Number 8

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,025 draws, 5 from 1–45.

228times drawn · chance expected 225 +0.21σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

52longest completed wait · 43% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 228 times in 2,025 draws against 225.0 expected, +0.21σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 228 times in 2,025 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 1 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 smallest116 · chance 110.9
2nd smallest83 · chance 91.4
3rd smallest27 · chance 23.5
4th smallest2 · chance 2.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 26 21 16 19 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-10	5	1st	8 31 36 38 40
2026-10-05	21	3rd	3 4 8 9 36
2026-09-14	11	1st	8 12 32 36 37
2026-09-03	4	1st	8 17 25

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-01	10	3rd	4 7 8 18 26
2026-03-22	15	3rd	5 6 8 14 24
2026-03-07	26	2nd	2 8 16 29 44
2026-02-09	11	1st	8 20 23 26 35
2026-01-29	13	1st	8 17 35 36 40
2026-01-16	4	2nd	5 8 9 16 17
2026-01-12	3	2nd	2 8 41 42 45
2026-01-09	52	1st	8 16 19 27 45
2025-11-17	7	3rd	3 7 8 9 13
2025-11-10	4	3rd	4 5 8 25 28
2025-11-06	7	1st	8 9 24 43 45
2025-10-30	2	2nd	2 8 12 30 33
2025-10-28	2	1st	8 9 20 21 41
2025-10-26	8	2nd	7 8 17 25 44
2025-10-17	3	2nd	5 8 12 18 38
2025-10-14	7	1st	8 22 27 32 33
2025-10-07	5	1st	8 20 23 25 34
2025-10-02	2	2nd	5 8 9 34 39
2025-09-30	5	1st	8 10 14 15 35
2025-09-25	9	2nd	6 8 10 13 25
2025-09-16	8	2nd	7 8 21 23 39
2025-09-08	24	1st	8 12 35 43 44
2025-08-15	29	1st	8 11 12 14 35
2025-07-17	2	1st	8 9 11 18 26
2025-07-15	19	1st	8 21 26 29 42
2025-06-26	13	1st	8 20 26 34 45
2025-06-13	5	1st	8 25 26 28 34
2025-06-08	5	2nd	1 8 19 21 29
2025-06-03	8	1st	8 9 15 19 38
2025-05-26	1	2nd	6 8 12 16 25
2025-05-25	11	3rd	1 4 8 18 37
2025-05-14	5	1st	8 11 19 24 42
2025-05-09	3	2nd	6 8 28 29 33
2025-05-06	2	1st	8 22 32 39 43
2025-05-04	4	2nd	6 8 21 33 41
2025-04-30	5	1st	8 18 33 38 40
2025-04-25	4	2nd	1 8 15 21 42
2025-04-21	19	1st	8 22 34 39 44
2025-04-02	11	1st	8 18 26 39 45
2025-03-22	6	1st	8 11 16 25 41
2025-03-16	3	1st	8 18 19 21 22
2025-03-13	5	1st	8 18 19 21 23
2025-03-08	4	3rd	1 7 8 19 26
2025-03-04	16	2nd	5 8 19 39 40
2025-02-16	11	1st	8 24 28 30 38
2025-02-05	5	1st	8 15 28 32 34
2025-01-31	5	1st	8 12 13 14 40
2025-01-26	8	3rd	2 5 8 15 24
2025-01-18	1	2nd	6 8 15 17 34
2025-01-17	2	2nd	5 8 15 21 41
2025-01-15	3	3rd	1 5 8 16 21
2025-01-12	12	2nd	5 8 9 29 33
2024-12-31	1	4th	4 5 7 8 23
2024-12-30	15	2nd	1 8 23 32 36
2024-12-15	32	2nd	4 8 11 17 44
2024-11-13	4	3rd	5 7 8 24 43
2024-11-09	16	2nd	2 8 9 18 34
2024-10-24	11	1st	8 13 23 24 25
2024-10-13	1	2nd	3 8 24 38 43
2024-10-12	9	1st	8 21 28 34 44
2024-10-03	9	3rd	1 5 8 16 44
2024-09-24	4	2nd	6 8 19 39 43
2024-09-20	4	3rd	4 7 8 36 38
2024-09-16	12	2nd	3 8 10 36 45
2024-09-04	11	3rd	4 7 8 16 40
2024-08-24	7	1st	8 10 18 37 43
2024-08-17	5	1st	8 12 25 30 39
2024-08-12	4	2nd	2 8 14 15 45
2024-08-08	8	1st	8 13 15 28 41
2024-07-31	3	1st	8 23 37 43 45
2024-07-28	12	1st	8 26 28 34 43
2024-07-16	10	2nd	5 8 32 35 38
2024-07-06	9	1st	8 9 14 18 30
2024-06-27	14	1st	8 16 36 37 39
2024-06-13	5	2nd	4 8 23 27 41
2024-06-08	11	1st	8 21 25 36 41
2024-05-28	8	1st	8 28 35 40 45
2024-05-20	9	2nd	3 8 26 27 28
2024-05-11	1	1st	8 15 24 25 27
2024-05-10	14	1st	8 25 28 31 42
2024-04-26	2	2nd	1 8 15 21 30
2024-04-24	4	1st	8 9 11 18 26
2024-04-20	20	2nd	1 8 19 25 42
2024-03-31	3	1st	8 11 33 36 43
2024-03-28	12	1st	8 19 21 32 42
2024-03-16	10	2nd	6 8 25 27 38
2024-03-06	6	1st	8 12 21 36 37
2024-02-29	8	1st	8 17 19 26 36
2024-02-21	11	2nd	1 8 21 22 28
2024-02-10	12	3rd	2 4 8 24 42
2024-01-29	1	2nd	6 8 15 17 27
2024-01-28	1	1st	8 12 16 24 29
2024-01-27	22	1st	8 24 26 33 34
2024-01-05	3	3rd	3 6 8 18 32
2024-01-02	8	1st	8 25 26 27 44
2023-12-25	9	2nd	3 8 23 25 45
2023-12-16	14	1st	8 26 35 40 42
2023-12-02	12	2nd	5 8 15 16 40
2023-11-20	9	1st	8 15 30 34 43
2023-11-11	2	3rd	1 6 8 35 43
2023-11-09	3	1st	8 19 22 27 33
2023-11-06	4	1st	8 34 38 39 43
2023-11-02	2	3rd	2 4 8 26 34
2023-10-31	13	3rd	3 4 8 12 14
2023-10-18	9	2nd	7 8 21 37 40
2023-10-09	3	1st	8 12 15 37 41
2023-10-06	5	2nd	5 8 13 20 21
2023-10-01	21	1st	8 22 26 30 35
2023-09-10	1	3rd	2 4 8 20 32
2023-09-09	2	2nd	4 8 12 24 29
2023-09-07	12	2nd	1 8 20 26 44
2023-08-26	7	2nd	6 8 26 39 40
2023-08-19	10	1st	8 23 25 32 37
2023-08-09	2	1st	8 10 27 32 43
2023-08-07	9	1st	8 12 18 28 45
2023-07-29	5	2nd	4 8 19 38 44
2023-07-24	26	1st	8 11 21 28 42
2023-06-28	9	2nd	3 8 9 30 37
2023-06-19	1	1st	8 10 19 29 40
2023-06-18	3	1st	8 22 27 31 37
2023-06-15	2	1st	8 11 17 31 32
2023-06-13	10	2nd	5 8 14 18 38
2023-06-03	5	1st	8 12 13 24 27
2023-05-29	19	2nd	5 8 16 25 40
2023-05-10	11	2nd	3 8 15 25 26
2023-04-29	12	1st	8 10 21 32 40
2023-04-17	5	1st	8 13 23 36 38
2023-04-12	4	2nd	1 8 11 14 19
2023-04-08	18	1st	8 31 39 44 45
2023-03-21	2	2nd	2 8 29 33 34
2023-03-19	13	3rd	3 6 8 25 39
2023-03-06	12	1st	8 10 16 28 43
2023-02-22	31	3rd	3 6 8 20 21
2023-01-22	7	1st	8 9 15 23 39
2023-01-15	4	1st	8 10 15 26 36
2023-01-11	4	1st	8 23 24 30 38
2023-01-07	5	1st	8 9 24 28 35
2023-01-02	3	2nd	3 8 28 31 33
2022-12-30	2	2nd	6 8 11 25 26
2022-12-28	11	2nd	4 8 31 32 42
2022-12-17	8	1st	8 25 36 43 44
2022-12-09	11	1st	8 26 36 39 41
2022-11-28	7	1st	8 10 27 35 45
2022-11-21	12	2nd	3 8 12 19 29
2022-11-09	11	1st	8 17 21 39 44
2022-10-22	5	3rd	2 6 8 35 37
2022-10-05	19	1st	8 14 23 42 45
2022-07-16	15	2nd	6 8 16 17 28
2022-05-25	1	2nd	5 8 18 36 40
2022-05-21	6	1st	8 14 19 22 31
2022-04-30	29	1st	8 21 28 41 45
2022-01-19	1	1st	8 11 22 23 35
2022-01-15	6	2nd	1 8 17 23 45
2021-12-25	7	2nd	3 8 11 12 16
2021-12-01	12	1st	8 21 30 32 38
2021-10-20	19	1st	8 11 28 29 32
2021-08-14	27	2nd	7 8 13 15 35
2021-05-12	18	3rd	1 3 8 11 38
2021-03-10	18	2nd	5 8 32 34 36
2021-01-06	1	1st	8 13 38 41 45
2021-01-02	1	1st	8 10 31 37 44
2020-12-30	15	1st	8 9 13 23 38
2020-11-07	14	1st	8 19 28 29 30
2020-09-19	8	2nd	3 8 14 17 33
2020-08-22	13	1st	8 9 12 21 44
2020-07-08	5	2nd	1 8 19 22 26
2020-06-20	7	2nd	4 8 14 18 42
2020-05-27	3	2nd	3 8 14 24 27
2020-05-16	2	2nd	3 8 16 25 37
2020-05-09	3	2nd	4 8 27 35 45
2020-04-29	7	2nd	5 8 16 29 30
2020-04-04	16	1st	8 18 26 35 37
2020-02-08	19	1st	8 12 17 28 44
2019-12-04	24	1st	8 25 27 32 43
2019-09-11	12	1st	8 15 18 36 37
2019-07-31	18	3rd	1 7 8 28 40
2019-05-29	7	1st	8 12 37 43 45
2019-05-04	12	1st	8 14 25 27 36
2019-03-23	3	1st	8 13 15 22 24
2019-03-13	17	2nd	4 8 25 38 39
2019-01-12	6	2nd	1 8 10 22 25
2018-12-22	4	2nd	4 8 16 30 38
2018-12-08	26	1st	8 23 29 31 44
2018-09-08	3	2nd	1 8 9 19 29
2018-08-29	15	3rd	6 7 8 20 44
2018-07-07	1	1st	8 24 32 40 42
2018-07-04	5	2nd	4 8 14 36 37
2018-06-16	8	2nd	2 8 17 25 34
2018-05-19	1	1st	8 26 27 34 43
2018-05-16	2	1st	8 16 26 38 39
2018-05-09	5	1st	8 18 21 30 36
2018-04-21	10	1st	8 26 36 40 41
2018-03-17	15	2nd	4 8 18 21 37
2018-01-24	6	3rd	2 7 8 22 34
2018-01-03	10	1st	8 9 17 22 44
2017-11-29	4	2nd	1 8 14 19 23
2017-11-15	5	1st	8 18 32 40 42
2017-10-28	20	1st	8 13 14 17 20
2017-08-19	15	1st	8 26 30 35 38
2017-06-28	4	2nd	6 8 14 39 43
2017-06-14	1	2nd	1 8 13 30 39
2017-06-10	2	1st	8 20 25 26 44
2017-06-03	10	2nd	1 8 18 22 39
2017-04-29	—	2nd	6 8 15 16 33