Number 8

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,878 draws, 6 from 1–42.

281times drawn · chance expected 268 +0.84σ

14draws waiting · a wait this long: 13% for any number

6.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

40longest completed wait · 50% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 281 times in 1,878 draws against 268.3 expected, +0.84σ. Each draw is independent: after 14 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 281 times in 1,878 draws · average wait 6.6 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 14 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 smallest92 · chance 104.3
2nd smallest116 · chance 121.7
3rd smallest59 · chance 47.1
4th smallest13 · chance 7.4
5th smallest1 · chance 0.4
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 28 2 4 15 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-09-07	3	3rd	4 6 8 17 19 32
2026-08-31	28	2nd	6 8 18 30 33 37
2026-06-27	1	2nd	6 8 19 21 30 36
2026-06-24	1	2nd	4

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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