Number 8

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,160 draws, 6 from 1–40.

178times drawn · chance expected 174 +0.33σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 38% for any number

6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

35longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 178 times in 1,160 draws against 174.0 expected, +0.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 22 times, counted separately.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 178 times in 1,160 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 35 · 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 smallest62 · chance 62.3
2nd smallest81 · chance 77.8
3rd smallest24 · chance 32.2
4th smallest9 · chance 5.4
5th smallest2 · chance 0.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 6 39 17 23 3

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-09-16	1	3rd	3 7 8 10 34 36
2026-09-12	2	2nd	3 8 25 31 38 39
2026-09-05	9	3rd	2 7 8 17 21 22
2026-08-05	4

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-06	2	2nd	5 8 17 20 26 32
2025-07-30	17	1st	8 16 20 22 25 26
2025-05-31	1	1st	8 15 18 25 31 38
2025-05-28	4	1st	8 20 21 30 31 40
2025-05-14	3	1st	8 20 27 28 34 39
2025-05-03	1	1st	8 30 31 33 36 37
2025-04-30	2	2nd	5 8 16 28 32 40
2025-04-23	6	4th	1 2 4 8 9 10
2025-04-02	11	2nd	3 8 23 30 36 38
2025-02-22	24	1st	8 10 16 24 25 33
2024-11-30	2	2nd	1 8 15 17 22 31
2024-11-23	2	2nd	1 8 10 28 37 38
2024-11-16	10	1st	8 14 24 29 31 39
2024-10-12	8	5th	2 3 4 6 8 10
2024-09-14	8	1st	8 15 19 24 32 39
2024-08-17	5	2nd	5 8 12 17 20 23
2024-07-31	1	1st	8 16 18 21 28 35
2024-07-27	7	1st	8 24 33 34 35 36
2024-07-03	30	2nd	5 8 23 25 29 31
2024-03-20	5	2nd	4 8 29 32 34 37
2024-03-02	11	2nd	4 8 12 13 22 39
2024-01-24	3	2nd	3 8 12 19 23 33
2024-01-13	6	3rd	3 6 8 11 35 38
2023-12-23	7	2nd	1 8 12 17 21 36
2023-11-29	7	2nd	7 8 9 14 15 24
2023-11-04	2	2nd	3 8 10 25 26 30
2023-10-28	15	1st	8 21 25 38 39 40
2023-09-06	5	1st	8 9 12 14 19 27
2023-08-19	8	3rd	5 6 8 9 30 36
2023-07-22	6	2nd	7 8 23 27 32 40
2023-07-01	1	4th	2 3 5 8 23 30
2023-06-28	1	1st	8 9 13 17 21 38
2023-06-24	12	1st	8 15 16 19 25 37
2023-05-13	11	2nd	5 8 12 13 23 38
2023-04-05	2	1st	8 11 14 15 18 33
2023-03-29	1	1st	8 10 17 19 27 30
2023-03-25	2	2nd	6 8 18 29 30 36
2023-03-18	27	1st	8 11 20 21 22 31
2022-12-14	12	1st	8 10 14 17 20 32
2022-11-02	12	1st	8 24 26 29 32 39
2022-09-21	1	1st	8 22 26 29 32 35
2022-09-17	2	1st	8 9 12 27 31 34
2022-09-10	1	3rd	2 7 8 22 34 36
2022-09-07	3	1st	8 11 18 32 34 36
2022-08-27	12	2nd	7 8 10 17 32 39
2022-07-16	6	3rd	2 5 8 26 27 30
2022-06-25	12	2nd	4 8 9 16 17 28
2022-05-14	27	2nd	6 8 16 17 24 35
2022-02-09	14	1st	8 30 32 34 36 39
2021-12-22	1	2nd	4 8 21 25 32 35
2021-12-18	8	2nd	7 8 12 26 38 39
2021-11-20	35	2nd	6 8 14 19 28 40
2021-07-21	8	2nd	6 8 9 16 23 26
2021-06-23	10	2nd	3 8 9 20 23 24
2021-05-19	8	2nd	3 8 19 23 28 40
2021-04-21	5	2nd	2 8 11 21 24 38
2021-04-03	22	2nd	3 8 11 28 33 35
2021-01-16	1	2nd	5 8 12 25 35 39
2021-01-13	3	1st	8 13 15 27 28 40
2021-01-02	12	1st	8 13 16 20 22 26
2020-11-21	5	3rd	2 4 8 12 21 22
2020-11-04	12	3rd	4 6 8 16 24 38
2020-09-23	1	1st	8 9 11 17 19 24
2020-09-19	19	2nd	3 8 12 13 14 29
2020-07-15	2	1st	8 17 23 25 38 40
2020-07-08	4	1st	8 9 25 28 30 37
2020-06-24	8	3rd	5 6 8 16 20 31
2020-05-27	1	3rd	4 6 8 9 15 40
2020-05-23	11	2nd	6 8 28 34 36 39
2020-04-15	1	4th	1 4 6 8 23 27
2020-04-11	4	1st	8 11 13 15 21 33
2020-03-28	2	2nd	3 8 18 30 33 34
2020-03-21	2	1st	8 10 12 13 26 30
2020-03-14	2	2nd	1 8 21 22 29 31
2020-03-07	5	1st	8 13 28 35 36 37
2020-02-19	1	2nd	4 8 10 19 32 37
2020-02-15	1	1st	8 14 19 22 31 35
2020-02-12	5	2nd	7 8 9 11 13 33
2020-01-25	15	2nd	6 8 19 21 32 39
2019-12-04	3	4th	1 3 4 8 18 34
2019-11-23	1	1st	8 26 27 29 32 34
2019-11-20	3	3rd	1 7 8 13 26 34
2019-11-09	6	2nd	3 8 18 30 34 35
2019-10-19	14	1st	8 11 22 29 33 34
2019-08-31	4	2nd	5 8 9 15 38 39
2019-08-17	4	2nd	7 8 15 27 28 38
2019-08-03	14	1st	8 12 13 16 17 38
2019-06-15	5	2nd	7 8 9 19 21 36
2019-05-29	5	2nd	3 8 13 19 27 36
2019-05-11	20	2nd	7 8 15 17 18 32
2019-03-02	3	2nd	3 8 10 12 14 37
2019-02-20	2	1st	8 12 14 15 21 34
2019-02-13	8	2nd	3 8 24 27 29 35
2019-01-16	1	1st	8 12 17 20 21 40
2019-01-12	24	3rd	1 6 8 13 30 31
2018-10-20	5	2nd	6 8 9 14 18 26
2018-10-03	3	2nd	5 8 9 10 26 31
2018-09-22	5	2nd	6 8 17 27 29 36
2018-09-05	2	4th	3 6 7 8 17 23
2018-08-29	8	2nd	4 8 14 19 21 39
2018-08-01	8	1st	8 9 10 13 25 37
2018-07-04	6	2nd	4 8 22 23 32 36
2018-06-13	1	3rd	5 6 8 16 17 34
2018-06-09	13	1st	8 18 25 30 33 39
2018-04-25	7	3rd	2 7 8 9 18 22
2018-03-31	5	2nd	2 8 11 28 30 39
2018-03-14	9	1st	8 12 16 20 27 28
2018-02-10	2	2nd	1 8 11 14 15 40
2018-02-03	2	2nd	1 8 22 24 27 28
2018-01-27	3	1st	8 11 14 35 37 38
2018-01-17	2	2nd	5 8 17 20 24 28
2018-01-10	3	3rd	6 7 8 31 36 37
2017-12-30	2	3rd	1 6 8 16 21 40
2017-12-23	6	1st	8 11 20 21 39 40
2017-12-02	3	3rd	1 3 8 15 20 26
2017-11-22	17	3rd	6 7 8 12 25 33
2017-09-23	1	2nd	2 8 10 16 22 32
2017-09-20	2	2nd	3 8 22 23 28 31
2017-09-13	5	1st	8 9 14 20 29 38
2017-08-26	5	2nd	2 8 21 23 24 28
2017-08-09	1	1st	8 12 16 28 34 35
2017-08-05	2	3rd	6 7 8 19 28 40
2017-07-29	10	3rd	5 7 8 27 36 38
2017-06-24	4	1st	8 12 14 16 29 35
2017-06-10	13	1st	8 10 18 22 23 39
2017-04-26	4	3rd	2 7 8 11 33 38
2017-04-12	3	3rd	4 5 8 27 37 40
2017-04-01	8	3rd	3 7 8 11 23 36
2017-03-04	4	4th	1 6 7 8 26 30
2017-02-18	25	2nd	5 8 13 23 27 36
2016-11-23	4	2nd	7 8 11 30 32 37
2016-11-09	5	2nd	4 8 10 20 29 39
2016-10-22	1	1st	8 9 13 19 28 36
2016-10-19	12	2nd	6 8 19 23 32 39
2016-09-07	6	2nd	6 8 10 23 28 30
2016-08-17	2	1st	8 9 27 32 34 39
2016-08-10	13	2nd	3 8 18 20 25 33
2016-06-25	1	2nd	4 8 9 18 20 26
2016-06-22	3	1st	8 23 27 29 32 35
2016-06-11	5	2nd	2 8 13 15 20 32
2016-05-25	2	4th	1 3 4 8 16 23
2016-05-18	4	2nd	7 8 12 17 21 22
2016-05-04	3	2nd	6 8 13 14 29 33
2016-04-23	4	1st	8 13 16 27 32 37
2016-04-09	21	1st	8 21 24 32 34 40
2016-01-27	5	1st	8 9 12 13 24 30
2016-01-09	1	1st	8 15 17 21 38 40
2016-01-06	8	2nd	5 8 11 20 38 40
2015-12-09	8	1st	8 21 22 23 31 33
2015-11-11	3	2nd	2 8 24 25 26 40
2015-10-31	1	2nd	2 8 17 23 34 40
2015-10-28	13	2nd	5 8 10 11 17 27
2015-09-12	3	2nd	6 8 12 19 26 37
2015-09-02	—	3rd	1 7 8 17 21 33