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Star 8 In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,420 draws, 1 from 1–26.
Main numbers Stars 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/35 · Jan 2012 – Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/39 · Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 5/55 + 1/42 · Aug 2005 – Jan 2009 5/53 + 1/42 · Oct 2002 – Aug 2005 5/49 + 1/42 · Nov 1997 – Oct 2002 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 46 times drawn · chance expected 55 −1.19σ
37 draws waiting · a wait this long: 24% for any number
29.9 average wait between appearances · chance says 26.0
152 longest completed wait · 11% chance of one at least that long
8 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 46 times in 1,420 draws against 54.6 expected, −1.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 37 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
8 Number 8, draw by draw Drawn 46 times in 1,420 draws · average wait 29.9 draws · longest completed wait 152 · waiting 37 draws now
21 draws: 2016-02-06 to 2016-04-20 34 draws: 2016-04-20 to 2016-08-17 7 draws: 2016-08-17 to 2016-09-10 16 draws: 2016-09-10 to 2016-11-05 53 draws: 2016-11-05 to 2017-05-10 14 draws: 2017-05-10 to 2017-06-28 32 draws: 2017-06-28 to 2017-10-18 2 draws: 2017-10-18 to 2017-10-25 34 draws: 2017-10-25 to 2018-02-21 19 draws: 2018-02-21 to 2018-04-28 34 draws: 2018-04-28 to 2018-08-25 9 draws: 2018-08-25 to 2018-09-26 55 draws: 2018-09-26 to 2019-04-06 16 draws: 2019-04-06 to 2019-06-01 1 draws: 2019-06-01 to 2019-06-05 7 draws: 2019-06-05 to 2019-06-29 59 draws: 2019-06-29 to 2020-01-22 15 draws: 2020-01-22 to 2020-03-14 1 draws: 2020-03-14 to 2020-03-18 29 draws: 2020-03-18 to 2020-06-27 64 draws: 2020-06-27 to 2021-02-06 26 draws: 2021-02-06 to 2021-05-08 4 draws: 2021-05-08 to 2021-05-22 13 draws: 2021-05-22 to 2021-07-07 17 draws: 2021-07-07 to 2021-08-30 27 draws: 2021-08-30 to 2021-11-01 3 draws: 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-08 53 draws: 2021-11-08 to 2022-03-12 18 draws: 2022-03-12 to 2022-04-23 4 draws: 2022-04-23 to 2022-05-02 101 draws: 2022-05-02 to 2022-12-24 35 draws: 2022-12-24 to 2023-03-15 19 draws: 2023-03-15 to 2023-04-29 27 draws: 2023-04-29 to 2023-07-01 80 draws: 2023-07-01 to 2024-01-03 9 draws: 2024-01-03 to 2024-01-24 7 draws: 2024-01-24 to 2024-02-10 20 draws: 2024-02-10 to 2024-03-27 28 draws: 2024-03-27 to 2024-06-01 10 draws: 2024-06-01 to 2024-06-24 65 draws: 2024-06-24 to 2024-11-23 30 draws: 2024-11-23 to 2025-02-01 66 draws: 2025-02-01 to 2025-07-05 11 draws: 2025-07-05 to 2025-07-30 152 draws: 2025-07-30 to 2026-07-20 Still waiting — at least 37 draws since 2026-07-20 2016-02-06 2016-04-20 2016-08-17 2016-09-10 2016-11-05 2017-05-10 2017-06-28 2017-10-18 2017-10-25 2018-02-21 2018-04-28 2018-08-25 2018-09-26 2019-04-06 2019-06-01 2019-06-05 2019-06-29 2020-01-22 2020-03-14 2020-03-18 2020-06-27 2021-02-06 2021-05-08 2021-05-22 2021-07-07 2021-08-30 2021-11-01 2021-11-08 2022-03-12 2022-04-23 2022-05-02 2022-12-24 2023-03-15 2023-04-29 2023-07-01 2024-01-03 2024-01-24 2024-02-10 2024-03-27 2024-06-01 2024-06-24 2024-11-23 2025-02-01 2025-07-05 2025-07-30 2026-07-20 2015-10-07 2026-10-14
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1st smallest 46 · chance 46.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 25 of the other 25 numbers; chance expects about 25 such strangers 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 26. 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 ← star 7 Every number star 9 → 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 1/26 tonight whatever it did last week.