01	26	1st	9 13 14 20 31 35
2006-08-02	11	3rd	5 8 9 18 41 47
2006-06-24	5	1st	9 14 21 23 39 44
2006-06-07	1	2nd	6 9 11 14 33 48
2006-06-03	9	4th	4 6 7 9 28 39
2006-05-03	3	1st	9 11 22 39 40 42
2006-04-22	1	1st	9 24 30 40 42 48
2006-04-19	5	2nd	3 9 33 44 47 49
2006-04-01	6	1st	9 17 18 21 23 39
2006-03-11	5	2nd	4 9 13 29 31 36
2006-02-22	1	2nd	5 9 27 35 42 43
2006-02-18	2	1st	9 23 32 35 36 40
2006-02-11	1	2nd	4 9 15 25 30 40
2006-02-08	3	1st	9 27 28 31 41 42
2006-01-28	1	1st	9 18 22 29 30 48
2006-01-25	7	1st	9 14 15 18 26 46
2005-12-31	5	2nd	6 9 11 33 36 49
2005-12-14	7	2nd	7 9 17 22 27 40
2005-11-19	1	2nd	4 9 10 19 24 37
2005-11-16	17	2nd	4 9 22 24 30 41
2005-09-17	14	1st	9 21 23 31 40 46
2005-07-30	39	2nd	3 9 13 35 43 45
2005-03-16	1	3rd	3 7 9 21 35 39
2005-03-12	7	4th	1 2 8 9 41 48
2005-02-16	13	1st	9 13 18 29 30 49
2005-01-01	6	3rd	4 6 9 12 15 40
2004-12-11	2	2nd	7 9 19 23 27 49
2004-12-04	2	2nd	8 9 35 38 42 45
2004-11-27	1	3rd	4 7 9 10 43 46
2004-11-24	7	2nd	6 9 15 23 38 48
2004-10-30	1	3rd	3 8 9 26 27 47
2004-10-27	28	1st	9 11 21 39 40 46
2004-07-21	3	2nd	6 9 13 15 40 43
2004-07-10	10	2nd	6 9 31 32 40 47
2004-06-05	17	3rd	5 8 9 26 29 44
2004-04-07	1	1st	9 25 33 36 46 49
2004-04-03	17	2nd	3 9 12 28 29 38
2004-02-04	15	1st	9 11 18 20 35 47
2003-12-13	4	3rd	1 7 9 28 33 39
2003-11-29	5	1st	9 23 25 26 33 36
2003-11-12	3	2nd	6 9 13 17 21 24
2003-11-01	1	1st	9 11 15 24 38 46
2003-10-29	12	1st	9 19 25 29 30 38
2003-09-17	1	2nd	3 9 15 16 21 29
2003-09-13	1	4th	3 4 8 9 30 32
2003-09-10	7	1st	9 25 28 37 41 48
2003-08-16	8	2nd	1 9 10 12 42 45
2003-07-19	2	2nd	3 9 10 17 34 48
2003-07-12	9	1st	9 12 13 15 21 33
2003-06-11	3	1st	9 13 22 39 48 49
2003-05-31	10	2nd	2 9 12 22 25 26
2003-04-26	6	1st	9 21 27 33 35 48
2003-04-05	24	1st	9 26 30 31 38 45
2003-01-11	5	1st	9 18 22 26 37 41
2002-12-24	25	3rd	4 8 9 19 32 46
2002-09-28	9	2nd	2 9 10 11 13 16
2002-08-28	8	3rd	4 7 9 17 36 46
2002-07-31	20	1st	9 13 15 23 26 45
2002-05-22	5	2nd	5 9 18 39 43 46
2002-05-04	11	2nd	8 9 11 17 45 47
2002-03-27	1	2nd	6 9 20 24 35 36
2002-03-23	4	1st	9 24 28 30 31 40
2002-03-09	4	1st	9 18 20 21 39 48
2002-02-23	18	2nd	8 9 27 34 43 48
2001-12-22	3	2nd	1 9 10 12 23 40
2001-12-12	10	1st	9 23 25 33 38 44
2001-11-07	9	2nd	8 9 10 20 39 40
2001-10-06	6	1st	9 12 29 33 44 47
2001-09-15	4	2nd	2 9 15 17 40 48
2001-09-01	1	2nd	1 9 32 34 38 49
2001-08-29	11	3rd	4 5 9 13 29 47
2001-07-21	6	2nd	1 9 13 18 27 45
2001-06-30	15	1st	9 15 22 43 46 48
2001-05-09	9	1st	9 18 27 30 32 48
2001-04-07	11	1st	9 19 30 32 34 44
2001-02-28	5	2nd	4 9 12 13 22 32
2001-02-10	13	2nd	7 9 12 17 20 32
2000-12-27	11	1st	9 24 26 36 37 42
2000-11-18	3	2nd	6 9 11 21 27 43
2000-11-08	2	3rd	2 5 9 16 27 43
2000-11-01	2	2nd	4 9 20 23 38 45
2000-10-25	35	2nd	6 9 13 14 26 38
2000-06-24	17	2nd	6 9 32 34 42 48
2000-04-26	4	2nd	4 9 14 28 36 39
2000-04-12	23	1st	9 12 19 22 26 34
2000-01-22	11	2nd	7 9 10 40 41 44
1999-12-15	1	2nd	4 9 16 35 43 44
1999-12-11	6	2nd	5 9 27 37 43 46
1999-11-20	7	2nd	7 9 15 20 29 34
1999-10-27	2	2nd	4 9 13 22 25 32
1999-10-20	4	1st	9 18 27 29 33 43
1999-10-06	6	1st	9 13 19 21 30 45
1999-09-15	9	1st	9 14 27 30 32 49
1999-08-14	3	2nd	1 9 18 24 38 44
1999-08-04	19	3rd	3 4 9 29 31 36
1999-05-29	5	3rd	3 7 9 12 43 44
1999-05-12	8	2nd	8 9 26 29 38 47
1999-04-14	3	2nd	5 9 12 25 30 32
1999-04-03	2	3rd	3 7 9 15 40 43
1999-03-27	10	1st	9 25 30 36 44 48
1999-02-20	18	2nd	3 9 17 23 29 40
1998-12-19	8	1st	9 10 18 25 28 48
1998-11-21	5	2nd	7 9 17 22 38 49
1998-11-04	1	2nd	2 9 11 23 24 42
1998-10-31	11	2nd	5 9 12 14 18 38
1998-09-23	4	1st	9 11 14 26 28 39
1998-09-09	1	3rd	1 2 9 27 28 32
1998-09-05	18	1st	9 10 11 27 42 47
1998-07-04	2	1st	9 15 25 29 32 49
1998-06-27	5	2nd	7 9 11 23 30 43
1998-06-10	9	2nd	2 9 26 28 33 46
1998-05-09	5	2nd	2 9 25 26 35 40
1998-04-22	4	3rd	3 7 9 10 12 37
1998-04-08	12	1st	9 22 37 41 43 47
1998-02-25	5	1st	9 21 27 36 42 48
1998-02-07	18	1st	9 25 27 31 42 45
1997-12-06	9	2nd	5 9 19 21 30 49
1997-11-05	1	4th	1 4 6 9 32 38
1997-11-01	3	1st	9 10 14 16 37 39
1997-10-22	1	3rd	1 8 9 14 24 35
1997-10-18	8	2nd	4 9 25 28 32 46
1997-09-20	10	1st	9 30 38 40 43 44
1997-08-16	6	2nd	2 9 19 20 38 49
1997-07-26	4	1st	9 15 20 27 30 41
1997-07-12	4	2nd	4 9 27 37 44 45
1997-06-28	8	2nd	2 9 14 36 43 48
1997-05-31	4	3rd	2 5 9 28 29 45
1997-05-17	9	2nd	2 9 13 18 27 48
1997-04-16	1	3rd	3 6 9 19 37 48
1997-04-12	14	1st	9 27 29 37 42 44
1997-02-22	1	4th	1 5 8 9 23 27
1997-02-19	3	1st	9 11 19 36 39 41
1997-02-08	1	1st	9 13 27 30 36 47
1997-02-05	15	1st	9 25 28 29 31 35
1996-10-26	3	3rd	1 3 9 20 30 35
1996-10-05	3	2nd	6 9 25 45 47 48
1996-09-14	21	2nd	2 9 10 11 38 48
1996-04-20	7	1st	9 28 29 31 40 48
1996-03-02	4	1st	9 11 12 24 41 45
1996-02-03	16	2nd	2 9 22 26 32 44
1995-10-14	24	3rd	4 5 9 25 30 47
1995-04-29	6	1st	9 15 22 31 34 48
1995-03-18	11	1st	9 18 19 24 31 41
1994-12-31	2	1st	9 17 32 36 42 44
1994-12-17	—	3rd	3 5 9 13 14 38