Number 8

In Weekday Windfall under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,863 draws, 6 from 1–45.

238times drawn · chance expected 248 −0.71σ

20draws waiting · a wait this long: 7% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

41longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 238 times in 1,863 draws against 248.4 expected, −0.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 81 times, counted separately.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 238 times in 1,863 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 41 · waiting 20 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 smallest104 · chance 95.5
2nd smallest97 · chance 101.3
3rd smallest35 · chance 35.8
4th smallest2 · chance 5.1
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 27.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 28 43 4 27 29

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	1	1st	8 22 37 43 44 45
2026-07-24	7	2nd	7 8 22 30 43 45
2026-07-08	21	3rd	1 2 8 14 20 34
2026-05-20

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.

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