Number 8

In Match 5 under the 5/35 · since Apr 2021 rules — 1,498 draws, 5 from 1–35.

222times drawn · chance expected 214 +0.59σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

40longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 222 times in 1,498 draws against 214.0 expected, +0.59σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 222 times in 1,498 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 40 · 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.

1st smallest75 · chance 84.0
2nd smallest112 · chance 98.0
3rd smallest31 · chance 35.3
4th smallest4 · chance 4.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 6 3 20 23 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-10	12	2nd	7 8 10 16 27
2026-09-28	8	1st	8 21 25 31 34
2026-09-20	15	1st	8 21 22 30 32
2026-09-05	1	1st	8 26 31 32

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-14	2	3rd	2 4 8 12 19
2026-05-12	1	2nd	6 8 10 18 25
2026-05-11	7	2nd	1 8 15 19 31
2026-05-04	10	3rd	3 6 8 11 21
2026-04-24	6	1st	8 17 20 25 33
2026-04-18	7	2nd	7 8 20 21 33
2026-04-11	7	1st	8 21 26 27 32
2026-04-04	3	2nd	6 8 12 17 25
2026-04-01	2	3rd	1 2 8 12 16
2026-03-30	7	1st	8 11 19 22 31
2026-03-23	3	2nd	7 8 11 24 35
2026-03-20	5	2nd	7 8 10 20 34
2026-03-15	6	2nd	3 8 24 26 31
2026-03-09	1	2nd	4 8 10 25 26
2026-03-08	1	2nd	6 8 21 30 32
2026-03-07	14	1st	8 11 15 23 24
2026-02-21	13	2nd	3 8 17 25 32
2026-02-08	1	1st	8 10 14 27 31
2026-02-07	4	2nd	1 8 9 10 30
2026-02-03	3	2nd	6 8 10 14 20
2026-01-31	2	3rd	1 3 8 21 32
2026-01-29	4	2nd	4 8 12 18 30
2026-01-25	11	3rd	3 4 8 14 21
2026-01-14	13	1st	8 18 23 34 35
2026-01-01	32	1st	8 13 25 30 34
2025-11-30	1	3rd	2 7 8 27 33
2025-11-29	1	2nd	3 8 9 21 23
2025-11-28	7	2nd	7 8 12 18 29
2025-11-21	29	3rd	3 6 8 24 33
2025-10-23	2	2nd	5 8 16 24 33
2025-10-21	6	3rd	6 7 8 10 34
2025-10-15	1	1st	8 14 16 19 25
2025-10-14	7	1st	8 15 30 31 35
2025-10-07	1	2nd	1 8 14 21 32
2025-10-06	21	2nd	3 8 10 16 26
2025-09-15	4	2nd	5 8 18 23 29
2025-09-11	10	2nd	6 8 12 18 32
2025-09-01	4	3rd	3 7 8 30 33
2025-08-28	10	2nd	1 8 10 30 35
2025-08-18	4	2nd	6 8 10 27 34
2025-08-14	7	2nd	2 8 18 27 31
2025-08-07	1	2nd	7 8 9 20 23
2025-08-06	6	1st	8 10 11 13 23
2025-07-31	22	4th	4 5 7 8 12
2025-07-09	6	2nd	7 8 11 26 33
2025-07-03	11	2nd	7 8 11 12 28
2025-06-22	12	2nd	1 8 14 17 24
2025-06-10	8	2nd	4 8 10 15 21
2025-06-02	5	2nd	7 8 17 27 28
2025-05-28	6	3rd	4 6 8 10 23
2025-05-22	14	1st	8 18 20 31 35
2025-05-08	40	1st	8 9 13 23 34
2025-03-29	14	2nd	3 8 10 17 26
2025-03-15	8	3rd	4 6 8 17 22
2025-03-07	4	1st	8 10 20 32 35
2025-03-03	4	2nd	2 8 12 17 20
2025-02-27	3	3rd	1 3 8 15 21
2025-02-24	10	1st	8 20 24 25 29
2025-02-14	1	1st	8 14 20 25 26
2025-02-13	10	2nd	7 8 14 16 18
2025-02-03	10	3rd	3 6 8 15 17
2025-01-24	3	1st	8 10 16 26 27
2025-01-21	7	3rd	5 6 8 10 23
2025-01-14	1	1st	8 19 26 28 34
2025-01-13	7	1st	8 9 19 22 29
2025-01-06	2	4th	2 5 6 8 26
2025-01-04	5	1st	8 20 25 28 32
2024-12-30	9	1st	8 11 13 23 35
2024-12-21	2	1st	8 11 20 21 25
2024-12-19	1	1st	8 15 17 20 32
2024-12-18	7	2nd	5 8 19 22 32
2024-12-11	1	2nd	1 8 14 19 35
2024-12-10	1	1st	8 9 14 20 24
2024-12-09	11	2nd	2 8 20 29 35
2024-11-28	20	3rd	3 5 8 20 34
2024-11-08	1	1st	8 16 27 29 30
2024-11-07	2	1st	8 10 12 15 28
2024-11-05	5	2nd	2 8 11 22 34
2024-10-31	36	2nd	6 8 17 18 19
2024-09-25	5	2nd	3 8 24 28 31
2024-09-20	13	2nd	6 8 14 16 32
2024-09-07	3	1st	8 12 18 20 33
2024-09-04	3	2nd	2 8 14 26 31
2024-09-01	4	2nd	3 8 15 20 29
2024-08-28	10	2nd	1 8 25 27 33
2024-08-18	1	2nd	1 8 18 20 29
2024-08-17	3	2nd	3 8 10 11 15
2024-08-14	9	2nd	5 8 12 20 23
2024-08-05	8	2nd	3 8 19 29 30
2024-07-28	8	2nd	7 8 15 30 31
2024-07-20	6	2nd	6 8 10 14 29
2024-07-14	1	1st	8 12 13 20 21
2024-07-13	1	4th	1 5 6 8 10
2024-07-12	3	1st	8 14 16 21 31
2024-07-09	1	1st	8 14 18 23 31
2024-07-08	4	1st	8 16 27 30 33
2024-07-04	5	2nd	3 8 25 30 31
2024-06-29	11	1st	8 14 15 20 29
2024-06-18	3	2nd	6 8 13 18 20
2024-06-15	2	1st	8 11 14 17 28
2024-06-13	3	1st	8 11 20 23 27
2024-06-10	4	2nd	5 8 24 26 28
2024-06-06	7	1st	8 9 19 21 24
2024-05-30	6	2nd	6 8 13 23 32
2024-05-24	10	2nd	5 8 18 25 33
2024-05-14	27	2nd	6 8 11 12 31
2024-04-17	1	2nd	5 8 14 21 23
2024-04-16	4	1st	8 9 21 29 35
2024-04-12	5	1st	8 14 28 30 35
2024-04-07	1	2nd	4 8 23 32 33
2024-04-06	3	1st	8 19 22 25 27
2024-04-03	14	2nd	3 8 19 28 34
2024-03-20	4	2nd	4 8 10 24 28
2024-03-16	6	2nd	3 8 12 24 31
2024-03-10	13	2nd	2 8 9 22 35
2024-02-26	1	2nd	5 8 10 25 35
2024-02-25	6	1st	8 9 23 27 35
2024-02-19	5	1st	8 9 16 19 23
2024-02-14	1	3rd	3 6 8 24 31
2024-02-13	8	1st	8 16 17 25 32
2024-02-05	5	2nd	6 8 10 13 22
2024-01-31	12	1st	8 10 17 26 27
2024-01-19	4	2nd	3 8 15 27 35
2024-01-15	6	3rd	2 3 8 18 30
2024-01-09	8	1st	8 17 18 29 32
2024-01-01	12	1st	8 12 21 27 30
2023-12-20	5	2nd	3 8 19 30 33
2023-12-15	4	2nd	1 8 9 10 18
2023-12-11	10	1st	8 9 15 24 29
2023-12-01	1	1st	8 17 21 29 33
2023-11-30	5	1st	8 10 11 18 20
2023-11-25	14	1st	8 10 23 27 29
2023-11-11	3	2nd	1 8 12 19 23
2023-11-08	8	2nd	4 8 13 20 29
2023-10-31	2	1st	8 11 16 22 23
2023-10-29	6	1st	8 10 11 14 32
2023-10-23	8	2nd	2 8 21 32 34
2023-10-15	1	1st	8 12 20 29 31
2023-10-14	13	2nd	5 8 22 33 35
2023-10-01	15	2nd	6 8 15 31 35
2023-09-16	7	1st	8 13 23 25 28
2023-09-09	3	3rd	4 7 8 19 35
2023-09-02	11	2nd	5 8 10 28 33
2023-08-08	1	1st	8 15 17 22 26
2023-08-05	5	2nd	3 8 32 33 34
2023-07-25	1	3rd	4 7 8 16 21
2023-07-22	18	2nd	4 8 18 24 33
2023-06-10	6	2nd	6 8 10 23 30
2023-05-27	1	1st	8 12 13 16 28
2023-05-25	2	3rd	6 7 8 17 35
2023-05-20	1	2nd	5 8 11 31 34
2023-05-18	5	2nd	3 8 17 18 27
2023-05-06	5	3rd	1 7 8 26 28
2023-04-25	28	2nd	4 8 16 17 34
2023-02-18	5	1st	8 13 23 25 34
2023-02-07	7	3rd	1 2 8 31 33
2023-01-21	23	1st	8 17 19 22 24
2022-11-29	1	1st	8 10 13 22 29
2022-11-26	2	2nd	5 8 9 16 19
2022-11-22	4	1st	8 14 22 32 34
2022-11-12	4	1st	8 10 15 18 30
2022-11-03	17	3rd	3 7 8 12 30
2022-09-24	13	3rd	1 3 8 16 27
2022-08-25	11	3rd	3 6 8 11 30
2022-07-30	9	2nd	6 8 11 14 17
2022-07-09	3	2nd	1 8 19 20 26
2022-07-02	10	1st	8 10 22 31 33
2022-06-09	1	2nd	1 8 16 33 35
2022-06-07	10	3rd	6 7 8 18 27
2022-05-14	2	2nd	2 8 17 22 31
2022-05-10	1	2nd	1 8 18 23 33
2022-05-07	1	1st	8 16 19 22 32
2022-05-05	9	2nd	6 8 15 16 33
2022-04-14	2	2nd	5 8 11 22 34
2022-04-09	6	2nd	5 8 12 15 23
2022-03-26	6	2nd	5 8 17 23 25
2022-03-12	3	2nd	4 8 13 14 22
2022-03-05	4	2nd	1 8 20 22 26
2022-02-24	16	2nd	2 8 14 15 18
2022-01-18	5	2nd	2 8 22 27 32
2022-01-06	7	2nd	6 8 12 14 31
2021-12-21	5	2nd	3 8 16 33 35
2021-12-09	3	2nd	2 8 11 25 31
2021-12-02	2	2nd	1 8 24 27 32
2021-11-27	2	1st	8 13 24 26 30
2021-11-23	1	3rd	4 7 8 29 31
2021-11-20	3	2nd	1 8 13 18 21
2021-11-13	6	3rd	1 5 8 23 25
2021-10-30	5	2nd	7 8 19 24 30
2021-10-19	1	2nd	4 8 10 25 26
2021-10-16	8	2nd	1 8 10 16 35
2021-09-28	12	2nd	5 8 17 21 34
2021-08-31	19	2nd	1 8 16 31 33
2021-07-17	12	2nd	7 8 20 23 24
2021-06-19	1	2nd	7 8 21 29 35
2021-06-17	4	2nd	3 8 19 22 28
2021-06-08	12	1st	8 14 25 27 32
2021-05-08	—	3rd	1 6 8 10 18