Number 8

In Tennessee Cash under the 5/35 + 1/5 · since Oct 2010 rules — 2,508 draws, 5 from 1–35.

349times drawn · chance expected 358 −0.53σ

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

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

48longest completed wait · 22% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 349 times in 2,508 draws against 358.3 expected, −0.53σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 349 times in 2,508 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 48 · 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 smallest123 · chance 132.1
2nd smallest154 · chance 154.1
3rd smallest63 · chance 55.5
4th smallest8 · chance 7.1
5th smallest1 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 41.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 14 25 27 7 24

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-07	3	3rd	2 6 8 20 35
2026-09-30	14	2nd	2 8 14 25 34
2026-08-28	13	3rd	2 7 8 9 29
2026-07-29	20	3rd	3 7 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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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