Number 8

In Lotto under the 6/52 + 1/52 · Aug 2017 – Sep 2025 rules — 847 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

102times drawn · chance expected 98 +0.46σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

35longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 102 times in 847 draws against 97.7 expected, +0.46σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 102 times in 847 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 6 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 smallest53 · chance 47.2
2nd smallest45 · chance 41.3
3rd smallest3 · chance 12.1
4th smallest1 · chance 1.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

49 12 42 47 16 10

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-08-30	11	1st	8 25 29 36 46 51
2025-07-23	1	2nd	5 8 15 17 40 52
2025-07-19	1	2nd	2 8 11 13 36 46
2025-07-16	2	1st

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-03-02	12	1st	8 18 25 40 47 49
2024-01-20	12	2nd	3 8 10 16 36 41
2023-12-09	15	1st	8 14 23 40 42 44
2023-10-18	1	1st	8 9 30 31 40 42
2023-10-14	1	1st	8 10 17 20 49 51
2023-10-11	16	2nd	4 8 10 25 33 50
2023-08-16	9	2nd	6 8 13 28 37 48
2023-07-15	10	1st	8 12 27 37 47 48
2023-06-10	4	2nd	6 8 12 23 32 48
2023-05-27	14	2nd	2 8 16 18 33 47
2023-04-08	6	2nd	2 8 16 17 37 41
2023-03-18	14	2nd	5 8 26 31 47 50
2023-01-28	4	1st	8 27 30 32 46 52
2023-01-14	5	1st	8 9 14 33 34 47
2022-12-28	10	1st	8 22 30 40 42 49
2022-11-23	1	2nd	3 8 10 12 19 27
2022-11-19	17	2nd	6 8 12 37 43 51
2022-09-21	8	1st	8 15 16 24 32 42
2022-08-24	3	1st	8 11 12 37 41 48
2022-08-13	14	2nd	6 8 27 28 39 48
2022-06-25	35	2nd	2 8 19 29 35 43
2022-02-23	7	1st	8 13 23 28 30 41
2022-01-29	2	1st	8 10 19 34 36 52
2022-01-22	5	2nd	5 8 11 17 31 38
2022-01-05	9	1st	8 14 15 25 30 31
2021-12-01	6	2nd	1 8 9 17 39 50
2021-11-10	3	1st	8 12 15 19 34 49
2021-10-30	11	1st	8 12 38 41 42 45
2021-09-22	2	2nd	2 8 27 28 32 50
2021-09-15	5	1st	8 9 19 45 47 52
2021-08-28	17	1st	8 14 16 21 42 47
2021-06-30	4	1st	8 10 29 37 38 50
2021-06-16	18	2nd	7 8 29 37 49 51
2021-04-14	12	3rd	1 5 8 19 26 48
2021-03-03	3	1st	8 11 26 34 49 50
2021-02-20	16	2nd	3 8 16 21 38 41
2020-12-26	4	1st	8 24 33 37 44 49
2020-12-12	7	1st	8 12 19 37 43 47
2020-11-18	16	2nd	1 8 20 27 42 44
2020-09-23	4	1st	8 10 17 20 40 46
2020-09-09	18	1st	8 15 31 33 35 43
2020-07-08	1	2nd	3 8 10 16 17 43
2020-07-04	2	1st	8 14 15 42 44 51
2020-06-27	12	1st	8 9 35 39 45 48
2020-05-16	1	1st	8 10 15 27 30 49
2020-05-13	7	4th	1 5 6 8 10 18
2020-04-18	3	1st	8 14 24 31 38 47
2020-04-08	23	2nd	2 8 18 29 42 43
2020-01-18	4	2nd	2 8 18 46 48 49
2020-01-04	2	1st	8 13 14 41 43 44
2019-12-28	7	2nd	4 8 11 16 29 42
2019-11-30	12	2nd	4 8 17 18 34 43
2019-10-19	1	1st	8 17 27 38 48 52
2019-10-16	1	2nd	7 8 20 21 25 33
2019-10-12	1	1st	8 13 24 25 34 48
2019-10-09	2	2nd	3 8 27 44 49 50
2019-10-02	19	1st	8 16 18 35 37 40
2019-07-27	2	1st	8 33 40 44 48 52
2019-07-20	5	1st	8 24 28 29 32 51
2019-07-03	20	1st	8 16 17 22 50 51
2019-04-24	30	3rd	1 4 8 28 50 52
2019-01-09	2	2nd	3 8 15 26 32 43
2019-01-02	8	2nd	4 8 12 14 27 40
2018-12-05	7	2nd	2 8 11 25 26 28
2018-11-10	1	2nd	5 8 9 33 41 42
2018-11-07	5	2nd	2 8 29 35 42 47
2018-10-20	23	1st	8 9 18 39 45 47
2018-08-01	4	2nd	2 8 18 24 27 49
2018-07-18	1	1st	8 12 17 21 26 46
2018-07-14	12	2nd	4 8 13 18 30 42
2018-06-02	2	1st	8 12 14 16 29 47
2018-05-26	21	1st	8 13 14 16 28 45
2018-03-14	3	2nd	5 8 14 23 41 47
2018-03-03	20	1st	8 19 22 36 40 42
2017-12-23	3	2nd	6 8 19 24 39 41
2017-12-13	22	1st	8 12 25 32 35 47
2017-09-27	16	1st	8 10 11 16 35 44
2017-08-02	—	1st	8 12 29 31 39 49