Number 8

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

148times drawn · chance expected 147 +0.11σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 29% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

33longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 148 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, +0.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 13 times, counted separately.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 148 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 10 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 smallest66 · chance 62.2
2nd smallest63 · chance 62.2
3rd smallest18 · chance 20.7
4th smallest1 · chance 2.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 14 22 39 11 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-09-05	4	1st	8 11 15 21 33 44
2026-08-22	23	1st	8 10 23 27 42 43
2026-06-03	3	2nd	7 8 14 37 41 44
2026-05-23	12	1st	8 12

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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