Number 8

In Oz Lotto under the 7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022 rules — 697 draws, 7 from 1–45 (an earlier era).

102times drawn · chance expected 108 −0.67σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 6.4

29longest completed wait · 59% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 102 times in 697 draws against 108.4 expected, −0.67σ. 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 39 times, counted separately.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 102 times in 697 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 29 · waiting 1 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 8 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 smallest27 · chance 33.6
2nd smallest54 · chance 44.1
3rd smallest19 · chance 20.0
4th smallest2 · chance 3.9
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0
7th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 44 26 27 20 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 8 is picked about 1.48× as often as an indifferent choice — 2nd most popular of 45. 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 8 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2022-05-03	13	2nd	4 8 15 17 21 29 44
2022-02-01	13	1st	8 10 20 23 37 43 44
2021-11-02	2	3rd	1 4 8 23 25 31

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: 8 is drawn with probability 7/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2018-12-11	6	2nd	7 8 18 33 37 38 42
2018-10-30	22	3rd	3 7 8 14 17 28 31
2018-05-29	4	2nd	1 8 9 12 13 21 44
2018-05-01	6	1st	8 9 11 15 19 27 36
2018-03-20	10	2nd	4 8 11 13 16 32 34
2018-01-09	1	2nd	1 8 9 26 40 43 45
2018-01-02	14	2nd	1 8 12 26 28 30 43
2017-09-26	3	2nd	6 8 13 14 33 41 45
2017-09-05	1	2nd	4 8 16 27 28 35 45
2017-08-29	2	1st	8 21 22 23 24 36 44
2017-08-15	7	2nd	4 8 13 17 25 33 43
2017-06-27	12	3rd	3 6 8 22 26 40 41
2017-04-04	8	3rd	1 6 8 23 33 36 45
2017-02-07	1	2nd	4 8 20 29 32 37 40
2017-01-31	14	2nd	3 8 18 20 24 30 38
2016-10-25	2	2nd	5 8 20 33 34 36 37
2016-10-11	5	2nd	3 8 18 21 25 27 38
2016-09-06	5	1st	8 16 27 29 37 39 44
2016-08-02	8	3rd	1 7 8 27 31 33 45
2016-06-07	12	2nd	6 8 14 16 22 29 34
2016-03-15	13	2nd	2 8 12 13 32 37 38
2015-12-15	1	3rd	4 6 8 20 33 37 44
2015-12-08	1	1st	8 11 14 19 30 36 40
2015-12-01	17	3rd	5 7 8 13 14 15 29
2015-08-04	7	1st	8 9 14 19 40 41 44
2015-06-16	8	3rd	4 7 8 17 20 30 40
2015-04-21	21	2nd	2 8 10 25 28 33 37
2014-11-25	22	1st	8 9 13 16 24 25 42
2014-06-24	3	1st	8 12 26 32 36 40 41
2014-06-03	29	2nd	5 8 14 20 21 35 40
2013-11-12	6	3rd	5 6 8 29 30 36 38
2013-10-01	2	2nd	1 8 11 12 27 36 42
2013-09-17	2	1st	8 9 24 27 31 41 44
2013-09-03	6	1st	8 18 22 23 26 28 31
2013-07-23	15	1st	8 28 31 34 37 40 41
2013-04-09	4	3rd	3 6 8 23 32 36 45
2013-03-12	2	2nd	3 8 10 21 28 38 40
2013-02-26	8	2nd	7 8 10 12 18 23 34
2013-01-01	7	1st	8 19 25 28 30 39 42
2012-11-13	1	3rd	3 7 8 12 17 37 39
2012-11-06	1	3rd	2 7 8 13 15 29 43
2012-10-30	2	3rd	4 5 8 16 21 26 31
2012-10-16	11	3rd	4 5 8 16 23 44 45
2012-07-31	7	3rd	1 5 8 14 17 19 20
2012-06-12	5	2nd	7 8 10 26 33 42 45
2012-05-08	10	2nd	6 8 17 28 34 41 42
2012-02-28	7	2nd	5 8 12 17 28 30 43
2012-01-10	3	4th	5 6 7 8 37 39 44
2011-12-20	2	2nd	7 8 9 21 29 36 40
2011-12-06	3	2nd	2 8 12 24 29 30 33
2011-11-15	5	3rd	6 7 8 9 20 22 28
2011-10-11	6	2nd	6 8 12 25 32 39 44
2011-08-30	6	2nd	4 8 16 22 28 34 41
2011-07-19	1	2nd	5 8 9 20 24 27 34
2011-07-12	5	2nd	7 8 16 21 24 27 35
2011-06-07	12	2nd	7 8 9 15 17 28 41
2011-03-15	2	1st	8 15 16 25 26 28 41
2011-03-01	10	1st	8 12 14 16 20 33 38
2010-12-21	3	2nd	7 8 13 26 35 38 42
2010-11-30	5	2nd	7 8 20 22 25 26 39
2010-10-26	1	2nd	6 8 20 32 36 40 44
2010-10-19	2	1st	8 13 19 27 35 38 45
2010-10-05	2	2nd	3 8 23 26 27 29 41
2010-09-21	2	1st	8 9 16 35 38 39 44
2010-09-07	1	2nd	3 8 27 28 34 40 44
2010-08-31	5	1st	8 13 16 23 30 33 40
2010-07-27	6	2nd	1 8 12 19 26 30 40
2010-06-15	14	1st	8 10 15 18 29 32 38
2010-03-09	2	1st	8 25 39 42 43 44 45
2010-02-23	12	2nd	2 8 14 17 22 34 35
2009-12-01	16	2nd	2 8 10 18 24 27 28
2009-08-11	4	2nd	6 8 17 29 40 41 43
2009-07-14	1	2nd	2 8 9 19 27 33 34
2009-07-07	14	2nd	1 8 26 31 34 35 44
2009-03-31	4	2nd	5 8 13 15 35 41 44
2009-03-03	4	2nd	3 8 11 26 29 33 35
2009-02-03	2	3rd	5 7 8 17 24 32 35
2009-01-20	—	1st	8 15 23 27 35 37 45