Number 8

In Powerball under the 6/40 + 1/10 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,350 draws, 6 from 1–40.

179times drawn · chance expected 203 −1.79σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 85% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

46longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 179 times in 1,350 draws against 202.5 expected, −1.79σ. 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 179 times in 1,350 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 46 · 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 smallest81 · chance 62.6
2nd smallest63 · chance 78.3
3rd smallest28 · chance 32.4
4th smallest5 · chance 5.4
5th smallest2 · chance 0.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 17 33 10 18 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-30	5	2nd	1 8 19 23 25 30
2026-09-02	6	2nd	4 8 22 25 32 38
2026-08-12	3	2nd	2 8 13 19 28 39
2026-08-01	1	1st	8

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-09-18	3	3rd	1 5 8 19 34 37
2024-09-07	2	3rd	2 4 8 9 33 40
2024-08-31	9	1st	8 14 16 24 34 39
2024-07-31	9	1st	8 17 25 31 33 36
2024-06-29	3	3rd	1 7 8 32 34 35
2024-06-19	1	2nd	2 8 16 18 23 26
2024-06-15	5	2nd	3 8 13 20 38 40
2024-05-29	14	1st	8 10 16 27 29 35
2024-04-10	4	1st	8 11 12 17 21 24
2024-03-27	17	2nd	6 8 12 15 25 38
2024-01-27	6	1st	8 11 13 20 25 32
2024-01-06	22	1st	8 16 25 29 31 37
2023-10-21	5	1st	8 13 26 29 33 40
2023-10-04	7	1st	8 13 14 19 23 26
2023-09-09	17	2nd	4 8 17 24 32 37
2023-07-12	1	1st	8 22 29 34 36 37
2023-07-08	3	2nd	6 8 10 18 25 32
2023-06-28	2	3rd	4 5 8 15 31 33
2023-06-21	13	2nd	4 8 10 16 28 32
2023-05-06	1	1st	8 10 15 18 25 27
2023-05-03	1	1st	8 11 20 30 33 39
2023-04-29	10	2nd	4 8 25 27 36 40
2023-03-25	28	3rd	4 5 8 19 28 31
2022-12-17	3	1st	8 10 20 21 24 33
2022-12-07	2	1st	8 9 13 23 25 40
2022-11-30	13	2nd	4 8 10 12 21 28
2022-10-15	3	3rd	2 4 8 10 15 33
2022-10-05	4	2nd	2 8 9 16 25 34
2022-09-21	6	1st	8 13 24 27 28 35
2022-08-31	11	1st	8 13 14 24 31 33
2022-07-23	46	3rd	1 7 8 11 26 33
2022-02-12	9	1st	8 11 15 27 32 33
2022-01-12	13	1st	8 13 20 24 25 32
2021-11-27	8	1st	8 17 20 26 31 37
2021-10-30	8	3rd	5 7 8 17 21 40
2021-10-02	3	1st	8 9 10 14 23 38
2021-09-22	5	1st	8 11 21 23 28 34
2021-09-04	10	1st	8 10 12 26 33 35
2021-07-31	1	2nd	6 8 23 29 34 40
2021-07-28	3	2nd	6 8 9 10 20 30
2021-07-17	3	3rd	3 5 8 11 32 36
2021-07-07	2	2nd	3 8 14 15 30 31
2021-06-30	2	2nd	1 8 9 13 22 35
2021-06-23	11	1st	8 17 18 26 27 38
2021-05-15	8	2nd	6 8 17 25 26 31
2021-04-17	4	2nd	1 8 22 24 35 40
2021-04-03	14	1st	8 15 16 21 25 34
2021-02-13	1	2nd	1 8 16 18 20 27
2021-02-10	1	1st	8 19 20 24 26 40
2021-02-06	45	3rd	2 3 8 10 11 38
2020-09-02	1	1st	8 15 17 19 20 27
2020-08-29	4	1st	8 14 19 20 23 37
2020-08-15	10	1st	8 12 21 22 23 27
2020-07-11	4	1st	8 16 18 21 29 40
2020-06-27	4	2nd	4 8 20 29 31 35
2020-06-13	7	2nd	2 8 17 18 27 29
2020-05-20	8	1st	8 19 32 36 38 39
2020-04-22	1	3rd	5 7 8 16 31 33
2020-04-18	2	4th	1 4 6 8 11 19
2020-04-11	3	1st	8 17 23 25 27 28
2020-04-01	2	1st	8 21 25 28 32 35
2020-03-25	4	2nd	7 8 10 17 21 27
2020-03-11	4	1st	8 13 21 22 29 40
2020-02-26	1	3rd	2 3 8 21 30 33
2020-02-22	23	1st	8 15 22 36 39 40
2019-12-04	11	2nd	1 8 15 16 22 30
2019-10-26	6	1st	8 12 16 19 20 24
2019-10-05	7	1st	8 9 16 20 33 36
2019-09-11	6	2nd	7 8 13 24 32 38
2019-08-21	3	2nd	6 8 15 17 21 23
2019-08-10	17	1st	8 12 17 23 31 34
2019-06-12	4	4th	2 6 7 8 23 39
2019-05-29	6	1st	8 10 20 26 30 40
2019-05-08	3	2nd	7 8 9 11 19 28
2019-04-27	4	2nd	4 8 22 24 29 37
2019-04-13	9	2nd	1 8 10 18 26 28
2019-03-13	3	2nd	7 8 14 23 31 39
2019-03-02	7	1st	8 9 12 14 15 19
2019-02-06	6	2nd	6 8 14 15 26 31
2019-01-16	11	2nd	3 8 21 22 30 35
2018-12-08	4	2nd	2 8 12 16 18 38
2018-11-24	1	1st	8 21 22 24 25 34
2018-11-21	2	2nd	7 8 22 25 32 40
2018-11-14	11	2nd	6 8 20 24 27 31
2018-10-06	6	1st	8 13 24 26 29 39
2018-09-15	1	3rd	2 7 8 12 15 17
2018-09-12	3	3rd	1 3 8 11 19 36
2018-09-01	1	2nd	1 8 18 21 34 36
2018-08-29	1	3rd	2 7 8 12 21 32
2018-08-25	10	3rd	3 4 8 9 13 15
2018-07-21	10	2nd	1 8 10 12 31 34
2018-06-16	4	2nd	7 8 14 17 22 34
2018-06-02	9	3rd	5 7 8 12 14 29
2018-05-02	27	3rd	2 7 8 25 28 29
2018-01-27	5	2nd	6 8 23 26 29 37
2018-01-10	2	4th	1 2 4 8 16 26
2018-01-03	7	1st	8 20 21 34 35 38
2017-12-09	5	3rd	4 5 8 15 16 22
2017-11-22	4	2nd	5 8 12 18 28 36
2017-11-08	24	1st	8 13 15 17 25 27
2017-08-16	4	1st	8 10 14 18 23 32
2017-08-02	9	4th	1 2 6 8 26 28
2017-07-01	10	2nd	4 8 10 12 21 35
2017-05-27	34	3rd	2 3 8 9 28 36
2017-01-28	3	2nd	6 8 9 10 17 19
2017-01-18	3	1st	8 13 14 21 25 31
2017-01-07	2	1st	8 16 23 30 37 38
2016-12-31	22	2nd	6 8 11 16 21 34
2016-10-15	9	1st	8 15 20 29 35 39
2016-09-14	11	2nd	3 8 14 18 23 40
2016-08-06	2	1st	8 10 18 23 28 34
2016-07-30	4	2nd	4 8 15 26 27 29
2016-07-16	9	1st	8 10 24 26 30 40
2016-06-15	7	1st	8 24 28 30 32 36
2016-05-21	19	1st	8 11 24 26 27 37
2016-03-16	3	1st	8 9 18 23 37 39
2016-03-05	6	3rd	1 5 8 17 29 35
2016-02-13	2	3rd	3 7 8 9 17 35
2016-02-06	8	1st	8 28 30 34 36 37
2016-01-09	17	2nd	3 8 21 30 31 37
2015-11-11	17	1st	8 12 21 23 29 35
2015-08-22	3	3rd	1 3 8 20 26 38
2015-08-01	3	2nd	6 8 18 19 20 35
2015-07-11	2	1st	8 11 15 17 31 36
2015-06-27	4	1st	8 9 13 18 25 33
2015-05-30	4	1st	8 10 14 17 33 34
2015-05-02	6	1st	8 13 27 32 36 37
2015-03-21	7	2nd	5 8 14 17 20 33
2015-01-31	1	1st	8 15 16 28 31 32
2015-01-24	6	1st	8 19 22 24 27 28
2014-12-13	21	1st	8 18 21 28 33 38
2014-07-19	5	2nd	6 8 11 16 29 33
2014-06-14	14	2nd	4 8 11 20 39 40
2014-03-08	3	3rd	3 6 8 18 28 35
2014-02-15	13	1st	8 9 17 19 24 28
2013-11-16	5	2nd	4 8 9 18 25 28
2013-10-12	3	2nd	6 8 30 32 37 39
2013-09-21	16	2nd	6 8 17 18 21 26
2013-06-01	2	1st	8 11 13 22 23 36
2013-05-18	11	2nd	3 8 22 33 35 36
2013-03-02	7	1st	8 11 12 18 33 37
2013-01-12	1	5th	1 2 3 7 8 30
2013-01-05	2	3rd	1 3 8 14 26 30
2012-12-22	3	2nd	6 8 13 14 19 31
2012-12-01	14	1st	8 10 14 15 21 39
2012-08-25	4	2nd	3 8 17 18 27 39
2012-07-28	3	3rd	2 7 8 9 18 25
2012-07-07	6	1st	8 11 21 27 39 40
2012-05-26	11	1st	8 10 12 20 21 39
2012-03-10	1	1st	8 11 15 24 35 39
2012-03-03	5	2nd	3 8 23 31 39 40
2012-01-28	3	2nd	6 8 16 33 35 40
2012-01-07	6	1st	8 10 12 35 36 40
2011-11-26	2	2nd	3 8 17 23 33 38
2011-11-12	—	5th	1 2 5 6 8 18