Number 8

In Big Sky Bonus under the 4/31 + 1/16 · since Oct 2024 rules — 726 draws, 4 from 1–31.

86times drawn · chance expected 94 −0.85σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

38longest completed wait · 40% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 86 times in 726 draws against 93.7 expected, −0.85σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 86 times in 726 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 7 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 smallest39 · chance 37.5
2nd smallest32 · chance 37.5
3rd smallest15 · chance 10.2
4th smallest0 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 7 24 21 29 30

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 30 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 31. 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
2026-10-04	9	1st	8 20 22 27
2026-09-25	11	2nd	7 8 13 29
2026-09-14	8	2nd	7 8 12 28
2026-09-06	8	3rd	2 4 8 17
2026-08-29	4	1st

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 4/31 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-04	4	3rd	1 7 8 27
2026-02-28	1	1st	8 9 22 30
2026-02-27	4	3rd	4 6 8 16
2026-02-23	8	2nd	5 8 16 19
2026-02-15	10	1st	8 22 28 31
2026-02-05	3	1st	8 12 18 25
2026-02-02	5	2nd	2 8 19 21
2026-01-28	8	1st	8 14 23 25
2026-01-20	5	1st	8 14 23 24
2026-01-15	10	2nd	3 8 30 31
2026-01-05	3	2nd	1 8 28 30
2026-01-02	3	1st	8 12 24 29
2025-12-30	5	1st	8 10 18 22
2025-12-25	8	3rd	3 6 8 12
2025-12-17	16	1st	8 10 18 19
2025-12-01	28	3rd	1 6 8 12
2025-11-03	3	3rd	4 6 8 10
2025-10-31	27	2nd	3 8 23 26
2025-10-04	3	2nd	3 8 15 30
2025-10-01	4	3rd	2 5 8 27
2025-09-27	21	1st	8 11 15 19
2025-09-06	5	3rd	5 7 8 29
2025-09-01	17	1st	8 18 24 30
2025-08-15	5	2nd	6 8 9 31
2025-08-10	6	1st	8 19 21 24
2025-08-04	2	1st	8 22 24 28
2025-08-02	1	2nd	5 8 15 19
2025-08-01	3	2nd	6 8 21 22
2025-07-29	3	2nd	7 8 13 21
2025-07-26	14	2nd	5 8 9 16
2025-07-12	19	3rd	5 7 8 24
2025-06-23	7	2nd	3 8 9 30
2025-06-16	3	2nd	3 8 9 23
2025-06-13	6	2nd	3 8 21 31
2025-06-07	8	2nd	7 8 13 27
2025-05-30	6	1st	8 19 21 22
2025-05-24	3	1st	8 18 24 29
2025-05-21	3	3rd	2 6 8 15
2025-05-18	4	1st	8 11 21 24
2025-05-14	1	1st	8 14 16 28
2025-05-13	8	1st	8 15 19 22
2025-05-05	2	2nd	4 8 11 30
2025-05-03	2	1st	8 12 18 29
2025-05-01	1	1st	8 13 19 22
2025-04-30	17	3rd	2 7 8 15
2025-04-13	5	2nd	6 8 12 25
2025-04-08	2	3rd	6 7 8 17
2025-04-06	6	3rd	3 5 8 30
2025-03-31	1	1st	8 21 27 29
2025-03-30	38	1st	8 14 20 29
2025-02-20	5	1st	8 20 29 31
2025-02-15	6	1st	8 12 18 19
2025-02-09	5	2nd	7 8 24 27
2025-02-04	19	2nd	7 8 15 30
2025-01-16	24	1st	8 22 25 26
2024-12-23	13	1st	8 20 21 22
2024-12-10	6	2nd	1 8 15 28
2024-12-04	10	1st	8 19 28 30
2024-11-24	17	2nd	6 8 13 23
2024-11-07	16	3rd	2 7 8 30
2024-10-22	5	2nd	5 8 18 24
2024-10-17	—	2nd	1 8 29 31