Number 9

In Lotto under the 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 rules — 1,077 draws, 6 from 1–40 (an earlier era).

186times drawn · chance expected 162 +2.09σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

5.8average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

25longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 186 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, +2.09σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 186 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 5.8 draws · longest completed wait 25 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest57 · chance 54.9
2nd smallest77 · chance 81.3
3rd smallest45 · chance 40.7
4th smallest6 · chance 8.4
5th smallest1 · chance 0.7
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 37 7 10 14 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2020-08-08	5	3rd	6 8 9 12 17 21
2020-07-22	25	3rd	2 4 9 18 33 36
2020-04-25	7	2nd	7 9 16 19 22 38
2020-04-01	5

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2018-11-17	4	2nd	5 9 14 18 21 26
2018-11-03	10	3rd	1 3 9 26 27 39
2018-09-29	5	3rd	5 7 9 11 14 26
2018-09-12	3	2nd	5 9 13 25 33 34
2018-09-01	2	3rd	3 7 9 15 22 34
2018-08-25	1	2nd	8 9 15 19 26 32
2018-08-22	1	3rd	3 6 9 19 22 40
2018-08-18	3	2nd	7 9 16 27 32 37
2018-08-08	3	2nd	2 9 26 36 39 40
2018-07-28	10	3rd	5 7 9 12 28 31
2018-06-23	13	1st	9 10 11 28 29 36
2018-05-09	3	1st	9 18 24 25 31 34
2018-04-28	4	3rd	1 4 9 16 20 35
2018-04-14	4	1st	9 10 12 28 31 37
2018-03-31	13	2nd	7 9 10 20 22 39
2018-02-14	3	2nd	7 9 14 18 29 33
2018-02-03	1	2nd	8 9 10 12 32 38
2018-01-31	7	3rd	1 7 9 16 31 33
2018-01-06	4	2nd	5 9 11 19 21 38
2017-12-23	7	2nd	3 9 29 32 37 40
2017-11-29	12	2nd	5 9 15 18 24 39
2017-10-18	2	1st	9 15 16 26 29 31
2017-10-11	6	3rd	3 7 9 27 30 34
2017-09-20	1	1st	9 10 12 22 26 36
2017-09-16	8	2nd	3 9 21 22 34 39
2017-08-19	1	2nd	5 9 13 19 23 33
2017-08-16	1	3rd	3 4 9 18 23 40
2017-08-12	10	4th	2 4 5 9 11 27
2017-07-08	8	3rd	7 8 9 18 19 33
2017-06-10	1	2nd	5 9 12 14 16 18
2017-06-07	4	2nd	1 9 13 15 20 21
2017-05-24	3	2nd	6 9 22 33 34 37
2017-05-13	2	2nd	7 9 14 17 37 38
2017-05-06	7	1st	9 10 13 30 37 39
2017-04-12	2	3rd	1 2 9 10 29 37
2017-04-05	5	3rd	1 8 9 23 28 40
2017-03-18	2	3rd	3 4 9 10 24 27
2017-03-11	4	2nd	7 9 17 30 32 37
2017-02-25	10	2nd	7 9 12 13 18 37
2017-01-21	14	1st	9 14 15 20 31 38
2016-12-03	12	2nd	3 9 17 18 29 30
2016-10-22	1	1st	9 20 21 24 30 33
2016-10-19	9	1st	9 14 18 25 34 40
2016-09-17	2	3rd	4 7 9 35 36 39
2016-09-10	1	2nd	2 9 17 19 21 29
2016-09-07	2	1st	9 12 21 22 27 36
2016-08-31	2	3rd	1 2 9 17 21 28
2016-08-24	2	1st	9 11 16 24 35 36
2016-08-17	17	2nd	6 9 10 14 21 35
2016-06-18	1	2nd	4 9 17 24 33 38
2016-06-15	2	1st	9 24 32 33 39 40
2016-06-08	10	2nd	7 9 16 24 29 32
2016-05-04	4	1st	9 13 17 18 33 36
2016-04-20	1	2nd	8 9 11 21 33 37
2016-04-16	9	3rd	3 4 9 22 23 26
2016-03-16	7	1st	9 13 27 30 34 36
2016-02-20	1	1st	9 17 26 29 30 34
2016-02-17	8	2nd	2 9 17 20 27 40
2016-01-20	23	1st	9 13 21 22 24 39
2015-10-31	6	1st	9 12 14 19 35 37
2015-10-10	7	1st	9 12 20 21 28 29
2015-09-16	2	1st	9 12 14 21 22 25
2015-09-09	13	1st	9 15 25 32 33 34
2015-07-25	11	3rd	2 6 9 14 23 40
2015-06-17	11	2nd	7 9 12 14 15 39
2015-05-09	1	2nd	7 9 17 22 25 36
2015-05-06	2	2nd	3 9 17 24 31 34
2015-04-29	1	1st	9 11 17 22 36 38
2015-04-25	6	1st	9 20 21 26 34 35
2015-04-04	2	1st	9 11 15 28 33 35
2015-03-28	4	2nd	5 9 20 34 35 37
2015-03-14	3	2nd	7 9 16 17 28 29
2015-03-04	1	1st	9 10 23 31 32 35
2015-02-28	1	1st	9 12 31 32 34 35
2015-02-25	9	3rd	5 8 9 10 23 28
2015-01-24	21	1st	9 19 34 36 37 38
2014-11-12	2	3rd	3 6 9 15 16 31
2014-11-05	2	3rd	4 5 9 15 17 25
2014-10-29	6	1st	9 12 14 20 23 28
2014-10-08	2	1st	9 10 14 19 26 28
2014-10-01	3	1st	9 12 14 15 18 40
2014-09-20	5	2nd	4 9 19 33 35 40
2014-09-03	1	2nd	4 9 11 20 23 38
2014-08-30	6	2nd	8 9 13 18 20 24
2014-08-09	4	2nd	1 9 18 19 29 30
2014-07-26	1	3rd	5 7 9 31 35 36
2014-07-23	2	2nd	4 9 28 29 38 40
2014-07-16	4	2nd	5 9 14 16 24 39
2014-07-02	4	2nd	1 9 22 23 25 27
2014-06-18	14	3rd	4 5 9 31 32 37
2014-04-30	10	3rd	1 4 9 17 34 40
2014-03-26	8	2nd	2 9 16 22 37 39
2014-02-26	2	1st	9 12 22 31 32 37
2014-02-19	8	1st	9 13 20 22 29 38
2014-01-22	5	1st	9 14 23 25 29 35
2014-01-04	3	2nd	3 9 10 14 37 38
2013-12-21	6	2nd	8 9 17 19 37 38
2013-11-30	1	2nd	8 9 18 27 38 39
2013-11-27	12	2nd	3 9 14 16 19 40
2013-10-16	2	3rd	2 3 9 15 28 40
2013-10-09	2	2nd	8 9 14 17 28 38
2013-10-02	23	3rd	5 6 9 31 32 39
2013-07-13	2	3rd	4 7 9 10 17 33
2013-07-06	9	3rd	6 7 9 29 35 37
2013-06-05	7	3rd	1 3 9 14 22 36
2013-05-11	2	2nd	5 9 22 25 29 30
2013-05-04	2	2nd	5 9 10 25 26 28
2013-04-27	4	2nd	8 9 15 23 28 36
2013-04-13	1	2nd	4 9 16 28 35 36
2013-04-10	3	2nd	2 9 16 25 30 37
2013-03-30	3	2nd	8 9 10 30 34 38
2013-03-20	10	2nd	6 9 24 33 35 36
2013-02-13	11	2nd	6 9 12 17 37 39
2013-01-05	1	2nd	5 9 22 24 25 34
2013-01-02	2	1st	9 11 26 27 33 37
2012-12-26	2	3rd	3 8 9 23 34 37
2012-12-19	3	3rd	1 7 9 10 15 32
2012-12-08	6	2nd	1 9 16 22 27 29
2012-11-17	3	2nd	3 9 12 20 29 35
2012-11-07	5	3rd	5 8 9 14 25 39
2012-10-20	6	2nd	8 9 22 24 32 34
2012-09-29	4	2nd	7 9 21 23 36 38
2012-09-15	10	2nd	6 9 14 27 35 39
2012-08-11	10	3rd	2 8 9 25 27 31
2012-07-07	16	3rd	3 6 9 10 14 25
2012-05-12	9	2nd	8 9 16 18 31 36
2012-04-11	8	5th	2 3 4 5 9 24
2012-03-14	13	1st	9 15 20 23 24 32
2012-01-28	1	1st	9 14 32 35 37 39
2012-01-25	1	1st	9 10 13 31 37 39
2012-01-21	6	4th	2 5 8 9 12 31
2011-12-31	8	3rd	3 6 9 17 24 35
2011-12-03	1	3rd	7 8 9 26 33 37
2011-11-30	1	3rd	2 6 9 27 29 32
2011-11-26	1	2nd	1 9 14 19 21 39
2011-11-23	4	2nd	3 9 21 23 34 37
2011-11-09	1	2nd	1 9 18 26 33 36
2011-11-05	7	2nd	7 9 17 24 30 31
2011-10-12	12	1st	9 20 27 33 35 36
2011-08-31	17	1st	9 10 11 18 36 39
2011-07-02	2	1st	9 16 20 23 24 32
2011-06-25	10	2nd	5 9 10 28 36 38
2011-05-21	20	3rd	7 8 9 11 20 32
2011-03-12	1	2nd	2 9 15 19 23 38
2011-03-09	3	3rd	2 6 9 13 19 35
2011-02-26	4	3rd	5 8 9 15 29 39
2011-02-12	12	1st	9 17 18 26 28 40
2011-01-01	1	1st	9 10 15 22 24 40
2010-12-29	6	4th	5 6 8 9 13 34
2010-12-04	16	2nd	1 9 13 22 29 33
2010-10-09	6	1st	9 10 13 17 22 39
2010-09-18	2	1st	9 14 16 21 28 31
2010-09-11	12	1st	9 18 19 20 25 30
2010-07-31	2	2nd	2 9 10 23 25 35
2010-07-24	2	3rd	5 6 9 18 31 39
2010-07-17	4	3rd	2 7 9 11 24 37
2010-07-03	2	1st	9 14 16 17 34 35
2010-06-26	7	2nd	1 9 11 13 31 33
2010-06-02	3	4th	2 6 7 9 27 31
2010-05-22	8	1st	9 15 22 23 34 38
2010-04-24	3	3rd	6 7 9 21 24 39
2010-04-14	—	2nd	5 9 17 22 32 33