In Texas Two Step under the 4/35 + 1/35 · since Sep 2025 rules — 110 draws, 4 from 1–35.
16times drawn · chance expected 13 +1.03σ
0draws waiting — it came up last time
6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8
31longest completed wait · 33% chance of one at least that long
8 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 16 times in 110 draws against 12.6 expected, +1.03σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
8
Number 8, draw by draw
Drawn 16 times in 110 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 31 · drawn in the most recent draw
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.
Never drawn alongside 9 of the other 34 numbers; chance expects about 8 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 35. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 4/35 tonight whatever it did last week.