Number 8

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/42 · since Mar 2024 rules — 949 draws, 5 from 1–42.

117times drawn · chance expected 113 +0.40σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 15% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

32longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 117 times in 949 draws against 113.0 expected, +0.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 117 times in 949 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 16 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 smallest50 · chance 53.6
2nd smallest49 · chance 48.4
3rd smallest14 · chance 13.6
4th smallest4 · chance 1.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 7 28 33 35 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-06	1	1st	8 25 28 30 40
2026-10-05	7	1st	8 19 21 31 42
2026-09-28	8	2nd	1 8 37 38 42
2026-09-20	8	1st	8 33

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-06	8	3rd	1 7 8 15 41
2026-02-26	3	1st	8 25 28 29 41
2026-02-23	8	2nd	6 8 15 17 26
2026-02-15	14	1st	8 10 16 20 35
2026-02-01	7	1st	8 18 37 38 41
2026-01-25	19	1st	8 9 13 34 37
2026-01-06	14	2nd	3 8 11 12 34
2025-12-23	2	3rd	1 5 8 34 42
2025-12-21	1	1st	8 15 23 27 33
2025-12-20	7	2nd	5 8 11 17 26
2025-12-13	5	2nd	7 8 18 25 34
2025-12-08	2	1st	8 18 23 31 33
2025-12-06	8	1st	8 22 24 40 41
2025-11-28	6	1st	8 15 18 22 24
2025-11-22	4	3rd	1 4 8 33 36
2025-11-18	1	3rd	2 5 8 17 20
2025-11-17	7	1st	8 25 26 35 39
2025-11-10	17	1st	8 17 21 36 41
2025-10-24	5	2nd	6 8 30 37 38
2025-10-19	9	2nd	1 8 18 21 23
2025-10-10	6	1st	8 18 25 32 42
2025-10-04	24	2nd	1 8 19 28 40
2025-09-10	1	1st	8 11 28 31 35
2025-09-09	8	2nd	7 8 10 26 41
2025-09-01	2	2nd	1 8 14 24 39
2025-08-30	5	1st	8 24 28 39 41
2025-08-25	6	1st	8 22 28 32 36
2025-08-19	2	2nd	5 8 23 24 26
2025-08-17	3	2nd	1 8 23 41 42
2025-08-14	12	2nd	1 8 22 29 34
2025-08-02	17	2nd	2 8 19 27 28
2025-07-16	7	3rd	2 6 8 9 18
2025-07-09	2	3rd	2 3 8 13 20
2025-07-07	4	2nd	5 8 20 22 23
2025-07-03	4	1st	8 11 24 30 37
2025-06-29	10	2nd	3 8 20 35 38
2025-06-19	4	1st	8 15 18 25 29
2025-06-15	15	2nd	7 8 33 36 40
2025-05-31	6	2nd	6 8 11 15 24
2025-05-25	1	1st	8 13 17 26 30
2025-05-24	1	4th	2 5 7 8 39
2025-05-23	1	1st	8 9 25 36 37
2025-05-22	6	1st	8 17 25 32 41
2025-05-16	6	3rd	1 6 8 10 29
2025-05-10	1	1st	8 10 23 28 29
2025-05-09	4	3rd	6 7 8 24 37
2025-05-05	3	2nd	3 8 9 20 41
2025-05-02	11	4th	3 4 6 8 35
2025-04-21	9	1st	8 10 19 27 37
2025-04-12	1	2nd	1 8 15 28 41
2025-04-11	21	1st	8 22 23 34 37
2025-03-21	13	2nd	5 8 31 40 41
2025-03-08	2	2nd	6 8 13 15 33
2025-03-06	12	2nd	7 8 30 35 37
2025-02-22	7	2nd	3 8 17 33 42
2025-02-15	1	2nd	6 8 12 28 38
2025-02-14	6	2nd	3 8 15 25 31
2025-02-08	14	2nd	2 8 10 15 42
2025-01-25	9	1st	8 13 24 30 36
2025-01-16	2	2nd	2 8 9 14 35
2025-01-14	3	3rd	1 5 8 36 39
2025-01-11	1	2nd	3 8 26 27 31
2025-01-10	3	2nd	5 8 24 26 29
2025-01-07	12	2nd	7 8 17 20 23
2024-12-26	13	3rd	3 7 8 28 31
2024-12-13	1	1st	8 10 14 28 35
2024-12-12	20	4th	2 3 5 8 13
2024-11-22	4	1st	8 13 27 33 42
2024-11-18	10	1st	8 13 24 30 35
2024-11-08	11	3rd	1 7 8 9 18
2024-10-28	4	2nd	1 8 16 28 32
2024-10-24	10	2nd	7 8 20 23 25
2024-10-14	3	1st	8 9 17 21 30
2024-10-11	15	1st	8 20 24 28 29
2024-09-26	2	1st	8 19 32 39 42
2024-09-24	11	2nd	7 8 16 21 23
2024-09-13	2	4th	1 2 4 8 16
2024-09-11	3	2nd	1 8 15 16 20
2024-09-08	20	3rd	1 7 8 28 33
2024-08-19	6	1st	8 14 22 30 33
2024-08-13	23	1st	8 18 25 26 33
2024-07-21	4	2nd	5 8 35 36 39
2024-07-17	7	1st	8 19 23 25 33
2024-07-10	11	3rd	6 7 8 22 26
2024-06-29	6	1st	8 17 19 26 38
2024-06-23	9	1st	8 13 23 25 34
2024-06-14	16	1st	8 9 13 19 34
2024-05-29	24	1st	8 13 16 34 39
2024-05-05	4	1st	8 11 31 37 39
2024-05-01	1	2nd	7 8 32 35 39
2024-04-30	6	1st	8 24 31 38 40
2024-04-24	9	2nd	5 8 10 18 37
2024-04-15	—	2nd	1 8 25 26 29