Number 8

In Pick 6 under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,816 draws, 6 from 1–49.

209times drawn · chance expected 222 −0.96σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 21% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

51longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 209 times in 1,816 draws against 222.4 expected, −0.96σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 209 times in 1,816 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 13 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 smallest92 · chance 91.5
2nd smallest91 · chance 86.5
3rd smallest21 · chance 27.3
4th smallest5 · chance 3.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 24 32 43 20 22

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-10	2	3rd	5 6 8 16 32 39
2026-09-05	2	3rd	4 7 8 18 19 22
2026-08-31	6	2nd	7 8 15 32 43 45
2026-08-17	4	2nd	4

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-15	11	1st	8 12 13 20 35 41
2025-12-20	7	2nd	1 8 9 13 18 34
2025-12-04	21	2nd	5 8 11 16 34 38
2025-10-16	13	2nd	6 8 32 37 40 41
2025-09-15	11	1st	8 14 30 37 43 44
2025-08-21	12	2nd	6 8 14 17 23 45
2025-07-24	1	2nd	6 8 10 25 30 31
2025-07-21	3	3rd	2 7 8 20 22 31
2025-07-14	9	1st	8 9 15 22 25 43
2025-06-16	1	2nd	6 8 20 22 27 38
2025-06-12	1	1st	8 19 27 28 38 41
2025-06-09	19	2nd	6 8 23 24 36 38
2025-04-03	6	2nd	4 8 12 16 19 40
2025-03-13	1	2nd	1 8 23 34 36 37
2025-03-10	20	1st	8 19 24 35 36 46
2024-12-30	21	1st	8 10 15 17 21 27
2024-10-17	4	4th	5 6 7 8 12 25
2024-10-03	10	2nd	4 8 13 31 42 43
2024-08-29	1	1st	8 13 14 21 33 36
2024-08-26	13	2nd	3 8 9 24 25 34
2024-07-11	2	1st	8 11 25 29 30 46
2024-07-04	14	2nd	5 8 9 20 28 34
2024-05-16	5	1st	8 10 15 20 23 29
2024-04-29	2	1st	8 11 18 23 30 43
2024-04-22	2	3rd	4 6 8 22 26 45
2024-04-15	2	2nd	2 8 15 22 26 40
2024-04-08	4	2nd	3 8 11 29 37 45
2024-03-25	23	1st	8 15 25 32 41 43
2024-01-04	7	2nd	3 8 11 20 28 36
2023-12-11	6	1st	8 10 17 28 30 41
2023-11-20	7	2nd	5 8 22 32 34 40
2023-10-26	14	1st	8 12 24 37 43 46
2023-09-07	9	2nd	5 8 20 21 23 33
2023-08-07	6	2nd	3 8 10 31 35 46
2023-07-17	2	3rd	2 3 8 30 39 40
2023-07-10	8	1st	8 17 32 33 39 43
2023-06-12	4	2nd	3 8 14 28 30 38
2023-05-29	51	1st	8 18 20 23 24 41
2022-12-01	4	1st	8 23 24 26 32 46
2022-11-17	1	2nd	5 8 25 33 39 46
2022-11-14	7	1st	8 13 23 24 28 41
2022-10-20	6	2nd	4 8 13 19 30 42
2022-09-29	2	1st	8 10 13 22 32 39
2022-09-22	6	1st	8 15 28 31 33 39
2022-09-01	9	1st	8 18 19 22 38 45
2022-08-01	7	2nd	2 8 15 20 29 34
2022-07-07	5	1st	8 21 22 23 27 38
2022-06-20	11	2nd	5 8 23 32 33 43
2022-05-12	1	2nd	3 8 9 35 36 42
2022-05-09	2	1st	8 20 28 29 30 35
2022-05-02	43	2nd	7 8 12 30 37 43
2021-12-02	3	2nd	7 8 9 14 30 32
2021-11-22	21	2nd	3 8 9 29 36 38
2021-09-09	6	1st	8 23 25 31 41 42
2021-08-19	8	1st	8 24 29 36 40 42
2021-07-22	8	1st	8 9 13 15 17 46
2021-06-24	5	1st	8 10 25 33 38 39
2021-06-07	15	2nd	5 8 9 24 27 36
2021-04-15	18	2nd	1 8 12 31 35 41
2021-02-11	15	1st	8 11 19 25 29 40
2020-12-21	2	1st	8 13 24 26 28 33
2020-12-14	3	2nd	7 8 13 18 19 24
2020-12-03	3	3rd	2 7 8 36 43 48
2020-11-23	10	2nd	4 8 15 30 32 33
2020-10-19	3	1st	8 21 27 41 46 49
2020-10-08	4	3rd	4 7 8 24 26 40
2020-09-24	40	1st	8 11 22 26 40 41
2020-05-07	1	1st	8 11 15 37 46 48
2020-05-04	8	2nd	2 8 9 10 37 42
2020-04-06	18	2nd	3 8 21 23 24 27
2020-02-03	7	1st	8 11 15 29 36 48
2020-01-09	2	3rd	2 4 8 10 12 32
2020-01-02	13	1st	8 14 16 22 38 44
2019-11-18	13	1st	8 9 11 17 25 33
2019-10-03	3	1st	8 19 22 27 28 41
2019-09-23	5	1st	8 9 12 35 39 47
2019-09-05	4	1st	8 9 10 27 31 47
2019-08-22	11	3rd	1 3 8 22 25 44
2019-07-15	2	2nd	4 8 25 30 44 48
2019-07-08	11	2nd	4 8 15 25 27 33
2019-05-30	14	1st	8 11 21 22 41 43
2019-04-11	16	1st	8 10 22 31 43 48
2019-02-14	4	2nd	6 8 18 27 35 41
2019-01-31	16	2nd	7 8 12 25 47 49
2018-12-06	22	1st	8 15 18 33 34 39
2018-09-20	13	1st	8 12 20 37 44 47
2018-08-06	2	2nd	4 8 28 30 37 48
2018-07-30	2	1st	8 14 21 22 40 48
2018-07-23	14	1st	8 9 20 30 41 42
2018-06-04	2	1st	8 10 13 25 32 43
2018-05-28	18	1st	8 13 31 38 39 48
2018-03-26	1	2nd	1 8 14 15 20 33
2018-03-22	2	1st	8 13 16 31 37 49
2018-03-15	21	1st	8 13 14 15 16 24
2018-01-01	1	3rd	1 7 8 16 34 38
2017-12-28	8	1st	8 13 33 37 44 48
2017-11-30	16	1st	8 17 21 26 28 40
2017-10-05	2	2nd	5 8 15 26 28 37
2017-09-28	8	3rd	6 7 8 39 41 49
2017-08-31	5	2nd	4 8 18 24 30 47
2017-08-14	16	2nd	4 8 10 18 37 48
2017-06-19	4	2nd	1 8 10 11 18 47
2017-06-05	4	2nd	5 8 16 20 31 33
2017-05-22	6	2nd	6 8 29 40 42 44
2017-05-01	1	1st	8 10 20 28 37 40
2017-04-27	1	2nd	6 8 9 16 24 27
2017-04-24	14	2nd	4 8 27 31 45 49
2017-03-06	1	2nd	2 8 10 14 16 34
2017-03-02	13	1st	8 13 14 22 25 41
2017-01-16	1	2nd	3 8 24 31 41 48
2017-01-12	34	2nd	2 8 18 20 40 49
2016-09-15	5	3rd	1 5 8 11 22 38
2016-08-29	4	1st	8 15 27 33 34 43
2016-08-15	5	1st	8 21 25 28 43 45
2016-07-28	6	2nd	3 8 23 25 26 31
2016-07-07	4	2nd	3 8 23 25 31 36
2016-06-23	2	1st	8 9 11 29 32 46
2016-06-16	20	2nd	3 8 11 42 46 49
2016-04-07	1	1st	8 11 20 22 37 49
2016-04-04	35	1st	8 9 12 19 26 47
2015-12-03	8	2nd	1 8 17 26 39 44
2015-11-05	2	4th	1 2 7 8 16 43
2015-10-29	8	1st	8 21 28 43 45 48
2015-10-01	5	3rd	1 2 8 34 45 49
2015-09-14	6	2nd	7 8 27 28 39 48
2015-08-24	15	2nd	2 8 23 31 35 37
2015-07-02	1	1st	8 9 11 17 45 46
2015-06-29	4	2nd	1 8 14 22 29 35
2015-06-15	3	2nd	6 8 24 27 41 42
2015-06-04	27	1st	8 27 29 30 32 46
2015-03-02	2	3rd	1 7 8 14 31 49
2015-02-23	10	2nd	3 8 17 20 22 37
2015-01-19	2	2nd	6 8 10 27 29 35
2015-01-12	4	1st	8 14 18 28 31 41
2014-12-29	7	1st	8 14 21 26 31 45
2014-12-04	11	1st	8 12 34 36 45 47
2014-10-27	4	2nd	7 8 13 30 47 49
2014-10-13	11	2nd	3 8 34 35 39 46
2014-09-04	10	2nd	1 8 31 33 44 48
2014-07-31	34	1st	8 20 22 29 31 42
2014-04-03	2	1st	8 17 24 31 40 42
2014-03-27	2	2nd	4 8 10 14 17 38
2014-03-20	5	1st	8 19 40 43 44 45
2014-03-03	5	1st	8 10 19 34 38 42
2014-02-13	10	4th	1 2 3 8 20 36
2014-01-09	5	3rd	2 3 8 18 35 46
2013-12-23	3	1st	8 14 19 37 41 42
2013-12-12	6	1st	8 14 17 31 36 40
2013-11-21	3	2nd	5 8 12 23 24 40
2013-11-11	11	2nd	1 8 19 32 33 34
2013-10-03	2	1st	8 20 23 30 39 49
2013-09-26	9	2nd	7 8 20 29 30 43
2013-08-26	6	3rd	1 7 8 10 13 24
2013-08-05	4	2nd	1 8 25 26 35 46
2013-07-22	24	2nd	4 8 9 19 32 38
2013-04-29	6	2nd	3 8 14 21 23 46
2013-04-08	9	2nd	7 8 25 27 32 42
2013-03-07	13	1st	8 11 17 18 31 33
2013-01-21	1	3rd	5 7 8 15 21 33
2013-01-17	8	2nd	1 8 13 15 37 49
2012-12-20	2	1st	8 24 30 34 42 49
2012-12-13	6	2nd	7 8 10 25 29 37
2012-11-22	18	2nd	1 8 15 23 35 42
2012-09-20	2	2nd	2 8 9 15 26 41
2012-09-13	21	1st	8 18 25 32 33 48
2012-07-02	18	1st	8 26 30 31 35 40
2012-04-30	4	1st	8 18 26 28 29 46
2012-04-16	1	2nd	2 8 12 24 35 39
2012-04-12	6	3rd	1 7 8 23 39 45
2012-03-22	1	2nd	6 8 15 16 35 46
2012-03-19	13	1st	8 12 18 26 31 46
2012-02-02	6	1st	8 12 16 24 28 44
2012-01-12	8	1st	8 27 28 36 41 42
2011-12-15	23	2nd	2 8 9 21 32 49
2011-09-26	6	2nd	3 8 9 14 23 32
2011-09-05	21	1st	8 24 28 32 40 43
2011-06-23	49	4th	2 3 6 8 45 46
2011-01-03	5	1st	8 12 14 32 44 49
2010-12-16	28	2nd	2 8 9 27 35 37
2010-09-09	16	4th	3 5 6 8 19 39
2010-07-15	3	2nd	4 8 21 36 48 49
2010-07-05	17	2nd	5 8 9 12 43 48
2010-05-06	7	1st	8 9 12 20 34 40
2010-04-12	20	1st	8 32 34 36 39 40
2010-02-01	—	3rd	2 5 8 20 31 32