Number 9

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

166times drawn · chance expected 186 −1.59σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 20% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

49longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 166 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, −1.59σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 166 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 14 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 smallest65 · chance 68.0
2nd smallest72 · chance 69.8
3rd smallest26 · chance 24.4
4th smallest1 · chance 3.6
5th smallest2 · chance 0.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 17 36 30 1 47

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-03-24	9	1st	9 13 16 31 36 42
2025-03-03	4	1st	9 17 25 43 45 46
2025-02-22	6	2nd	5 9 17 19 32 38
2025-02-08

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-12-07	7	2nd	5 9 18 23 27 43
2023-11-20	42	2nd	6 9 14 33 35 45
2023-08-14	5	2nd	4 9 23 32 40 45
2023-08-03	10	2nd	4 9 13 20 36 43
2023-07-10	8	3rd	1 4 9 25 42 47
2023-06-22	5	1st	9 13 36 37 39 44
2023-06-10	1	2nd	3 9 14 21 22 39
2023-06-08	22	2nd	8 9 35 36 49 50
2023-04-17	19	2nd	7 9 15 19 22 31
2023-03-04	5	2nd	5 9 10 13 30 38
2023-02-20	2	3rd	1 7 9 12 21 36
2023-02-16	15	1st	9 26 39 40 48 49
2023-01-12	2	2nd	7 9 16 21 38 46
2023-01-07	9	1st	9 16 18 29 45 48
2022-12-17	2	1st	9 11 20 25 29 33
2022-12-12	11	2nd	8 9 10 31 38 47
2022-11-17	19	3rd	2 6 9 12 43 50
2022-10-03	3	1st	9 21 26 32 36 46
2022-09-26	8	2nd	3 9 11 22 27 42
2022-09-08	2	2nd	6 9 11 19 37 47
2022-09-03	20	1st	9 17 23 26 28 39
2022-07-18	8	1st	9 10 13 18 25 40
2022-06-30	15	2nd	2 9 15 18 22 32
2022-05-26	10	1st	9 10 16 17 25 27
2022-05-02	9	2nd	6 9 28 30 34 41
2022-04-11	18	1st	9 17 25 27 38 43
2022-02-28	1	2nd	2 9 13 16 19 48
2022-02-26	2	1st	9 10 11 25 40 43
2022-02-21	6	1st	9 16 21 45 47 49
2022-02-07	16	2nd	2 9 20 23 34 38
2022-01-01	14	1st	9 16 18 24 33 43
2021-11-29	6	5th	1 3 5 8 9 41
2021-11-15	2	1st	9 33 37 38 47 50
2021-11-11	2	3rd	4 8 9 12 26 27
2021-11-06	2	2nd	4 9 15 23 33 44
2021-11-01	49	1st	9 11 16 20 40 50
2021-07-10	4	1st	9 17 28 29 47 48
2021-07-01	2	1st	9 17 24 37 38 41
2021-06-26	7	2nd	4 9 11 24 31 47
2021-06-10	11	1st	9 12 16 17 20 30
2021-05-15	15	1st	9 17 24 35 38 40
2021-04-10	2	2nd	2 9 11 22 23 38
2021-04-05	1	2nd	4 9 27 38 39 44
2021-04-03	8	3rd	1 4 9 29 43 49
2021-03-15	18	2nd	3 9 28 43 44 50
2021-02-01	20	1st	9 24 35 36 37 38
2020-12-17	3	1st	9 26 30 33 35 49
2020-12-10	6	2nd	5 9 13 22 25 46
2020-11-26	19	2nd	5 9 27 32 35 48
2020-10-12	5	2nd	5 9 22 29 46 48
2020-10-01	2	2nd	3 9 16 26 47 52
2020-09-26	2	1st	9 22 25 29 39 48
2020-09-21	2	3rd	2 6 9 19 39 45
2020-09-17	8	3rd	5 8 9 30 40 49
2020-08-29	13	1st	9 17 30 39 42 51
2020-07-30	26	1st	9 13 14 23 47 50
2020-05-30	14	1st	9 17 21 22 35 36
2020-04-27	14	1st	9 10 22 33 37 46
2020-03-26	19	3rd	1 8 9 13 24 41
2020-02-10	1	1st	9 10 11 16 17 18
2020-02-08	17	1st	9 36 45 46 47 50
2019-12-30	2	4th	1 3 6 9 17 23
2019-12-26	2	1st	9 16 36 39 43 48
2019-12-21	20	2nd	4 9 26 29 32 45
2019-11-04	1	2nd	2 9 17 27 32 47
2019-11-02	10	2nd	5 9 19 26 38 52
2019-10-10	2	2nd	6 9 21 30 45 48
2019-10-05	2	1st	9 16 18 21 25 33
2019-09-30	4	2nd	1 9 24 30 49 52
2019-09-21	7	2nd	7 9 20 29 33 48
2019-09-05	1	1st	9 12 15 42 43 44
2019-09-02	16	2nd	6 9 29 36 44 48
2019-07-27	6	3rd	3 8 9 17 25 52
2019-07-13	5	2nd	4 9 10 23 25 41
2019-07-01	5	2nd	1 9 35 44 46 48
2019-06-20	23	2nd	1 9 18 36 40 48
2019-04-27	3	1st	9 17 18 34 40 42
2019-04-20	13	1st	9 10 33 38 44 47
2019-03-21	14	2nd	6 9 12 30 47 50
2019-02-16	5	2nd	1 9 16 25 39 51
2019-02-04	4	2nd	8 9 12 16 28 40
2019-01-26	9	3rd	3 8 9 17 20 39
2019-01-05	7	3rd	1 2 9 21 22 52
2018-12-20	8	1st	9 16 46 47 51 52
2018-12-01	6	1st	9 14 27 29 50 51
2018-11-17	37	2nd	7 9 30 31 42 46
2018-08-23	2	2nd	1 9 13 19 29 50
2018-08-18	6	2nd	2 9 16 31 39 47
2018-08-04	1	1st	9 23 28 33 45 49
2018-08-02	6	2nd	6 9 28 33 36 50
2018-07-19	17	1st	9 10 14 34 42 44
2018-06-09	27	2nd	4 9 15 24 30 36
2018-04-07	20	1st	9 13 16 31 40 42
2018-02-19	11	2nd	5 9 12 14 29 50
2018-01-25	4	1st	9 18 24 29 30 41
2018-01-15	18	2nd	6 9 26 32 33 51
2017-12-04	4	1st	9 16 17 18 27 37
2017-11-25	7	3rd	2 6 9 33 38 48
2017-11-09	1	2nd	7 9 16 24 46 51
2017-11-06	1	1st	9 10 16 20 21 34
2017-11-04	1	2nd	7 9 11 36 47 52
2017-11-02	3	2nd	7 9 12 41 43 44
2017-10-26	1	1st	9 13 17 24 42 48
2017-10-23	2	1st	9 26 33 39 47 48
2017-10-19	3	2nd	2 9 31 34 43 45
2017-10-12	16	3rd	3 5 9 20 29 47
2017-09-04	10	5th	1 4 5 8 9 19
2017-08-12	12	2nd	6 9 10 21 30 31
2017-07-15	15	2nd	8 9 26 27 34 37
2017-06-10	10	2nd	5 9 11 27 42 48
2017-05-18	3	3rd	2 5 9 19 24 47
2017-05-11	4	3rd	1 7 9 17 28 30
2017-05-01	9	1st	9 22 27 30 35 45
2017-04-10	12	1st	9 15 17 32 35 44
2017-03-13	27	2nd	3 9 26 28 44 49
2017-01-09	18	1st	9 35 39 40 47 51
2016-11-28	17	2nd	4 9 10 15 23 36
2016-10-20	2	2nd	3 9 23 30 45 48
2016-10-15	12	2nd	1 9 15 28 29 31
2016-09-17	13	1st	9 22 33 44 48 51
2016-08-18	25	1st	9 17 18 24 29 49
2016-06-20	2	2nd	1 9 17 21 34 51
2016-06-16	9	3rd	2 3 9 21 27 34
2016-05-26	15	3rd	3 6 9 18 21 41
2016-04-21	2	1st	9 16 23 28 34 51
2016-04-16	26	1st	9 14 16 26 28 29
2016-02-15	4	2nd	1 9 11 17 28 41
2016-02-06	6	1st	9 18 29 40 49 51
2016-01-23	12	3rd	6 8 9 11 39 46
2015-12-26	14	3rd	1 6 9 26 43 49
2015-11-23	5	3rd	2 4 9 15 32 45
2015-11-12	15	2nd	7 9 11 20 36 51
2015-10-08	3	2nd	7 9 16 20 23 48
2015-10-01	2	2nd	8 9 13 19 40 51
2015-09-26	27	1st	9 15 21 37 40 50
2015-07-25	7	3rd	4 8 9 11 12 30
2015-07-09	4	1st	9 12 15 27 30 31
2015-06-29	23	1st	9 18 22 35 36 50
2015-05-07	20	2nd	7 9 25 33 35 49
2015-03-21	21	1st	9 12 21 36 43 49
2015-01-31	8	1st	9 12 25 36 39 40
2015-01-12	—	1st	9 17 18 20 30 45