Number 8

In Lotto under the 6/44 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–44.

250times drawn · chance expected 239 +0.78σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 7.3

36longest completed wait · 77% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 250 times in 1,751 draws against 238.8 expected, +0.78σ. 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 250 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 36 · 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 smallest89 · chance 97.9
2nd smallest122 · chance 107.1
3rd smallest33 · chance 38.9
4th smallest5 · chance 5.7
5th smallest1 · 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 29.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 2 35 17 14 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 43 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 44. 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
2026-10-02	3	1st	8 14 21 30 34 35
2026-09-22	14	1st	8 14 29 34 37 44
2026-08-04	1	1st	8 11 14 36 43 44
2026-07-31	4	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 6/44 tonight whatever it did last week.

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