Number 8

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

182times drawn · chance expected 144 +3.36σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

32longest completed wait · 99% chance of one at least that long

8 looks unusual on its own — and unremarkable among 45 numbers

Drawn 182 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, +3.36σ. Testing all 45 numbers at once means about 0.5 should look this way by luck alone, so the threshold tightens to 2.2e-4 and this does not pass it.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 182 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 32 · waiting 8 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 smallest81 · chance 88.5
2nd smallest81 · chance 72.9
3rd smallest17 · chance 18.8
4th smallest3 · chance 1.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 16.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 19 35 12 3 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-12	8	1st	8 10 22 30 38
2026-08-15	4	2nd	4 8 30 38 43
2026-08-01	1	1st	8 12 27 30 43
2026-07-29	6	1st	8 10 12

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-09	18	1st	8 32 33 41 42
2025-02-05	3	2nd	2 8 14 21 39
2025-01-25	3	2nd	2 8 12 25 38
2025-01-15	1	1st	8 15 20 23 45
2025-01-11	3	2nd	4 8 13 14 18
2025-01-01	5	2nd	3 8 24 27 40
2024-12-14	4	2nd	3 8 30 41 43
2024-11-30	15	2nd	6 8 11 31 37
2024-10-09	2	2nd	1 8 9 28 41
2024-10-02	3	2nd	7 8 13 18 33
2024-09-21	15	2nd	3 8 15 19 23
2024-07-31	6	2nd	1 8 37 44 45
2024-07-10	1	1st	8 24 26 37 44
2024-07-06	2	1st	8 9 13 25 27
2024-06-29	1	1st	8 27 30 32 44
2024-06-26	2	1st	8 20 32 35 44
2024-06-19	2	1st	8 13 24 26 34
2024-06-12	9	1st	8 10 23 31 33
2024-05-11	2	1st	8 12 15 43 44
2024-05-04	29	2nd	2 8 14 19 32
2024-01-24	3	1st	8 18 22 40 44
2024-01-13	3	2nd	5 8 15 35 36
2024-01-03	6	1st	8 9 28 32 38
2023-12-13	9	2nd	1 8 10 25 43
2023-11-11	11	1st	8 19 22 35 45
2023-10-04	9	2nd	1 8 26 27 38
2023-09-02	2	1st	8 21 22 34 37
2023-08-26	3	2nd	6 8 16 22 31
2023-08-16	16	2nd	4 8 20 24 33
2023-06-21	23	2nd	5 8 12 29 39
2023-04-01	1	1st	8 12 31 40 41
2023-03-29	1	2nd	5 8 13 31 36
2023-03-25	6	1st	8 11 19 32 43
2023-03-04	2	1st	8 15 27 34 35
2023-02-25	1	1st	8 15 17 29 43
2023-02-22	5	2nd	7 8 11 20 36
2023-02-04	5	3rd	5 6 8 26 30
2023-01-18	14	2nd	4 8 27 33 39
2022-11-30	3	2nd	7 8 24 37 44
2022-11-19	2	3rd	5 7 8 19 23
2022-11-12	7	4th	4 5 6 8 42
2022-10-19	5	2nd	6 8 23 29 41
2022-10-01	7	1st	8 27 35 40 44
2022-09-07	1	1st	8 15 23 29 45
2022-09-03	4	3rd	1 3 8 21 32
2022-08-20	7	2nd	7 8 12 38 44
2022-07-27	3	3rd	2 7 8 13 44
2022-07-16	12	2nd	7 8 19 30 35
2022-06-04	3	2nd	2 8 24 35 40
2022-05-25	7	1st	8 11 30 39 44
2022-04-30	1	2nd	1 8 14 27 42
2022-04-27	15	3rd	3 7 8 13 19
2022-03-05	11	1st	8 10 18 19 24
2022-01-26	10	1st	8 27 31 38 42
2021-12-22	1	2nd	1 8 15 29 33
2021-12-18	19	1st	8 9 25 42 45
2021-10-13	16	1st	8 10 11 16 41
2021-08-18	3	2nd	1 8 26 29 39
2021-08-07	4	2nd	7 8 15 21 28
2021-07-24	3	2nd	2 8 10 20 22
2021-07-14	14	2nd	5 8 16 17 35
2021-05-26	1	2nd	7 8 20 24 37
2021-05-22	2	2nd	1 8 14 23 25
2021-05-15	24	1st	8 9 20 25 27
2021-02-20	2	1st	8 10 13 19 45
2021-02-13	13	1st	8 18 22 31 37
2020-12-30	7	1st	8 19 35 37 39
2020-12-05	1	1st	8 10 12 15 31
2020-12-02	14	1st	8 11 12 22 41
2020-10-14	2	2nd	1 8 19 42 43
2020-10-07	13	4th	1 2 4 8 13
2020-08-22	10	1st	8 12 13 18 26
2020-07-18	15	2nd	7 8 34 35 43
2020-05-27	1	1st	8 9 25 27 37
2020-05-23	2	1st	8 9 20 30 45
2020-05-16	1	2nd	4 8 28 30 39
2020-05-13	3	1st	8 10 27 30 40
2020-05-02	6	2nd	1 8 9 29 38
2020-04-11	4	2nd	3 8 23 32 39
2020-03-28	1	2nd	4 8 12 13 18
2020-03-25	2	1st	8 19 36 39 45
2020-03-18	24	2nd	4 8 10 11 31
2019-12-25	1	3rd	3 4 8 24 25
2019-12-21	4	1st	8 23 24 42 45
2019-12-07	8	2nd	3 8 10 11 30
2019-11-09	4	3rd	1 5 8 9 43
2019-10-26	7	2nd	7 8 23 28 38
2019-10-02	1	1st	8 16 30 43 44
2019-09-28	21	2nd	3 8 11 17 24
2019-07-17	8	2nd	1 8 19 20 42
2019-06-19	25	1st	8 11 12 20 40
2019-03-23	11	3rd	3 5 8 15 26
2019-02-13	1	2nd	3 8 24 26 35
2019-02-09	3	1st	8 13 18 37 38
2019-01-30	6	1st	8 19 27 30 44
2019-01-09	8	1st	8 18 19 21 35
2018-12-12	6	1st	8 19 26 43 45
2018-11-21	14	1st	8 12 21 22 43
2018-10-03	6	2nd	4 8 12 19 21
2018-09-12	3	3rd	1 3 8 10 17
2018-09-01	7	3rd	4 5 8 24 29
2018-08-08	4	3rd	2 3 8 28 41
2018-07-25	1	2nd	5 8 12 13 24
2018-07-21	4	3rd	3 7 8 11 15
2018-07-07	8	2nd	4 8 28 29 38
2018-06-09	24	1st	8 29 33 34 42
2018-03-17	12	2nd	6 8 14 31 34
2018-02-03	1	2nd	4 8 26 31 40
2018-01-31	7	1st	8 15 23 28 29
2018-01-06	1	1st	8 21 26 35 42
2018-01-03	1	2nd	5 8 14 16 32
2017-12-30	2	3rd	6 7 8 14 19
2017-12-23	32	1st	8 22 35 44 45
2017-09-02	3	2nd	3 8 16 28 31
2017-08-23	8	1st	8 13 16 22 35
2017-07-26	1	1st	8 21 31 38 41
2017-07-22	2	1st	8 12 14 16 19
2017-07-15	2	1st	8 11 23 30 36
2017-07-08	21	2nd	1 8 22 27 37
2017-04-26	2	2nd	7 8 9 21 40
2017-04-19	8	2nd	1 8 11 12 13
2017-03-22	1	1st	8 18 26 40 41
2017-03-18	12	1st	8 23 28 33 35
2017-02-04	8	1st	8 13 31 34 35
2017-01-07	9	1st	8 20 27 33 45
2016-12-07	8	2nd	5 8 14 38 42
2016-11-09	17	2nd	6 8 17 23 25
2016-09-10	4	1st	8 26 35 37 41
2016-08-27	14	2nd	7 8 10 14 28
2016-07-09	1	1st	8 12 18 35 39
2016-07-06	2	1st	8 15 18 38 39
2016-06-29	5	1st	8 10 12 23 40
2016-06-11	31	2nd	6 8 15 18 41
2016-02-24	6	1st	8 17 29 36 45
2016-02-03	7	2nd	5 8 11 32 43
2016-01-09	2	2nd	5 8 27 29 36
2016-01-02	10	1st	8 12 27 39 41
2015-11-28	6	1st	8 13 34 37 40
2015-11-07	13	1st	8 9 13 37 40
2015-09-23	16	1st	8 19 22 37 39
2015-07-29	18	1st	8 15 20 27 35
2015-05-27	5	1st	8 12 17 20 45
2015-05-09	2	2nd	7 8 19 26 38
2015-05-02	2	2nd	2 8 14 27 45
2015-04-25	6	3rd	1 3 8 18 37
2015-04-04	7	2nd	6 8 12 15 43
2015-03-11	2	1st	8 9 13 15 16
2015-03-04	2	2nd	2 8 21 26 27
2015-02-25	10	2nd	6 8 14 29 38
2015-01-21	20	2nd	1 8 36 38 41
2014-11-12	5	2nd	3 8 20 27 41
2014-10-25	16	3rd	1 3 8 17 40
2014-08-30	2	1st	8 22 24 31 35
2014-08-23	9	2nd	2 8 11 21 27
2014-07-23	3	2nd	4 8 39 41 42
2014-07-12	2	2nd	4 8 25 32 45
2014-07-05	1	2nd	6 8 14 25 44
2014-07-02	—	1st	8 14 30 32 44