Number 8

In Lotto Poker under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 396 draws, 5 from 1–13.

145times drawn · chance expected 152 −0.75σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

2.7average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

17longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 145 times in 396 draws against 152.3 expected, −0.75σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 145 times in 396 draws · average wait 2.7 draws · longest completed wait 17 · waiting 3 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest6 · chance 1.5
2nd smallest32 · chance 20.5
3rd smallest60 · chance 61.5
4th smallest36 · chance 51.3
5th smallest11 · chance 10.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 48.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

13 11 7 1 4 12

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 12 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 13. 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
2026-09-30	7	2nd	3 8 10 12 13
2026-09-05	2	3rd	2 4 8 10 11
2026-08-29	0	4th	6 7 7 8
2026-08-29	4	4th	6 7 7 8

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 5/13 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-06-28	0	2nd	1 8 11
2026-06-28	4	2nd	1 8 11
2026-06-24	1	4th	4 5 5 8 13
2026-06-23	1	3rd	1 7 8 11 13
2026-06-22	2	4th	1 3 7 8 11
2026-06-20	5	4th	1 4 6 8 13
2026-06-15	7	1st	8 9 11 11 13
2026-06-08	1	3rd	3 5 8 11 12
2026-06-07	1	4th	2 3 7 8 10
2026-06-06	3	4th	3 5 7 8 10
2026-06-03	2	4th	1 3 4 8 11
2026-06-01	2	3rd	2 4 8 12 13
2026-05-30	8	5th	3 3 4 6 8
2026-05-22	1	3rd	2 4 8 9 11
2026-05-21	0	3rd	1 7 8 11
2026-05-21	11	3rd	1 7 8 11
2026-05-10	2	3rd	1 7 8 9 12
2026-05-08	2	3rd	1 6 8 12 13
2026-05-06	2	4th	2 3 7 8 11
2026-05-04	1	2nd	3 8 11 12 13
2026-05-03	5	3rd	2 3 8 10 13
2026-04-28	0	2nd	6 8 11 13
2026-04-28	3	2nd	6 8 11 13
2026-04-25	3	2nd	2 8 12 13 13
2026-04-22	8	4th	2 6 7 8 9
2026-04-14	1	3rd	5 7 8 12 13
2026-04-13	1	3rd	4 4 8 9 13
2026-04-12	0	1st	8 9 10 12
2026-04-12	1	1st	8 9 10 12
2026-04-11	1	3rd	1 6 8 10 12
2026-04-10	1	5th	4 5 6 7 8
2026-04-09	2	4th	1 2 6 8 12
2026-04-07	3	4th	6 6 7 8 12
2026-04-04	0	2nd	4 8 9 13
2026-04-04	6	2nd	4 8 9 13
2026-03-29	6	4th	3 5 7 8 13
2026-03-23	1	3rd	2 4 8 9 13
2026-03-22	3	5th	1 2 3 5 8
2026-03-19	1	3rd	2 4 8 10 11
2026-03-18	7	3rd	4 7 8 11 13
2026-03-11	2	4th	2 6 7 8 12
2026-03-09	5	2nd	6 8 9 11 13
2026-03-04	7	3rd	4 6 8 9 11
2026-02-25	1	5th	4 5 6 7 8
2026-02-24	2	4th	3 4 4 8 13
2026-02-22	1	2nd	1 8 9 12 12
2026-02-21	0	3rd	1 2 8 9
2026-02-21	2	3rd	1 2 8 9
2026-02-19	3	2nd	5 8 9 9 11
2026-02-16	4	4th	1 1 3 8 12
2026-02-12	1	5th	1 3 4 6 8
2026-02-11	1	3rd	5 5 8 10 12
2026-02-10	1	2nd	2 8 10 10 12
2026-02-09	1	4th	2 5 7 8 10
2026-02-08	4	4th	2 3 6 8 11
2026-02-04	9	3rd	4 6 8 11 13
2026-01-26	1	3rd	4 7 8 11 13
2026-01-25	0	3rd	6 6 8 13
2026-01-25	3	3rd	6 6 8 13
2026-01-22	1	4th	4 7 7 8 9
2026-01-21	3	4th	2 4 5 8 13
2026-01-18	2	4th	1 5 6 8 9
2026-01-16	0	3rd	1 6 8 12
2026-01-16	3	3rd	1 6 8 12
2026-01-13	0	2nd	2 8 12 12
2026-01-13	1	2nd	2 8 12 12
2026-01-12	2	2nd	7 8 9 10 11
2026-01-10	7	4th	1 1 7 8 9
2026-01-03	1	4th	5 5 7 8 10
2026-01-02	5	4th	1 5 6 8 11
2025-12-28	1	3rd	2 4 8 9 10
2025-12-27	1	2nd	2 8 12 12 13
2025-12-26	1	3rd	1 4 8 10 13
2025-12-25	1	2nd	2 8 13 13 13
2025-12-24	4	3rd	2 7 8 9 13
2025-12-20	3	4th	1 2 3 8 13
2025-12-17	12	5th	2 3 3 5 8
2025-12-05	2	4th	2 3 4 8 12
2025-12-03	4	3rd	4 6 8 10 12
2025-11-29	4	3rd	3 6 8 10 13
2025-11-25	4	3rd	2 3 8 10 13
2025-11-21	7	3rd	1 7 8 9 13
2025-11-14	2	3rd	3 7 8 11 11
2025-11-12	1	4th	3 4 5 8 10
2025-11-11	3	3rd	1 7 8 9 9
2025-11-08	2	4th	1 3 6 8 11
2025-11-06	1	3rd	2 3 8 10 12
2025-11-05	1	4th	5 5 6 8 12
2025-11-04	6	4th	1 3 4 8 9
2025-10-29	4	5th	2 4 6 6 8
2025-10-25	2	3rd	1 1 8 9 11
2025-10-23	3	3rd	4 6 8 9 12
2025-10-20	5	4th	5 6 7 8 12
2025-10-15	1	2nd	7 8 10 11 11
2025-10-14	0	3rd	3 4 8 12
2025-10-14	9	3rd	3 4 8 12
2025-10-05	1	2nd	6 8 9 10 11
2025-10-04	5	3rd	2 3 8 9 9
2025-09-29	4	5th	1 2 6 7 8
2025-09-25	4	3rd	4 5 8 11 12
2025-09-21	5	2nd	7 8 9 11 11
2025-09-16	4	3rd	1 6 8 10 13
2025-09-12	0	2nd	2 8 11 12
2025-09-12	4	2nd	2 8 11 12
2025-09-08	1	3rd	4 6 8 10 13
2025-09-07	1	3rd	1 7 8 10 11
2025-09-06	2	3rd	4 5 8 9 11
2025-09-04	2	3rd	1 4 8 10 13
2025-09-02	5	3rd	3 5 8 11 11
2025-08-28	1	4th	1 4 7 8 11
2025-08-27	1	3rd	3 5 8 11 13
2025-08-26	0	2nd	3 8 9 10
2025-08-26	1	2nd	3 8 9 10
2025-08-25	3	5th	3 4 5 7 8
2025-08-22	2	3rd	5 7 8 10 12
2025-08-20	4	5th	1 2 5 7 8
2025-08-16	1	1st	8 9 11 13 13
2025-08-15	1	2nd	6 8 9 10 12
2025-08-14	1	3rd	4 7 8 12 13
2025-08-13	1	2nd	7 8 11 12 12
2025-08-12	—	2nd	5 8 10 11 13