Number 8

In Lotto Texas under the 6/54 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,020 draws, 6 from 1–54.

250times drawn · chance expected 224 +1.81σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

55longest completed wait · 35% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 250 times in 2,020 draws against 224.4 expected, +1.81σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 250 times in 2,020 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 55 · waiting 3 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 smallest120 · chance 119.4
2nd smallest107 · chance 99.5
3rd smallest21 · chance 27.8
4th smallest2 · chance 3.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 14 29 44 21 26

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 53 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 54. 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
2026-10-05	3	2nd	1 8 11 41 42 44
2026-09-28	7	1st	8 17 25 26 27 45
2026-09-12	8	2nd	3 8 24 28 30 45
2026-08-24	7	2nd

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 6/54 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-17	4	1st	8 17 18 21 23 49
2025-05-07	7	2nd	6 8 15 20 34 43
2025-04-21	13	1st	8 27 43 44 48 49
2025-03-22	7	2nd	6 8 15 17 33 34
2025-03-05	28	1st	8 16 19 34 46 49
2024-12-30	18	1st	8 21 25 28 35 38
2024-11-18	6	1st	8 24 34 43 46 52
2024-11-04	9	2nd	3 8 22 29 49 51
2024-10-14	19	2nd	1 8 28 32 39 40
2024-08-31	3	2nd	4 8 21 32 34 43
2024-08-24	18	3rd	5 6 8 38 41 51
2024-07-13	6	2nd	5 8 21 30 33 43
2024-06-29	20	1st	8 30 33 40 41 48
2024-05-13	13	1st	8 14 15 26 42 46
2024-04-13	21	2nd	7 8 26 28 36 39
2024-02-24	6	1st	8 25 29 47 48 53
2024-02-10	1	3rd	4 6 8 34 39 40
2024-02-07	9	2nd	3 8 9 20 27 53
2024-01-17	2	1st	8 14 32 35 44 48
2024-01-13	11	2nd	3 8 15 31 43 54
2023-12-18	8	1st	8 19 20 24 37 40
2023-11-29	2	2nd	5 8 32 37 38 51
2023-11-25	15	1st	8 9 13 16 21 30
2023-10-21	12	1st	8 12 31 32 43 46
2023-09-23	4	1st	8 28 36 39 46 51
2023-09-13	7	2nd	4 8 9 14 30 34
2023-08-28	4	2nd	1 8 19 29 33 49
2023-08-19	15	1st	8 16 26 27 41 43
2023-07-15	20	1st	8 31 38 44 47 49
2023-05-29	4	3rd	5 7 8 12 17 48
2023-05-20	2	1st	8 11 15 35 48 52
2023-05-15	24	1st	8 14 22 41 42 54
2023-03-20	20	1st	8 34 41 44 47 48
2023-02-01	2	2nd	1 8 22 26 38 40
2023-01-28	2	1st	8 15 16 29 46 50
2023-01-23	1	3rd	4 7 8 11 34 54
2023-01-21	10	2nd	3 8 13 19 34 48
2022-12-28	3	1st	8 13 16 23 27 52
2022-12-21	12	3rd	2 4 8 13 26 47
2022-11-23	2	2nd	3 8 28 33 50 51
2022-11-19	5	1st	8 10 18 24 29 48
2022-11-07	4	3rd	1 5 8 28 31 46
2022-10-29	1	2nd	3 8 26 30 43 52
2022-10-26	25	2nd	3 8 14 19 32 38
2022-08-29	10	2nd	6 8 9 20 36 45
2022-08-06	4	2nd	4 8 21 28 31 53
2022-07-27	37	2nd	6 8 10 14 44 46
2022-05-02	1	2nd	5 8 31 33 43 53
2022-04-30	1	2nd	1 8 13 18 34 45
2022-04-27	5	2nd	1 8 14 32 37 46
2022-04-16	1	2nd	4 8 27 32 33 48
2022-04-13	11	2nd	3 8 24 28 42 44
2022-03-19	4	1st	8 10 24 25 39 41
2022-03-09	4	2nd	7 8 29 30 48 52
2022-02-28	4	2nd	7 8 13 19 28 48
2022-02-19	8	1st	8 14 18 19 41 44
2022-01-31	12	1st	8 14 15 16 22 30
2022-01-03	7	1st	8 13 16 42 43 51
2021-12-18	2	2nd	2 8 11 12 18 21
2021-12-13	10	2nd	1 8 10 26 39 50
2021-11-20	1	1st	8 11 34 42 49 53
2021-11-17	3	2nd	4 8 14 18 34 44
2021-11-10	4	2nd	6 8 36 37 44 50
2021-11-01	2	1st	8 24 29 41 44 51
2021-10-27	2	1st	8 20 25 46 47 51
2021-10-23	40	2nd	4 8 31 42 51 53
2021-07-07	3	2nd	7 8 23 32 33 41
2021-06-26	3	2nd	6 8 18 47 50 51
2021-06-16	9	1st	8 15 18 23 24 36
2021-05-15	24	1st	8 15 23 24 42 44
2021-02-20	5	2nd	3 8 10 11 21 40
2021-02-03	2	3rd	3 6 8 9 19 22
2021-01-27	3	1st	8 19 27 29 31 39
2021-01-16	21	1st	8 13 16 23 26 51
2020-11-04	26	1st	8 25 26 39 52 54
2020-08-05	17	1st	8 12 15 37 44 54
2020-06-06	1	1st	8 9 14 17 26 31
2020-06-03	1	1st	8 31 36 41 42 47
2020-05-30	5	1st	8 22 26 47 48 49
2020-05-13	10	1st	8 15 16 21 39 54
2020-04-08	5	1st	8 18 25 33 35 39
2020-03-21	1	2nd	3 8 14 18 27 47
2020-03-18	7	1st	8 17 20 29 30 39
2020-02-22	6	1st	8 16 23 38 41 47
2020-02-01	10	1st	8 14 15 27 39 49
2019-12-28	1	1st	8 18 19 37 49 53
2019-12-25	3	1st	8 15 16 17 25 49
2019-12-14	3	2nd	2 8 9 14 51 52
2019-12-04	2	2nd	3 8 24 30 32 41
2019-11-27	22	2nd	5 8 9 12 19 24
2019-09-11	13	1st	8 11 12 30 31 49
2019-07-27	3	4th	1 2 6 8 20 53
2019-07-17	2	1st	8 15 25 38 39 52
2019-07-10	6	2nd	2 8 14 31 39 45
2019-06-19	1	2nd	6 8 13 36 50 53
2019-06-15	3	1st	8 9 12 16 46 48
2019-06-05	2	2nd	3 8 22 29 51 52
2019-05-29	1	1st	8 12 26 28 43 52
2019-05-25	11	1st	8 17 21 30 31 35
2019-04-17	3	2nd	7 8 15 17 29 30
2019-04-06	6	2nd	1 8 20 35 51 52
2019-03-16	2	2nd	1 8 15 33 44 54
2019-03-09	1	2nd	2 8 10 14 22 31
2019-03-06	15	1st	8 15 24 27 34 43
2019-01-12	1	1st	8 11 22 24 30 49
2019-01-09	5	2nd	5 8 16 17 37 52
2018-12-22	5	2nd	7 8 20 38 47 48
2018-12-05	5	1st	8 10 13 16 30 45
2018-11-17	4	3rd	2 5 8 10 31 36
2018-11-03	1	1st	8 18 20 41 42 46
2018-10-31	35	2nd	3 8 13 25 33 44
2018-06-30	1	2nd	5 8 29 32 40 48
2018-06-27	1	1st	8 12 17 20 26 47
2018-06-23	7	3rd	3 5 8 19 24 54
2018-05-30	17	1st	8 9 14 34 42 44
2018-03-31	13	1st	8 16 26 27 44 51
2018-02-14	6	1st	8 19 22 29 50 52
2018-01-24	1	1st	8 16 34 43 45 53
2018-01-20	5	1st	8 12 24 25 47 54
2018-01-03	3	2nd	6 8 21 33 34 47
2017-12-23	10	1st	8 22 23 29 34 36
2017-11-18	1	4th	1 4 5 8 12 26
2017-11-15	13	3rd	2 5 8 18 32 37
2017-09-30	2	2nd	1 8 19 29 36 45
2017-09-23	5	1st	8 10 14 17 28 29
2017-09-06	7	1st	8 10 16 32 40 48
2017-08-12	10	2nd	5 8 16 24 25 46
2017-07-08	1	1st	8 33 38 43 51 53
2017-07-05	1	2nd	4 8 24 32 47 51
2017-07-01	12	1st	8 29 30 36 47 52
2017-05-20	13	1st	8 9 15 20 38 39
2017-04-05	12	1st	8 20 21 26 51 52
2017-02-22	5	2nd	4 8 21 27 52 53
2017-02-04	6	1st	8 13 19 25 26 29
2017-01-14	6	2nd	7 8 10 18 47 48
2016-12-24	12	2nd	5 8 13 15 39 42
2016-11-12	15	2nd	1 8 16 23 29 40
2016-09-21	15	1st	8 24 29 38 45 46
2016-07-30	2	2nd	1 8 13 14 15 17
2016-07-23	6	1st	8 12 19 25 26 30
2016-07-02	2	2nd	1 8 12 22 26 37
2016-06-25	7	1st	8 15 17 40 42 46
2016-06-01	10	3rd	4 6 8 9 28 49
2016-04-27	4	1st	8 25 28 31 41 45
2016-04-13	1	1st	8 14 16 21 26 48
2016-04-09	6	1st	8 15 21 25 28 40
2016-03-19	10	1st	8 15 18 32 44 51
2016-02-13	1	1st	8 25 26 32 37 51
2016-02-10	8	2nd	4 8 20 21 50 53
2016-01-13	2	2nd	3 8 14 15 26 41
2016-01-06	19	1st	8 16 39 44 46 52
2015-10-31	17	2nd	6 8 30 35 42 47
2015-09-02	6	1st	8 12 20 38 49 51
2015-08-12	1	2nd	6 8 26 34 40 47
2015-08-08	2	1st	8 21 33 37 42 49
2015-08-01	9	1st	8 17 18 21 25 51
2015-07-01	2	2nd	4 8 15 24 31 35
2015-06-24	5	2nd	1 8 21 23 41 44
2015-06-06	1	1st	8 11 16 20 44 53
2015-06-03	8	2nd	7 8 27 38 43 50
2015-05-06	2	2nd	2 8 10 29 41 48
2015-04-29	4	1st	8 25 42 45 47 53
2015-04-15	6	2nd	7 8 14 20 27 50
2015-03-25	12	3rd	1 6 8 11 15 25
2015-02-11	5	2nd	7 8 13 19 29 44
2015-01-24	11	2nd	3 8 13 27 28 40
2014-12-17	4	1st	8 10 16 17 33 34
2014-12-03	5	2nd	6 8 11 12 34 42
2014-11-15	8	1st	8 12 14 28 34 51
2014-10-18	1	2nd	1 8 12 23 30 38
2014-10-15	10	1st	8 21 32 35 45 52
2014-09-10	15	3rd	5 7 8 14 21 29
2014-07-19	22	1st	8 17 29 35 43 45
2014-05-03	1	1st	8 16 22 23 41 54
2014-04-30	18	3rd	1 6 8 11 38 43
2014-02-26	1	1st	8 18 22 30 49 53
2014-02-22	7	3rd	5 7 8 13 24 31
2014-01-29	6	1st	8 19 43 48 49 51
2014-01-08	3	1st	8 19 25 26 30 39
2013-12-28	2	1st	8 11 22 24 39 49
2013-12-21	3	2nd	1 8 14 22 26 34
2013-12-11	12	2nd	5 8 16 32 34 37
2013-10-30	11	2nd	3 8 11 19 29 32
2013-09-21	2	3rd	3 7 8 21 31 36
2013-09-14	4	2nd	7 8 22 35 37 52
2013-08-31	13	2nd	5 8 14 18 27 52
2013-07-17	35	2nd	3 8 12 15 25 40
2013-03-16	6	2nd	2 8 22 29 35 38
2013-02-23	1	1st	8 11 15 39 44 53
2013-02-20	14	1st	8 14 27 30 47 51
2013-01-02	9	2nd	5 8 9 13 24 47
2012-12-01	1	2nd	2 8 11 21 22 41
2012-11-28	5	2nd	1 8 18 19 25 47
2012-11-10	1	2nd	7 8 29 34 40 47
2012-11-07	16	1st	8 13 15 32 37 47
2012-09-12	7	1st	8 14 17 21 26 50
2012-08-18	7	1st	8 19 22 32 37 41
2012-07-25	4	2nd	2 8 17 42 48 52
2012-07-11	5	2nd	5 8 26 32 40 49
2012-06-23	1	1st	8 12 16 30 38 45
2012-06-20	3	2nd	2 8 20 27 32 34
2012-06-09	1	1st	8 23 30 33 48 51
2012-06-06	2	1st	8 17 29 31 39 54
2012-05-30	25	1st	8 15 47 52 53 54
2012-03-03	11	2nd	4 8 15 22 30 40
2012-01-25	2	1st	8 20 22 32 33 39
2012-01-18	14	1st	8 13 18 34 45 53
2011-11-30	32	2nd	6 8 11 20 41 44
2011-08-10	7	3rd	6 7 8 21 39 46
2011-07-16	30	2nd	1 8 14 35 43 50
2011-04-02	12	2nd	2 8 19 39 43 54
2011-02-19	14	3rd	4 5 8 21 27 31
2011-01-01	3	1st	8 16 20 39 40 53
2010-12-22	7	2nd	1 8 14 18 19 41
2010-11-27	8	2nd	5 8 16 27 41 46
2010-10-30	11	1st	8 34 37 44 46 54
2010-09-22	6	3rd	2 4 8 18 22 30
2010-09-01	4	1st	8 15 23 41 42 44
2010-08-18	5	1st	8 11 31 36 50 52
2010-07-31	13	1st	8 19 29 44 46 48
2010-06-16	9	1st	8 19 22 36 41 44
2010-05-15	11	1st	8 17 22 26 28 42
2010-04-07	7	2nd	5 8 13 21 32 40
2010-03-13	3	1st	8 10 17 27 43 47
2010-03-03	11	1st	8 15 17 21 36 39
2010-01-23	—	1st	8 19 23 33 43 50