Number 8

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/38 · Apr 2010 – Mar 2024 rules — 2,502 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

352times drawn · chance expected 329 +1.35σ

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

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

78longest completed wait · 0.7% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 352 times in 2,502 draws against 329.2 expected, +1.35σ. 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 352 times in 2,502 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 78 · 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 smallest173 · chance 146.1
2nd smallest133 · chance 151.5
3rd smallest37 · chance 48.7
4th smallest9 · chance 5.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 38.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 18 14 22 36 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2024-03-16	2	1st	8 11 13 18 37
2024-03-14	4	1st	8 14 18 22 29
2024-03-10	1	2nd	5 8 9 18 28
2024-03-09	1	1st	8

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-12-03	11	3rd	2 7 8 11 24
2023-11-22	18	2nd	4 8 17 26 37
2023-11-04	8	2nd	2 8 22 34 36
2023-10-27	16	2nd	4 8 24 28 30
2023-10-11	1	2nd	7 8 16 17 32
2023-10-10	16	1st	8 10 18 22 31
2023-09-24	11	2nd	6 8 26 30 33
2023-09-13	6	2nd	1 8 21 32 35
2023-09-07	1	1st	8 12 18 22 32
2023-09-06	9	1st	8 10 11 12 24
2023-08-28	11	2nd	1 8 9 22 31
2023-08-17	7	1st	8 12 13 26 32
2023-08-10	6	2nd	3 8 17 20 24
2023-08-04	1	1st	8 19 28 29 36
2023-08-03	11	3rd	3 7 8 14 34
2023-07-23	16	1st	8 15 27 33 36
2023-07-07	3	2nd	6 8 9 23 24
2023-07-04	5	2nd	7 8 9 25 27
2023-06-29	1	3rd	3 5 8 12 28
2023-06-28	10	1st	8 11 27 28 35
2023-06-18	2	4th	1 5 7 8 24
2023-06-16	4	2nd	3 8 12 20 32
2023-06-12	8	2nd	1 8 15 18 37
2023-06-04	15	1st	8 24 29 32 33
2023-05-20	1	1st	8 12 15 22 37
2023-05-19	10	2nd	1 8 10 24 37
2023-05-09	1	2nd	6 8 14 17 34
2023-05-08	6	1st	8 12 15 19 27
2023-05-02	2	2nd	3 8 22 26 32
2023-04-30	13	2nd	3 8 10 18 22
2023-04-17	8	1st	8 15 23 24 36
2023-04-09	1	2nd	7 8 24 29 32
2023-04-08	5	2nd	7 8 20 34 37
2023-04-03	1	1st	8 13 23 32 34
2023-04-02	1	1st	8 11 24 25 38
2023-04-01	15	1st	8 11 19 28 34
2023-03-17	10	3rd	4 5 8 13 35
2023-03-07	1	2nd	1 8 10 18 26
2023-03-06	18	3rd	2 5 8 18 36
2023-02-16	3	2nd	5 8 9 28 31
2023-02-13	78	1st	8 10 20 27 33
2015-11-27	3	2nd	5 8 30 32 37
2015-11-24	2	1st	8 18 20 23 24
2015-11-22	16	2nd	6 8 10 11 34
2015-11-06	5	2nd	5 8 24 26 27
2015-11-01	3	1st	8 9 11 30 32
2015-10-29	1	2nd	2 8 9 13 21
2015-10-28	10	4th	1 2 5 8 9
2015-10-18	1	1st	8 16 31 36 38
2015-10-17	9	2nd	7 8 19 35 37
2015-10-08	7	1st	8 18 28 30 38
2015-10-01	4	2nd	4 8 9 10 21
2015-09-27	4	2nd	1 8 17 19 23
2015-09-23	17	1st	8 17 20 27 34
2015-09-06	3	1st	8 10 14 19 31
2015-09-03	4	1st	8 15 17 23 38
2015-08-30	16	1st	8 17 20 34 38
2015-08-14	7	4th	2 4 7 8 9
2015-08-07	9	3rd	1 3 8 11 28
2015-07-29	3	1st	8 18 22 32 34
2015-07-26	2	1st	8 12 24 25 37
2015-07-24	3	1st	8 21 29 31 36
2015-07-21	13	2nd	3 8 17 25 28
2015-07-08	9	2nd	5 8 12 14 18
2015-06-29	3	1st	8 19 22 35 37
2015-06-26	3	1st	8 16 20 32 38
2015-06-23	3	1st	8 11 16 20 37
2015-06-20	1	1st	8 11 24 31 38
2015-06-19	2	2nd	5 8 9 12 27
2015-06-17	4	1st	8 27 29 32 37
2015-06-13	5	2nd	1 8 19 31 33
2015-06-08	4	2nd	7 8 16 28 38
2015-06-04	7	4th	3 5 6 8 36
2015-05-28	2	1st	8 10 19 25 33
2015-05-26	5	2nd	7 8 15 20 38
2015-05-21	4	1st	8 25 30 32 34
2015-05-17	6	1st	8 25 29 30 34
2015-05-11	6	3rd	1 2 8 11 31
2015-05-05	5	2nd	3 8 14 22 37
2015-04-30	4	1st	8 13 17 27 37
2015-04-26	16	2nd	1 8 17 21 34
2015-04-10	7	4th	4 6 7 8 14
2015-04-03	9	3rd	3 6 8 11 26
2015-03-25	2	1st	8 10 25 31 38
2015-03-23	10	2nd	1 8 10 21 24
2015-03-13	6	3rd	4 7 8 32 36
2015-03-07	10	2nd	5 8 16 25 38
2015-02-25	3	1st	8 11 13 25 32
2015-02-22	12	1st	8 13 21 25 38
2015-02-10	1	2nd	6 8 14 19 31
2015-02-09	2	1st	8 15 17 26 38
2015-02-07	3	2nd	6 8 15 27 28
2015-02-04	4	1st	8 20 25 28 29
2015-01-31	2	2nd	1 8 18 30 31
2015-01-29	1	1st	8 21 22 28 36
2015-01-28	6	1st	8 11 13 23 34
2015-01-22	2	2nd	4 8 28 30 31
2015-01-20	13	3rd	4 7 8 18 24
2015-01-07	16	1st	8 13 15 17 30
2014-12-22	6	2nd	3 8 11 19 27
2014-12-16	19	1st	8 14 18 35 38
2014-11-27	8	1st	8 9 26 36 38
2014-11-19	11	2nd	1 8 18 20 22
2014-11-08	18	1st	8 24 25 26 30
2014-10-21	9	1st	8 18 32 34 38
2014-10-12	7	2nd	6 8 12 19 30
2014-10-05	1	2nd	7 8 18 23 32
2014-10-04	11	2nd	6 8 15 25 30
2014-09-23	5	1st	8 17 28 29 32
2014-09-18	5	1st	8 11 32 34 38
2014-09-13	12	1st	8 13 20 24 33
2014-09-01	1	1st	8 13 27 30 38
2014-08-31	4	2nd	2 8 22 29 38
2014-08-27	19	1st	8 14 17 24 31
2014-08-08	8	1st	8 13 26 27 33
2014-07-31	2	1st	8 9 13 15 25
2014-07-29	2	1st	8 10 17 19 37
2014-07-27	9	2nd	7 8 14 24 38
2014-07-18	4	1st	8 16 30 33 38
2014-07-14	8	1st	8 14 18 29 33
2014-07-06	5	2nd	7 8 18 20 27
2014-07-01	3	2nd	3 8 19 33 36
2014-06-28	8	4th	1 5 7 8 16
2014-06-20	1	1st	8 17 20 28 33
2014-06-19	6	1st	8 9 18 30 35
2014-06-13	1	1st	8 11 17 18 33
2014-06-12	1	1st	8 15 19 27 30
2014-06-11	7	1st	8 23 29 35 37
2014-06-04	4	2nd	4 8 28 36 37
2014-05-31	4	1st	8 10 31 34 36
2014-05-27	6	1st	8 15 22 28 31
2014-05-21	5	2nd	1 8 22 30 35
2014-05-16	4	2nd	6 8 12 21 31
2014-05-12	17	1st	8 19 21 24 33
2014-04-25	4	1st	8 26 32 33 35
2014-04-21	2	2nd	3 8 13 23 35
2014-04-19	13	2nd	1 8 9 17 22
2014-04-06	7	2nd	7 8 20 21 26
2014-03-30	9	3rd	1 3 8 13 14
2014-03-21	11	1st	8 10 13 19 33
2014-03-10	1	3rd	4 5 8 24 32
2014-03-09	13	1st	8 21 27 36 38
2014-02-24	5	1st	8 17 21 22 33
2014-02-19	5	1st	8 20 23 24 25
2014-02-14	11	1st	8 11 14 27 30
2014-02-03	13	1st	8 11 23 26 31
2014-01-21	3	1st	8 22 30 31 34
2014-01-18	8	2nd	5 8 11 22 28
2014-01-10	1	2nd	5 8 14 16 37
2014-01-09	8	1st	8 11 18 31 34
2014-01-01	5	1st	8 12 21 22 34
2013-12-27	1	3rd	3 6 8 11 19
2013-12-26	16	2nd	5 8 18 19 34
2013-12-10	6	2nd	4 8 15 19 25
2013-12-04	12	1st	8 11 13 24 33
2013-11-22	1	1st	8 23 25 34 36
2013-11-21	1	2nd	4 8 10 19 30
2013-11-20	1	1st	8 10 16 17 21
2013-11-19	1	3rd	2 6 8 14 35
2013-11-18	32	1st	8 16 28 34 38
2013-10-17	4	3rd	2 4 8 31 37
2013-10-13	3	1st	8 14 24 34 38
2013-10-10	15	2nd	3 8 23 24 33
2013-09-25	5	1st	8 27 30 34 36
2013-09-20	2	1st	8 17 20 23 33
2013-09-18	3	1st	8 11 18 20 36
2013-09-15	15	2nd	3 8 9 19 28
2013-08-31	21	1st	8 15 18 22 27
2013-08-10	21	1st	8 11 17 18 23
2013-07-20	10	2nd	7 8 15 26 30
2013-07-10	2	1st	8 15 23 28 32
2013-07-08	1	3rd	1 6 8 11 22
2013-07-07	20	2nd	1 8 13 14 22
2013-06-17	12	1st	8 10 13 32 35
2013-06-05	3	1st	8 16 25 36 38
2013-06-02	1	1st	8 9 13 24 37
2013-06-01	1	2nd	1 8 12 14 20
2013-05-31	10	1st	8 24 26 35 38
2013-05-21	7	2nd	3 8 23 31 32
2013-05-14	12	1st	8 18 22 26 34
2013-05-02	11	2nd	7 8 13 25 27
2013-04-21	6	1st	8 10 11 22 23
2013-04-15	30	1st	8 19 23 25 27
2013-03-16	5	2nd	5 8 12 15 16
2013-03-11	1	1st	8 14 18 27 34
2013-03-10	2	1st	8 12 16 22 27
2013-03-08	5	2nd	3 8 9 31 32
2013-03-03	25	1st	8 16 22 28 35
2013-02-06	8	2nd	3 8 24 31 32
2013-01-29	11	1st	8 9 26 34 36
2013-01-18	2	3rd	2 4 8 14 38
2013-01-16	2	1st	8 15 23 27 33
2013-01-14	7	1st	8 10 14 19 36
2013-01-07	4	2nd	3 8 13 32 36
2013-01-03	2	1st	8 14 21 26 36
2013-01-01	21	1st	8 11 12 25 28
2012-12-11	1	1st	8 17 19 24 27
2012-12-10	3	2nd	5 8 10 19 23
2012-12-07	28	1st	8 10 18 22 23
2012-11-09	3	1st	8 11 17 23 26
2012-11-06	4	1st	8 10 19 26 31
2012-11-02	7	1st	8 13 16 21 38
2012-10-26	4	2nd	3 8 11 18 24
2012-10-22	6	2nd	6 8 12 14 17
2012-10-16	2	1st	8 13 23 28 37
2012-10-14	9	2nd	6 8 11 14 18
2012-10-05	5	1st	8 15 18 28 36
2012-09-30	3	1st	8 18 31 37 38
2012-09-27	5	1st	8 15 29 30 38
2012-09-22	4	2nd	7 8 13 32 33
2012-09-18	3	2nd	2 8 23 25 26
2012-09-15	3	1st	8 12 24 26 29
2012-09-12	3	3rd	1 2 8 25 29
2012-09-09	2	2nd	2 8 15 28 35
2012-09-07	6	2nd	1 8 17 20 32
2012-09-01	3	1st	8 10 13 17 19
2012-08-29	6	1st	8 10 22 26 35
2012-08-23	2	2nd	4 8 10 35 36
2012-08-21	13	1st	8 9 13 15 32
2012-08-08	8	1st	8 9 16 36 37
2012-07-31	7	2nd	5 8 14 16 18
2012-07-24	6	1st	8 19 25 26 27
2012-07-18	3	2nd	4 8 17 21 29
2012-07-15	1	3rd	4 7 8 18 26
2012-07-14	8	1st	8 24 25 28 34
2012-07-06	10	1st	8 16 24 28 34
2012-06-26	2	1st	8 12 17 25 36
2012-06-24	6	2nd	3 8 25 30 36
2012-06-18	14	1st	8 9 26 33 35
2012-06-04	9	1st	8 10 28 35 36
2012-05-26	9	2nd	7 8 11 14 17
2012-05-17	2	2nd	1 8 11 26 33
2012-05-15	1	2nd	1 8 15 16 37
2012-05-14	4	1st	8 10 23 28 35
2012-05-10	23	2nd	7 8 15 22 25
2012-04-17	3	3rd	2 4 8 15 33
2012-04-14	4	2nd	1 8 20 27 28
2012-04-10	1	1st	8 21 22 28 38
2012-04-09	18	1st	8 11 13 15 37
2012-03-22	1	1st	8 10 29 33 36
2012-03-21	1	2nd	7 8 12 25 34
2012-03-20	2	1st	8 15 27 28 31
2012-03-18	4	1st	8 15 18 24 33
2012-03-14	11	4th	3 4 5 8 27
2012-03-03	6	1st	8 10 30 32 35
2012-02-26	9	1st	8 20 30 36 38
2012-02-17	13	1st	8 13 18 21 36
2012-02-04	20	1st	8 13 15 33 34
2012-01-15	2	2nd	7 8 22 24 29
2012-01-13	9	1st	8 13 15 25 36
2012-01-04	6	1st	8 9 14 30 37
2011-12-29	9	3rd	3 6 8 19 20
2011-12-20	5	3rd	1 4 8 14 37
2011-12-15	9	2nd	3 8 10 25 36
2011-12-06	7	3rd	1 7 8 10 23
2011-11-29	3	2nd	1 8 25 27 31
2011-11-26	10	1st	8 13 18 32 36
2011-11-16	30	1st	8 12 26 31 36
2011-10-17	9	1st	8 19 27 35 37
2011-10-08	2	2nd	7 8 14 23 32
2011-10-06	4	1st	8 25 27 31 37
2011-10-02	15	2nd	1 8 21 27 33
2011-09-17	11	2nd	3 8 21 33 37
2011-09-06	3	2nd	1 8 21 30 33
2011-09-03	16	2nd	4 8 18 25 28
2011-08-18	16	1st	8 26 32 34 37
2011-08-02	7	2nd	7 8 13 30 37
2011-07-26	4	1st	8 9 10 19 32
2011-07-22	6	2nd	3 8 25 26 33
2011-07-16	3	2nd	7 8 18 33 35
2011-07-13	8	3rd	1 7 8 9 21
2011-07-05	6	1st	8 15 17 29 31
2011-06-29	2	1st	8 10 21 29 33
2011-06-27	2	1st	8 10 17 18 22
2011-06-25	1	1st	8 15 24 29 32
2011-06-24	3	2nd	6 8 14 35 36
2011-06-21	16	1st	8 10 13 14 33
2011-06-05	4	1st	8 11 17 19 30
2011-06-01	16	3rd	5 7 8 15 19
2011-05-16	2	1st	8 14 24 25 38
2011-05-14	4	1st	8 25 28 31 36
2011-05-10	31	2nd	6 8 10 29 32
2011-04-09	1	1st	8 20 27 28 34
2011-04-08	1	2nd	4 8 24 25 29
2011-04-07	14	1st	8 17 19 32 34
2011-03-24	7	3rd	1 4 8 20 31
2011-03-17	1	2nd	3 8 22 23 31
2011-03-16	5	1st	8 18 31 36 37
2011-03-11	13	1st	8 9 13 19 20
2011-02-26	17	3rd	1 6 8 27 31
2011-02-09	10	1st	8 11 22 28 38
2011-01-30	17	1st	8 9 18 20 21
2011-01-13	6	2nd	1 8 14 19 32
2011-01-07	2	1st	8 21 23 31 37
2011-01-05	2	2nd	1 8 9 14 18
2011-01-03	6	2nd	5 8 10 14 35
2010-12-28	1	1st	8 23 32 35 36
2010-12-27	2	2nd	7 8 14 15 27
2010-12-25	14	2nd	1 8 20 25 32
2010-12-11	4	2nd	5 8 9 10 36
2010-12-07	6	1st	8 11 13 20 25
2010-12-01	13	2nd	5 8 12 15 34
2010-11-16	6	1st	8 16 19 26 35
2010-11-09	5	3rd	1 4 8 36 38
2010-11-03	8	1st	8 11 14 32 34
2010-10-25	3	2nd	6 8 9 14 23
2010-10-21	18	2nd	6 8 30 36 38
2010-09-30	7	1st	8 16 21 23 35
2010-09-22	5	1st	8 10 20 26 34
2010-09-16	3	3rd	3 7 8 13 31
2010-09-13	1	1st	8 15 27 29 32
2010-09-11	3	2nd	1 8 10 11 38
2010-09-08	10	2nd	6 8 19 24 33
2010-08-27	3	1st	8 12 20 34 38
2010-08-24	1	2nd	4 8 14 22 33
2010-08-23	11	2nd	3 8 22 29 38
2010-08-10	6	3rd	1 3 8 15 37
2010-08-03	6	2nd	7 8 20 23 27
2010-07-27	6	2nd	7 8 14 26 28
2010-07-20	2	1st	8 22 26 30 33
2010-07-17	1	2nd	3 8 14 15 35
2010-07-16	11	1st	8 23 27 28 32
2010-07-03	13	3rd	4 5 8 12 29
2010-06-18	10	2nd	2 8 11 22 36
2010-06-07	18	2nd	5 8 22 23 30
2010-05-17	20	1st	8 13 23 34 36
2010-04-23	11	1st	8 9 16 24 27
2010-04-10	—	1st	8 9 26 33 34