Number 8

In Lotto under the 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 rules — 1,077 draws, 6 from 1–40 (an earlier era).

165times drawn · chance expected 162 +0.29σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

26longest completed wait · 94% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 165 times in 1,077 draws against 161.5 expected, +0.29σ. 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 165 times in 1,077 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 26 · 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 smallest58 · chance 57.7
2nd smallest77 · chance 72.1
3rd smallest26 · chance 29.9
4th smallest4 · chance 5.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 39 15 2 9 27

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2020-08-08	6	2nd	6 8 9 12 17 21
2020-07-18	6	2nd	2 8 20 25 27 37
2020-06-27	1	1st	8 23 25 32 35 40
2020-06-24	3

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2018-10-24	11	4th	2 5 6 8 13 15
2018-09-15	2	2nd	4 8 13 14 19 20
2018-09-08	4	2nd	7 8 14 34 39 40
2018-08-25	3	1st	8 9 15 19 26 32
2018-08-15	4	2nd	3 8 18 20 24 32
2018-08-01	3	2nd	4 8 11 18 38 40
2018-07-21	9	1st	8 19 26 34 37 40
2018-06-20	11	3rd	3 4 8 15 27 40
2018-05-12	7	2nd	5 8 28 30 38 39
2018-04-18	3	2nd	5 8 14 29 33 35
2018-04-07	4	1st	8 23 25 28 34 39
2018-03-24	4	2nd	6 8 12 30 31 37
2018-03-10	3	2nd	4 8 10 11 14 40
2018-02-28	1	3rd	4 5 8 12 15 16
2018-02-24	6	2nd	7 8 16 23 35 38
2018-02-03	16	1st	8 9 10 12 32 38
2017-12-09	5	2nd	7 8 10 28 36 39
2017-11-22	1	2nd	2 8 14 27 35 39
2017-11-18	1	2nd	2 8 15 23 32 37
2017-11-15	13	1st	8 18 19 27 36 39
2017-09-30	7	2nd	3 8 15 17 18 19
2017-09-06	13	1st	8 12 19 22 25 28
2017-07-22	4	1st	8 13 22 23 24 37
2017-07-08	2	2nd	7 8 9 18 19 33
2017-07-01	5	3rd	1 6 8 23 25 31
2017-06-14	12	2nd	2 8 17 22 31 33
2017-05-03	7	1st	8 12 20 21 30 36
2017-04-08	1	2nd	2 8 16 23 31 36
2017-04-05	3	2nd	1 8 9 23 28 40
2017-03-25	3	3rd	2 7 8 28 34 40
2017-03-15	7	1st	8 11 13 14 27 28
2017-02-18	3	2nd	2 8 10 15 22 28
2017-02-08	3	2nd	1 8 15 23 31 33
2017-01-28	8	2nd	5 8 13 22 30 40
2016-12-31	17	2nd	2 8 19 20 27 31
2016-11-02	23	2nd	6 8 14 16 21 22
2016-08-13	3	1st	8 14 20 22 36 39
2016-08-03	3	1st	8 13 17 18 30 38
2016-07-23	18	3rd	4 7 8 13 19 29
2016-05-21	4	2nd	3 8 12 17 23 34
2016-05-07	5	3rd	5 7 8 16 34 38
2016-04-20	5	1st	8 9 11 21 33 37
2016-04-02	14	1st	8 15 24 27 28 31
2016-02-13	2	1st	8 14 29 30 35 36
2016-02-06	13	1st	8 11 12 22 23 26
2015-12-23	18	1st	8 16 18 32 34 35
2015-10-21	7	3rd	5 6 8 15 18 25
2015-09-26	7	2nd	7 8 21 25 37 39
2015-09-02	2	2nd	2 8 19 25 37 38
2015-08-26	7	3rd	2 7 8 23 26 37
2015-08-01	1	1st	8 16 21 27 35 40
2015-07-29	19	1st	8 11 23 25 31 37
2015-05-23	2	2nd	3 8 14 36 38 40
2015-05-16	7	1st	8 18 22 24 26 40
2015-04-22	1	3rd	3 5 8 15 24 35
2015-04-18	15	2nd	6 8 17 32 36 37
2015-02-25	4	2nd	5 8 9 10 23 28
2015-02-11	8	1st	8 11 16 21 24 30
2015-01-14	5	2nd	7 8 17 28 37 40
2014-12-27	1	2nd	2 8 14 31 37 39
2014-12-24	1	2nd	7 8 14 15 23 25
2014-12-20	1	1st	8 13 23 28 31 32
2014-12-17	2	2nd	3 8 15 18 20 22
2014-12-10	2	2nd	7 8 19 25 33 38
2014-12-03	2	3rd	3 7 8 27 31 36
2014-11-26	10	1st	8 12 16 20 23 32
2014-10-22	15	1st	8 13 22 25 26 36
2014-08-30	3	1st	8 9 13 18 20 24
2014-08-20	12	1st	8 23 26 32 34 39
2014-07-09	5	3rd	1 5 8 10 12 15
2014-06-21	2	3rd	2 4 8 12 23 34
2014-06-14	5	2nd	4 8 26 29 31 38
2014-05-28	15	1st	8 15 16 26 27 32
2014-04-05	7	4th	3 5 7 8 36 38
2014-03-12	2	3rd	1 2 8 14 29 39
2014-03-05	20	1st	8 12 17 25 35 40
2013-12-21	4	1st	8 9 17 19 37 38
2013-12-07	2	1st	8 11 22 25 27 33
2013-11-30	15	1st	8 9 18 27 38 39
2013-10-09	4	1st	8 9 14 17 28 38
2013-09-25	2	2nd	5 8 21 24 27 39
2013-09-18	26	2nd	1 8 11 28 30 37
2013-06-19	2	3rd	1 6 8 15 16 30
2013-06-12	3	2nd	3 8 13 24 27 37
2013-06-01	2	3rd	2 3 8 16 22 39
2013-05-25	3	2nd	3 8 16 24 30 35
2013-05-15	2	2nd	6 8 15 17 18 38
2013-05-08	3	1st	8 16 19 24 25 26
2013-04-27	8	1st	8 9 15 23 28 36
2013-03-30	8	1st	8 9 10 30 34 38
2013-03-02	1	3rd	3 6 8 14 19 32
2013-02-27	8	2nd	7 8 12 13 36 39
2013-01-30	1	2nd	6 8 10 11 32 35
2013-01-26	8	1st	8 20 21 22 29 31
2012-12-29	1	2nd	6 8 22 27 33 37
2012-12-26	14	2nd	3 8 9 23 34 37
2012-11-07	5	2nd	5 8 9 14 25 39
2012-10-20	20	1st	8 9 22 24 32 34
2012-08-11	7	2nd	2 8 9 25 27 31
2012-07-18	1	2nd	3 8 10 13 33 39
2012-07-14	3	1st	8 16 20 28 29 38
2012-07-04	1	1st	8 11 20 22 37 39
2012-06-30	14	1st	8 12 29 30 31 32
2012-05-12	1	1st	8 9 16 18 31 36
2012-05-09	4	2nd	4 8 12 23 24 31
2012-04-25	11	1st	8 14 22 24 25 30
2012-03-17	4	1st	8 15 16 24 27 32
2012-03-03	5	2nd	4 8 10 13 25 35
2012-02-15	7	2nd	4 8 17 28 30 35
2012-01-21	5	3rd	2 5 8 9 12 31
2012-01-04	4	3rd	2 4 8 20 31 40
2011-12-21	5	2nd	6 8 11 19 25 40
2011-12-03	13	2nd	7 8 9 26 33 37
2011-10-19	10	4th	2 3 5 8 30 35
2011-09-14	2	3rd	3 4 8 24 31 39
2011-09-07	1	2nd	6 8 17 31 34 35
2011-09-03	16	2nd	2 8 14 17 29 35
2011-07-09	7	1st	8 23 25 27 30 37
2011-06-15	6	3rd	1 2 8 21 27 28
2011-05-25	1	1st	8 12 15 27 28 36
2011-05-21	1	2nd	7 8 9 11 20 32
2011-05-18	22	2nd	1 8 14 18 22 31
2011-03-02	1	2nd	5 8 10 24 28 35
2011-02-26	2	2nd	5 8 9 15 29 39
2011-02-19	6	2nd	6 8 11 29 32 39
2011-01-29	3	2nd	6 8 18 24 34 37
2011-01-19	6	2nd	1 8 13 15 21 32
2010-12-29	2	3rd	5 6 8 9 13 34
2010-12-18	7	2nd	1 8 21 24 29 35
2010-11-24	3	1st	8 13 15 18 23 36
2010-11-13	20	2nd	3 8 23 31 33 35
2010-09-04	6	2nd	6 8 11 29 34 39
2010-08-14	3	1st	8 18 19 27 29 30
2010-08-04	2	1st	8 18 19 24 26 39
2010-07-28	11	2nd	1 8 14 18 19 30
2010-06-19	2	1st	8 13 21 37 38 39
2010-06-12	7	2nd	2 8 13 32 35 38
2010-05-19	1	2nd	4 8 10 26 28 29
2010-05-15	5	1st	8 14 15 19 37 40
2010-04-28	2	4th	1 3 4 8 24 26
2010-04-21	—	1st	8 19 23 28 38 39