Number 8

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

106times drawn · chance expected 105 +0.12σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

47longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 106 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, +0.12σ. 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 106 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 47 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest54 · chance 56.0
2nd smallest42 · chance 40.2
3rd smallest10 · chance 9.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

42 5 10 24 44 47

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-10-02	4	2nd	7 8 10 22 35
2026-09-18	7	1st	8 17 25 30 44
2026-08-25	9	1st	8 16 30 47 48
2026-07-24	1	1st	8 10 30

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-14	15	1st	8 10 33 35 49
2025-01-21	1	2nd	6 8 14 27 41
2025-01-17	14	1st	8 15 24 35 42
2024-11-29	4	1st	8 17 18 29 43
2024-11-15	3	2nd	7 8 34 39 44
2024-11-05	9	2nd	1 8 19 37 50
2024-10-04	1	2nd	4 8 16 17 20
2024-10-01	10	1st	8 22 29 41 42
2024-08-27	10	2nd	1 8 11 42 47
2024-07-23	20	2nd	4 8 10 16 34
2024-05-14	15	2nd	2 8 17 28 35
2024-03-22	4	1st	8 11 23 32 44
2024-03-08	6	1st	8 11 12 16 44
2024-02-16	6	1st	8 13 14 24 26
2024-01-26	9	1st	8 19 32 41 42
2023-12-26	14	1st	8 27 30 35 47
2023-11-07	1	1st	8 10 11 30 39
2023-11-03	3	1st	8 21 31 39 47
2023-10-24	22	1st	8 16 18 31 34
2023-08-08	7	1st	8 9 33 35 40
2023-07-14	20	2nd	5 8 29 35 48
2023-05-05	4	2nd	3 8 18 34 49
2023-04-21	14	2nd	7 8 18 33 42
2023-03-03	4	3rd	3 6 8 24 50
2023-02-17	3	1st	8 23 27 42 45
2023-02-07	3	2nd	2 8 34 44 47
2023-01-27	14	1st	8 9 15 19 31
2022-12-09	17	1st	8 27 31 46 50
2022-10-11	41	1st	8 23 32 35 40
2022-05-20	4	1st	8 22 23 32 50
2022-05-06	1	2nd	3 8 18 24 40
2022-05-03	10	1st	8 20 26 47 48
2022-03-29	8	1st	8 11 33 42 43
2022-03-01	47	1st	8 24 26 39 42
2021-09-17	19	3rd	5 7 8 10 34
2021-07-13	27	3rd	5 6 8 11 22
2021-04-09	22	2nd	2 8 32 35 44
2021-01-22	16	1st	8 16 42 44 47
2020-11-27	25	3rd	2 5 8 14 16
2020-09-01	6	2nd	4 8 10 33 46
2020-08-11	5	1st	8 13 14 42 50
2020-07-24	16	1st	8 9 27 28 50
2020-05-29	6	2nd	4 8 11 19 46
2020-05-08	15	1st	8 25 32 33 38
2020-03-17	5	3rd	5 7 8 16 20
2020-02-28	12	1st	8 11 20 22 23
2020-01-17	3	1st	8 19 20 29 44
2020-01-07	5	2nd	5 8 12 37 43
2019-12-20	9	1st	8 24 30 32 34
2019-11-19	3	1st	8 10 15 30 42
2019-11-08	6	1st	8 17 20 23 45
2019-10-18	8	1st	8 18 22 41 42
2019-09-20	7	1st	8 21 25 38 50
2019-08-27	19	1st	8 26 35 43 47
2019-06-21	18	2nd	5 8 9 25 39
2019-04-19	1	2nd	7 8 32 41 49
2019-04-16	16	2nd	1 8 15 44 49
2019-02-19	14	2nd	1 8 18 19 39
2019-01-01	2	2nd	1 8 11 25 28
2018-12-25	9	3rd	4 5 8 31 43
2018-11-23	14	2nd	5 8 25 26 30
2018-10-05	2	1st	8 16 24 26 35
2018-09-28	3	3rd	2 4 8 27 50
2018-09-18	20	2nd	3 8 10 32 45
2018-07-10	1	2nd	3 8 26 33 45
2018-07-06	8	1st	8 30 33 38 48
2018-06-08	6	1st	8 19 32 43 46
2018-05-18	13	2nd	5 8 10 13 31
2018-04-03	16	2nd	3 8 16 40 43
2018-02-06	4	1st	8 17 28 34 38
2018-01-23	1	2nd	5 8 9 23 24
2018-01-19	6	2nd	3 8 17 44 50
2017-12-29	3	2nd	4 8 22 23 48
2017-12-19	26	1st	8 15 30 38 46
2017-09-19	5	2nd	1 8 21 30 45
2017-09-01	12	3rd	3 7 8 14 49
2017-07-21	14	2nd	1 8 9 26 49
2017-06-02	3	1st	8 10 24 33 42
2017-05-23	2	1st	8 15 25 27 42
2017-05-16	2	1st	8 11 15 20 30
2017-05-09	37	1st	8 12 16 22 26
2016-12-30	—	1st	8 10 22 29 47