Number 9

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

185times drawn · chance expected 184 +0.09σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

44longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 185 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, +0.09σ. 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 185 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 44 · 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 smallest66 · chance 60.5
2nd smallest78 · chance 80.7
3rd smallest36 · chance 36.4
4th smallest5 · chance 6.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.5
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

35 22 27 20 13 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-11-21	9	1st	9 16 20 23 35 39
2022-10-20	11	2nd	1 9 14 21 24 34
2022-09-12	14	1st	9 12 18 19 27 32

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2021-07-22	3	2nd	1 9 13 24 28 39
2021-07-12	8	2nd	7 9 24 33 38 40
2021-06-14	20	2nd	2 9 15 17 24 39
2021-04-05	9	3rd	6 7 9 13 30 41
2021-03-04	3	2nd	3 9 13 19 27 28
2021-02-22	13	2nd	1 9 10 17 35 39
2021-01-07	6	3rd	3 5 9 18 22 37
2020-12-17	6	2nd	2 9 10 18 32 35
2020-11-26	5	2nd	1 9 13 19 20 32
2020-11-09	4	1st	9 11 20 27 32 38
2020-10-26	20	2nd	4 9 12 31 35 37
2020-08-17	20	3rd	1 5 9 18 21 22
2020-06-08	3	2nd	1 9 19 25 26 40
2020-05-28	9	3rd	2 3 9 17 30 41
2020-04-27	1	3rd	4 8 9 12 15 36
2020-04-23	1	2nd	1 9 14 21 30 37
2020-04-20	20	1st	9 14 32 34 35 37
2020-02-10	1	1st	9 13 22 23 33 43
2020-02-06	5	2nd	3 9 19 21 26 27
2020-01-20	2	2nd	1 9 16 23 35 43
2020-01-13	5	1st	9 10 14 21 28 33
2019-12-26	4	1st	9 15 23 32 35 38
2019-12-12	14	3rd	5 8 9 16 26 35
2019-10-24	11	2nd	7 9 26 27 38 40
2019-09-16	2	3rd	2 6 9 22 34 37
2019-09-09	8	4th	1 3 7 9 36 41
2019-08-12	15	1st	9 14 16 19 33 35
2019-06-20	2	2nd	2 9 19 32 38 40
2019-06-13	4	3rd	2 4 9 33 34 39
2019-05-30	1	1st	9 17 23 28 37 43
2019-05-27	12	1st	9 11 16 24 38 42
2019-04-15	1	2nd	7 9 11 12 35 39
2019-04-11	2	1st	9 13 14 19 38 42
2019-04-04	5	2nd	7 9 15 21 27 41
2019-03-18	3	1st	9 15 22 24 27 39
2019-03-07	4	1st	9 13 16 24 42 43
2019-02-21	8	1st	9 10 11 13 18 26
2019-01-24	2	2nd	2 9 11 16 22 30
2019-01-17	2	2nd	8 9 16 32 39 40
2019-01-10	6	1st	9 13 27 32 33 41
2018-12-20	7	3rd	7 8 9 20 34 36
2018-11-26	1	2nd	5 9 18 19 28 34
2018-11-22	2	3rd	3 8 9 13 20 41
2018-11-15	2	1st	9 22 23 30 32 40
2018-11-08	2	2nd	2 9 10 24 36 43
2018-11-01	4	1st	9 10 20 25 29 34
2018-10-18	5	2nd	5 9 18 20 30 32
2018-10-01	5	2nd	1 9 15 24 36 43
2018-09-13	5	2nd	5 9 18 20 21 43
2018-08-27	2	1st	9 12 14 25 29 31
2018-08-20	4	1st	9 19 23 25 27 41
2018-08-06	8	3rd	4 6 9 32 40 43
2018-07-09	15	3rd	7 8 9 10 16 19
2018-05-17	3	1st	9 22 23 33 35 36
2018-05-07	7	3rd	3 4 9 21 23 39
2018-04-12	1	2nd	3 9 10 14 22 41
2018-04-09	7	3rd	6 7 9 11 17 25
2018-03-15	12	2nd	8 9 16 25 26 35
2018-02-01	13	1st	9 21 26 36 37 43
2017-12-18	10	1st	9 12 16 24 25 41
2017-11-13	9	2nd	3 9 10 24 33 39
2017-10-12	12	2nd	5 9 11 26 38 39
2017-08-31	16	2nd	7 9 26 33 39 41
2017-07-06	4	2nd	5 9 16 20 22 38
2017-06-22	5	2nd	7 9 12 26 32 41
2017-06-05	25	3rd	4 5 9 17 22 41
2017-03-09	16	2nd	1 9 20 27 34 42
2017-01-12	10	1st	9 10 17 27 33 34
2016-12-08	7	2nd	4 9 23 29 37 38
2016-11-14	1	1st	9 19 22 26 35 42
2016-11-10	12	2nd	4 9 13 15 23 30
2016-09-29	3	2nd	6 9 14 23 30 32
2016-09-19	12	1st	9 13 18 21 31 39
2016-08-08	2	2nd	1 9 13 21 26 39
2016-08-01	6	4th	1 2 3 9 38 41
2016-07-11	4	2nd	2 9 14 16 20 38
2016-06-27	44	2nd	3 9 33 35 39 40
2016-01-25	1	3rd	6 8 9 11 25 38
2016-01-21	5	1st	9 13 20 34 35 42
2016-01-04	3	1st	9 10 12 19 27 40
2015-12-24	17	2nd	7 9 14 19 21 25
2015-10-26	4	3rd	2 8 9 22 30 31
2015-10-12	7	2nd	8 9 17 18 27 34
2015-09-17	22	2nd	2 9 10 22 32 42
2015-07-02	8	2nd	7 9 16 21 22 25
2015-06-04	4	2nd	1 9 16 24 27 35
2015-05-21	19	1st	9 12 13 26 41 43
2015-03-16	1	2nd	3 9 13 20 26 38
2015-03-12	1	2nd	7 9 13 31 36 40
2015-03-09	4	2nd	7 9 13 18 22 37
2015-02-23	11	2nd	8 9 19 20 33 36
2015-01-15	2	3rd	6 8 9 26 36 43
2015-01-08	1	3rd	1 4 9 32 39 40
2015-01-05	17	1st	9 14 16 17 22 23
2014-11-06	3	3rd	3 6 9 34 35 43
2014-10-27	1	2nd	3 9 13 14 33 41
2014-10-23	4	1st	9 13 24 27 35 42
2014-10-09	2	3rd	5 7 9 10 32 34
2014-10-02	11	1st	9 11 12 28 32 43
2014-08-25	13	1st	9 12 26 29 39 41
2014-07-10	8	1st	9 11 23 24 37 40
2014-06-12	3	3rd	6 8 9 13 33 36
2014-06-02	6	2nd	6 9 12 36 37 43
2014-05-12	3	1st	9 10 11 17 32 34
2014-05-01	20	2nd	1 9 17 23 26 39
2014-02-20	1	2nd	4 9 11 14 34 38
2014-02-17	3	4th	2 4 6 9 28 32
2014-02-06	7	1st	9 15 22 30 34 43
2014-01-13	3	2nd	6 9 14 21 22 24
2014-01-02	3	3rd	5 8 9 11 13 16
2013-12-23	7	3rd	4 5 9 15 22 26
2013-11-28	8	3rd	3 6 9 17 23 24
2013-10-31	5	2nd	7 9 11 12 16 38
2013-10-14	5	1st	9 10 17 27 35 42
2013-09-26	6	2nd	2 9 16 30 31 33
2013-09-05	3	1st	9 14 21 29 31 39
2013-08-26	6	1st	9 10 17 32 35 37
2013-08-05	2	1st	9 26 27 39 40 43
2013-07-29	5	4th	1 2 6 9 21 31
2013-07-11	3	1st	9 15 22 30 41 42
2013-07-01	8	2nd	4 9 23 26 29 31
2013-06-03	5	2nd	2 9 21 24 30 38
2013-05-16	9	1st	9 11 17 18 20 35
2013-04-15	7	2nd	1 9 17 22 40 41
2013-03-21	6	1st	9 23 25 26 29 32
2013-02-28	13	2nd	5 9 14 19 21 43
2013-01-14	5	1st	9 12 17 18 25 33
2012-12-27	4	1st	9 16 18 22 23 40
2012-12-13	21	3rd	1 2 9 16 35 42
2012-10-01	4	2nd	1 9 28 35 39 43
2012-09-17	6	2nd	7 9 14 19 23 30
2012-08-27	28	3rd	4 8 9 15 21 41
2012-05-21	3	2nd	3 9 10 20 32 43
2012-05-10	8	3rd	2 6 9 15 20 40
2012-04-12	2	1st	9 11 25 28 33 35
2012-04-05	7	1st	9 16 22 35 36 38
2012-03-12	4	1st	9 20 25 30 40 42
2012-02-27	3	2nd	7 9 10 23 26 34
2012-02-13	11	3rd	1 5 9 36 37 38
2012-01-05	19	3rd	3 6 9 10 22 34
2011-10-31	1	1st	9 12 27 38 40 42
2011-10-27	6	3rd	2 7 9 11 12 43
2011-10-06	3	2nd	1 9 16 20 28 31
2011-09-26	11	2nd	4 9 15 32 33 39
2011-08-18	5	1st	9 10 13 19 24 26
2011-08-01	7	3rd	5 8 9 24 27 43
2011-07-07	1	2nd	7 9 16 26 28 42
2011-07-04	2	2nd	3 9 11 12 24 38
2011-06-27	4	4th	5 6 7 9 19 34
2011-06-13	1	2nd	7 9 11 13 17 18
2011-06-09	9	2nd	8 9 17 24 38 40
2011-05-09	4	1st	9 23 26 27 33 41
2011-04-25	20	1st	9 12 18 20 29 41
2011-02-14	28	3rd	3 7 9 26 31 36
2010-11-08	10	3rd	2 5 9 17 31 40
2010-10-04	17	2nd	3 9 27 28 30 39
2010-08-05	5	1st	9 13 20 23 27 28
2010-07-19	11	2nd	7 9 10 15 20 32
2010-06-10	9	3rd	3 5 9 25 31 32
2010-05-10	5	1st	9 19 20 29 39 40
2010-04-22	—	3rd	1 3 9 19 28 30