Number 8

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

184times drawn · chance expected 186 −0.19σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

34longest completed wait · 96% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 184 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, −0.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 184 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 2 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 smallest76 · chance 85.1
2nd smallest73 · chance 74.4
3rd smallest30 · chance 21.8
4th smallest4 · chance 2.6
5th smallest1 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 3 49 16 32 42

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-04-21	3	1st	8 10 13 18 33 48
2025-04-14	13	2nd	1 8 12 24 29 42
2025-03-15	6	2nd	1 8 26 36 43 49
2025-03-01

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-03-28	5	2nd	6 8 15 26 27 48
2024-03-16	1	3rd	1 6 8 14 21 27
2024-03-14	14	1st	8 16 29 40 42 47
2024-02-10	15	1st	8 19 22 23 42 44
2024-01-06	3	3rd	3 4 8 27 35 49
2023-12-30	9	2nd	2 8 10 11 22 39
2023-12-09	14	3rd	1 2 8 18 40 42
2023-11-06	1	2nd	7 8 13 15 25 36
2023-11-04	21	1st	8 18 25 32 35 42
2023-09-16	34	2nd	7 8 21 24 30 32
2023-06-29	2	2nd	7 8 30 32 36 44
2023-06-24	7	1st	8 15 21 27 28 30
2023-06-08	17	1st	8 9 35 36 49 50
2023-04-29	13	1st	8 13 18 20 33 42
2023-03-30	26	2nd	5 8 13 27 40 44
2023-01-28	20	3rd	2 7 8 21 34 40
2022-12-12	15	1st	8 9 10 31 38 47
2022-11-07	2	1st	8 14 28 38 47 48
2022-11-03	2	5th	1 2 4 7 8 19
2022-10-29	3	1st	8 34 37 41 43 45
2022-10-22	3	2nd	2 8 21 32 33 48
2022-10-15	24	1st	8 12 14 22 27 36
2022-08-20	7	1st	8 15 16 27 39 40
2022-08-04	2	1st	8 18 30 34 37 46
2022-07-30	2	2nd	7 8 15 16 32 45
2022-07-25	22	1st	8 10 16 32 36 45
2022-06-04	1	1st	8 16 19 21 38 44
2022-06-02	4	2nd	2 8 25 30 31 49
2022-05-23	6	2nd	6 8 21 34 36 39
2022-05-09	4	2nd	3 8 24 27 31 32
2022-04-30	2	2nd	4 8 16 20 29 31
2022-04-25	15	2nd	2 8 10 12 34 47
2022-03-21	14	1st	8 18 25 30 32 44
2022-02-17	9	1st	8 30 42 47 49 50
2022-01-27	2	3rd	4 7 8 40 44 47
2022-01-22	4	1st	8 14 33 34 35 50
2022-01-13	12	1st	8 10 15 20 38 49
2021-12-16	7	2nd	4 8 22 42 43 50
2021-11-29	8	4th	1 3 5 8 9 41
2021-11-11	9	2nd	4 8 9 12 26 27
2021-10-21	13	3rd	4 7 8 24 41 44
2021-09-20	9	2nd	6 8 34 36 46 49
2021-08-30	5	3rd	1 3 8 10 30 39
2021-08-19	3	2nd	4 8 19 36 42 50
2021-08-12	3	2nd	4 8 21 22 26 42
2021-08-05	6	1st	8 12 23 31 33 38
2021-07-22	15	1st	8 12 19 24 25 34
2021-06-17	16	2nd	2 8 27 30 42 44
2021-05-10	3	3rd	2 6 8 20 37 48
2021-05-03	5	1st	8 19 25 33 40 49
2021-04-22	6	1st	8 15 19 31 32 47
2021-04-08	23	2nd	6 8 11 17 18 42
2021-02-13	7	2nd	3 8 14 23 32 45
2021-01-28	24	1st	8 10 17 24 38 39
2020-12-03	18	2nd	1 8 22 44 49 52
2020-10-22	1	3rd	3 5 8 21 43 49
2020-10-19	2	1st	8 15 23 32 33 41
2020-10-15	4	3rd	4 7 8 20 49 50
2020-10-05	8	3rd	3 6 8 14 16 41
2020-09-17	29	2nd	5 8 9 30 40 49
2020-07-11	7	1st	8 24 25 32 48 51
2020-06-25	1	1st	8 13 14 26 28 32
2020-06-22	7	2nd	1 8 10 24 35 46
2020-06-06	10	1st	8 29 37 38 45 50
2020-05-14	2	1st	8 11 19 32 42 46
2020-05-09	17	2nd	6 8 10 21 24 49
2020-03-30	2	1st	8 21 22 39 40 49
2020-03-26	13	2nd	1 8 9 13 24 41
2020-02-24	10	1st	8 21 26 30 31 37
2020-02-01	2	4th	1 3 6 8 23 47
2020-01-27	34	3rd	2 5 8 16 51 52
2019-11-09	19	1st	8 10 15 20 39 40
2019-09-26	21	2nd	2 8 19 29 32 52
2019-08-08	5	2nd	2 8 10 16 31 33
2019-07-27	9	2nd	3 8 9 17 25 52
2019-07-06	3	1st	8 15 33 39 48 51
2019-06-29	1	1st	8 10 24 28 31 49
2019-06-27	13	1st	8 10 23 24 39 46
2019-05-27	10	1st	8 10 33 35 47 49
2019-05-04	1	1st	8 12 38 42 43 44
2019-05-02	4	3rd	3 6 8 16 34 49
2019-04-22	7	1st	8 22 33 39 40 50
2019-04-06	5	4th	3 5 6 8 18 34
2019-03-25	3	1st	8 20 27 29 37 50
2019-03-18	8	1st	8 16 19 33 38 42
2019-02-28	8	2nd	5 8 18 31 39 41
2019-02-09	2	1st	8 26 31 32 38 50
2019-02-04	4	1st	8 9 12 16 28 40
2019-01-26	1	2nd	3 8 9 17 20 39
2019-01-24	17	2nd	3 8 10 21 43 50
2018-12-15	30	1st	8 17 27 34 36 46
2018-10-06	9	3rd	1 7 8 27 38 44
2018-09-15	3	3rd	1 6 8 11 15 17
2018-09-08	6	3rd	2 3 8 13 33 49
2018-08-25	13	2nd	5 8 24 26 27 43
2018-07-26	14	2nd	1 8 19 24 31 45
2018-06-23	8	2nd	5 8 11 24 36 45
2018-06-04	23	1st	8 18 20 26 39 41
2018-04-12	13	2nd	1 8 25 29 31 46
2018-03-12	5	2nd	7 8 11 21 22 34
2018-03-01	6	3rd	5 6 8 16 27 52
2018-02-15	1	2nd	1 8 12 15 30 39
2018-02-12	13	3rd	4 5 8 14 26 44
2018-01-13	10	2nd	5 8 33 40 45 46
2017-12-21	1	2nd	2 8 13 26 34 51
2017-12-18	25	1st	8 13 17 22 30 49
2017-10-21	5	1st	8 11 23 34 46 49
2017-10-09	1	1st	8 13 27 37 42 43
2017-10-07	8	2nd	5 8 18 31 38 48
2017-09-18	2	1st	8 16 27 28 32 51
2017-09-14	4	2nd	3 8 29 37 46 48
2017-09-04	2	4th	1 4 5 8 9 19
2017-08-31	13	3rd	3 5 8 19 39 50
2017-07-31	7	3rd	2 6 8 10 12 15
2017-07-15	4	1st	8 9 26 27 34 37
2017-07-06	4	1st	8 32 33 34 41 51
2017-06-26	6	2nd	4 8 18 19 35 45
2017-06-12	10	2nd	4 8 23 30 44 51
2017-05-20	10	2nd	3 8 12 22 39 49
2017-04-27	10	1st	8 25 27 34 35 46
2017-04-03	1	2nd	2 8 20 39 43 51
2017-04-01	12	2nd	4 8 12 13 45 48
2017-03-04	3	3rd	5 7 8 16 26 32
2017-02-25	7	2nd	6 8 16 18 31 35
2017-02-09	6	3rd	2 3 8 11 14 15
2017-01-26	13	1st	8 10 24 36 45 51
2016-12-26	20	3rd	2 7 8 23 27 34
2016-11-10	5	1st	8 13 24 28 38 39
2016-10-29	10	1st	8 12 30 31 51 52
2016-10-06	1	1st	8 11 30 31 44 52
2016-10-03	21	3rd	5 7 8 22 40 49
2016-08-15	3	2nd	4 8 14 16 21 49
2016-08-08	18	2nd	6 8 11 13 40 48
2016-06-27	22	1st	8 34 39 40 42 43
2016-05-07	15	3rd	1 3 8 16 29 46
2016-04-02	13	2nd	5 8 19 20 22 45
2016-03-03	1	3rd	3 6 8 27 29 50
2016-02-29	3	2nd	5 8 17 34 39 50
2016-02-22	13	3rd	2 5 8 30 39 40
2016-01-23	7	2nd	6 8 9 11 39 46
2016-01-07	9	1st	8 35 36 38 46 47
2015-12-17	8	2nd	4 8 35 37 40 44
2015-11-28	3	2nd	4 8 12 37 40 50
2015-11-21	3	1st	8 10 12 22 37 40
2015-11-14	19	1st	8 16 26 35 42 44
2015-10-01	10	1st	8 9 13 19 40 51
2015-09-07	12	2nd	6 8 11 13 22 45
2015-08-10	6	1st	8 11 12 16 18 38
2015-07-27	1	2nd	2 8 18 23 42 45
2015-07-25	10	2nd	4 8 9 11 12 30
2015-07-02	4	1st	8 12 23 31 42 50
2015-06-22	11	2nd	6 8 27 39 40 51
2015-05-28	5	2nd	5 8 13 16 28 31
2015-05-16	1	2nd	6 8 14 16 22 31
2015-05-14	1	1st	8 14 19 30 34 46
2015-05-11	10	2nd	6 8 10 16 23 45
2015-04-18	17	1st	8 12 18 22 31 39
2015-03-09	27	3rd	1 3 8 25 39 45
2015-01-05	2	1st	8 17 18 24 25 48
2015-01-01	—	1st	8 12 15 25 37 43