Number 8

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 5 from 1–47.

213times drawn · chance expected 186 +2.07σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

42longest completed wait · 88% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 213 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, +2.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 213 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 42 · 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 smallest103 · chance 107.4
2nd smallest82 · chance 83.5
3rd smallest27 · chance 20.3
4th smallest1 · chance 1.8
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 18.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 7 19 45 12 31

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	6	1st	8 9 19 38 42
2026-08-15	20	2nd	6 8 17 18 31
2026-06-06	3	2nd	5 8 10 22 45
2026-05-27	9	2nd	3 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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-15	23	1st	8 14 16 21 28
2024-10-26	4	2nd	2 8 10 36 46
2024-10-12	2	1st	8 15 17 18 19
2024-10-05	2	2nd	2 8 17 33 47
2024-09-28	2	3rd	3 7 8 16 32
2024-09-21	2	2nd	1 8 26 27 35
2024-09-14	8	1st	8 13 28 30 47
2024-08-17	7	1st	8 12 15 21 32
2024-07-24	5	1st	8 11 25 28 47
2024-07-06	2	1st	8 11 17 27 31
2024-06-29	4	1st	8 10 12 21 25
2024-06-15	6	2nd	6 8 12 24 31
2024-05-25	11	2nd	6 8 18 19 33
2024-04-17	6	1st	8 28 31 33 46
2024-03-27	4	2nd	6 8 14 26 42
2024-03-13	9	2nd	5 8 15 43 46
2024-02-10	6	1st	8 19 29 39 40
2024-01-20	16	1st	8 11 16 30 40
2023-11-25	7	2nd	3 8 26 43 44
2023-11-01	7	1st	8 10 23 26 45
2023-10-07	39	2nd	7 8 14 37 41
2023-05-24	19	3rd	3 7 8 22 40
2023-03-18	14	1st	8 10 16 19 36
2023-01-28	18	1st	8 29 31 33 36
2022-11-26	5	2nd	1 8 9 44 47
2022-11-09	4	3rd	3 6 8 40 44
2022-10-26	1	2nd	5 8 31 46 47
2022-10-22	1	2nd	5 8 12 14 16
2022-10-19	4	1st	8 12 14 26 37
2022-10-05	5	2nd	2 8 9 28 43
2022-09-17	1	1st	8 9 13 46 47
2022-09-14	14	3rd	1 7 8 28 42
2022-07-27	12	2nd	2 8 11 13 21
2022-06-15	7	1st	8 13 24 25 33
2022-05-21	3	1st	8 13 21 39 47
2022-05-11	8	1st	8 34 37 44 45
2022-04-13	16	1st	8 10 14 17 40
2022-02-16	8	2nd	1 8 36 38 40
2022-01-19	7	1st	8 25 27 46 47
2021-12-25	3	2nd	5 8 9 29 43
2021-12-15	36	2nd	5 8 9 19 39
2021-08-11	8	1st	8 12 21 40 47
2021-07-14	7	1st	8 15 28 38 39
2021-06-19	4	3rd	4 7 8 19 36
2021-06-05	3	3rd	4 7 8 32 45
2021-05-26	13	3rd	1 6 8 23 42
2021-04-10	2	2nd	7 8 29 33 47
2021-04-03	6	3rd	1 7 8 31 38
2021-03-13	4	3rd	3 7 8 13 21
2021-02-27	2	2nd	3 8 22 28 34
2021-02-20	3	3rd	2 5 8 21 45
2021-02-10	6	1st	8 10 19 22 41
2021-01-20	12	2nd	5 8 15 21 37
2020-12-09	2	2nd	5 8 13 20 39
2020-12-02	3	2nd	6 8 13 31 38
2020-11-21	5	1st	8 12 16 21 41
2020-11-04	3	1st	8 28 30 41 42
2020-10-24	12	1st	8 20 22 34 35
2020-09-12	1	2nd	3 8 19 23 32
2020-09-09	11	1st	8 22 34 37 39
2020-08-01	2	3rd	5 6 8 12 42
2020-07-25	1	1st	8 10 12 35 39
2020-07-22	8	2nd	4 8 30 33 40
2020-06-24	14	1st	8 11 19 31 42
2020-05-06	6	2nd	5 8 19 37 39
2020-04-15	1	2nd	5 8 9 27 37
2020-04-11	3	3rd	1 4 8 27 29
2020-04-01	3	2nd	4 8 22 29 44
2020-03-21	9	1st	8 9 22 32 39
2020-02-19	19	3rd	2 7 8 41 46
2019-12-14	2	1st	8 9 22 42 43
2019-12-07	12	2nd	4 8 31 44 45
2019-10-26	2	1st	8 11 16 19 23
2019-10-19	2	1st	8 17 32 34 45
2019-10-12	2	2nd	2 8 11 26 33
2019-10-05	8	1st	8 27 33 42 47
2019-09-07	2	1st	8 18 20 23 43
2019-08-31	9	2nd	5 8 13 24 39
2019-07-31	1	2nd	1 8 28 37 41
2019-07-27	5	1st	8 10 22 23 27
2019-07-10	5	1st	8 9 14 21 45
2019-06-22	1	2nd	6 8 20 40 42
2019-06-19	11	1st	8 16 17 31 44
2019-05-11	25	2nd	6 8 10 14 34
2019-02-13	1	1st	8 26 33 40 46
2019-02-09	10	1st	8 22 31 33 47
2019-01-05	20	2nd	3 8 17 23 46
2018-10-27	11	2nd	1 8 23 28 38
2018-09-19	4	1st	8 13 15 30 41
2018-09-05	6	2nd	6 8 24 27 38
2018-08-15	5	1st	8 10 36 39 47
2018-07-28	13	2nd	4 8 11 31 33
2018-06-13	14	1st	8 38 40 44 47
2018-04-25	20	1st	8 18 20 36 45
2018-02-14	5	1st	8 15 23 26 46
2018-01-27	3	2nd	5 8 19 40 45
2018-01-17	6	2nd	3 8 18 31 36
2017-12-27	5	2nd	1 8 14 24 41
2017-12-09	5	1st	8 19 34 41 45
2017-11-22	5	1st	8 27 32 40 42
2017-11-04	2	2nd	5 8 29 32 41
2017-10-28	9	1st	8 12 24 30 37
2017-09-27	1	2nd	2 8 12 37 44
2017-09-23	9	3rd	4 6 8 13 46
2017-08-23	1	2nd	7 8 20 27 35
2017-08-19	6	1st	8 14 21 27 47
2017-07-29	4	1st	8 14 16 38 39
2017-07-15	13	1st	8 24 26 32 44
2017-05-31	1	2nd	7 8 20 23 36
2017-05-27	3	2nd	7 8 15 34 45
2017-05-17	13	1st	8 20 24 27 34
2017-04-01	3	1st	8 10 35 39 47
2017-03-22	6	1st	8 26 28 33 42
2017-03-01	8	1st	8 20 29 33 42
2017-02-01	6	2nd	3 8 10 27 31
2017-01-11	18	1st	8 15 20 43 44
2016-11-09	4	1st	8 26 31 35 47
2016-10-26	8	1st	8 19 21 26 33
2016-09-28	1	1st	8 18 24 37 43
2016-09-24	3	1st	8 12 15 30 35
2016-09-14	18	1st	8 25 32 35 45
2016-07-13	7	1st	8 13 14 24 27
2016-06-18	4	1st	8 13 17 19 39
2016-06-04	4	1st	8 11 27 35 45
2016-05-21	3	1st	8 12 27 34 44
2016-05-11	2	1st	8 24 31 32 43
2016-05-04	17	2nd	1 8 13 15 39
2016-03-05	2	3rd	4 5 8 10 21
2016-02-27	5	2nd	2 8 10 28 47
2016-02-10	42	2nd	3 8 12 24 30
2015-09-16	37	2nd	6 8 21 34 35
2015-05-09	24	1st	8 24 41 44 47
2015-02-14	13	1st	8 9 18 22 31
2014-12-31	2	1st	8 15 29 35 45
2014-12-24	9	3rd	3 6 8 22 38
2014-11-22	1	3rd	2 4 8 9 18
2014-11-19	10	1st	8 29 37 43 47
2014-10-15	3	2nd	2 8 18 22 33
2014-10-04	16	1st	8 12 27 33 35
2014-08-09	18	1st	8 13 14 16 33
2014-06-07	2	3rd	1 3 8 25 40
2014-05-31	5	2nd	4 8 15 41 44
2014-05-14	12	1st	8 12 15 28 33
2014-04-02	2	2nd	7 8 23 37 42
2014-03-26	1	2nd	3 8 26 37 46
2014-03-22	10	1st	8 30 35 38 41
2014-02-15	15	1st	8 21 24 28 38
2013-12-25	14	1st	8 23 26 33 40
2013-11-06	23	3rd	3 4 8 13 43
2013-08-17	21	2nd	5 8 19 21 37
2013-06-05	22	2nd	5 8 28 35 39
2013-03-20	7	1st	8 11 13 22 26
2013-02-23	1	1st	8 28 32 43 44
2013-02-20	4	1st	8 14 32 35 37
2013-02-06	4	2nd	1 8 12 32 41
2013-01-23	4	1st	8 16 22 30 33
2013-01-09	15	2nd	3 8 18 40 45
2012-11-17	13	1st	8 9 16 22 26
2012-10-03	6	1st	8 12 13 29 36
2012-09-12	14	2nd	7 8 14 23 41
2012-07-25	1	2nd	3 8 17 20 44
2012-07-21	2	1st	8 19 23 24 30
2012-07-14	3	3rd	2 6 8 12 19
2012-07-04	22	2nd	1 8 22 33 37
2012-04-18	7	3rd	5 7 8 10 29
2012-03-24	1	1st	8 19 24 26 36
2012-03-21	7	1st	8 21 31 40 42
2012-02-25	6	2nd	2 8 12 15 22
2012-02-04	6	1st	8 12 25 33 45
2012-01-14	7	2nd	4 8 25 29 38
2011-12-21	13	1st	8 21 38 43 44
2011-11-05	12	2nd	3 8 10 16 22
2011-09-24	41	2nd	2 8 14 29 43
2011-05-04	22	2nd	6 8 15 19 45
2011-02-16	2	2nd	2 8 16 21 23
2011-02-09	9	3rd	6 7 8 17 41
2011-01-08	7	1st	8 10 13 19 38
2010-12-15	3	2nd	6 8 14 23 26
2010-12-04	11	1st	8 28 32 37 44
2010-10-27	3	2nd	3 8 13 15 36
2010-10-16	2	1st	8 9 19 30 33
2010-10-09	9	1st	8 11 17 31 35
2010-09-08	7	2nd	1 8 17 32 38
2010-08-14	2	1st	8 12 24 36 40
2010-08-07	17	1st	8 9 36 38 45
2010-06-09	2	3rd	4 6 8 36 41
2010-06-02	4	2nd	7 8 11 15 31
2010-05-19	20	2nd	4 8 32 34 43
2010-03-10	—	2nd	5 8 33 38 47