Number 8

In Set for Life under the 7/44 + 2/44 · since Mar 2020 rules — 2,395 draws, 7 from 1–44.

352times drawn · chance expected 381 −1.62σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 6.3

39longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 352 times in 2,395 draws against 381.0 expected, −1.62σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 114 times, counted separately.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 352 times in 2,395 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 39 · 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 smallest119 · chance 112.5
2nd smallest148 · chance 152.4
3rd smallest70 · chance 71.4
4th smallest14 · chance 14.4
5th smallest1 · chance 1.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0
7th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 49.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 41 2 40 13 27

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-10-12	1	2nd	2 8 16 22 26 31 36
2026-10-11	9	2nd	4 8 19 20 22 24 35
2026-10-02	4	4th	3 4 6 8 11 36

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 7/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-11	3	2nd	7 8 9 13 19 28 36
2026-05-08	1	1st	8 15 16 27 29 40 41
2026-05-07	1	1st	8 10 12 13 20 24 40
2026-05-06	7	2nd	5 8 24 30 35 39 41
2026-04-29	11	2nd	1 8 16 26 38 41 43
2026-04-18	34	1st	8 10 15 19 27 30 33
2026-03-15	8	2nd	4 8 13 20 21 22 30
2026-03-07	2	2nd	4 8 16 21 22 23 35
2026-03-05	27	2nd	4 8 18 30 32 33 44
2026-02-06	5	1st	8 10 11 14 24 31 36
2026-02-01	11	2nd	2 8 9 13 14 28 43
2026-01-21	6	1st	8 11 16 27 31 39 43
2026-01-15	3	1st	8 11 17 27 38 40 41
2026-01-12	16	3rd	1 3 8 15 27 41 42
2025-12-27	5	2nd	3 8 10 27 36 41 44
2025-12-22	6	4th	1 4 7 8 11 38 44
2025-12-16	5	3rd	1 2 8 27 29 34 38
2025-12-11	7	2nd	3 8 12 16 27 29 30
2025-12-04	5	3rd	2 6 8 17 25 28 35
2025-11-29	1	3rd	4 6 8 14 16 31 42
2025-11-28	12	2nd	5 8 15 20 27 39 43
2025-11-16	13	2nd	7 8 14 19 21 27 40
2025-11-03	2	1st	8 13 15 23 24 25 26
2025-11-01	1	3rd	4 7 8 15 24 31 42
2025-10-31	8	2nd	1 8 15 26 31 41 43
2025-10-23	15	3rd	4 7 8 24 34 38 42
2025-10-08	20	1st	8 9 14 15 37 40 43
2025-09-18	8	2nd	3 8 13 19 22 27 39
2025-09-10	2	1st	8 9 10 14 24 25 40
2025-09-08	16	1st	8 13 16 21 29 36 41
2025-08-23	8	2nd	7 8 11 16 22 25 27
2025-08-15	3	1st	8 11 19 30 34 35 44
2025-08-12	10	2nd	5 8 9 21 22 23 24
2025-08-02	5	2nd	5 8 19 23 25 39 40
2025-07-28	3	1st	8 14 15 20 21 36 39
2025-07-25	6	2nd	1 8 19 29 33 37 43
2025-07-19	2	4th	1 2 6 8 11 15 26
2025-07-17	7	1st	8 11 14 26 29 31 33
2025-07-10	4	4th	1 2 7 8 9 14 18
2025-07-06	12	1st	8 13 14 16 24 25 37
2025-06-24	1	2nd	4 8 14 19 20 23 37
2025-06-23	16	1st	8 9 25 33 34 38 39
2025-06-07	6	2nd	2 8 17 23 25 34 43
2025-06-01	7	1st	8 21 24 29 35 40 42
2025-05-25	1	3rd	1 5 8 11 17 19 21
2025-05-24	5	1st	8 9 21 34 36 41 42
2025-05-19	7	1st	8 12 19 23 27 32 41
2025-05-12	1	2nd	2 8 12 14 30 35 40
2025-05-11	4	2nd	5 8 17 20 28 33 41
2025-05-07	10	2nd	4 8 12 17 20 24 34
2025-04-27	2	2nd	6 8 11 14 32 33 38
2025-04-25	7	2nd	2 8 19 21 27 31 44
2025-04-18	1	1st	8 13 20 24 27 39 40
2025-04-17	4	3rd	5 7 8 17 23 34 41
2025-04-13	39	3rd	3 5 8 12 26 29 32
2025-03-05	1	2nd	6 8 20 23 26 40 43
2025-03-04	9	2nd	2 8 21 26 35 36 40
2025-02-23	33	1st	8 27 29 32 38 40 42
2025-01-21	3	2nd	7 8 17 18 25 27 31
2025-01-18	6	1st	8 11 13 14 24 32 34
2025-01-12	15	1st	8 19 20 22 23 28 39
2024-12-28	1	1st	8 24 31 34 35 41 44
2024-12-27	1	1st	8 9 11 24 28 30 39
2024-12-26	7	2nd	7 8 15 22 28 29 37
2024-12-19	7	2nd	4 8 9 12 17 23 40
2024-12-12	1	2nd	3 8 9 21 39 41 44
2024-12-11	15	3rd	1 2 8 12 26 32 40
2024-11-26	9	1st	8 9 14 16 17 30 33
2024-11-17	6	2nd	7 8 11 13 25 30 39
2024-11-11	2	2nd	1 8 9 20 30 40 44
2024-11-09	3	2nd	3 8 12 25 26 29 35
2024-11-06	2	2nd	5 8 15 19 25 38 39
2024-11-04	6	2nd	1 8 9 19 20 25 44
2024-10-29	4	2nd	1 8 9 29 35 36 37
2024-10-25	26	3rd	5 6 8 12 13 28 37
2024-09-29	5	1st	8 21 29 30 37 39 41
2024-09-24	1	1st	8 9 10 17 31 40 43
2024-09-23	2	2nd	2 8 9 14 20 32 39
2024-09-21	6	2nd	3 8 10 13 28 31 32
2024-09-15	5	3rd	5 7 8 20 29 37 43
2024-09-10	1	2nd	3 8 9 10 18 34 44
2024-09-09	22	2nd	5 8 17 29 30 31 32
2024-08-18	7	1st	8 13 22 29 30 34 43
2024-08-11	2	1st	8 20 23 24 25 27 29
2024-08-09	9	2nd	7 8 9 12 29 37 44
2024-07-31	5	2nd	3 8 18 25 30 39 41
2024-07-26	2	2nd	4 8 13 22 31 33 40
2024-07-24	10	2nd	6 8 13 16 18 37 40
2024-07-14	7	2nd	6 8 16 28 30 33 41
2024-07-07	3	1st	8 10 11 13 15 26 41
2024-07-04	24	1st	8 14 17 24 32 39 44
2024-06-10	4	2nd	3 8 10 19 24 31 35
2024-06-06	1	1st	8 9 17 24 26 30 34
2024-06-05	2	2nd	3 8 20 26 28 31 32
2024-06-03	4	1st	8 10 11 24 37 42 43
2024-05-30	1	2nd	5 8 20 21 28 33 40
2024-05-29	10	1st	8 10 11 17 27 40 43
2024-05-19	5	3rd	2 3 8 11 15 27 35
2024-05-14	25	2nd	4 8 10 16 22 29 44
2024-04-19	3	1st	8 9 11 17 19 28 40
2024-04-16	3	3rd	2 5 8 16 37 41 43
2024-04-13	2	2nd	2 8 15 22 24 40 44
2024-04-11	6	2nd	7 8 14 22 39 41 44
2024-04-05	2	1st	8 9 13 18 31 37 44
2024-04-03	2	2nd	4 8 9 15 25 40 44
2024-04-01	4	1st	8 13 20 22 24 42 44
2024-03-28	2	1st	8 10 15 18 37 41 42
2024-03-26	13	3rd	2 5 8 15 17 25 26
2024-03-13	4	2nd	6 8 20 29 31 36 40
2024-03-09	1	2nd	7 8 20 34 36 39 41
2024-03-08	1	2nd	5 8 17 18 24 29 41
2024-03-07	5	1st	8 9 10 11 19 31 37
2024-03-02	4	2nd	5 8 12 13 21 42 43
2024-02-27	2	3rd	1 6 8 10 16 25 34
2024-02-25	2	1st	8 14 20 26 27 41 44
2024-02-23	9	1st	8 12 14 15 21 27 30
2024-02-14	2	1st	8 14 16 21 23 31 40
2024-02-12	1	1st	8 9 11 13 16 26 30
2024-02-11	21	2nd	2 8 9 16 20 22 25
2024-01-21	2	2nd	2 8 9 10 18 27 36
2024-01-19	3	4th	2 5 6 8 27 33 42
2024-01-16	6	3rd	1 6 8 9 29 31 42
2024-01-10	5	2nd	4 8 15 32 33 39 42
2024-01-05	1	2nd	3 8 22 23 25 28 43
2024-01-04	6	2nd	2 8 10 20 34 35 40
2023-12-29	5	1st	8 9 15 26 27 32 34
2023-12-24	2	1st	8 12 19 22 26 33 37
2023-12-22	30	1st	8 15 16 27 28 29 33
2023-11-22	12	1st	8 9 17 30 32 34 37
2023-11-10	3	2nd	1 8 12 14 20 25 30
2023-11-07	19	2nd	6 8 9 26 27 30 43
2023-10-19	1	2nd	7 8 25 26 29 35 42
2023-10-18	4	3rd	4 5 8 12 17 23 34
2023-10-14	2	1st	8 11 17 21 33 40 41
2023-10-12	7	1st	8 19 20 29 32 37 43
2023-10-05	2	2nd	7 8 10 17 26 30 32
2023-10-03	12	1st	8 17 23 30 41 42 44
2023-09-21	2	2nd	4 8 26 31 40 41 42
2023-09-19	4	1st	8 10 13 22 25 39 43
2023-09-15	1	2nd	2 8 9 12 23 33 35
2023-09-14	2	1st	8 12 14 25 31 36 43
2023-09-12	28	2nd	6 8 24 25 28 41 43
2023-08-15	9	1st	8 14 15 30 31 34 37
2023-08-06	2	2nd	5 8 10 15 27 28 36
2023-08-04	4	2nd	3 8 9 15 32 35 42
2023-07-31	6	2nd	1 8 10 22 31 33 37
2023-07-25	3	2nd	7 8 15 20 25 27 44
2023-07-22	5	1st	8 12 14 15 21 40 43
2023-07-17	9	2nd	3 8 13 25 28 30 37
2023-07-08	6	3rd	1 3 8 13 26 30 44
2023-07-02	2	1st	8 10 11 15 27 32 42
2023-06-30	12	4th	1 2 5 8 20 28 33
2023-06-18	16	3rd	3 4 8 22 25 30 36
2023-06-02	14	1st	8 33 36 38 40 41 43
2023-05-19	4	1st	8 14 20 22 23 42 43
2023-05-15	2	2nd	2 8 11 12 23 25 44
2023-05-13	6	3rd	2 3 8 13 18 34 44
2023-05-07	5	3rd	2 3 8 11 24 28 34
2023-05-02	1	2nd	2 8 11 12 13 22 41
2023-05-01	8	1st	8 17 20 24 29 34 37
2023-04-23	5	1st	8 17 21 27 28 31 40
2023-04-18	1	1st	8 10 16 18 29 35 37
2023-04-17	3	4th	2 4 7 8 29 32 44
2023-04-14	27	2nd	2 8 12 14 18 42 44
2023-03-18	5	1st	8 14 19 29 34 38 43
2023-03-13	6	1st	8 9 10 14 24 38 41
2023-03-07	7	1st	8 10 12 32 33 41 42
2023-02-28	4	1st	8 11 12 14 24 26 34
2023-02-24	4	2nd	2 8 24 28 29 33 35
2023-02-20	14	2nd	1 8 12 17 30 32 42
2023-02-06	6	2nd	6 8 12 22 26 28 40
2023-01-31	6	1st	8 9 17 19 22 28 33
2023-01-25	3	3rd	1 4 8 9 33 40 43
2023-01-22	10	1st	8 13 27 33 40 41 42
2023-01-12	6	3rd	1 5 8 16 21 41 43
2023-01-06	9	2nd	5 8 19 22 23 26 40
2022-12-28	1	2nd	2 8 20 28 29 34 37
2022-12-27	3	3rd	4 5 8 18 20 21 33
2022-12-24	11	1st	8 18 26 31 34 36 37
2022-12-13	1	2nd	1 8 16 17 21 32 33
2022-12-12	1	1st	8 10 19 24 34 37 40
2022-12-11	2	2nd	7 8 18 19 31 32 43
2022-12-09	2	1st	8 13 14 17 21 34 36
2022-12-07	14	1st	8 14 19 33 34 39 41
2022-11-23	2	1st	8 11 17 27 32 35 41
2022-11-21	13	3rd	2 4 8 14 16 35 36
2022-11-08	13	2nd	6 8 12 14 18 20 24
2022-10-26	5	2nd	7 8 9 24 29 32 41
2022-10-21	8	2nd	7 8 19 28 31 38 41
2022-10-13	7	1st	8 11 20 26 29 38 40
2022-10-06	5	2nd	3 8 16 17 28 36 41
2022-10-01	23	2nd	2 8 15 23 31 37 41
2022-09-08	7	1st	8 18 25 27 30 37 44
2022-09-01	4	2nd	3 8 9 14 18 34 41
2022-08-28	4	1st	8 11 18 20 28 39 44
2022-08-24	5	1st	8 11 17 26 32 35 36
2022-08-19	3	3rd	4 5 8 16 32 38 44
2022-08-16	10	3rd	2 3 8 11 15 20 35
2022-08-06	1	3rd	5 6 8 26 33 38 44
2022-08-05	16	4th	2 4 7 8 12 38 41
2022-07-20	3	1st	8 10 13 17 25 36 37
2022-07-17	3	2nd	5 8 9 22 26 31 33
2022-07-14	17	3rd	1 2 8 10 13 29 33
2022-06-27	15	3rd	1 4 8 13 24 25 32
2022-06-12	2	2nd	6 8 13 19 21 39 43
2022-06-10	1	1st	8 21 25 34 38 41 43
2022-06-09	1	2nd	6 8 11 18 33 34 36
2022-06-08	9	3rd	2 3 8 10 27 30 43
2022-05-30	4	2nd	7 8 9 15 21 27 43
2022-05-26	4	2nd	2 8 15 17 18 24 43
2022-05-22	6	1st	8 11 18 22 24 25 39
2022-05-16	4	3rd	1 7 8 13 25 26 40
2022-05-12	3	1st	8 11 22 29 30 36 39
2022-05-09	5	1st	8 10 11 17 19 26 37
2022-05-04	2	2nd	6 8 17 18 24 27 33
2022-05-02	1	3rd	3 7 8 14 31 37 44
2022-05-01	4	2nd	3 8 20 34 36 41 42
2022-04-27	16	1st	8 12 16 20 25 33 40
2022-04-11	8	3rd	3 5 8 15 32 34 38
2022-04-03	16	3rd	4 6 8 30 36 40 43
2022-03-18	3	2nd	1 8 12 14 19 21 44
2022-03-15	1	3rd	3 4 8 18 25 28 38
2022-03-14	11	3rd	1 4 8 10 17 32 42
2022-03-03	1	2nd	1 8 13 21 37 39 40
2022-03-02	12	1st	8 14 21 22 28 30 34
2022-02-18	2	4th	4 5 7 8 15 20 21
2022-02-16	5	3rd	3 4 8 13 23 32 40
2022-02-11	2	3rd	3 5 8 17 22 31 43
2022-02-09	7	2nd	7 8 11 26 28 33 44
2022-02-02	6	3rd	2 5 8 11 26 29 40
2022-01-27	7	2nd	2 8 10 11 14 15 19
2022-01-20	5	3rd	3 6 8 19 21 30 36
2022-01-15	5	1st	8 17 18 21 31 33 37
2022-01-10	6	2nd	4 8 22 24 28 31 40
2022-01-04	3	3rd	1 7 8 13 19 21 27
2022-01-01	5	1st	8 13 24 28 30 33 42
2021-12-27	13	2nd	2 8 12 18 26 32 40
2021-12-14	1	1st	8 19 27 29 36 37 39
2021-12-13	3	2nd	1 8 12 14 15 20 40
2021-12-10	1	1st	8 10 23 24 25 28 36
2021-12-09	3	3rd	1 7 8 15 33 37 38
2021-12-06	11	2nd	6 8 9 15 20 36 41
2021-11-25	1	3rd	3 5 8 15 16 21 30
2021-11-24	20	3rd	4 5 8 19 27 28 30
2021-11-04	1	1st	8 9 11 23 24 26 39
2021-11-03	1	1st	8 12 17 20 31 37 38
2021-11-02	5	2nd	5 8 19 25 26 30 42
2021-10-28	10	2nd	7 8 12 29 38 39 40
2021-10-18	12	3rd	1 4 8 17 20 29 36
2021-10-06	22	2nd	1 8 12 18 19 33 35
2021-09-14	1	1st	8 12 13 16 26 34 39
2021-09-13	10	4th	4 6 7 8 39 40 42
2021-09-03	5	1st	8 11 15 16 21 23 26
2021-08-29	2	4th	3 4 5 8 10 13 35
2021-08-27	1	1st	8 13 15 25 34 42 43
2021-08-26	3	3rd	3 7 8 11 14 22 38
2021-08-23	6	1st	8 19 20 22 23 33 41
2021-08-17	3	2nd	6 8 17 22 28 37 39
2021-08-14	2	1st	8 14 17 21 33 34 41
2021-08-12	13	3rd	4 5 8 22 30 31 39
2021-07-30	2	1st	8 13 16 20 26 31 43
2021-07-28	3	2nd	2 8 12 16 20 36 43
2021-07-25	7	3rd	1 4 8 9 15 20 33
2021-07-18	2	3rd	1 2 8 11 16 17 27
2021-07-16	14	3rd	1 4 8 16 19 27 40
2021-07-02	2	2nd	2 8 10 15 17 39 41
2021-06-30	5	3rd	4 7 8 10 16 22 25
2021-06-25	18	3rd	2 3 8 13 17 28 32
2021-06-07	8	2nd	4 8 10 19 30 38 44
2021-05-30	1	2nd	6 8 23 27 33 35 38
2021-05-29	2	2nd	2 8 11 12 13 35 41
2021-05-27	22	3rd	4 5 8 9 14 23 27
2021-05-05	7	2nd	5 8 9 11 15 32 35
2021-04-28	3	1st	8 9 14 15 16 20 21
2021-04-25	4	1st	8 9 10 11 31 40 43
2021-04-21	4	2nd	5 8 13 24 30 38 39
2021-04-17	16	2nd	2 8 12 16 29 35 40
2021-04-01	9	1st	8 15 22 30 33 41 42
2021-03-23	20	3rd	1 4 8 12 18 20 22
2021-03-03	1	2nd	5 8 10 15 27 30 40
2021-03-02	14	2nd	4 8 13 23 33 37 44
2021-02-16	9	1st	8 15 20 21 27 29 43
2021-02-07	2	3rd	2 6 8 9 10 28 36
2021-02-05	3	3rd	5 7 8 15 17 21 30
2021-02-02	11	1st	8 13 16 19 23 24 36
2021-01-22	12	1st	8 16 23 30 34 35 41
2021-01-10	5	2nd	4 8 10 19 27 35 36
2021-01-05	17	1st	8 17 19 24 35 43 44
2020-12-19	27	3rd	2 6 8 21 23 25 41
2020-11-22	2	2nd	5 8 11 14 16 20 40
2020-11-20	12	3rd	3 6 8 11 16 18 26
2020-11-08	2	2nd	2 8 9 23 24 38 40
2020-11-06	8	3rd	1 3 8 18 22 24 31
2020-10-29	22	2nd	4 8 13 16 19 20 30
2020-10-07	11	2nd	3 8 16 23 34 42 43
2020-09-26	1	4th	1 4 5 8 10 31 38
2020-09-25	2	3rd	1 5 8 9 14 28 42
2020-09-23	3	2nd	2 8 16 21 27 29 42
2020-09-20	2	2nd	3 8 18 24 27 30 36
2020-09-18	1	4th	2 4 6 8 26 30 33
2020-09-17	12	1st	8 18 25 29 32 38 41
2020-09-05	5	2nd	6 8 14 23 27 35 39
2020-08-31	9	3rd	1 2 8 10 13 33 42
2020-08-22	4	3rd	2 5 8 13 15 17 31
2020-08-18	9	2nd	4 8 11 15 32 37 42
2020-08-09	2	1st	8 11 15 22 37 41 42
2020-08-07	11	1st	8 11 13 17 32 36 40
2020-07-27	32	2nd	3 8 24 25 33 35 42
2020-06-25	4	3rd	2 7 8 12 20 32 35
2020-06-21	15	3rd	2 6 8 12 16 29 35
2020-06-06	2	2nd	4 8 21 22 32 36 37
2020-06-04	2	1st	8 11 19 20 28 30 41
2020-06-02	3	1st	8 20 24 29 36 38 39
2020-05-30	3	3rd	1 5 8 11 13 18 30
2020-05-27	2	1st	8 14 20 21 23 28 38
2020-05-25	3	1st	8 10 16 25 32 33 36
2020-05-22	1	2nd	3 8 16 25 27 40 41
2020-05-21	2	2nd	3 8 9 15 16 31 44
2020-05-19	23	1st	8 10 20 21 35 36 39
2020-04-26	6	1st	8 24 27 37 42 43 44
2020-04-20	4	1st	8 20 21 23 30 32 36
2020-04-16	13	2nd	6 8 13 20 31 32 39
2020-04-03	1	2nd	6 8 18 26 33 38 44
2020-04-02	1	1st	8 13 22 37 38 42 44
2020-04-01	6	2nd	3 8 20 25 31 40 41
2020-03-26	2	4th	1 3 4 8 20 28 37
2020-03-24	1	3rd	1 5 8 9 39 41 44
2020-03-23	—	2nd	4 8 10 17 19 38 44