Number 8

In 2by2 under the 4/26 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,377 draws, 4 from 1–26.

228times drawn · chance expected 212 +1.21σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

6.1average wait between appearances · chance says 6.5

58longest completed wait · 2% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 228 times in 1,377 draws against 211.8 expected, +1.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 228 times in 1,377 draws · average wait 6.1 draws · longest completed wait 58 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest94 · chance 80.9
2nd smallest99 · chance 106.2
3rd smallest29 · chance 37.5
4th smallest6 · chance 3.5

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.

20 4 6 12 21 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 25 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 26. 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
2026-08-30	5	2nd	6 8 19 26
2026-08-25	0	3rd	1 4 8
2026-08-25	16	3rd	1 4 8
2026-08-09	5	1st	8 12 15 25
2026-08-04	11	2nd	3 8 14 17

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 4/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-12	2	2nd	7 8 19 20
2026-05-10	10	3rd	1 3 8 10
2026-04-30	6	2nd	5 8 13 21
2026-04-24	4	1st	8 15 24 26
2026-04-20	18	2nd	6 8 13 26
2026-04-02	8	2nd	6 8 9 17
2026-03-25	2	2nd	3 8 14 26
2026-03-23	1	3rd	4 6 8 10
2026-03-22	18	2nd	5 8 20 23
2026-03-04	4	1st	8 10 12 21
2026-02-28	0	1st	8 12 25
2026-02-28	1	1st	8 12 25
2026-02-27	1	2nd	1 8 15 22
2026-02-26	1	2nd	1 8 10 20
2026-02-25	1	1st	8 22 22 23
2026-02-24	7	3rd	5 6 8 11
2026-02-17	8	3rd	6 6 8 10
2026-02-09	1	1st	8 16 23 24
2026-02-08	1	1st	8 18 20 22
2026-02-07	19	1st	8 11 22 23
2026-01-19	21	1st	8 9 15 24
2025-12-29	3	1st	8 19 21 24
2025-12-26	5	1st	8 12 17 24
2025-12-21	1	2nd	6 8 20 25
2025-12-20	31	1st	8 13 21 26
2025-11-19	2	2nd	6 8 15 18
2025-11-17	1	2nd	4 8 20 24
2025-11-16	2	3rd	2 6 8 20
2025-11-14	22	2nd	4 8 10 23
2025-10-23	15	2nd	7 8 23 24
2025-10-08	2	3rd	1 2 8 19
2025-10-06	6	3rd	3 6 8 26
2025-09-30	0	2nd	3 8 16
2025-09-30	6	2nd	3 8 16
2025-09-24	1	1st	8 14 15 18
2025-09-23	32	3rd	2 3 8 11
2025-08-22	5	2nd	6 8 23 26
2025-08-17	1	1st	8 14 21 23
2025-08-16	1	1st	8 17 18 21
2025-08-15	1	2nd	2 8 19 25
2025-08-14	12	2nd	1 8 9 22
2025-08-02	2	3rd	3 7 8 14
2025-07-31	7	2nd	5 8 15 21
2025-07-24	4	2nd	3 8 15 21
2025-07-20	1	3rd	4 7 8 12
2025-07-19	4	3rd	4 6 8 10
2025-07-15	10	2nd	1 8 12 15
2025-07-05	8	1st	8 17 24 24
2025-06-27	1	2nd	3 8 17 21
2025-06-26	3	2nd	6 8 17 17
2025-06-23	6	2nd	4 8 14 26
2025-06-17	11	4th	4 4 7 8
2025-06-06	2	2nd	3 8 9 14
2025-06-04	4	1st	8 16 19 22
2025-05-31	5	2nd	3 8 13 19
2025-05-26	2	1st	8 17 21 24
2025-05-24	7	1st	8 11 16 25
2025-05-17	3	2nd	4 8 15 17
2025-05-14	3	1st	8 13 17 20
2025-05-11	4	2nd	7 8 15 24
2025-05-07	0	1st	8 11 18
2025-05-07	19	1st	8 11 18
2025-04-18	9	2nd	4 8 22 23
2025-04-09	11	3rd	1 3 8 11
2025-03-29	1	1st	8 18 22 25
2025-03-28	1	1st	8 12 12 26
2025-03-27	4	4th	3 3 6 8
2025-03-23	6	1st	8 13 13 20
2025-03-17	16	2nd	7 8 17 26
2025-03-01	1	1st	8 9 17 22
2025-02-28	9	2nd	3 8 12 23
2025-02-19	0	1st	8 21 23
2025-02-19	2	1st	8 21 23
2025-02-17	1	1st	8 14 23 25
2025-02-16	7	1st	8 11 14 22
2025-02-09	1	1st	8 12 14 16
2025-02-08	15	1st	8 21 23 24
2025-01-24	12	1st	8 18 21 26
2025-01-12	7	1st	8 20 22 26
2025-01-05	2	2nd	1 8 16 19
2025-01-03	1	1st	8 10 12 16
2025-01-02	7	3rd	1 5 8 26
2024-12-26	7	2nd	7 8 11 16
2024-12-19	1	3rd	6 6 8 19
2024-12-18	9	1st	8 14 18 24
2024-12-09	1	1st	8 10 15 20
2024-12-08	3	2nd	6 8 24 24
2024-12-05	8	2nd	5 8 15 17
2024-11-27	12	2nd	1 8 20 22
2024-11-15	1	1st	8 19 20 20
2024-11-14	4	1st	8 9 9 13
2024-11-10	58	1st	8 16 22 24
2024-09-13	5	4th	4 5 6 8
2024-09-08	11	1st	8 17 18 23
2024-08-28	5	1st	8 9 16 17
2024-08-23	21	1st	8 14 18 20
2024-08-02	8	2nd	6 8 9 10
2024-07-25	2	1st	8 10 12 24
2024-07-23	5	2nd	6 8 20 24
2024-07-18	4	1st	8 10 14 18
2024-07-14	7	2nd	5 8 11 20
2024-07-07	4	2nd	7 8 20 23
2024-07-03	4	2nd	7 8 13 19
2024-06-29	7	1st	8 11 18 18
2024-06-22	1	1st	8 12 22 24
2024-06-21	6	2nd	2 8 16 21
2024-06-15	4	2nd	4 8 16 18
2024-06-11	1	2nd	4 8 14 19
2024-06-10	7	2nd	7 8 21 24
2024-06-03	3	1st	8 15 18 24
2024-05-31	1	2nd	3 8 16 21
2024-05-30	1	1st	8 9 11 20
2024-05-29	5	2nd	7 8 20 21
2024-05-24	19	2nd	3 8 15 25
2024-05-05	5	2nd	5 8 15 26
2024-04-30	15	2nd	5 8 20 21
2024-04-15	9	2nd	2 8 12 13
2024-04-06	1	2nd	6 8 10 20
2024-04-05	2	2nd	2 8 21 24
2024-04-03	4	1st	8 12 17 23
2024-03-30	0	2nd	4 8 18
2024-03-30	3	2nd	4 8 18
2024-03-27	1	2nd	4 8 14 18
2024-03-26	1	2nd	6 8 21 23
2024-03-25	3	2nd	7 8 13 19
2024-03-22	5	1st	8 16 20 24
2024-03-17	1	3rd	1 2 8 21
2024-03-16	1	1st	8 10 16 25
2024-03-15	0	2nd	4 8 13
2024-03-15	16	2nd	4 8 13
2024-02-28	11	1st	8 12 21 21
2024-02-17	1	2nd	4 8 17 24
2024-02-16	4	2nd	3 8 9 20
2024-02-12	2	1st	8 12 13 19
2024-02-10	1	1st	8 21 24 25
2024-02-09	4	2nd	2 8 12 26
2024-02-05	8	3rd	2 6 8 25
2024-01-28	3	2nd	4 8 11 21
2024-01-25	9	1st	8 15 21 24
2024-01-16	14	1st	8 9 18 25
2024-01-02	4	3rd	3 6 8 11
2023-12-29	2	2nd	6 8 15 21
2023-12-27	9	2nd	3 8 11 23
2023-12-18	9	2nd	5 8 9 23
2023-12-09	3	1st	8 12 21 24
2023-12-06	5	2nd	6 8 12 26
2023-12-01	1	1st	8 10 12 20
2023-11-30	22	2nd	6 8 13 17
2023-11-08	6	1st	8 20 23 23
2023-11-02	3	2nd	3 8 11 23
2023-10-30	21	1st	8 11 16 22
2023-10-09	14	4th	3 3 5 8
2023-09-25	10	1st	8 12 15 20
2023-09-15	2	1st	8 19 20 22
2023-09-13	7	1st	8 9 21 22
2023-09-06	20	1st	8 12 24 26
2023-08-17	3	1st	8 11 19 21
2023-08-14	7	3rd	1 2 8 22
2023-08-07	5	2nd	1 8 20 21
2023-08-02	10	1st	8 10 16 24
2023-07-23	1	2nd	7 8 17 25
2023-07-22	3	1st	8 12 12 20
2023-07-19	6	1st	8 10 12 22
2023-07-13	1	1st	8 10 12 18
2023-07-12	6	2nd	4 8 12 20
2023-07-06	19	2nd	4 8 14 20
2023-06-17	5	2nd	3 8 18 26
2023-06-12	0	1st	8 20 25
2023-06-12	5	1st	8 20 25
2023-06-07	1	3rd	1 2 8 17
2023-06-06	4	4th	4 6 6 8
2023-06-02	14	1st	8 22 23 24
2023-05-19	6	2nd	1 8 17 24
2023-05-13	3	2nd	7 8 9 14
2023-05-10	2	1st	8 11 19 25
2023-05-08	2	2nd	4 8 18 26
2023-05-06	0	1st	8 10 20
2023-05-06	4	1st	8 10 20
2023-05-02	11	3rd	2 5 8 17
2023-04-21	4	1st	8 12 12 20
2023-04-17	3	1st	8 11 13 18
2023-04-14	11	1st	8 14 18 25
2023-04-03	21	2nd	1 8 22 24
2023-03-13	5	2nd	1 8 13 16
2023-03-08	3	2nd	7 8 9 23
2023-03-05	8	2nd	4 8 13 23
2023-02-25	1	2nd	6 8 17 24
2023-02-24	7	2nd	6 8 11 19
2023-02-17	17	1st	8 12 23 25
2023-01-31	7	1st	8 20 23 26
2023-01-24	16	2nd	7 8 10 23
2023-01-08	10	3rd	2 4 8 26
2022-12-29	1	2nd	5 8 15 25
2022-12-28	3	2nd	7 8 12 20
2022-12-25	5	2nd	4 8 10 20
2022-12-20	7	1st	8 19 23 25
2022-12-13	0	1st	8 13 15
2022-12-13	6	1st	8 13 15
2022-12-07	2	2nd	4 8 14 24
2022-12-05	3	2nd	3 8 9 13
2022-12-02	1	2nd	4 8 9 19
2022-12-01	6	2nd	3 8 10 19
2022-11-25	1	3rd	2 5 8 21
2022-11-24	—	1st	8 9 10 25