Number 8

In Health Lottery under the 5/50 + 1/50 · since May 2013 rules — 3,269 draws, 5 from 1–50.

336times drawn · chance expected 327 +0.53σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

58longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 336 times in 3,269 draws against 326.9 expected, +0.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 78 times, counted separately.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 336 times in 3,269 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 58 · waiting 4 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 smallest194 · chance 177.5
2nd smallest117 · chance 127.4
3rd smallest22 · chance 28.7
4th smallest3 · chance 2.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 29 21 23 25 17

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
2026-10-13	1	1st	8 9 15 24 29
2026-10-12	23	2nd	7 8 12 13 31
2026-09-19	2	2nd	4 8 17 20 24
2026-09-17	12	2nd	2 8 13

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.

2026-04-02	5	1st	8 23 24 33 50
2026-03-28	2	1st	8 16 24 31 46
2026-03-26	4	2nd	3 8 21 23 36
2026-03-22	20	1st	8 9 12 17 25
2026-03-02	20	1st	8 12 16 30 35
2026-02-10	2	1st	8 16 21 33 43
2026-02-08	6	2nd	4 8 9 13 47
2026-02-02	4	1st	8 9 11 44 48
2026-01-29	5	1st	8 9 17 22 30
2026-01-24	29	2nd	4 8 18 22 24
2025-12-26	13	2nd	7 8 12 23 46
2025-12-13	3	1st	8 30 33 36 41
2025-12-10	15	2nd	4 8 32 42 43
2025-11-25	15	1st	8 11 25 29 41
2025-11-10	18	1st	8 20 29 36 41
2025-10-23	6	2nd	7 8 15 16 31
2025-10-17	18	1st	8 29 32 37 48
2025-09-29	26	2nd	2 8 13 18 27
2025-09-03	4	2nd	4 8 10 19 37
2025-08-30	6	1st	8 12 20 29 37
2025-08-24	4	3rd	2 5 8 11 13
2025-08-20	1	1st	8 10 16 32 42
2025-08-19	12	1st	8 9 40 41 48
2025-08-07	3	2nd	1 8 25 27 39
2025-08-04	5	1st	8 14 17 25 34
2025-07-30	2	2nd	3 8 15 18 49
2025-07-28	3	3rd	6 7 8 23 40
2025-07-25	9	2nd	6 8 43 44 48
2025-07-16	21	1st	8 9 15 27 37
2025-06-25	2	2nd	4 8 40 46 48
2025-06-23	4	1st	8 15 21 24 41
2025-06-19	3	2nd	2 8 12 38 49
2025-06-16	11	1st	8 18 19 26 49
2025-06-05	13	1st	8 23 30 32 39
2025-05-17	5	1st	8 9 26 34 37
2025-05-10	14	1st	8 13 16 44 48
2025-04-22	4	1st	8 26 41 46 50
2025-04-16	4	2nd	2 8 11 36 37
2025-04-10	5	1st	8 11 20 28 37
2025-04-03	8	1st	8 11 31 33 44
2025-03-22	4	1st	8 14 21 36 43
2025-03-18	15	1st	8 16 28 40 50
2025-02-25	5	1st	8 17 26 43 50
2025-02-18	4	1st	8 14 38 42 46
2025-02-12	16	2nd	1 8 18 25 28
2025-01-21	17	2nd	4 8 41 47 50
2024-12-27	9	1st	8 15 17 36 46
2024-12-14	22	1st	8 26 35 41 45
2024-11-14	5	1st	8 16 30 44 50
2024-11-07	8	2nd	3 8 13 31 38
2024-10-26	7	4th	3 4 6 8 36
2024-10-17	2	1st	8 19 21 25 29
2024-10-15	1	2nd	7 8 23 26 30
2024-10-12	1	1st	8 12 17 19 42
2024-10-11	8	3rd	1 2 8 24 50
2024-10-01	9	1st	8 9 18 23 32
2024-09-18	5	3rd	1 2 8 24 49
2024-09-11	18	2nd	1 8 11 17 27
2024-08-16	3	2nd	4 8 18 20 25
2024-08-13	1	2nd	4 8 22 46 49
2024-08-10	3	2nd	7 8 23 25 33
2024-08-07	4	2nd	3 8 32 33 48
2024-08-01	36	1st	8 18 20 25 48
2024-06-12	11	1st	8 20 22 44 50
2024-05-28	25	1st	8 9 13 25 48
2024-04-23	4	1st	8 34 36 37 43
2024-04-17	5	1st	8 13 27 28 45
2024-04-10	13	1st	8 11 22 23 45
2024-03-22	4	2nd	3 8 19 37 45
2024-03-16	3	1st	8 14 18 34 44
2024-03-13	3	1st	8 14 43 45 46
2024-03-08	19	1st	8 13 30 39 44
2024-02-10	15	1st	8 28 37 48 49
2024-01-20	10	2nd	2 8 23 28 49
2024-01-06	1	1st	8 26 30 33 35
2024-01-05	6	2nd	7 8 13 21 24
2023-12-28	7	1st	8 29 38 40 48
2023-12-19	19	3rd	3 7 8 22 28
2023-11-22	1	1st	8 15 19 26 28
2023-11-21	10	2nd	2 8 24 31 50
2023-11-07	17	1st	8 29 33 41 48
2023-10-13	29	1st	8 18 23 26 35
2023-09-02	1	2nd	7 8 12 26 27
2023-09-01	23	1st	8 9 23 24 44
2023-08-01	4	2nd	1 8 33 41 44
2023-07-26	13	2nd	4 8 13 16 38
2023-07-07	11	2nd	2 8 33 44 49
2023-06-22	5	2nd	6 8 18 37 44
2023-06-15	10	1st	8 25 40 41 49
2023-06-01	8	1st	8 14 26 33 34
2023-05-20	1	2nd	1 8 9 23 47
2023-05-19	29	2nd	6 8 16 42 43
2023-04-08	3	2nd	1 8 16 38 41
2023-04-05	20	1st	8 20 26 36 39
2023-03-08	2	2nd	5 8 12 27 44
2023-03-04	10	1st	8 24 25 31 41
2023-02-18	13	1st	8 17 21 29 37
2023-02-01	26	2nd	6 8 21 22 42
2022-12-27	7	2nd	4 8 9 12 46
2022-12-16	30	1st	8 15 25 44 50
2022-11-04	3	1st	8 26 40 42 45
2022-11-01	7	1st	8 13 29 31 36
2022-10-21	2	1st	8 12 14 35 46
2022-10-19	8	1st	8 11 17 19 35
2022-10-07	10	1st	8 17 28 29 39
2022-09-23	2	2nd	3 8 17 31 34
2022-09-21	10	3rd	6 7 8 13 23
2022-09-07	13	1st	8 13 29 31 42
2022-08-19	9	2nd	6 8 12 26 40
2022-08-06	22	1st	8 22 27 30 34
2022-07-07	5	1st	8 25 29 37 47
2022-06-30	11	3rd	1 6 8 14 26
2022-06-15	3	3rd	2 4 8 12 37
2022-06-10	22	1st	8 11 19 48 50
2022-05-11	5	1st	8 14 24 25 32
2022-05-04	6	1st	8 12 13 18 36
2022-04-26	1	1st	8 30 35 38 45
2022-04-23	2	1st	8 9 10 18 23
2022-04-21	4	1st	8 15 21 31 36
2022-04-15	5	3rd	5 7 8 11 43
2022-04-08	10	1st	8 26 40 45 49
2022-03-25	7	1st	8 10 23 29 39
2022-03-16	18	1st	8 9 16 24 25
2022-02-18	2	2nd	5 8 10 17 48
2022-02-16	18	2nd	6 8 18 19 30
2022-01-21	11	2nd	4 8 18 36 46
2022-01-06	22	1st	8 17 23 42 49
2021-12-07	10	2nd	6 8 28 33 50
2021-11-23	58	1st	8 22 29 37 38
2021-09-02	1	1st	8 28 29 33 35
2021-09-01	5	2nd	2 8 13 18 47
2021-08-25	15	1st	8 12 16 21 41
2021-08-04	7	2nd	5 8 15 35 36
2021-07-24	25	1st	8 11 26 28 35
2021-06-19	8	1st	8 12 26 29 36
2021-06-09	22	1st	8 26 31 38 42
2021-05-08	1	2nd	6 8 10 14 20
2021-05-07	3	2nd	5 8 16 22 36
2021-05-04	13	1st	8 21 24 27 41
2021-04-15	18	2nd	5 8 12 20 34
2021-03-20	8	1st	8 22 31 36 42
2021-03-10	17	1st	8 11 35 38 43
2021-02-13	20	1st	8 10 20 25 44
2021-01-16	15	1st	8 16 17 26 44
2020-12-26	22	1st	8 9 29 31 32
2020-11-26	4	2nd	4 8 25 35 47
2020-11-20	23	2nd	7 8 10 30 33
2020-10-20	45	1st	8 9 12 22 44
2020-08-18	1	1st	8 29 32 40 47
2020-08-15	11	2nd	2 8 15 21 26
2020-07-31	6	2nd	1 8 16 23 44
2020-07-23	6	2nd	4 8 22 28 40
2020-07-15	4	2nd	6 8 11 17 46
2020-07-09	5	2nd	7 8 14 28 35
2020-07-02	26	1st	8 9 23 26 43
2020-05-27	2	2nd	1 8 23 32 33
2020-05-23	5	2nd	7 8 18 29 37
2020-05-16	7	3rd	3 6 8 11 45
2020-05-07	7	3rd	5 7 8 16 29
2020-04-28	1	2nd	4 8 19 20 45
2020-04-25	19	1st	8 26 29 39 40
2020-03-31	6	1st	8 15 21 43 50
2020-03-21	6	2nd	1 8 18 36 47
2020-03-13	3	3rd	2 7 8 19 25
2020-03-10	33	1st	8 14 23 24 43
2020-01-23	3	2nd	2 8 18 21 43
2020-01-18	3	1st	8 10 20 25 34
2020-01-15	11	2nd	7 8 11 48 50
2019-12-31	6	2nd	1 8 31 39 42
2019-12-21	14	1st	8 12 32 33 47
2019-12-03	2	2nd	2 8 15 35 44
2019-11-29	27	2nd	5 8 14 23 30
2019-10-23	14	2nd	5 8 11 21 36
2019-10-03	14	1st	8 15 16 18 27
2019-09-13	13	1st	8 10 31 33 48
2019-08-27	1	1st	8 19 20 21 23
2019-08-24	4	1st	8 15 18 28 35
2019-08-20	23	2nd	7 8 9 27 44
2019-07-18	23	1st	8 10 31 35 37
2019-06-15	2	2nd	2 8 19 36 42
2019-06-13	7	1st	8 11 22 29 45
2019-06-04	3	2nd	1 8 13 27 32
2019-05-30	3	1st	8 20 21 31 38
2019-05-25	6	1st	8 16 20 33 45
2019-05-17	2	2nd	3 8 27 38 50
2019-05-15	7	2nd	2 8 14 33 44
2019-05-04	3	1st	8 20 34 36 38
2019-05-01	1	1st	8 31 38 40 47
2019-04-30	15	2nd	3 8 23 29 31
2019-04-09	4	1st	8 25 27 34 40
2019-04-03	9	2nd	1 8 15 22 50
2019-03-21	1	1st	8 16 19 38 46
2019-03-20	6	1st	8 14 18 27 34
2019-03-12	38	1st	8 25 27 40 43
2019-01-17	1	1st	8 20 27 35 50
2019-01-16	2	3rd	1 5 8 40 42
2019-01-12	2	2nd	1 8 11 17 20
2019-01-10	14	2nd	2 8 23 30 48
2018-12-21	13	2nd	3 8 22 41 47
2018-12-04	1	2nd	1 8 14 18 32
2018-12-01	10	2nd	7 8 16 22 46
2018-11-17	14	1st	8 10 43 47 49
2018-10-30	12	2nd	7 8 21 24 50
2018-10-12	22	1st	8 22 27 29 38
2018-09-12	2	1st	8 16 40 43 47
2018-09-08	1	1st	8 11 26 41 42
2018-09-07	3	2nd	5 8 9 22 35
2018-09-04	4	1st	8 13 16 36 43
2018-08-29	8	1st	8 17 34 41 47
2018-08-17	14	2nd	7 8 42 43 44
2018-07-28	3	2nd	6 8 27 29 41
2018-07-25	1	2nd	7 8 22 45 50
2018-07-24	3	1st	8 17 28 31 41
2018-07-19	12	2nd	4 8 27 40 42
2018-07-03	1	1st	8 14 21 31 32
2018-06-30	3	1st	8 15 20 30 43
2018-06-27	5	1st	8 10 20 22 30
2018-06-20	1	1st	8 19 26 48 50
2018-06-19	21	2nd	2 8 24 45 50
2018-05-19	18	1st	8 16 17 20 21
2018-04-25	5	1st	8 21 26 27 50
2018-04-18	27	2nd	6 8 14 20 26
2018-03-10	5	1st	8 9 14 18 34
2018-03-03	4	1st	8 13 16 37 42
2018-02-27	3	1st	8 30 36 38 48
2018-02-22	14	1st	8 12 17 19 42
2018-02-02	2	1st	8 17 29 30 38
2018-01-31	25	1st	8 14 18 25 49
2017-12-27	4	2nd	3 8 14 34 48
2017-12-21	14	1st	8 10 16 32 33
2017-12-01	37	1st	8 20 34 35 41
2017-10-11	10	2nd	1 8 12 22 36
2017-09-27	26	2nd	3 8 14 17 28
2017-08-22	6	1st	8 20 29 35 42
2017-08-12	8	1st	8 9 13 28 30
2017-08-02	7	1st	8 15 35 39 44
2017-07-22	5	1st	8 27 28 39 50
2017-07-15	9	2nd	1 8 14 23 38
2017-07-04	15	3rd	3 5 8 20 40
2017-06-13	18	3rd	1 6 8 40 43
2017-05-18	1	1st	8 18 30 37 43
2017-05-17	30	1st	8 14 20 21 44
2017-04-05	8	1st	8 22 30 40 47
2017-03-24	4	2nd	1 8 10 15 37
2017-03-18	6	1st	8 9 28 38 39
2017-03-10	3	1st	8 33 37 39 41
2017-03-07	21	2nd	6 8 11 18 19
2017-02-04	3	1st	8 15 36 38 43
2017-02-01	2	1st	8 11 21 26 50
2017-01-28	3	1st	8 11 29 37 42
2017-01-25	2	1st	8 9 11 12 23
2017-01-21	18	2nd	7 8 17 39 40
2016-12-28	7	1st	8 24 33 41 44
2016-12-17	5	2nd	7 8 13 27 44
2016-12-10	9	1st	8 19 21 43 44
2016-11-29	18	3rd	5 6 8 27 47
2016-11-03	10	1st	8 9 24 26 28
2016-10-20	8	1st	8 25 39 44 45
2016-10-08	13	3rd	1 3 8 19 21
2016-09-21	11	1st	8 15 25 44 47
2016-09-06	4	1st	8 36 39 40 44
2016-08-31	2	1st	8 12 15 25 40
2016-08-27	7	1st	8 9 15 21 23
2016-08-18	6	1st	8 9 15 26 48
2016-08-05	12	1st	8 30 31 42 49
2016-07-20	12	1st	8 17 27 30 31
2016-07-02	11	2nd	4 8 24 33 45
2016-06-17	4	2nd	4 8 25 33 48
2016-06-11	1	1st	8 15 31 44 49
2016-06-10	1	1st	8 29 37 46 50
2016-06-09	10	1st	8 21 38 45 48
2016-05-26	1	3rd	4 5 8 9 42
2016-05-25	12	1st	8 11 23 28 38
2016-05-07	8	2nd	6 8 17 24 48
2016-04-27	10	1st	8 16 27 33 44
2016-04-13	17	2nd	1 8 23 28 41
2016-03-19	10	2nd	6 8 12 20 42
2016-03-05	9	1st	8 21 22 32 47
2016-02-23	23	2nd	1 8 30 33 35
2016-01-21	13	1st	8 26 33 34 37
2016-01-02	7	1st	8 17 25 32 33
2015-12-22	4	1st	8 12 26 29 32
2015-12-16	2	1st	8 15 21 41 50
2015-12-12	38	1st	8 16 19 39 40
2015-10-15	15	1st	8 9 12 21 48
2015-09-10	10	2nd	3 8 17 27 46
2015-08-19	3	1st	8 26 30 37 45
2015-08-12	2	1st	8 22 27 30 38
2015-08-05	3	1st	8 12 17 21 27
2015-07-25	26	1st	8 19 34 39 46
2015-04-25	5	3rd	1 6 8 13 14
2015-04-08	16	1st	8 39 45 46 47
2015-02-11	5	2nd	4 8 13 24 25
2015-01-24	17	1st	8 10 38 42 48
2014-11-26	6	1st	8 20 25 30 33
2014-11-05	10	2nd	5 8 15 30 48
2014-10-01	23	2nd	3 8 12 42 50
2014-07-12	4	1st	8 11 14 18 37
2014-06-28	9	1st	8 17 21 29 32
2014-05-28	32	2nd	6 8 14 19 31
2014-02-05	4	2nd	5 8 10 28 43
2014-01-22	4	1st	8 18 19 26 50
2014-01-08	1	1st	8 14 32 33 39
2014-01-04	14	3rd	5 7 8 24 28
2013-11-16	7	2nd	2 8 25 30 34
2013-10-23	23	1st	8 13 35 37 43
2013-08-03	1	2nd	6 8 23 32 41
2013-07-31	8	1st	8 14 21 23 42
2013-07-03	6	2nd	5 8 10 26 40
2013-06-12	2	1st	8 15 16 28 39
2013-06-05	3	1st	8 10 24 27 46
2013-05-25	—	1st	8 22 26 36 38