Number 8

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,631 draws, 6 from 1–49.

335times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.76σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

57longest completed wait · 20% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 335 times in 2,631 draws against 322.2 expected, +0.76σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 335 times in 2,631 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 57 · 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.

1st smallest147 · chance 146.6
2nd smallest140 · chance 138.7
3rd smallest44 · chance 43.8
4th smallest4 · chance 5.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 39 6 38 46 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-14	8	1st	8 18 19 20 24 47
2026-09-26	2	4th	2 3 6 8 19 36
2026-09-21	13	2nd	3 8 9 13 35 37
2026-08-22	5	2nd	7

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-10-25	6	3rd	2 4 8 17 32 39
2025-10-11	13	2nd	4 8 27 33 41 46
2025-09-10	8	1st	8 16 20 28 30 46
2025-08-23	3	2nd	3 8 21 26 31 47
2025-08-16	4	2nd	4 8 13 16 33 37
2025-08-06	13	2nd	6 8 26 38 46 49
2025-07-07	2	2nd	1 8 9 15 34 39
2025-07-02	9	2nd	3 8 10 23 30 48
2025-06-11	1	1st	8 16 18 42 48 49
2025-06-09	4	1st	8 10 25 33 40 42
2025-05-31	1	2nd	2 8 11 16 31 47
2025-05-28	3	1st	8 21 26 31 36 49
2025-05-21	3	3rd	3 7 8 21 28 43
2025-05-14	1	3rd	6 7 8 18 38 45
2025-05-12	15	2nd	6 8 11 15 30 39
2025-04-07	4	1st	8 12 21 24 35 44
2025-03-29	3	2nd	2 8 21 23 30 45
2025-03-22	2	2nd	6 8 11 20 45 49
2025-03-17	4	1st	8 13 19 26 37 39
2025-03-08	6	1st	8 11 19 38 39 47
2025-02-22	25	1st	8 10 11 14 31 44
2024-12-25	1	3rd	4 5 8 14 17 31
2024-12-23	4	3rd	4 6 8 22 28 47
2024-12-14	7	3rd	4 5 8 14 25 38
2024-11-27	7	2nd	6 8 31 42 44 46
2024-11-11	7	1st	8 13 19 25 27 49
2024-10-26	9	1st	8 12 14 18 29 42
2024-10-05	18	3rd	6 7 8 11 17 36
2024-08-24	7	3rd	3 5 8 10 30 41
2024-08-07	1	2nd	1 8 16 21 36 46
2024-08-05	7	1st	8 12 22 24 43 48
2024-07-20	2	1st	8 27 33 34 41 42
2024-07-15	8	1st	8 24 31 33 42 44
2024-06-26	5	3rd	3 6 8 13 30 40
2024-06-15	19	3rd	2 7 8 10 23 26
2024-05-01	15	1st	8 14 33 41 42 48
2024-03-27	8	1st	8 11 16 28 36 38
2024-03-09	8	1st	8 20 31 37 39 45
2024-02-19	15	1st	8 10 18 20 25 45
2024-01-15	33	1st	8 12 16 20 43 45
2023-10-30	2	1st	8 34 40 44 45 46
2023-10-25	14	3rd	1 6 8 18 28 39
2023-09-23	1	2nd	7 8 12 13 24 48
2023-09-20	17	1st	8 29 31 42 43 45
2023-08-12	11	2nd	4 8 16 32 37 43
2023-07-17	1	1st	8 15 30 35 39 46
2023-07-15	4	2nd	5 8 12 28 29 38
2023-07-05	4	1st	8 15 32 40 42 47
2023-06-26	2	1st	8 11 14 15 19 42
2023-06-21	9	1st	8 10 18 21 30 46
2023-05-31	7	1st	8 11 23 25 27 49
2023-05-15	6	2nd	5 8 19 29 36 37
2023-05-01	15	2nd	5 8 21 27 38 41
2023-03-27	7	1st	8 9 21 27 39 47
2023-03-11	10	1st	8 9 22 30 39 43
2023-02-15	8	1st	8 31 34 35 38 39
2023-01-28	2	1st	8 29 30 36 39 46
2023-01-23	3	1st	8 17 18 21 46 47
2023-01-16	4	3rd	2 6 8 23 36 46
2023-01-07	2	3rd	3 4 8 24 31 34
2023-01-02	9	1st	8 10 23 24 39 41
2022-12-12	2	2nd	2 8 16 39 41 49
2022-12-07	1	2nd	5 8 9 14 16 32
2022-12-05	5	1st	8 12 21 23 26 32
2022-11-23	17	3rd	6 7 8 18 46 49
2022-10-15	6	2nd	1 8 9 17 28 38
2022-10-01	14	1st	8 12 16 19 39 41
2022-08-29	8	2nd	1 8 16 32 41 49
2022-08-10	5	1st	8 14 18 22 28 46
2022-07-30	3	1st	8 10 22 40 42 45
2022-07-23	2	3rd	2 3 8 23 32 38
2022-07-18	8	2nd	5 8 11 21 37 38
2022-06-29	10	1st	8 12 16 22 36 44
2022-06-06	11	1st	8 15 30 31 39 42
2022-05-11	1	1st	8 16 29 31 35 48
2022-05-09	4	1st	8 9 10 14 22 44
2022-04-30	11	1st	8 15 17 40 42 46
2022-04-04	14	2nd	5 8 10 16 22 39
2022-03-02	9	2nd	6 8 10 25 28 48
2022-02-09	6	1st	8 11 23 38 41 46
2022-01-26	3	1st	8 17 30 32 33 49
2022-01-19	9	1st	8 9 26 32 35 48
2021-12-29	11	1st	8 11 13 33 38 47
2021-12-04	11	1st	8 16 20 31 38 45
2021-11-08	4	1st	8 16 17 23 38 46
2021-10-30	4	2nd	6 8 24 27 37 41
2021-10-20	10	1st	8 12 30 35 37 40
2021-09-27	22	2nd	3 8 10 37 40 43
2021-08-07	7	2nd	3 8 10 24 31 46
2021-07-21	3	3rd	6 7 8 12 40 42
2021-07-14	1	2nd	6 8 26 29 33 43
2021-07-12	27	2nd	2 8 17 22 36 37
2021-05-10	1	2nd	5 8 18 20 43 48
2021-05-08	7	2nd	1 8 19 31 46 49
2021-04-21	4	1st	8 10 17 27 32 42
2021-04-12	18	2nd	1 8 21 31 32 35
2021-03-01	18	2nd	4 8 22 35 39 49
2021-01-18	3	1st	8 13 23 24 25 40
2021-01-11	4	2nd	3 8 27 42 45 46
2021-01-02	1	3rd	4 7 8 13 22 37
2020-12-30	3	2nd	2 8 10 14 31 47
2020-12-23	8	2nd	2 8 11 12 15 34
2020-12-05	6	1st	8 13 15 17 37 41
2020-11-21	9	2nd	6 8 11 14 25 37
2020-10-31	10	2nd	4 8 16 20 28 37
2020-10-07	16	2nd	7 8 11 33 35 45
2020-08-31	1	2nd	4 8 20 25 45 46
2020-08-29	3	2nd	7 8 18 20 35 39
2020-08-22	1	2nd	7 8 23 26 30 31
2020-08-19	3	1st	8 9 26 32 39 47
2020-08-12	5	3rd	4 5 8 24 40 49
2020-08-01	22	2nd	7 8 20 24 45 47
2020-06-10	6	2nd	7 8 16 41 42 45
2020-05-27	1	1st	8 24 25 29 33 44
2020-05-25	12	2nd	6 8 25 35 42 46
2020-04-27	1	1st	8 9 11 28 37 43
2020-04-25	13	1st	8 13 15 32 36 38
2020-03-25	5	2nd	7 8 10 29 32 33
2020-03-14	9	1st	8 12 17 22 29 35
2020-02-22	20	2nd	2 8 9 38 39 45
2020-01-06	4	1st	8 13 16 34 37 42
2019-12-28	2	2nd	3 8 12 18 22 49
2019-12-23	21	2nd	7 8 24 25 30 42
2019-11-04	2	3rd	1 3 8 20 38 45
2019-10-30	1	1st	8 14 28 38 39 46
2019-10-28	8	2nd	6 8 16 23 37 48
2019-10-09	12	3rd	2 3 8 14 30 49
2019-09-11	10	2nd	5 8 18 21 24 40
2019-08-19	2	3rd	1 2 8 24 36 40
2019-08-14	27	1st	8 11 13 29 35 39
2019-06-12	6	2nd	1 8 11 28 38 49
2019-05-29	7	1st	8 21 22 29 41 43
2019-05-13	9	3rd	4 5 8 12 13 28
2019-04-22	8	1st	8 31 34 37 42 46
2019-04-03	5	3rd	6 7 8 14 16 18
2019-03-23	22	2nd	1 8 16 18 38 44
2019-01-30	12	1st	8 14 15 29 30 36
2019-01-02	13	4th	1 2 4 8 9 34
2018-12-03	2	1st	8 10 12 37 45 46
2018-11-28	2	1st	8 19 21 22 23 34
2018-11-24	16	4th	4 5 7 8 37 39
2018-10-17	4	2nd	1 8 12 19 26 34
2018-10-08	13	1st	8 14 26 29 37 45
2018-09-08	23	2nd	5 8 37 43 45 49
2018-07-16	1	1st	8 9 23 28 37 48
2018-07-14	9	1st	8 10 17 29 31 34
2018-06-23	5	1st	8 21 25 40 45 48
2018-06-11	4	2nd	2 8 20 23 28 46
2018-06-02	12	2nd	7 8 22 24 31 48
2018-05-05	43	3rd	6 7 8 9 13 47
2018-01-24	2	2nd	6 8 38 43 45 46
2018-01-20	4	1st	8 16 22 30 34 35
2018-01-10	12	2nd	6 8 28 36 39 40
2017-12-13	2	3rd	1 7 8 9 26 31
2017-12-09	2	1st	8 18 20 33 41 43
2017-12-04	2	3rd	3 7 8 14 26 45
2017-11-29	11	2nd	6 8 15 35 38 43
2017-11-04	3	2nd	6 8 10 13 21 36
2017-10-28	1	1st	8 12 14 33 42 44
2017-10-25	22	2nd	4 8 25 33 34 41
2017-09-04	2	2nd	6 8 26 30 39 41
2017-08-30	5	2nd	1 8 17 45 46 48
2017-08-19	9	2nd	5 8 11 12 37 43
2017-07-29	6	1st	8 19 22 30 35 40
2017-07-15	6	2nd	6 8 18 19 28 37
2017-07-01	15	2nd	1 8 9 21 22 30
2017-05-27	3	2nd	4 8 20 25 45 47
2017-05-20	3	2nd	6 8 10 24 26 40
2017-05-13	4	1st	8 11 13 39 40 48
2017-05-03	1	2nd	2 8 30 35 40 47
2017-05-01	1	3rd	2 6 8 25 29 48
2017-04-29	4	1st	8 19 24 38 43 46
2017-04-19	2	2nd	1 8 9 11 19 42
2017-04-15	3	3rd	1 5 8 16 23 38
2017-04-08	29	2nd	7 8 13 29 31 45
2017-01-30	7	1st	8 10 13 41 46 49
2017-01-14	8	1st	8 17 21 35 37 46
2016-12-26	1	1st	8 14 16 32 33 37
2016-12-24	2	2nd	5 8 16 23 24 26
2016-12-19	8	1st	8 19 25 28 31 32
2016-11-30	3	4th	3 5 6 8 12 23
2016-11-23	15	1st	8 12 13 15 27 31
2016-10-19	4	1st	8 18 21 23 45 49
2016-10-10	2	1st	8 13 17 28 31 49
2016-10-05	3	2nd	5 8 17 28 35 42
2016-09-28	13	1st	8 18 24 33 36 48
2016-08-29	12	1st	8 14 17 30 43 44
2016-08-01	57	1st	8 11 25 46 47 48
2016-03-21	6	2nd	6 8 12 31 40 47
2016-03-07	14	1st	8 13 22 44 45 47
2016-02-03	5	3rd	2 4 8 20 32 41
2016-01-23	7	1st	8 27 28 29 36 49
2016-01-06	21	3rd	3 4 8 42 44 48
2015-11-18	5	2nd	1 8 12 29 31 39
2015-11-07	33	2nd	3 8 14 18 42 44
2015-08-22	4	1st	8 13 27 35 37 40
2015-08-12	4	2nd	6 8 26 27 33 38
2015-08-03	24	2nd	2 8 39 46 48 49
2015-06-08	6	2nd	2 8 17 33 40 41
2015-05-25	2	2nd	3 8 23 33 35 39
2015-05-20	13	1st	8 14 26 34 40 43
2015-04-20	4	2nd	5 8 12 15 47 49
2015-04-11	8	1st	8 17 18 30 36 38
2015-03-23	8	1st	8 14 28 31 33 40
2015-03-04	2	2nd	5 8 13 15 27 30
2015-02-28	3	1st	8 11 16 22 36 43
2015-02-21	4	1st	8 15 26 38 41 43
2015-02-11	8	1st	8 27 30 41 44 49
2015-01-24	2	2nd	5 8 9 12 30 49
2015-01-19	1	2nd	1 8 35 39 40 41
2015-01-17	20	2nd	1 8 11 18 35 37
2014-12-01	3	1st	8 9 12 28 33 35
2014-11-24	7	1st	8 14 24 26 38 49
2014-11-08	10	3rd	6 7 8 10 19 21
2014-10-15	7	1st	8 10 21 25 27 49
2014-09-29	7	2nd	1 8 15 39 47 48
2014-09-13	5	1st	8 10 20 25 30 49
2014-09-01	1	1st	8 13 25 33 36 45
2014-08-30	7	2nd	6 8 15 22 46 47
2014-08-13	2	2nd	7 8 19 26 34 49
2014-08-09	5	2nd	7 8 16 21 31 32
2014-07-28	10	1st	8 21 24 29 39 47
2014-07-05	23	1st	8 17 23 30 32 43
2014-05-12	6	1st	8 9 25 30 34 38
2014-04-28	13	2nd	4 8 11 20 36 39
2014-03-29	39	2nd	3 8 16 30 36 42
2013-12-28	3	1st	8 21 24 32 34 40
2013-12-21	8	2nd	6 8 24 26 30 43
2013-12-02	1	2nd	6 8 16 22 33 38
2013-11-30	1	2nd	5 8 21 22 31 39
2013-11-27	6	1st	8 23 26 34 38 40
2013-11-13	4	1st	8 10 28 35 38 42
2013-11-04	8	2nd	1 8 19 32 37 49
2013-10-16	20	1st	8 13 30 33 44 48
2013-08-31	3	1st	8 20 24 27 39 49
2013-08-24	2	2nd	1 8 25 31 37 48
2013-08-19	15	1st	8 12 23 30 31 48
2013-07-15	10	2nd	3 8 22 29 30 34
2013-06-22	2	1st	8 18 34 35 38 45
2013-06-17	3	2nd	4 8 22 25 37 49
2013-06-10	12	2nd	7 8 13 19 22 23
2013-05-13	2	2nd	4 8 32 36 41 48
2013-05-08	4	1st	8 13 20 24 28 48
2013-04-29	12	2nd	7 8 10 27 39 46
2013-04-01	3	1st	8 16 23 31 42 47
2013-03-25	2	2nd	3 8 12 17 25 30
2013-03-20	1	3rd	4 6 8 19 38 46
2013-03-18	31	1st	8 13 24 39 41 43
2013-01-05	3	1st	8 22 24 31 36 40
2012-12-29	4	2nd	3 8 14 21 22 42
2012-12-19	5	1st	8 10 20 26 28 37
2012-12-08	1	2nd	5 8 10 19 33 47
2012-12-05	1	1st	8 14 21 25 31 36
2012-12-03	3	1st	8 10 14 19 40 46
2012-11-26	23	2nd	2 8 9 28 39 47
2012-10-03	18	2nd	6 8 14 28 31 47
2012-08-22	1	2nd	7 8 18 21 26 36
2012-08-20	1	2nd	1 8 12 18 23 43
2012-08-18	4	2nd	7 8 12 19 29 38
2012-08-08	6	1st	8 12 27 31 35 44
2012-07-25	8	1st	8 11 26 39 40 41
2012-07-07	1	2nd	6 8 12 20 24 49
2012-07-04	10	1st	8 23 27 31 34 40
2012-06-11	18	2nd	4 8 19 31 36 39
2012-04-30	5	2nd	3 8 17 23 33 43
2012-04-18	16	2nd	7 8 25 33 37 40
2012-03-12	7	1st	8 12 15 36 38 49
2012-02-25	7	1st	8 16 18 19 24 25
2012-02-08	2	2nd	6 8 31 34 44 48
2012-02-04	1	2nd	7 8 24 32 39 44
2012-02-01	14	3rd	3 4 8 17 27 34
2011-12-31	1	1st	8 9 10 15 27 29
2011-12-28	19	1st	8 19 38 42 44 46
2011-11-14	14	2nd	3 8 11 22 24 33
2011-10-12	4	3rd	3 6 8 9 12 19
2011-10-03	11	3rd	2 6 8 15 39 43
2011-09-07	6	1st	8 26 31 36 46 49
2011-08-24	10	1st	8 11 18 20 22 48
2011-08-01	6	1st	8 14 18 26 44 47
2011-07-18	4	3rd	2 3 8 28 33 36
2011-07-09	1	3rd	1 4 8 9 29 48
2011-07-06	21	1st	8 12 21 22 40 43
2011-05-18	7	1st	8 11 22 28 42 49
2011-05-02	48	1st	8 18 20 25 27 47
2011-01-10	2	3rd	1 7 8 12 37 44
2011-01-05	21	1st	8 17 19 21 28 42
2010-11-17	14	3rd	2 3 8 13 22 23
2010-10-16	2	2nd	6 8 11 20 25 36
2010-10-11	3	2nd	1 8 16 26 34 37
2010-10-04	5	3rd	1 2 8 20 22 34
2010-09-22	8	2nd	1 8 23 30 33 47
2010-09-04	14	2nd	4 8 12 29 32 49
2010-08-02	2	1st	8 11 16 29 46 49
2010-07-28	8	2nd	4 8 19 23 29 43
2010-07-10	6	2nd	5 8 19 20 23 32
2010-06-26	3	3rd	1 2 8 26 39 49
2010-06-19	1	1st	8 20 30 31 33 45
2010-06-16	30	2nd	3 8 9 10 26 39
2010-04-07	3	2nd	1 8 27 29 40 44
2010-03-31	1	2nd	1 8 9 14 34 49
2010-03-29	1	1st	8 26 27 31 36 45
2010-03-27	2	1st	8 21 23 33 38 49
2010-03-22	11	1st	8 15 22 23 39 44
2010-02-24	2	2nd	7 8 10 12 27 41
2010-02-20	1	3rd	2 7 8 20 22 31
2010-02-17	3	2nd	6 8 13 19 26 31
2010-02-10	3	2nd	2 8 10 21 44 47
2010-02-03	4	1st	8 9 17 31 39 49
2010-01-25	1	1st	8 14 15 17 35 42
2010-01-23	9	2nd	5 8 13 19 26 45
2010-01-02	—	1st	8 14 24 25 37 46