In EuroDreams under the 6/40 + 1/5 · since Nov 2023 rules — 310 draws, 6 from 1–40.
45times drawn · chance expected 47 −0.24σ
6draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number
6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7
24longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long
9 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 45 times in 310 draws against 46.5 expected, −0.24σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
9
Number 9, draw by draw
Drawn 45 times in 310 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 24 · waiting 6 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.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 40. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.