Number 9

In Loto Cash under the 5/35 + 1/10 · Apr 2022 – Sep 2025 rules — 524 draws, 5 from 1–35 (an earlier era).

89times drawn · chance expected 75 +1.77σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number

5.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

22longest completed wait · 97% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 89 times in 524 draws against 74.9 expected, +1.77σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 89 times in 524 draws · average wait 5.7 draws · longest completed wait 22 · waiting 5 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 smallest25 · chance 28.7
2nd smallest42 · chance 39.9
3rd smallest19 · chance 17.5
4th smallest3 · chance 2.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 2 16 4 6 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2025-09-15	2	1st	9 12 14 25 34
2025-09-10	2	3rd	2 3 9 13 15
2025-09-05	8	2nd	6 9 21 29 34
2025-08-18	1	2nd	1 9

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-30	2	3rd	6 7 9 17 23
2024-10-25	2	3rd	2 4 9 24 27
2024-10-21	1	2nd	6 9 10 13 34
2024-10-18	2	3rd	2 5 9 14 33
2024-10-14	11	3rd	3 5 9 15 28
2024-09-18	15	2nd	6 9 18 22 27
2024-08-14	1	2nd	3 9 16 17 35
2024-08-12	3	3rd	1 2 9 16 25
2024-08-05	2	2nd	2 9 22 25 28
2024-07-31	2	2nd	1 9 17 25 26
2024-07-26	2	2nd	4 9 16 22 23
2024-07-22	1	1st	9 15 22 26 28
2024-07-19	3	3rd	7 8 9 20 26
2024-07-12	4	2nd	1 9 10 28 30
2024-07-03	10	1st	9 28 31 33 34
2024-06-10	22	2nd	7 9 19 24 27
2024-04-19	3	3rd	6 7 9 27 35
2024-04-12	9	3rd	4 6 9 11 15
2024-03-20	6	2nd	4 9 10 13 14
2024-03-06	11	1st	9 13 24 30 35
2024-02-09	4	2nd	4 9 12 15 22
2024-01-31	3	3rd	2 4 9 13 14
2024-01-24	19	1st	9 11 25 26 27
2023-12-06	5	2nd	5 9 10 28 35
2023-11-24	3	1st	9 14 15 23 25
2023-11-17	6	1st	9 13 15 25 33
2023-11-03	10	4th	1 4 6 9 13
2023-10-11	10	2nd	3 9 16 22 29
2023-09-18	1	2nd	5 9 11 31 35
2023-09-15	7	1st	9 10 16 25 32
2023-08-30	2	1st	9 13 15 21 31
2023-08-25	1	2nd	5 9 13 21 31
2023-08-23	4	2nd	2 9 20 27 28
2023-08-14	2	2nd	4 9 24 26 33
2023-08-09	1	1st	9 10 11 13 20
2023-08-07	9	3rd	2 4 9 17 19
2023-07-17	6	2nd	5 9 15 28 29
2023-07-03	18	1st	9 18 21 28 29
2023-05-22	3	4th	6 7 8 9 21
2023-05-15	1	2nd	6 9 12 20 31
2023-05-12	12	2nd	6 9 10 12 19
2023-04-14	3	1st	9 18 22 33 35
2023-04-05	16	2nd	3 9 19 21 33
2023-02-27	10	2nd	6 9 17 22 25
2023-02-03	8	1st	9 25 27 31 33
2023-01-16	1	2nd	1 9 19 23 27
2023-01-13	1	1st	9 14 17 22 34
2023-01-11	4	1st	9 16 31 34 35
2022-12-28	2	1st	9 17 23 26 32
2022-12-21	10	2nd	2 9 14 18 30
2022-11-28	2	1st	9 10 17 22 27
2022-11-23	2	2nd	2 9 12 13 15
2022-11-18	4	2nd	7 9 14 21 24
2022-11-09	4	1st	9 10 11 12 33
2022-10-31	4	1st	9 15 16 18 31
2022-10-21	5	2nd	8 9 10 14 32
2022-10-10	7	1st	9 15 18 19 24
2022-09-23	3	2nd	3 9 13 19 20
2022-09-16	1	2nd	4 9 12 17 18
2022-09-14	7	1st	9 12 15 20 30
2022-08-29	7	2nd	8 9 13 16 28
2022-08-12	12	3rd	5 8 9 23 24
2022-07-15	10	3rd	2 8 9 16 20
2022-06-20	9	1st	9 12 17 19 28
2022-05-30	—	3rd	5 8 9 23 29