Number 9

In 2by2 under the 3/26 · Nov 2016 – Sep 2022 rules — 1,768 draws, 3 from 1–26 (an earlier era).

221times drawn · chance expected 204 +1.27σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

40longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 221 times in 1,768 draws against 204.0 expected, +1.27σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 221 times in 1,768 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 40 · 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.

1st smallest77 · chance 100.2
2nd smallest113 · chance 100.2
3rd smallest31 · chance 20.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

8 3 4 6 18 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 25 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 26. 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
2022-09-13	1	2nd	6 9 13
2022-09-11	1	1st	9 19 25
2022-09-10	9	1st	9 16 20
2022-09-01	6	2nd	7 9 15
2022-08-26	12	2nd	6 9 11
2022-08-14	1	1st

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 3/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-03-30	5	2nd	1 9 18
2022-03-25	15	1st	9 19 20
2022-03-10	34	2nd	6 9 18
2022-02-04	25	2nd	2 9 16
2022-01-10	5	3rd	1 5 9
2022-01-05	6	2nd	1 9 16
2021-12-30	8	2nd	1 9 18
2021-12-22	5	2nd	5 9 14
2021-12-17	7	1st	9 14 22
2021-12-10	11	2nd	6 9 12
2021-11-29	1	3rd	7 8 9
2021-11-28	1	1st	9 10 13
2021-11-27	7	2nd	8 9 17
2021-11-20	1	2nd	7 9 18
2021-11-19	8	2nd	4 9 18
2021-11-11	1	2nd	6 9 26
2021-11-10	11	1st	9 22 24
2021-10-30	11	1st	9 13 19
2021-10-19	9	2nd	1 9 10
2021-10-10	1	2nd	1 9 13
2021-10-09	30	2nd	8 9 17
2021-09-09	1	2nd	8 9 10
2021-09-08	19	1st	9 11 17
2021-08-20	3	3rd	4 5 9
2021-08-17	2	2nd	6 9 20
2021-08-15	30	1st	9 17 26
2021-07-16	8	2nd	8 9 23
2021-07-08	4	2nd	2 9 14
2021-07-04	7	2nd	5 9 23
2021-06-27	5	1st	9 15 25
2021-06-22	5	2nd	1 9 22
2021-06-17	13	1st	9 15 18
2021-06-04	13	1st	9 15 16
2021-05-22	14	1st	9 11 13
2021-05-08	16	1st	9 13 23
2021-04-22	18	2nd	2 9 15
2021-04-04	1	2nd	4 9 18
2021-04-03	1	3rd	3 5 9
2021-04-02	9	1st	9 18 18
2021-03-24	9	2nd	5 9 15
2021-03-15	4	1st	9 11 21
2021-03-11	2	2nd	6 9 25
2021-03-09	3	1st	9 17 23
2021-03-06	4	2nd	3 9 10
2021-03-02	6	1st	9 15 19
2021-02-24	4	3rd	3 5 9
2021-02-20	14	2nd	1 9 21
2021-02-06	1	1st	9 12 16
2021-02-05	1	1st	9 17 21
2021-02-04	17	2nd	1 9 15
2021-01-18	7	2nd	6 9 11
2021-01-11	8	2nd	4 9 19
2021-01-03	17	1st	9 11 26
2020-12-17	1	1st	9 21 25
2020-12-16	4	2nd	8 9 21
2020-12-12	8	1st	9 12 21
2020-12-04	11	3rd	2 7 9
2020-11-23	5	2nd	4 9 24
2020-11-18	10	1st	9 18 25
2020-11-08	11	2nd	6 9 23
2020-10-28	31	2nd	2 9 25
2020-09-27	11	2nd	3 9 25
2020-09-16	8	3rd	3 8 9
2020-09-08	3	3rd	2 5 9
2020-09-05	1	2nd	7 9 15
2020-09-04	1	2nd	2 9 25
2020-09-03	14	1st	9 12 22
2020-08-20	8	2nd	2 9 12
2020-08-12	3	1st	9 18 19
2020-08-09	4	1st	9 14 24
2020-08-05	36	2nd	8 9 14
2020-06-30	2	1st	9 19 23
2020-06-28	7	2nd	3 9 19
2020-06-21	4	2nd	7 9 18
2020-06-17	4	2nd	8 9 14
2020-06-13	16	1st	9 13 26
2020-05-28	4	2nd	8 9 24
2020-05-24	2	3rd	2 8 9
2020-05-22	16	3rd	1 6 9
2020-05-06	3	1st	9 15 22
2020-05-03	4	2nd	3 9 23
2020-04-29	2	2nd	6 9 14
2020-04-27	12	1st	9 13 22
2020-04-15	1	2nd	4 9 18
2020-04-14	1	1st	9 15 16
2020-04-13	4	3rd	2 5 9
2020-04-09	5	1st	9 14 22
2020-04-04	5	2nd	1 9 25
2020-03-30	4	2nd	3 9 24
2020-03-26	22	1st	9 13 15
2020-03-04	3	2nd	1 9 12
2020-03-01	7	2nd	8 9 13
2020-02-23	4	2nd	4 9 17
2020-02-19	17	1st	9 18 20
2020-02-02	1	3rd	7 8 9
2020-02-01	9	1st	9 22 23
2020-01-23	1	2nd	5 9 23
2020-01-22	5	3rd	5 8 9
2020-01-17	15	2nd	6 9 10
2020-01-02	3	2nd	2 9 13
2019-12-30	1	2nd	3 9 12
2019-12-29	3	2nd	6 9 13
2019-12-26	10	2nd	6 9 23
2019-12-16	1	3rd	2 6 9
2019-12-15	8	2nd	2 9 20
2019-12-07	2	1st	9 16 20
2019-12-05	14	2nd	4 9 14
2019-11-21	0	2nd	4 9
2019-11-21	3	2nd	4 9
2019-11-18	4	1st	9 17 20
2019-11-14	5	2nd	2 9 20
2019-11-09	6	2nd	8 9 13
2019-11-03	0	1st	9 18
2019-11-03	23	1st	9 18
2019-10-11	3	3rd	6 7 9
2019-10-08	5	1st	9 19 20
2019-10-03	6	3rd	3 4 9
2019-09-27	15	1st	9 10 24
2019-09-12	3	3rd	1 6 9
2019-09-09	2	2nd	8 9 16
2019-09-07	2	2nd	1 9 15
2019-09-05	28	3rd	4 7 9
2019-08-08	10	1st	9 15 23
2019-07-29	14	1st	9 18 22
2019-07-15	10	2nd	6 9 24
2019-07-05	14	1st	9 19 21
2019-06-21	19	3rd	4 7 9
2019-06-02	6	1st	9 14 17
2019-05-27	6	1st	9 14 26
2019-05-21	5	2nd	3 9 17
2019-05-16	11	2nd	3 9 13
2019-05-05	2	2nd	5 9 16
2019-05-03	3	2nd	3 9 12
2019-04-30	7	2nd	4 9 24
2019-04-23	6	2nd	4 9 10
2019-04-17	13	2nd	4 9 16
2019-04-04	7	1st	9 14 19
2019-03-28	3	1st	9 11 22
2019-03-25	25	2nd	1 9 12
2019-02-28	13	1st	9 18 25
2019-02-15	12	3rd	2 3 9
2019-02-03	3	2nd	2 9 15
2019-01-31	3	2nd	4 9 16
2019-01-28	6	2nd	7 9 13
2019-01-22	7	2nd	3 9 19
2019-01-15	1	2nd	7 9 13
2019-01-14	1	1st	9 11 14
2019-01-13	10	2nd	6 9 11
2019-01-03	8	1st	9 22 23
2017-12-26	3	1st	9 10 21
2017-12-23	21	1st	9 19 26
2017-12-02	15	3rd	3 6 9
2017-11-17	26	2nd	8 9 21
2017-10-22	5	3rd	2 7 9
2017-10-17	14	2nd	3 9 19
2017-10-03	1	1st	9 13 15
2017-10-02	5	3rd	4 4 9
2017-09-27	26	3rd	3 8 9
2017-09-01	12	2nd	3 9 26
2017-08-20	6	2nd	2 9 10
2017-08-14	0	1st	9 12
2017-08-14	17	1st	9 12
2017-07-28	3	3rd	7 7 9
2017-07-25	23	2nd	6 9 26
2017-07-02	5	2nd	8 9 21
2017-06-27	4	3rd	3 5 9
2017-06-23	8	2nd	8 9 20
2017-06-15	6	1st	9 13 24
2017-06-09	3	1st	9 18 23
2017-06-06	1	1st	9 15 21
2017-06-05	17	3rd	1 7 9
2017-05-19	4	2nd	8 9 26
2017-05-15	3	3rd	6 8 9
2017-05-12	1	1st	9 10 16
2017-05-11	25	2nd	6 9 23
2017-04-16	1	2nd	3 9 17
2017-04-15	7	1st	9 15 22
2017-04-08	6	2nd	7 9 13
2017-04-02	1	2nd	2 9 25
2017-04-01	24	2nd	2 9 25
2017-03-08	5	3rd	3 5 9
2017-03-03	7	2nd	3 9 15
2017-02-24	1	1st	9 13 22
2017-02-23	6	2nd	4 9 16
2017-02-17	2	2nd	8 9 10
2017-02-15	40	2nd	1 9 17
2017-01-06	1	1st	9 14 19
2017-01-05	1	1st	9 21 24
2017-01-04	3	1st	9 17 21
2017-01-01	1	1st	9 11 19
2016-12-31	3	2nd	4 9 25
2016-12-28	2	2nd	5 9 12
2016-12-26	14	2nd	7 9 26
2016-12-12	4	2nd	8 9 24
2016-12-08	3	1st	9 10 23
2016-12-05	2	2nd	8 9 19
2016-12-03	—	2nd	5 9 18