Number 8

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Aug 2020 rules — 642 draws, 6 from 1–42.

112times drawn · chance expected 92 +2.29σ

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

5.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

26longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 112 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, +2.29σ. 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 112 times in 642 draws · average wait 5.7 draws · longest completed wait 26 · 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 smallest37 · chance 41.6
2nd smallest48 · chance 48.5
3rd smallest26 · chance 18.8
4th smallest1 · chance 2.9
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 16 3 11 2 28

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
2026-10-07	4	2nd	2 8 19 36 37 41
2026-09-23	12	2nd	7 8 15 19 29 41
2026-08-12	8	3rd	1 5 8 18 29 37
2026-07-15	9	3rd	6

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.

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