Number 8

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,627 draws, 6 from 1–49.

278times drawn · chance expected 322 −2.60σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.5average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

43longest completed wait · 68% chance of one at least that long

8 looks unusual on its own — and unremarkable among 49 numbers

Drawn 278 times in 2,627 draws against 321.7 expected, −2.60σ. Testing all 49 numbers at once means about 0.5 should look this way by luck alone, so the threshold tightens to 2.0e-4 and this does not pass it.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 278 times in 2,627 draws · average wait 9.5 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 1 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 smallest118 · chance 121.7
2nd smallest119 · chance 115.1
3rd smallest36 · chance 36.3
4th smallest5 · chance 4.7
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 29.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

40 35 48 26 24 31

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
2026-10-10	31	2nd	1 8 11 25 32 37
2026-07-29	4	2nd	3 8 15 36 42 46
2026-07-20	6	3rd	4 7 8 32 34 43
2026-07-06

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.

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