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Number 9 In Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 rules — 789 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
6/58 + 1/56 · since Sep 2025 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 104 times drawn · chance expected 97 +0.80σ
1 draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number
7.5 average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2
36 longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long
9 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 104 times in 789 draws against 96.6 expected, +0.80σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 16 times, counted separately.
9 Number 9, draw by draw Drawn 104 times in 789 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 1 draws now
1 draws: 2010-02-27 to 2010-03-03 8 draws: 2010-03-03 to 2010-03-31 5 draws: 2010-03-31 to 2010-04-17 1 draws: 2010-04-17 to 2010-04-21 3 draws: 2010-04-21 to 2010-05-01 6 draws: 2010-05-01 to 2010-05-22 4 draws: 2010-05-22 to 2010-06-05 5 draws: 2010-06-05 to 2010-06-23 13 draws: 2010-06-23 to 2010-08-07 9 draws: 2010-08-07 to 2010-09-08 23 draws: 2010-09-08 to 2010-11-27 7 draws: 2010-11-27 to 2010-12-22 12 draws: 2010-12-22 to 2011-02-05 1 draws: 2011-02-05 to 2011-02-09 15 draws: 2011-02-09 to 2011-04-02 21 draws: 2011-04-02 to 2011-06-15 3 draws: 2011-06-15 to 2011-06-25 2 draws: 2011-06-25 to 2011-07-02 10 draws: 2011-07-02 to 2011-08-06 14 draws: 2011-08-06 to 2011-09-24 5 draws: 2011-09-24 to 2011-10-12 27 draws: 2011-10-12 to 2012-01-14 5 draws: 2012-01-14 to 2012-02-01 1 draws: 2012-02-01 to 2012-02-04 8 draws: 2012-02-04 to 2012-03-03 9 draws: 2012-03-03 to 2012-04-04 1 draws: 2012-04-04 to 2012-04-07 1 draws: 2012-04-07 to 2012-04-11 3 draws: 2012-04-11 to 2012-04-21 3 draws: 2012-04-21 to 2012-05-02 11 draws: 2012-05-02 to 2012-06-09 1 draws: 2012-06-09 to 2012-06-13 23 draws: 2012-06-13 to 2012-09-01 36 draws: 2012-09-01 to 2013-01-05 14 draws: 2013-01-05 to 2013-02-23 18 draws: 2013-02-23 to 2013-04-27 1 draws: 2013-04-27 to 2013-05-01 16 draws: 2013-05-01 to 2013-06-26 4 draws: 2013-06-26 to 2013-07-10 6 draws: 2013-07-10 to 2013-07-31 14 draws: 2013-07-31 to 2013-09-18 2 draws: 2013-09-18 to 2013-09-25 1 draws: 2013-09-25 to 2013-09-28 8 draws: 2013-09-28 to 2013-10-26 4 draws: 2013-10-26 to 2013-11-09 3 draws: 2013-11-09 to 2013-11-20 3 draws: 2013-11-20 to 2013-11-30 5 draws: 2013-11-30 to 2013-12-18 18 draws: 2013-12-18 to 2014-02-22 4 draws: 2014-02-22 to 2014-03-08 3 draws: 2014-03-08 to 2014-03-19 3 draws: 2014-03-19 to 2014-03-29 1 draws: 2014-03-29 to 2014-04-02 5 draws: 2014-04-02 to 2014-04-19 5 draws: 2014-04-19 to 2014-05-07 2 draws: 2014-05-07 to 2014-05-14 22 draws: 2014-05-14 to 2014-07-30 8 draws: 2014-07-30 to 2014-08-27 20 draws: 2014-08-27 to 2014-11-05 7 draws: 2014-11-05 to 2014-11-29 2 draws: 2014-11-29 to 2014-12-06 2 draws: 2014-12-06 to 2014-12-13 9 draws: 2014-12-13 to 2015-01-14 2 draws: 2015-01-14 to 2015-01-21 3 draws: 2015-01-21 to 2015-01-31 8 draws: 2015-01-31 to 2015-02-28 14 draws: 2015-02-28 to 2015-04-18 36 draws: 2015-04-18 to 2015-08-22 5 draws: 2015-08-22 to 2015-09-09 3 draws: 2015-09-09 to 2015-09-19 2 draws: 2015-09-19 to 2015-09-26 16 draws: 2015-09-26 to 2015-11-21 2 draws: 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-28 8 draws: 2015-11-28 to 2015-12-26 3 draws: 2015-12-26 to 2016-01-06 2 draws: 2016-01-06 to 2016-01-13 5 draws: 2016-01-13 to 2016-01-30 1 draws: 2016-01-30 to 2016-02-03 10 draws: 2016-02-03 to 2016-03-09 3 draws: 2016-03-09 to 2016-03-19 29 draws: 2016-03-19 to 2016-06-29 13 draws: 2016-06-29 to 2016-08-13 3 draws: 2016-08-13 to 2016-08-24 4 draws: 2016-08-24 to 2016-09-07 6 draws: 2016-09-07 to 2016-09-28 13 draws: 2016-09-28 to 2016-11-12 4 draws: 2016-11-12 to 2016-11-26 5 draws: 2016-11-26 to 2016-12-14 5 draws: 2016-12-14 to 2016-12-31 6 draws: 2016-12-31 to 2017-01-21 3 draws: 2017-01-21 to 2017-02-01 9 draws: 2017-02-01 to 2017-03-04 2 draws: 2017-03-04 to 2017-03-11 4 draws: 2017-03-11 to 2017-03-25 4 draws: 2017-03-25 to 2017-04-08 5 draws: 2017-04-08 to 2017-04-26 2 draws: 2017-04-26 to 2017-05-03 1 draws: 2017-05-03 to 2017-05-06 2 draws: 2017-05-06 to 2017-05-13 3 draws: 2017-05-13 to 2017-05-24 8 draws: 2017-05-24 to 2017-06-21 8 draws: 2017-06-21 to 2017-07-19 2 draws: 2017-07-19 to 2017-07-26 Still waiting — at least 1 draws since 2017-07-26 2010-02-27 2010-03-03 2010-03-31 2010-04-17 2010-04-21 2010-05-01 2010-05-22 2010-06-05 2010-06-23 2010-08-07 2010-09-08 2010-11-27 2010-12-22 2011-02-05 2011-02-09 2011-04-02 2011-06-15 2011-06-25 2011-07-02 2011-08-06 2011-09-24 2011-10-12 2012-01-14 2012-02-01 2012-02-04 2012-03-03 2012-04-04 2012-04-07 2012-04-11 2012-04-21 2012-05-02 2012-06-09 2012-06-13 2012-09-01 2013-01-05 2013-02-23 2013-04-27 2013-05-01 2013-06-26 2013-07-10 2013-07-31 2013-09-18 2013-09-25 2013-09-28 2013-10-26 2013-11-09 2013-11-20 2013-11-30 2013-12-18 2014-02-22 2014-03-08 2014-03-19 2014-03-29 2014-04-02 2014-04-19 2014-05-07 2014-05-14 2014-07-30 2014-08-27 2014-11-05 2014-11-29 2014-12-06 2014-12-13 2015-01-14 2015-01-21 2015-01-31 2015-02-28 2015-04-18 2015-08-22 2015-09-09 2015-09-19 2015-09-26 2015-11-21 2015-11-28 2015-12-26 2016-01-06 2016-01-13 2016-01-30 2016-02-03 2016-03-09 2016-03-19 2016-06-29 2016-08-13 2016-08-24 2016-09-07 2016-09-28 2016-11-12 2016-11-26 2016-12-14 2016-12-31 2017-01-21 2017-02-01 2017-03-04 2017-03-11 2017-03-25 2017-04-08 2017-04-26 2017-05-03 2017-05-06 2017-05-13 2017-05-24 2017-06-21 2017-07-19 2017-07-26 2010-01-02 2017-07-29
1 draws: 12 times 2 draws: 13 times 3 draws: 15 times 4 draws: 8 times 5 draws: 12 times 6 draws: 4 times 7 draws: 2 times 8 draws: 8 times 9 draws: 4 times 10 draws: 2 times 11 draws: 1 time 12 draws: 1 time 13 draws: 3 times 14 draws: 4 times 15 draws: 1 time 16 draws: 2 times 17 draws: 0 times 18 draws: 2 times 19 draws: 0 times 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 1 time 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 2 times 24 draws: 0 times 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 1 time 28 draws: 0 times 29 draws: 1 time 30 draws: 0 times 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 0 times 36 draws: 2 times 37 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 41 · chance 40.0 2nd smallest 42 · chance 44.4 3rd smallest 19 · chance 16.8 4th smallest 2 · chance 2.7 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.2 6th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.8 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 48 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 49. 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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.