In MultiMatch under the 6/43 + 1/0 · Nov 2022 – Sep 2025 rules — 296 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).
29times drawn · chance expected 41 −2.06σ
18draws waiting · a wait this long: 8% for any number
9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2
37longest completed wait · 12% chance of one at least that long
8 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 29 times in 296 draws against 41.3 expected, −2.06σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
8
Number 8, draw by draw
Drawn 29 times in 296 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 18 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.
Never drawn alongside 1 of the other 42 numbers; chance expects about 1 such strangers 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.
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.