Number 8

In Hit 5 under the 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020 rules — 1,676 draws, 5 from 1–39 (an earlier era).

211times drawn · chance expected 215 −0.28σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

47longest completed wait · 32% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 211 times in 1,676 draws against 214.9 expected, −0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 211 times in 1,676 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 47 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest77 · chance 89.9
2nd smallest110 · chance 89.9
3rd smallest22 · chance 27.9
4th smallest2 · chance 3.1
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 17 1 13 34 14

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
2020-09-05	38	1st	8 12 15 33 35
2020-06-17	4	2nd	7 8 22 23 30
2020-06-08	4	2nd	2 8 10 12 13
2020-05-30	3	2nd	2 8 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.

2019-11-02	47	2nd	6 8 17 19 23
2019-07-15	2	2nd	1 8 15 25 28
2019-07-10	6	1st	8 10 27 33 39
2019-06-26	2	2nd	4 8 9 19 37
2019-06-22	7	2nd	3 8 11 27 33
2019-06-05	1	2nd	5 8 21 23 36
2019-06-03	5	3rd	3 4 8 11 34
2019-05-22	11	2nd	7 8 9 14 21
2019-04-27	2	1st	8 21 27 31 39
2019-04-22	2	2nd	2 8 9 30 31
2019-04-17	5	2nd	1 8 24 30 38
2019-04-06	5	2nd	7 8 9 22 26
2019-03-25	7	2nd	6 8 14 21 29
2019-03-09	9	2nd	5 8 9 10 13
2019-02-16	1	1st	8 10 21 27 37
2019-02-13	7	1st	8 10 36 37 38
2019-01-28	1	2nd	3 8 18 27 36
2019-01-26	19	2nd	2 8 10 22 33
2018-12-12	8	1st	8 10 13 25 38
2018-11-24	1	2nd	2 8 12 15 25
2018-11-21	1	3rd	1 7 8 13 16
2018-11-19	4	1st	8 18 28 37 39
2018-11-10	13	1st	8 14 22 25 30
2018-10-10	7	2nd	5 8 16 23 26
2018-09-24	17	3rd	5 6 8 15 22
2018-08-15	1	2nd	2 8 12 23 25
2018-08-13	15	4th	1 3 6 8 35
2018-07-09	17	1st	8 9 21 23 30
2018-05-30	17	2nd	5 8 12 31 34
2018-04-21	18	1st	8 10 14 15 34
2018-03-10	1	1st	8 14 19 28 39
2018-03-07	2	1st	8 12 16 34 39
2018-03-03	10	3rd	2 5 8 17 30
2018-02-07	30	2nd	6 8 10 21 26
2017-11-29	10	2nd	7 8 20 37 38
2017-11-06	2	1st	8 10 16 23 34
2017-11-01	2	2nd	4 8 22 27 28
2017-10-28	2	1st	8 20 28 32 34
2017-10-23	10	1st	8 15 24 36 38
2017-09-30	4	1st	8 11 29 30 32
2017-09-20	5	4th	2 3 4 8 10
2017-09-09	4	1st	8 15 17 25 29
2017-08-30	9	2nd	7 8 14 31 39
2017-08-09	22	1st	8 11 13 15 26
2017-06-19	13	1st	8 12 18 19 24
2017-05-20	2	3rd	6 7 8 10 18
2017-05-15	3	1st	8 26 27 32 37
2017-05-08	25	2nd	6 8 9 11 38
2017-03-11	2	1st	8 20 24 26 31
2017-03-06	13	2nd	2 8 10 28 36
2017-02-04	11	1st	8 14 16 20 32
2017-01-09	1	3rd	1 5 8 15 30
2017-01-07	2	2nd	7 8 21 26 32
2017-01-02	1	2nd	3 8 13 15 39
2016-12-31	12	2nd	5 8 11 13 31
2016-12-03	3	1st	8 9 11 22 33
2016-11-26	2	2nd	1 8 9 10 31
2016-11-21	12	2nd	7 8 11 33 35
2016-10-24	9	1st	8 17 18 31 34
2016-10-03	17	2nd	5 8 26 29 32
2016-08-24	1	1st	8 12 13 19 37
2016-08-22	2	1st	8 10 17 20 35
2016-08-17	23	3rd	1 6 8 25 26
2016-06-25	3	2nd	1 8 12 34 37
2016-06-18	2	3rd	1 6 8 15 35
2016-06-13	6	2nd	1 8 16 21 28
2016-05-30	4	1st	8 14 15 20 38
2016-05-21	5	1st	8 11 24 31 33
2016-05-09	2	3rd	1 5 8 13 17
2016-05-04	5	3rd	2 4 8 16 23
2016-04-23	12	2nd	4 8 10 13 28
2016-03-26	1	1st	8 19 21 32 36
2016-03-23	19	1st	8 15 19 34 39
2016-02-08	4	2nd	1 8 16 26 37
2016-01-30	8	2nd	1 8 11 25 32
2016-01-11	8	1st	8 15 16 17 34
2015-12-23	1	1st	8 33 35 36 38
2015-12-21	23	3rd	3 7 8 16 19
2015-10-28	7	3rd	1 5 8 16 34
2015-10-12	9	2nd	5 8 11 14 17
2015-09-21	6	2nd	7 8 11 25 28
2015-09-07	3	1st	8 15 24 25 26
2015-08-31	7	2nd	3 8 13 25 34
2015-08-15	26	2nd	7 8 21 33 37
2015-06-15	3	2nd	4 8 12 20 34
2015-06-08	3	2nd	2 8 26 33 39
2015-06-01	9	1st	8 10 16 19 27
2015-05-11	6	1st	8 16 24 34 35
2015-04-27	3	1st	8 18 19 20 27
2015-04-20	7	1st	8 18 20 23 36
2015-04-04	3	1st	8 9 15 24 38
2015-03-28	23	2nd	6 8 13 37 38
2015-02-02	9	1st	8 19 23 24 30
2015-01-12	1	2nd	3 8 18 32 39
2015-01-10	7	1st	8 13 14 16 29
2014-12-24	3	2nd	2 8 18 19 22
2014-12-17	1	1st	8 10 19 29 39
2014-12-15	16	2nd	7 8 17 28 36
2014-11-08	13	1st	8 10 12 13 34
2014-10-08	8	3rd	4 5 8 27 30
2014-09-20	3	2nd	5 8 17 26 33
2014-09-13	13	2nd	1 8 16 19 29
2014-08-13	28	1st	8 20 25 32 37
2014-06-09	11	2nd	5 8 16 21 31
2014-05-14	13	2nd	3 8 25 29 39
2014-04-14	2	1st	8 17 19 24 31
2014-04-09	8	2nd	7 8 20 23 37
2014-03-22	3	1st	8 11 14 19 28
2014-03-15	7	2nd	4 8 13 22 23
2014-02-26	23	1st	8 17 28 33 37
2014-01-04	1	1st	8 12 17 25 36
2014-01-01	7	2nd	1 8 10 33 35
2013-12-16	3	2nd	2 8 17 20 31
2013-12-09	10	2nd	6 8 18 27 30
2013-11-16	5	2nd	5 8 13 29 37
2013-11-04	13	2nd	2 8 14 31 34
2013-10-05	10	3rd	1 4 8 30 32
2013-09-11	2	1st	8 17 22 23 28
2013-09-07	2	1st	8 11 26 29 35
2013-09-02	27	2nd	1 8 17 19 34
2013-07-01	4	2nd	4 8 9 14 21
2013-06-22	30	3rd	2 6 8 10 27
2013-04-13	2	2nd	1 8 14 35 36
2013-04-08	5	2nd	7 8 11 21 22
2013-03-27	17	2nd	2 8 22 35 39
2013-02-16	3	1st	8 11 16 22 32
2013-02-09	4	2nd	2 8 28 35 36
2013-01-30	11	2nd	5 8 9 27 39
2013-01-05	3	1st	8 14 23 31 34
2012-12-29	2	1st	8 11 14 34 35
2012-12-24	1	2nd	3 8 21 27 29
2012-12-22	1	2nd	7 8 10 13 17
2012-12-19	1	2nd	3 8 9 26 38
2012-12-17	6	1st	8 10 17 23 35
2012-12-03	1	2nd	1 8 18 23 24
2012-12-01	36	3rd	1 4 8 13 21
2012-09-08	19	2nd	5 8 15 35 36
2012-07-25	8	1st	8 13 18 23 29
2012-07-07	7	2nd	4 8 17 30 38
2012-06-20	21	2nd	4 8 11 18 39
2012-05-02	1	2nd	1 8 13 24 35
2012-04-30	5	1st	8 17 19 27 28
2012-04-18	3	3rd	6 7 8 14 30
2012-04-11	16	2nd	2 8 16 19 28
2012-03-05	23	2nd	3 8 17 29 34
2012-01-11	7	1st	8 10 17 24 27
2011-12-26	8	2nd	3 8 27 35 38
2011-12-07	10	2nd	2 8 11 30 37
2011-11-14	11	2nd	7 8 14 30 32
2011-10-19	5	2nd	5 8 16 29 36
2011-10-08	10	1st	8 11 25 26 35
2011-09-14	7	2nd	5 8 9 13 15
2011-08-29	14	3rd	2 6 8 15 26
2011-07-27	13	2nd	4 8 13 27 31
2011-06-27	5	1st	8 9 18 25 35
2011-06-15	9	2nd	2 8 12 21 30
2011-05-25	17	1st	8 12 18 19 26
2011-04-16	4	2nd	4 8 11 27 34
2011-04-06	4	2nd	2 8 24 26 38
2011-03-28	10	2nd	7 8 10 17 36
2011-03-05	2	1st	8 15 24 27 35
2011-02-28	13	2nd	3 8 17 19 31
2011-01-29	20	2nd	6 8 9 15 19
2010-12-13	2	2nd	4 8 19 26 27
2010-12-08	3	1st	8 10 18 24 34
2010-12-01	5	2nd	7 8 24 38 39
2010-11-20	4	3rd	1 4 8 34 37
2010-11-10	1	2nd	3 8 12 14 31
2010-11-08	3	1st	8 16 22 26 39
2010-11-01	1	1st	8 15 23 28 29
2010-10-30	8	1st	8 10 23 33 38
2010-10-11	20	1st	8 12 14 29 39
2010-08-25	1	1st	8 11 12 13 37
2010-08-23	4	2nd	1 8 20 23 36
2010-08-14	12	1st	8 9 14 28 32
2010-07-17	6	1st	8 11 17 21 31
2010-07-03	9	2nd	3 8 10 15 31
2010-06-12	10	2nd	3 8 14 32 34
2010-05-19	15	1st	8 20 24 29 33
2010-04-14	5	2nd	3 8 13 35 37
2010-04-03	3	2nd	3 8 26 29 32
2010-03-27	10	2nd	6 8 20 21 32
2010-03-03	4	2nd	3 8 15 28 37
2010-02-22	10	2nd	7 8 9 10 23
2010-01-30	4	1st	8 9 12 16 17
2010-01-20	8	2nd	3 8 13 14 31
2010-01-02	—	1st	8 14 17 21 26