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9

Star 9

In Powerball under the 6/40 + 1/10 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,355 draws, 1 from 1–10.

Main numbersStars
126times drawn · chance expected 136 −0.86σ
17draws waiting · a wait this long: 19% for any number
10.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0
63longest completed wait · 17% chance of one at least that long
9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 126 times in 1,355 draws against 135.5 expected, −0.86σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

9

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 126 times in 1,355 draws · average wait 10.7 draws · longest completed wait 63 · waiting 17 draws now

6 draws: 2011-11-19 to 2011-12-312 draws: 2011-12-31 to 2012-01-1415 draws: 2012-01-14 to 2012-04-281 draws: 2012-04-28 to 2012-05-058 draws: 2012-05-05 to 2012-06-305 draws: 2012-06-30 to 2012-08-0416 draws: 2012-08-04 to 2012-11-2463 draws: 2012-11-24 to 2014-02-089 draws: 2014-02-08 to 2014-04-1218 draws: 2014-04-12 to 2014-08-1620 draws: 2014-08-16 to 2015-01-036 draws: 2015-01-03 to 2015-02-149 draws: 2015-02-14 to 2015-04-1862 draws: 2015-04-18 to 2016-02-131 draws: 2016-02-13 to 2016-02-174 draws: 2016-02-17 to 2016-03-0226 draws: 2016-03-02 to 2016-06-0110 draws: 2016-06-01 to 2016-07-0615 draws: 2016-07-06 to 2016-08-2718 draws: 2016-08-27 to 2016-10-298 draws: 2016-10-29 to 2016-11-262 draws: 2016-11-26 to 2016-12-032 draws: 2016-12-03 to 2016-12-106 draws: 2016-12-10 to 2016-12-3118 draws: 2016-12-31 to 2017-03-042 draws: 2017-03-04 to 2017-03-115 draws: 2017-03-11 to 2017-03-296 draws: 2017-03-29 to 2017-04-193 draws: 2017-04-19 to 2017-04-2912 draws: 2017-04-29 to 2017-06-102 draws: 2017-06-10 to 2017-06-171 draws: 2017-06-17 to 2017-06-215 draws: 2017-06-21 to 2017-07-081 draws: 2017-07-08 to 2017-07-124 draws: 2017-07-12 to 2017-07-261 draws: 2017-07-26 to 2017-07-293 draws: 2017-07-29 to 2017-08-091 draws: 2017-08-09 to 2017-08-127 draws: 2017-08-12 to 2017-09-061 draws: 2017-09-06 to 2017-09-093 draws: 2017-09-09 to 2017-09-2015 draws: 2017-09-20 to 2017-11-1132 draws: 2017-11-11 to 2018-03-038 draws: 2018-03-03 to 2018-03-3110 draws: 2018-03-31 to 2018-05-056 draws: 2018-05-05 to 2018-05-264 draws: 2018-05-26 to 2018-06-093 draws: 2018-06-09 to 2018-06-205 draws: 2018-06-20 to 2018-07-072 draws: 2018-07-07 to 2018-07-143 draws: 2018-07-14 to 2018-07-2522 draws: 2018-07-25 to 2018-10-1016 draws: 2018-10-10 to 2018-12-0516 draws: 2018-12-05 to 2019-01-307 draws: 2019-01-30 to 2019-02-2346 draws: 2019-02-23 to 2019-08-038 draws: 2019-08-03 to 2019-08-313 draws: 2019-08-31 to 2019-09-1139 draws: 2019-09-11 to 2020-01-257 draws: 2020-01-25 to 2020-02-1924 draws: 2020-02-19 to 2020-05-1328 draws: 2020-05-13 to 2020-08-194 draws: 2020-08-19 to 2020-09-0214 draws: 2020-09-02 to 2020-10-2110 draws: 2020-10-21 to 2020-11-254 draws: 2020-11-25 to 2020-12-099 draws: 2020-12-09 to 2021-01-095 draws: 2021-01-09 to 2021-01-275 draws: 2021-01-27 to 2021-02-135 draws: 2021-02-13 to 2021-03-031 draws: 2021-03-03 to 2021-03-0621 draws: 2021-03-06 to 2021-05-191 draws: 2021-05-19 to 2021-05-221 draws: 2021-05-22 to 2021-05-265 draws: 2021-05-26 to 2021-06-128 draws: 2021-06-12 to 2021-07-105 draws: 2021-07-10 to 2021-07-2814 draws: 2021-07-28 to 2021-09-154 draws: 2021-09-15 to 2021-09-296 draws: 2021-09-29 to 2021-10-202 draws: 2021-10-20 to 2021-10-276 draws: 2021-10-27 to 2021-11-1713 draws: 2021-11-17 to 2022-01-0110 draws: 2022-01-01 to 2022-02-0512 draws: 2022-02-05 to 2022-03-1923 draws: 2022-03-19 to 2022-06-0826 draws: 2022-06-08 to 2022-09-077 draws: 2022-09-07 to 2022-10-0114 draws: 2022-10-01 to 2022-11-1914 draws: 2022-11-19 to 2023-01-072 draws: 2023-01-07 to 2023-01-149 draws: 2023-01-14 to 2023-02-1512 draws: 2023-02-15 to 2023-03-297 draws: 2023-03-29 to 2023-04-2226 draws: 2023-04-22 to 2023-07-223 draws: 2023-07-22 to 2023-08-025 draws: 2023-08-02 to 2023-08-197 draws: 2023-08-19 to 2023-09-1321 draws: 2023-09-13 to 2023-11-251 draws: 2023-11-25 to 2023-11-2910 draws: 2023-11-29 to 2024-01-031 draws: 2024-01-03 to 2024-01-069 draws: 2024-01-06 to 2024-02-0720 draws: 2024-02-07 to 2024-04-177 draws: 2024-04-17 to 2024-05-1114 draws: 2024-05-11 to 2024-06-296 draws: 2024-06-29 to 2024-07-2011 draws: 2024-07-20 to 2024-08-2829 draws: 2024-08-28 to 2024-12-079 draws: 2024-12-07 to 2025-01-0821 draws: 2025-01-08 to 2025-03-2210 draws: 2025-03-22 to 2025-04-265 draws: 2025-04-26 to 2025-05-1414 draws: 2025-05-14 to 2025-07-029 draws: 2025-07-02 to 2025-08-025 draws: 2025-08-02 to 2025-08-205 draws: 2025-08-20 to 2025-09-0638 draws: 2025-09-06 to 2026-01-177 draws: 2026-01-17 to 2026-02-1132 draws: 2026-02-11 to 2026-06-035 draws: 2026-06-03 to 2026-06-204 draws: 2026-06-20 to 2026-07-044 draws: 2026-07-04 to 2026-07-187 draws: 2026-07-18 to 2026-08-121 draws: 2026-08-12 to 2026-08-15Still waiting — at least 17 draws since 2026-08-152011-11-192011-12-312012-01-142012-04-282012-05-052012-06-302012-08-042012-11-242014-02-082014-04-122014-08-162015-01-032015-02-142015-04-182016-02-132016-02-172016-03-022016-06-012016-07-062016-08-272016-10-292016-11-262016-12-032016-12-102016-12-312017-03-042017-03-112017-03-292017-04-192017-04-292017-06-102017-06-172017-06-212017-07-082017-07-122017-07-262017-07-292017-08-092017-08-122017-09-062017-09-092017-09-202017-11-112018-03-032018-03-312018-05-052018-05-262018-06-092018-06-202018-07-072018-07-142018-07-252018-10-102018-12-052019-01-302019-02-232019-08-032019-08-312019-09-112020-01-252020-02-192020-05-132020-08-192020-09-022020-10-212020-11-252020-12-092021-01-092021-01-272021-02-132021-03-032021-03-062021-05-192021-05-222021-05-262021-06-122021-07-102021-07-282021-09-152021-09-292021-10-202021-10-272021-11-172022-01-012022-02-052022-03-192022-06-082022-09-072022-10-012022-11-192023-01-072023-01-142023-02-152023-03-292023-04-222023-07-222023-08-022023-08-192023-09-132023-11-252023-11-292024-01-032024-01-062024-02-072024-04-172024-05-112024-06-292024-07-202024-08-282024-12-072025-01-082025-03-222025-04-262025-05-142025-07-022025-08-022025-08-202025-09-062026-01-172026-02-112026-06-032026-06-202026-07-042026-07-182026-08-122026-08-152011-11-122026-10-28

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

1 draws: 13 times2 draws: 8 times3 draws: 7 times4 draws: 8 times5 draws: 14 times6 draws: 8 times7 draws: 9 times8 draws: 5 times9 draws: 7 times10 draws: 6 times11 draws: 1 time12 draws: 3 times13 draws: 1 time14 draws: 6 times15 draws: 3 times16 draws: 3 times17 draws: 0 times18 draws: 3 times19 draws: 0 times20 draws: 2 times21 draws: 3 times22 draws: 1 time23 draws: 1 time24 draws: 1 time25 draws: 0 times26 draws: 3 times27 draws: 0 times28 draws: 1 time29 draws: 1 time30 draws: 0 times31 draws: 0 times32 draws: 2 times33 draws: 0 times34 draws: 0 times35 draws: 0 times36 draws: 0 times37 draws: 0 times38 draws: 1 time39 draws: 1 time40 draws: 0 times41 draws: 0 times42 draws: 0 times43 draws: 0 times44 draws: 0 times45 draws: 0 times46 draws: 1 time47 draws: 0 times48 draws: 0 times49 draws: 0 times50 draws: 0 times51 draws: 0 times52 draws: 0 times53 draws: 0 times54 draws: 0 times55 draws: 0 times56 draws: 0 times57 draws: 0 times58 draws: 0 times59 draws: 0 times60 draws: 0 times61 draws: 0 times62 draws: 1 time63 draws: 1 time64 draws: 0 timesits own waitsdraws between appearances

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 9 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

  • 1st smallest126 · chance 126.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

No shared draws yet.

Never drawn alongside 9 of the other 9 numbers; chance expects about 9 such strangers 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 10. 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

DateWaitPositionThe draw
2026-08-1511st9
2026-08-1271st9
2026-07-1841st9
2026-07-0441st9
2026-06-2051st9
2026-06-03321st9
2026-02-1171st9
2026-01-17381st9
2025-09-0651st9
← star 8Every numberstar 10 →
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 1/10 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-2051st9
2025-08-0291st9
2025-07-02141st9
2025-05-1451st9
2025-04-26101st9
2025-03-22211st9
2025-01-0891st9
2024-12-07291st9
2024-08-28111st9
2024-07-2061st9
2024-06-29141st9
2024-05-1171st9
2024-04-17201st9
2024-02-0791st9
2024-01-0611st9
The other 102 appearances
2024-01-03101st9
2023-11-2911st9
2023-11-25211st9
2023-09-1371st9
2023-08-1951st9
2023-08-0231st9
2023-07-22261st9
2023-04-2271st9
2023-03-29121st9
2023-02-1591st9
2023-01-1421st9
2023-01-07141st9
2022-11-19141st9
2022-10-0171st9
2022-09-07261st9
2022-06-08231st9
2022-03-19121st9
2022-02-05101st9
2022-01-01131st9
2021-11-1761st9
2021-10-2721st9
2021-10-2061st9
2021-09-2941st9
2021-09-15141st9
2021-07-2851st9
2021-07-1081st9
2021-06-1251st9
2021-05-2611st9
2021-05-2211st9
2021-05-19211st9
2021-03-0611st9
2021-03-0351st9
2021-02-1351st9
2021-01-2751st9
2021-01-0991st9
2020-12-0941st9
2020-11-25101st9
2020-10-21141st9
2020-09-0241st9
2020-08-19281st9
2020-05-13241st9
2020-02-1971st9
2020-01-25391st9
2019-09-1131st9
2019-08-3181st9
2019-08-03461st9
2019-02-2371st9
2019-01-30161st9
2018-12-05161st9
2018-10-10221st9
2018-07-2531st9
2018-07-1421st9
2018-07-0751st9
2018-06-2031st9
2018-06-0941st9
2018-05-2661st9
2018-05-05101st9
2018-03-3181st9
2018-03-03321st9
2017-11-11151st9
2017-09-2031st9
2017-09-0911st9
2017-09-0671st9
2017-08-1211st9
2017-08-0931st9
2017-07-2911st9
2017-07-2641st9
2017-07-1211st9
2017-07-0851st9
2017-06-2111st9
2017-06-1721st9
2017-06-10121st9
2017-04-2931st9
2017-04-1961st9
2017-03-2951st9
2017-03-1121st9
2017-03-04181st9
2016-12-3161st9
2016-12-1021st9
2016-12-0321st9
2016-11-2681st9
2016-10-29181st9
2016-08-27151st9
2016-07-06101st9
2016-06-01261st9
2016-03-0241st9
2016-02-1711st9
2016-02-13621st9
2015-04-1891st9
2015-02-1461st9
2015-01-03201st9
2014-08-16181st9
2014-04-1291st9
2014-02-08631st9
2012-11-24161st9
2012-08-0451st9
2012-06-3081st9
2012-05-0511st9
2012-04-28151st9
2012-01-1421st9
2011-12-3161st9
2011-11-19—1st9