Number 8

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

120times drawn · chance expected 116 +0.41σ

21draws waiting · a wait this long: 12% for any number

9.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

49longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 120 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, +0.41σ. Each draw is independent: after 21 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 26 times, counted separately.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 120 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 21 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 smallest53 · chance 61.5
2nd smallest56 · chance 45.8
3rd smallest10 · chance 11.5
4th smallest0 · chance 1.2
5th smallest1 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 7 20 50 26 37

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-06-24	5	2nd	7 8 12 23 28 43
2026-06-06	36	1st	8 10 26 30 35 42
2026-01-31	2	2nd	7 8 17 25 37 40
2026-01-24	32	3rd	1 4

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-10-18	2	3rd	6 7 8 20 34 48
2023-10-11	2	2nd	3 8 15 18 23 25
2023-10-04	1	2nd	3 8 37 42 53 55
2023-09-30	1	2nd	1 8 14 20 24 40
2023-09-27	12	1st	8 10 11 20 31 44
2023-08-16	5	1st	8 10 32 43 51 59
2023-07-29	11	1st	8 20 21 33 37 56
2023-06-21	17	5th	1 3 4 7 8 15
2023-04-22	24	1st	8 22 29 31 35 51
2023-01-28	10	2nd	5 8 20 23 30 50
2022-12-24	22	2nd	1 8 14 46 49 59
2022-10-08	49	2nd	6 8 12 26 32 46
2022-04-20	15	2nd	5 8 24 47 50 53
2022-02-26	6	2nd	5 8 33 37 47 52
2022-02-05	7	1st	8 24 36 39 46 56
2022-01-12	11	1st	8 21 37 39 56 59
2021-12-04	1	1st	8 24 25 32 33 46
2021-12-01	10	3rd	4 7 8 37 42 50
2021-10-27	4	1st	8 20 22 39 47 48
2021-10-13	46	2nd	4 8 12 15 38 56
2021-05-05	5	1st	8 27 34 40 55 56
2021-04-17	4	2nd	7 8 18 21 23 57
2021-04-03	6	2nd	2 8 28 32 40 45
2021-03-13	3	2nd	6 8 11 17 29 44
2021-03-03	4	3rd	2 3 8 23 40 54
2021-02-17	10	3rd	5 6 8 20 26 39
2021-01-13	2	2nd	1 8 12 16 18 42
2021-01-06	1	2nd	2 8 36 51 52 54
2021-01-02	7	2nd	6 8 9 36 39 57
2020-12-09	22	2nd	7 8 10 14 28 33
2020-09-23	8	1st	8 17 28 35 47 51
2020-08-26	4	2nd	4 8 24 27 31 39
2020-08-12	12	2nd	6 8 27 31 37 51
2020-07-01	2	2nd	1 8 24 27 29 55
2020-06-24	7	2nd	1 8 33 50 52 57
2020-05-30	11	3rd	2 6 8 32 33 35
2020-04-22	7	2nd	3 8 18 47 50 59
2020-03-28	14	1st	8 14 27 33 46 49
2020-02-08	20	1st	8 35 42 43 54 59
2019-11-30	3	1st	8 16 24 36 40 57
2019-11-20	6	1st	8 17 31 47 49 52
2019-10-30	3	2nd	2 8 19 41 51 56
2019-10-19	4	1st	8 15 17 31 33 52
2019-10-05	16	2nd	4 8 12 13 32 34
2019-08-10	2	2nd	5 8 9 17 23 29
2019-08-03	5	1st	8 30 34 44 45 57
2019-07-17	13	2nd	5 8 40 41 43 45
2019-06-01	5	1st	8 26 36 39 40 47
2019-05-15	7	1st	8 11 18 39 44 50
2019-04-20	1	2nd	7 8 11 17 34 54
2019-04-17	3	1st	8 23 28 42 43 51
2019-04-06	10	2nd	5 8 22 33 36 43
2019-03-02	5	2nd	4 8 16 19 33 45
2019-02-13	12	2nd	4 8 26 31 42 45
2019-01-02	9	1st	8 9 10 35 40 53
2018-12-01	19	2nd	5 8 9 12 31 49
2018-09-26	14	2nd	3 8 37 39 47 59
2018-08-08	7	1st	8 19 20 27 31 34
2018-07-14	1	2nd	4 8 13 26 41 55
2018-07-11	2	1st	8 11 17 25 33 46
2018-07-04	10	1st	8 13 22 46 52 58
2018-05-30	8	3rd	4 5 8 26 32 39
2018-05-02	3	2nd	4 8 10 26 38 48
2018-04-21	6	2nd	2 8 9 12 20 57
2018-03-31	4	2nd	6 8 20 26 35 36
2018-03-17	3	2nd	7 8 13 24 45 46
2018-03-07	5	1st	8 10 22 37 55 57
2018-02-17	1	2nd	5 8 9 10 38 53
2018-02-14	3	2nd	2 8 33 46 48 50
2018-02-03	28	1st	8 26 27 29 49 58
2017-10-28	11	1st	8 15 33 42 55 58
2017-09-20	8	1st	8 20 25 50 51 58
2017-08-23	11	1st	8 16 21 41 44 56
2017-07-15	11	2nd	7 8 14 47 56 58
2017-06-07	5	2nd	6 8 12 36 37 41
2017-05-20	10	2nd	7 8 13 29 43 53
2017-04-15	8	1st	8 10 16 19 23 31
2017-03-18	13	2nd	3 8 19 26 37 41
2017-02-01	4	2nd	6 8 15 31 45 58
2017-01-18	3	1st	8 14 20 27 28 53
2017-01-07	7	1st	8 16 33 36 45 51
2016-12-14	3	3rd	3 7 8 9 40 58
2016-12-03	3	2nd	3 8 9 19 21 54
2016-11-23	1	3rd	2 4 8 25 38 39
2016-11-19	4	3rd	5 7 8 16 28 37
2016-11-05	2	1st	8 12 16 26 45 49
2016-10-29	20	2nd	7 8 16 24 29 58
2016-08-20	24	1st	8 18 26 35 41 52
2016-05-28	35	1st	8 10 36 40 52 57
2016-01-27	1	1st	8 38 41 42 50 58
2016-01-23	2	1st	8 9 10 11 41 54
2016-01-16	3	2nd	1 8 12 25 43 52
2016-01-06	8	1st	8 30 40 50 54 57
2015-12-09	5	2nd	3 8 14 28 34 53
2015-11-21	10	2nd	2 8 10 11 32 47
2015-10-17	—	1st	8 30 37 40 46 50