Number 8

In 2by2 under the 3/26 · Nov 2016 – Sep 2022 rules — 1,768 draws, 3 from 1–26 (an earlier era).

271times drawn · chance expected 204 +4.99σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 61% for any number

6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

40longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

8 deviates beyond what chance explains for a pool of 26

Drawn 271 times in 1,768 draws against 204.0 expected, +4.99σ. It passes even the threshold tightened for testing every number at once. Read the draw-by-draw history below before reading anything into it — and it still says nothing about the next draw.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 271 times in 1,768 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 5 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 smallest135 · chance 138.2
2nd smallest113 · chance 113.8
3rd smallest23 · chance 19.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 4 9 3 10 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 25 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 26. 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
2022-09-14	8	2nd	3 8 10
2022-09-05	1	1st	8 16 22
2022-09-04	25	2nd	3 8 12
2022-08-10	4	2nd	4 8 19
2022-08-06	10	1st	8 9 25
2022-07-27	26	1st

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 3/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-03-11	6	1st	8 12 15
2022-03-05	25	1st	8 11 15
2022-02-08	6	1st	8 12 22
2022-02-02	7	2nd	1 8 25
2022-01-26	4	2nd	6 8 17
2022-01-22	22	2nd	1 8 23
2021-12-31	2	1st	8 10 10
2021-12-29	2	2nd	1 8 18
2021-12-27	3	2nd	3 8 21
2021-12-24	3	2nd	4 8 25
2021-12-21	2	2nd	1 8 23
2021-12-19	4	1st	8 17 24
2021-12-15	10	2nd	1 8 26
2021-12-05	6	3rd	6 6 8
2021-11-29	2	2nd	7 8 9
2021-11-27	9	1st	8 9 17
2021-11-18	9	2nd	4 8 16
2021-11-09	5	2nd	5 8 14
2021-11-04	3	1st	8 18 22
2021-11-01	1	1st	8 19 21
2021-10-31	2	2nd	4 8 10
2021-10-29	11	1st	8 10 19
2021-10-18	2	2nd	7 8 19
2021-10-16	7	1st	8 12 16
2021-10-09	1	1st	8 9 17
2021-10-08	4	2nd	1 8 18
2021-10-04	25	1st	8 11 20
2021-09-09	5	1st	8 9 10
2021-09-04	0	1st	8 14
2021-09-04	17	1st	8 14
2021-08-18	2	1st	8 16 16
2021-08-16	3	2nd	7 8 16
2021-08-13	1	1st	8 11 20
2021-08-12	4	2nd	5 8 25
2021-08-08	0	1st	8 13
2021-08-08	13	1st	8 13
2021-07-26	1	1st	8 11 11
2021-07-25	9	1st	8 13 20
2021-07-16	2	1st	8 9 23
2021-07-14	2	2nd	5 8 15
2021-07-12	5	2nd	4 8 15
2021-07-07	11	1st	8 12 15
2021-06-26	8	2nd	7 8 24
2021-06-18	3	3rd	3 4 8
2021-06-15	5	1st	8 16 19
2021-06-10	1	1st	8 11 15
2021-06-09	3	2nd	1 8 12
2021-06-06	18	1st	8 21 23
2021-05-19	15	2nd	5 8 14
2021-05-04	4	2nd	7 8 19
2021-04-30	4	2nd	3 8 18
2021-04-26	10	1st	8 12 17
2021-04-16	2	2nd	1 8 14
2021-04-14	1	1st	8 11 15
2021-04-13	5	3rd	4 5 8
2021-04-08	1	1st	8 10 13
2021-04-07	19	1st	8 12 17
2021-03-19	6	1st	8 10 17
2021-03-13	13	1st	8 12 18
2021-02-28	7	2nd	7 8 15
2021-02-21	2	2nd	7 8 22
2021-02-19	5	2nd	3 8 19
2021-02-14	1	3rd	3 3 8
2021-02-13	5	1st	8 13 18
2021-02-08	12	2nd	1 8 11
2021-01-27	6	2nd	3 8 18
2021-01-21	6	1st	8 10 23
2021-01-15	2	1st	8 10 17
2021-01-13	9	1st	8 10 26
2021-01-04	2	1st	8 12 13
2021-01-02	5	1st	8 11 14
2020-12-28	3	2nd	2 8 13
2020-12-25	4	2nd	1 8 20
2020-12-21	2	1st	8 13 17
2020-12-19	1	1st	8 16 25
2020-12-18	2	3rd	6 7 8
2020-12-16	9	1st	8 9 21
2020-12-07	1	3rd	6 7 8
2020-12-06	14	1st	8 12 14
2020-11-22	1	2nd	1 8 25
2020-11-21	10	2nd	1 8 19
2020-11-11	1	3rd	2 4 8
2020-11-10	30	1st	8 18 23
2020-10-11	1	2nd	5 8 22
2020-10-10	10	2nd	6 8 19
2020-09-30	6	2nd	1 8 15
2020-09-24	6	1st	8 11 21
2020-09-18	2	1st	8 17 21
2020-09-16	7	2nd	3 8 9
2020-09-09	13	1st	8 22 25
2020-08-27	2	2nd	7 8 20
2020-08-25	6	2nd	6 8 10
2020-08-19	3	1st	8 16 20
2020-08-16	11	1st	8 14 24
2020-08-05	7	1st	8 9 14
2020-07-29	2	3rd	1 3 8
2020-07-27	3	1st	8 19 22
2020-07-24	9	2nd	6 8 18
2020-07-15	4	2nd	4 8 13
2020-07-11	10	1st	8 13 14
2020-07-01	12	1st	8 11 26
2020-06-19	1	1st	8 11 18
2020-06-18	1	3rd	3 4 8
2020-06-17	2	1st	8 9 14
2020-06-15	18	3rd	3 5 8
2020-05-28	4	1st	8 9 24
2020-05-24	1	2nd	2 8 9
2020-05-23	8	1st	8 13 18
2020-05-15	2	2nd	1 8 23
2020-05-13	25	1st	8 12 22
2020-04-18	25	1st	8 16 17
2020-03-24	4	2nd	3 8 18
2020-03-20	10	1st	8 15 26
2020-03-10	0	2nd	1 8
2020-03-10	3	2nd	1 8
2020-03-07	6	3rd	2 5 8
2020-03-01	3	1st	8 9 13
2020-02-27	5	2nd	5 8 20
2020-02-22	1	3rd	2 6 8
2020-02-21	19	2nd	7 8 17
2020-02-02	9	2nd	7 8 9
2020-01-24	2	1st	8 19 24
2020-01-22	40	2nd	5 8 9
2019-12-13	34	1st	8 21 25
2019-11-09	4	1st	8 9 13
2019-11-05	1	1st	8 21 22
2019-11-04	20	1st	8 22 26
2019-10-15	6	2nd	5 8 14
2019-10-09	5	2nd	4 8 24
2019-10-04	6	2nd	4 8 20
2019-09-28	0	1st	8 18
2019-09-28	10	1st	8 18
2019-09-18	9	1st	8 18 21
2019-09-09	8	1st	8 9 16
2019-09-01	1	1st	8 10 15
2019-08-31	3	2nd	6 8 26
2019-08-28	12	1st	8 21 22
2019-08-16	4	2nd	4 8 13
2019-08-12	7	2nd	5 8 11
2019-08-05	11	1st	8 12 23
2019-07-25	11	1st	8 23 24
2019-07-14	7	2nd	7 8 19
2019-07-07	4	2nd	2 8 22
2019-07-03	0	1st	8 11
2019-07-03	4	1st	8 11
2019-06-29	0	2nd	2 8
2019-06-29	3	2nd	2 8
2019-06-26	31	1st	8 15 19
2019-05-26	3	1st	8 12 21
2019-05-23	6	2nd	4 8 17
2019-05-17	11	1st	8 14 21
2019-05-06	2	2nd	3 8 10
2019-05-04	3	3rd	2 4 8
2019-05-01	9	3rd	2 6 8
2019-04-22	3	1st	8 15 26
2019-04-19	4	1st	8 11 24
2019-04-15	13	2nd	7 8 20
2019-04-02	15	1st	8 13 24
2019-03-18	1	2nd	4 8 19
2019-03-17	2	2nd	5 8 24
2019-03-15	6	1st	8 12 20
2019-03-09	8	1st	8 17 20
2019-03-01	6	1st	8 13 14
2019-02-23	3	2nd	6 8 25
2019-02-20	4	2nd	1 8 12
2019-02-16	3	1st	8 14 25
2019-02-13	7	2nd	4 8 11
2019-02-06	10	2nd	4 8 21
2019-01-27	6	3rd	5 7 8
2019-01-21	1	2nd	1 8 16
2019-01-20	2	2nd	2 8 15
2019-01-18	1	1st	8 17 18
2019-01-17	1	2nd	1 8 21
2019-01-16	4	2nd	1 8 16
2019-01-12	2	1st	8 14 16
2019-01-10	22	1st	8 15 17
2017-12-19	1	3rd	2 3 8
2017-12-18	2	1st	8 18 23
2017-12-16	2	2nd	3 8 20
2017-12-14	2	2nd	3 8 10
2017-12-12	1	2nd	4 8 16
2017-12-11	17	1st	8 10 18
2017-11-24	1	2nd	4 8 20
2017-11-23	0	2nd	5 8
2017-11-23	6	2nd	5 8
2017-11-17	1	1st	8 9 21
2017-11-16	3	1st	8 14 20
2017-11-13	3	1st	8 15 22
2017-11-10	8	2nd	2 8 18
2017-11-02	17	1st	8 14 18
2017-10-16	3	3rd	2 4 8
2017-10-13	16	1st	8 19 20
2017-09-27	2	2nd	3 8 9
2017-09-25	1	2nd	3 8 22
2017-09-24	15	1st	8 11 12
2017-09-09	1	1st	8 14 19
2017-09-08	0	1st	8 10
2017-09-08	17	1st	8 10
2017-08-22	3	2nd	3 8 16
2017-08-19	0	1st	8 15
2017-08-19	10	1st	8 15
2017-08-09	1	2nd	4 8 15
2017-08-08	1	1st	8 15 16
2017-08-07	0	1st	8 25
2017-08-07	16	1st	8 25
2017-07-22	3	2nd	6 8 25
2017-07-19	3	2nd	4 8 19
2017-07-16	1	1st	8 20 24
2017-07-15	2	2nd	1 8 22
2017-07-13	9	2nd	3 8 13
2017-07-04	2	2nd	7 8 13
2017-07-02	7	1st	8 9 21
2017-06-25	2	2nd	3 8 22
2017-06-23	5	1st	8 9 20
2017-06-18	7	1st	8 16 21
2017-06-11	3	1st	8 10 10
2017-06-08	16	1st	8 10 19
2017-05-23	2	2nd	5 8 15
2017-05-21	2	2nd	1 8 21
2017-05-19	4	1st	8 9 26
2017-05-15	8	2nd	6 8 9
2017-05-07	1	2nd	4 8 14
2017-05-06	9	1st	8 18 22
2017-04-27	8	1st	8 10 25
2017-04-19	2	2nd	4 8 11
2017-04-17	10	3rd	1 7 8
2017-04-07	14	2nd	2 8 15
2017-03-24	1	1st	8 11 26
2017-03-23	34	1st	8 22 23
2017-02-17	1	1st	8 9 10
2017-02-16	4	2nd	5 8 23
2017-02-12	3	3rd	1 6 8
2017-02-09	3	3rd	3 5 8
2017-02-06	18	2nd	2 8 17
2017-01-19	1	2nd	2 8 26
2017-01-18	4	2nd	2 8 10
2017-01-14	2	2nd	5 8 17
2017-01-12	4	1st	8 11 16
2017-01-08	16	1st	8 10 23
2016-12-23	10	3rd	1 3 8
2016-12-13	1	1st	8 11 19
2016-12-12	7	1st	8 9 24
2016-12-05	3	1st	8 9 19
2016-12-02	5	1st	8 19 20
2016-11-27	7	2nd	7 8 25
2016-11-20	1	1st	8 23 25
2016-11-19	—	1st	8 11 11