Number 8

In Poker Lotto under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 440 draws, 5 from 1–13.

160times drawn · chance expected 169 −0.90σ

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

2.7average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

14longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 160 times in 440 draws against 169.2 expected, −0.90σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 160 times in 440 draws · average wait 2.7 draws · longest completed wait 14 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest4 · chance 1.6
2nd smallest24 · chance 22.6
3rd smallest71 · chance 67.9
4th smallest44 · chance 56.6
5th smallest17 · chance 11.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 53.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 3 9 13 1 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 12 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 13. 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
2026-10-21	2	3rd	1 5 8 9 10
2026-10-19	1	2nd	1 8 10 12 13
2026-10-18	5	2nd	2 8 9 11 13
2026-10-13	1	4th	2 3 4

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 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-08-22	0	1st	8 9 11 13
2026-08-22	2	1st	8 9 11 13
2026-08-20	9	3rd	2 5 8 11 13
2026-08-11	2	4th	1 1 3 8 10
2026-08-09	1	3rd	1 5 8 10 11
2026-08-08	1	3rd	2 6 8 10 13
2026-08-07	14	3rd	2 7 8 9 12
2026-07-24	4	4th	1 3 5 8 12
2026-07-20	3	4th	4 5 6 8 9
2026-07-17	3	3rd	3 5 8 9 10
2026-07-14	0	3rd	2 3 8 12
2026-07-14	1	3rd	2 3 8 12
2026-07-13	7	3rd	1 6 8 9 10
2026-07-06	1	4th	5 6 6 8 9
2026-07-05	4	3rd	1 2 8 9 13
2026-07-01	0	3rd	3 6 8 11
2026-07-01	1	3rd	3 6 8 11
2026-06-30	2	4th	2 4 7 8 10
2026-06-28	7	2nd	6 8 11 11 13
2026-06-21	1	5th	2 3 7 7 8
2026-06-20	2	4th	2 3 7 8 12
2026-06-18	1	2nd	3 8 10 12 13
2026-06-17	1	4th	3 4 4 8 12
2026-06-16	3	4th	4 5 7 8 9
2026-06-13	1	3rd	2 3 8 9 13
2026-06-12	1	3rd	1 2 8 12 13
2026-06-11	3	3rd	6 7 8 10 11
2026-06-08	2	3rd	5 6 8 12 12
2026-06-06	2	3rd	6 7 8 12 12
2026-06-04	0	2nd	4 8 11 13
2026-06-04	1	2nd	4 8 11 13
2026-06-03	1	2nd	3 8 10 12 13
2026-06-02	1	3rd	1 4 8 11 11
2026-06-01	1	3rd	3 6 8 11 12
2026-05-31	2	4th	1 5 7 8 12
2026-05-29	6	3rd	1 4 8 10 11
2026-05-23	8	4th	1 1 4 8 13
2026-05-15	5	5th	1 2 2 3 8
2026-05-10	2	5th	1 3 4 4 8
2026-05-08	1	2nd	5 8 9 10 12
2026-05-07	1	2nd	3 8 9 10 11
2026-05-06	7	2nd	6 8 10 10 13
2026-04-29	7	3rd	1 5 8 12 13
2026-04-22	9	2nd	4 8 10 13 13
2026-04-13	1	5th	2 4 5 6 8
2026-04-12	5	2nd	1 8 9 12 12
2026-04-07	1	3rd	5 6 8 9 10
2026-04-06	4	2nd	6 8 9 10 11
2026-04-02	1	3rd	3 5 8 12 13
2026-04-01	1	3rd	3 7 8 10 13
2026-03-31	1	4th	4 4 6 8 13
2026-03-30	1	5th	6 6 7 7 8
2026-03-29	10	3rd	3 7 8 10 13
2026-03-19	4	3rd	3 7 8 10 11
2026-03-15	2	3rd	2 7 8 10 11
2026-03-13	2	3rd	5 7 8 11 12
2026-03-11	6	3rd	4 5 8 10 13
2026-03-05	2	3rd	4 5 8 11 13
2026-03-03	4	2nd	6 8 10 12 13
2026-02-27	10	4th	1 4 6 8 10
2026-02-17	3	5th	4 5 6 7 8
2026-02-14	8	3rd	3 7 8 10 10
2026-02-06	1	4th	1 6 7 8 12
2026-02-05	5	5th	2 4 7 7 8
2026-01-31	5	3rd	3 7 8 10 12
2026-01-26	10	3rd	1 2 8 9 12
2026-01-16	0	3rd	5 7 8 12
2026-01-16	4	3rd	5 7 8 12
2026-01-12	7	4th	2 2 4 8 13
2026-01-05	2	3rd	6 7 8 10 11
2026-01-03	7	2nd	2 8 9 10 13
2025-12-27	1	3rd	1 5 8 10 13
2025-12-26	2	4th	2 2 6 8 9
2025-12-24	0	4th	4 4 4 8
2025-12-24	3	4th	4 4 4 8
2025-12-21	2	2nd	6 8 9 10 11
2025-12-19	1	4th	2 2 6 8 9
2025-12-18	5	4th	1 4 5 8 9
2025-12-13	1	5th	1 1 2 6 8
2025-12-12	1	2nd	3 8 9 11 12
2025-12-11	2	3rd	5 7 8 9 13
2025-12-09	2	4th	1 3 4 8 13
2025-12-07	4	4th	1 2 7 8 9
2025-12-03	8	3rd	3 4 8 13 13
2025-11-25	1	4th	2 6 6 8 13
2025-11-24	1	3rd	1 3 8 10 13
2025-11-23	4	4th	3 4 7 8 9
2025-11-19	6	4th	1 2 5 8 11
2025-11-13	1	4th	4 5 6 8 12
2025-11-12	3	4th	1 3 5 8 9
2025-11-09	3	3rd	1 2 8 10 13
2025-11-06	4	3rd	4 7 8 9 10
2025-11-02	3	4th	2 2 4 8 13
2025-10-30	0	3rd	2 4 8 13
2025-10-30	1	3rd	2 4 8 13
2025-10-29	1	2nd	7 8 9 11 13
2025-10-28	3	5th	3 5 6 7 8
2025-10-25	2	5th	1 2 3 5 8
2025-10-23	1	3rd	3 6 8 11 13
2025-10-22	2	3rd	1 5 8 11 13
2025-10-20	1	3rd	6 7 8 12 12
2025-10-19	2	3rd	2 7 8 11 13
2025-10-17	2	2nd	4 8 9 9 13
2025-10-15	2	4th	2 5 7 8 10
2025-10-13	5	3rd	2 4 8 9 10
2025-10-08	1	4th	2 3 7 8 11
2025-10-07	2	5th	5 5 6 7 8
2025-10-05	3	5th	1 2 4 4 8
2025-10-02	1	5th	2 2 4 6 8
2025-10-01	3	3rd	5 7 8 9 10
2025-09-28	2	3rd	3 4 8 11 13
2025-09-26	1	3rd	1 2 8 9 11
2025-09-25	0	3rd	1 3 8 10
2025-09-25	2	3rd	1 3 8 10
2025-09-23	5	3rd	4 7 8 11 13
2025-09-18	0	3rd	3 5 8 9
2025-09-18	3	3rd	3 5 8 9
2025-09-15	1	3rd	1 5 8 12 13
2025-09-14	2	4th	3 4 4 8 9
2025-09-12	0	3rd	2 3 8 10
2025-09-12	2	3rd	2 3 8 10
2025-09-10	1	3rd	3 7 8 12 13
2025-09-09	6	3rd	6 7 8 10 12
2025-09-03	6	2nd	7 8 10 10 12
2025-08-28	2	5th	1 2 3 6 8
2025-08-26	7	4th	3 3 7 8 12
2025-08-19	0	3rd	1 1 8 13
2025-08-19	1	3rd	1 1 8 13
2025-08-18	1	2nd	5 8 9 11 12
2025-08-17	1	1st	8 9 11 12 12
2025-08-16	0	4th	3 4 7 8
2025-08-16	1	4th	3 4 7 8
2025-08-15	1	4th	2 3 6 8 9
2025-08-14	2	2nd	7 8 9 11 13
2025-08-12	2	5th	1 4 6 7 8
2025-08-10	—	2nd	6 8 9 9 11