Number 9

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

84times drawn · chance expected 98 −1.48σ

37draws waiting · a wait this long: 1% for any number

9.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

45longest completed wait · 31% chance of one at least that long

9 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 84 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, −1.48σ. Each draw is independent: after 37 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 14 times, counted separately.

Number 9, draw by draw

Drawn 84 times in 847 draws · average wait 9.6 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 37 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 smallest33 · chance 34.4
2nd smallest45 · chance 35.3
3rd smallest6 · chance 12.4
4th smallest0 · chance 1.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 16 48 23 33 41

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-05-14	2	1st	9 18 19 30 31 40
2025-05-07	5	1st	9 10 27 30 31 45
2025-04-19	1	2nd	6 9 11 33 38 52
2025-04-16	1	1st

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-07-29	10	2nd	4 9 14 16 21 40
2023-06-24	3	2nd	4 9 18 24 32 51
2023-06-14	29	1st	9 12 26 29 32 49
2023-03-04	4	2nd	4 9 13 38 42 45
2023-02-18	2	2nd	7 9 21 25 31 50
2023-02-11	5	1st	9 11 35 39 40 48
2023-01-25	3	3rd	3 6 9 11 31 39
2023-01-14	22	2nd	8 9 14 33 34 47
2022-10-29	4	1st	9 30 32 38 43 50
2022-10-15	4	1st	9 11 13 21 30 46
2022-10-01	9	2nd	7 9 13 16 26 42
2022-08-31	3	2nd	3 9 13 25 31 39
2022-08-20	5	2nd	7 9 20 27 46 51
2022-08-03	1	2nd	5 9 12 23 50 51
2022-07-30	5	2nd	1 9 13 34 35 37
2022-07-13	6	3rd	3 6 9 10 29 51
2022-06-22	10	1st	9 16 32 38 42 46
2022-05-18	7	2nd	4 9 15 16 23 29
2022-04-23	10	2nd	1 9 18 24 34 51
2022-03-19	26	2nd	3 9 23 41 42 48
2021-12-15	4	2nd	7 9 41 45 48 50
2021-12-01	22	3rd	1 8 9 17 39 50
2021-09-15	19	2nd	8 9 19 45 47 52
2021-07-10	10	2nd	1 9 13 32 37 39
2021-06-05	18	1st	9 26 35 36 40 46
2021-04-03	26	2nd	6 9 15 30 32 34
2021-01-02	9	1st	9 11 21 28 35 46
2020-12-02	3	1st	9 27 34 37 38 48
2020-11-21	15	2nd	3 9 12 14 22 52
2020-09-30	3	1st	9 18 25 26 28 33
2020-09-19	5	2nd	4 9 10 23 24 32
2020-09-02	1	1st	9 16 21 28 37 48
2020-08-29	8	1st	9 16 21 27 33 45
2020-08-01	2	2nd	5 9 23 38 41 46
2020-07-25	8	2nd	5 9 20 24 27 48
2020-06-27	1	2nd	8 9 35 39 45 48
2020-06-24	8	2nd	3 9 14 19 21 24
2020-05-27	8	2nd	3 9 15 24 39 42
2020-04-29	15	1st	9 25 26 30 33 43
2020-03-07	2	2nd	1 9 12 14 30 48
2020-02-29	27	1st	9 23 26 28 30 34
2019-11-23	9	1st	9 10 25 27 51 52
2019-10-23	13	1st	9 11 15 16 20 46
2019-09-07	22	1st	9 13 14 20 23 33
2019-06-22	1	2nd	3 9 10 33 48 52
2019-06-19	1	2nd	4 9 16 18 19 22
2019-06-15	3	3rd	2 4 9 13 32 39
2019-06-05	45	1st	9 15 26 39 46 50
2018-12-29	14	2nd	7 9 15 50 51 52
2018-11-10	4	3rd	5 8 9 33 41 42
2018-10-27	2	1st	9 13 16 33 41 44
2018-10-20	10	2nd	8 9 18 39 45 47
2018-09-15	1	2nd	4 9 16 26 41 43
2018-09-12	5	2nd	4 9 13 18 33 39
2018-08-25	28	1st	9 10 14 18 20 23
2018-05-19	23	1st	9 35 38 40 46 48
2018-02-28	3	2nd	5 9 28 30 39 51
2018-02-17	35	1st	9 21 27 32 33 38
2017-10-18	11	1st	9 23 25 38 43 45
2017-09-09	—	1st	9 16 27 35 37 51