Number 8

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

90times drawn · chance expected 101 −1.19σ

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

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

30longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 90 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, −1.19σ. 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 13 times, counted separately.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 90 times in 722 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 30 · 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 33.8
2nd smallest43 · chance 38.3
3rd smallest20 · chance 15.1
4th smallest0 · chance 2.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2
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 11.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 16 31 46 32 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-04-07	12	2nd	3 8 15 19 23 29 37
2026-02-24	24	2nd	6 8 10 25 27 30 31
2025-12-02	3	2nd	7 8 16 21 33 34

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-12	6	3rd	6 7 8 11 35 41 44
2024-06-21	15	1st	8 12 32 33 34 46 47
2024-04-30	7	2nd	5 8 18 21 23 31 48
2024-04-05	12	2nd	4 8 18 24 26 35 46
2024-02-23	4	1st	8 16 24 28 40 41 47
2024-02-09	14	2nd	5 8 16 32 36 41 42
2023-12-22	4	1st	8 16 19 25 30 33 47
2023-12-08	1	1st	8 9 11 23 25 32 34
2023-12-05	15	3rd	3 4 8 10 38 43 47
2023-10-13	11	1st	8 17 20 23 28 31 33
2023-09-05	7	1st	8 20 23 26 38 45 47
2023-08-11	6	2nd	7 8 23 28 29 31 37
2023-07-21	8	2nd	4 8 14 25 28 40 41
2023-06-23	3	1st	8 19 21 29 33 40 46
2023-06-13	11	3rd	1 2 8 12 24 44 45
2023-05-05	4	1st	8 16 22 24 25 30 32
2023-04-21	15	2nd	7 8 18 26 33 42 46
2023-02-28	20	3rd	1 3 8 24 35 42 43
2022-12-20	6	2nd	3 8 9 20 22 36 50
2022-11-29	7	3rd	1 7 8 19 32 38 39
2022-11-04	18	2nd	4 8 25 27 32 33 34
2022-09-02	1	1st	8 17 21 31 34 37 39
2022-08-30	10	2nd	5 8 12 23 39 41 48
2022-07-26	4	2nd	3 8 9 15 21 27 31
2022-07-12	4	1st	8 11 15 16 26 29 40
2022-06-28	5	1st	8 19 22 41 42 46 47
2022-06-10	12	1st	8 14 16 17 19 22 24
2022-04-29	20	1st	8 9 19 32 37 46 48
2022-02-18	6	3rd	2 3 8 11 12 37 49
2022-01-28	7	3rd	3 7 8 10 34 43 47
2022-01-04	10	2nd	7 8 13 20 25 26 48
2021-11-30	6	3rd	4 7 8 22 24 30 49
2021-11-09	4	2nd	2 8 16 17 19 26 42
2021-10-26	7	2nd	2 8 10 14 21 36 40
2021-10-01	1	2nd	4 8 15 39 40 42 48
2021-09-28	2	3rd	2 5 8 18 23 31 35
2021-09-21	4	2nd	4 8 11 14 15 34 45
2021-09-07	13	2nd	5 8 31 36 41 42 43
2021-07-23	11	2nd	7 8 13 21 35 38 45
2021-06-15	11	2nd	2 8 12 13 14 36 43
2021-05-07	14	2nd	1 8 17 21 35 39 46
2021-03-19	1	3rd	2 7 8 26 30 43 48
2021-03-16	22	1st	8 15 25 27 33 39 44
2020-12-29	1	1st	8 12 23 25 29 43 46
2020-12-25	9	1st	8 12 16 30 38 48 50
2020-11-24	9	2nd	6 8 13 27 41 46 47
2020-10-23	1	2nd	2 8 20 21 29 34 37
2020-10-20	1	1st	8 27 30 44 46 47 50
2020-10-16	7	3rd	1 4 8 10 12 17 41
2020-09-22	7	1st	8 9 37 38 40 43 49
2020-08-28	8	2nd	5 8 9 28 32 48 50
2020-07-31	10	1st	8 16 19 22 28 31 38
2020-06-26	6	1st	8 14 31 36 39 46 47
2020-06-05	1	2nd	1 8 15 16 32 39 40
2020-06-02	11	1st	8 14 16 17 29 41 42
2020-04-24	11	1st	8 9 19 26 27 31 46
2020-03-17	20	3rd	4 5 8 15 27 41 48
2020-01-07	1	2nd	3 8 12 14 17 18 29
2020-01-03	10	1st	8 18 20 24 31 37 39
2019-11-29	25	2nd	3 8 14 15 24 33 48
2019-09-03	3	2nd	6 8 11 13 28 42 48
2019-08-23	9	3rd	5 6 8 15 22 46 47
2019-07-23	5	2nd	4 8 11 16 28 29 44
2019-07-05	8	3rd	1 4 8 28 32 36 43
2019-06-07	5	2nd	4 8 13 23 25 33 39
2019-05-21	—	3rd	2 3 8 18 31 39 50