Number 8

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

103times drawn · chance expected 108 −0.50σ

44draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number

11.4average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

49longest completed wait · 69% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 103 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, −0.50σ. Each draw is independent: after 44 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 103 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 11.4 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 44 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 smallest59 · chance 60.4
2nd smallest42 · chance 36.3
3rd smallest2 · chance 6.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 39 36 12 41 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-07-27	13	1st	8 43 44 45
2026-07-04	20	2nd	4 8 32 43
2026-05-30	7	1st	8 10 12 36
2026-05-18	2	2nd	1 8 23 39
2026-05-15	10	2nd	2

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 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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