Number 8

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,063 draws, 5 from 1–39.

379times drawn · chance expected 393 −0.74σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 25% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

47longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 379 times in 3,063 draws against 392.7 expected, −0.74σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 379 times in 3,063 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 11 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 smallest152 · chance 161.6
2nd smallest174 · chance 161.6
3rd smallest44 · chance 50.1
4th smallest9 · chance 5.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 39.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 6 18 23 30 22

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-09-23	3	1st	8 18 21 24 34
2026-09-18	7	4th	2 4 6 8 17
2026-09-05	2	1st	8 10 22 34 38
2026-09-02	5	1st	8 15 27

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-11-15	10	2nd	5 8 10 14 20
2025-10-29	6	2nd	2 8 17 20 28
2025-10-18	17	2nd	4 8 10 18 22
2025-09-19	2	2nd	1 8 20 21 23
2025-09-16	2	1st	8 18 20 31 33
2025-09-12	1	2nd	5 8 9 31 35
2025-09-10	13	2nd	7 8 18 30 32
2025-08-19	8	2nd	4 8 13 36 38
2025-08-05	1	1st	8 15 17 23 24
2025-08-02	10	2nd	3 8 19 23 29
2025-07-16	2	1st	8 9 18 24 37
2025-07-12	26	2nd	7 8 16 19 38
2025-05-28	9	3rd	3 7 8 18 28
2025-05-13	4	1st	8 13 21 30 31
2025-05-06	6	3rd	2 3 8 20 37
2025-04-25	1	2nd	5 8 9 23 37
2025-04-23	1	2nd	1 8 20 22 34
2025-04-22	4	2nd	4 8 16 28 29
2025-04-15	37	1st	8 15 23 31 36
2025-02-08	6	2nd	5 8 23 28 34
2025-01-29	21	1st	8 17 22 30 36
2024-12-24	7	3rd	1 6 8 13 19
2024-12-11	2	1st	8 9 15 16 30
2024-12-07	4	2nd	5 8 13 25 29
2024-11-30	2	1st	8 12 13 23 29
2024-11-27	1	2nd	3 8 21 33 34
2024-11-26	9	2nd	6 8 18 22 24
2024-11-09	3	1st	8 15 22 28 33
2024-11-05	4	2nd	4 8 10 11 30
2024-10-29	2	1st	8 12 17 23 38
2024-10-25	16	2nd	2 8 20 30 33
2024-09-27	47	3rd	3 4 8 14 16
2024-07-06	16	2nd	7 8 13 14 35
2024-06-08	5	1st	8 15 17 25 27
2024-05-31	6	1st	8 11 16 27 29
2024-05-21	8	1st	8 9 26 34 35
2024-05-07	8	2nd	2 8 9 28 38
2024-04-23	7	1st	8 14 24 37 38
2024-04-10	12	1st	8 15 21 28 29
2024-03-20	4	2nd	5 8 13 21 22
2024-03-13	1	2nd	7 8 21 24 29
2024-03-12	1	2nd	7 8 9 11 38
2024-03-09	5	3rd	3 5 8 20 24
2024-03-01	1	1st	8 9 17 30 39
2024-02-28	25	1st	8 17 26 31 34
2024-01-16	31	3rd	3 4 8 9 18
2023-11-22	6	1st	8 23 28 30 38
2023-11-11	3	3rd	3 5 8 13 22
2023-11-07	1	2nd	6 8 15 24 25
2023-11-04	9	3rd	4 5 8 15 23
2023-10-20	11	2nd	1 8 31 35 38
2023-09-30	5	1st	8 17 20 29 31
2023-09-22	8	2nd	5 8 20 30 37
2023-09-08	1	2nd	5 8 30 38 39
2023-09-06	1	1st	8 24 27 31 38
2023-09-05	6	1st	8 22 33 34 35
2023-08-25	3	2nd	4 8 12 34 36
2023-08-19	4	1st	8 19 20 22 39
2023-08-12	3	1st	8 19 20 23 37
2023-08-08	32	1st	8 19 24 30 34
2023-06-13	4	2nd	7 8 10 14 18
2023-06-06	15	3rd	5 6 8 24 32
2023-05-10	5	2nd	1 8 11 25 27
2023-05-02	13	3rd	4 6 8 16 26
2023-04-08	22	2nd	1 8 16 22 27
2023-03-01	10	1st	8 14 15 32 37
2023-02-11	1	3rd	2 4 8 20 29
2023-02-10	4	1st	8 9 21 23 25
2023-02-03	2	2nd	5 8 11 25 29
2023-01-31	9	2nd	3 8 13 25 27
2023-01-14	2	2nd	7 8 13 29 33
2023-01-11	3	2nd	1 8 25 33 34
2023-01-06	16	1st	8 10 16 18 31
2022-12-09	3	2nd	5 8 25 30 35
2022-12-03	6	2nd	3 8 18 28 30
2022-11-23	4	3rd	5 6 8 18 21
2022-11-16	13	3rd	1 4 8 14 25
2022-10-25	7	1st	8 12 24 35 36
2022-10-12	10	3rd	1 4 8 10 30
2022-09-24	3	2nd	4 8 29 30 37
2022-09-20	6	1st	8 12 21 31 32
2022-09-09	4	3rd	4 5 8 15 33
2022-09-02	10	1st	8 11 20 33 35
2022-08-16	9	2nd	4 8 15 19 22
2022-07-30	6	1st	8 22 30 35 38
2022-07-20	3	2nd	7 8 14 26 30
2022-07-15	10	2nd	1 8 27 31 34
2022-06-28	2	3rd	2 6 8 11 16
2022-06-24	3	3rd	5 7 8 27 30
2022-06-18	4	1st	8 13 21 31 35
2022-06-11	3	2nd	6 8 12 13 14
2022-06-07	11	1st	8 9 31 36 38
2022-05-18	15	2nd	3 8 22 23 36
2022-04-22	3	2nd	7 8 17 24 32
2022-04-16	10	2nd	4 8 12 16 26
2022-03-30	8	1st	8 18 27 30 31
2022-03-16	3	1st	8 9 22 31 36
2022-03-11	5	1st	8 22 23 32 34
2022-03-02	2	3rd	2 7 8 9 10
2022-02-26	9	2nd	4 8 20 23 27
2022-02-11	12	2nd	2 8 18 37 38
2022-01-21	11	2nd	4 8 11 16 38
2022-01-01	15	3rd	4 6 8 10 18
2021-12-07	15	1st	8 11 13 19 26
2021-11-10	14	2nd	5 8 11 23 36
2021-10-16	9	1st	8 11 15 29 30
2021-10-01	4	2nd	2 8 20 28 37
2021-09-24	2	1st	8 11 15 24 35
2021-09-21	16	1st	8 13 18 20 37
2021-08-24	7	1st	8 14 32 34 39
2021-08-11	1	1st	8 10 19 22 39
2021-08-10	3	1st	8 10 11 22 37
2021-08-04	6	2nd	3 8 9 25 30
2021-07-24	12	1st	8 16 19 24 35
2021-07-03	2	2nd	3 8 22 27 39
2021-06-30	15	2nd	1 8 18 28 38
2021-06-04	4	2nd	6 8 17 23 33
2021-05-28	4	2nd	3 8 10 23 34
2021-05-21	2	1st	8 12 14 31 33
2021-05-18	23	1st	8 11 16 27 31
2021-04-07	3	2nd	3 8 18 29 37
2021-04-02	20	2nd	1 8 14 22 38
2021-02-26	2	1st	8 11 15 23 32
2021-02-23	8	1st	8 22 24 25 37
2021-02-09	10	2nd	7 8 14 21 34
2021-01-22	3	1st	8 10 18 21 38
2021-01-16	4	1st	8 25 28 31 35
2021-01-09	6	2nd	6 8 26 29 35
2020-12-30	16	4th	1 4 6 8 15
2020-12-02	17	1st	8 13 23 26 39
2020-11-03	6	2nd	1 8 15 26 32
2020-10-23	4	1st	8 11 16 34 39
2020-10-16	12	1st	8 15 21 30 34
2020-09-25	5	3rd	2 5 8 14 24
2020-09-16	4	1st	8 9 26 34 38
2020-09-09	9	1st	8 19 24 27 38
2020-08-25	13	1st	8 29 33 35 37
2020-08-01	12	1st	8 10 18 22 32
2020-07-11	24	1st	8 16 23 29 38
2020-05-30	5	2nd	1 8 20 21 25
2020-05-22	1	3rd	4 6 8 14 17
2020-05-20	14	1st	8 11 16 22 25
2020-04-25	2	1st	8 9 19 23 30
2020-04-22	1	3rd	2 4 8 14 29
2020-04-21	16	2nd	4 8 17 23 36
2020-03-24	5	2nd	6 8 20 26 29
2020-03-14	7	1st	8 11 13 15 32
2020-03-03	2	2nd	5 8 20 35 38
2020-02-28	1	2nd	5 8 17 20 38
2020-02-26	7	1st	8 14 18 29 30
2020-02-14	14	3rd	3 7 8 10 16
2020-01-21	1	2nd	5 8 9 15 35
2020-01-18	2	1st	8 15 18 22 27
2020-01-15	2	1st	8 12 14 16 39
2020-01-11	4	2nd	1 8 9 10 29
2020-01-04	3	2nd	3 8 25 29 39
2019-12-31	3	2nd	4 8 11 26 38
2019-12-25	1	1st	8 9 18 21 27
2019-12-24	17	2nd	1 8 33 34 35
2019-11-23	24	1st	8 10 14 20 31
2019-10-12	1	2nd	5 8 21 26 38
2019-10-11	7	2nd	4 8 11 13 23
2019-09-28	11	2nd	4 8 12 28 37
2019-09-10	13	2nd	5 8 9 11 36
2019-08-17	10	3rd	1 7 8 22 29
2019-07-31	1	2nd	3 8 13 23 35
2019-07-30	3	1st	8 15 17 26 37
2019-07-24	2	2nd	4 8 16 19 22
2019-07-20	6	3rd	5 6 8 11 37
2019-07-10	1	2nd	6 8 12 16 36
2019-07-09	8	1st	8 18 19 34 38
2019-06-25	11	1st	8 20 24 28 34
2019-06-05	20	1st	8 13 34 36 39
2019-05-01	13	1st	8 14 23 25 27
2019-04-09	1	1st	8 9 12 27 38
2019-04-06	15	2nd	2 8 14 18 39
2019-03-12	6	2nd	3 8 26 27 34
2019-03-01	13	1st	8 24 27 31 35
2019-02-06	3	1st	8 10 18 30 32
2019-02-01	16	2nd	6 8 19 26 34
2019-01-04	3	2nd	5 8 16 20 37
2018-12-29	10	1st	8 18 26 31 32
2018-12-12	4	2nd	4 8 14 20 31
2018-12-05	2	3rd	3 4 8 23 25
2018-12-01	5	1st	8 13 23 27 35
2018-11-23	4	2nd	6 8 10 22 25
2018-11-16	6	2nd	6 8 21 26 35
2018-11-06	26	2nd	3 8 10 11 22
2018-09-21	8	2nd	2 8 14 20 21
2018-09-07	4	1st	8 13 17 23 34
2018-08-31	18	2nd	5 8 13 28 34
2018-07-31	4	2nd	1 8 14 25 35
2018-07-24	3	3rd	4 7 8 14 28
2018-07-18	3	2nd	4 8 18 26 27
2018-07-13	2	2nd	2 8 9 20 34
2018-07-10	27	1st	8 18 19 24 25
2018-05-23	8	1st	8 24 26 35 36
2018-05-09	18	3rd	1 4 8 12 34
2018-04-07	10	2nd	6 8 14 21 35
2018-03-21	9	1st	8 29 30 31 32
2018-03-06	31	1st	8 12 23 25 28
2018-01-05	5	2nd	3 8 17 22 23
2017-12-23	1	2nd	6 8 25 32 33
2017-12-22	4	2nd	6 8 15 35 39
2017-12-13	2	3rd	2 7 8 14 32
2017-12-08	6	2nd	1 8 13 24 30
2017-11-24	20	1st	8 19 22 25 29
2017-10-07	2	1st	8 15 26 28 30
2017-10-04	11	2nd	1 8 21 27 34
2017-09-08	6	2nd	1 8 9 17 36
2017-08-25	34	1st	8 10 22 26 30
2017-06-07	17	2nd	6 8 18 19 34
2017-04-28	15	1st	8 14 19 21 22
2017-03-24	3	1st	8 9 11 28 31
2017-03-17	10	2nd	4 8 16 28 32
2017-02-22	1	1st	8 29 30 33 39
2017-02-18	12	1st	8 18 26 36 37
2017-01-21	5	1st	8 15 16 23 25
2017-01-11	14	1st	8 16 27 29 35
2016-12-09	4	2nd	1 8 10 29 35
2016-11-30	1	1st	8 23 25 35 38
2016-11-26	15	2nd	5 8 11 14 33
2016-10-22	7	2nd	3 8 19 21 32
2016-10-07	2	1st	8 9 15 19 26
2016-10-01	17	2nd	6 8 17 26 33
2016-08-24	1	1st	8 18 22 26 34
2016-08-20	8	1st	8 27 30 36 39
2016-08-03	3	1st	8 21 28 32 38
2016-07-27	6	1st	8 12 13 14 16
2016-07-13	5	4th	1 3 6 8 12
2016-07-01	4	2nd	7 8 11 24 36
2016-06-22	1	2nd	1 8 13 19 31
2016-06-18	27	1st	8 21 28 29 30
2016-04-16	44	1st	8 23 26 32 37
2016-01-06	1	2nd	4 8 28 32 34
2016-01-02	16	1st	8 17 19 29 34
2015-11-27	22	2nd	3 8 16 22 34
2015-10-07	14	1st	8 13 15 35 37
2015-09-04	2	1st	8 10 11 27 29
2015-08-29	4	2nd	5 8 24 31 39
2015-08-21	12	2nd	4 8 16 23 38
2015-07-24	2	1st	8 12 20 25 30
2015-07-18	9	1st	8 10 11 13 31
2015-06-27	6	1st	8 16 18 25 27
2015-06-13	8	3rd	1 2 8 17 21
2015-05-27	9	1st	8 10 21 30 35
2015-05-06	5	3rd	4 5 8 9 17
2015-04-24	6	3rd	1 5 8 26 35
2015-04-10	2	4th	1 3 5 8 32
2015-04-04	6	3rd	1 5 8 17 25
2015-03-21	16	2nd	7 8 12 14 18
2015-02-13	4	1st	8 11 16 25 28
2015-02-04	2	2nd	6 8 14 28 30
2015-01-30	2	2nd	6 8 20 27 35
2015-01-24	10	2nd	2 8 9 18 36
2015-01-02	14	2nd	4 8 13 14 20
2014-11-29	2	1st	8 10 15 24 31
2014-11-26	1	2nd	4 8 19 28 30
2014-11-22	25	2nd	7 8 11 30 31
2014-09-26	2	2nd	6 8 13 32 33
2014-09-20	16	2nd	2 8 20 24 38
2014-08-15	3	1st	8 10 15 28 39
2014-08-08	3	2nd	3 8 18 36 39
2014-08-01	6	3rd	2 7 8 9 22
2014-07-18	6	2nd	6 8 12 22 27
2014-07-04	25	2nd	6 8 32 35 39
2014-05-07	1	1st	8 10 18 33 38
2014-05-03	11	1st	8 20 23 31 32
2014-04-09	5	3rd	2 7 8 13 26
2014-03-28	11	3rd	4 7 8 17 38
2014-03-01	5	1st	8 10 22 24 29
2014-02-19	16	2nd	2 8 9 20 32
2014-01-11	4	1st	8 16 22 24 36
2014-01-03	12	2nd	2 8 15 22 33
2013-12-06	3	2nd	6 8 27 32 39
2013-11-29	38	2nd	4 8 14 28 30
2013-08-31	1	1st	8 10 12 34 37
2013-08-30	3	1st	8 9 13 20 32
2013-08-23	4	2nd	1 8 10 25 39
2013-08-14	5	4th	2 4 7 8 22
2013-08-02	4	1st	8 10 20 25 27
2013-07-24	7	1st	8 11 25 26 29
2013-07-06	2	3rd	5 7 8 13 23
2013-07-03	1	1st	8 15 28 35 39
2013-06-29	1	2nd	5 8 24 25 32
2013-06-28	9	1st	8 11 23 29 38
2013-06-07	3	2nd	6 8 10 24 35
2013-05-31	21	1st	8 14 23 35 39
2013-04-12	2	2nd	6 8 19 36 37
2013-04-06	17	2nd	6 8 17 18 27
2013-02-27	2	2nd	2 8 25 29 31
2013-02-22	4	2nd	2 8 21 26 32
2013-02-13	1	2nd	4 8 14 38 39
2013-02-09	7	2nd	6 8 9 22 38
2013-01-25	2	1st	8 12 18 23 35
2013-01-19	10	2nd	6 8 22 24 26
2012-12-28	17	3rd	6 7 8 38 39
2012-11-17	1	1st	8 20 31 36 38
2012-11-16	4	1st	8 14 18 34 37
2012-11-07	1	4th	3 6 7 8 39
2012-11-03	7	2nd	7 8 30 38 39
2012-10-19	12	2nd	2 8 9 25 30
2012-09-21	6	3rd	4 5 8 17 34
2012-09-07	2	1st	8 13 15 22 32
2012-09-01	10	2nd	1 8 19 23 30
2012-08-10	8	2nd	1 8 17 34 35
2012-07-21	8	1st	8 10 20 23 27
2012-07-04	28	1st	8 15 20 25 32
2012-04-28	3	2nd	6 8 21 34 36
2012-04-21	3	2nd	6 8 13 18 21
2012-04-14	17	3rd	1 7 8 16 18
2012-03-07	26	1st	8 11 15 19 33
2012-01-06	2	1st	8 16 17 28 30
2011-12-31	15	1st	8 16 21 24 32
2011-11-26	7	2nd	7 8 17 22 25
2011-11-11	14	1st	8 24 30 35 38
2011-10-08	2	2nd	3 8 18 37 39
2011-10-05	14	2nd	2 8 9 26 30
2011-09-02	11	2nd	7 8 24 25 29
2011-08-06	1	3rd	3 4 8 23 36
2011-08-05	4	2nd	6 8 20 23 39
2011-07-27	2	1st	8 13 25 35 38
2011-07-22	6	1st	8 10 18 28 31
2011-07-08	5	1st	8 13 26 36 39
2011-06-25	3	2nd	6 8 32 33 37
2011-06-18	3	1st	8 10 12 18 29
2011-06-11	8	1st	8 9 19 22 30
2011-05-25	1	2nd	7 8 26 28 31
2011-05-21	2	3rd	3 6 8 10 28
2011-05-18	5	2nd	4 8 20 29 39
2011-05-06	9	2nd	2 8 15 21 23
2011-04-15	8	1st	8 22 26 31 38
2011-03-26	1	1st	8 16 21 32 35
2011-03-25	8	1st	8 10 16 19 32
2011-03-05	3	1st	8 10 15 16 25
2011-02-26	16	2nd	5 8 9 18 31
2011-01-21	2	2nd	6 8 14 27 36
2011-01-15	12	2nd	5 8 11 20 24
2010-12-18	19	2nd	2 8 12 17 21
2010-11-05	9	1st	8 10 28 36 38
2010-10-15	3	2nd	5 8 26 31 32
2010-10-08	6	4th	1 5 7 8 16
2010-09-24	2	1st	8 17 21 24 30
2010-09-18	5	2nd	7 8 11 19 28
2010-09-08	3	1st	8 13 25 27 34
2010-09-01	4	1st	8 12 17 21 28
2010-08-21	15	1st	8 15 24 27 36
2010-07-17	21	1st	8 11 26 33 39
2010-05-29	5	2nd	1 8 11 15 31
2010-05-19	4	2nd	4 8 12 14 15
2010-05-08	1	4th	5 6 7 8 10
2010-05-05	5	2nd	6 8 16 18 20
2010-04-17	18	2nd	3 8 9 16 32
2010-02-13	1	2nd	7 8 10 18 22
2010-02-10	—	2nd	7 8 24 28 32