In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · since Sep 2025 rules — 109 draws, 6 from 1–43.
25times drawn · chance expected 15 +2.71σ
2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number
4.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2
17longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long
8 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 25 times in 109 draws against 15.2 expected, +2.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
8
Number 8, draw by draw
Drawn 25 times in 109 draws · average wait 4.4 draws · longest completed wait 17 · waiting 2 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.
Never drawn alongside 4 of the other 42 numbers; chance expects about 2 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 43. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.