Number 8

In Classic Lotto 47 under the 6/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,721 draws, 6 from 1–47.

227times drawn · chance expected 220 +0.53σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 19% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

49longest completed wait · 28% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 227 times in 1,721 draws against 219.7 expected, +0.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 227 times in 1,721 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 13 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 smallest94 · chance 95.3
2nd smallest98 · chance 95.3
3rd smallest32 · chance 31.8
4th smallest3 · chance 4.3
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 24.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 12 28 7 13 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-08-26	15	1st	8 19 28 29 32 45
2026-07-04	1	2nd	7 8 21 30 38 43
2026-07-01	2	3rd	2 3 8 9 15 40
2026-06-24

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-11-30	1	2nd	2 8 13 18 20 23
2024-11-27	4	1st	8 10 20 21 34 35
2024-11-13	15	1st	8 11 18 22 37 47
2024-09-21	10	2nd	2 8 16 22 37 43
2024-08-17	5	2nd	3 8 27 34 40 43
2024-07-31	8	1st	8 12 20 21 23 30
2024-07-03	13	2nd	6 8 9 19 40 41
2024-05-18	16	2nd	5 8 9 12 13 40
2024-03-23	18	1st	8 13 27 30 34 35
2024-01-20	5	1st	8 23 26 31 36 40
2024-01-03	2	2nd	1 8 13 15 27 42
2023-12-27	9	1st	8 9 19 25 27 43
2023-11-25	1	2nd	5 8 21 40 45 46
2023-11-22	7	2nd	4 8 14 17 27 38
2023-10-28	4	3rd	2 5 8 10 17 29
2023-10-14	2	2nd	3 8 12 28 30 41
2023-10-07	2	2nd	7 8 11 12 27 32
2023-09-30	11	2nd	4 8 16 38 41 43
2023-08-23	5	2nd	1 8 10 17 24 34
2023-08-05	1	1st	8 10 18 21 32 34
2023-08-02	3	3rd	4 6 8 16 32 47
2023-07-22	2	1st	8 10 13 18 24 38
2023-07-15	23	2nd	7 8 11 15 30 32
2023-04-26	4	1st	8 15 22 30 31 33
2023-04-12	3	1st	8 9 20 26 31 33
2023-04-01	5	2nd	4 8 17 19 24 45
2023-03-15	9	2nd	3 8 9 13 20 34
2023-02-11	18	2nd	3 8 18 26 30 44
2022-12-10	5	3rd	4 7 8 18 25 35
2022-11-23	5	3rd	1 3 8 9 15 37
2022-11-05	4	3rd	2 4 8 23 28 34
2022-10-22	2	1st	8 9 17 20 39 46
2022-10-15	20	2nd	6 8 11 31 42 45
2022-08-06	4	2nd	7 8 21 23 44 46
2022-07-23	5	2nd	4 8 11 18 45 46
2022-07-06	3	1st	8 16 35 41 42 44
2022-06-25	10	1st	8 24 26 29 40 41
2022-05-21	8	1st	8 11 17 24 28 42
2022-04-23	16	2nd	7 8 22 35 38 39
2022-02-26	10	1st	8 15 22 28 43 46
2022-01-22	11	1st	8 22 28 31 35 42
2021-12-15	2	2nd	1 8 9 12 20 22
2021-12-08	3	1st	8 17 26 29 41 44
2021-11-27	10	1st	8 13 16 17 24 33
2021-10-23	30	1st	8 26 28 29 35 37
2021-07-10	3	1st	8 16 17 26 28 47
2021-06-30	1	2nd	2 8 22 25 31 40
2021-06-26	4	2nd	2 8 18 25 43 45
2021-06-12	5	3rd	1 5 8 17 24 35
2021-05-26	9	2nd	5 8 11 31 43 44
2021-04-24	3	2nd	4 8 21 27 40 41
2021-04-14	19	3rd	1 3 8 10 12 23
2021-02-06	1	1st	8 21 29 34 43 45
2021-02-03	8	2nd	4 8 19 22 24 34
2021-01-06	4	2nd	5 8 12 28 35 44
2020-12-23	4	3rd	2 3 8 10 14 21
2020-12-09	6	2nd	1 8 27 37 42 47
2020-11-18	5	1st	8 10 16 35 36 40
2020-10-31	29	2nd	3 8 15 28 41 46
2020-07-22	6	1st	8 9 16 31 37 47
2020-07-01	3	1st	8 23 28 31 33 45
2020-06-20	3	1st	8 12 13 21 24 39
2020-06-10	12	2nd	5 8 9 20 25 35
2020-04-29	6	2nd	1 8 16 22 30 34
2020-04-08	25	2nd	7 8 9 13 17 24
2020-01-11	10	1st	8 19 22 36 40 41
2019-12-07	9	3rd	2 4 8 9 17 28
2019-11-06	1	1st	8 9 20 23 38 41
2019-11-02	12	1st	8 10 15 37 43 46
2019-09-21	2	4th	1 5 6 8 10 47
2019-09-14	10	1st	8 12 30 38 39 43
2019-08-10	7	1st	8 20 35 36 40 41
2019-07-17	28	3rd	4 5 8 19 21 38
2019-04-10	6	2nd	1 8 14 18 39 40
2019-03-20	1	2nd	7 8 13 17 28 44
2019-03-16	7	3rd	2 5 8 16 19 37
2019-02-20	8	2nd	1 8 13 23 27 35
2019-01-23	5	1st	8 13 19 22 28 31
2019-01-05	6	2nd	7 8 9 10 12 14
2018-12-15	2	4th	1 2 7 8 11 26
2018-12-08	12	3rd	1 5 8 16 33 44
2018-10-27	7	1st	8 12 25 27 36 40
2018-10-03	8	1st	8 10 14 21 23 27
2018-09-05	16	3rd	4 7 8 9 13 16
2018-07-11	18	2nd	1 8 12 15 18 41
2018-05-09	11	2nd	4 8 9 33 36 44
2018-03-31	3	2nd	7 8 13 17 41 45
2018-03-21	5	2nd	3 8 12 24 29 40
2018-03-03	1	1st	8 19 27 30 46 47
2018-02-28	3	2nd	3 8 11 32 36 39
2018-02-17	3	2nd	6 8 10 18 43 44
2018-02-07	19	2nd	4 8 10 19 33 44
2017-12-02	4	2nd	6 8 28 31 43 47
2017-11-18	4	2nd	6 8 12 26 34 41
2017-11-04	4	2nd	7 8 23 33 35 42
2017-10-21	8	2nd	4 8 17 20 26 29
2017-09-23	6	1st	8 18 35 38 43 44
2017-09-02	1	1st	8 12 17 27 38 45
2017-08-30	9	1st	8 24 25 27 28 39
2017-07-29	1	1st	8 13 21 22 28 32
2017-07-26	8	1st	8 9 13 15 25 27
2017-06-28	5	2nd	2 8 12 25 37 43
2017-06-10	4	1st	8 15 19 39 43 47
2017-05-27	1	3rd	5 7 8 12 18 42
2017-05-24	13	1st	8 12 24 26 29 32
2017-04-08	7	3rd	3 6 8 14 24 34
2017-03-15	6	2nd	3 8 26 27 44 47
2017-02-22	14	1st	8 16 21 22 37 41
2017-01-04	2	2nd	5 8 18 21 24 32
2016-12-28	24	1st	8 15 29 31 34 41
2016-10-05	12	3rd	5 6 8 33 37 40
2016-08-24	3	1st	8 18 21 24 42 45
2016-08-13	8	1st	8 14 36 38 43 45
2016-07-16	1	2nd	6 8 15 18 26 43
2016-07-13	2	3rd	3 6 8 15 20 30
2016-07-06	5	3rd	2 7 8 14 36 42
2016-06-18	1	2nd	6 8 25 30 39 46
2016-06-15	9	2nd	3 8 24 25 29 31
2016-05-14	5	1st	8 10 13 33 36 44
2016-04-27	8	1st	8 10 16 23 37 38
2016-03-30	26	2nd	3 8 10 12 22 28
2015-12-30	7	1st	8 12 27 35 39 41
2015-12-05	1	1st	8 9 15 23 28 29
2015-12-02	4	2nd	2 8 12 25 37 39
2015-11-18	1	1st	8 15 16 17 28 32
2015-11-14	5	1st	8 14 24 39 40 45
2015-10-28	11	1st	8 12 26 30 39 47
2015-09-19	10	1st	8 12 24 29 40 46
2015-08-15	8	1st	8 9 19 35 38 39
2015-07-18	2	2nd	3 8 9 16 22 40
2015-07-11	49	1st	8 11 12 22 28 41
2015-01-21	15	1st	8 17 23 30 33 36
2014-11-29	3	1st	8 12 21 25 31 43
2014-11-19	4	2nd	3 8 14 21 28 45
2014-11-05	3	2nd	1 8 27 39 44 46
2014-10-18	3	1st	8 10 31 39 44 45
2014-10-08	10	3rd	1 2 8 30 38 46
2014-09-03	3	2nd	4 8 18 22 32 43
2014-08-23	10	1st	8 18 19 31 33 38
2014-07-19	12	1st	8 15 26 28 36 41
2014-06-07	11	1st	8 23 25 30 37 43
2014-04-30	6	1st	8 17 24 26 31 41
2014-04-09	4	2nd	1 8 16 18 24 38
2014-03-26	5	1st	8 10 22 28 31 32
2014-03-08	2	2nd	5 8 16 17 25 44
2014-03-01	3	2nd	2 8 25 30 31 47
2014-02-19	8	1st	8 14 21 35 36 43
2014-01-22	6	2nd	2 8 14 18 39 47
2014-01-01	17	2nd	1 8 12 19 29 43
2013-11-02	6	1st	8 23 28 39 46 47
2013-10-12	6	3rd	1 7 8 29 30 41
2013-09-21	7	2nd	7 8 15 22 36 41
2013-08-28	2	3rd	2 4 8 10 38 41
2013-08-21	15	2nd	7 8 23 28 33 44
2013-06-29	8	2nd	5 8 11 13 17 37
2013-06-01	4	2nd	2 8 10 14 27 34
2013-05-18	1	1st	8 9 13 24 31 36
2013-05-15	10	2nd	3 8 17 22 27 29
2013-04-10	5	2nd	5 8 12 20 40 45
2013-03-23	5	2nd	7 8 11 13 45 47
2013-03-06	1	2nd	7 8 27 37 40 44
2013-03-02	7	2nd	4 8 13 14 42 43
2013-02-06	2	1st	8 18 22 23 28 34
2013-01-30	15	1st	8 15 16 33 42 47
2012-12-08	9	1st	8 9 17 36 38 41
2012-11-07	6	3rd	1 7 8 9 21 41
2012-10-17	9	2nd	1 8 29 31 40 42
2012-09-15	10	2nd	2 8 11 33 35 46
2012-08-11	1	2nd	2 8 12 19 24 27
2012-08-08	7	1st	8 9 13 17 27 46
2012-07-14	10	3rd	6 7 8 35 36 43
2012-06-09	1	1st	8 13 17 23 37 47
2012-06-06	15	1st	8 15 28 31 34 42
2012-04-14	1	3rd	2 7 8 9 45 46
2012-04-11	1	1st	8 10 13 34 39 47
2012-04-07	11	2nd	7 8 17 33 37 38
2012-02-29	1	3rd	4 7 8 22 26 37
2012-02-25	6	2nd	7 8 14 22 36 44
2012-02-04	1	3rd	2 7 8 15 24 26
2012-02-01	14	2nd	1 8 9 13 26 44
2011-12-14	10	1st	8 10 12 26 33 45
2011-11-09	7	1st	8 11 17 26 28 34
2011-10-15	8	1st	8 10 12 27 42 47
2011-09-17	3	1st	8 13 21 24 25 33
2011-09-07	2	3rd	2 6 8 26 28 30
2011-08-31	2	2nd	3 8 12 15 18 35
2011-08-24	13	2nd	6 8 14 21 26 33
2011-07-09	2	2nd	2 8 13 15 46 47
2011-07-02	2	1st	8 9 11 22 27 39
2011-06-25	2	2nd	4 8 9 23 27 35
2011-06-18	3	1st	8 9 12 22 31 41
2011-06-08	6	1st	8 10 29 31 39 45
2011-05-18	20	2nd	1 8 14 15 22 36
2011-03-09	9	1st	8 18 20 27 34 36
2011-02-05	3	2nd	5 8 9 31 43 47
2011-01-26	15	2nd	3 8 11 34 36 38
2010-12-01	22	2nd	5 8 16 20 33 34
2010-09-15	7	2nd	7 8 13 33 37 47
2010-08-21	2	2nd	2 8 19 20 31 34
2010-08-14	24	1st	8 9 24 25 28 39
2010-05-22	9	1st	8 13 16 19 24 26
2010-04-21	4	1st	8 10 21 30 35 41
2010-04-07	—	1st	8 13 19 30 31 47