Number 9

In Cash 5 under the 5/41 · May 2016 – Nov 2018 rules — 897 draws, 5 from 1–41 (an earlier era).

113times drawn · chance expected 109 +0.37σ

35draws waiting · a wait this long: 1% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

41longest completed wait · 46% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 113 times in 897 draws against 109.4 expected, +0.37σ. Each draw is independent: after 35 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 113 times in 897 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 35 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 smallest47 · chance 44.5
2nd smallest44 · chance 49.1
3rd smallest20 · chance 17.2
4th smallest2 · chance 2.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 35 25 5 6 11

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
2018-09-29	2	2nd	7 9 28 34 38
2018-09-27	17	2nd	7 9 19 24 39
2018-09-10	6	1st	9 22 27 31 34
2018-09-04	9	2nd	6 9 28

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.

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