Number 8

In Spiel 77 under the 7/9 · since Sep 2024 rules — 213 draws, 7 from 0–9.

138times drawn · chance expected 149 −1.66σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 30% for any number

1.5average wait between appearances · chance says 1.4

8longest completed wait · 3% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 138 times in 213 draws against 149.1 expected, −1.66σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 138 times in 213 draws · average wait 1.5 draws · longest completed wait 8 · waiting 2 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 smallest0 · chance 0.0
2nd smallest0 · chance 0.0
3rd smallest0 · chance 0.0
4th smallest5 · chance 0.0
5th smallest35 · chance 0.0
6th smallest52 · chance 92.0
7th smallest46 · chance 46.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 92.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 3 0 6 7 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 9 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 10. 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
2026-10-03	1	7th	3 4 6 7 7 7 8
2026-09-30	1	7th	0 1 3 4 5 6 8
2026-09-26	0	6th	3 3 4 5 5 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 7/10 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-06-06	1	6th	4 5 7 7 7 8
2026-06-03	2	6th	0 1 4 4 7 8 9
2026-05-27	1	7th	1 5 5 5 6 7 8
2026-05-23	1	7th	1 2 3 5 6 6 8
2026-05-20	2	4th	1 2 6 8 9 9 9
2026-05-13	0	5th	1 2 4 7 8 9
2026-05-13	2	5th	1 2 4 7 8 9
2026-05-06	0	5th	3 4 5 7 8 9
2026-05-06	3	5th	3 4 5 7 8 9
2026-04-25	0	6th	1 2 4 5 6 8
2026-04-25	2	6th	1 2 4 5 6 8
2026-04-18	2	7th	0 1 2 4 4 6 8
2026-04-11	1	6th	1 2 3 4 7 8 9
2026-04-08	1	6th	1 2 4 4 5 8 9
2026-04-04	1	7th	0 1 3 4 4 4 8
2026-04-01	1	6th	0 2 6 7 7 8 9
2026-03-28	1	7th	0 1 1 1 1 6 8
2026-03-25	1	6th	0 3 4 6 6 8 9
2026-03-21	0	5th	1 3 7 7 8 9
2026-03-21	1	5th	1 3 7 7 8 9
2026-03-18	3	7th	0 0 1 2 3 4 8
2026-03-07	2	5th	2 3 5 5 8 9 9
2026-02-28	1	7th	1 1 2 4 6 7 8
2026-02-25	1	5th	0 6 7 7 8 9 9
2026-02-21	1	7th	0 3 4 4 6 6 8
2026-02-18	1	7th	0 6 6 7 7 7 8
2026-02-14	4	6th	0 0 0 0 1 8 9
2026-01-31	2	5th	0 2 5 7 8 9 9
2026-01-24	0	6th	0 1 1 3 6 8
2026-01-24	1	6th	0 1 1 3 6 8
2026-01-21	2	6th	3 3 4 6 7 8 9
2026-01-14	2	7th	0 0 0 3 6 7 8
2026-01-07	1	6th	0 2 2 2 4 8 9
2026-01-03	1	7th	1 2 4 4 4 7 8
2025-12-31	0	6th	0 2 4 6 7 8
2025-12-31	3	6th	0 2 4 6 7 8
2025-12-20	3	5th	0 1 4 4 8 9 9
2025-12-10	1	5th	0 0 4 6 8 9 9
2025-12-06	1	7th	0 0 0 2 3 4 8
2025-12-03	1	6th	0 2 3 5 7 8 9
2025-11-29	0	5th	0 2 3 4 8 9
2025-11-29	3	5th	0 2 3 4 8 9
2025-11-19	0	6th	0 3 4 4 7 8
2025-11-19	4	6th	0 3 4 4 7 8
2025-11-01	1	7th	0 1 1 4 4 6 8
2025-10-29	0	5th	2 3 3 5 8 9
2025-10-29	2	5th	2 3 3 5 8 9
2025-10-22	1	7th	0 0 1 4 7 7 8
2025-10-18	1	6th	3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2025-10-15	1	6th	1 2 4 5 6 8 9
2025-10-11	0	5th	1 2 2 2 8
2025-10-11	0	5th	1 2 2 2 8
2025-10-11	4	5th	1 2 2 2 8
2025-09-27	2	7th	1 2 3 4 5 5 8
2025-09-20	1	7th	0 0 3 4 5 7 8
2025-09-17	1	6th	0 1 2 4 6 8 9
2025-09-13	1	7th	1 4 4 4 6 7 8
2025-09-10	5	6th	1 1 4 6 6 8 9
2025-08-23	1	7th	0 1 3 4 4 5 8
2025-08-20	2	7th	0 1 2 3 5 6 8
2025-08-13	2	7th	0 0 4 4 5 6 8
2025-08-06	2	6th	0 3 6 6 7 8 9
2025-07-30	2	7th	0 0 0 2 6 7 8
2025-07-23	0	5th	0 2 3 3 8 9
2025-07-23	1	5th	0 2 3 3 8 9
2025-07-19	2	6th	0 0 2 6 6 8 9
2025-07-12	0	5th	1 5 6 7 8 9
2025-07-12	1	5th	1 5 6 7 8 9
2025-07-09	1	7th	0 0 5 5 5 7 8
2025-07-05	1	5th	0 0 1 5 8 9 9
2025-07-02	0	6th	1 4 4 5 5 8
2025-07-02	3	6th	1 4 4 5 5 8
2025-06-21	1	7th	1 3 3 4 5 6 8
2025-06-18	2	6th	1 2 2 3 3 8 9
2025-06-11	0	6th	0 3 4 6 6 8
2025-06-11	4	6th	0 3 4 6 6 8
2025-05-28	2	7th	0 1 2 2 2 5 8
2025-05-21	2	6th	1 2 3 4 7 8 9
2025-05-14	3	7th	1 2 3 3 5 6 8
2025-05-03	1	7th	3 4 4 4 6 7 8
2025-04-30	1	7th	1 2 3 4 4 5 8
2025-04-26	1	6th	0 4 4 5 6 8 9
2025-04-23	1	5th	0 0 2 4 8 9 9
2025-04-19	2	5th	0 2 4 5 8 9 9
2025-04-12	1	7th	0 0 0 4 5 5 8
2025-04-09	2	7th	1 1 2 5 7 7 8
2025-04-02	2	6th	0 4 4 5 6 8 9
2025-03-26	0	5th	0 3 4 6 8
2025-03-26	0	5th	0 3 4 6 8
2025-03-26	2	5th	0 3 4 6 8
2025-03-19	2	7th	0 0 4 4 5 7 8
2025-03-12	0	4th	3 6 7 8 9 9
2025-03-12	2	4th	3 6 7 8 9 9
2025-03-05	5	6th	1 1 2 3 4 8 9
2025-02-15	3	6th	0 1 4 6 7 8 9
2025-02-05	1	7th	1 3 3 5 6 6 8
2025-02-01	2	6th	0 0 3 5 6 8 9
2025-01-25	2	7th	1 3 4 7 7 7 8
2025-01-18	2	6th	2 3 3 4 5 8 9
2025-01-11	1	6th	1 1 3 3 7 8 9
2025-01-08	1	7th	3 4 4 5 5 6 8
2025-01-04	1	7th	2 2 2 2 2 7 8
2025-01-01	1	7th	1 2 2 5 6 7 8
2024-12-28	0	4th	2 4 4 8 9 9
2024-12-28	1	4th	2 4 4 8 9 9
2024-12-25	3	7th	2 3 4 4 6 7 8
2024-12-14	3	7th	1 2 4 5 5 6 8
2024-12-04	0	5th	0 1 4 5 8 9
2024-12-04	6	5th	0 1 4 5 8 9
2024-11-13	2	5th	0 1 2 3 8 9 9
2024-11-06	2	7th	1 2 3 6 6 7 8
2024-10-30	7	7th	0 2 4 4 5 5 8
2024-10-05	2	7th	0 1 5 5 7 7 8
2024-09-28	—	6th	3 5 6 7 7 8 9