Number 8

In SuperEnalotto under the 6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009 rules — 1,425 draws, 6 from 1–90 (an earlier era).

107times drawn · chance expected 95 +1.27σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

13.3average wait between appearances · chance says 15.0

101longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 107 times in 1,425 draws against 95.0 expected, +1.27σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 107 times in 1,425 draws · average wait 13.3 draws · longest completed wait 101 · waiting 7 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 smallest75 · chance 70.3
2nd smallest26 · chance 31.6
3rd smallest6 · chance 4.8
4th smallest0 · chance 0.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

36 39 80 84 86 16

Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 89 numbers; chance expects about 0.2 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 90. 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
2009-06-13	3	1st	8 19 25 73 76 84
2009-06-06	51	1st	8 14 16 18 56 60
2009-02-07	3	1st	8 23 58 61 76 79

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 6/90 tonight whatever it did last week.

2007-07-28	10	1st	8 38 47 63 71 84
2007-07-05	20	1st	8 24 52 73 84 86
2007-05-19	11	2nd	7 8 13 17 38 43
2007-04-24	6	1st	8 36 40 45 67 79
2007-04-10	15	1st	8 30 39 66 69 78
2007-03-06	18	2nd	1 8 21 30 81 86
2007-01-23	13	1st	8 10 20 40 80 85
2006-12-23	17	1st	8 13 16 17 49 68
2006-11-14	6	1st	8 12 14 66 76 88
2006-10-31	16	1st	8 19 27 43 51 79
2006-09-23	1	1st	8 23 39 52 75 81
2006-09-21	1	2nd	2 8 27 30 35 87
2006-09-19	3	3rd	4 6 8 14 21 28
2006-09-12	9	1st	8 22 36 43 76 77
2006-08-22	3	2nd	3 8 16 64 72 73
2006-08-16	23	1st	8 25 28 57 71 72
2006-06-22	2	1st	8 22 36 48 53 55
2006-06-17	22	2nd	2 8 43 48 60 67
2006-04-27	16	1st	8 23 30 53 69 78
2006-03-21	2	2nd	7 8 10 29 40 52
2006-03-16	13	1st	8 10 15 42 48 51
2006-02-14	1	1st	8 44 47 60 66 77
2006-02-11	16	3rd	1 2 8 30 42 43
2006-01-05	62	1st	8 27 29 38 64 82
2005-08-13	2	2nd	7 8 33 39 48 84
2005-08-09	5	2nd	3 8 13 28 50 61
2005-07-28	5	1st	8 18 25 38 41 43
2005-07-16	1	1st	8 22 28 36 74 85
2005-07-14	7	1st	8 14 41 55 83 85
2005-06-28	1	2nd	6 8 49 60 72 74
2005-06-25	6	2nd	4 8 38 60 82 89
2005-06-08	25	2nd	6 8 28 29 32 73
2005-03-12	5	2nd	2 8 30 74 76 88
2005-02-23	2	1st	8 17 36 37 60 65
2005-02-16	19	2nd	6 8 18 51 80 89
2004-12-11	1	1st	8 41 60 70 73 85
2004-12-09	24	2nd	6 8 15 18 33 75
2004-09-15	11	1st	8 36 49 59 70 87
2004-08-07	5	1st	8 29 38 53 77 80
2004-07-21	2	1st	8 13 31 42 58 88
2004-07-14	7	1st	8 18 26 36 41 52
2004-06-19	28	2nd	4 8 11 36 55 83
2004-03-13	2	2nd	4 8 12 44 77 88
2004-03-06	43	1st	8 19 25 49 50 54
2003-10-08	12	2nd	1 8 26 41 70 84
2003-08-27	2	2nd	1 8 22 28 64 77
2003-08-20	4	1st	8 9 10 18 42 63
2003-08-06	3	1st	8 21 24 42 72 73
2003-07-26	40	3rd	3 4 8 28 77 86
2003-03-08	2	1st	8 27 34 42 83 88
2003-03-01	26	1st	8 12 27 72 80 84
2002-12-12	19	2nd	3 8 21 33 46 86
2002-10-12	14	3rd	1 2 8 12 48 66
2002-08-24	5	1st	8 25 26 38 66 79
2002-08-07	2	2nd	7 8 53 72 82 84
2002-07-31	13	1st	8 12 36 62 68 81
2002-06-15	64	1st	8 16 33 64 71 86
2001-11-07	18	1st	8 10 23 35 40 46
2001-09-05	8	1st	8 43 53 69 74 79
2001-08-08	22	2nd	1 8 14 27 83 87
2001-05-23	17	1st	8 39 55 56 57 63
2001-03-24	2	2nd	2 8 24 36 80 84
2001-03-17	12	1st	8 19 46 49 73 85
2001-02-03	7	2nd	2 8 13 39 47 89
2001-01-10	3	1st	8 14 30 31 35 76
2000-12-30	5	2nd	1 8 26 33 47 70
2000-12-13	19	1st	8 54 62 63 66 84
2000-10-07	6	1st	8 10 16 21 39 65
2000-09-16	5	1st	8 9 17 37 49 86
2000-08-30	15	1st	8 16 59 61 78 90
2000-07-08	11	3rd	4 6 8 41 76 80
2000-05-31	2	2nd	4 8 19 39 63 70
2000-05-24	7	1st	8 10 22 72 87 90
2000-04-29	12	1st	8 42 45 59 68 88
2000-03-18	1	1st	8 58 76 81 85 87
2000-03-15	8	1st	8 17 35 61 78 89
2000-02-16	67	1st	8 27 39 51 54 90
1999-06-26	16	1st	8 19 23 37 65 77
1999-05-03	23	1st	8 49 50 65 66 69
1999-02-10	4	2nd	4 8 12 17 19 80
1999-01-27	101	1st	8 48 65 72 83 88
1998-02-07	12	1st	8 9 23 34 64 89
1997-12-27	—	1st	8 26 35 43 55 67