Number 8

In Cash4Life under the 5/60 + 1/4 · since May 2015 rules — 2,862 draws, 5 from 1–60.

256times drawn · chance expected 239 +1.18σ

33draws waiting · a wait this long: 6% for any number

11.1average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

67longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 256 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, +1.18σ. Each draw is independent: after 33 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 256 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 11.1 draws · longest completed wait 67 · waiting 33 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 smallest153 · chance 152.3
2nd smallest87 · chance 87.0
3rd smallest16 · chance 15.7
4th smallest0 · chance 1.0
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 39 9 12 41 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 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 60. 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
2026-01-19	35	1st	8 28 31 44 51
2025-12-15	36	1st	8 10 13 39 60
2025-11-09	37	2nd	3 8 18 20 22
2025-10-03	6	1st	8 15 25 33

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 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-28	8	2nd	1 8 13 33 52
2025-04-20	19	1st	8 19 24 32 50
2025-04-01	2	1st	8 11 14 36 51
2025-03-30	7	1st	8 21 30 33 56
2025-03-23	10	2nd	2 8 22 40 54
2025-03-13	26	2nd	6 8 31 41 45
2025-02-15	1	1st	8 31 34 41 52
2025-02-14	11	1st	8 34 48 52 58
2025-02-03	5	1st	8 9 15 25 46
2025-01-29	2	1st	8 32 40 41 56
2025-01-27	6	1st	8 15 42 50 51
2025-01-21	19	1st	8 17 27 54 57
2025-01-02	26	1st	8 27 30 36 47
2024-12-07	9	2nd	6 8 34 45 54
2024-11-28	3	1st	8 23 33 35 60
2024-11-25	13	2nd	1 8 15 31 59
2024-11-12	2	2nd	5 8 27 31 55
2024-11-10	17	1st	8 10 31 37 55
2024-10-24	17	1st	8 12 33 47 51
2024-10-07	8	1st	8 14 25 34 47
2024-09-29	1	3rd	1 5 8 16 34
2024-09-28	2	2nd	1 8 17 43 53
2024-09-26	31	2nd	5 8 9 42 49
2024-08-26	8	1st	8 15 20 40 41
2024-08-18	2	1st	8 9 21 44 53
2024-08-16	6	1st	8 10 25 40 45
2024-08-10	5	1st	8 13 20 25 39
2024-08-05	13	1st	8 25 33 38 46
2024-07-23	20	1st	8 11 24 32 38
2024-07-03	8	1st	8 10 31 34 40
2024-06-25	3	2nd	4 8 16 48 57
2024-06-22	10	2nd	1 8 12 34 55
2024-06-12	6	1st	8 11 27 49 60
2024-06-06	3	2nd	3 8 15 38 41
2024-06-03	3	2nd	1 8 10 26 45
2024-05-31	7	1st	8 27 32 45 46
2024-05-24	7	3rd	1 4 8 28 44
2024-05-17	2	1st	8 12 16 35 39
2024-05-15	2	1st	8 14 25 36 58
2024-05-13	22	2nd	1 8 19 22 40
2024-04-21	22	2nd	2 8 46 53 55
2024-03-30	9	2nd	3 8 36 52 57
2024-03-21	8	1st	8 11 25 49 56
2024-03-13	14	2nd	2 8 28 29 49
2024-02-28	4	2nd	7 8 19 22 33
2024-02-24	2	2nd	6 8 36 50 51
2024-02-22	12	2nd	2 8 24 47 51
2024-02-10	15	1st	8 23 34 39 55
2024-01-26	6	2nd	5 8 29 32 42
2024-01-20	34	1st	8 34 36 51 52
2023-12-17	11	1st	8 31 41 49 58
2023-12-06	44	1st	8 14 38 40 46
2023-10-23	9	1st	8 9 30 38 59
2023-10-14	4	1st	8 12 23 42 43
2023-10-10	6	1st	8 12 24 39 60
2023-10-04	5	1st	8 15 26 33 60
2023-09-29	3	2nd	6 8 25 32 50
2023-09-26	2	1st	8 9 12 24 59
2023-09-24	3	2nd	6 8 42 54 60
2023-09-21	4	1st	8 16 19 47 60
2023-09-17	1	1st	8 29 44 59 60
2023-09-16	4	2nd	5 8 19 45 47
2023-09-12	25	1st	8 33 40 46 57
2023-08-18	7	2nd	3 8 42 44 47
2023-08-11	12	1st	8 18 38 44 48
2023-07-30	32	2nd	2 8 22 41 60
2023-06-28	22	1st	8 15 19 29 36
2023-06-06	10	1st	8 9 17 22 56
2023-05-27	14	1st	8 32 34 55 57
2023-05-13	3	2nd	6 8 33 39 40
2023-05-10	22	3rd	1 5 8 23 46
2023-04-18	5	1st	8 12 16 18 21
2023-04-13	10	2nd	5 8 29 54 55
2023-04-03	15	1st	8 25 44 51 55
2023-03-19	6	2nd	2 8 19 47 52
2023-03-13	22	1st	8 15 34 35 57
2023-02-19	9	1st	8 37 43 56 57
2023-02-10	4	2nd	5 8 30 43 46
2023-02-06	11	2nd	5 8 28 30 55
2023-01-26	8	2nd	2 8 27 44 57
2023-01-18	9	1st	8 22 39 41 47
2023-01-09	3	3rd	1 7 8 17 52
2023-01-06	22	1st	8 10 24 27 39
2022-12-15	67	2nd	5 8 11 14 29
2022-10-09	13	2nd	4 8 17 36 39
2022-09-26	8	2nd	1 8 11 31 57
2022-09-18	2	1st	8 41 45 50 54
2022-09-16	11	1st	8 18 42 48 56
2022-09-05	55	1st	8 12 25 43 55
2022-07-12	6	1st	8 28 35 46 57
2022-07-06	1	1st	8 14 42 45 58
2022-07-05	17	1st	8 26 37 38 57
2022-06-18	3	1st	8 12 25 41 58
2022-06-15	1	1st	8 15 40 50 56
2022-06-14	4	1st	8 17 27 31 44
2022-06-10	6	2nd	7 8 22 33 38
2022-06-04	10	1st	8 24 27 49 59
2022-05-25	3	1st	8 11 39 46 47
2022-05-22	1	1st	8 21 25 34 59
2022-05-21	10	2nd	2 8 10 12 42
2022-05-11	1	1st	8 19 44 47 50
2022-05-10	6	2nd	1 8 34 36 48
2022-05-04	1	1st	8 21 22 34 53
2022-05-03	8	1st	8 22 23 35 51
2022-04-25	2	2nd	1 8 9 12 14
2022-04-23	4	1st	8 16 31 43 55
2022-04-19	12	2nd	2 8 16 37 45
2022-04-07	10	1st	8 21 30 35 55
2022-03-28	3	1st	8 17 24 44 48
2022-03-25	19	3rd	2 5 8 21 55
2022-03-06	63	1st	8 13 39 55 59
2022-01-02	2	1st	8 14 19 27 28
2021-12-31	6	1st	8 13 34 46 60
2021-12-25	21	1st	8 9 16 33 38
2021-12-04	7	1st	8 11 25 45 48
2021-11-27	8	3rd	4 5 8 55 56
2021-11-19	7	1st	8 27 30 37 39
2021-11-12	7	2nd	5 8 32 34 57
2021-11-05	8	1st	8 30 31 43 51
2021-10-28	5	2nd	6 8 9 10 42
2021-10-23	9	1st	8 24 32 34 46
2021-10-14	1	2nd	7 8 34 55 56
2021-10-13	2	1st	8 10 14 15 35
2021-10-11	15	2nd	1 8 17 38 47
2021-09-26	9	1st	8 9 16 33 37
2021-09-17	17	3rd	1 3 8 22 37
2021-08-31	34	2nd	5 8 13 15 32
2021-07-28	9	1st	8 11 12 13 23
2021-07-19	2	1st	8 15 16 23 41
2021-07-17	7	1st	8 9 25 35 52
2021-07-10	2	2nd	7 8 18 33 52
2021-07-08	25	2nd	1 8 15 21 48
2021-06-13	2	2nd	2 8 24 26 43
2021-06-11	18	1st	8 24 47 48 56
2021-05-24	1	1st	8 15 19 39 55
2021-05-23	7	1st	8 24 31 39 44
2021-05-16	1	3rd	2 5 8 37 41
2021-05-15	23	1st	8 15 24 41 49
2021-04-22	11	2nd	4 8 13 40 59
2021-04-11	43	2nd	1 8 19 39 50
2021-02-27	2	1st	8 18 33 38 53
2021-02-25	10	2nd	6 8 47 52 54
2021-02-15	4	1st	8 18 21 28 46
2021-02-11	13	1st	8 9 24 32 36
2021-01-29	2	1st	8 9 19 22 23
2021-01-27	7	2nd	2 8 13 38 48
2021-01-20	35	1st	8 13 14 44 52
2020-12-16	11	3rd	1 4 8 10 37
2020-12-05	14	1st	8 16 45 48 57
2020-11-21	18	2nd	4 8 35 40 54
2020-11-03	27	2nd	3 8 9 29 34
2020-10-07	4	1st	8 18 30 44 49
2020-10-03	11	2nd	5 8 42 45 47
2020-09-22	17	2nd	1 8 17 20 56
2020-09-05	13	1st	8 22 34 44 45
2020-08-23	1	2nd	6 8 27 33 39
2020-08-22	23	1st	8 12 17 25 36
2020-07-30	1	1st	8 12 18 54 58
2020-07-29	6	1st	8 11 21 36 39
2020-07-23	5	1st	8 30 46 47 50
2020-07-18	40	2nd	6 8 48 57 60
2020-06-08	7	2nd	6 8 22 30 39
2020-06-01	4	1st	8 17 24 33 48
2020-05-28	3	2nd	7 8 12 14 39
2020-05-25	23	1st	8 14 42 46 58
2020-05-02	2	1st	8 18 43 52 59
2020-04-30	9	1st	8 17 19 28 44
2020-04-21	2	1st	8 14 43 51 59
2020-04-19	6	2nd	4 8 24 50 56
2020-04-13	17	1st	8 21 54 56 59
2020-03-27	8	2nd	3 8 9 24 39
2020-03-19	8	1st	8 14 19 44 45
2020-03-11	1	1st	8 25 35 54 58
2020-03-10	6	2nd	4 8 40 42 50
2020-03-04	17	1st	8 12 17 21 34
2020-02-16	10	2nd	7 8 10 33 49
2020-02-06	2	3rd	4 5 8 25 47
2020-02-04	1	1st	8 18 20 22 28
2020-02-03	13	1st	8 30 37 58 59
2020-01-21	8	1st	8 15 16 41 55
2020-01-13	14	2nd	7 8 16 20 35
2019-12-30	3	1st	8 32 39 58 60
2019-12-27	3	2nd	2 8 35 41 47
2019-12-24	13	2nd	6 8 16 23 57
2019-12-11	10	2nd	3 8 11 30 48
2019-12-01	58	1st	8 10 36 45 60
2019-10-04	3	2nd	2 8 23 34 54
2019-10-01	12	1st	8 12 51 58 60
2019-09-19	15	1st	8 11 15 22 29
2019-09-04	3	1st	8 18 19 34 36
2019-09-01	3	1st	8 13 17 48 57
2019-08-29	12	1st	8 9 15 46 48
2019-08-17	39	2nd	5 8 9 14 25
2019-07-09	6	1st	8 10 18 24 48
2019-07-03	2	2nd	6 8 51 55 57
2019-07-01	25	1st	8 32 34 45 51
2019-04-04	21	3rd	3 6 8 9 35
2019-01-21	27	2nd	4 8 27 28 32
2018-10-18	4	2nd	7 8 16 20 44
2018-10-04	7	2nd	6 8 26 34 42
2018-09-10	32	1st	8 13 19 41 42
2018-05-21	1	1st	8 18 22 37 44
2018-05-17	9	1st	8 40 41 43 51
2018-04-16	7	1st	8 11 15 26 50
2018-03-22	27	2nd	2 8 15 40 41
2017-12-18	34	1st	8 9 12 21 45
2017-08-21	2	2nd	7 8 12 35 39
2017-08-14	8	1st	8 20 31 36 39
2017-07-17	5	1st	8 17 27 28 39
2017-06-29	1	2nd	7 8 13 18 48
2017-06-26	31	1st	8 33 39 40 49
2017-03-09	6	2nd	1 8 23 56 58
2017-02-16	17	1st	8 12 19 35 42
2016-12-19	3	2nd	1 8 16 22 47
2016-12-08	5	1st	8 28 29 49 57
2016-11-21	26	1st	8 11 37 41 54
2016-08-22	4	1st	8 12 22 56 58
2016-08-08	1	3rd	4 7 8 12 23
2016-08-04	6	1st	8 22 41 54 56
2016-07-14	2	2nd	3 8 11 24 25
2016-07-07	39	2nd	4 8 26 41 55
2016-02-22	5	1st	8 9 10 11 27
2016-02-04	9	1st	8 12 23 40 54
2016-01-04	9	1st	8 19 25 51 52
2015-12-03	1	1st	8 10 27 37 39
2015-11-30	12	3rd	4 7 8 19 53
2015-10-19	4	2nd	4 8 31 46 54
2015-10-05	15	1st	8 20 34 41 43
2015-08-13	6	1st	8 12 50 51 56
2015-07-23	16	1st	8 26 28 41 52
2015-05-28	5	1st	8 25 28 33 47
2015-05-11	—	2nd	7 8 14 18 52