Number 8

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

179times drawn · chance expected 170 +0.76σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

37longest completed wait · 98% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 179 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, +0.76σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 22 times, counted separately.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 179 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.3 draws · longest completed wait 37 · 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 smallest96 · chance 91.8
2nd smallest64 · chance 68.3
3rd smallest18 · chance 17.1
4th smallest1 · chance 1.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

27 32 38 54 26 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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	13	1st	8 31 42 45 48 49
2026-07-29	1	2nd	6 8 14 24 31 58
2026-07-25	12	1st	8 17 21 23 54 58
2026-06-13

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-24	4	1st	8 21 25 32 33 49
2024-07-10	6	2nd	6 8 12 19 20 51
2024-06-19	1	2nd	2 8 9 29 39 49
2024-06-15	17	1st	8 12 39 51 52 56
2024-04-17	5	1st	8 25 27 31 34 45
2024-03-30	4	1st	8 27 28 32 45 51
2024-03-16	24	2nd	3 8 22 27 40 41
2023-12-23	9	2nd	3 8 20 21 55 59
2023-11-22	10	1st	8 15 20 28 38 59
2023-10-18	12	1st	8 24 27 28 50 59
2023-09-06	8	1st	8 10 19 23 26 43
2023-08-09	3	1st	8 11 42 51 54 59
2023-07-29	10	2nd	7 8 18 45 54 55
2023-06-24	7	2nd	5 8 11 30 34 49
2023-05-31	25	2nd	7 8 15 39 40 58
2023-03-04	3	2nd	4 8 21 38 49 51
2023-02-22	31	3rd	4 7 8 15 30 41
2022-11-05	13	2nd	1 8 22 24 44 46
2022-09-21	2	1st	8 33 38 40 42 53
2022-09-14	21	1st	8 16 18 36 54 59
2022-07-02	11	1st	8 15 20 27 38 53
2022-05-25	8	1st	8 12 27 41 45 47
2022-04-27	4	2nd	5 8 30 44 51 55
2022-04-13	13	3rd	5 7 8 32 41 50
2022-02-26	2	1st	8 32 43 46 52 58
2022-02-19	1	1st	8 16 21 31 43 51
2022-02-16	3	2nd	1 8 16 29 39 51
2022-02-05	5	2nd	7 8 16 28 43 53
2022-01-19	2	3rd	6 7 8 10 37 46
2022-01-12	2	1st	8 18 27 29 37 43
2022-01-05	3	1st	8 15 17 32 36 47
2021-12-25	18	2nd	3 8 15 33 34 37
2021-10-23	6	3rd	1 2 8 30 42 45
2021-10-02	29	3rd	2 7 8 20 23 57
2021-06-23	9	3rd	1 7 8 14 27 29
2021-05-22	11	1st	8 10 17 20 31 52
2021-04-14	12	1st	8 26 34 41 44 48
2021-03-03	6	1st	8 19 32 38 43 47
2021-02-10	33	1st	8 23 30 47 48 57
2020-10-17	2	1st	8 10 17 19 34 47
2020-10-10	3	1st	8 11 15 32 47 58
2020-09-30	9	1st	8 13 25 38 41 48
2020-08-29	16	1st	8 22 23 26 39 58
2020-07-04	14	1st	8 26 28 48 50 57
2020-05-16	5	2nd	6 8 13 30 36 58
2020-04-29	13	2nd	6 8 19 32 33 44
2020-03-14	6	1st	8 9 16 46 53 54
2020-02-22	12	2nd	2 8 9 48 57 59
2020-01-11	14	1st	8 10 17 18 30 46
2019-11-23	13	2nd	1 8 10 24 32 36
2019-10-09	6	1st	8 14 18 26 33 38
2019-09-18	4	1st	8 18 21 23 29 56
2019-09-04	4	1st	8 20 37 51 53 59
2019-08-21	12	1st	8 11 34 41 50 54
2019-07-10	10	2nd	4 8 24 26 38 43
2019-06-05	9	1st	8 18 28 31 36 54
2019-05-04	1	1st	8 19 50 51 52 55
2019-05-01	12	1st	8 9 24 27 36 37
2019-03-20	4	3rd	4 6 8 12 15 55
2019-03-06	20	2nd	5 8 11 14 32 36
2018-12-26	3	2nd	2 8 16 22 45 46
2018-12-15	16	1st	8 12 33 34 38 42
2018-10-20	1	3rd	4 7 8 9 41 58
2018-10-17	8	3rd	1 5 8 43 50 51
2018-09-19	20	1st	8 15 19 49 52 57
2018-07-11	21	1st	8 30 32 35 45 56
2018-04-28	1	1st	8 27 38 39 42 48
2018-04-25	14	2nd	7 8 13 16 37 41
2018-03-07	14	2nd	3 8 9 16 21 53
2018-01-17	5	2nd	5 8 22 31 36 50
2017-12-30	4	1st	8 20 29 30 31 47
2017-12-16	31	1st	8 21 44 49 53 59
2017-08-30	24	2nd	3 8 14 17 37 53
2017-06-07	4	2nd	5 8 13 19 28 53
2017-05-24	18	2nd	5 8 16 26 34 49
2017-03-22	6	1st	8 20 27 32 36 54
2017-03-01	7	3rd	5 7 8 13 25 28
2017-02-04	17	2nd	1 8 14 33 48 59
2016-12-07	15	1st	8 9 19 34 39 43
2016-10-15	7	2nd	1 8 17 18 24 42
2016-09-21	9	2nd	4 8 13 30 36 58
2016-08-20	6	2nd	4 8 27 31 33 54
2016-07-30	6	3rd	1 6 8 9 18 38
2016-07-09	7	1st	8 10 46 48 50 58
2016-06-15	5	1st	8 24 31 39 54 59
2016-05-28	4	2nd	3 8 9 26 39 42
2016-05-14	1	2nd	3 8 25 43 47 58
2016-05-11	5	1st	8 30 31 32 36 49
2016-04-23	1	1st	8 16 21 23 39 43
2016-04-20	5	1st	8 10 22 23 32 34
2016-04-02	3	1st	8 10 24 28 40 52
2016-03-23	7	2nd	4 8 15 29 40 56
2016-02-27	19	3rd	1 2 8 17 25 43
2015-12-23	12	3rd	3 5 8 13 47 55
2015-11-11	11	2nd	5 8 9 17 28 48
2015-10-03	7	1st	8 39 41 54 57 59
2015-09-09	1	3rd	2 5 8 24 28 41
2015-09-05	1	1st	8 12 13 29 43 56
2015-09-02	11	1st	8 19 22 31 41 58
2015-07-25	1	2nd	4 8 11 18 33 54
2015-07-22	2	1st	8 13 20 44 50 55
2015-07-15	16	3rd	6 7 8 13 33 55
2015-05-20	14	2nd	5 8 18 36 48 53
2015-04-01	11	1st	8 13 26 27 32 35
2015-02-21	17	1st	8 21 23 50 52 53
2014-12-24	8	1st	8 15 23 50 52 58
2014-11-26	1	1st	8 22 38 48 50 52
2014-11-22	13	2nd	7 8 19 31 39 52
2014-10-08	6	1st	8 14 26 27 44 53
2014-09-17	37	1st	8 17 27 30 34 53
2014-05-10	11	1st	8 22 24 44 50 57
2014-04-02	10	1st	8 12 33 40 43 48
2014-02-26	10	1st	8 12 33 36 47 55
2014-01-22	12	2nd	5 8 16 36 51 52
2013-12-11	17	2nd	1 8 15 17 26 56
2013-10-12	6	1st	8 13 22 26 44 58
2013-09-21	6	1st	8 11 22 39 46 55
2013-08-31	12	2nd	5 8 18 25 34 55
2013-07-20	13	1st	8 24 43 45 54 56
2013-06-05	2	1st	8 21 24 43 48 53
2013-05-29	10	1st	8 23 25 26 45 51
2013-04-24	3	2nd	3 8 25 35 49 50
2013-04-13	23	4th	1 2 5 8 45 48
2013-01-23	5	2nd	7 8 12 29 43 51
2013-01-05	1	2nd	3 8 26 38 51 58
2013-01-02	13	3rd	2 3 8 12 31 55
2012-11-17	6	1st	8 21 27 28 50 53
2012-10-27	1	2nd	3 8 34 41 54 55
2012-10-24	3	2nd	5 8 14 37 42 55
2012-10-13	30	3rd	1 6 8 28 35 42
2012-06-30	7	1st	8 9 21 26 35 38
2012-06-06	3	2nd	7 8 39 44 50 54
2012-05-26	3	1st	8 12 19 24 32 53
2012-05-16	4	1st	8 12 16 27 42 52
2012-05-02	2	2nd	2 8 26 41 47 55
2012-04-25	17	2nd	6 8 32 44 47 50
2012-02-25	10	2nd	4 8 12 23 34 53
2012-01-21	4	1st	8 21 36 39 58 59
2012-01-07	8	2nd	6 8 26 27 36 48
2011-12-10	6	1st	8 27 32 44 54 55
2011-11-19	2	1st	8 16 27 30 37 57
2011-11-12	4	1st	8 24 32 36 40 42
2011-10-29	10	2nd	7 8 12 37 38 55
2011-09-24	4	2nd	6 8 17 22 27 28
2011-09-10	2	2nd	6 8 11 35 38 56
2011-09-03	31	2nd	5 8 25 31 45 59
2011-05-18	7	2nd	4 8 11 13 31 36
2011-04-23	1	1st	8 15 19 37 48 59
2011-04-20	1	1st	8 16 17 29 39 56
2011-04-16	15	2nd	2 8 20 42 54 59
2011-02-23	1	1st	8 15 20 41 43 48
2011-02-19	2	1st	8 23 33 34 52 58
2011-02-12	19	1st	8 16 21 36 41 44
2010-12-08	13	1st	8 15 21 28 53 56
2010-10-23	—	2nd	1 8 31 40 49 58