Number 9

In Bonus Match 5 under the 5/39 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2016 rules — 2,407 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

271times drawn · chance expected 309 −2.29σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 17% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

49longest completed wait · 31% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 271 times in 2,407 draws against 308.6 expected, −2.29σ. 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 271 times in 2,407 draws · average wait 8.7 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 smallest104 · chance 100.6
2nd smallest111 · chance 119.2
3rd smallest53 · chance 44.7
4th smallest3 · chance 6.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 4 35 19 21 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2016-11-01	5	3rd	7 8 9 10 19
2016-10-27	5	2nd	5 9 16 34 36
2016-10-22	2	3rd	1 8 9 27 32
2016-10-20	15	1st	9 14

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-06-02	1	1st	9 11 20 21 22
2016-06-01	2	2nd	4 9 23 29 35
2016-05-30	4	2nd	8 9 17 19 24
2016-05-26	3	2nd	1 9 17 25 34
2016-05-23	7	2nd	6 9 13 14 31
2016-05-16	6	2nd	7 9 21 22 24
2016-05-10	3	1st	9 10 18 35 38
2016-05-07	10	2nd	4 9 13 27 36
2016-04-27	15	2nd	8 9 11 17 30
2016-04-12	6	1st	9 11 12 37 38
2016-04-06	3	1st	9 11 13 27 35
2016-04-03	5	1st	9 20 23 30 38
2016-03-29	10	3rd	2 8 9 19 30
2016-03-19	2	1st	9 12 26 36 37
2016-03-17	5	3rd	3 5 9 21 30
2016-03-12	23	1st	9 14 20 24 31
2016-02-18	11	3rd	3 8 9 23 24
2016-02-07	15	3rd	1 8 9 18 31
2016-01-23	23	2nd	5 9 19 23 28
2015-12-31	9	2nd	8 9 15 24 30
2015-12-22	9	2nd	1 9 15 32 34
2015-12-13	13	1st	9 10 18 24 30
2015-11-30	5	1st	9 13 14 17 35
2015-11-25	5	1st	9 13 14 17 20
2015-11-20	14	2nd	4 9 11 21 35
2015-11-06	2	2nd	4 9 12 20 23
2015-11-04	13	1st	9 10 20 25 26
2015-10-22	2	2nd	4 9 12 25 34
2015-10-20	2	2nd	7 9 17 37 38
2015-10-18	17	2nd	6 9 12 16 29
2015-10-01	2	2nd	3 9 14 15 32
2015-09-29	11	1st	9 22 23 31 38
2015-09-18	14	2nd	2 9 20 31 39
2015-09-04	22	1st	9 15 21 23 38
2015-08-13	7	1st	9 11 14 19 22
2015-08-06	13	3rd	1 2 9 10 20
2015-07-24	11	2nd	6 9 10 17 26
2015-07-13	16	1st	9 10 22 26 36
2015-06-27	21	2nd	5 9 28 32 35
2015-06-06	25	2nd	7 9 11 35 36
2015-05-12	1	2nd	3 9 19 30 31
2015-05-11	4	1st	9 19 28 31 33
2015-05-07	3	2nd	4 9 13 19 21
2015-05-04	2	2nd	7 9 17 19 35
2015-05-01	2	2nd	4 9 17 18 29
2015-04-29	2	2nd	8 9 19 20 38
2015-04-27	12	1st	9 16 18 19 27
2015-04-15	25	1st	9 12 23 31 39
2015-03-21	4	1st	9 15 17 21 24
2015-03-17	1	3rd	2 5 9 16 30
2015-03-16	5	2nd	3 9 11 29 37
2015-03-11	6	2nd	4 9 10 17 38
2015-03-05	12	3rd	4 8 9 12 17
2015-02-21	1	1st	9 17 21 23 35
2015-02-20	5	3rd	2 3 9 19 24
2015-02-15	2	3rd	4 6 9 15 26
2015-02-13	12	2nd	7 9 10 11 33
2015-02-01	8	1st	9 14 19 20 32
2015-01-24	15	2nd	8 9 14 15 27
2015-01-09	2	1st	9 14 33 36 38
2015-01-07	4	1st	9 17 31 38 39
2015-01-03	18	2nd	8 9 17 26 29
2014-12-16	3	2nd	5 9 16 19 32
2014-12-13	1	1st	9 11 14 18 33
2014-12-12	15	3rd	3 6 9 15 30
2014-11-27	1	2nd	8 9 24 32 37
2014-11-26	7	3rd	5 8 9 21 33
2014-11-19	23	1st	9 12 15 30 34
2014-10-27	31	3rd	5 8 9 16 27
2014-09-26	7	2nd	7 9 15 21 28
2014-09-19	15	1st	9 17 24 27 29
2014-09-04	3	1st	9 25 28 31 37
2014-09-01	4	3rd	2 5 9 12 22
2014-08-28	31	3rd	1 7 9 16 22
2014-07-28	23	1st	9 16 25 33 38
2014-07-04	6	2nd	1 9 15 36 39
2014-06-28	13	1st	9 12 24 25 33
2014-06-15	3	1st	9 16 17 18 39
2014-06-12	9	1st	9 12 28 35 37
2014-06-03	1	1st	9 11 21 33 34
2014-06-02	15	1st	9 13 14 33 37
2014-05-18	6	3rd	1 3 9 15 28
2014-05-12	1	2nd	7 9 34 36 39
2014-05-11	16	1st	9 13 23 28 37
2014-04-25	1	2nd	8 9 11 13 31
2014-04-24	10	2nd	3 9 17 22 39
2014-04-14	4	3rd	5 6 9 18 23
2014-04-10	2	1st	9 18 23 24 27
2014-04-08	17	1st	9 16 19 22 25
2014-03-22	25	1st	9 15 22 31 39
2014-02-25	21	2nd	7 9 12 13 26
2014-02-04	29	2nd	7 9 28 32 35
2014-01-06	2	2nd	5 9 17 32 34
2014-01-04	11	1st	9 19 26 34 36
2013-12-24	3	3rd	2 8 9 13 20
2013-12-21	2	2nd	8 9 13 34 38
2013-12-19	16	2nd	6 9 18 22 24
2013-12-03	4	3rd	6 8 9 12 18
2013-11-29	10	1st	9 10 11 16 28
2013-11-19	10	2nd	8 9 23 25 32
2013-11-09	3	1st	9 14 24 31 37
2013-11-06	4	3rd	2 3 9 22 29
2013-11-02	5	2nd	4 9 25 26 30
2013-10-28	20	3rd	1 3 9 18 36
2013-10-08	4	3rd	3 4 9 13 25
2013-10-04	6	3rd	2 3 9 10 23
2013-09-28	10	1st	9 15 21 22 34
2013-09-18	3	1st	9 11 14 17 29
2013-09-15	14	3rd	4 7 9 19 27
2013-09-01	2	2nd	4 9 11 17 35
2013-08-30	2	1st	9 14 22 30 31
2013-08-28	24	1st	9 15 19 25 30
2013-08-04	1	1st	9 20 21 34 39
2013-08-03	1	4th	1 2 3 9 36
2013-08-02	7	2nd	3 9 19 29 38
2013-07-26	19	2nd	2 9 17 29 32
2013-07-07	1	2nd	4 9 15 31 35
2013-07-06	13	1st	9 10 14 16 22
2013-06-23	2	1st	9 11 21 28 31
2013-06-21	18	3rd	5 7 9 20 35
2013-06-03	9	2nd	4 9 11 18 21
2013-05-25	2	1st	9 14 17 18 26
2013-05-23	3	2nd	2 9 13 29 35
2013-05-20	2	2nd	5 9 25 31 33
2013-05-18	11	1st	9 24 31 36 37
2013-05-07	12	1st	9 12 17 28 30
2013-04-25	5	2nd	6 9 10 18 28
2013-04-20	1	2nd	6 9 20 21 34
2013-04-19	2	1st	9 17 30 35 36
2013-04-17	36	3rd	4 6 9 23 39
2013-03-12	10	1st	9 10 20 27 35
2013-03-02	9	2nd	6 9 17 33 36
2013-02-21	3	3rd	1 7 9 10 16
2013-02-18	7	2nd	2 9 11 26 34
2013-02-11	10	2nd	2 9 14 21 38
2013-02-01	6	2nd	8 9 10 14 16
2013-01-26	10	3rd	5 7 9 13 28
2013-01-16	3	1st	9 34 35 36 37
2013-01-13	7	3rd	4 5 9 32 35
2013-01-06	17	3rd	4 5 9 11 34
2012-12-20	20	2nd	2 9 11 25 36
2012-11-30	3	2nd	7 9 12 19 36
2012-11-27	26	2nd	4 9 20 35 38
2012-11-01	26	1st	9 17 19 36 39
2012-10-06	2	2nd	1 9 20 34 39
2012-10-04	1	2nd	2 9 12 29 32
2012-10-03	1	1st	9 18 21 30 34
2012-10-02	1	3rd	4 8 9 19 36
2012-10-01	18	1st	9 16 23 32 38
2012-09-13	36	2nd	1 9 27 29 32
2012-08-08	6	2nd	7 9 18 25 29
2012-08-02	17	2nd	6 9 19 28 34
2012-07-16	11	1st	9 12 23 28 30
2012-07-05	4	1st	9 23 30 35 39
2012-07-01	10	2nd	8 9 23 27 37
2012-06-20	12	1st	9 14 20 26 31
2012-06-08	31	2nd	4 9 17 28 32
2012-05-06	19	1st	9 17 21 33 37
2012-04-17	6	1st	9 10 16 22 27
2012-04-11	18	1st	9 12 18 24 28
2012-03-24	17	1st	9 24 26 31 34
2012-03-07	9	2nd	5 9 10 28 32
2012-02-27	14	3rd	3 7 9 20 28
2012-02-13	11	2nd	3 9 10 16 27
2012-02-02	2	2nd	6 9 33 35 39
2012-01-31	11	2nd	3 9 16 18 35
2012-01-20	13	2nd	2 9 27 30 36
2012-01-07	2	2nd	4 9 13 18 34
2012-01-05	4	3rd	1 6 9 34 35
2012-01-01	1	1st	9 13 20 26 32
2011-12-31	3	1st	9 16 27 35 36
2011-12-28	3	1st	9 11 20 25 32
2011-12-25	11	2nd	6 9 12 30 32
2011-12-14	3	1st	9 13 21 22 23
2011-12-11	12	2nd	3 9 18 21 33
2011-11-29	2	2nd	1 9 17 27 33
2011-11-27	8	3rd	1 7 9 14 28
2011-11-19	3	1st	9 22 29 33 37
2011-11-16	1	1st	9 23 32 33 37
2011-11-15	4	2nd	4 9 13 20 27
2011-11-11	1	2nd	5 9 11 14 23
2011-11-10	3	2nd	7 9 16 33 39
2011-11-07	2	2nd	7 9 12 25 36
2011-11-05	18	1st	9 12 13 19 28
2011-10-18	4	2nd	6 9 18 21 36
2011-10-13	5	1st	9 17 25 34 35
2011-10-08	8	1st	9 13 15 24 30
2011-09-30	14	2nd	7 9 13 25 38
2011-09-16	30	3rd	4 5 9 19 25
2011-08-17	3	3rd	1 2 9 18 19
2011-08-14	12	1st	9 29 31 33 39
2011-08-01	5	2nd	5 9 16 17 20
2011-07-27	13	1st	9 11 23 30 31
2011-07-14	4	1st	9 12 23 35 38
2011-07-10	18	1st	9 28 36 37 38
2011-06-21	3	1st	9 12 19 34 36
2011-06-18	12	2nd	5 9 11 19 34
2011-06-06	3	2nd	4 9 27 31 35
2011-06-03	4	1st	9 13 16 17 28
2011-05-30	30	3rd	1 3 9 13 22
2011-04-30	1	1st	9 13 15 33 36
2011-04-29	11	1st	9 10 22 24 35
2011-04-18	2	3rd	2 4 9 32 36
2011-04-16	3	1st	9 16 20 28 38
2011-04-13	7	1st	9 20 23 26 32
2011-04-06	14	1st	9 12 18 21 25
2011-03-23	3	2nd	2 9 20 34 36
2011-03-20	7	2nd	4 9 11 14 25
2011-03-13	20	4th	1 2 7 9 19
2011-02-21	3	3rd	4 8 9 13 35
2011-02-18	3	2nd	1 9 12 17 36
2011-02-15	4	3rd	1 5 9 12 19
2011-02-11	13	2nd	2 9 18 26 38
2011-01-29	20	3rd	1 4 9 17 19
2011-01-09	9	2nd	5 9 10 20 24
2010-12-31	3	1st	9 16 24 26 30
2010-12-28	7	3rd	3 4 9 21 37
2010-12-21	16	3rd	3 6 9 11 12
2010-12-05	49	2nd	7 9 13 17 30
2010-10-17	2	2nd	5 9 16 21 24
2010-10-15	3	2nd	5 9 11 35 38
2010-10-12	20	3rd	6 7 9 24 33
2010-09-22	5	1st	9 10 11 12 16
2010-09-17	1	1st	9 11 15 30 34
2010-09-16	5	2nd	5 9 16 24 36
2010-09-11	2	3rd	6 7 9 18 31
2010-09-09	1	1st	9 18 19 27 37
2010-09-08	11	2nd	5 9 14 17 37
2010-08-28	6	2nd	3 9 21 22 24
2010-08-22	8	3rd	5 6 9 18 36
2010-08-14	5	1st	9 15 25 30 35
2010-08-09	7	1st	9 20 23 30 34
2010-08-02	1	4th	1 6 7 9 28
2010-08-01	1	3rd	1 3 9 25 35
2010-07-31	3	3rd	3 6 9 20 21
2010-07-28	10	2nd	2 9 16 31 33
2010-07-18	5	3rd	3 4 9 18 24
2010-07-13	8	1st	9 14 21 31 32
2010-07-05	13	3rd	4 5 9 21 22
2010-06-22	5	2nd	3 9 10 28 34
2010-06-17	10	2nd	6 9 11 12 18
2010-06-07	1	2nd	4 9 17 24 26
2010-06-06	9	2nd	7 9 24 29 35
2010-05-28	7	1st	9 21 31 36 38
2010-05-21	10	1st	9 23 27 29 36
2010-05-11	4	2nd	2 9 13 32 34
2010-05-07	—	2nd	7 9 16 33 39