Number 9

In Hit 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020 rules — 1,676 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

201times drawn · chance expected 215 −1.01σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 25% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

40longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 201 times in 1,676 draws against 214.9 expected, −1.01σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 201 times in 1,676 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 11 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 smallest79 · chance 74.6
2nd smallest85 · chance 88.4
3rd smallest36 · chance 33.2
4th smallest1 · chance 4.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 11 23 4 7 13

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
2020-08-19	10	1st	9 11 26 28 38
2020-07-27	10	2nd	4 9 14 16 35
2020-07-04	6	2nd	2 9 17 21 31
2020-06-20	15	2nd	4 9 22

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.

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