Number 8

In Cash 5 under the 5/43 · since Nov 2018 rules — 2,786 draws, 5 from 1–43.

311times drawn · chance expected 324 −0.77σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 18% for any number

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.6

48longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 311 times in 2,786 draws against 324.0 expected, −0.77σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 311 times in 2,786 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 15 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 smallest143 · chance 145.5
2nd smallest125 · chance 127.3
3rd smallest39 · chance 34.7
4th smallest3 · chance 3.4
5th smallest1 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 29.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 37 32 1 9 35

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2026-09-26	3	1st	8 15 23 32 40
2026-09-23	1	1st	8 12 23 27 41
2026-09-22	9	1st	8 11 17 25 32
2026-09-13	36	1st	8 12 19 20

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 5/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

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 smallest143 · chance 145.5

2nd smallest125 · chance 127.3

3rd smallest39 · chance 34.7

4th smallest3 · chance 3.4

5th smallest1 · chance 0.1

How many people play it

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

Date

Wait

Position

The draw

2026-09-26

1st

8 15 23 32 40

2026-09-23

1st

8 12 23 27 41

2026-09-22

1st

8 11 17 25 32

2026-09-13

1st

8 12 19 20

2026-03-09	4	2nd	3 8 12 21 30
2026-03-05	5	1st	8 24 33 38 40
2026-02-28	3	1st	8 29 31 32 33
2026-02-25	15	2nd	1 8 12 35 38
2026-02-10	4	1st	8 9 10 20 31
2026-02-06	5	1st	8 20 23 32 35
2026-02-01	11	2nd	7 8 20 25 33
2026-01-21	6	3rd	1 6 8 11 17
2026-01-15	28	2nd	3 8 29 32 37
2025-12-18	5	1st	8 13 28 31 35
2025-12-13	4	2nd	6 8 13 25 32
2025-12-09	6	2nd	5 8 17 19 30
2025-12-03	1	1st	8 11 23 39 43
2025-12-02	12	1st	8 24 26 27 35
2025-11-20	9	2nd	3 8 19 21 36
2025-11-11	12	3rd	3 5 8 22 32
2025-10-30	8	4th	3 5 7 8 27
2025-10-22	22	2nd	2 8 28 40 43
2025-09-30	3	3rd	1 6 8 22 39
2025-09-27	5	1st	8 13 14 19 28
2025-09-22	1	1st	8 20 31 36 42
2025-09-21	5	2nd	3 8 10 20 38
2025-09-16	26	1st	8 20 24 31 37
2025-08-21	3	1st	8 14 28 31 41
2025-08-18	9	1st	8 9 22 34 42
2025-08-09	2	2nd	6 8 9 23 40
2025-08-07	1	1st	8 29 35 36 40
2025-08-06	1	1st	8 12 15 32 37
2025-08-05	6	1st	8 10 11 14 40
2025-07-30	5	2nd	7 8 13 26 43
2025-07-25	8	1st	8 13 15 27 37
2025-07-17	2	1st	8 9 29 30 33
2025-07-15	5	2nd	2 8 23 25 33
2025-07-10	3	2nd	5 8 11 26 43
2025-07-07	4	1st	8 22 23 28 34
2025-07-03	15	2nd	7 8 17 23 40
2025-06-18	32	1st	8 11 32 33 35
2025-05-17	3	1st	8 28 29 34 38
2025-05-14	8	1st	8 13 32 35 37
2025-05-06	8	1st	8 22 30 33 40
2025-04-28	3	2nd	1 8 13 16 18
2025-04-25	6	1st	8 14 21 29 36
2024-12-27	6	2nd	4 8 11 37 39
2024-12-21	10	1st	8 11 25 32 42
2024-12-11	1	2nd	1 8 12 21 36
2024-12-10	3	1st	8 18 29 34 36
2024-12-07	5	3rd	1 7 8 21 37
2024-12-02	11	3rd	4 6 8 19 30
2024-11-21	3	1st	8 24 29 32 35
2024-11-18	5	2nd	1 8 12 15 40
2024-11-13	8	1st	8 9 22 23 43
2024-11-05	5	1st	8 11 15 20 25
2024-10-31	10	3rd	2 5 8 36 43
2024-10-21	5	1st	8 10 18 35 43
2024-10-16	10	1st	8 15 22 32 38
2024-10-06	2	3rd	3 7 8 30 41
2024-10-04	13	3rd	2 5 8 18 24
2024-09-21	4	1st	8 17 22 26 39
2024-09-17	2	3rd	4 6 8 21 36
2024-09-15	3	2nd	7 8 17 23 29
2024-09-12	1	3rd	6 7 8 12 31
2024-09-11	2	1st	8 12 22 24 31
2024-09-09	1	2nd	6 8 21 30 43
2024-09-08	7	2nd	2 8 10 34 36
2024-09-01	5	1st	8 9 27 31 37
2024-08-27	7	2nd	6 8 17 41 42
2024-08-20	22	1st	8 10 13 15 17
2024-07-29	6	2nd	6 8 32 35 39
2024-07-23	25	2nd	5 8 10 21 25
2024-06-28	1	1st	8 15 24 32 41
2024-06-27	12	1st	8 28 37 39 40
2024-06-15	4	3rd	6 7 8 23 24
2024-06-11	1	2nd	1 8 14 24 28
2024-06-10	4	1st	8 12 13 17 34
2024-06-06	1	1st	8 25 31 33 34
2024-06-05	2	1st	8 14 19 35 43
2024-06-03	3	1st	8 19 21 29 36
2024-05-31	18	1st	8 18 19 24 41
2024-05-13	18	2nd	4 8 16 18 32
2024-04-25	8	3rd	5 7 8 27 41
2024-04-17	3	1st	8 10 22 33 41
2024-04-14	10	2nd	1 8 14 31 37
2024-04-04	3	2nd	7 8 13 15 24
2024-04-01	1	2nd	4 8 25 33 38
2024-03-31	37	3rd	1 6 8 24 40
2024-02-23	1	1st	8 25 35 39 40
2024-02-22	12	1st	8 12 17 25 35
2024-02-10	19	1st	8 34 36 39 41
2024-01-22	18	2nd	6 8 17 26 32
2024-01-04	7	3rd	3 5 8 32 35
2023-12-28	3	2nd	3 8 11 16 27
2023-12-25	1	1st	8 9 28 35 39
2023-12-24	4	1st	8 16 25 28 34
2023-12-20	4	1st	8 9 10 22 42
2023-12-16	9	1st	8 17 22 28 33
2023-12-07	11	1st	8 14 21 23 42
2023-11-26	17	2nd	3 8 28 35 41
2023-11-09	3	1st	8 13 14 37 42
2023-11-06	9	1st	8 9 15 37 40
2023-10-28	12	2nd	1 8 16 20 31
2023-10-16	13	2nd	4 8 12 36 38
2023-10-03	1	1st	8 18 20 21 32
2023-10-02	7	1st	8 9 14 33 41
2023-09-25	12	2nd	6 8 9 20 22
2023-09-13	23	4th	1 2 6 8 35
2023-08-21	2	2nd	7 8 27 34 36
2023-08-19	5	1st	8 11 15 41 42
2023-08-14	16	3rd	1 6 8 10 38
2023-07-29	13	1st	8 24 26 36 40
2023-07-16	4	1st	8 11 19 25 28
2023-07-12	1	2nd	6 8 9 16 31
2023-07-11	12	2nd	2 8 20 21 27
2023-06-29	3	2nd	7 8 10 27 30
2023-06-26	3	1st	8 13 24 36 37
2023-06-23	48	2nd	3 8 17 30 42
2023-05-06	8	1st	8 12 18 24 34
2023-04-28	5	3rd	1 5 8 18 41
2023-04-23	32	2nd	4 8 25 32 43
2023-03-22	3	2nd	5 8 13 35 43
2023-03-19	16	3rd	5 6 8 23 38
2023-03-03	30	2nd	7 8 15 23 24
2023-02-01	3	1st	8 31 38 39 41
2023-01-29	2	1st	8 18 24 37 38
2023-01-27	3	2nd	6 8 10 31 34
2023-01-24	5	1st	8 12 17 26 40
2023-01-19	2	2nd	1 8 20 26 34
2023-01-17	17	2nd	5 8 15 21 23
2022-12-31	23	1st	8 10 11 12 31
2022-12-08	3	2nd	6 8 13 19 29
2022-12-05	3	2nd	6 8 29 35 37
2022-12-02	6	1st	8 21 27 32 43
2022-11-26	9	1st	8 14 16 19 41
2022-11-17	15	1st	8 20 24 26 30
2022-11-02	5	2nd	6 8 14 32 38
2022-10-28	3	3rd	2 3 8 25 38
2022-10-25	8	1st	8 18 37 39 42
2022-10-17	5	2nd	6 8 9 12 26
2022-10-12	1	2nd	3 8 16 20 41
2022-10-11	1	3rd	3 6 8 12 15
2022-10-10	16	2nd	2 8 11 31 43
2022-09-24	19	2nd	1 8 10 18 25
2022-09-05	21	3rd	4 7 8 30 41
2022-08-15	19	1st	8 13 32 36 43
2022-07-27	2	1st	8 14 19 21 30
2022-07-25	13	1st	8 25 33 38 40
2022-07-12	1	2nd	7 8 12 19 42
2022-07-11	7	1st	8 14 26 27 39
2022-07-04	1	3rd	4 5 8 27 29
2022-07-03	5	1st	8 20 25 38 43
2022-06-28	22	1st	8 21 25 26 38
2022-06-06	4	2nd	1 8 13 22 43
2022-06-02	8	3rd	1 5 8 15 26
2022-05-25	6	1st	8 26 28 39 43
2022-05-19	4	2nd	6 8 16 33 36
2022-05-15	12	3rd	2 6 8 28 37
2022-05-03	1	3rd	2 5 8 12 25
2022-05-02	2	2nd	3 8 31 36 41
2022-04-30	8	2nd	2 8 10 21 34
2022-04-22	24	2nd	2 8 11 31 32
2022-03-29	8	2nd	4 8 10 17 20
2022-03-21	13	1st	8 11 20 36 42
2022-03-08	3	1st	8 9 27 39 42
2022-03-05	4	1st	8 9 13 32 33
2022-03-01	6	3rd	1 7 8 18 38
2022-02-23	1	1st	8 25 33 36 37
2022-02-22	38	1st	8 18 29 34 42
2022-01-15	1	1st	8 28 29 33 37
2022-01-14	2	1st	8 9 20 27 28
2022-01-12	20	2nd	6 8 16 21 39
2021-12-23	2	1st	8 13 24 28 37
2021-12-21	12	1st	8 11 15 21 23
2021-12-09	2	2nd	5 8 15 18 33
2021-12-07	4	1st	8 18 31 37 38
2021-12-03	12	2nd	3 8 17 23 38
2021-11-21	16	2nd	5 8 18 30 37
2021-11-05	20	5th	1 4 5 7 8
2021-10-16	11	1st	8 12 17 26 32
2021-10-05	2	2nd	3 8 23 26 32
2021-10-03	11	2nd	2 8 26 33 43
2021-09-22	12	1st	8 9 16 23 34
2021-09-10	1	2nd	1 8 21 24 34
2021-09-09	21	2nd	1 8 33 38 39
2021-08-19	10	2nd	5 8 12 27 28
2021-08-09	18	2nd	4 8 10 28 38
2021-07-22	13	1st	8 9 25 27 28
2021-07-09	2	1st	8 23 36 38 43
2021-07-07	2	1st	8 12 30 38 40
2021-07-05	11	1st	8 26 29 30 40
2021-06-24	2	1st	8 10 13 27 31
2021-06-22	2	3rd	3 6 8 15 22
2021-06-20	2	4th	3 4 5 8 36
2021-06-18	2	2nd	6 8 11 19 31
2021-06-16	21	2nd	4 8 29 31 33
2021-05-26	6	1st	8 20 24 29 32
2021-05-20	1	2nd	2 8 9 18 22
2021-05-19	4	3rd	3 5 8 17 41
2021-05-15	13	1st	8 19 23 34 35
2021-05-02	4	1st	8 9 12 26 38
2021-04-28	22	2nd	2 8 24 33 41
2021-04-06	8	2nd	3 8 26 27 39
2021-03-29	5	2nd	1 8 9 10 28
2021-03-24	26	2nd	6 8 13 29 36
2021-02-26	2	3rd	1 6 8 15 25
2021-02-24	14	1st	8 12 19 24 41
2021-02-10	2	3rd	5 6 8 15 41
2021-02-08	7	1st	8 17 24 34 37
2021-02-01	1	2nd	1 8 14 17 35
2021-01-31	4	1st	8 11 13 39 41
2021-01-27	15	1st	8 20 25 32 38
2021-01-12	10	2nd	1 8 18 27 39
2021-01-02	2	2nd	3 8 9 18 38
2020-12-31	2	2nd	5 8 15 37 41
2020-12-29	6	2nd	4 8 38 39 43
2020-12-23	1	1st	8 17 32 38 43
2020-12-22	1	1st	8 11 27 33 39
2020-12-21	31	2nd	1 8 27 28 40
2020-11-20	4	3rd	1 2 8 24 25
2020-11-16	14	1st	8 15 37 40 41
2020-11-02	5	1st	8 12 27 34 37
2020-10-28	1	2nd	4 8 21 29 30
2020-10-27	1	2nd	5 8 14 39 41
2020-10-26	6	2nd	6 8 10 22 32
2020-10-20	10	3rd	3 4 8 20 24
2020-10-10	12	1st	8 9 10 24 33
2020-09-28	6	1st	8 12 19 26 34
2020-09-22	7	3rd	1 4 8 18 35
2020-09-15	40	1st	8 10 23 34 42
2020-08-06	11	2nd	3 8 9 38 42
2020-07-26	3	1st	8 15 21 30 38
2020-07-23	5	2nd	3 8 11 22 36
2020-07-18	3	2nd	6 8 9 16 21
2020-07-15	31	2nd	2 8 18 35 39
2020-06-14	4	1st	8 9 11 18 37
2020-06-10	1	2nd	3 8 18 23 43
2020-06-09	1	1st	8 9 23 25 39
2020-06-08	7	2nd	6 8 14 23 33
2020-06-01	6	2nd	1 8 21 24 33
2020-05-26	2	1st	8 16 19 26 36
2020-05-24	44	1st	8 13 21 23 43
2020-04-10	24	3rd	1 7 8 40 43
2020-03-17	22	1st	8 11 37 41 43
2020-02-24	15	2nd	3 8 11 12 19
2020-02-09	3	1st	8 13 14 31 34
2020-02-06	2	1st	8 9 26 36 39
2020-02-04	32	2nd	6 8 22 30 36
2020-01-03	10	1st	8 16 28 37 39
2019-12-24	5	2nd	1 8 24 27 32
2019-12-19	3	1st	8 11 23 35 40
2019-12-16	2	1st	8 14 16 27 37
2019-12-14	8	1st	8 22 30 36 38
2019-12-06	5	1st	8 15 23 25 26
2019-12-01	9	1st	8 19 24 35 41
2019-11-22	14	2nd	6 8 10 28 37
2019-11-08	11	2nd	5 8 16 32 39
2019-10-28	16	2nd	7 8 9 34 37
2019-10-12	9	2nd	5 8 18 24 30
2019-10-03	18	2nd	5 8 25 27 43
2019-09-15	18	1st	8 13 19 24 38
2019-08-28	8	1st	8 13 18 20 39
2019-08-20	4	3rd	4 5 8 12 37
2019-08-16	39	2nd	1 8 15 24 43
2019-07-08	3	1st	8 11 17 39 43
2019-07-05	11	1st	8 12 14 32 41
2019-06-24	5	1st	8 17 33 38 43
2019-06-19	1	1st	8 9 25 31 35
2019-06-18	3	2nd	3 8 32 40 43
2019-06-15	3	1st	8 18 30 31 35
2019-06-12	14	1st	8 10 30 34 37
2019-05-29	2	2nd	3 8 14 31 35
2019-05-27	1	2nd	7 8 9 23 31
2019-05-26	5	2nd	2 8 10 12 13
2019-05-21	8	1st	8 11 26 31 37
2019-05-13	4	2nd	4 8 26 35 43
2019-05-09	10	2nd	2 8 15 27 33
2019-04-29	47	2nd	4 8 20 24 33
2019-03-13	31	1st	8 11 14 37 43
2019-02-10	2	1st	8 22 26 32 43
2019-02-08	3	2nd	6 8 11 33 39
2019-02-05	9	1st	8 14 20 29 39
2019-01-27	2	2nd	1 8 23 27 35
2019-01-25	28	2nd	3 8 9 20 40
2018-12-28	9	1st	8 10 16 35 39
2018-12-19	16	3rd	3 6 8 13 37
2018-12-03	18	2nd	1 8 16 21 39
2018-11-15	4	1st	8 12 28 30 35
2018-11-11	7	3rd	3 7 8 30 31
2018-11-04	—	1st	8 23 33 41 42