Number 8

In Daily Tennessee Jackpot under the 5/38 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,430 draws, 5 from 1–38.

210times drawn · chance expected 188 +1.71σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 9% for any number

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.6

37longest completed wait · 73% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 210 times in 1,430 draws against 188.2 expected, +1.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 210 times in 1,430 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 37 · waiting 18 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 smallest86 · chance 87.1
2nd smallest86 · chance 90.4
3rd smallest35 · chance 29.0
4th smallest3 · chance 3.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

5 29 30 31 10 16

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
2026-09-24	5	2nd	4 8 16 17 19
2026-09-19	7	2nd	7 8 20 22 30
2026-09-12	5	2nd	5 8 28 30 35
2026-09-07	10	2nd	5

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.

2026-02-24	8	1st	8 14 21 29 30
2026-02-16	5	3rd	2 4 8 20 37
2026-02-11	1	2nd	1 8 9 20 27
2026-02-10	2	2nd	7 8 26 27 36
2026-02-08	3	2nd	5 8 19 20 26
2026-02-05	6	2nd	5 8 16 27 30
2026-01-30	1	2nd	5 8 13 20 28
2026-01-29	4	1st	8 9 15 19 25
2026-01-25	3	2nd	7 8 17 21 33
2026-01-22	8	1st	8 9 10 20 26
2026-01-14	4	2nd	4 8 17 30 35
2026-01-10	15	2nd	6 8 16 17 34
2025-12-26	15	3rd	4 7 8 11 34
2025-12-11	5	1st	8 13 15 23 32
2025-12-06	14	1st	8 22 29 31 35
2025-11-22	6	3rd	2 6 8 36 37
2025-11-16	10	3rd	4 6 8 15 31
2025-11-06	6	1st	8 9 13 35 36
2025-10-31	1	2nd	5 8 31 32 36
2025-10-30	10	1st	8 13 19 26 36
2025-10-20	1	2nd	5 8 27 33 34
2025-10-19	7	1st	8 10 13 15 23
2025-10-12	8	3rd	3 5 8 17 29
2025-10-04	1	2nd	3 8 16 22 25
2025-10-03	4	3rd	1 7 8 27 29
2025-09-29	5	2nd	5 8 21 26 30
2025-09-24	8	2nd	5 8 14 18 38
2025-09-16	7	1st	8 17 20 21 38
2025-09-09	11	1st	8 15 16 33 37
2025-08-29	5	1st	8 13 28 36 38
2025-08-24	3	2nd	3 8 27 31 38
2025-08-21	1	3rd	1 5 8 12 32
2025-08-20	6	1st	8 18 23 30 34
2025-08-14	2	2nd	4 8 18 19 38
2025-08-12	6	2nd	2 8 21 24 36
2025-08-06	12	2nd	5 8 10 20 30
2025-07-25	21	2nd	7 8 12 15 38
2025-07-04	2	3rd	2 4 8 10 22
2025-07-02	5	1st	8 12 18 29 32
2025-06-27	35	2nd	4 8 11 13 34
2025-05-23	5	2nd	1 8 13 18 24
2025-05-18	4	3rd	1 4 8 23 29
2025-05-14	10	1st	8 9 17 37 38
2025-05-04	14	2nd	6 8 21 25 29
2025-04-20	1	1st	8 16 18 20 37
2025-04-19	14	3rd	2 3 8 16 25
2025-04-05	6	3rd	4 6 8 14 35
2025-03-30	6	1st	8 25 35 36 38
2025-03-24	7	2nd	4 8 16 29 31
2025-03-17	10	1st	8 21 24 32 35
2025-03-07	3	2nd	2 8 9 23 33
2025-03-04	1	1st	8 16 20 28 30
2025-03-03	5	1st	8 12 18 19 28
2025-02-26	5	1st	8 16 18 33 35
2025-02-21	4	1st	8 13 19 22 35
2025-02-17	11	1st	8 11 16 19 37
2025-02-06	5	1st	8 9 11 26 27
2025-02-01	10	2nd	2 8 9 19 33
2025-01-22	8	1st	8 20 24 27 28
2025-01-14	3	1st	8 18 25 30 31
2025-01-11	1	2nd	2 8 11 22 29
2025-01-10	1	1st	8 9 14 21 22
2025-01-09	7	1st	8 9 23 25 29
2025-01-02	20	2nd	3 8 29 30 31
2024-12-13	2	1st	8 10 14 15 31
2024-12-11	17	2nd	2 8 9 30 35
2024-11-24	8	3rd	2 7 8 12 17
2024-11-16	8	2nd	7 8 26 29 38
2024-11-08	3	1st	8 13 17 20 31
2024-11-05	19	2nd	5 8 21 31 34
2024-10-17	10	1st	8 28 32 33 38
2024-10-07	3	3rd	1 4 8 20 34
2024-10-04	10	2nd	3 8 12 26 31
2024-09-24	28	1st	8 25 31 33 38
2024-08-27	10	2nd	3 8 11 15 29
2024-08-17	3	2nd	2 8 12 18 22
2024-08-14	3	1st	8 15 23 29 38
2024-08-11	5	3rd	1 7 8 10 16
2024-08-06	4	2nd	6 8 24 25 38
2024-08-02	3	1st	8 10 11 13 25
2024-07-30	5	1st	8 11 23 27 35
2024-07-25	7	1st	8 20 27 30 37
2024-07-18	2	2nd	5 8 11 18 34
2024-07-16	5	3rd	1 5 8 13 34
2024-07-11	8	2nd	2 8 18 26 30
2024-07-03	8	1st	8 11 13 20 29
2024-06-25	2	1st	8 12 28 29 33
2024-06-23	3	2nd	2 8 17 20 29
2024-06-20	4	2nd	5 8 9 26 31
2024-06-16	8	1st	8 12 18 26 30
2024-06-08	24	2nd	6 8 9 13 26
2024-05-15	1	1st	8 9 18 19 24
2024-05-14	5	2nd	7 8 19 21 34
2024-05-09	1	2nd	7 8 20 26 31
2024-05-08	1	1st	8 15 20 37 38
2024-05-07	19	3rd	2 3 8 18 30
2024-04-18	3	2nd	1 8 30 32 38
2024-04-15	3	1st	8 10 11 23 29
2024-04-12	2	2nd	3 8 23 30 37
2024-04-10	2	3rd	3 4 8 10 11
2024-04-08	4	2nd	5 8 22 32 35
2024-04-04	1	1st	8 9 13 16 18
2024-04-03	11	1st	8 24 27 29 36
2024-03-23	6	3rd	2 6 8 29 33
2024-03-17	3	1st	8 10 16 30 36
2024-03-14	6	2nd	6 8 9 11 31
2024-03-08	4	1st	8 11 27 28 36
2024-03-04	1	2nd	3 8 24 28 32
2024-03-03	14	1st	8 14 21 23 28
2024-02-18	1	1st	8 13 14 28 35
2024-02-17	2	1st	8 13 30 32 34
2024-02-15	9	3rd	3 4 8 13 20
2024-02-06	14	1st	8 12 24 28 33
2024-01-23	1	1st	8 10 12 13 38
2024-01-22	5	1st	8 14 18 24 28
2024-01-17	3	1st	8 13 22 27 32
2024-01-14	2	2nd	7 8 28 29 30
2024-01-12	1	2nd	7 8 13 14 36
2024-01-11	1	2nd	2 8 17 27 35
2024-01-10	10	2nd	3 8 12 18 29
2023-12-31	2	1st	8 19 26 28 34
2023-12-29	12	3rd	4 5 8 23 30
2023-12-17	1	2nd	5 8 19 29 34
2023-12-16	6	1st	8 17 20 22 34
2023-12-10	3	2nd	1 8 10 33 35
2023-12-07	2	2nd	6 8 28 32 35
2023-12-05	2	1st	8 14 15 31 33
2023-12-03	4	1st	8 17 23 25 34
2023-11-29	12	1st	8 14 16 22 25
2023-11-17	1	2nd	7 8 16 23 25
2023-11-16	8	2nd	7 8 9 33 37
2023-11-08	1	2nd	4 8 11 28 33
2023-11-07	6	3rd	3 5 8 24 25
2023-11-01	20	1st	8 13 14 19 21
2023-10-12	20	3rd	4 7 8 24 31
2023-09-22	11	3rd	4 6 8 31 36
2023-09-11	2	2nd	6 8 16 25 32
2023-09-09	3	2nd	1 8 10 14 29
2023-09-06	8	2nd	6 8 15 28 31
2023-08-29	9	1st	8 18 23 27 29
2023-08-20	1	1st	8 10 21 27 31
2023-08-19	3	2nd	1 8 24 28 33
2023-08-16	4	2nd	4 8 17 26 37
2023-08-12	4	1st	8 15 30 33 37
2023-08-08	1	3rd	6 7 8 31 37
2023-08-07	3	1st	8 10 11 20 29
2023-08-04	3	2nd	6 8 26 31 32
2023-08-01	9	2nd	4 8 15 19 34
2023-07-23	3	2nd	7 8 19 21 32
2023-07-20	7	3rd	3 5 8 18 28
2023-07-13	27	4th	2 3 5 8 31
2023-06-16	6	2nd	2 8 18 22 29
2023-06-10	1	3rd	1 5 8 16 31
2023-06-09	4	1st	8 16 26 28 38
2023-06-05	4	1st	8 20 25 28 31
2023-06-01	7	1st	8 21 22 26 30
2023-05-25	12	1st	8 9 22 33 35
2023-05-13	1	1st	8 19 26 28 32
2023-05-12	3	2nd	5 8 16 32 38
2023-05-09	5	1st	8 10 17 19 31
2023-05-04	5	3rd	2 3 8 26 35
2023-04-29	5	3rd	3 6 8 21 32
2023-04-24	1	1st	8 15 21 25 37
2023-04-23	5	1st	8 10 21 26 32
2023-04-18	6	2nd	1 8 13 27 29
2023-04-12	3	1st	8 16 24 27 29
2023-04-09	2	1st	8 10 26 29 37
2023-04-07	7	2nd	4 8 10 15 17
2023-03-31	4	2nd	5 8 14 35 36
2023-03-27	6	1st	8 11 19 26 33
2023-03-21	1	2nd	2 8 10 19 23
2023-03-20	28	3rd	1 3 8 21 30
2023-02-20	2	1st	8 9 28 30 33
2023-02-18	6	2nd	1 8 16 26 34
2023-02-12	15	3rd	3 7 8 15 31
2023-01-28	3	2nd	5 8 16 26 36
2023-01-25	12	1st	8 9 10 15 34
2023-01-13	13	2nd	4 8 13 24 28
2022-12-31	4	3rd	5 6 8 12 36
2022-12-27	1	3rd	2 6 8 26 37
2022-12-26	15	3rd	4 5 8 14 30
2022-12-11	15	2nd	4 8 10 20 31
2022-11-26	2	1st	8 10 21 34 36
2022-11-24	2	1st	8 16 26 36 37
2022-11-22	4	1st	8 22 28 30 38
2022-11-18	—	2nd	4 8 20 27 38