Number 8

In Poker Lotto under the 5/13 · since Aug 2025 rules — 429 draws, 5 from 1–13.

172times drawn · chance expected 165 +0.69σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

2.5average wait between appearances · chance says 2.6

11longest completed wait · 74% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 172 times in 429 draws against 165.0 expected, +0.69σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 172 times in 429 draws · average wait 2.5 draws · longest completed wait 11 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest8 · chance 1.7
2nd smallest40 · chance 24.3
3rd smallest65 · chance 73.0
4th smallest44 · chance 60.8
5th smallest15 · chance 12.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 57.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 4 10 13 9 11

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
2026-10-11	4	2nd	1 8 9 13 13
2026-10-07	3	3rd	2 6 8 11 12
2026-10-04	0	3rd	1 2 8 10
2026-10-04	3	3rd	1 2 8 10

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.

2026-07-30	1	4th	4 5 6 8 12
2026-07-29	2	3rd	1 7 8 11 12
2026-07-27	0	2nd	2 8 10 11
2026-07-27	3	2nd	2 8 10 11
2026-07-24	1	2nd	5 8 9 10 10
2026-07-23	1	4th	3 4 5 8 11
2026-07-22	4	4th	3 4 5 8 10
2026-07-18	4	3rd	1 2 8 11 13
2026-07-14	1	3rd	4 7 8 10 13
2026-07-13	0	3rd	1 2 8 10
2026-07-13	1	3rd	1 2 8 10
2026-07-12	2	3rd	1 2 8 9 12
2026-07-10	1	3rd	2 7 8 10 12
2026-07-09	0	3rd	2 6 8 11
2026-07-09	4	3rd	2 6 8 11
2026-07-05	4	4th	5 7 7 8 9
2026-07-01	2	3rd	4 4 8 13 13
2026-06-29	2	3rd	6 6 8 11 12
2026-06-27	1	3rd	2 7 8 11 13
2026-06-26	3	5th	4 4 5 7 8
2026-06-23	0	2nd	3 8 9 10
2026-06-23	2	2nd	3 8 9 10
2026-06-21	1	4th	1 4 6 8 9
2026-06-20	6	3rd	3 4 8 11 13
2026-06-14	2	4th	1 4 5 8 10
2026-06-12	1	4th	2 3 4 8 11
2026-06-11	4	2nd	4 8 10 12 13
2026-06-07	0	1st	8 10 13
2026-06-07	0	1st	8 10 13
2026-06-07	7	1st	8 10 13
2026-05-31	1	3rd	5 5 8 9 9
2026-05-30	1	3rd	3 5 8 11 13
2026-05-29	1	4th	4 6 6 8 11
2026-05-28	1	4th	1 2 7 8 9
2026-05-27	2	2nd	3 8 9 12 13
2026-05-25	2	4th	2 5 5 8 13
2026-05-23	4	5th	4 5 5 6 8
2026-05-19	1	4th	4 5 6 8 10
2026-05-18	3	4th	4 5 7 8 9
2026-05-15	1	3rd	3 4 8 11 13
2026-05-14	1	2nd	3 8 9 11 13
2026-05-13	1	3rd	1 2 8 12 13
2026-05-12	2	4th	1 3 6 8 10
2026-05-10	4	3rd	3 7 8 9 11
2026-05-06	4	3rd	1 2 8 12 13
2026-05-02	2	2nd	3 8 9 10 12
2026-04-30	1	5th	2 6 6 7 8
2026-04-29	3	5th	1 2 2 7 8
2026-04-26	1	3rd	1 4 8 9 12
2026-04-25	1	1st	8 10 10 11 13
2026-04-24	1	3rd	6 6 8 9 11
2026-04-23	0	2nd	5 8 11 13
2026-04-23	3	2nd	5 8 11 13
2026-04-20	2	4th	2 5 6 8 11
2026-04-18	11	5th	1 3 6 7 8
2026-04-07	3	3rd	4 5 8 9 10
2026-04-04	9	4th	1 2 2 8 9
2026-03-26	0	2nd	5 8 10 12
2026-03-26	2	2nd	5 8 10 12
2026-03-24	0	3rd	3 6 8
2026-03-24	0	3rd	3 6 8
2026-03-24	1	3rd	3 6 8
2026-03-23	0	2nd	2 8 9 9
2026-03-23	1	2nd	2 8 9 9
2026-03-22	6	4th	3 3 7 8 9
2026-03-16	3	5th	1 2 4 7 8
2026-03-13	3	2nd	2 8 10 10 12
2026-03-10	2	3rd	3 7 8 11 12
2026-03-08	1	3rd	1 4 8 9 11
2026-03-07	8	3rd	2 5 8 9 13
2026-02-27	2	4th	4 5 6 8 11
2026-02-25	3	2nd	1 8 11 13 13
2026-02-22	7	5th	1 3 4 5 8
2026-02-15	3	5th	1 2 7 7 8
2026-02-12	10	3rd	2 3 8 9 13
2026-02-02	2	3rd	1 3 8 10 11
2026-01-31	1	3rd	2 6 8 11 12
2026-01-30	1	3rd	7 7 8 10 10
2026-01-29	1	2nd	7 8 9 11 12
2026-01-28	0	2nd	2 8 10 13
2026-01-28	1	2nd	2 8 10 13
2026-01-27	1	3rd	3 5 8 9 11
2026-01-26	0	2nd	1 8 11 12
2026-01-26	1	2nd	1 8 11 12
2026-01-25	2	5th	1 5 7 7 8
2026-01-23	1	1st	8 10 13 13 13
2026-01-22	0	2nd	4 8 10 12
2026-01-22	2	2nd	4 8 10 12
2026-01-20	1	5th	4 6 6 7 8
2026-01-19	0	1st	8 12 13 13
2026-01-19	7	1st	8 12 13 13
2026-01-12	2	3rd	4 7 8 10 11
2026-01-10	2	5th	1 6 7 7 8
2026-01-08	4	1st	8 9 9 11 13
2026-01-04	5	2nd	7 8 9 11 12
2025-12-30	3	3rd	4 6 8 9 12
2025-12-27	2	4th	2 2 4 8 12
2025-12-25	8	2nd	5 8 12 13 13
2025-12-17	2	4th	4 6 7 8 12
2025-12-15	6	4th	2 4 5 8 13
2025-12-09	1	4th	3 5 6 8 13
2025-12-08	9	2nd	5 8 9 11 11
2025-11-29	2	3rd	1 4 8 10 11
2025-11-27	6	4th	1 5 5 8 13
2025-11-21	4	2nd	4 8 10 11 11
2025-11-17	3	4th	2 4 4 8 10
2025-11-14	4	3rd	5 7 8 10 10
2025-11-10	1	4th	1 2 4 8 12
2025-11-09	2	3rd	1 6 8 10 12
2025-11-07	1	3rd	4 5 8 11 12
2025-11-06	1	4th	3 5 6 8 10
2025-11-05	2	2nd	3 8 9 9 10
2025-11-03	2	3rd	4 5 8 10 11
2025-11-01	0	3rd	3 3 8 11
2025-11-01	2	3rd	3 3 8 11
2025-10-30	7	3rd	3 4 8 13 13
2025-10-23	2	2nd	4 8 9 9 10
2025-10-21	0	4th	3 3 7 8
2025-10-21	3	4th	3 3 7 8
2025-10-18	5	4th	1 6 7 8 12
2025-10-13	3	2nd	7 8 9 10 13
2025-10-10	4	4th	3 5 7 8 10
2025-10-06	4	4th	1 2 7 8 9
2025-10-02	4	3rd	2 6 8 9 12
2025-09-28	2	4th	1 7 7 8 10
2025-09-26	1	2nd	2 8 9 11 13
2025-09-25	3	3rd	2 5 8 9 12
2025-09-22	0	3rd	3 3 8 10
2025-09-22	1	3rd	3 3 8 10
2025-09-21	1	3rd	6 7 8 13 13
2025-09-20	1	4th	1 2 6 8 11
2025-09-19	4	4th	3 5 6 8 11
2025-09-15	1	2nd	7 8 9 10 12
2025-09-14	1	3rd	2 4 8 10 13
2025-09-13	4	2nd	7 8 9 11 12
2025-09-09	0	3rd	2 4 8 11
2025-09-09	2	3rd	2 4 8 11
2025-09-07	4	4th	1 2 4 8 9
2025-09-03	4	2nd	5 8 12 13 13
2025-08-30	1	2nd	2 8 9 10 12
2025-08-29	2	3rd	2 3 8 9 13
2025-08-27	3	5th	4 5 6 7 8
2025-08-24	6	4th	2 4 6 8 12
2025-08-18	2	5th	1 2 3 3 8
2025-08-16	1	4th	1 3 6 8 12
2025-08-15	3	4th	2 4 7 8 9
2025-08-12	1	3rd	2 4 8 9 13
2025-08-11	—	3rd	3 5 8 9 12