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Number 8 In Powerball under the 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 rules — 578 draws, 5 from 1–45 (an earlier era).
5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/35 · Jan 2012 – Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/39 · Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 5/55 + 1/42 · Aug 2005 – Jan 2009 5/53 + 1/42 · Oct 2002 – Aug 2005 5/49 + 1/42 · Nov 1997 – Oct 2002 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 64 times drawn · chance expected 64 −0.03σ
14 draws waiting · a wait this long: 22% for any number
8.9 average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0
78 longest completed wait · 0.7% chance of one at least that long
8 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 64 times in 578 draws against 64.2 expected, −0.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 10 times, counted separately.
8 Number 8, draw by draw Drawn 64 times in 578 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 78 · waiting 14 draws now
9 draws: 1992-04-29 to 1992-05-30 3 draws: 1992-05-30 to 1992-06-10 16 draws: 1992-06-10 to 1992-08-05 19 draws: 1992-08-05 to 1992-10-10 7 draws: 1992-10-10 to 1992-11-04 21 draws: 1992-11-04 to 1993-01-16 1 draws: 1993-01-16 to 1993-01-20 1 draws: 1993-01-20 to 1993-01-23 25 draws: 1993-01-23 to 1993-04-21 22 draws: 1993-04-21 to 1993-07-07 21 draws: 1993-07-07 to 1993-09-18 2 draws: 1993-09-18 to 1993-09-25 24 draws: 1993-09-25 to 1993-12-18 2 draws: 1993-12-18 to 1993-12-25 6 draws: 1993-12-25 to 1994-01-15 2 draws: 1994-01-15 to 1994-01-22 2 draws: 1994-01-22 to 1994-01-29 1 draws: 1994-01-29 to 1994-02-02 4 draws: 1994-02-02 to 1994-02-16 1 draws: 1994-02-16 to 1994-02-19 3 draws: 1994-02-19 to 1994-03-02 4 draws: 1994-03-02 to 1994-03-16 11 draws: 1994-03-16 to 1994-04-23 2 draws: 1994-04-23 to 1994-04-30 10 draws: 1994-04-30 to 1994-06-04 5 draws: 1994-06-04 to 1994-06-22 6 draws: 1994-06-22 to 1994-07-13 5 draws: 1994-07-13 to 1994-07-30 9 draws: 1994-07-30 to 1994-08-31 10 draws: 1994-08-31 to 1994-10-05 8 draws: 1994-10-05 to 1994-11-02 9 draws: 1994-11-02 to 1994-12-03 5 draws: 1994-12-03 to 1994-12-21 9 draws: 1994-12-21 to 1995-01-21 1 draws: 1995-01-21 to 1995-01-25 11 draws: 1995-01-25 to 1995-03-04 78 draws: 1995-03-04 to 1995-12-02 7 draws: 1995-12-02 to 1995-12-27 2 draws: 1995-12-27 to 1996-01-03 3 draws: 1996-01-03 to 1996-01-13 4 draws: 1996-01-13 to 1996-01-27 5 draws: 1996-01-27 to 1996-02-14 19 draws: 1996-02-14 to 1996-04-20 8 draws: 1996-04-20 to 1996-05-18 6 draws: 1996-05-18 to 1996-06-08 5 draws: 1996-06-08 to 1996-06-26 11 draws: 1996-06-26 to 1996-08-03 1 draws: 1996-08-03 to 1996-08-07 10 draws: 1996-08-07 to 1996-09-11 11 draws: 1996-09-11 to 1996-10-19 10 draws: 1996-10-19 to 1996-11-23 5 draws: 1996-11-23 to 1996-12-11 16 draws: 1996-12-11 to 1997-02-05 4 draws: 1997-02-05 to 1997-02-19 2 draws: 1997-02-19 to 1997-02-26 11 draws: 1997-02-26 to 1997-04-05 8 draws: 1997-04-05 to 1997-05-03 1 draws: 1997-05-03 to 1997-05-07 2 draws: 1997-05-07 to 1997-05-14 2 draws: 1997-05-14 to 1997-05-21 5 draws: 1997-05-21 to 1997-06-07 23 draws: 1997-06-07 to 1997-08-27 5 draws: 1997-08-27 to 1997-09-13 Still waiting — at least 14 draws since 1997-09-13 1992-04-29 1992-05-30 1992-06-10 1992-08-05 1992-10-10 1992-11-04 1993-01-16 1993-01-20 1993-01-23 1993-04-21 1993-07-07 1993-09-18 1993-09-25 1993-12-18 1993-12-25 1994-01-15 1994-01-22 1994-01-29 1994-02-02 1994-02-16 1994-02-19 1994-03-02 1994-03-16 1994-04-23 1994-04-30 1994-06-04 1994-06-22 1994-07-13 1994-07-30 1994-08-31 1994-10-05 1994-11-02 1994-12-03 1994-12-21 1995-01-21 1995-01-25 1995-03-04 1995-12-02 1995-12-27 1996-01-03 1996-01-13 1996-01-27 1996-02-14 1996-04-20 1996-05-18 1996-06-08 1996-06-26 1996-08-03 1996-08-07 1996-09-11 1996-10-19 1996-11-23 1996-12-11 1997-02-05 1997-02-19 1997-02-26 1997-04-05 1997-05-03 1997-05-07 1997-05-14 1997-05-21 1997-06-07 1997-08-27 1997-09-13 1992-04-22 1997-11-01
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1st smallest 29 · chance 31.1 2nd smallest 28 · chance 25.6 3rd smallest 6 · chance 6.6 4th smallest 1 · chance 0.6 5th smallest 0 · chance 0.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.8 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 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 45. 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.