In Eurojackpot under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Mar 2022 rules — 477 draws, 2 from 1–12.
71times drawn · chance expected 80 −1.04σ
1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number
6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 6.0
21longest completed wait · 84% chance of one at least that long
8 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 71 times in 477 draws against 79.5 expected, −1.04σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
8
Number 8, draw by draw
Drawn 71 times in 477 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 21 · waiting 1 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.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 11 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 12. 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 2/12 tonight whatever it did last week.