In Lotto Plus 1 under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Sep 2024 rules — 216 draws, 6 from 1–47.
34times drawn · chance expected 28 +1.31σ
11draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number
6.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8
20longest completed wait · 92% chance of one at least that long
8 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 34 times in 216 draws against 27.6 expected, +1.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 4 times, counted separately.
8
Number 8, draw by draw
Drawn 34 times in 216 draws · average wait 6.1 draws · longest completed wait 20 · waiting 11 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.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 numbers; chance expected about 1 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.
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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.