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Number 9 In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 85 times drawn · chance expected 78 +0.88σ
6 draws waiting · a wait this long: 63% for any number
10.2 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
47 longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long
9 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 85 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, +0.88σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
9 Number 9, draw by draw Drawn 85 times in 869 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 6 draws now
2 draws: 2005-07-08 to 2005-07-15 9 draws: 2005-07-15 to 2005-08-16 23 draws: 2005-08-16 to 2005-11-04 2 draws: 2005-11-04 to 2005-11-11 3 draws: 2005-11-11 to 2005-11-22 6 draws: 2005-11-22 to 2005-12-13 32 draws: 2005-12-13 to 2006-04-04 26 draws: 2006-04-04 to 2006-07-04 19 draws: 2006-07-04 to 2006-09-08 12 draws: 2006-09-08 to 2006-10-20 7 draws: 2006-10-20 to 2006-11-14 6 draws: 2006-11-14 to 2006-12-05 4 draws: 2006-12-05 to 2006-12-19 4 draws: 2006-12-19 to 2007-01-02 12 draws: 2007-01-02 to 2007-02-13 2 draws: 2007-02-13 to 2007-02-20 17 draws: 2007-02-20 to 2007-04-20 4 draws: 2007-04-20 to 2007-05-04 18 draws: 2007-05-04 to 2007-07-06 11 draws: 2007-07-06 to 2007-08-14 8 draws: 2007-08-14 to 2007-09-11 1 draws: 2007-09-11 to 2007-09-14 21 draws: 2007-09-14 to 2007-11-27 26 draws: 2007-11-27 to 2008-02-26 12 draws: 2008-02-26 to 2008-04-08 17 draws: 2008-04-08 to 2008-06-06 2 draws: 2008-06-06 to 2008-06-13 14 draws: 2008-06-13 to 2008-08-01 1 draws: 2008-08-01 to 2008-08-05 4 draws: 2008-08-05 to 2008-08-19 9 draws: 2008-08-19 to 2008-09-19 1 draws: 2008-09-19 to 2008-09-23 2 draws: 2008-09-23 to 2008-09-30 32 draws: 2008-09-30 to 2009-01-20 8 draws: 2009-01-20 to 2009-02-17 8 draws: 2009-02-17 to 2009-03-17 11 draws: 2009-03-17 to 2009-04-24 2 draws: 2009-04-24 to 2009-05-01 5 draws: 2009-05-01 to 2009-05-19 2 draws: 2009-05-19 to 2009-05-26 2 draws: 2009-05-26 to 2009-06-02 4 draws: 2009-06-02 to 2009-06-16 1 draws: 2009-06-16 to 2009-06-19 18 draws: 2009-06-19 to 2009-08-21 3 draws: 2009-08-21 to 2009-09-01 10 draws: 2009-09-01 to 2009-10-06 28 draws: 2009-10-06 to 2010-01-12 14 draws: 2010-01-12 to 2010-03-02 18 draws: 2010-03-02 to 2010-05-04 47 draws: 2010-05-04 to 2010-10-15 1 draws: 2010-10-15 to 2010-10-19 7 draws: 2010-10-19 to 2010-11-12 4 draws: 2010-11-12 to 2010-11-26 16 draws: 2010-11-26 to 2011-01-21 6 draws: 2011-01-21 to 2011-02-11 22 draws: 2011-02-11 to 2011-04-29 7 draws: 2011-04-29 to 2011-05-24 6 draws: 2011-05-24 to 2011-06-14 8 draws: 2011-06-14 to 2011-07-12 2 draws: 2011-07-12 to 2011-07-19 7 draws: 2011-07-19 to 2011-08-12 42 draws: 2011-08-12 to 2012-01-06 4 draws: 2012-01-06 to 2012-01-20 3 draws: 2012-01-20 to 2012-01-31 6 draws: 2012-01-31 to 2012-02-21 5 draws: 2012-02-21 to 2012-03-09 5 draws: 2012-03-09 to 2012-03-27 5 draws: 2012-03-27 to 2012-04-13 3 draws: 2012-04-13 to 2012-04-24 9 draws: 2012-04-24 to 2012-05-25 4 draws: 2012-05-25 to 2012-06-08 1 draws: 2012-06-08 to 2012-06-12 12 draws: 2012-06-12 to 2012-07-24 10 draws: 2012-07-24 to 2012-08-28 6 draws: 2012-08-28 to 2012-09-18 5 draws: 2012-09-18 to 2012-10-05 13 draws: 2012-10-05 to 2012-11-20 24 draws: 2012-11-20 to 2013-02-12 3 draws: 2013-02-12 to 2013-02-22 5 draws: 2013-02-22 to 2013-03-12 12 draws: 2013-03-12 to 2013-04-23 35 draws: 2013-04-23 to 2013-08-23 6 draws: 2013-08-23 to 2013-09-13 4 draws: 2013-09-13 to 2013-09-27 Still waiting — at least 6 draws since 2013-09-27 2005-07-08 2005-07-15 2005-08-16 2005-11-04 2005-11-11 2005-11-22 2005-12-13 2006-04-04 2006-07-04 2006-09-08 2006-10-20 2006-11-14 2006-12-05 2006-12-19 2007-01-02 2007-02-13 2007-02-20 2007-04-20 2007-05-04 2007-07-06 2007-08-14 2007-09-11 2007-09-14 2007-11-27 2008-02-26 2008-04-08 2008-06-06 2008-06-13 2008-08-01 2008-08-05 2008-08-19 2008-09-19 2008-09-23 2008-09-30 2009-01-20 2009-02-17 2009-03-17 2009-04-24 2009-05-01 2009-05-19 2009-05-26 2009-06-02 2009-06-16 2009-06-19 2009-08-21 2009-09-01 2009-10-06 2010-01-12 2010-03-02 2010-05-04 2010-10-15 2010-10-19 2010-11-12 2010-11-26 2011-01-21 2011-02-11 2011-04-29 2011-05-24 2011-06-14 2011-07-12 2011-07-19 2011-08-12 2012-01-06 2012-01-20 2012-01-31 2012-02-21 2012-03-09 2012-03-27 2012-04-13 2012-04-24 2012-05-25 2012-06-08 2012-06-12 2012-07-24 2012-08-28 2012-09-18 2012-10-05 2012-11-20 2013-02-12 2013-02-22 2013-03-12 2013-04-23 2013-08-23 2013-09-13 2013-09-27 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
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1st smallest 51 · chance 44.5 2nd smallest 32 · chance 32.3 3rd smallest 2 · chance 7.5 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.7 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 56. 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 ← number 8 Every number number 10 → 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 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.