Number 8

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,090 draws, 5 from 1–45.

121times drawn · chance expected 121 −0.01σ

18draws waiting · a wait this long: 14% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

48longest completed wait · 38% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 121 times in 1,090 draws against 121.1 expected, −0.01σ. 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 121 times in 1,090 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 48 · 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 smallest58 · chance 58.9
2nd smallest51 · chance 48.5
3rd smallest8 · chance 12.5
4th smallest4 · chance 1.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 24 15 3 27 32

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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	13	2nd	4 8 13 33 37
2026-09-11	1	1st	8 24 37 42 43
2026-09-10	24	1st	8 23 28 39 43
2026-08-17	11	3rd	1 5 8 29

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-12-26	3	2nd	7 8 38 43 45
2025-12-23	4	2nd	6 8 24 27 40
2025-12-19	8	1st	8 11 18 22 23
2025-12-11	2	1st	8 21 27 29 43
2025-12-09	3	1st	8 18 22 25 39
2025-12-06	7	2nd	5 8 19 24 42
2025-11-29	11	2nd	3 8 15 31 42
2025-11-18	10	2nd	2 8 20 34 41
2025-11-08	2	2nd	7 8 19 24 25
2025-11-06	2	1st	8 13 21 29 42
2025-11-04	1	1st	8 19 27 31 40
2025-11-03	1	2nd	1 8 22 29 40
2025-11-02	5	1st	8 18 21 24 32
2025-10-28	2	2nd	5 8 34 43 44
2025-10-26	8	4th	2 5 7 8 16
2025-10-18	29	1st	8 13 21 41 44
2025-09-19	6	1st	8 10 14 37 41
2025-09-13	23	1st	8 12 36 40 43
2025-08-21	1	1st	8 14 16 28 33
2025-08-20	12	2nd	3 8 13 28 34
2025-08-08	7	3rd	3 7 8 21 26
2025-08-01	25	1st	8 15 17 34 39
2025-07-07	18	1st	8 15 33 37 41
2025-06-19	16	1st	8 19 27 33 40
2025-06-03	1	2nd	3 8 19 32 33
2025-06-02	13	1st	8 10 14 24 42
2025-05-20	1	2nd	6 8 22 27 34
2025-05-19	23	2nd	1 8 26 34 42
2025-04-26	1	2nd	6 8 18 20 21
2025-04-25	5	1st	8 13 18 25 39
2025-04-20	17	1st	8 10 13 21 26
2025-04-03	6	2nd	7 8 19 25 45
2025-03-28	6	2nd	4 8 16 30 33
2025-03-22	1	1st	8 9 32 34 42
2025-03-21	5	1st	8 11 36 37 38
2025-03-16	2	2nd	1 8 20 26 38
2025-03-14	1	2nd	3 8 13 15 21
2025-03-13	3	1st	8 17 27 29 37
2025-03-10	8	1st	8 10 24 27 38
2025-03-02	25	1st	8 10 31 32 37
2025-02-05	1	1st	8 30 32 34 35
2025-02-04	10	1st	8 21 33 42 43
2025-01-25	1	1st	8 10 15 31 34
2025-01-24	24	3rd	2 4 8 15 36
2024-12-31	32	2nd	2 8 16 20 29
2024-11-29	5	2nd	7 8 10 24 40
2024-11-24	1	2nd	5 8 15 32 44
2024-11-23	26	2nd	5 8 9 12 32
2024-10-28	32	2nd	6 8 9 35 39
2024-09-26	3	1st	8 10 16 40 45
2024-09-23	1	2nd	4 8 22 23 40
2024-09-22	7	1st	8 18 19 28 39
2024-09-15	1	2nd	7 8 18 36 40
2024-09-14	1	2nd	7 8 19 21 44
2024-09-13	6	3rd	1 6 8 30 42
2024-09-07	3	1st	8 12 17 30 38
2024-09-04	1	1st	8 11 23 26 41
2024-09-03	5	3rd	6 7 8 15 16
2024-08-29	9	1st	8 17 24 25 32
2024-08-20	8	4th	3 4 5 8 25
2024-08-12	4	2nd	5 8 25 36 41
2024-08-08	19	1st	8 25 27 30 43
2024-07-20	1	2nd	5 8 12 16 44
2024-07-19	14	1st	8 18 20 24 27
2024-07-05	34	3rd	2 7 8 15 34
2024-06-01	4	2nd	5 8 16 32 36
2024-05-28	7	3rd	3 4 8 18 41
2024-05-21	18	2nd	6 8 19 21 33
2024-05-03	3	1st	8 15 21 33 34
2024-04-30	8	2nd	4 8 15 18 28
2024-04-22	4	1st	8 18 24 33 35
2024-04-18	8	2nd	3 8 29 31 32
2024-04-10	20	1st	8 9 27 30 37
2024-03-21	4	2nd	6 8 13 16 17
2024-03-17	14	2nd	2 8 38 40 45
2024-03-03	1	1st	8 16 18 28 37
2024-03-02	2	1st	8 24 27 32 42
2024-02-29	3	1st	8 15 22 23 38
2024-02-26	7	2nd	3 8 24 32 44
2024-02-19	6	1st	8 28 30 31 43
2024-02-13	11	3rd	3 7 8 24 36
2024-02-02	4	1st	8 10 32 36 44
2024-01-29	11	1st	8 9 36 39 44
2024-01-18	2	2nd	5 8 16 19 37
2024-01-16	15	2nd	3 8 10 30 39
2024-01-01	14	2nd	7 8 25 29 34
2023-12-18	6	2nd	3 8 10 12 26
2023-12-12	9	1st	8 21 38 41 43
2023-12-03	4	2nd	1 8 21 24 30
2023-11-29	4	2nd	4 8 22 29 40
2023-11-25	9	1st	8 9 15 16 20
2023-11-16	3	2nd	3 8 15 31 42
2023-11-13	3	4th	1 2 6 8 28
2023-11-10	2	1st	8 24 30 31 41
2023-11-08	6	1st	8 14 21 32 38
2023-11-02	3	2nd	6 8 23 24 25
2023-10-30	—	1st	8 15 21 27 36