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8

Star 8

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,070 draws, 1 from 1–14.

Main numbersStars
222times drawn · chance expected 219 +0.19σ
47draws waiting · a wait this long: 3% for any number
13.6average wait between appearances · chance says 14.0
108longest completed wait · 8% chance of one at least that long
8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 222 times in 3,070 draws against 219.3 expected, +0.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 47 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

8

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 222 times in 3,070 draws · average wait 13.6 draws · longest completed wait 108 · waiting 47 draws now

3 draws: 2010-04-07 to 2010-04-1712 draws: 2010-04-17 to 2010-05-225 draws: 2010-05-22 to 2010-06-043 draws: 2010-06-04 to 2010-06-114 draws: 2010-06-11 to 2010-06-1914 draws: 2010-06-19 to 2010-07-2317 draws: 2010-07-23 to 2010-09-0119 draws: 2010-09-01 to 2010-10-157 draws: 2010-10-15 to 2010-10-301 draws: 2010-10-30 to 2010-11-0314 draws: 2010-11-03 to 2010-12-0437 draws: 2010-12-04 to 2011-03-021 draws: 2011-03-02 to 2011-03-0412 draws: 2011-03-04 to 2011-04-011 draws: 2011-04-01 to 2011-04-022 draws: 2011-04-02 to 2011-04-0827 draws: 2011-04-08 to 2011-06-105 draws: 2011-06-10 to 2011-06-223 draws: 2011-06-22 to 2011-06-2910 draws: 2011-06-29 to 2011-07-226 draws: 2011-07-22 to 2011-08-051 draws: 2011-08-05 to 2011-08-0611 draws: 2011-08-06 to 2011-09-021 draws: 2011-09-02 to 2011-09-0315 draws: 2011-09-03 to 2011-10-0822 draws: 2011-10-08 to 2011-11-308 draws: 2011-11-30 to 2011-12-1715 draws: 2011-12-17 to 2012-01-219 draws: 2012-01-21 to 2012-02-113 draws: 2012-02-11 to 2012-02-1825 draws: 2012-02-18 to 2012-04-1813 draws: 2012-04-18 to 2012-05-184 draws: 2012-05-18 to 2012-05-269 draws: 2012-05-26 to 2012-06-163 draws: 2012-06-16 to 2012-06-2313 draws: 2012-06-23 to 2012-07-257 draws: 2012-07-25 to 2012-08-109 draws: 2012-08-10 to 2012-08-311 draws: 2012-08-31 to 2012-09-012 draws: 2012-09-01 to 2012-09-0729 draws: 2012-09-07 to 2012-11-1424 draws: 2012-11-14 to 2013-01-093 draws: 2013-01-09 to 2013-01-161 draws: 2013-01-16 to 2013-01-1810 draws: 2013-01-18 to 2013-02-0948 draws: 2013-02-09 to 2013-06-0111 draws: 2013-06-01 to 2013-06-2843 draws: 2013-06-28 to 2013-10-0525 draws: 2013-10-05 to 2013-12-0413 draws: 2013-12-04 to 2014-01-0332 draws: 2014-01-03 to 2014-03-193 draws: 2014-03-19 to 2014-03-2644 draws: 2014-03-26 to 2014-07-0520 draws: 2014-07-05 to 2014-08-222 draws: 2014-08-22 to 2014-08-272 draws: 2014-08-27 to 2014-08-3037 draws: 2014-08-30 to 2014-11-2613 draws: 2014-11-26 to 2014-12-2610 draws: 2014-12-26 to 2015-01-1716 draws: 2015-01-17 to 2015-02-2524 draws: 2015-02-25 to 2015-04-2233 draws: 2015-04-22 to 2015-07-084 draws: 2015-07-08 to 2015-07-1742 draws: 2015-07-17 to 2015-10-235 draws: 2015-10-23 to 2015-11-041 draws: 2015-11-04 to 2015-11-064 draws: 2015-11-06 to 2015-11-1413 draws: 2015-11-14 to 2015-12-163 draws: 2015-12-16 to 2015-12-233 draws: 2015-12-23 to 2015-12-3017 draws: 2015-12-30 to 2016-02-0611 draws: 2016-02-06 to 2016-03-0416 draws: 2016-03-04 to 2016-04-094 draws: 2016-04-09 to 2016-04-2025 draws: 2016-04-20 to 2016-06-1710 draws: 2016-06-17 to 2016-07-0912 draws: 2016-07-09 to 2016-08-0610 draws: 2016-08-06 to 2016-08-3116 draws: 2016-08-31 to 2016-10-072 draws: 2016-10-07 to 2016-10-121 draws: 2016-10-12 to 2016-10-1423 draws: 2016-10-14 to 2016-12-073 draws: 2016-12-07 to 2016-12-1446 draws: 2016-12-14 to 2017-03-3110 draws: 2017-03-31 to 2017-04-222 draws: 2017-04-22 to 2017-04-283 draws: 2017-04-28 to 2017-05-058 draws: 2017-05-05 to 2017-05-249 draws: 2017-05-24 to 2017-06-1423 draws: 2017-06-14 to 2017-08-059 draws: 2017-08-05 to 2017-08-261 draws: 2017-08-26 to 2017-08-305 draws: 2017-08-30 to 2017-09-0936 draws: 2017-09-09 to 2017-12-0258 draws: 2017-12-02 to 2018-03-287 draws: 2018-03-28 to 2018-04-103 draws: 2018-04-10 to 2018-04-1423 draws: 2018-04-14 to 2018-05-2521 draws: 2018-05-25 to 2018-06-3019 draws: 2018-06-30 to 2018-08-0343 draws: 2018-08-03 to 2018-10-171 draws: 2018-10-17 to 2018-10-193 draws: 2018-10-19 to 2018-10-2410 draws: 2018-10-24 to 2018-11-1021 draws: 2018-11-10 to 2018-12-1812 draws: 2018-12-18 to 2019-01-085 draws: 2019-01-08 to 2019-01-165 draws: 2019-01-16 to 2019-01-251 draws: 2019-01-25 to 2019-01-267 draws: 2019-01-26 to 2019-02-082 draws: 2019-02-08 to 2019-02-1253 draws: 2019-02-12 to 2019-05-151 draws: 2019-05-15 to 2019-05-171 draws: 2019-05-17 to 2019-05-181 draws: 2019-05-18 to 2019-05-214 draws: 2019-05-21 to 2019-05-2811 draws: 2019-05-28 to 2019-06-1519 draws: 2019-06-15 to 2019-07-196 draws: 2019-07-19 to 2019-07-301 draws: 2019-07-30 to 2019-07-3111 draws: 2019-07-31 to 2019-08-2018 draws: 2019-08-20 to 2019-09-2018 draws: 2019-09-20 to 2019-10-229 draws: 2019-10-22 to 2019-11-0610 draws: 2019-11-06 to 2019-11-231 draws: 2019-11-23 to 2019-11-262 draws: 2019-11-26 to 2019-11-291 draws: 2019-11-29 to 2019-11-303 draws: 2019-11-30 to 2019-12-0639 draws: 2019-12-06 to 2020-02-1236 draws: 2020-02-12 to 2020-04-1510 draws: 2020-04-15 to 2020-05-0223 draws: 2020-05-02 to 2020-06-123 draws: 2020-06-12 to 2020-06-175 draws: 2020-06-17 to 2020-06-261 draws: 2020-06-26 to 2020-06-279 draws: 2020-06-27 to 2020-07-1428 draws: 2020-07-14 to 2020-09-017 draws: 2020-09-01 to 2020-09-1217 draws: 2020-09-12 to 2020-10-1311 draws: 2020-10-13 to 2020-10-3141 draws: 2020-10-31 to 2021-01-126 draws: 2021-01-12 to 2021-01-2212 draws: 2021-01-22 to 2021-02-1211 draws: 2021-02-12 to 2021-03-0330 draws: 2021-03-03 to 2021-04-248 draws: 2021-04-24 to 2021-05-0834 draws: 2021-05-08 to 2021-07-076 draws: 2021-07-07 to 2021-07-1715 draws: 2021-07-17 to 2021-08-132 draws: 2021-08-13 to 2021-08-177 draws: 2021-08-17 to 2021-08-2814 draws: 2021-08-28 to 2021-09-225 draws: 2021-09-22 to 2021-10-012 draws: 2021-10-01 to 2021-10-0514 draws: 2021-10-05 to 2021-10-297 draws: 2021-10-29 to 2021-11-1010 draws: 2021-11-10 to 2021-11-272 draws: 2021-11-27 to 2021-12-0141 draws: 2021-12-01 to 2022-02-116 draws: 2022-02-11 to 2022-02-223 draws: 2022-02-22 to 2022-02-2614 draws: 2022-02-26 to 2022-03-233 draws: 2022-03-23 to 2022-03-294 draws: 2022-03-29 to 2022-04-0522 draws: 2022-04-05 to 2022-05-131 draws: 2022-05-13 to 2022-05-14108 draws: 2022-05-14 to 2022-11-196 draws: 2022-11-19 to 2022-11-3052 draws: 2022-11-30 to 2023-03-016 draws: 2023-03-01 to 2023-03-1128 draws: 2023-03-11 to 2023-04-2926 draws: 2023-04-29 to 2023-06-1415 draws: 2023-06-14 to 2023-07-114 draws: 2023-07-11 to 2023-07-1832 draws: 2023-07-18 to 2023-09-128 draws: 2023-09-12 to 2023-09-262 draws: 2023-09-26 to 2023-09-294 draws: 2023-09-29 to 2023-10-0610 draws: 2023-10-06 to 2023-10-2437 draws: 2023-10-24 to 2023-12-2715 draws: 2023-12-27 to 2024-01-2316 draws: 2024-01-23 to 2024-02-205 draws: 2024-02-20 to 2024-02-2813 draws: 2024-02-28 to 2024-03-2225 draws: 2024-03-22 to 2024-05-049 draws: 2024-05-04 to 2024-05-218 draws: 2024-05-21 to 2024-06-0423 draws: 2024-06-04 to 2024-07-1335 draws: 2024-07-13 to 2024-09-1316 draws: 2024-09-13 to 2024-10-114 draws: 2024-10-11 to 2024-10-188 draws: 2024-10-18 to 2024-11-0131 draws: 2024-11-01 to 2024-12-256 draws: 2024-12-25 to 2025-01-048 draws: 2025-01-04 to 2025-01-189 draws: 2025-01-18 to 2025-02-041 draws: 2025-02-04 to 2025-02-0559 draws: 2025-02-05 to 2025-05-203 draws: 2025-05-20 to 2025-05-248 draws: 2025-05-24 to 2025-06-0716 draws: 2025-06-07 to 2025-07-053 draws: 2025-07-05 to 2025-07-1118 draws: 2025-07-11 to 2025-08-121 draws: 2025-08-12 to 2025-08-138 draws: 2025-08-13 to 2025-08-272 draws: 2025-08-27 to 2025-08-3013 draws: 2025-08-30 to 2025-09-234 draws: 2025-09-23 to 2025-09-304 draws: 2025-09-30 to 2025-10-073 draws: 2025-10-07 to 2025-10-1123 draws: 2025-10-11 to 2025-11-216 draws: 2025-11-21 to 2025-12-0217 draws: 2025-12-02 to 2025-12-3125 draws: 2025-12-31 to 2026-02-138 draws: 2026-02-13 to 2026-02-2727 draws: 2026-02-27 to 2026-04-159 draws: 2026-04-15 to 2026-05-0112 draws: 2026-05-01 to 2026-05-2241 draws: 2026-05-22 to 2026-08-011 draws: 2026-08-01 to 2026-08-04Still waiting — at least 47 draws since 2026-08-042010-04-072010-04-172010-05-222010-06-042010-06-112010-06-192010-07-232010-09-012010-10-152010-10-302010-11-032010-12-042011-03-022011-03-042011-04-012011-04-022011-04-082011-06-102011-06-222011-06-292011-07-222011-08-052011-08-062011-09-022011-09-032011-10-082011-11-302011-12-172012-01-212012-02-112012-02-182012-04-182012-05-182012-05-262012-06-162012-06-232012-07-252012-08-102012-08-312012-09-012012-09-072012-11-142013-01-092013-01-162013-01-182013-02-092013-06-012013-06-282013-10-052013-12-042014-01-032014-03-192014-03-262014-07-052014-08-222014-08-272014-08-302014-11-262014-12-262015-01-172015-02-252015-04-222015-07-082015-07-172015-10-232015-11-042015-11-062015-11-142015-12-162015-12-232015-12-302016-02-062016-03-042016-04-092016-04-202016-06-172016-07-092016-08-062016-08-312016-10-072016-10-122016-10-142016-12-072016-12-142017-03-312017-04-222017-04-282017-05-052017-05-242017-06-142017-08-052017-08-262017-08-302017-09-092017-12-022018-03-282018-04-102018-04-142018-05-252018-06-302018-08-032018-10-172018-10-192018-10-242018-11-102018-12-182019-01-082019-01-162019-01-252019-01-262019-02-082019-02-122019-05-152019-05-172019-05-182019-05-212019-05-282019-06-152019-07-192019-07-302019-07-312019-08-202019-09-202019-10-222019-11-062019-11-232019-11-262019-11-292019-11-302019-12-062020-02-122020-04-152020-05-022020-06-122020-06-172020-06-262020-06-272020-07-142020-09-012020-09-122020-10-132020-10-312021-01-122021-01-222021-02-122021-03-032021-04-242021-05-082021-07-072021-07-172021-08-132021-08-172021-08-282021-09-222021-10-012021-10-052021-10-292021-11-102021-11-272021-12-012022-02-112022-02-222022-02-262022-03-232022-03-292022-04-052022-05-132022-05-142022-11-192022-11-302023-03-012023-03-112023-04-292023-06-142023-07-112023-07-182023-09-122023-09-262023-09-292023-10-062023-10-242023-12-272024-01-232024-02-202024-02-282024-03-222024-05-042024-05-212024-06-042024-07-132024-09-132024-10-112024-10-182024-11-012024-12-252025-01-042025-01-182025-02-042025-02-052025-05-202025-05-242025-06-072025-07-052025-07-112025-08-122025-08-132025-08-272025-08-302025-09-232025-09-302025-10-072025-10-112025-11-212025-12-022025-12-312026-02-132026-02-272026-04-152026-05-012026-05-222026-08-012026-08-042010-01-022026-10-24

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

1 draws: 23 times2 draws: 13 times3 draws: 20 times4 draws: 12 times5 draws: 9 times6 draws: 9 times7 draws: 7 times8 draws: 10 times9 draws: 10 times10 draws: 11 times11 draws: 7 times12 draws: 6 times13 draws: 7 times14 draws: 5 times15 draws: 5 times16 draws: 6 times17 draws: 4 times18 draws: 3 times19 draws: 3 times20 draws: 1 time21 draws: 2 times22 draws: 2 times23 draws: 6 times24 draws: 2 times25 draws: 5 times26 draws: 1 time27 draws: 2 times28 draws: 2 times29 draws: 1 time30 draws: 1 time31 draws: 1 time32 draws: 2 times33 draws: 1 time34 draws: 1 time35 draws: 1 time36 draws: 2 times37 draws: 3 times38 draws: 0 times39 draws: 1 time40 draws: 0 times41 draws: 3 times42 draws: 1 time43 draws: 2 times44 draws: 1 time45 draws: 0 times46 draws: 1 time47 draws: 0 times48 draws: 1 time49 draws: 0 times50 draws: 0 times51 draws: 0 times52 draws: 1 time53 draws: 1 time54 draws: 0 times55 draws: 0 times56 draws: 0 times57 draws: 0 times58 draws: 1 time59 draws: 1 time60 draws: 0 times61 draws: 0 times62 draws: 0 times63 draws: 0 times64 draws: 0 times65 draws: 0 times66 draws: 0 times67 draws: 0 times68 draws: 0 times69 draws: 0 times70 draws: 0 times71 draws: 0 times72 draws: 0 times73 draws: 0 times74 draws: 0 times75 draws: 0 times76 draws: 0 times77 draws: 0 times78 draws: 0 times79 draws: 0 times80 draws: 0 times81 draws: 0 times82 draws: 0 times83 draws: 0 times84 draws: 0 times85 draws: 0 times86 draws: 0 times87 draws: 0 times88 draws: 0 times89 draws: 0 times90 draws: 0 times91 draws: 0 times92 draws: 0 times93 draws: 0 times94 draws: 0 times95 draws: 0 times96 draws: 0 times97 draws: 0 times98 draws: 0 times99 draws: 0 times100 draws: 0 times101 draws: 0 times102 draws: 0 times103 draws: 0 times104 draws: 0 times105 draws: 0 times106 draws: 0 times107 draws: 0 times108 draws: 1 time109 draws: 0 timesits own waitsdraws between appearances

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 smallest222 · chance 222.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

No shared draws yet.

Never drawn alongside 13 of the other 13 numbers; chance expects about 13 such strangers 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 14. 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

DateWaitPositionThe draw
2026-08-0411st8
2026-08-01411st8
2026-05-22121st8
2026-05-0191st8
2026-04-15271st8
2026-02-2781st8
2026-02-13251st8
2025-12-31171st8
2025-12-0261st8
2025-11-21231st8
2025-10-1131st8
2025-10-0741st8
2025-09-3041st8
2025-09-23131st8
2025-08-3021st8
2025-08-2781st8
2025-08-1311st8
2025-08-12181st8
2025-07-1131st8
2025-07-05161st8
2025-06-0781st8
2025-05-2431st8
2025-05-20591st8
2025-02-0511st8
The other 198 appearances
2025-02-0491st8
2025-01-1881st8
2025-01-0461st8
2024-12-25311st8
2024-11-0181st8
2024-10-1841st8
2024-10-11161st8
2024-09-13351st8
2024-07-13231st8
2024-06-04
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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 1/14 tonight whatever it did last week.

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2024-05-2191st8
2024-05-04251st8
2024-03-22131st8
2024-02-2851st8
2024-02-20161st8
2024-01-23151st8
2023-12-27371st8
2023-10-24101st8
2023-10-0641st8
2023-09-2921st8
2023-09-2681st8
2023-09-12321st8
2023-07-1841st8
2023-07-11151st8
2023-06-14261st8
2023-04-29281st8
2023-03-1161st8
2023-03-01521st8
2022-11-3061st8
2022-11-191081st8
2022-05-1411st8
2022-05-13221st8
2022-04-0541st8
2022-03-2931st8
2022-03-23141st8
2022-02-2631st8
2022-02-2261st8
2022-02-11411st8
2021-12-0121st8
2021-11-27101st8
2021-11-1071st8
2021-10-29141st8
2021-10-0521st8
2021-10-0151st8
2021-09-22141st8
2021-08-2871st8
2021-08-1721st8
2021-08-13151st8
2021-07-1761st8
2021-07-07341st8
2021-05-0881st8
2021-04-24301st8
2021-03-03111st8
2021-02-12121st8
2021-01-2261st8
2021-01-12411st8
2020-10-31111st8
2020-10-13171st8
2020-09-1271st8
2020-09-01281st8
2020-07-1491st8
2020-06-2711st8
2020-06-2651st8
2020-06-1731st8
2020-06-12231st8
2020-05-02101st8
2020-04-15361st8
2020-02-12391st8
2019-12-0631st8
2019-11-3011st8
2019-11-2921st8
2019-11-2611st8
2019-11-23101st8
2019-11-0691st8
2019-10-22181st8
2019-09-20181st8
2019-08-20111st8
2019-07-3111st8
2019-07-3061st8
2019-07-19191st8
2019-06-15111st8
2019-05-2841st8
2019-05-2111st8
2019-05-1811st8
2019-05-1711st8
2019-05-15531st8
2019-02-1221st8
2019-02-0871st8
2019-01-2611st8
2019-01-2551st8
2019-01-1651st8
2019-01-08121st8
2018-12-18211st8
2018-11-10101st8
2018-10-2431st8
2018-10-1911st8
2018-10-17431st8
2018-08-03191st8
2018-06-30211st8
2018-05-25231st8
2018-04-1431st8
2018-04-1071st8
2018-03-28581st8
2017-12-02361st8
2017-09-0951st8
2017-08-3011st8
2017-08-2691st8
2017-08-05231st8
2017-06-1491st8
2017-05-2481st8
2017-05-0531st8
2017-04-2821st8
2017-04-22101st8
2017-03-31461st8
2016-12-1431st8
2016-12-07231st8
2016-10-1411st8
2016-10-1221st8
2016-10-07161st8
2016-08-31101st8
2016-08-06121st8
2016-07-09101st8
2016-06-17251st8
2016-04-2041st8
2016-04-09161st8
2016-03-04111st8
2016-02-06171st8
2015-12-3031st8
2015-12-2331st8
2015-12-16131st8
2015-11-1441st8
2015-11-0611st8
2015-11-0451st8
2015-10-23421st8
2015-07-1741st8
2015-07-08331st8
2015-04-22241st8
2015-02-25161st8
2015-01-17101st8
2014-12-26131st8
2014-11-26371st8
2014-08-3021st8
2014-08-2721st8
2014-08-22201st8
2014-07-05441st8
2014-03-2631st8
2014-03-19321st8
2014-01-03131st8
2013-12-04251st8
2013-10-05431st8
2013-06-28111st8
2013-06-01481st8
2013-02-09101st8
2013-01-1811st8
2013-01-1631st8
2013-01-09241st8
2012-11-14291st8
2012-09-0721st8
2012-09-0111st8
2012-08-3191st8
2012-08-1071st8
2012-07-25131st8
2012-06-2331st8
2012-06-1691st8
2012-05-2641st8
2012-05-18131st8
2012-04-18251st8
2012-02-1831st8
2012-02-1191st8
2012-01-21151st8
2011-12-1781st8
2011-11-30221st8
2011-10-08151st8
2011-09-0311st8
2011-09-02111st8
2011-08-0611st8
2011-08-0561st8
2011-07-22101st8
2011-06-2931st8
2011-06-2251st8
2011-06-10271st8
2011-04-0821st8
2011-04-0211st8
2011-04-01121st8
2011-03-0411st8
2011-03-02371st8
2010-12-04141st8
2010-11-0311st8
2010-10-3071st8
2010-10-15191st8
2010-09-01171st8
2010-07-23141st8
2010-06-1941st8
2010-06-1131st8
2010-06-0451st8
2010-05-22121st8
2010-04-1731st8
2010-04-07—1st8