Number 8

In Fantasy 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2015 rules — 2,098 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

273times drawn · chance expected 269 +0.26σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

37longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 273 times in 2,098 draws against 269.0 expected, +0.26σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 273 times in 2,098 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 37 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest108 · chance 116.4
2nd smallest111 · chance 116.4
3rd smallest49 · chance 36.1
4th smallest5 · chance 4.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 6 5 7 37 12

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2015-10-03	13	1st	8 10 16 24 39
2015-09-20	3	2nd	4 8 22 37 39
2015-09-17	4	2nd	4 8 11 19 27
2015-09-13	2	1st	8 14

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2015-04-16	25	1st	8 9 11 13 35
2015-03-22	37	2nd	2 8 12 15 29
2015-02-13	1	1st	8 10 17 30 38
2015-02-12	1	3rd	3 4 8 21 25
2015-02-11	3	2nd	1 8 14 22 34
2015-02-08	5	2nd	6 8 13 14 37
2015-02-03	1	1st	8 22 26 27 33
2015-02-02	4	2nd	6 8 15 23 39
2015-01-29	23	2nd	5 8 22 24 32
2015-01-06	4	3rd	4 6 8 20 21
2015-01-02	3	1st	8 27 30 36 37
2014-12-30	1	2nd	2 8 11 19 25
2014-12-29	6	2nd	2 8 20 24 37
2014-12-23	3	2nd	7 8 9 21 32
2014-12-20	11	1st	8 15 19 22 39
2014-12-09	2	1st	8 13 16 18 24
2014-12-07	9	1st	8 19 23 31 37
2014-11-28	3	2nd	6 8 12 23 24
2014-11-25	6	3rd	4 6 8 20 30
2014-11-19	20	1st	8 18 21 37 39
2014-10-30	4	2nd	6 8 20 36 37
2014-10-26	12	2nd	4 8 10 25 29
2014-10-14	1	1st	8 12 24 31 34
2014-10-13	15	1st	8 21 26 29 36
2014-09-28	3	2nd	7 8 9 12 27
2014-09-25	1	2nd	3 8 17 25 26
2014-09-24	9	1st	8 10 19 26 29
2014-09-15	2	3rd	2 7 8 18 39
2014-09-13	2	2nd	5 8 30 35 36
2014-09-11	5	2nd	1 8 16 24 32
2014-09-06	9	2nd	1 8 12 23 33
2014-08-28	21	3rd	1 6 8 15 24
2014-08-07	4	1st	8 9 12 24 28
2014-08-03	4	2nd	7 8 9 22 29
2014-07-30	3	2nd	1 8 11 28 29
2014-07-27	9	1st	8 13 17 24 37
2014-07-18	15	1st	8 10 14 22 30
2014-07-03	4	2nd	6 8 22 28 35
2014-06-29	1	3rd	4 7 8 25 27
2014-06-28	4	2nd	3 8 13 15 17
2014-06-24	11	1st	8 13 20 27 34
2014-06-13	24	2nd	3 8 14 33 35
2014-05-20	4	3rd	3 5 8 15 33
2014-05-16	2	3rd	5 6 8 32 35
2014-05-14	2	2nd	6 8 14 25 36
2014-05-12	4	1st	8 13 28 34 36
2014-05-08	9	1st	8 28 31 36 39
2014-04-29	19	1st	8 19 23 34 36
2014-04-10	14	3rd	1 2 8 9 38
2014-03-27	2	2nd	2 8 25 32 38
2014-03-25	25	2nd	5 8 9 34 37
2014-02-28	6	2nd	6 8 19 23 27
2014-02-22	1	3rd	3 5 8 10 23
2014-02-21	6	1st	8 14 17 22 37
2014-02-15	6	4th	1 5 7 8 12
2014-02-09	7	2nd	5 8 9 12 37
2014-02-02	2	1st	8 21 22 33 34
2014-01-31	1	2nd	1 8 18 36 38
2014-01-30	11	2nd	1 8 16 22 30
2014-01-19	9	1st	8 16 18 27 30
2014-01-10	16	1st	8 17 25 28 35
2013-12-25	5	3rd	2 7 8 21 34
2013-12-20	4	2nd	4 8 25 28 36
2013-12-16	23	1st	8 9 13 15 20
2013-11-23	1	1st	8 22 28 31 39
2013-11-22	13	3rd	1 6 8 25 37
2013-11-09	15	3rd	3 6 8 11 37
2013-10-25	6	2nd	4 8 26 31 35
2013-10-19	2	1st	8 14 20 38 39
2013-10-17	1	1st	8 17 20 32 35
2013-10-16	11	1st	8 13 21 32 35
2013-10-05	7	1st	8 14 15 20 30
2013-09-28	6	2nd	7 8 20 27 31
2013-09-22	8	2nd	6 8 14 34 36
2013-09-14	9	2nd	2 8 25 29 32
2013-09-05	7	1st	8 12 17 19 26
2013-08-29	17	1st	8 11 15 19 38
2013-08-12	16	1st	8 12 17 20 38
2013-07-27	8	1st	8 17 29 32 38
2013-07-19	8	2nd	6 8 13 16 23
2013-07-11	1	2nd	5 8 22 24 39
2013-07-10	5	3rd	5 7 8 17 32
2013-07-05	3	2nd	6 8 9 30 38
2013-07-02	3	1st	8 26 32 34 39
2013-06-29	20	2nd	5 8 13 26 37
2013-06-09	11	2nd	5 8 12 16 35
2013-05-29	31	2nd	1 8 11 28 30
2013-04-28	7	1st	8 11 12 26 28
2013-04-21	16	3rd	1 7 8 33 38
2013-04-05	2	2nd	5 8 12 13 23
2013-04-03	6	3rd	2 4 8 10 39
2013-03-28	3	3rd	1 7 8 27 33
2013-03-25	4	1st	8 21 25 32 36
2013-03-21	14	3rd	3 7 8 11 38
2013-03-07	10	3rd	5 7 8 22 38
2013-02-25	11	2nd	1 8 17 28 29
2013-02-14	8	1st	8 22 27 28 32
2013-02-06	2	1st	8 20 24 29 33
2013-02-04	6	2nd	5 8 13 24 38
2013-01-29	13	1st	8 22 36 37 38
2013-01-16	17	1st	8 11 20 29 36
2012-12-30	6	2nd	4 8 11 13 21
2012-12-24	3	1st	8 10 14 35 36
2012-12-21	8	3rd	3 7 8 26 36
2012-12-13	2	3rd	1 2 8 12 18
2012-12-11	7	1st	8 20 21 22 34
2012-12-04	2	1st	8 9 12 22 28
2012-12-02	2	2nd	7 8 32 38 39
2012-11-30	12	3rd	5 6 8 16 19
2012-11-18	2	1st	8 9 13 33 39
2012-11-16	13	1st	8 16 19 22 31
2012-11-03	1	1st	8 14 18 35 38
2012-11-02	5	2nd	6 8 16 30 33
2012-10-28	5	3rd	1 7 8 11 12
2012-10-23	3	1st	8 19 26 31 38
2012-10-20	17	2nd	4 8 14 16 36
2012-10-03	24	3rd	2 5 8 21 38
2012-09-09	19	2nd	3 8 15 27 30
2012-08-21	1	1st	8 9 17 25 34
2012-08-20	14	2nd	5 8 9 17 24
2012-08-06	3	2nd	3 8 14 25 35
2012-08-03	2	1st	8 20 23 25 32
2012-08-01	10	2nd	7 8 20 27 32
2012-07-22	4	2nd	7 8 23 29 33
2012-07-18	10	3rd	1 3 8 30 31
2012-07-08	3	2nd	5 8 16 19 34
2012-07-05	19	2nd	5 8 10 12 36
2012-06-16	12	1st	8 15 23 26 27
2012-06-04	5	1st	8 20 25 28 29
2012-05-30	9	1st	8 14 15 25 34
2012-05-21	2	2nd	2 8 15 17 23
2012-05-19	3	2nd	7 8 14 20 27
2012-05-16	2	2nd	7 8 27 29 35
2012-05-14	7	1st	8 13 14 16 24
2012-05-07	2	1st	8 14 19 30 32
2012-05-05	18	2nd	6 8 9 19 36
2012-04-17	14	1st	8 9 21 25 34
2012-04-03	4	2nd	6 8 9 16 25
2012-03-30	8	1st	8 26 27 29 32
2012-03-22	2	1st	8 18 31 34 35
2012-03-20	7	2nd	3 8 20 22 25
2012-03-13	9	1st	8 9 12 16 38
2012-03-04	6	2nd	6 8 17 22 29
2012-02-27	8	1st	8 9 18 23 38
2012-02-19	19	2nd	3 8 11 24 29
2012-01-31	6	1st	8 10 21 35 38
2012-01-25	7	1st	8 23 28 38 39
2012-01-18	2	1st	8 17 29 33 35
2012-01-16	7	2nd	2 8 14 15 30
2012-01-09	14	2nd	2 8 11 12 38
2011-12-26	5	1st	8 12 21 25 26
2011-12-21	26	1st	8 16 18 33 36
2011-11-25	5	1st	8 12 16 30 37
2011-11-20	8	1st	8 9 14 24 32
2011-11-12	1	1st	8 9 17 19 35
2011-11-11	3	1st	8 12 13 19 39
2011-11-08	9	1st	8 21 27 31 37
2011-10-30	13	1st	8 9 25 33 36
2011-10-17	1	1st	8 17 19 25 34
2011-10-16	11	3rd	3 7 8 30 38
2011-10-05	23	2nd	5 8 10 19 38
2011-09-12	14	2nd	5 8 9 16 20
2011-08-29	1	1st	8 18 22 37 39
2011-08-28	7	1st	8 17 19 31 34
2011-08-20	5	2nd	1 8 15 16 31
2011-08-15	2	1st	8 13 18 38 39
2011-08-11	7	1st	8 20 22 27 29
2011-08-04	6	1st	8 19 30 37 38
2011-07-29	4	2nd	5 8 9 16 32
2011-07-25	11	1st	8 16 19 27 28
2011-07-14	6	1st	8 9 24 34 37
2011-07-08	15	3rd	1 2 8 20 26
2011-06-23	20	3rd	1 6 8 10 26
2011-06-03	17	1st	8 10 19 21 36
2011-05-17	18	2nd	5 8 9 21 35
2011-04-29	12	1st	8 12 18 25 30
2011-04-16	9	1st	8 13 28 33 34
2011-04-07	1	3rd	2 7 8 32 38
2011-04-06	4	3rd	2 4 8 12 13
2011-04-02	1	2nd	5 8 21 23 33
2011-04-01	7	2nd	5 8 32 37 39
2011-03-25	1	2nd	6 8 12 32 37
2011-03-24	1	1st	8 9 11 35 39
2011-03-23	1	1st	8 9 24 31 35
2011-03-22	16	4th	1 4 5 8 21
2011-03-06	1	1st	8 11 18 30 35
2011-03-05	3	2nd	6 8 15 18 35
2011-03-02	7	3rd	6 7 8 22 24
2011-02-23	1	2nd	5 8 23 30 37
2011-02-22	12	1st	8 19 25 33 34
2011-02-10	2	2nd	5 8 14 22 36
2011-02-08	3	2nd	7 8 10 23 25
2011-02-05	6	3rd	6 7 8 14 24
2011-01-30	10	1st	8 9 10 29 30
2011-01-20	8	2nd	6 8 17 20 24
2011-01-12	4	2nd	2 8 13 28 36
2011-01-08	1	1st	8 12 21 29 30
2011-01-07	11	2nd	3 8 9 17 24
2010-12-27	9	3rd	2 5 8 21 27
2010-12-18	7	2nd	3 8 9 17 24
2010-12-11	4	1st	8 15 19 29 37
2010-12-07	8	3rd	2 5 8 14 34
2010-11-29	17	3rd	5 7 8 9 35
2010-11-12	1	1st	8 17 26 28 36
2010-11-11	27	2nd	7 8 10 12 28
2010-10-15	23	1st	8 23 26 28 30
2010-09-22	2	2nd	3 8 9 18 37
2010-09-20	5	2nd	7 8 12 15 37
2010-09-15	16	3rd	4 6 8 19 32
2010-08-30	2	1st	8 14 29 31 39
2010-08-28	5	2nd	4 8 16 23 31
2010-08-23	12	3rd	6 7 8 18 20
2010-08-11	12	2nd	4 8 19 30 37
2010-07-30	3	4th	1 2 5 8 33
2010-07-27	2	2nd	7 8 11 12 27
2010-07-25	6	2nd	3 8 12 14 38
2010-07-19	11	2nd	2 8 16 25 31
2010-07-08	6	2nd	6 8 10 27 31
2010-07-02	5	2nd	4 8 16 18 33
2010-06-27	3	3rd	3 5 8 17 34
2010-06-24	5	1st	8 9 18 20 37
2010-06-19	9	1st	8 9 13 16 26
2010-06-10	1	3rd	4 6 8 20 23
2010-06-09	12	1st	8 13 23 24 30
2010-05-28	4	3rd	5 6 8 22 31
2010-05-24	9	1st	8 19 23 32 38
2010-05-15	1	2nd	2 8 11 16 27
2010-05-14	1	3rd	1 4 8 12 29
2010-05-13	24	2nd	2 8 21 23 33
2010-04-19	2	2nd	5 8 12 31 36
2010-04-17	15	1st	8 23 26 31 37
2010-04-02	4	2nd	2 8 15 22 35
2010-03-29	3	1st	8 11 18 20 25
2010-03-26	1	3rd	1 2 8 18 23
2010-03-25	2	3rd	6 7 8 18 35
2010-03-23	5	1st	8 9 15 28 35
2010-03-18	8	1st	8 10 16 24 34
2010-03-10	7	1st	8 15 32 37 38
2010-03-03	4	1st	8 21 26 36 39
2010-02-27	3	3rd	1 7 8 9 24
2010-02-24	2	2nd	2 8 12 20 38
2010-02-22	3	2nd	6 8 22 37 38
2010-02-19	15	2nd	7 8 14 28 36
2010-02-04	9	2nd	7 8 15 16 39
2010-01-26	12	1st	8 9 22 24 31
2010-01-14	3	2nd	1 8 9 10 35
2010-01-11	2	2nd	2 8 10 29 37
2010-01-09	8	3rd	5 6 8 15 31
2010-01-01	—	3rd	3 7 8 18 22