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Star 8 In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 1 from 1–18.
Main numbers Stars 127 times drawn · chance expected 131 −0.34σ
3 draws waiting · a wait this long: 89% for any number
18.3 average wait between appearances · chance says 18.0
130 longest completed wait · 8% chance of one at least that long
8 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 127 times in 2,354 draws against 130.8 expected, −0.34σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
8 Number 8, draw by draw Drawn 127 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 18.3 draws · longest completed wait 130 · waiting 3 draws now
12 draws: 2015-06-29 to 2015-08-10 75 draws: 2015-08-10 to 2016-04-28 4 draws: 2016-04-28 to 2016-05-12 7 draws: 2016-05-12 to 2016-06-06 28 draws: 2016-06-06 to 2016-09-12 3 draws: 2016-09-12 to 2016-09-22 67 draws: 2016-09-22 to 2017-05-15 55 draws: 2017-05-15 to 2017-11-23 3 draws: 2017-11-23 to 2017-12-04 23 draws: 2017-12-04 to 2018-02-22 20 draws: 2018-02-22 to 2018-05-03 4 draws: 2018-05-03 to 2018-05-17 13 draws: 2018-05-17 to 2018-07-02 43 draws: 2018-07-02 to 2018-11-29 9 draws: 2018-11-29 to 2018-12-31 19 draws: 2018-12-31 to 2019-03-07 5 draws: 2019-03-07 to 2019-03-25 24 draws: 2019-03-25 to 2019-06-17 17 draws: 2019-06-17 to 2019-08-15 34 draws: 2019-08-15 to 2019-12-12 10 draws: 2019-12-12 to 2020-01-16 19 draws: 2020-01-16 to 2020-03-23 4 draws: 2020-03-23 to 2020-04-06 17 draws: 2020-04-06 to 2020-06-04 33 draws: 2020-06-04 to 2020-09-28 7 draws: 2020-09-28 to 2020-10-22 16 draws: 2020-10-22 to 2020-12-17 7 draws: 2020-12-17 to 2021-01-11 33 draws: 2021-01-11 to 2021-05-06 2 draws: 2021-05-06 to 2021-05-13 13 draws: 2021-05-13 to 2021-06-28 5 draws: 2021-06-28 to 2021-07-15 50 draws: 2021-07-15 to 2021-09-06 56 draws: 2021-09-06 to 2021-11-01 3 draws: 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-04 18 draws: 2021-11-04 to 2021-11-22 9 draws: 2021-11-22 to 2021-12-01 9 draws: 2021-12-01 to 2021-12-10 14 draws: 2021-12-10 to 2021-12-24 1 draws: 2021-12-24 to 2021-12-25 2 draws: 2021-12-25 to 2021-12-27 2 draws: 2021-12-27 to 2021-12-29 2 draws: 2021-12-29 to 2021-12-31 5 draws: 2021-12-31 to 2022-01-05 32 draws: 2022-01-05 to 2022-02-06 28 draws: 2022-02-06 to 2022-03-06 47 draws: 2022-03-06 to 2022-04-22 15 draws: 2022-04-22 to 2022-05-07 11 draws: 2022-05-07 to 2022-05-18 23 draws: 2022-05-18 to 2022-06-10 31 draws: 2022-06-10 to 2022-07-11 10 draws: 2022-07-11 to 2022-07-21 31 draws: 2022-07-21 to 2022-08-21 4 draws: 2022-08-21 to 2022-08-25 55 draws: 2022-08-25 to 2022-10-19 3 draws: 2022-10-19 to 2022-10-22 25 draws: 2022-10-22 to 2022-11-16 22 draws: 2022-11-16 to 2022-12-08 4 draws: 2022-12-08 to 2022-12-12 16 draws: 2022-12-12 to 2022-12-28 10 draws: 2022-12-28 to 2023-01-07 7 draws: 2023-01-07 to 2023-01-14 44 draws: 2023-01-14 to 2023-02-27 36 draws: 2023-02-27 to 2023-04-04 25 draws: 2023-04-04 to 2023-04-29 10 draws: 2023-04-29 to 2023-05-09 5 draws: 2023-05-09 to 2023-05-14 9 draws: 2023-05-14 to 2023-05-23 37 draws: 2023-05-23 to 2023-06-29 33 draws: 2023-06-29 to 2023-08-01 5 draws: 2023-08-01 to 2023-08-06 130 draws: 2023-08-06 to 2023-12-14 18 draws: 2023-12-14 to 2024-01-01 18 draws: 2024-01-01 to 2024-01-19 5 draws: 2024-01-19 to 2024-01-24 4 draws: 2024-01-24 to 2024-01-28 25 draws: 2024-01-28 to 2024-02-22 10 draws: 2024-02-22 to 2024-03-03 39 draws: 2024-03-03 to 2024-04-11 12 draws: 2024-04-11 to 2024-04-23 2 draws: 2024-04-23 to 2024-04-25 10 draws: 2024-04-25 to 2024-05-05 29 draws: 2024-05-05 to 2024-06-03 8 draws: 2024-06-03 to 2024-06-11 12 draws: 2024-06-11 to 2024-06-23 4 draws: 2024-06-23 to 2024-06-27 22 draws: 2024-06-27 to 2024-07-19 6 draws: 2024-07-19 to 2024-07-25 22 draws: 2024-07-25 to 2024-08-16 18 draws: 2024-08-16 to 2024-09-03 23 draws: 2024-09-03 to 2024-09-26 28 draws: 2024-09-26 to 2024-10-24 4 draws: 2024-10-24 to 2024-10-28 6 draws: 2024-10-28 to 2024-11-03 9 draws: 2024-11-03 to 2024-11-12 1 draws: 2024-11-12 to 2024-11-13 39 draws: 2024-11-13 to 2024-12-22 21 draws: 2024-12-22 to 2025-01-12 23 draws: 2025-01-12 to 2025-02-04 10 draws: 2025-02-04 to 2025-02-14 10 draws: 2025-02-14 to 2025-02-24 11 draws: 2025-02-24 to 2025-03-07 3 draws: 2025-03-07 to 2025-03-10 22 draws: 2025-03-10 to 2025-04-01 1 draws: 2025-04-01 to 2025-04-02 20 draws: 2025-04-02 to 2025-04-22 13 draws: 2025-04-22 to 2025-05-05 13 draws: 2025-05-05 to 2025-05-18 2 draws: 2025-05-18 to 2025-05-20 31 draws: 2025-05-20 to 2025-06-20 8 draws: 2025-06-20 to 2025-06-28 19 draws: 2025-06-28 to 2025-07-17 2 draws: 2025-07-17 to 2025-07-19 4 draws: 2025-07-19 to 2025-07-23 3 draws: 2025-07-23 to 2025-07-26 7 draws: 2025-07-26 to 2025-08-02 25 draws: 2025-08-02 to 2025-08-27 20 draws: 2025-08-27 to 2025-09-16 21 draws: 2025-09-16 to 2025-10-07 4 draws: 2025-10-07 to 2025-10-11 17 draws: 2025-10-11 to 2025-10-28 4 draws: 2025-10-28 to 2025-11-01 16 draws: 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-17 50 draws: 2025-11-17 to 2026-01-06 14 draws: 2026-01-06 to 2026-01-20 29 draws: 2026-01-20 to 2026-02-18 Still waiting — at least 3 draws since 2026-02-18 2015-06-29 2015-08-10 2016-04-28 2016-05-12 2016-06-06 2016-09-12 2016-09-22 2017-05-15 2017-11-23 2017-12-04 2018-02-22 2018-05-03 2018-05-17 2018-07-02 2018-11-29 2018-12-31 2019-03-07 2019-03-25 2019-06-17 2019-08-15 2019-12-12 2020-01-16 2020-03-23 2020-04-06 2020-06-04 2020-09-28 2020-10-22 2020-12-17 2021-01-11 2021-05-06 2021-05-13 2021-06-28 2021-07-15 2021-09-06 2021-11-01 2021-11-04 2021-11-22 2021-12-01 2021-12-10 2021-12-24 2021-12-25 2021-12-27 2021-12-29 2021-12-31 2022-01-05 2022-02-06 2022-03-06 2022-04-22 2022-05-07 2022-05-18 2022-06-10 2022-07-11 2022-07-21 2022-08-21 2022-08-25 2022-10-19 2022-10-22 2022-11-16 2022-12-08 2022-12-12 2022-12-28 2023-01-07 2023-01-14 2023-02-27 2023-04-04 2023-04-29 2023-05-09 2023-05-14 2023-05-23 2023-06-29 2023-08-01 2023-08-06 2023-12-14 2024-01-01 2024-01-19 2024-01-24 2024-01-28 2024-02-22 2024-03-03 2024-04-11 2024-04-23 2024-04-25 2024-05-05 2024-06-03 2024-06-11 2024-06-23 2024-06-27 2024-07-19 2024-07-25 2024-08-16 2024-09-03 2024-09-26 2024-10-24 2024-10-28 2024-11-03 2024-11-12 2024-11-13 2024-12-22 2025-01-12 2025-02-04 2025-02-14 2025-02-24 2025-03-07 2025-03-10 2025-04-01 2025-04-02 2025-04-22 2025-05-05 2025-05-18 2025-05-20 2025-06-20 2025-06-28 2025-07-17 2025-07-19 2025-07-23 2025-07-26 2025-08-02 2025-08-27 2025-09-16 2025-10-07 2025-10-11 2025-10-28 2025-11-01 2025-11-17 2026-01-06 2026-01-20 2026-02-18 2015-01-29 2026-02-21
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1st smallest 127 · chance 127.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 17 of the other 17 numbers; chance expects about 17 such strangers 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 18. 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 The other 103 appearances ← star 7 Every number star 9 → 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 1/18 tonight whatever it did last week.