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Number 8 In Mega Millions under the 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 rules — 869 draws, 5 from 1–56 (an earlier era).
Main numbers Stars 5/70 + 1/24 · since Apr 2025 5/70 + 1/25 · Oct 2017 – Apr 2025 5/75 + 1/15 · Oct 2013 – Oct 2017 5/56 + 1/46 · Jun 2005 – Oct 2013 5/52 + 1/52 · May 2002 – Jun 2005 5/50 + 1/36 · Jan 1999 – May 2002 5/50 + 1/25 · Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 69 times drawn · chance expected 78 −1.02σ
22 draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number
12.2 average wait between appearances · chance says 11.2
42 longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long
8 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 69 times in 869 draws against 77.6 expected, −1.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 22 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
8 Number 8, draw by draw Drawn 69 times in 869 draws · average wait 12.2 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 22 draws now
3 draws: 2005-08-12 to 2005-08-23 4 draws: 2005-08-23 to 2005-09-06 15 draws: 2005-09-06 to 2005-10-28 3 draws: 2005-10-28 to 2005-11-08 3 draws: 2005-11-08 to 2005-11-18 3 draws: 2005-11-18 to 2005-11-29 11 draws: 2005-11-29 to 2006-01-06 6 draws: 2006-01-06 to 2006-01-27 14 draws: 2006-01-27 to 2006-03-17 8 draws: 2006-03-17 to 2006-04-14 6 draws: 2006-04-14 to 2006-05-05 10 draws: 2006-05-05 to 2006-06-09 42 draws: 2006-06-09 to 2006-11-03 21 draws: 2006-11-03 to 2007-01-16 28 draws: 2007-01-16 to 2007-04-24 26 draws: 2007-04-24 to 2007-07-24 6 draws: 2007-07-24 to 2007-08-14 1 draws: 2007-08-14 to 2007-08-17 1 draws: 2007-08-17 to 2007-08-21 3 draws: 2007-08-21 to 2007-08-31 17 draws: 2007-08-31 to 2007-10-30 26 draws: 2007-10-30 to 2008-01-29 15 draws: 2008-01-29 to 2008-03-21 5 draws: 2008-03-21 to 2008-04-08 7 draws: 2008-04-08 to 2008-05-02 6 draws: 2008-05-02 to 2008-05-23 4 draws: 2008-05-23 to 2008-06-06 2 draws: 2008-06-06 to 2008-06-13 4 draws: 2008-06-13 to 2008-06-27 14 draws: 2008-06-27 to 2008-08-15 37 draws: 2008-08-15 to 2008-12-23 40 draws: 2008-12-23 to 2009-05-12 19 draws: 2009-05-12 to 2009-07-17 1 draws: 2009-07-17 to 2009-07-21 7 draws: 2009-07-21 to 2009-08-14 25 draws: 2009-08-14 to 2009-11-10 2 draws: 2009-11-10 to 2009-11-17 13 draws: 2009-11-17 to 2010-01-01 6 draws: 2010-01-01 to 2010-01-22 1 draws: 2010-01-22 to 2010-01-26 24 draws: 2010-01-26 to 2010-04-20 22 draws: 2010-04-20 to 2010-07-06 18 draws: 2010-07-06 to 2010-09-07 7 draws: 2010-09-07 to 2010-10-01 11 draws: 2010-10-01 to 2010-11-09 12 draws: 2010-11-09 to 2010-12-21 4 draws: 2010-12-21 to 2011-01-04 6 draws: 2011-01-04 to 2011-01-25 5 draws: 2011-01-25 to 2011-02-11 6 draws: 2011-02-11 to 2011-03-04 42 draws: 2011-03-04 to 2011-07-29 42 draws: 2011-07-29 to 2011-12-23 23 draws: 2011-12-23 to 2012-03-13 16 draws: 2012-03-13 to 2012-05-08 11 draws: 2012-05-08 to 2012-06-15 12 draws: 2012-06-15 to 2012-07-27 6 draws: 2012-07-27 to 2012-08-17 11 draws: 2012-08-17 to 2012-09-25 1 draws: 2012-09-25 to 2012-09-28 2 draws: 2012-09-28 to 2012-10-05 14 draws: 2012-10-05 to 2012-11-23 16 draws: 2012-11-23 to 2013-01-18 3 draws: 2013-01-18 to 2013-01-29 13 draws: 2013-01-29 to 2013-03-15 6 draws: 2013-03-15 to 2013-04-05 4 draws: 2013-04-05 to 2013-04-19 20 draws: 2013-04-19 to 2013-06-28 10 draws: 2013-06-28 to 2013-08-02 Still waiting — at least 22 draws since 2013-08-02 2005-08-12 2005-08-23 2005-09-06 2005-10-28 2005-11-08 2005-11-18 2005-11-29 2006-01-06 2006-01-27 2006-03-17 2006-04-14 2006-05-05 2006-06-09 2006-11-03 2007-01-16 2007-04-24 2007-07-24 2007-08-14 2007-08-17 2007-08-21 2007-08-31 2007-10-30 2008-01-29 2008-03-21 2008-04-08 2008-05-02 2008-05-23 2008-06-06 2008-06-13 2008-06-27 2008-08-15 2008-12-23 2009-05-12 2009-07-17 2009-07-21 2009-08-14 2009-11-10 2009-11-17 2010-01-01 2010-01-22 2010-01-26 2010-04-20 2010-07-06 2010-09-07 2010-10-01 2010-11-09 2010-12-21 2011-01-04 2011-01-25 2011-02-11 2011-03-04 2011-07-29 2011-12-23 2012-03-13 2012-05-08 2012-06-15 2012-07-27 2012-08-17 2012-09-25 2012-09-28 2012-10-05 2012-11-23 2013-01-18 2013-01-29 2013-03-15 2013-04-05 2013-04-19 2013-06-28 2013-08-02 2005-06-24 2013-10-18
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1st smallest 42 · chance 39.4 2nd smallest 22 · chance 24.5 3rd smallest 4 · chance 4.8 4th smallest 1 · chance 0.3 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 55 numbers; chance expected about 0.4 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 56. 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 ← number 7 Every number number 9 → 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 5/56 tonight whatever it did last week.