Number 8

In Wild Money under the 5/38 + 1/35 · Nov 2016 – Apr 2025 rules — 2,314 draws, 5 from 1–38 (an earlier era).

297times drawn · chance expected 304 −0.46σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 43% for any number

7.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

67longest completed wait · 3% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 297 times in 2,314 draws against 304.5 expected, −0.46σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 297 times in 2,314 draws · average wait 7.7 draws · longest completed wait 67 · waiting 7 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 smallest115 · chance 123.2
2nd smallest131 · chance 127.8
3rd smallest46 · chance 41.1
4th smallest5 · chance 4.7
5th smallest0 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 32.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 13 5 1 3 12

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 37 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 38. 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
2025-04-13	18	1st	8 13 23 32 34
2025-03-26	2	1st	8 14 16 24 28
2025-03-24	8	3rd	1 5 8 15 36
2025-03-16	4	2nd	4 8

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 5/38 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-10-21	2	3rd	2 7 8 17 33
2024-10-19	11	1st	8 10 13 21 30
2024-10-08	14	2nd	6 8 12 26 29
2024-09-24	2	2nd	2 8 23 35 36
2024-09-22	8	2nd	1 8 11 26 31
2024-09-14	16	3rd	2 4 8 18 34
2024-08-29	1	2nd	2 8 15 23 34
2024-08-28	1	2nd	3 8 16 28 36
2024-08-27	2	3rd	6 7 8 9 23
2024-08-25	8	2nd	5 8 16 18 26
2024-08-17	9	1st	8 13 14 27 36
2024-08-08	6	2nd	7 8 24 32 38
2024-08-02	2	3rd	1 3 8 26 34
2024-07-31	16	3rd	6 7 8 26 32
2024-07-15	2	2nd	5 8 16 25 26
2024-07-13	6	1st	8 9 14 19 29
2024-07-07	35	2nd	5 8 21 31 32
2024-06-02	13	1st	8 10 14 16 23
2024-05-20	2	2nd	1 8 18 20 28
2024-05-18	3	1st	8 21 29 32 37
2024-05-15	1	1st	8 13 20 22 25
2024-05-14	15	1st	8 9 24 30 32
2024-04-29	8	1st	8 20 26 36 37
2024-04-21	1	1st	8 11 18 19 31
2024-04-20	1	1st	8 11 13 29 32
2024-04-19	1	2nd	4 8 10 28 33
2024-04-18	21	2nd	5 8 9 15 25
2024-03-28	1	3rd	1 5 8 10 19
2024-03-27	6	3rd	3 7 8 27 30
2024-03-21	6	3rd	1 4 8 26 34
2024-03-15	2	2nd	3 8 15 34 36
2024-03-13	1	1st	8 15 19 28 33
2024-03-12	6	1st	8 9 11 17 30
2024-03-06	12	3rd	4 6 8 19 22
2024-02-23	7	1st	8 18 27 29 37
2024-02-16	21	2nd	5 8 13 24 30
2024-01-26	3	1st	8 14 26 29 38
2024-01-23	1	1st	8 9 16 19 28
2024-01-22	1	3rd	1 2 8 13 19
2024-01-21	7	3rd	1 2 8 25 32
2024-01-14	18	2nd	4 8 13 24 27
2023-12-27	5	1st	8 9 16 18 21
2023-12-22	2	1st	8 9 12 26 31
2023-12-20	2	1st	8 9 23 28 36
2023-12-18	4	1st	8 13 14 32 33
2023-12-14	9	2nd	1 8 9 28 31
2023-12-05	4	1st	8 12 14 28 32
2023-12-01	8	3rd	6 7 8 17 37
2023-11-23	11	2nd	5 8 25 31 33
2023-11-12	7	2nd	5 8 12 29 34
2023-11-05	8	1st	8 11 30 31 33
2023-10-28	12	1st	8 11 31 33 38
2023-10-16	3	2nd	5 8 19 27 28
2023-10-13	7	2nd	3 8 24 26 36
2023-10-06	22	2nd	3 8 22 23 38
2023-09-14	5	1st	8 10 17 18 20
2023-09-09	3	1st	8 14 15 22 37
2023-09-06	9	2nd	3 8 9 12 25
2023-08-28	2	1st	8 26 27 32 34
2023-08-26	18	2nd	5 8 16 33 37
2023-08-08	26	2nd	3 8 32 34 38
2023-07-13	3	3rd	6 7 8 27 36
2023-07-10	11	1st	8 14 23 28 38
2023-06-29	1	1st	8 27 35 36 38
2023-06-28	8	1st	8 24 25 30 35
2023-06-20	7	2nd	4 8 23 25 27
2023-06-13	17	2nd	7 8 26 29 31
2023-05-27	4	2nd	4 8 10 23 24
2023-05-23	6	2nd	2 8 14 19 37
2023-05-17	7	2nd	3 8 11 18 37
2023-05-10	3	1st	8 15 24 33 35
2023-05-07	14	2nd	6 8 18 20 29
2023-04-23	5	1st	8 14 25 31 33
2023-04-18	5	1st	8 9 21 22 36
2023-04-13	18	1st	8 12 20 29 35
2023-03-26	15	2nd	1 8 9 14 35
2023-03-11	8	1st	8 9 16 29 34
2023-03-03	6	2nd	2 8 13 17 34
2023-02-25	1	1st	8 9 14 20 24
2023-02-24	9	2nd	6 8 16 17 22
2023-02-15	5	2nd	5 8 25 28 35
2023-02-10	7	2nd	6 8 10 27 36
2023-02-03	13	1st	8 18 22 25 38
2023-01-21	16	1st	8 11 14 21 23
2023-01-05	10	1st	8 10 11 21 29
2022-12-26	3	2nd	5 8 10 11 15
2022-12-23	9	1st	8 13 22 32 37
2022-12-14	14	2nd	3 8 15 27 35
2022-11-30	6	1st	8 10 12 24 31
2022-11-24	2	3rd	2 6 8 20 32
2022-11-22	20	2nd	4 8 11 28 35
2022-11-02	16	2nd	1 8 13 36 37
2022-10-17	3	2nd	3 8 13 27 37
2022-10-14	12	3rd	1 4 8 34 35
2022-10-02	5	2nd	5 8 11 33 36
2022-09-27	13	1st	8 10 14 19 32
2022-09-14	6	2nd	7 8 22 26 29
2022-09-08	1	1st	8 9 22 25 28
2022-09-07	5	2nd	2 8 10 11 25
2022-09-02	3	2nd	2 8 17 21 25
2022-08-30	1	2nd	7 8 15 30 31
2022-08-29	6	2nd	4 8 13 16 36
2022-08-23	1	2nd	5 8 15 26 34
2022-08-22	4	3rd	3 5 8 9 21
2022-08-18	13	1st	8 12 13 16 26
2022-08-05	5	1st	8 18 29 34 37
2022-07-31	2	1st	8 13 20 24 30
2022-07-29	14	3rd	5 6 8 13 22
2022-07-15	3	3rd	1 3 8 27 34
2022-07-12	67	1st	8 14 15 19 38
2022-05-06	1	1st	8 17 20 24 38
2022-05-05	15	2nd	3 8 25 31 35
2022-04-20	1	2nd	3 8 12 23 28
2022-04-19	1	3rd	1 3 8 19 35
2022-04-18	11	2nd	2 8 9 10 28
2022-04-07	9	2nd	2 8 10 19 28
2022-03-29	36	2nd	5 8 12 13 28
2022-02-21	1	2nd	7 8 12 17 31
2022-02-20	5	1st	8 9 18 29 36
2022-02-15	1	1st	8 18 19 21 38
2022-02-14	4	2nd	1 8 20 30 38
2022-02-10	7	1st	8 10 24 30 33
2022-02-03	3	1st	8 15 26 33 36
2022-01-31	8	2nd	3 8 18 22 32
2022-01-23	3	1st	8 12 19 25 37
2022-01-20	8	1st	8 11 24 34 35
2022-01-12	1	2nd	1 8 15 21 33
2022-01-11	2	1st	8 16 19 24 27
2022-01-09	1	2nd	2 8 14 15 30
2022-01-08	5	2nd	1 8 10 27 34
2022-01-03	13	2nd	1 8 15 21 35
2021-12-21	4	1st	8 16 26 27 31
2021-12-17	4	1st	8 14 24 27 30
2021-12-13	4	1st	8 13 21 25 29
2021-12-09	3	2nd	4 8 10 18 25
2021-12-06	11	1st	8 9 16 25 35
2021-11-25	21	2nd	1 8 12 14 18
2021-11-04	1	2nd	4 8 15 26 27
2021-11-03	10	1st	8 17 26 31 36
2021-10-24	7	1st	8 13 28 32 33
2021-10-17	4	2nd	1 8 24 32 35
2021-10-13	11	1st	8 11 30 33 37
2021-10-02	5	1st	8 12 25 26 38
2021-09-27	24	1st	8 9 17 19 31
2021-09-03	1	4th	2 3 4 8 26
2021-09-02	19	2nd	5 8 21 22 27
2021-08-14	9	2nd	5 8 18 21 27
2021-08-05	9	3rd	4 6 8 14 33
2021-07-27	3	2nd	5 8 12 21 38
2021-07-24	7	2nd	2 8 15 27 31
2021-07-17	11	4th	1 6 7 8 30
2021-07-06	2	1st	8 15 19 24 27
2021-07-04	4	4th	3 5 7 8 14
2021-06-30	13	3rd	5 7 8 27 28
2021-06-17	5	1st	8 13 21 34 38
2021-06-12	18	2nd	5 8 12 17 20
2021-05-25	8	2nd	6 8 22 28 30
2021-05-17	5	1st	8 14 19 32 35
2021-05-12	1	2nd	3 8 12 13 17
2021-05-11	21	1st	8 9 26 32 36
2021-04-20	2	2nd	1 8 16 18 22
2021-04-18	16	2nd	2 8 23 24 30
2021-04-02	6	2nd	2 8 10 20 37
2021-03-27	7	1st	8 15 19 20 34
2021-03-20	2	1st	8 16 22 24 37
2021-03-18	3	2nd	6 8 20 23 34
2021-03-15	1	1st	8 10 15 32 35
2021-03-14	1	3rd	2 3 8 22 35
2021-03-13	10	1st	8 14 19 25 26
2021-03-03	1	2nd	1 8 29 37 38
2021-03-02	5	2nd	1 8 9 17 29
2021-02-25	8	3rd	2 5 8 15 24
2021-02-17	8	1st	8 13 17 27 35
2021-02-09	3	2nd	7 8 26 27 34
2021-02-06	1	2nd	4 8 16 17 24
2021-02-05	4	3rd	3 4 8 25 30
2021-02-01	4	2nd	7 8 11 26 34
2021-01-28	7	2nd	4 8 18 25 38
2021-01-21	7	1st	8 14 19 29 30
2021-01-14	4	1st	8 22 25 33 38
2021-01-10	2	2nd	1 8 9 22 28
2021-01-08	1	2nd	6 8 23 27 33
2021-01-07	20	2nd	5 8 13 14 24
2020-12-18	3	2nd	5 8 26 27 34
2020-12-15	3	1st	8 14 16 17 33
2020-12-12	5	2nd	4 8 26 27 29
2020-12-07	8	1st	8 12 22 28 37
2020-11-29	4	1st	8 9 26 36 38
2020-11-25	3	2nd	1 8 13 17 37
2020-11-22	5	1st	8 9 18 22 26
2020-11-17	5	3rd	2 7 8 13 37
2020-11-12	8	2nd	3 8 13 18 25
2020-11-04	1	3rd	1 3 8 26 28
2020-11-03	8	2nd	6 8 13 29 33
2020-10-26	2	1st	8 10 19 31 38
2020-10-24	11	2nd	3 8 10 13 21
2020-10-13	3	2nd	3 8 16 21 32
2020-10-10	11	1st	8 9 21 26 29
2020-09-29	30	2nd	2 8 14 17 38
2020-08-30	6	3rd	2 5 8 13 25
2020-08-24	16	1st	8 26 29 35 36
2020-08-08	13	2nd	5 8 12 19 23
2020-07-26	2	3rd	2 7 8 14 36
2020-07-24	4	1st	8 12 23 37 38
2020-07-20	3	1st	8 13 18 31 32
2020-07-17	37	1st	8 15 18 20 21
2020-04-25	12	2nd	1 8 17 23 35
2020-03-28	6	2nd	5 8 11 12 25
2020-03-14	4	4th	1 2 4 8 33
2020-03-05	1	2nd	1 8 12 25 34
2020-03-03	1	1st	8 11 18 23 33
2020-02-29	2	1st	8 9 16 25 28
2020-02-25	4	2nd	5 8 21 24 31
2020-02-15	11	2nd	1 8 21 26 27
2020-01-21	2	2nd	4 8 11 27 30
2020-01-16	12	2nd	5 8 15 21 24
2019-12-19	5	2nd	2 8 10 13 23
2019-12-07	2	3rd	2 6 8 31 32
2019-12-03	5	1st	8 12 21 24 35
2019-11-21	7	2nd	4 8 25 27 31
2019-11-05	14	1st	8 10 24 29 32
2019-10-03	6	1st	8 24 30 33 34
2019-09-19	5	1st	8 11 12 25 32
2019-09-07	17	2nd	3 8 11 12 32
2019-07-30	6	1st	8 17 25 30 32
2019-07-16	11	2nd	1 8 10 29 30
2019-06-20	1	2nd	7 8 13 16 28
2019-06-18	2	3rd	5 6 8 10 12
2019-06-13	7	3rd	1 7 8 14 21
2019-05-28	7	3rd	3 5 8 21 29
2019-05-11	6	2nd	6 8 17 25 34
2019-04-27	7	2nd	3 8 10 12 18
2019-04-11	1	2nd	7 8 20 21 29
2019-04-09	11	2nd	3 8 13 18 23
2019-03-14	3	3rd	5 7 8 27 34
2019-03-07	3	1st	8 25 29 30 31
2019-02-28	12	1st	8 18 22 33 35
2019-01-31	8	1st	8 10 18 20 33
2019-01-12	6	1st	8 9 11 24 26
2018-12-29	15	3rd	2 6 8 10 12
2018-11-24	5	2nd	5 8 12 19 31
2018-11-13	47	1st	8 11 16 19 28
2018-07-26	7	2nd	7 8 18 26 29
2018-07-10	6	2nd	2 8 12 15 23
2018-06-26	17	2nd	1 8 13 18 32
2018-05-17	3	4th	1 5 7 8 24
2018-05-10	3	3rd	6 7 8 9 12
2018-05-03	3	2nd	3 8 19 30 35
2018-04-26	20	1st	8 14 20 25 31
2018-03-10	1	3rd	3 7 8 34 35
2018-03-08	3	2nd	6 8 26 30 34
2018-03-01	4	2nd	3 8 12 14 29
2018-02-20	8	1st	8 14 15 26 34
2018-02-01	7	3rd	1 2 8 9 19
2018-01-16	3	1st	8 9 10 19 35
2018-01-09	2	2nd	6 8 11 24 29
2018-01-04	1	1st	8 9 17 29 30
2018-01-02	4	1st	8 10 13 15 28
2017-12-23	4	2nd	4 8 18 26 28
2017-12-14	11	1st	8 11 22 25 26
2017-11-18	8	3rd	2 3 8 21 34
2017-10-31	13	3rd	1 3 8 12 35
2017-09-30	4	1st	8 10 12 18 32
2017-09-21	5	2nd	1 8 16 20 29
2017-09-09	7	1st	8 13 19 21 33
2017-08-24	4	2nd	2 8 10 24 31
2017-08-15	24	3rd	3 4 8 33 34
2017-06-20	18	2nd	2 8 13 20 31
2017-05-09	31	1st	8 12 16 25 26
2017-02-25	2	2nd	5 8 12 13 28
2017-02-21	6	1st	8 13 18 22 23
2017-02-07	9	3rd	4 7 8 18 26
2017-01-17	—	2nd	7 8 16 22 30