Number 8

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2017 rules — 3,400 draws, 5 from 1–45.

380times drawn · chance expected 378 +0.12σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

9.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

77longest completed wait · 5% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 380 times in 3,400 draws against 377.8 expected, +0.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 380 times in 3,400 draws · average wait 9.0 draws · longest completed wait 77 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest199 · chance 184.9
2nd smallest151 · chance 152.3
3rd smallest27 · chance 39.2
4th smallest3 · chance 3.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 29 4 45 17 22

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
2026-10-11	15	2nd	3 8 17 23 37
2026-09-26	8	1st	8 11 17 30 39
2026-09-18	27	3rd	1 3 8 9 40
2026-08-22	1	1st	8 15 18 20

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.

2026-02-15	27	1st	8 25 28 30 41
2026-01-19	19	2nd	1 8 10 17 23
2025-12-31	1	1st	8 13 26 31 43
2025-12-30	3	2nd	1 8 30 35 36
2025-12-27	13	1st	8 18 24 27 39
2025-12-14	17	2nd	1 8 12 26 45
2025-11-27	15	1st	8 24 25 34 40
2025-11-12	16	1st	8 9 21 36 45
2025-10-27	17	2nd	2 8 21 40 43
2025-10-10	6	3rd	4 5 8 22 23
2025-10-04	26	1st	8 16 21 25 42
2025-09-08	18	1st	8 15 20 22 35
2025-08-21	12	1st	8 20 21 35 42
2025-08-09	18	1st	8 10 15 26 33
2025-07-22	13	2nd	1 8 30 33 34
2025-07-09	5	2nd	6 8 9 19 24
2025-07-04	4	1st	8 11 12 29 45
2025-06-30	9	1st	8 14 24 36 38
2025-06-21	10	1st	8 10 25 30 34
2025-06-11	9	1st	8 13 20 33 40
2025-06-02	6	2nd	1 8 22 27 43
2025-05-27	4	1st	8 11 17 32 36
2025-05-23	10	1st	8 19 32 40 43
2025-05-13	6	2nd	3 8 23 35 42
2025-05-07	2	2nd	7 8 33 37 42
2025-05-05	3	1st	8 10 28 30 44
2025-05-02	2	1st	8 14 17 26 34
2025-04-30	8	1st	8 15 20 22 33
2025-04-22	18	1st	8 17 28 35 37
2025-04-04	8	3rd	2 4 8 20 31
2025-03-27	4	1st	8 9 28 31 45
2025-03-23	4	2nd	3 8 11 17 29
2025-03-19	5	1st	8 9 16 28 31
2025-03-14	55	2nd	5 8 14 15 39
2025-01-18	1	1st	8 25 28 29 34
2025-01-17	8	2nd	3 8 29 31 37
2025-01-09	19	2nd	4 8 17 20 22
2024-12-21	4	1st	8 22 23 25 41
2024-12-17	19	2nd	3 8 9 17 29
2024-11-28	25	2nd	6 8 26 43 45
2024-11-03	22	2nd	4 8 14 35 41
2024-10-12	1	1st	8 37 41 43 45
2024-10-11	1	1st	8 10 13 15 44
2024-10-10	8	1st	8 13 19 22 30
2024-10-02	23	2nd	3 8 10 39 43
2024-09-09	1	3rd	5 6 8 16 21
2024-09-08	3	2nd	4 8 9 12 44
2024-09-05	1	2nd	4 8 20 36 42
2024-09-04	5	1st	8 12 18 32 39
2024-08-30	2	2nd	7 8 9 30 42
2024-08-28	13	2nd	3 8 18 23 25
2024-08-15	12	1st	8 12 34 37 42
2024-08-03	5	1st	8 11 21 25 31
2024-07-29	31	2nd	3 8 30 37 41
2024-06-28	6	1st	8 18 22 23 34
2024-06-22	18	1st	8 23 28 36 41
2024-06-04	5	1st	8 19 25 31 43
2024-05-30	11	1st	8 12 29 30 44
2024-05-19	7	3rd	6 7 8 19 42
2024-05-12	3	1st	8 16 22 33 41
2024-05-09	5	1st	8 20 24 39 43
2024-05-04	3	2nd	1 8 27 38 41
2024-05-01	8	1st	8 11 12 35 40
2024-04-23	3	4th	1 2 4 8 31
2024-04-20	9	1st	8 15 32 33 41
2024-04-11	5	1st	8 9 22 28 34
2024-04-06	13	2nd	2 8 15 24 39
2024-03-24	3	3rd	2 6 8 27 37
2024-03-21	3	2nd	1 8 28 32 43
2024-03-18	4	2nd	1 8 10 18 24
2024-03-14	5	2nd	7 8 15 21 42
2024-03-09	7	2nd	6 8 14 37 41
2024-03-02	12	1st	8 15 20 30 43
2024-02-19	22	3rd	2 4 8 23 31
2024-01-28	5	3rd	1 7 8 11 24
2024-01-23	5	1st	8 15 19 38 44
2024-01-18	26	3rd	4 6 8 30 32
2023-12-23	4	1st	8 10 11 18 45
2023-12-19	8	1st	8 20 24 33 45
2023-12-11	5	2nd	6 8 19 30 44
2023-12-06	8	1st	8 26 31 35 38
2023-11-28	2	1st	8 11 20 28 29
2023-11-26	2	2nd	5 8 10 11 41
2023-11-24	5	2nd	5 8 23 24 30
2023-11-19	13	2nd	4 8 12 21 38
2023-11-06	41	1st	8 14 26 28 43
2023-09-26	7	1st	8 21 22 41 44
2023-09-19	27	2nd	3 8 10 42 45
2023-08-23	5	1st	8 15 20 33 36
2023-08-18	6	1st	8 11 24 37 43
2023-08-12	9	2nd	7 8 15 16 45
2023-08-03	1	1st	8 13 35 38 44
2023-08-02	11	1st	8 11 28 35 40
2023-07-22	10	1st	8 23 25 34 40
2023-07-12	5	3rd	3 5 8 9 37
2023-07-07	1	1st	8 10 16 22 36
2023-07-06	3	2nd	2 8 19 22 38
2023-07-03	3	3rd	4 5 8 28 37
2023-06-30	1	2nd	4 8 33 36 41
2023-06-29	12	1st	8 11 18 31 37
2023-06-17	13	2nd	6 8 16 28 38
2023-06-04	6	1st	8 9 20 24 34
2023-05-29	8	1st	8 20 28 30 37
2023-05-21	4	1st	8 17 26 39 45
2023-05-17	11	2nd	5 8 14 34 45
2023-05-06	9	3rd	1 4 8 23 27
2023-04-27	9	3rd	1 4 8 21 39
2023-04-18	2	2nd	2 8 13 27 40
2023-04-16	3	2nd	7 8 11 30 31
2023-04-13	7	1st	8 15 25 35 40
2023-04-06	11	2nd	2 8 20 29 35
2023-03-26	3	1st	8 17 29 33 39
2023-03-23	12	2nd	4 8 17 27 29
2023-03-11	1	1st	8 22 38 40 45
2023-03-10	15	2nd	1 8 31 41 45
2023-02-23	1	4th	2 4 7 8 26
2023-02-22	2	2nd	5 8 24 28 40
2023-02-20	10	2nd	5 8 25 26 33
2023-02-10	19	2nd	4 8 15 26 45
2023-01-22	1	2nd	4 8 14 20 45
2023-01-21	2	2nd	3 8 13 17 36
2023-01-19	7	1st	8 14 15 28 33
2023-01-12	12	2nd	6 8 22 27 32
2022-12-31	8	1st	8 10 14 16 18
2022-12-23	26	2nd	4 8 13 37 42
2022-11-27	17	2nd	5 8 14 26 29
2022-11-10	3	1st	8 12 17 18 42
2022-11-07	2	1st	8 13 35 38 45
2022-11-05	5	1st	8 11 24 36 38
2022-10-31	9	1st	8 16 17 18 34
2022-10-22	3	1st	8 29 32 37 41
2022-10-19	11	1st	8 9 15 33 35
2022-10-08	3	2nd	7 8 12 22 28
2022-10-05	4	1st	8 23 27 32 43
2022-10-01	3	1st	8 17 29 35 39
2022-09-28	3	2nd	4 8 11 18 33
2022-09-25	1	2nd	7 8 16 19 37
2022-09-24	4	2nd	7 8 32 34 38
2022-09-20	2	1st	8 9 18 20 26
2022-09-18	7	3rd	4 6 8 9 17
2022-09-11	8	2nd	6 8 11 18 38
2022-09-03	3	2nd	6 8 18 23 45
2022-08-31	4	1st	8 9 13 20 41
2022-08-27	19	1st	8 16 23 28 39
2022-08-08	3	1st	8 11 17 38 41
2022-08-05	4	2nd	2 8 25 27 42
2022-08-01	6	1st	8 21 22 29 44
2022-07-26	5	2nd	7 8 22 29 45
2022-07-21	7	3rd	1 5 8 36 38
2022-07-14	5	1st	8 22 25 34 42
2022-07-09	45	2nd	3 8 11 41 43
2022-05-25	20	2nd	2 8 9 11 37
2022-05-05	14	1st	8 19 32 36 39
2022-04-21	7	2nd	2 8 13 14 43
2022-04-14	1	1st	8 24 31 34 38
2022-04-13	7	2nd	6 8 12 39 45
2022-04-06	34	2nd	2 8 17 32 42
2022-03-03	12	2nd	6 8 10 33 39
2022-02-19	1	1st	8 9 14 20 38
2022-02-18	19	2nd	4 8 18 29 38
2022-01-30	5	2nd	4 8 16 23 45
2022-01-25	1	1st	8 16 19 27 45
2022-01-24	3	2nd	2 8 12 35 37
2022-01-21	27	1st	8 21 29 30 44
2021-12-25	7	1st	8 11 31 43 45
2021-12-18	7	1st	8 9 22 24 32
2021-12-11	3	2nd	5 8 13 40 45
2021-12-08	16	2nd	6 8 22 23 26
2021-11-22	7	1st	8 18 31 41 42
2021-11-15	34	2nd	3 8 18 24 37
2021-10-12	1	1st	8 17 18 21 22
2021-10-11	20	3rd	4 7 8 9 13
2021-09-21	4	4th	3 4 6 8 37
2021-09-17	9	2nd	7 8 12 13 41
2021-09-08	9	1st	8 17 30 39 41
2021-08-30	9	1st	8 15 21 30 39
2021-08-21	5	2nd	6 8 22 30 32
2021-08-16	6	3rd	3 7 8 17 20
2021-08-10	42	1st	8 14 20 22 33
2021-06-29	9	2nd	4 8 30 32 36
2021-06-20	7	1st	8 13 24 27 41
2021-06-13	1	2nd	7 8 19 29 43
2021-06-12	1	1st	8 16 26 29 33
2021-06-11	11	1st	8 9 10 38 43
2021-05-31	1	2nd	3 8 11 40 42
2021-05-30	1	1st	8 18 25 28 29
2021-05-29	6	1st	8 12 17 21 34
2021-05-23	3	2nd	5 8 20 34 44
2021-05-20	3	2nd	3 8 12 15 41
2021-05-17	22	2nd	4 8 13 24 34
2021-04-25	1	1st	8 14 20 28 31
2021-04-24	5	1st	8 25 31 33 36
2021-04-19	6	2nd	7 8 9 14 27
2021-04-13	27	1st	8 9 12 17 40
2021-03-17	11	2nd	3 8 15 18 26
2021-03-06	24	2nd	2 8 17 28 45
2021-02-10	6	1st	8 15 22 30 31
2021-02-04	2	2nd	4 8 17 36 42
2021-02-02	9	1st	8 17 23 25 36
2021-01-24	22	2nd	3 8 36 42 43
2021-01-02	4	1st	8 9 10 28 30
2020-12-29	10	1st	8 9 12 18 41
2020-12-19	3	3rd	1 4 8 9 43
2020-12-16	32	2nd	4 8 22 23 34
2020-11-14	3	3rd	6 7 8 9 31
2020-11-11	4	1st	8 9 12 20 40
2020-11-07	6	2nd	6 8 30 40 43
2020-11-01	12	1st	8 10 23 27 45
2020-10-20	6	2nd	4 8 9 17 27
2020-10-14	4	2nd	1 8 9 32 44
2020-10-10	30	2nd	6 8 28 35 40
2020-09-10	3	1st	8 21 30 36 44
2020-09-07	1	2nd	2 8 13 25 39
2020-09-06	4	1st	8 22 38 39 43
2020-09-02	12	1st	8 10 11 31 44
2020-08-21	8	1st	8 15 23 33 44
2020-08-13	20	1st	8 9 26 34 38
2020-07-24	4	2nd	5 8 14 15 43
2020-07-20	10	1st	8 14 21 26 27
2020-07-10	6	1st	8 9 16 19 45
2020-07-04	16	2nd	2 8 26 28 30
2020-06-18	1	2nd	5 8 14 20 38
2020-06-17	15	1st	8 11 16 23 31
2020-06-02	1	1st	8 25 27 37 41
2020-06-01	2	1st	8 14 23 32 38
2020-05-30	12	1st	8 23 28 38 43
2020-05-18	7	1st	8 14 18 25 40
2020-05-11	4	2nd	3 8 16 30 35
2020-05-07	16	1st	8 25 26 38 40
2020-04-21	2	1st	8 13 25 36 44
2020-04-19	5	1st	8 12 28 31 43
2020-04-14	8	2nd	6 8 16 17 20
2020-04-06	3	1st	8 14 26 29 31
2020-04-03	3	2nd	2 8 21 40 42
2020-03-31	3	2nd	2 8 27 42 44
2020-03-28	7	1st	8 10 30 31 32
2020-03-21	4	2nd	6 8 12 22 29
2020-03-17	1	1st	8 14 15 16 40
2020-03-16	11	2nd	4 8 21 37 43
2020-03-05	2	1st	8 13 26 31 39
2020-03-03	4	1st	8 13 22 26 40
2020-02-28	14	3rd	3 5 8 34 45
2020-02-14	11	2nd	2 8 22 33 37
2020-02-03	4	1st	8 12 20 21 24
2020-01-30	19	3rd	5 6 8 15 42
2020-01-11	12	2nd	7 8 13 18 44
2019-12-30	3	1st	8 20 30 32 40
2019-12-27	19	2nd	6 8 25 42 44
2019-12-08	6	2nd	1 8 18 24 38
2019-12-02	1	2nd	2 8 16 18 24
2019-12-01	16	1st	8 12 35 36 38
2019-11-15	2	1st	8 16 18 30 37
2019-11-13	4	2nd	4 8 11 36 45
2019-11-09	5	1st	8 9 21 24 42
2019-11-04	2	1st	8 10 14 30 34
2019-11-02	13	1st	8 11 21 35 44
2019-10-20	1	1st	8 21 29 37 39
2019-10-19	3	1st	8 29 39 41 42
2019-10-16	39	2nd	7 8 11 16 25
2019-09-07	1	1st	8 13 16 18 45
2019-09-06	4	1st	8 29 39 43 45
2019-09-02	9	3rd	2 6 8 27 35
2019-08-24	2	1st	8 15 17 42 45
2019-08-22	5	2nd	2 8 12 23 32
2019-08-17	3	2nd	6 8 26 29 43
2019-08-14	4	2nd	4 8 10 25 34
2019-08-10	12	2nd	1 8 24 30 43
2019-07-29	9	2nd	3 8 31 43 45
2019-07-20	14	1st	8 10 12 14 44
2019-07-06	35	1st	8 19 27 32 39
2019-06-01	5	1st	8 13 32 36 37
2019-05-27	7	1st	8 9 12 18 44
2019-05-20	5	3rd	4 6 8 10 28
2019-05-15	4	2nd	4 8 32 42 45
2019-05-11	2	1st	8 13 26 29 40
2019-05-09	3	2nd	4 8 21 23 35
2019-05-06	1	2nd	4 8 9 17 18
2019-05-05	7	2nd	2 8 27 29 33
2019-04-28	17	2nd	3 8 14 32 42
2019-04-11	9	1st	8 17 20 33 39
2019-04-02	3	1st	8 17 31 37 43
2019-03-30	2	1st	8 13 38 42 45
2019-03-28	1	1st	8 17 20 28 34
2019-03-27	10	1st	8 16 18 28 33
2019-03-17	5	1st	8 25 31 42 45
2019-03-12	5	1st	8 9 23 34 39
2019-03-07	2	1st	8 21 25 34 45
2019-03-05	3	1st	8 21 24 25 30
2019-03-02	1	1st	8 10 12 29 35
2019-03-01	3	1st	8 16 23 30 43
2019-02-26	8	1st	8 12 28 33 34
2019-02-18	19	1st	8 37 39 41 44
2019-01-30	23	1st	8 10 20 26 35
2019-01-07	2	1st	8 11 13 32 41
2019-01-05	2	1st	8 11 32 33 43
2019-01-03	1	2nd	3 8 13 17 20
2019-01-02	11	1st	8 14 28 31 32
2018-12-22	3	1st	8 12 19 29 44
2018-12-19	3	2nd	4 8 12 23 34
2018-12-16	4	2nd	7 8 24 25 29
2018-12-12	3	1st	8 15 19 22 25
2018-12-09	17	2nd	1 8 16 22 29
2018-11-22	6	2nd	4 8 20 38 45
2018-11-16	23	1st	8 9 14 16 22
2018-10-24	3	1st	8 22 26 41 45
2018-10-21	2	1st	8 9 17 38 40
2018-10-19	3	1st	8 16 27 29 41
2018-10-16	3	2nd	3 8 22 29 33
2018-10-13	36	1st	8 12 20 27 45
2018-09-07	2	1st	8 19 29 42 44
2018-09-05	9	1st	8 17 19 22 27
2018-08-27	13	2nd	6 8 13 16 20
2018-08-14	8	1st	8 12 28 41 45
2018-08-06	4	1st	8 22 35 36 40
2018-08-02	2	1st	8 20 23 33 41
2018-07-31	11	1st	8 17 21 35 37
2018-07-20	2	2nd	4 8 13 24 28
2018-07-18	7	1st	8 9 17 28 37
2018-07-11	11	1st	8 26 28 29 35
2018-06-30	3	1st	8 13 36 37 38
2018-06-27	5	2nd	5 8 13 31 34
2018-06-22	5	1st	8 15 21 23 36
2018-06-17	7	2nd	6 8 29 43 45
2018-06-10	8	2nd	2 8 11 27 36
2018-06-02	3	2nd	7 8 11 26 40
2018-05-30	51	1st	8 23 29 33 38
2018-04-09	10	2nd	3 8 13 21 38
2018-03-30	10	2nd	2 8 11 37 44
2018-03-20	8	2nd	6 8 11 25 34
2018-03-12	4	2nd	3 8 22 26 34
2018-03-08	11	1st	8 22 23 30 42
2018-02-25	2	2nd	5 8 21 34 41
2018-02-23	4	2nd	3 8 16 24 27
2018-02-19	77	2nd	1 8 11 34 44
2017-12-04	8	1st	8 13 30 31 37
2017-11-26	2	1st	8 29 32 36 40
2017-11-24	6	2nd	7 8 23 24 40
2017-11-18	2	1st	8 19 22 37 39
2017-11-16	6	2nd	7 8 9 25 27
2017-11-10	4	1st	8 15 17 32 38
2017-11-06	10	1st	8 9 13 14 19
2017-10-27	12	2nd	2 8 15 35 44
2017-10-14	2	1st	8 9 19 20 39
2017-10-12	21	2nd	7 8 9 11 41
2017-09-20	15	1st	8 12 21 32 39
2017-09-05	1	1st	8 15 20 25 33
2017-09-04	18	1st	8 19 25 40 45
2017-08-17	2	1st	8 17 28 42 45
2017-08-15	8	2nd	3 8 10 34 43
2017-08-07	4	1st	8 27 29 30 42
2017-08-03	4	2nd	2 8 14 18 29
2017-07-30	26	1st	8 10 12 29 38
2017-07-04	2	2nd	3 8 19 26 38
2017-07-02	2	3rd	3 5 8 15 26
2017-06-30	5	1st	8 14 25 27 30
2017-06-25	—	2nd	4 8 11 39 44