Number 8

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,156 draws, 5 from 1–52.

128times drawn · chance expected 111 +1.68σ

17draws waiting · a wait this long: 20% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

43longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 1,156 draws against 111.2 expected, +1.68σ. Each draw is independent: after 17 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 128 times in 1,156 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 17 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 smallest64 · chance 69.5
2nd smallest51 · chance 47.5
3rd smallest12 · chance 10.2
4th smallest1 · chance 0.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 17 1 5 6 18

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
2026-09-12	5	2nd	2 8 15 43 52
2026-08-31	2	1st	8 22 27 30 34
2026-08-26	4	2nd	5 8 36 37 45
2026-08-17	1	2nd	5 8 10

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-26	8	1st	8 16 20 35 48
2025-07-07	1	1st	8 18 27 31 41
2025-07-05	1	1st	8 10 36 43 45
2025-07-02	1	1st	8 19 20 21 39
2025-06-30	14	2nd	5 8 18 32 46
2025-05-28	2	3rd	4 6 8 33 35
2025-05-24	4	1st	8 19 24 28 49
2025-05-14	1	1st	8 17 38 42 50
2025-05-12	15	2nd	2 8 9 20 42
2025-04-07	8	2nd	4 8 13 27 37
2025-03-19	8	2nd	4 8 26 34 36
2025-03-01	1	1st	8 9 13 33 41
2025-02-26	14	1st	8 11 21 27 39
2025-01-25	1	1st	8 31 35 44 46
2025-01-22	9	1st	8 16 27 32 43
2025-01-01	8	3rd	1 2 8 14 30
2024-12-14	9	2nd	2 8 47 51 52
2024-11-23	20	2nd	2 8 10 14 49
2024-10-07	1	1st	8 26 28 39 45
2024-10-05	1	1st	8 15 17 32 36
2024-10-02	5	1st	8 10 17 20 28
2024-09-21	16	3rd	1 4 8 37 45
2024-08-14	9	1st	8 11 15 32 42
2024-07-24	5	1st	8 11 31 36 40
2024-07-13	19	1st	8 20 27 34 49
2024-05-29	5	1st	8 9 11 29 36
2024-05-18	32	2nd	7 8 9 12 33
2024-03-04	7	3rd	4 5 8 22 47
2024-02-17	33	2nd	6 8 10 14 33
2023-12-02	2	2nd	3 8 11 38 48
2023-11-27	10	2nd	1 8 23 25 50
2023-11-04	4	1st	8 11 23 47 48
2023-10-25	9	2nd	3 8 27 41 46
2023-10-04	12	3rd	4 5 8 26 42
2023-09-06	3	1st	8 28 39 49 51
2023-08-30	2	1st	8 15 30 44 46
2023-08-26	8	1st	8 21 38 43 51
2023-08-07	4	2nd	4 8 29 33 52
2023-07-29	1	1st	8 14 29 50 52
2023-07-26	28	2nd	4 8 25 36 42
2023-05-22	8	2nd	5 8 23 32 43
2023-05-03	2	1st	8 9 31 43 44
2023-04-29	2	3rd	2 5 8 36 51
2023-04-24	23	2nd	6 8 15 16 31
2023-03-01	11	1st	8 14 17 38 41
2023-02-04	5	1st	8 17 18 21 52
2023-01-23	31	2nd	6 8 16 43 47
2022-11-12	10	1st	8 20 21 26 38
2022-10-19	4	1st	8 30 35 44 52
2022-10-10	16	2nd	4 8 14 32 44
2022-09-03	8	2nd	6 8 13 26 30
2022-08-15	4	1st	8 15 22 49 50
2022-08-06	12	2nd	1 8 13 18 40
2022-07-06	14	3rd	1 3 8 14 50
2022-05-18	9	1st	8 18 24 31 46
2022-04-16	11	1st	8 10 14 18 23
2022-03-09	2	4th	1 3 6 8 49
2022-03-02	8	1st	8 17 24 26 38
2022-02-02	2	2nd	2 8 18 25 31
2022-01-26	13	2nd	1 8 22 23 29
2021-12-11	2	1st	8 10 17 26 41
2021-12-04	9	1st	8 23 26 34 50
2021-11-03	4	2nd	4 8 10 32 40
2021-10-20	10	1st	8 17 20 41 51
2021-09-15	9	1st	8 19 33 34 37
2021-08-14	1	1st	8 19 21 35 45
2021-08-11	5	1st	8 21 22 32 34
2021-07-24	8	2nd	7 8 12 25 31
2021-06-26	4	3rd	3 6 8 40 49
2021-06-12	43	1st	8 10 23 49 50
2021-01-13	2	1st	8 21 24 29 32
2021-01-06	4	2nd	4 8 17 25 44
2020-12-23	4	2nd	5 8 16 23 34
2020-12-09	7	2nd	4 8 20 23 50
2020-11-14	1	2nd	6 8 14 17 27
2020-11-11	1	1st	8 13 30 31 48
2020-11-07	23	2nd	7 8 27 31 41
2020-08-19	15	2nd	1 8 17 35 45
2020-06-27	12	1st	8 27 30 36 47
2020-05-16	30	1st	8 14 25 29 49
2020-02-01	14	3rd	1 6 8 21 23
2019-12-14	2	2nd	7 8 33 37 51
2019-12-07	36	1st	8 16 22 28 49
2019-08-03	4	1st	8 18 27 41 43
2019-07-20	9	2nd	5 8 9 25 38
2019-06-19	8	2nd	6 8 17 25 44
2019-05-22	14	3rd	1 2 8 11 35
2019-04-03	33	1st	8 19 28 35 41
2018-12-08	15	1st	8 19 24 31 41
2018-10-17	13	2nd	3 8 15 21 37
2018-09-01	6	2nd	1 8 14 31 39
2018-08-11	3	2nd	6 8 17 32 36
2018-08-01	2	2nd	3 8 24 25 50
2018-07-25	2	2nd	6 8 13 20 35
2018-07-18	17	3rd	1 5 8 11 32
2018-05-19	2	2nd	4 8 17 25 31
2018-05-12	2	1st	8 9 10 21 33
2018-05-05	1	1st	8 15 18 32 45
2018-05-02	4	1st	8 18 19 30 31
2018-04-18	10	1st	8 11 27 30 47
2018-03-14	14	1st	8 21 38 50 51
2018-01-24	2	2nd	7 8 17 40 42
2018-01-17	16	2nd	5 8 28 30 40
2017-11-22	—	2nd	6 8 22 29 34