Number 8

In Jersey Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2020 rules — 2,277 draws, 5 from 1–45.

258times drawn · chance expected 253 +0.33σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

47longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 258 times in 2,277 draws against 253.0 expected, +0.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 258 times in 2,277 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 5 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 smallest121 · chance 125.5
2nd smallest107 · chance 103.4
3rd smallest28 · chance 26.6
4th smallest2 · chance 2.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

9 17 14 28 5 19

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
2026-10-06	15	2nd	7 8 16 42 43
2026-09-19	2	1st	8 9 27 29 42
2026-09-17	1	1st	8 14 16 28 40
2026-09-14	13	2nd	5 8 15

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.

2026-02-02	7	2nd	7 8 15 22 40
2026-01-26	7	1st	8 9 23 28 33
2026-01-19	25	2nd	1 8 14 19 25
2025-12-24	36	2nd	6 8 10 11 14
2025-11-18	2	1st	8 16 23 33 42
2025-11-16	11	2nd	2 8 15 23 35
2025-11-05	12	1st	8 9 28 34 42
2025-10-24	1	2nd	4 8 21 25 44
2025-10-23	4	1st	8 10 15 19 44
2025-10-19	10	2nd	3 8 37 38 39
2025-10-09	12	2nd	5 8 25 39 40
2025-09-27	4	1st	8 18 20 26 35
2025-09-23	13	2nd	2 8 33 40 44
2025-09-10	2	1st	8 17 26 38 43
2025-09-08	9	1st	8 10 15 20 43
2025-08-30	16	1st	8 14 23 39 44
2025-08-14	12	1st	8 15 23 34 37
2025-08-02	4	1st	8 17 29 31 39
2025-07-29	2	2nd	5 8 9 17 31
2025-07-27	31	2nd	6 8 27 28 44
2025-06-26	20	1st	8 17 19 22 36
2025-06-06	6	1st	8 14 22 30 32
2025-05-31	12	3rd	2 3 8 27 28
2025-05-19	9	1st	8 9 17 18 19
2025-05-10	6	1st	8 10 12 25 31
2025-05-04	14	1st	8 11 16 19 24
2025-04-20	3	2nd	1 8 9 36 43
2025-04-17	9	3rd	5 7 8 12 17
2025-04-08	6	3rd	3 6 8 10 11
2025-04-02	28	1st	8 24 36 38 45
2025-03-05	4	2nd	2 8 9 19 38
2025-03-01	20	1st	8 15 16 26 32
2025-02-09	2	2nd	4 8 25 26 32
2025-02-07	13	1st	8 26 28 35 37
2025-01-25	10	1st	8 9 29 33 41
2025-01-15	19	1st	8 14 23 30 36
2024-12-27	8	1st	8 13 31 40 43
2024-12-18	18	2nd	7 8 19 25 45
2024-11-30	10	1st	8 16 19 25 44
2024-11-20	5	2nd	7 8 17 36 41
2024-11-15	16	1st	8 20 30 36 39
2024-10-30	5	1st	8 17 28 36 41
2024-10-25	5	3rd	2 7 8 25 28
2024-10-20	5	1st	8 9 23 28 36
2024-10-15	4	2nd	7 8 14 33 38
2024-10-11	11	1st	8 16 26 30 39
2024-09-30	7	2nd	1 8 12 13 45
2024-09-23	1	1st	8 14 19 22 39
2024-09-22	15	1st	8 13 14 20 30
2024-09-07	2	1st	8 11 16 22 26
2024-09-05	13	2nd	2 8 9 13 42
2024-08-23	26	2nd	5 8 19 29 42
2024-07-28	6	3rd	4 7 8 14 44
2024-07-22	3	1st	8 14 31 38 40
2024-07-19	44	2nd	1 8 23 40 45
2024-06-05	2	4th	2 3 7 8 14
2024-06-03	14	3rd	1 4 8 9 12
2024-05-20	5	2nd	1 8 13 14 37
2024-05-15	3	1st	8 14 16 22 25
2024-05-12	2	1st	8 16 19 26 32
2024-05-10	3	2nd	1 8 10 16 39
2024-05-07	2	1st	8 9 14 39 43
2024-05-05	12	2nd	6 8 30 31 40
2024-04-23	3	2nd	2 8 11 15 31
2024-04-20	9	2nd	5 8 12 33 35
2024-04-11	4	1st	8 15 31 35 37
2024-04-07	9	1st	8 13 18 27 42
2024-03-29	18	3rd	1 2 8 27 40
2024-03-11	22	1st	8 22 25 33 35
2024-02-18	2	1st	8 34 35 39 40
2024-02-16	3	1st	8 13 34 42 44
2024-02-13	16	2nd	4 8 27 32 41
2024-01-28	8	1st	8 11 18 35 42
2024-01-20	5	2nd	6 8 15 31 37
2024-01-15	10	1st	8 25 36 42 43
2024-01-05	16	1st	8 10 26 27 37
2023-12-19	9	1st	8 26 31 33 34
2023-12-10	8	2nd	5 8 19 39 40
2023-12-02	1	2nd	7 8 24 27 40
2023-12-01	12	1st	8 13 17 37 40
2023-11-19	10	2nd	6 8 11 42 45
2023-11-09	5	1st	8 10 24 37 38
2023-11-04	3	1st	8 23 27 32 45
2023-11-01	3	1st	8 9 22 23 26
2023-10-29	12	3rd	3 5 8 19 33
2023-10-17	4	2nd	3 8 9 10 17
2023-10-13	5	2nd	7 8 31 36 40
2023-10-08	13	2nd	5 8 19 31 37
2023-09-25	1	1st	8 9 23 28 40
2023-09-24	2	1st	8 9 19 35 38
2023-09-22	6	2nd	3 8 32 36 38
2023-09-16	1	3rd	1 5 8 15 31
2023-09-15	10	2nd	7 8 21 27 43
2023-09-05	3	2nd	5 8 12 32 37
2023-09-02	3	2nd	2 8 22 23 45
2023-08-30	3	2nd	1 8 10 34 42
2023-08-27	28	1st	8 24 28 37 43
2023-07-30	11	2nd	4 8 11 13 28
2023-07-19	7	2nd	2 8 19 26 38
2023-07-12	15	2nd	3 8 15 28 37
2023-06-27	4	2nd	6 8 11 23 41
2023-06-23	5	1st	8 22 38 42 44
2023-06-18	4	2nd	2 8 24 25 26
2023-06-14	10	1st	8 17 39 43 44
2023-06-04	8	1st	8 14 18 32 40
2023-05-27	6	2nd	7 8 12 25 29
2023-05-21	9	1st	8 9 10 26 42
2023-05-12	7	1st	8 27 35 40 44
2023-05-05	1	2nd	2 8 16 24 45
2023-05-04	11	2nd	6 8 24 30 41
2023-04-23	3	1st	8 10 13 31 39
2023-04-20	2	2nd	5 8 21 38 40
2023-04-18	1	2nd	4 8 12 20 26
2023-04-17	19	2nd	4 8 14 15 36
2023-03-29	2	2nd	6 8 19 29 33
2023-03-27	1	2nd	3 8 21 38 41
2023-03-26	1	4th	1 5 7 8 17
2023-03-25	5	3rd	5 6 8 30 42
2023-03-20	23	2nd	6 8 22 23 32
2023-02-25	18	2nd	5 8 13 20 24
2023-02-07	15	2nd	3 8 17 28 33
2023-01-23	3	2nd	3 8 20 21 36
2023-01-20	3	2nd	6 8 10 17 27
2023-01-17	9	2nd	7 8 11 23 40
2023-01-08	2	2nd	2 8 14 28 35
2023-01-06	9	3rd	2 4 8 30 37
2022-12-28	1	3rd	3 4 8 18 20
2022-12-27	47	2nd	6 8 20 26 32
2022-11-09	8	1st	8 17 29 32 43
2022-11-01	1	2nd	1 8 23 33 36
2022-10-31	3	1st	8 16 30 33 37
2022-10-28	6	2nd	1 8 18 21 27
2022-10-22	28	2nd	5 8 17 29 41
2022-09-24	9	1st	8 11 20 30 40
2022-09-15	10	1st	8 27 35 39 41
2022-09-05	3	2nd	5 8 14 37 41
2022-09-02	5	2nd	7 8 21 30 34
2022-08-28	11	1st	8 11 24 32 43
2022-08-17	27	1st	8 28 36 44 45
2022-07-21	4	2nd	3 8 19 25 32
2022-07-17	4	1st	8 16 32 33 36
2022-07-13	3	2nd	2 8 19 23 28
2022-07-10	29	1st	8 10 19 27 43
2022-06-11	7	1st	8 16 27 28 44
2022-06-04	3	2nd	3 8 12 23 36
2022-06-01	6	1st	8 16 25 27 39
2022-05-26	10	3rd	2 5 8 14 44
2022-05-16	2	1st	8 13 24 36 41
2022-05-14	10	2nd	3 8 33 34 44
2022-05-04	19	2nd	3 8 16 23 45
2022-04-15	7	1st	8 10 20 26 34
2022-04-08	7	2nd	3 8 13 27 38
2022-04-01	9	2nd	6 8 11 29 42
2022-03-23	6	1st	8 22 24 27 38
2022-03-17	22	1st	8 18 22 41 45
2022-02-23	2	2nd	6 8 13 42 45
2022-02-21	2	1st	8 18 32 33 37
2022-02-19	3	2nd	6 8 18 33 36
2022-02-16	1	2nd	5 8 26 29 30
2022-02-15	3	1st	8 9 22 29 34
2022-02-12	4	1st	8 15 26 28 30
2022-02-08	1	1st	8 14 35 37 45
2022-02-07	5	1st	8 13 17 24 39
2022-02-02	18	3rd	2 5 8 21 23
2022-01-15	3	1st	8 20 27 28 31
2022-01-12	2	1st	8 28 29 30 40
2022-01-10	7	1st	8 12 15 32 33
2022-01-03	4	1st	8 17 19 20 38
2021-12-30	2	1st	8 11 28 40 43
2021-12-28	4	2nd	2 8 9 17 39
2021-12-23	3	1st	8 18 37 42 44
2021-12-20	8	1st	8 18 35 38 43
2021-12-12	1	2nd	2 8 9 19 23
2021-12-11	14	2nd	7 8 24 33 35
2021-11-27	1	2nd	3 8 10 17 20
2021-11-26	5	1st	8 19 28 38 39
2021-11-21	15	2nd	3 8 13 27 38
2021-11-06	2	2nd	6 8 28 31 42
2021-11-04	3	2nd	2 8 18 26 44
2021-11-01	6	3rd	1 3 8 21 26
2021-10-26	2	2nd	2 8 12 15 38
2021-10-24	5	2nd	5 8 11 15 23
2021-10-19	16	1st	8 14 31 39 42
2021-10-03	1	2nd	2 8 12 16 42
2021-10-02	21	1st	8 20 30 32 35
2021-09-11	9	1st	8 14 15 36 44
2021-09-02	2	3rd	1 3 8 14 17
2021-08-31	13	1st	8 16 39 40 45
2021-08-18	20	2nd	7 8 27 37 38
2021-07-29	7	1st	8 9 10 14 18
2021-07-22	13	1st	8 14 16 22 36
2021-07-09	3	2nd	2 8 15 29 38
2021-07-06	2	3rd	1 5 8 17 26
2021-07-04	6	1st	8 16 18 19 21
2021-06-28	1	1st	8 15 20 34 38
2021-06-27	1	2nd	1 8 9 17 34
2021-06-26	29	3rd	5 6 8 20 32
2021-05-28	23	1st	8 9 13 17 34
2021-05-05	1	1st	8 17 21 27 28
2021-05-04	5	2nd	7 8 10 22 31
2021-04-29	20	1st	8 14 15 18 34
2021-04-09	8	3rd	6 7 8 11 19
2021-04-01	21	1st	8 12 13 14 36
2021-03-11	10	1st	8 15 17 28 45
2021-03-01	11	2nd	3 8 11 25 39
2021-02-18	35	1st	8 9 12 27 36
2021-01-14	2	2nd	6 8 13 15 33
2021-01-12	1	2nd	4 8 10 37 39
2021-01-11	13	1st	8 19 21 29 30
2020-12-29	16	3rd	1 3 8 24 39
2020-12-12	5	2nd	7 8 23 28 42
2020-12-07	1	1st	8 9 10 21 41
2020-12-06	11	1st	8 23 25 37 40
2020-11-25	3	2nd	5 8 15 19 30
2020-11-22	16	2nd	7 8 12 30 38
2020-11-06	2	2nd	5 8 17 34 41
2020-11-04	7	3rd	2 5 8 21 29
2020-10-28	6	1st	8 13 28 38 43
2020-10-22	1	1st	8 24 26 28 45
2020-10-21	3	3rd	1 5 8 18 41
2020-10-18	12	1st	8 10 17 33 35
2020-10-06	4	1st	8 27 37 39 45
2020-10-02	3	1st	8 14 23 29 40
2020-09-29	2	2nd	7 8 9 15 20
2020-09-27	16	1st	8 9 18 25 45
2020-09-11	9	1st	8 33 35 37 43
2020-09-02	2	2nd	7 8 25 28 29
2020-08-31	12	1st	8 9 25 32 43
2020-08-19	8	1st	8 10 15 21 26
2020-08-11	8	3rd	4 7 8 39 40
2020-08-03	4	1st	8 9 14 24 29
2020-07-30	7	2nd	6 8 12 17 30
2020-07-23	15	3rd	5 7 8 19 21
2020-07-08	—	2nd	2 8 9 20 23