Number 9

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · Apr 2014 – Jun 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

135times drawn · chance expected 141 −0.54σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

8.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

35longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 135 times in 1,156 draws against 141.0 expected, −0.54σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 135 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 8.5 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 10 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 53.1
2nd smallest47 · chance 58.6
3rd smallest22 · chance 20.5
4th smallest1 · chance 2.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 32 33 7 29 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 40 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 41. 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
2017-06-08	4	1st	9 17 26 33 36
2017-06-04	9	1st	9 14 28 29 37
2017-05-26	11	3rd	6 7 9 13 18
2017-05-15	10	2nd	3 9 17

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 5/41 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-11-11	4	1st	9 16 20 37 40
2016-11-07	11	2nd	8 9 14 23 33
2016-10-27	11	2nd	3 9 11 13 33
2016-10-16	3	1st	9 22 28 30 36
2016-10-13	1	1st	9 12 19 20 27
2016-10-12	14	1st	9 26 28 30 35
2016-09-28	14	1st	9 13 29 32 33
2016-09-14	2	1st	9 14 26 32 35
2016-09-12	4	3rd	6 7 9 15 35
2016-09-08	2	1st	9 13 31 35 37
2016-09-06	2	3rd	7 8 9 21 32
2016-09-04	7	1st	9 18 25 29 38
2016-08-28	4	3rd	3 7 9 10 20
2016-08-24	10	1st	9 10 12 15 32
2016-08-14	3	2nd	6 9 25 38 39
2016-08-11	3	2nd	8 9 23 28 36
2016-08-08	3	3rd	3 6 9 11 28
2016-08-05	15	3rd	6 7 9 15 34
2016-07-21	3	1st	9 18 28 29 40
2016-07-18	15	2nd	6 9 32 33 36
2016-07-03	2	1st	9 21 26 37 40
2016-07-01	2	3rd	1 2 9 21 24
2016-06-29	20	2nd	1 9 15 17 40
2016-06-09	3	1st	9 11 18 32 35
2016-06-06	5	2nd	4 9 20 39 41
2016-06-01	1	3rd	3 4 9 15 29
2016-05-31	4	2nd	1 9 13 36 40
2016-05-27	15	2nd	2 9 12 16 25
2016-05-12	11	1st	9 13 27 34 36
2016-05-01	6	2nd	7 9 36 37 39
2016-04-25	5	2nd	8 9 15 19 25
2016-04-20	7	1st	9 14 18 19 25
2016-04-13	7	1st	9 16 24 25 34
2016-04-06	6	3rd	1 3 9 27 28
2016-03-31	28	1st	9 14 19 21 41
2016-03-03	10	4th	2 5 7 9 10
2016-02-22	10	1st	9 19 29 31 32
2016-02-12	13	2nd	7 9 10 31 39
2016-01-30	1	2nd	6 9 14 26 32
2016-01-29	23	3rd	1 3 9 29 35
2016-01-06	1	2nd	1 9 12 33 36
2016-01-05	10	2nd	1 9 27 33 38
2015-12-26	6	2nd	1 9 30 32 33
2015-12-20	28	2nd	5 9 20 22 39
2015-11-22	4	2nd	1 9 24 34 39
2015-11-18	10	2nd	3 9 13 36 40
2015-11-08	5	1st	9 16 23 26 35
2015-11-03	9	2nd	2 9 22 34 41
2015-10-25	2	1st	9 22 25 28 35
2015-10-23	12	3rd	5 6 9 18 27
2015-10-11	5	2nd	5 9 26 35 37
2015-10-06	2	2nd	7 9 10 25 32
2015-10-04	4	2nd	7 9 13 27 29
2015-09-30	10	1st	9 21 28 34 38
2015-09-20	6	2nd	4 9 13 23 27
2015-09-14	12	2nd	8 9 16 29 30
2015-09-02	14	3rd	2 8 9 19 33
2015-08-19	22	2nd	2 9 11 21 33
2015-07-28	6	3rd	3 7 9 12 19
2015-07-22	2	1st	9 10 12 29 37
2015-07-20	18	2nd	8 9 14 18 21
2015-07-02	1	1st	9 16 35 37 39
2015-07-01	2	3rd	3 7 9 24 36
2015-06-29	12	3rd	2 7 9 17 21
2015-06-17	1	2nd	7 9 16 17 34
2015-06-16	8	1st	9 25 28 29 33
2015-06-08	1	1st	9 14 15 17 33
2015-06-07	12	1st	9 11 21 25 35
2015-05-26	6	2nd	6 9 11 17 34
2015-05-20	24	1st	9 12 14 16 28
2015-04-25	2	2nd	3 9 15 18 19
2015-04-23	2	1st	9 20 23 32 33
2015-04-21	2	1st	9 12 16 28 40
2015-04-19	11	1st	9 23 24 31 36
2015-04-08	2	3rd	1 5 9 16 29
2015-04-06	21	1st	9 21 31 32 41
2015-03-16	3	1st	9 10 12 32 33
2015-03-13	10	2nd	7 9 10 26 29
2015-03-03	18	2nd	7 9 12 31 33
2015-02-13	35	1st	9 12 17 23 39
2015-01-09	33	1st	9 12 20 34 36
2014-12-07	2	3rd	1 6 9 12 28
2014-12-05	9	2nd	8 9 10 11 13
2014-11-26	7	1st	9 10 11 21 40
2014-11-19	5	1st	9 13 25 34 36
2014-11-14	4	1st	9 28 32 33 35
2014-11-10	2	3rd	2 7 9 11 41
2014-11-08	1	1st	9 18 34 36 38
2014-11-07	7	3rd	3 8 9 29 35
2014-10-31	10	3rd	2 8 9 17 33
2014-10-21	1	1st	9 12 20 22 29
2014-10-20	6	2nd	4 9 13 30 41
2014-10-14	5	1st	9 15 18 20 31
2014-10-09	18	2nd	8 9 24 27 35
2014-09-21	21	1st	9 18 24 32 34
2014-08-31	4	1st	9 19 32 33 34
2014-08-27	13	1st	9 10 14 33 40
2014-08-14	5	2nd	6 9 13 16 39
2014-08-09	16	1st	9 18 22 36 39
2014-07-24	1	1st	9 13 22 35 37
2014-07-23	3	1st	9 22 27 32 39
2014-07-20	1	1st	9 17 19 24 34
2014-07-19	16	2nd	8 9 15 18 22
2014-07-03	27	1st	9 15 20 31 35
2014-06-06	9	2nd	1 9 16 21 22
2014-05-28	2	1st	9 10 14 28 29
2014-05-26	5	1st	9 10 19 35 39
2014-05-21	10	3rd	1 8 9 21 22
2014-05-11	17	2nd	5 9 18 35 36
2014-04-24	8	1st	9 20 25 26 28
2014-04-16	—	1st	9 14 27 32 40