Number 8

In UK Lotto under the 6/49 + 1/49 · Nov 1994 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,065 draws, 6 from 1–49 (an earlier era).

239times drawn · chance expected 253 −0.93σ

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

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

43longest completed wait · 63% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 239 times in 2,065 draws against 252.9 expected, −0.93σ. 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 47 times, counted separately.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 239 times in 2,065 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 43 · 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 smallest102 · chance 104.6
2nd smallest101 · chance 98.9
3rd smallest32 · chance 31.2
4th smallest4 · chance 4.0
5th smallest0 · 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 24.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 6 39 43 38 5

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
2015-10-03	1	2nd	7 8 9 14 35 44
2015-09-30	13	2nd	5 8 11 17 40 45
2015-08-15	3	2nd	4 8 10 21 41 49
2015-08-05	5	2nd

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.

2013-09-04	20	3rd	6 7 8 13 24 28
2013-06-26	1	1st	8 11 29 34 40 41
2013-06-22	4	1st	8 24 26 28 36 43
2013-06-08	11	1st	8 9 13 17 41 43
2013-05-01	3	2nd	7 8 11 12 39 42
2013-04-20	6	1st	8 34 38 42 44 46
2013-03-30	1	1st	8 15 24 40 43 45
2013-03-27	4	1st	8 10 22 24 37 44
2013-03-13	9	2nd	6 8 21 23 41 46
2013-02-09	12	1st	8 10 27 34 40 41
2012-12-29	26	2nd	6 8 31 37 40 48
2012-09-29	1	4th	1 6 7 8 25 42
2012-09-26	5	2nd	6 8 11 39 40 43
2012-09-08	10	1st	8 15 21 26 28 32
2012-08-04	3	1st	8 10 15 21 23 45
2012-07-25	22	1st	8 14 15 22 41 48
2012-05-09	4	3rd	2 7 8 10 22 23
2012-04-25	2	1st	8 13 18 21 40 44
2012-04-18	6	2nd	7 8 16 22 24 28
2012-03-28	6	2nd	3 8 16 22 38 39
2012-03-07	12	2nd	2 8 11 28 35 44
2012-01-25	5	2nd	2 8 26 30 39 45
2012-01-07	3	1st	8 14 15 17 20 47
2011-12-28	14	1st	8 11 13 17 48 49
2011-11-09	41	2nd	2 8 10 23 27 32
2011-06-18	7	2nd	3 8 10 35 38 39
2011-05-25	3	2nd	7 8 17 30 46 48
2011-05-14	7	1st	8 18 27 28 46 48
2011-04-20	3	3rd	3 5 8 9 18 44
2011-04-09	12	2nd	6 8 17 21 39 47
2011-02-26	1	2nd	6 8 20 29 34 36
2011-02-23	4	2nd	1 8 15 21 31 39
2011-02-09	7	3rd	2 6 8 9 36 39
2011-01-15	16	2nd	7 8 21 24 33 34
2010-11-20	21	3rd	6 7 8 17 27 46
2010-09-08	5	1st	8 10 26 34 48 49
2010-08-21	9	1st	8 15 19 26 33 36
2010-07-21	5	1st	8 16 25 27 28 34
2010-07-03	5	1st	8 31 37 43 44 48
2010-06-16	12	2nd	4 8 32 34 40 47
2010-05-05	6	3rd	3 6 8 10 36 47
2010-04-14	2	3rd	2 6 8 23 44 46
2010-04-07	1	1st	8 11 20 33 43 47
2010-04-03	12	1st	8 9 19 28 31 37
2010-02-20	8	1st	8 24 27 31 34 36
2010-01-23	3	3rd	3 7 8 16 19 30
2010-01-13	5	2nd	6 8 14 16 21 43
2009-12-26	6	2nd	2 8 23 25 36 42
2009-12-05	38	1st	8 20 36 43 45 49
2009-07-25	3	1st	8 17 30 32 38 40
2009-07-15	8	2nd	5 8 10 29 39 41
2009-06-17	2	1st	8 10 11 14 28 36
2009-06-10	10	2nd	3 8 21 23 30 46
2009-05-06	8	2nd	1 8 10 13 20 34
2009-04-08	25	1st	8 10 21 23 25 48
2009-01-10	1	2nd	5 8 11 15 38 45
2009-01-07	24	2nd	1 8 27 32 39 45
2008-10-15	14	2nd	1 8 15 18 34 38
2008-08-27	7	1st	8 14 33 34 35 43
2008-08-02	12	1st	8 15 23 32 35 49
2008-06-21	3	1st	8 9 11 16 18 22
2008-06-11	18	2nd	1 8 22 28 35 44
2008-04-09	10	3rd	1 6 8 14 17 32
2008-03-05	1	1st	8 14 16 39 43 47
2008-03-01	2	2nd	1 8 12 20 29 49
2008-02-23	7	1st	8 11 16 25 39 46
2008-01-30	4	2nd	7 8 27 37 40 46
2008-01-16	6	1st	8 13 17 22 29 42
2007-12-26	6	1st	8 14 18 23 27 44
2007-12-05	4	2nd	2 8 13 18 26 39
2007-11-21	7	2nd	6 8 24 25 32 47
2007-10-27	9	2nd	6 8 10 13 22 32
2007-09-26	29	2nd	2 8 16 24 32 41
2007-06-16	11	1st	8 17 33 41 43 45
2007-05-09	6	1st	8 9 19 34 47 49
2007-04-18	2	1st	8 11 17 30 32 41
2007-04-11	22	1st	8 11 21 32 35 42
2007-01-24	3	2nd	2 8 10 31 46 48
2007-01-13	8	2nd	5 8 12 20 28 48
2006-12-16	2	2nd	5 8 11 27 30 46
2006-12-09	16	2nd	5 8 10 18 20 46
2006-10-14	4	1st	8 15 24 31 37 42
2006-09-30	5	1st	8 12 13 19 26 38
2006-09-13	3	1st	8 15 17 40 43 48
2006-09-02	5	2nd	3 8 20 22 34 40
2006-08-16	4	2nd	4 8 16 20 25 31
2006-08-02	12	2nd	5 8 9 18 41 47
2006-06-21	7	1st	8 16 27 38 44 49
2006-05-27	5	2nd	5 8 12 24 28 31
2006-05-10	14	1st	8 13 28 32 36 46
2006-03-22	19	2nd	4 8 16 19 34 40
2006-01-14	1	2nd	4 8 16 23 28 47
2006-01-11	1	3rd	5 6 8 19 34 38
2006-01-07	3	1st	8 14 19 28 29 48
2005-12-28	6	2nd	6 8 10 19 30 42
2005-12-07	25	2nd	2 8 11 12 22 26
2005-09-10	9	2nd	1 8 24 27 34 46
2005-08-10	11	1st	8 15 30 31 34 43
2005-07-02	8	1st	8 25 33 35 38 40
2005-06-04	22	2nd	6 8 13 15 21 40
2005-03-19	2	2nd	6 8 18 33 43 49
2005-03-12	4	3rd	1 2 8 9 41 48
2005-02-26	8	1st	8 14 25 40 43 48
2005-01-29	7	2nd	3 8 27 38 44 46
2005-01-05	9	2nd	5 8 15 20 42 48
2004-12-04	4	1st	8 9 35 38 42 45
2004-11-20	6	3rd	1 4 8 26 28 36
2004-10-30	14	2nd	3 8 9 26 27 47
2004-09-11	10	2nd	5 8 19 30 35 42
2004-08-07	1	1st	8 11 28 33 38 41
2004-08-04	9	3rd	4 7 8 10 17 22
2004-07-03	8	2nd	6 8 21 25 43 47
2004-06-05	19	2nd	5 8 9 26 29 44
2004-03-31	11	3rd	4 7 8 11 24 40
2004-02-21	7	3rd	1 5 8 18 42 48
2004-01-28	3	1st	8 10 16 17 30 47
2004-01-17	8	2nd	4 8 21 24 39 44
2003-12-20	3	1st	8 23 35 39 44 46
2003-12-10	5	1st	8 14 21 26 37 48
2003-11-22	14	3rd	1 5 8 16 31 39
2003-10-04	6	2nd	2 8 23 32 35 39
2003-09-13	5	3rd	3 4 8 9 30 32
2003-08-27	6	1st	8 18 19 29 44 45
2003-08-06	23	2nd	1 8 13 22 36 45
2003-05-17	2	1st	8 12 15 22 36 48
2003-05-10	6	1st	8 18 24 26 32 38
2003-04-19	5	1st	8 10 13 31 38 48
2003-04-02	3	1st	8 11 15 21 37 39
2003-03-22	4	2nd	2 8 10 45 47 49
2003-03-08	1	3rd	5 6 8 32 33 41
2003-03-05	20	2nd	3 8 12 23 34 46
2002-12-24	12	2nd	4 8 9 19 32 46
2002-11-13	1	3rd	3 6 8 14 24 31
2002-11-09	1	3rd	4 5 8 19 31 37
2002-11-06	15	3rd	2 6 8 21 41 42
2002-09-14	9	1st	8 14 24 27 29 32
2002-08-14	28	3rd	1 6 8 20 29 38
2002-05-08	1	1st	8 10 42 44 47 49
2002-05-04	9	1st	8 9 11 17 45 47
2002-04-03	1	2nd	4 8 18 26 32 34
2002-03-30	8	1st	8 14 25 36 38 47
2002-03-02	2	1st	8 11 25 33 37 43
2002-02-23	9	1st	8 9 27 34 43 48
2002-01-23	14	2nd	6 8 14 19 20 44
2001-12-05	2	3rd	4 6 8 19 23 29
2001-11-28	6	1st	8 22 31 32 42 45
2001-11-07	4	1st	8 9 10 20 39 40
2001-10-24	3	1st	8 38 39 40 43 44
2001-10-13	7	1st	8 33 38 40 48 49
2001-09-19	16	2nd	6 8 21 25 30 45
2001-07-25	38	4th	1 2 3 8 30 37
2001-03-14	6	3rd	1 5 8 31 37 38
2001-02-21	18	1st	8 10 24 30 40 44
2000-12-20	13	2nd	5 8 39 41 46 49
2000-11-04	4	2nd	2 8 17 29 33 44
2000-10-21	33	1st	8 14 15 18 24 44
2000-06-28	7	1st	8 10 27 38 40 46
2000-06-03	3	2nd	3 8 19 35 36 48
2000-05-24	19	2nd	6 8 21 36 38 46
2000-03-18	5	2nd	5 8 15 16 22 39
2000-03-01	1	2nd	4 8 10 12 15 30
2000-02-26	26	4th	3 5 6 8 16 45
1999-11-27	6	1st	8 10 22 46 47 49
1999-11-06	4	1st	8 10 23 34 36 46
1999-10-23	4	2nd	4 8 10 15 25 39
1999-10-09	3	1st	8 15 26 29 38 46
1999-09-29	6	3rd	1 3 8 33 39 43
1999-09-08	4	1st	8 10 17 22 36 38
1999-08-25	2	2nd	1 8 20 22 36 48
1999-08-18	7	2nd	6 8 13 34 38 45
1999-07-24	5	1st	8 25 26 37 38 48
1999-07-07	4	3rd	4 6 8 41 43 44
1999-06-23	4	1st	8 11 18 30 33 43
1999-06-09	5	1st	8 10 12 34 46 48
1999-05-22	3	1st	8 11 14 24 26 49
1999-05-12	5	1st	8 9 26 29 38 47
1999-04-24	13	2nd	3 8 11 25 46 47
1999-03-10	1	1st	8 18 27 32 36 49
1999-03-06	12	1st	8 32 33 37 43 47
1999-01-23	1	2nd	1 8 10 17 32 47
1999-01-20	7	2nd	4 8 14 19 28 40
1998-12-26	9	2nd	2 8 11 32 35 41
1998-11-25	2	2nd	4 8 30 37 39 43
1998-11-18	7	2nd	2 8 12 30 35 47
1998-10-24	43	2nd	6 8 15 23 26 41
1998-05-27	1	1st	8 13 15 26 39 42
1998-05-23	28	1st	8 20 24 35 43 47
1998-02-14	13	1st	8 13 14 17 20 28
1997-12-31	8	1st	8 13 18 21 23 29
1997-12-03	1	2nd	1 8 36 39 47 49
1997-11-29	2	2nd	2 8 21 29 46 47
1997-11-22	3	1st	8 14 24 28 39 45
1997-11-12	6	3rd	3 6 8 27 36 45
1997-10-22	6	2nd	1 8 9 14 24 35
1997-10-01	12	1st	8 12 17 35 38 49
1997-08-20	10	1st	8 20 27 28 36 41
1997-07-16	9	1st	8 18 23 26 35 45
1997-06-14	7	2nd	3 8 10 16 43 44
1997-05-21	2	2nd	5 8 21 38 39 49
1997-05-14	4	2nd	2 8 16 21 29 37
1997-04-30	2	1st	8 10 16 17 24 40
1997-04-23	15	1st	8 12 17 23 34 43
1997-03-01	2	2nd	2 8 23 33 42 49
1997-02-22	11	3rd	1 5 8 9 23 27
1996-12-28	7	1st	8 10 20 27 31 39
1996-11-09	7	1st	8 24 27 41 43 49
1996-09-21	4	2nd	7 8 12 30 35 41
1996-08-24	13	1st	8 11 14 18 33 44
1996-05-25	23	1st	8 20 26 34 42 43
1995-12-16	17	2nd	7 8 23 28 35 49
1995-08-19	2	2nd	5 8 23 24 28 48
1995-08-05	5	2nd	1 8 25 30 35 45
1995-07-01	10	3rd	5 7 8 25 44 48
1995-04-22	8	1st	8 18 20 33 36 38
1995-02-25	—	2nd	5 8 10 18 31 33