Number 8

In La Primitiva under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Oct 1985 – Jan 2013 rules — 2,558 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

291times drawn · chance expected 313 −1.34σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 68% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

59longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 291 times in 2,558 draws against 313.2 expected, −1.34σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 59 times, counted separately.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 291 times in 2,558 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 4 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 smallest123 · chance 127.4
2nd smallest123 · chance 120.5
3rd smallest34 · chance 38.0
4th smallest10 · chance 4.9
5th smallest1 · chance 0.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 30.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 9 5 33 25 36

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, 8 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 8 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2012-12-15	2	2nd	4 8 34 36 37 44
2012-12-08	4	2nd	7 8 17 21 33 37
2012-11-24	7	1st	8 9 14 19 22 32
2012-11-01

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2010-11-13	6	1st	8 25 26 36 42 47
2010-10-23	12	2nd	7 8 10 20 30 40
2010-09-11	6	2nd	2 8 18 25 30 41
2010-08-21	3	3rd	2 7 8 10 39 49
2010-08-12	5	1st	8 13 22 25 28 46
2010-07-24	12	2nd	2 8 17 28 37 42
2010-06-12	21	2nd	1 8 15 20 25 36
2010-04-01	4	3rd	2 5 8 20 40 43
2010-03-18	1	1st	8 11 14 37 39 40
2010-03-13	12	1st	8 11 22 31 33 47
2010-01-30	3	3rd	1 5 8 26 40 48
2010-01-21	1	2nd	7 8 14 18 43 44
2010-01-16	7	2nd	5 8 19 34 35 47
2009-12-24	5	1st	8 27 30 38 42 43
2009-12-05	26	2nd	2 8 9 13 16 44
2009-09-05	1	1st	8 9 11 29 37 40
2009-09-03	3	3rd	2 6 8 11 13 37
2009-08-22	11	2nd	3 8 14 22 37 49
2009-07-16	3	3rd	2 5 8 14 34 44
2009-07-04	4	1st	8 12 13 14 16 37
2009-06-20	10	1st	8 13 17 23 33 37
2009-05-16	6	1st	8 26 28 29 32 34
2009-04-25	3	2nd	1 8 17 21 39 48
2009-04-16	6	1st	8 11 14 19 20 47
2009-03-26	10	1st	8 12 17 23 29 34
2009-02-19	2	2nd	4 8 16 20 38 39
2009-02-12	2	2nd	5 8 24 35 41 49
2009-02-05	1	2nd	3 8 13 19 20 27
2009-01-31	9	1st	8 12 26 36 47 49
2009-01-01	3	2nd	4 8 12 25 34 46
2008-12-20	2	1st	8 22 33 34 36 46
2008-12-13	4	2nd	7 8 10 20 30 36
2008-11-29	2	1st	8 20 27 28 35 46
2008-11-22	2	4th	3 4 6 8 11 16
2008-11-15	3	2nd	4 8 17 27 30 48
2008-11-06	17	2nd	5 8 20 23 24 32
2008-09-06	47	4th	3 4 6 8 28 31
2008-03-27	3	2nd	5 8 26 43 46 49
2008-03-15	1	2nd	5 8 17 32 36 49
2008-03-13	7	2nd	7 8 9 25 41 43
2008-02-16	1	1st	8 14 22 30 36 43
2008-02-14	1	1st	8 11 20 23 48 49
2008-02-09	26	1st	8 12 17 41 42 48
2007-11-10	18	2nd	4 8 9 30 33 38
2007-09-08	4	1st	8 12 16 20 29 42
2007-08-25	1	3rd	2 5 8 14 46 47
2007-08-23	15	1st	8 22 28 33 36 48
2007-06-30	9	1st	8 22 29 32 35 44
2007-05-31	12	3rd	1 7 8 17 30 47
2007-04-19	4	4th	1 2 4 8 9 24
2007-04-05	11	2nd	3 8 17 29 39 48
2007-02-24	19	2nd	7 8 14 18 25 44
2006-12-21	19	3rd	4 7 8 27 31 33
2006-10-14	11	1st	8 9 13 23 31 41
2006-09-07	8	2nd	1 8 9 16 39 44
2006-08-10	34	2nd	4 8 20 23 27 33
2006-04-13	20	1st	8 24 26 28 37 47
2006-02-02	5	2nd	2 8 12 13 18 31
2006-01-14	3	2nd	5 8 13 24 25 31
2006-01-05	11	1st	8 10 12 19 27 40
2005-11-26	6	1st	8 19 21 25 44 47
2005-11-05	6	2nd	4 8 18 19 23 30
2005-10-15	3	1st	8 10 14 38 39 43
2005-10-06	24	2nd	5 8 22 26 29 38
2005-07-14	1	3rd	6 7 8 41 42 49
2005-07-09	5	1st	8 21 25 39 42 45
2005-06-23	6	1st	8 13 16 24 25 40
2005-06-02	14	3rd	3 4 8 19 29 31
2005-04-14	1	2nd	3 8 32 36 38 47
2005-04-09	27	3rd	2 5 8 29 33 39
2005-01-06	17	1st	8 23 32 36 37 49
2004-11-06	16	2nd	2 8 28 32 33 45
2004-09-11	1	3rd	4 6 8 19 41 47
2004-09-09	59	1st	8 26 34 36 42 46
2004-02-14	13	1st	8 13 15 39 41 46
2004-01-01	4	2nd	2 8 10 25 38 47
2003-12-18	2	3rd	1 5 8 10 22 41
2003-12-11	1	1st	8 13 26 33 35 42
2003-12-06	3	2nd	2 8 9 35 38 40
2003-11-27	11	1st	8 14 32 35 42 46
2003-10-18	13	1st	8 15 17 22 28 46
2003-09-04	6	2nd	7 8 27 31 42 45
2003-08-14	18	2nd	4 8 13 17 30 46
2003-06-12	2	2nd	7 8 10 28 46 49
2003-06-05	6	2nd	2 8 9 22 31 43
2003-05-15	13	3rd	3 4 8 15 29 36
2003-03-29	11	2nd	7 8 23 25 30 47
2003-02-20	6	3rd	3 4 8 9 11 47
2003-01-30	19	1st	8 21 22 25 41 46
2002-11-23	6	3rd	5 7 8 13 35 36
2002-11-02	5	1st	8 11 14 37 43 44
2002-10-17	2	1st	8 15 16 18 35 41
2002-10-10	3	2nd	3 8 36 39 42 49
2002-09-28	5	1st	8 10 15 27 44 46
2002-09-12	7	3rd	5 6 8 9 12 31
2002-08-17	5	1st	8 11 12 25 32 49
2002-08-01	4	1st	8 22 25 36 41 45
2002-07-18	6	2nd	5 8 24 28 41 42
2002-06-27	2	1st	8 19 23 30 38 46
2002-06-20	7	2nd	7 8 31 37 42 45
2002-05-25	4	2nd	7 8 27 28 42 43
2002-05-11	9	1st	8 9 23 31 33 38
2002-04-11	4	4th	3 5 6 8 24 32
2002-03-28	10	2nd	4 8 10 14 29 31
2002-02-21	8	2nd	5 8 11 16 37 45
2002-01-24	21	1st	8 15 22 26 31 36
2001-11-10	9	1st	8 9 10 23 29 43
2001-10-11	14	1st	8 24 30 31 37 49
2001-08-23	3	2nd	7 8 9 17 18 42
2001-08-11	9	2nd	6 8 12 19 30 34
2001-07-12	25	2nd	1 8 24 33 39 49
2001-04-14	9	1st	8 13 28 36 40 49
2001-03-15	16	2nd	6 8 17 18 28 44
2001-01-18	22	2nd	2 8 13 22 24 41
2000-11-02	2	1st	8 9 11 35 37 45
2000-10-26	6	1st	8 19 21 23 25 37
2000-10-05	10	1st	8 10 16 30 32 44
2000-08-31	18	1st	8 13 24 33 35 38
2000-06-29	4	1st	8 9 25 44 47 48
2000-06-15	6	1st	8 29 32 37 40 49
2000-05-25	15	2nd	2 8 20 22 26 45
2000-04-01	10	3rd	3 7 8 24 28 44
2000-02-26	16	2nd	4 8 18 19 21 36
2000-01-01	2	2nd	3 8 14 26 28 29
1999-12-25	34	2nd	6 8 9 12 36 46
1999-08-28	22	1st	8 15 16 23 38 39
1999-06-12	6	2nd	7 8 14 27 42 48
1999-05-22	8	2nd	3 8 20 36 45 49
1999-04-24	7	1st	8 15 16 37 38 43
1999-04-01	1	2nd	6 8 11 12 14 42
1999-03-27	1	2nd	4 8 14 31 33 34
1999-03-25	8	4th	2 4 7 8 12 20
1999-02-25	1	2nd	3 8 21 36 39 44
1999-02-20	13	4th	5 6 7 8 16 31
1999-01-07	7	2nd	7 8 11 24 30 35
1998-12-12	5	1st	8 13 18 32 34 44
1998-11-26	5	3rd	2 5 8 14 26 45
1998-11-07	2	1st	8 10 16 17 21 29
1998-10-31	9	3rd	6 7 8 15 21 47
1998-10-01	14	1st	8 9 12 21 23 33
1998-08-13	7	1st	8 12 16 35 46 47
1998-07-18	4	2nd	3 8 36 39 46 47
1998-07-04	3	5th	2 3 5 7 8 25
1998-06-25	12	2nd	2 8 27 31 44 47
1998-05-14	9	2nd	5 8 11 18 21 48
1998-04-11	4	2nd	7 8 11 32 37 45
1998-03-28	5	1st	8 9 13 18 23 43
1998-03-12	9	1st	8 13 15 32 36 42
1998-02-07	7	2nd	1 8 13 27 40 41
1998-01-15	11	1st	8 14 15 16 22 25
1997-12-06	1	2nd	1 8 21 38 41 49
1997-12-04	7	2nd	4 8 14 19 34 47
1997-11-08	4	1st	8 9 25 34 37 44
1997-10-25	14	3rd	3 7 8 36 42 45
1997-09-06	9	2nd	3 8 18 26 38 42
1997-08-07	4	1st	8 21 22 26 28 48
1997-07-24	28	3rd	1 2 8 10 33 44
1997-04-17	8	3rd	5 6 8 15 25 46
1997-03-20	6	1st	8 13 19 23 27 30
1997-02-27	4	1st	8 9 13 23 31 37
1997-02-13	5	1st	8 11 19 20 27 29
1997-01-25	3	2nd	2 8 11 21 28 44
1997-01-16	4	1st	8 10 12 23 39 40
1997-01-02	3	1st	8 25 29 36 38 48
1996-12-21	17	1st	8 10 20 21 24 38
1996-10-24	29	2nd	6 8 10 33 40 43
1996-07-13	6	1st	8 10 12 30 35 46
1996-06-22	18	2nd	7 8 13 19 26 33
1996-04-20	3	1st	8 14 17 19 24 49
1996-04-11	16	2nd	7 8 12 16 31 44
1996-02-15	12	3rd	2 6 8 23 26 31
1996-01-04	4	2nd	6 8 23 32 33 42
1995-12-21	3	1st	8 10 28 35 42 46
1995-12-09	26	2nd	7 8 26 37 39 41
1995-09-09	5	4th	1 2 3 8 42 45
1995-08-24	3	1st	8 9 19 30 34 48
1995-08-12	11	2nd	4 8 11 16 31 37
1995-07-06	4	1st	8 11 19 34 36 42
1995-06-22	4	1st	8 14 16 21 26 49
1995-06-08	1	2nd	2 8 9 21 26 33
1995-06-03	6	2nd	3 8 9 10 14 22
1995-05-13	6	2nd	1 8 9 27 34 39
1995-04-22	11	1st	8 10 28 36 37 47
1995-03-16	5	2nd	6 8 26 33 35 49
1995-02-25	2	2nd	7 8 11 28 30 32
1995-02-18	11	2nd	7 8 12 36 38 44
1995-01-12	5	2nd	5 8 11 35 40 49
1994-12-24	9	2nd	2 8 15 27 34 39
1994-11-24	9	1st	8 15 20 46 47 48
1994-10-22	8	2nd	3 8 10 14 19 49
1994-09-24	12	2nd	7 8 17 25 32 35
1994-08-13	1	2nd	7 8 27 30 37 45
1994-08-11	1	1st	8 11 19 32 37 39
1994-08-06	9	1st	8 13 17 33 45 47
1994-07-07	3	1st	8 15 17 20 29 36
1994-06-25	13	2nd	3 8 22 27 33 41
1994-05-12	6	1st	8 20 22 28 30 41
1994-04-21	2	2nd	4 8 34 39 41 45
1994-04-14	25	1st	8 13 29 32 38 42
1994-01-15	3	2nd	1 8 17 35 43 49
1994-01-06	1	2nd	7 8 18 35 43 49
1994-01-01	14	1st	8 23 25 32 38 47
1993-11-13	8	1st	8 11 27 33 34 46
1993-10-16	6	1st	8 20 23 25 26 43
1993-09-25	15	2nd	5 8 12 13 43 47
1993-08-05	6	2nd	6 8 21 25 29 30
1993-07-15	5	4th	2 4 5 8 9 42
1993-06-26	5	1st	8 16 18 20 23 46
1993-06-10	2	2nd	3 8 18 24 36 48
1993-06-03	32	4th	3 5 7 8 26 33
1993-02-11	27	2nd	1 8 12 33 40 46
1992-11-07	1	2nd	4 8 25 26 32 37
1992-11-05	16	1st	8 14 23 28 29 47
1992-09-10	2	2nd	6 8 13 20 32 35
1992-09-03	7	2nd	1 8 13 21 38 46
1992-08-08	5	1st	8 12 28 30 31 49
1992-07-23	6	1st	8 9 14 33 42 48
1992-07-02	1	1st	8 9 11 32 38 39
1992-06-27	6	2nd	5 8 17 31 41 47
1992-06-06	2	1st	8 11 15 23 25 38
1992-05-30	1	1st	8 11 12 18 21 26
1992-05-28	8	1st	8 9 14 32 40 49
1992-04-30	24	2nd	1 8 9 10 25 35
1992-02-06	3	2nd	5 8 32 42 45 49
1992-01-25	3	2nd	3 8 16 19 23 33
1992-01-16	8	4th	1 4 5 8 32 41
1991-12-19	8	2nd	5 8 22 36 40 41
1991-11-21	4	1st	8 18 27 30 33 35
1991-11-07	5	1st	8 15 16 18 22 34
1991-10-19	1	1st	8 10 23 37 41 47
1991-10-17	19	1st	8 19 25 33 34 38
1991-08-10	3	3rd	1 7 8 12 15 18
1991-08-01	1	2nd	5 8 25 28 34 47
1991-07-27	3	2nd	2 8 18 20 22 29
1991-07-18	19	1st	8 13 14 24 30 32
1991-04-11	2	2nd	1 8 16 19 22 37
1991-03-28	20	2nd	6 8 19 34 46 47
1990-11-08	12	2nd	6 8 38 41 43 46
1990-08-23	6	1st	8 11 13 18 27 34
1990-08-02	6	1st	8 10 25 28 35 37
1990-07-12	4	1st	8 24 25 36 39 42
1990-06-28	20	1st	8 16 19 23 38 43
1990-03-22	10	3rd	1 3 8 11 39 43
1990-01-11	24	1st	8 9 14 16 23 38
1989-07-27	14	1st	8 12 17 28 34 36
1989-04-20	2	2nd	4 8 9 30 37 48
1989-04-06	17	3rd	5 6 8 9 21 43
1988-12-08	1	1st	8 18 31 36 45 49
1988-12-01	3	2nd	5 8 19 21 22 40
1988-11-10	16	1st	8 9 24 26 35 41
1988-07-21	11	2nd	2 8 9 16 43 47
1988-05-05	4	1st	8 9 17 21 29 48
1988-04-07	9	2nd	6 8 20 24 28 47
1988-02-04	5	2nd	5 8 17 18 45 47
1987-12-31	4	1st	8 11 18 27 33 38
1987-12-03	9	3rd	5 7 8 12 21 27
1987-10-01	2	1st	8 12 25 33 48 49
1987-09-17	9	1st	8 9 23 35 45 47
1987-07-16	6	1st	8 18 25 26 29 47
1987-06-04	7	2nd	3 8 21 24 44 45
1987-04-16	4	1st	8 9 24 25 41 46
1987-03-19	9	3rd	4 6 8 14 30 49
1987-01-15	15	2nd	7 8 23 28 29 42
1986-09-25	12	1st	8 21 28 38 43 46
1986-07-03	3	1st	8 14 19 41 44 45
1986-06-12	22	2nd	1 8 13 15 32 36
1986-01-09	—	3rd	2 6 8 10 30 48