Number 8

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,153 draws, 5 from 1–40.

170times drawn · chance expected 144 +2.30σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 45% for any number

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

41longest completed wait · 56% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 170 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, +2.30σ. 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 170 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 41 · 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 smallest81 · chance 74.3
2nd smallest70 · chance 71.8
3rd smallest16 · chance 21.5
4th smallest3 · chance 2.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 27 9 10 26 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-05	4	1st	8 10 23 33 34
2026-10-01	12	1st	8 9 19 21 36
2026-09-19	3	2nd	5 8 24 31 32
2026-09-16	2	4th	3 4 7 8

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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

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