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Number 8 In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 794 draws, 5 from 1–47.
Main numbers Stars 92 times drawn · chance expected 84 +0.87σ
37 draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number
8.3 average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4
41 longest completed wait · 64% chance of one at least that long
8 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 92 times in 794 draws against 84.5 expected, +0.87σ. Each draw is independent: after 37 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
8 Number 8, draw by draw Drawn 92 times in 794 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 37 draws now
9 draws: 2019-03-28 to 2019-04-29 24 draws: 2019-04-29 to 2019-07-22 7 draws: 2019-07-22 to 2019-08-15 18 draws: 2019-08-15 to 2019-10-17 13 draws: 2019-10-17 to 2019-12-02 4 draws: 2019-12-02 to 2019-12-16 4 draws: 2019-12-16 to 2019-12-30 5 draws: 2019-12-30 to 2020-01-16 3 draws: 2020-01-16 to 2020-01-27 7 draws: 2020-01-27 to 2020-02-20 3 draws: 2020-02-20 to 2020-03-02 2 draws: 2020-03-02 to 2020-03-09 7 draws: 2020-03-09 to 2020-04-02 18 draws: 2020-04-02 to 2020-06-04 4 draws: 2020-06-04 to 2020-06-18 22 draws: 2020-06-18 to 2020-09-03 6 draws: 2020-09-03 to 2020-09-24 2 draws: 2020-09-24 to 2020-10-01 30 draws: 2020-10-01 to 2021-01-14 14 draws: 2021-01-14 to 2021-03-04 5 draws: 2021-03-04 to 2021-03-22 10 draws: 2021-03-22 to 2021-04-26 2 draws: 2021-04-26 to 2021-05-03 6 draws: 2021-05-03 to 2021-05-24 3 draws: 2021-05-24 to 2021-06-03 1 draws: 2021-06-03 to 2021-06-07 9 draws: 2021-06-07 to 2021-07-08 2 draws: 2021-07-08 to 2021-07-15 1 draws: 2021-07-15 to 2021-07-19 3 draws: 2021-07-19 to 2021-07-29 1 draws: 2021-07-29 to 2021-08-02 4 draws: 2021-08-02 to 2021-08-16 1 draws: 2021-08-16 to 2021-08-19 16 draws: 2021-08-19 to 2021-10-14 6 draws: 2021-10-14 to 2021-11-04 19 draws: 2021-11-04 to 2022-01-10 20 draws: 2022-01-10 to 2022-03-21 5 draws: 2022-03-21 to 2022-04-07 5 draws: 2022-04-07 to 2022-04-25 10 draws: 2022-04-25 to 2022-05-30 12 draws: 2022-05-30 to 2022-07-11 3 draws: 2022-07-11 to 2022-07-21 7 draws: 2022-07-21 to 2022-08-15 1 draws: 2022-08-15 to 2022-08-18 3 draws: 2022-08-18 to 2022-08-29 7 draws: 2022-08-29 to 2022-09-22 2 draws: 2022-09-22 to 2022-09-29 3 draws: 2022-09-29 to 2022-10-10 3 draws: 2022-10-10 to 2022-10-20 1 draws: 2022-10-20 to 2022-10-24 14 draws: 2022-10-24 to 2022-12-12 35 draws: 2022-12-12 to 2023-04-13 3 draws: 2023-04-13 to 2023-04-24 9 draws: 2023-04-24 to 2023-05-25 23 draws: 2023-05-25 to 2023-08-14 9 draws: 2023-08-14 to 2023-09-14 28 draws: 2023-09-14 to 2023-12-21 13 draws: 2023-12-21 to 2024-02-05 41 draws: 2024-02-05 to 2024-06-27 1 draws: 2024-06-27 to 2024-07-01 8 draws: 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-29 2 draws: 2024-07-29 to 2024-08-05 7 draws: 2024-08-05 to 2024-08-29 15 draws: 2024-08-29 to 2024-10-21 8 draws: 2024-10-21 to 2024-11-18 6 draws: 2024-11-18 to 2024-12-09 6 draws: 2024-12-09 to 2024-12-30 1 draws: 2024-12-30 to 2025-01-02 8 draws: 2025-01-02 to 2025-01-30 6 draws: 2025-01-30 to 2025-02-20 6 draws: 2025-02-20 to 2025-03-13 14 draws: 2025-03-13 to 2025-05-01 14 draws: 2025-05-01 to 2025-06-19 3 draws: 2025-06-19 to 2025-06-30 1 draws: 2025-06-30 to 2025-07-03 12 draws: 2025-07-03 to 2025-08-14 1 draws: 2025-08-14 to 2025-08-18 17 draws: 2025-08-18 to 2025-10-16 14 draws: 2025-10-16 to 2025-12-04 3 draws: 2025-12-04 to 2025-12-15 1 draws: 2025-12-15 to 2025-12-18 3 draws: 2025-12-18 to 2025-12-29 1 draws: 2025-12-29 to 2026-01-01 15 draws: 2026-01-01 to 2026-02-23 11 draws: 2026-02-23 to 2026-04-02 6 draws: 2026-04-02 to 2026-04-23 3 draws: 2026-04-23 to 2026-05-04 1 draws: 2026-05-04 to 2026-05-07 7 draws: 2026-05-07 to 2026-06-01 1 draws: 2026-06-01 to 2026-06-04 3 draws: 2026-06-04 to 2026-06-15 Still waiting — at least 37 draws since 2026-06-15 2019-03-28 2019-04-29 2019-07-22 2019-08-15 2019-10-17 2019-12-02 2019-12-16 2019-12-30 2020-01-16 2020-01-27 2020-02-20 2020-03-02 2020-03-09 2020-04-02 2020-06-04 2020-06-18 2020-09-03 2020-09-24 2020-10-01 2021-01-14 2021-03-04 2021-03-22 2021-04-26 2021-05-03 2021-05-24 2021-06-03 2021-06-07 2021-07-08 2021-07-15 2021-07-19 2021-07-29 2021-08-02 2021-08-16 2021-08-19 2021-10-14 2021-11-04 2022-01-10 2022-03-21 2022-04-07 2022-04-25 2022-05-30 2022-07-11 2022-07-21 2022-08-15 2022-08-18 2022-08-29 2022-09-22 2022-09-29 2022-10-10 2022-10-20 2022-10-24 2022-12-12 2023-04-13 2023-04-24 2023-05-25 2023-08-14 2023-09-14 2023-12-21 2024-02-05 2024-06-27 2024-07-01 2024-07-29 2024-08-05 2024-08-29 2024-10-21 2024-11-18 2024-12-09 2024-12-30 2025-01-02 2025-01-30 2025-02-20 2025-03-13 2025-05-01 2025-06-19 2025-06-30 2025-07-03 2025-08-14 2025-08-18 2025-10-16 2025-12-04 2025-12-15 2025-12-18 2025-12-29 2026-01-01 2026-02-23 2026-04-02 2026-04-23 2026-05-04 2026-05-07 2026-06-01 2026-06-04 2026-06-15 2019-03-18 2026-10-22
1 draws: 14 times 2 draws: 6 times 3 draws: 14 times 4 draws: 4 times 5 draws: 4 times 6 draws: 8 times 7 draws: 7 times 8 draws: 3 times 9 draws: 4 times 10 draws: 2 times 11 draws: 1 time 12 draws: 2 times 13 draws: 2 times 14 draws: 5 times 15 draws: 2 times 16 draws: 1 time 17 draws: 1 time 18 draws: 2 times 19 draws: 1 time 20 draws: 1 time 21 draws: 0 times 22 draws: 1 time 23 draws: 1 time 24 draws: 1 time 25 draws: 0 times 26 draws: 0 times 27 draws: 0 times 28 draws: 1 time 29 draws: 0 times 30 draws: 1 time 31 draws: 0 times 32 draws: 0 times 33 draws: 0 times 34 draws: 0 times 35 draws: 1 time 36 draws: 0 times 37 draws: 0 times 38 draws: 0 times 39 draws: 0 times 40 draws: 0 times 41 draws: 1 time 42 draws: 0 times its own waits draws between appearances 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 smallest 57 · chance 46.4 2nd smallest 31 · chance 36.1 3rd smallest 4 · chance 8.8 4th smallest 0 · chance 0.8 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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 The other 68 appearances ← number 7 Every number number 9 → 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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.