In Loto Cash under the 5/35 + 2/10 · since Sep 2025 rules — 152 draws, 5 from 1–35.
23times drawn · chance expected 22 +0.30σ
3draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number
6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0
21longest completed wait · 64% chance of one at least that long
8 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 23 times in 152 draws against 21.7 expected, +0.30σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
8
Number 8, draw by draw
Drawn 23 times in 152 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 21 · waiting 3 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 2 of the other 34 numbers; chance expects about 2 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 35. 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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.