Number 8

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

171times drawn · chance expected 184 −1.03σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 35% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

40longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 171 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, −1.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 171 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 8 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 smallest74 · chance 65.3
2nd smallest69 · chance 73.7
3rd smallest23 · chance 27.6
4th smallest5 · chance 4.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 24 33 23 30 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-10-24	16	1st	8 15 16 28 36 40
2022-08-29	14	2nd	1 8 13 17 18 23
2022-07-11	2	2nd	4 8 12 37 40 43

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2020-12-14	3	1st	8 12 14 19 21 43
2020-12-03	1	2nd	5 8 12 17 34 42
2020-11-30	8	1st	8 16 24 30 31 33
2020-11-02	19	1st	8 14 26 27 32 37
2020-08-27	1	2nd	3 8 11 35 36 41
2020-08-24	5	2nd	2 8 18 19 23 32
2020-08-06	5	3rd	2 6 8 21 25 33
2020-07-20	2	1st	8 18 20 23 31 32
2020-07-13	5	2nd	6 8 29 37 39 42
2020-06-25	11	1st	8 10 16 28 37 40
2020-05-18	6	1st	8 18 19 20 27 33
2020-04-27	29	2nd	4 8 9 12 15 36
2020-01-16	2	3rd	2 3 8 30 38 42
2020-01-09	8	3rd	1 4 8 10 22 26
2019-12-12	2	2nd	5 8 9 16 26 35
2019-12-05	1	2nd	1 8 11 23 24 31
2019-12-02	3	2nd	7 8 12 15 34 41
2019-11-21	1	1st	8 14 16 21 27 33
2019-11-18	13	2nd	2 8 14 15 18 26
2019-10-03	10	1st	8 10 12 23 24 42
2019-08-29	4	2nd	1 8 12 20 25 28
2019-08-15	2	1st	8 17 18 28 31 34
2019-08-08	1	3rd	6 7 8 12 26 32
2019-08-05	2	3rd	3 7 8 13 26 30
2019-07-29	2	2nd	3 8 22 38 39 42
2019-07-22	18	2nd	1 8 17 19 32 38
2019-05-20	12	2nd	2 8 20 32 35 43
2019-04-08	5	2nd	7 8 10 23 28 32
2019-03-21	6	1st	8 12 16 19 24 40
2019-02-28	1	1st	8 11 19 29 31 38
2019-02-25	4	3rd	1 3 8 10 22 40
2019-02-11	7	1st	8 11 14 18 24 35
2019-01-17	1	1st	8 9 16 32 39 40
2019-01-14	3	2nd	3 8 13 16 34 35
2019-01-03	3	2nd	1 8 12 19 26 30
2018-12-24	1	2nd	5 8 13 16 23 40
2018-12-20	1	2nd	7 8 9 20 34 36
2018-12-17	1	2nd	3 8 16 19 27 29
2018-12-13	6	1st	8 21 28 29 35 43
2018-11-22	8	2nd	3 8 9 13 20 41
2018-10-25	4	1st	8 10 30 35 38 40
2018-10-11	5	1st	8 15 24 26 29 36
2018-09-24	9	1st	8 13 16 23 26 38
2018-08-23	3	1st	8 14 15 18 38 41
2018-08-13	6	1st	8 12 14 17 22 29
2018-07-23	4	3rd	3 5 8 16 20 23
2018-07-09	1	2nd	7 8 9 10 16 19
2018-07-05	2	2nd	7 8 20 25 32 40
2018-06-28	11	1st	8 19 21 23 32 41
2018-05-21	8	2nd	4 8 10 16 27 35
2018-04-23	11	3rd	3 5 8 11 24 32
2018-03-15	6	1st	8 9 16 25 26 35
2018-02-22	14	1st	8 11 13 15 31 39
2018-01-04	4	4th	4 5 7 8 12 24
2017-12-21	17	2nd	4 8 20 27 33 40
2017-10-23	12	1st	8 19 21 27 34 41
2017-09-11	21	1st	8 17 26 35 36 37
2017-06-29	3	1st	8 18 29 31 35 37
2017-06-19	32	2nd	2 8 13 29 32 39
2017-02-27	6	3rd	3 5 8 23 30 40
2017-02-06	13	1st	8 25 28 30 37 39
2016-12-22	2	2nd	1 8 13 15 21 30
2016-12-15	4	1st	8 13 17 24 34 42
2016-12-01	7	2nd	2 8 16 31 39 40
2016-11-07	2	1st	8 16 20 34 39 43
2016-10-31	5	2nd	6 8 17 22 30 32
2016-10-13	9	1st	8 11 23 33 36 37
2016-09-12	1	1st	8 18 31 33 38 42
2016-09-08	8	1st	8 12 14 33 36 41
2016-08-11	40	2nd	7 8 13 19 21 26
2016-03-24	17	1st	8 10 21 28 42 43
2016-01-25	15	2nd	6 8 9 11 25 38
2015-12-03	11	1st	8 22 25 29 33 37
2015-10-26	3	2nd	2 8 9 22 30 31
2015-10-15	1	3rd	1 4 8 23 34 37
2015-10-12	4	1st	8 9 17 18 27 34
2015-09-28	8	2nd	3 8 16 17 19 20
2015-08-31	1	2nd	6 8 18 24 29 39
2015-08-27	36	1st	8 10 18 21 32 33
2015-04-23	8	3rd	1 4 8 20 21 35
2015-03-26	1	1st	8 20 24 30 37 43
2015-03-23	7	2nd	6 8 14 24 34 41
2015-02-26	1	2nd	7 8 17 19 26 28
2015-02-23	1	1st	8 9 19 20 33 36
2015-02-19	10	2nd	5 8 15 18 29 38
2015-01-15	9	2nd	6 8 9 26 36 43
2014-12-15	6	3rd	2 5 8 10 21 32
2014-11-24	14	2nd	2 8 16 18 31 41
2014-10-06	13	2nd	4 8 12 26 39 42
2014-08-21	1	1st	8 12 14 24 33 36
2014-08-18	17	2nd	2 8 16 17 24 41
2014-06-19	2	3rd	2 7 8 22 36 39
2014-06-12	1	2nd	6 8 9 13 33 36
2014-06-09	3	1st	8 11 13 14 15 24
2014-05-29	1	3rd	1 7 8 15 16 30
2014-05-26	26	2nd	2 8 12 16 29 30
2014-02-24	8	1st	8 21 24 33 34 40
2014-01-27	6	4th	2 4 5 8 12 36
2014-01-06	1	1st	8 13 23 29 37 39
2014-01-02	5	2nd	5 8 9 11 13 16
2013-12-16	6	1st	8 11 24 26 35 41
2013-11-25	2	2nd	3 8 11 16 20 41
2013-11-18	9	2nd	7 8 20 23 37 43
2013-10-17	4	1st	8 23 28 32 38 42
2013-10-03	30	1st	8 14 22 24 33 34
2013-06-20	1	1st	8 17 26 27 30 37
2013-06-17	15	2nd	2 8 30 31 33 42
2013-04-25	15	2nd	2 8 11 13 20 28
2013-03-04	2	1st	8 20 21 30 31 32
2013-02-25	5	1st	8 14 20 23 30 38
2013-02-07	15	2nd	4 8 28 35 41 42
2012-12-17	2	4th	2 5 7 8 19 21
2012-12-10	5	1st	8 12 21 29 30 36
2012-11-22	4	2nd	1 8 11 17 21 28
2012-11-08	1	1st	8 11 16 23 33 36
2012-11-05	7	2nd	1 8 15 24 25 33
2012-10-11	9	1st	8 14 15 27 39 42
2012-09-10	4	1st	8 18 28 31 36 40
2012-08-27	1	2nd	4 8 9 15 21 41
2012-08-23	10	2nd	2 8 25 30 33 34
2012-07-19	11	1st	8 10 20 31 41 43
2012-06-11	4	3rd	3 5 8 20 28 29
2012-05-28	8	1st	8 23 24 26 39 41
2012-04-30	6	1st	8 14 16 24 25 31
2012-04-09	24	3rd	2 6 8 16 36 39
2012-01-12	4	2nd	2 8 14 30 36 41
2011-12-29	5	1st	8 14 29 33 35 43
2011-12-12	10	1st	8 10 14 23 25 40
2011-11-07	5	2nd	1 8 13 16 31 33
2011-10-20	1	3rd	2 7 8 11 27 33
2011-10-17	15	3rd	4 5 8 18 30 38
2011-08-25	7	2nd	4 8 25 29 38 41
2011-08-01	2	2nd	5 8 9 24 27 43
2011-07-25	13	3rd	1 6 8 16 27 34
2011-06-09	7	1st	8 9 17 24 38 40
2011-05-16	12	2nd	1 8 10 39 40 43
2011-04-04	3	1st	8 14 17 32 34 42
2011-03-24	5	3rd	1 7 8 11 18 34
2011-03-07	7	2nd	3 8 14 17 23 34
2011-02-10	17	1st	8 10 11 16 32 40
2010-12-13	4	1st	8 16 22 24 31 39
2010-11-29	18	3rd	5 6 8 15 26 29
2010-09-27	23	4th	2 5 6 8 33 40
2010-07-08	9	2nd	3 8 13 17 21 33
2010-06-07	9	2nd	5 8 14 22 24 30
2010-05-06	3	1st	8 16 25 31 41 42
2010-04-26	—	1st	8 10 21 30 31 42