Number 8

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

126times drawn · chance expected 124 +0.22σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

44longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 126 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, +0.22σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 45 times, counted separately.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 126 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 11 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 smallest54 · chance 50.6
2nd smallest55 · chance 53.6
3rd smallest13 · chance 18.9
4th smallest4 · chance 2.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 15 42 12 23 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
2026-07-25	3	3rd	2 6 8 12 22 43
2026-07-04	5	2nd	4 8 15 32 43 44
2026-05-30	6	1st	8 10 12 19 28 36
2026-04-18	1	2nd

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-11-18	21	2nd	7 8 15 16 26 31
2023-06-24	1	2nd	4 8 21 29 30 37
2023-06-17	3	1st	8 24 27 36 39 41
2023-05-27	1	2nd	7 8 22 28 34 37
2023-05-20	2	2nd	2 8 11 12 25 32
2023-05-06	6	2nd	2 8 13 17 30 35
2023-03-25	5	1st	8 9 10 14 39 42
2023-02-18	8	1st	8 11 16 24 30 34
2022-12-24	1	3rd	4 7 8 24 32 39
2022-12-17	2	2nd	3 8 28 36 37 41
2022-12-03	12	2nd	4 8 10 12 15 39
2022-09-10	6	2nd	2 8 11 31 32 45
2022-07-30	2	1st	8 12 17 21 26 42
2022-07-16	6	1st	8 11 19 23 35 37
2022-06-04	5	2nd	7 8 13 17 23 25
2022-04-30	3	2nd	3 8 10 20 36 42
2022-04-09	2	2nd	1 8 19 31 35 40
2022-03-26	8	2nd	2 8 13 21 22 33
2022-01-29	4	1st	8 9 22 23 34 40
2021-12-31	4	1st	8 14 15 20 32 43
2021-12-04	12	1st	8 24 31 39 44 45
2021-09-11	20	1st	8 10 17 23 26 34
2021-04-24	2	3rd	2 4 8 31 32 44
2021-04-10	3	2nd	7 8 20 22 26 42
2021-03-20	6	1st	8 9 13 19 22 32
2021-02-06	2	3rd	3 6 8 10 12 24
2021-01-23	11	3rd	1 6 8 10 29 40
2020-11-07	3	4th	1 3 7 8 15 35
2020-10-17	4	2nd	5 8 12 14 16 38
2020-09-19	7	2nd	1 8 14 23 26 41
2020-08-01	20	1st	8 9 23 29 38 42
2020-03-14	3	1st	8 13 27 40 41 42
2020-02-22	19	1st	8 11 15 16 23 29
2019-10-12	5	2nd	6 8 16 17 27 33
2019-09-07	7	2nd	1 8 10 14 23 36
2019-07-20	5	2nd	2 8 12 18 30 42
2019-06-15	4	1st	8 18 24 39 41 42
2019-05-18	2	3rd	2 6 8 36 39 45
2019-05-04	4	2nd	7 8 23 24 27 33
2019-04-06	1	2nd	4 8 10 12 38 39
2019-03-30	2	2nd	5 8 26 27 31 33
2019-03-16	7	2nd	1 8 12 15 31 42
2019-01-26	1	1st	8 18 19 36 38 42
2019-01-19	23	1st	8 10 11 15 26 45
2018-08-11	8	2nd	1 8 15 20 23 44
2018-06-16	10	2nd	2 8 12 22 26 45
2018-04-07	1	3rd	6 7 8 17 23 35
2018-03-31	6	1st	8 15 23 27 43 44
2018-02-17	8	2nd	3 8 13 30 31 35
2017-12-23	3	1st	8 11 13 21 23 34
2017-12-02	10	1st	8 14 16 23 25 44
2017-09-23	20	2nd	6 8 13 40 44 45
2017-05-06	20	1st	8 9 16 26 39 41
2016-12-17	9	1st	8 17 18 29 36 42
2016-10-15	4	2nd	2 8 21 22 31 40
2016-09-17	4	2nd	3 8 9 12 18 27
2016-08-20	22	1st	8 16 23 34 42 45
2016-03-19	1	1st	8 10 16 24 28 31
2016-03-12	4	3rd	1 3 8 16 28 37
2016-02-13	9	2nd	2 8 25 27 28 43
2015-12-12	9	3rd	6 7 8 11 31 40
2015-10-10	11	4th	1 5 7 8 15 39
2015-07-25	3	2nd	7 8 13 20 23 32
2015-07-04	2	1st	8 15 25 30 31 44
2015-06-20	1	1st	8 10 22 27 39 44
2015-06-13	25	1st	8 20 36 38 43 45
2014-12-20	9	2nd	6 8 9 19 21 41
2014-10-18	13	3rd	5 7 8 9 27 34
2014-07-19	9	2nd	4 8 13 27 28 42
2014-05-17	12	1st	8 9 22 25 36 42
2014-02-22	14	1st	8 12 15 25 26 45
2013-11-16	6	2nd	5 8 15 32 36 39
2013-10-05	8	2nd	6 8 11 21 27 31
2013-08-10	5	1st	8 18 21 23 27 37
2013-07-06	4	2nd	3 8 19 26 29 43
2013-06-08	6	2nd	7 8 10 25 28 42
2013-04-27	9	1st	8 15 18 33 40 43
2013-02-23	2	2nd	6 8 13 29 34 39
2013-02-09	12	1st	8 29 30 33 36 41
2012-11-17	20	2nd	5 8 11 20 29 33
2012-06-30	11	1st	8 30 32 33 37 40
2012-04-14	15	2nd	7 8 13 18 25 43
2011-12-31	11	2nd	7 8 28 33 38 41
2011-10-15	4	1st	8 12 18 21 24 30
2011-09-17	3	1st	8 10 12 21 37 42
2011-08-27	2	2nd	4 8 16 32 33 34
2011-08-13	12	1st	8 13 15 22 33 34
2011-05-21	9	1st	8 13 15 19 27 43
2011-03-19	24	4th	2 6 7 8 18 21
2010-10-02	6	1st	8 9 29 33 37 42
2010-08-21	13	2nd	1 8 11 16 31 38
2010-05-22	15	2nd	7 8 16 17 27 40
2010-02-06	2	1st	8 11 23 25 27 42
2010-01-23	2	1st	8 13 15 18 29 38
2010-01-09	25	2nd	6 8 18 20 36 45
2009-07-18	8	4th	2 5 6 8 12 13
2009-05-23	2	2nd	6 8 18 25 27 37
2009-05-09	3	1st	8 13 14 22 24 31
2009-04-18	2	3rd	3 5 8 14 30 34
2009-04-04	6	2nd	1 8 34 37 38 42
2009-02-21	6	1st	8 10 13 17 26 33
2009-01-10	—	1st	8 12 16 19 22 42