Number 8

In Easy 5 under the 5/37 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,615 draws, 5 from 1–37.

197times drawn · chance expected 218 −1.55σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 48% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.4

43longest completed wait · 36% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 197 times in 1,615 draws against 218.2 expected, −1.55σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 197 times in 1,615 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 6 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 smallest80 · chance 79.4
2nd smallest90 · chance 85.5
3rd smallest25 · chance 28.5
4th smallest2 · chance 3.4
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 13 20 29 16 18

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 36 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 37. 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
2026-09-19	10	1st	8 13 25 29 31
2026-08-15	1	2nd	5 8 15 19 26
2026-08-12	9	2nd	4 8 11 22 33
2026-07-11	14	3rd	4 7 8 16

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 5/37 tonight whatever it did last week.

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