Number 8

In Cash 5 under the 5/39 · Apr 2010 – May 2016 rules — 2,219 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

311times drawn · chance expected 284 +1.68σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

38longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 311 times in 2,219 draws against 284.5 expected, +1.68σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 311 times in 2,219 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 1 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 smallest136 · chance 132.6
2nd smallest133 · chance 132.6
3rd smallest41 · chance 41.1
4th smallest1 · chance 4.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 32.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

30 22 9 6 16 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2016-05-15	7	2nd	4 8 12 17 24
2016-05-08	12	2nd	6 8 13 20 24
2016-04-26	4	2nd	3 8 13 21 37
2016-04-22	5	1st	8 9 12

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

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