In Powerbucks Wheel of Fortune under the 6/36 · since Apr 2025 rules — 484 draws, 6 from 1–36.
75times drawn · chance expected 81 −0.69σ
5draws waiting · a wait this long: 48% for any number
6.4average wait between appearances · chance says 6.0
26longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long
8 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 75 times in 484 draws against 80.7 expected, −0.69σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
8
Number 8, draw by draw
Drawn 75 times in 484 draws · average wait 6.4 draws · longest completed wait 26 · waiting 5 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.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 35 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 36. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/36 tonight whatever it did last week.