Number 8

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,227 draws, 5 from 1–42.

265times drawn · chance expected 265 −0.01σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

8.4average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

46longest completed wait · 59% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 265 times in 2,227 draws against 265.1 expected, −0.01σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 265 times in 2,227 draws · average wait 8.4 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 2 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 smallest114 · chance 121.4
2nd smallest112 · chance 109.6
3rd smallest38 · chance 30.8
4th smallest0 · chance 3.1
5th smallest1 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

21 4 31 15 3 41

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-09	5	1st	8 18 25 31 39
2026-10-04	12	2nd	1 8 10 20 32
2026-09-22	2	2nd	6 8 21 22 40
2026-09-20	23	3rd	1 7 8 15

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-21	8	1st	8 11 17 19 39
2026-04-13	5	2nd	7 8 13 18 20
2026-04-08	14	2nd	5 8 23 27 34
2026-03-25	4	2nd	1 8 20 28 39
2026-03-21	8	1st	8 15 26 36 38
2026-03-13	3	2nd	7 8 11 20 39
2026-03-10	2	1st	8 10 11 14 15
2026-03-08	18	3rd	3 4 8 13 31
2026-02-18	9	2nd	1 8 16 28 39
2026-02-09	1	2nd	6 8 24 32 37
2026-02-08	14	1st	8 13 27 38 42
2026-01-25	1	2nd	4 8 11 36 40
2026-01-24	9	1st	8 23 30 37 39
2026-01-15	3	2nd	4 8 19 25 41
2026-01-12	2	1st	8 14 22 24 37
2026-01-10	25	2nd	3 8 20 28 33
2025-12-16	8	1st	8 22 23 28 35
2025-12-08	21	1st	8 9 21 33 37
2025-11-17	43	2nd	7 8 18 38 40
2025-10-05	10	2nd	2 8 23 26 32
2025-09-25	18	1st	8 11 19 31 39
2025-09-07	12	1st	8 13 17 20 31
2025-08-26	2	2nd	4 8 11 31 39
2025-08-24	6	2nd	5 8 9 19 24
2025-08-18	13	1st	8 14 18 25 38
2025-08-05	8	3rd	2 4 8 21 32
2025-07-28	4	1st	8 18 21 32 34
2025-07-24	13	1st	8 9 11 18 38
2025-07-11	11	1st	8 15 23 35 41
2025-06-30	7	2nd	7 8 17 22 39
2025-06-23	20	2nd	4 8 17 27 40
2025-06-03	8	3rd	2 7 8 18 22
2025-05-26	4	1st	8 11 12 16 35
2025-05-22	6	3rd	4 7 8 12 38
2025-05-16	1	2nd	6 8 14 17 41
2025-05-15	2	2nd	5 8 10 36 37
2025-05-13	11	1st	8 23 24 36 41
2025-05-02	21	1st	8 17 33 39 42
2025-04-11	2	3rd	3 4 8 18 42
2025-04-09	3	2nd	3 8 18 35 42
2025-04-06	12	2nd	2 8 11 15 31
2025-03-25	2	3rd	3 5 8 18 31
2025-03-23	2	3rd	2 5 8 11 36
2025-03-21	2	2nd	1 8 14 29 41
2025-03-19	7	1st	8 16 17 28 38
2025-03-12	9	2nd	7 8 17 24 40
2025-03-03	4	1st	8 12 17 18 27
2025-02-27	20	1st	8 13 14 36 39
2025-02-07	1	1st	8 11 21 33 42
2025-02-06	4	1st	8 11 14 39 41
2025-02-02	10	1st	8 9 22 23 32
2025-01-23	3	2nd	7 8 24 27 30
2025-01-20	14	1st	8 27 31 33 42
2025-01-06	9	1st	8 23 26 32 35
2024-12-28	13	3rd	1 6 8 22 42
2024-12-15	4	2nd	4 8 17 21 29
2024-12-11	4	3rd	3 5 8 19 26
2024-12-07	4	2nd	6 8 18 20 24
2024-12-03	14	1st	8 10 25 39 42
2024-11-19	4	1st	8 10 28 31 37
2024-11-15	3	2nd	3 8 13 24 40
2024-11-12	35	1st	8 12 14 19 32
2024-10-08	5	3rd	1 7 8 13 15
2024-10-03	6	1st	8 23 28 31 42
2024-09-27	1	2nd	6 8 11 20 21
2024-09-26	3	1st	8 20 24 25 40
2024-09-23	7	2nd	1 8 10 16 28
2024-09-16	1	2nd	4 8 10 17 42
2024-09-15	5	1st	8 10 17 40 42
2024-09-10	5	3rd	2 5 8 23 27
2024-09-05	1	1st	8 12 27 35 41
2024-09-04	3	1st	8 13 18 31 35
2024-09-01	30	2nd	6 8 34 35 38
2024-08-02	1	1st	8 27 32 33 34
2024-08-01	5	3rd	1 3 8 39 41
2024-07-27	9	1st	8 14 15 25 26
2024-07-18	22	1st	8 10 17 36 37
2024-06-26	1	2nd	1 8 22 24 35
2024-06-25	33	3rd	5 6 8 30 41
2024-05-23	10	1st	8 14 16 20 22
2024-05-13	2	1st	8 22 23 35 42
2024-05-11	5	1st	8 10 12 15 18
2024-05-06	9	1st	8 11 15 20 41
2024-04-27	6	1st	8 31 34 37 41
2024-04-21	14	3rd	1 4 8 15 21
2024-04-07	9	3rd	3 7 8 10 20
2024-03-29	3	1st	8 29 32 36 41
2024-03-26	2	1st	8 13 21 24 42
2024-03-24	3	1st	8 26 38 39 41
2024-03-21	27	2nd	6 8 28 31 37
2024-02-23	21	1st	8 10 20 32 39
2024-02-02	2	2nd	4 8 36 39 40
2024-01-31	4	3rd	3 4 8 20 22
2024-01-27	3	2nd	6 8 20 35 40
2024-01-24	15	2nd	3 8 16 21 23
2024-01-09	15	1st	8 12 15 19 30
2023-12-25	6	2nd	2 8 10 36 40
2023-12-19	4	2nd	4 8 10 36 42
2023-12-15	3	1st	8 11 14 31 40
2023-12-12	12	1st	8 26 27 28 29
2023-11-30	5	2nd	1 8 35 36 41
2023-11-25	2	1st	8 11 12 25 30
2023-11-23	15	1st	8 12 16 21 33
2023-11-08	6	1st	8 11 19 33 39
2023-11-02	1	3rd	1 2 8 12 31
2023-11-01	9	1st	8 10 14 19 20
2023-10-23	30	2nd	1 8 24 26 35
2023-09-23	5	3rd	3 6 8 21 29
2023-09-18	2	1st	8 12 14 25 29
2023-09-16	3	2nd	4 8 18 22 25
2023-09-13	2	2nd	2 8 16 31 33
2023-09-11	4	1st	8 16 17 29 41
2023-09-07	8	2nd	3 8 11 35 42
2023-08-30	13	2nd	2 8 31 33 36
2023-08-17	1	3rd	2 7 8 31 34
2023-08-16	5	2nd	4 8 18 26 36
2023-08-11	7	1st	8 16 19 32 41
2023-08-04	17	2nd	1 8 13 32 40
2023-07-18	8	2nd	6 8 21 31 35
2023-07-10	11	2nd	3 8 17 24 37
2023-06-29	2	2nd	7 8 11 25 42
2023-06-27	7	2nd	2 8 16 19 21
2023-06-20	13	2nd	4 8 10 22 37
2023-06-07	6	3rd	1 3 8 22 40
2023-06-01	4	1st	8 20 35 39 42
2023-05-28	3	2nd	6 8 11 33 34
2023-05-25	5	2nd	4 8 22 37 39
2023-05-20	5	2nd	2 8 12 16 20
2023-05-15	5	1st	8 14 38 39 42
2023-05-10	1	1st	8 10 15 23 29
2023-05-09	8	3rd	1 3 8 28 40
2023-05-01	21	1st	8 24 31 34 41
2023-04-10	2	2nd	7 8 9 36 38
2023-04-08	7	3rd	1 7 8 15 17
2023-04-01	5	1st	8 21 27 36 40
2023-03-27	1	2nd	5 8 18 21 37
2023-03-26	7	1st	8 10 17 19 32
2023-03-19	7	2nd	5 8 22 26 41
2023-03-12	44	2nd	1 8 16 22 31
2023-01-27	4	1st	8 14 19 24 30
2023-01-23	1	2nd	5 8 9 17 35
2023-01-22	16	1st	8 9 14 29 39
2023-01-06	11	3rd	3 5 8 36 37
2022-12-26	9	2nd	1 8 19 25 42
2022-12-17	5	2nd	3 8 28 29 32
2022-12-12	3	2nd	4 8 21 30 42
2022-12-09	10	2nd	2 8 9 25 28
2022-11-29	1	3rd	3 4 8 9 11
2022-11-28	3	2nd	7 8 15 17 30
2022-11-25	6	1st	8 9 27 40 42
2022-11-19	6	1st	8 9 11 29 41
2022-11-13	4	1st	8 15 25 28 30
2022-11-09	10	1st	8 16 18 27 36
2022-10-30	6	1st	8 22 31 37 38
2022-10-24	46	1st	8 21 30 36 40
2022-09-08	2	1st	8 9 13 31 36
2022-09-06	20	2nd	1 8 15 18 29
2022-08-17	2	1st	8 18 30 35 37
2022-08-15	19	1st	8 9 14 19 26
2022-07-27	15	1st	8 14 17 28 37
2022-07-12	9	2nd	4 8 14 19 29
2022-07-03	5	1st	8 13 19 28 35
2022-06-28	6	1st	8 17 26 29 38
2022-06-22	3	1st	8 24 27 31 38
2022-06-19	7	2nd	3 8 12 21 34
2022-06-12	15	2nd	3 8 13 17 37
2022-05-28	4	2nd	1 8 23 30 38
2022-05-24	2	3rd	4 6 8 30 42
2022-05-22	1	2nd	6 8 22 24 37
2022-05-21	4	3rd	5 7 8 15 26
2022-05-17	2	1st	8 11 19 29 41
2022-05-15	3	2nd	3 8 9 30 38
2022-05-12	11	2nd	7 8 10 12 28
2022-05-01	18	2nd	3 8 10 21 22
2022-04-13	2	3rd	5 7 8 24 28
2022-04-11	2	1st	8 27 32 34 36
2022-04-09	1	1st	8 19 21 22 24
2022-04-08	5	3rd	2 6 8 16 42
2022-04-03	12	1st	8 14 16 22 42
2022-03-22	3	3rd	4 7 8 9 35
2022-03-19	1	1st	8 13 24 26 41
2022-03-18	27	2nd	4 8 15 35 40
2022-02-19	7	2nd	1 8 19 25 41
2022-02-12	10	3rd	3 5 8 23 34
2022-02-02	16	1st	8 15 16 21 26
2022-01-17	6	1st	8 18 19 21 29
2022-01-11	17	2nd	4 8 16 21 27
2021-12-25	10	1st	8 21 30 33 34
2021-12-15	8	2nd	2 8 13 21 40
2021-12-07	4	2nd	5 8 13 24 35
2021-12-03	7	1st	8 12 28 37 38
2021-11-26	20	1st	8 19 34 36 40
2021-11-06	1	3rd	3 5 8 25 31
2021-11-05	16	1st	8 13 29 32 34
2021-10-20	12	2nd	4 8 31 38 40
2021-10-08	2	2nd	7 8 26 35 36
2021-10-06	2	3rd	2 5 8 27 34
2021-10-04	4	2nd	4 8 15 23 31
2021-09-30	9	2nd	5 8 22 32 33
2021-09-21	12	1st	8 11 16 24 25
2021-09-09	2	3rd	3 7 8 16 25
2021-09-07	1	2nd	3 8 21 39 40
2021-09-06	10	2nd	2 8 14 20 23
2021-08-27	4	1st	8 15 22 30 41
2021-08-23	6	1st	8 18 23 29 40
2021-08-17	6	2nd	5 8 27 34 40
2021-08-11	8	1st	8 14 16 20 28
2021-08-03	11	2nd	3 8 26 28 39
2021-07-23	1	1st	8 14 23 31 34
2021-07-22	8	1st	8 24 31 32 40
2021-07-14	6	1st	8 9 13 24 27
2021-07-08	7	2nd	2 8 16 27 41
2021-07-01	4	1st	8 13 15 21 24
2021-06-27	20	2nd	2 8 32 39 41
2021-06-07	7	1st	8 16 20 25 37
2021-05-31	8	3rd	1 4 8 37 41
2021-05-23	10	3rd	2 4 8 12 41
2021-05-13	10	2nd	2 8 15 31 38
2021-05-03	8	2nd	5 8 14 22 35
2021-04-25	25	2nd	4 8 26 31 37
2021-03-31	5	2nd	6 8 19 23 30
2021-03-26	3	1st	8 10 27 32 35
2021-03-23	20	1st	8 21 33 34 37
2021-03-03	8	2nd	1 8 10 28 35
2021-02-23	1	2nd	3 8 15 20 41
2021-02-22	11	2nd	4 8 9 11 36
2021-02-11	17	2nd	4 8 33 36 41
2021-01-25	27	1st	8 20 22 33 40
2020-12-29	21	1st	8 19 30 33 37
2020-12-08	12	1st	8 12 31 35 37
2020-11-26	9	2nd	1 8 22 27 36
2020-11-17	4	3rd	2 7 8 16 33
2020-11-13	6	2nd	3 8 15 17 33
2020-11-07	5	1st	8 10 14 21 35
2020-11-02	6	1st	8 9 33 35 39
2020-10-27	15	1st	8 11 21 24 27
2020-10-12	8	2nd	4 8 17 21 37
2020-10-04	4	1st	8 14 15 23 30
2020-09-30	1	2nd	1 8 10 26 37
2020-09-29	5	1st	8 15 18 21 40
2020-09-24	—	2nd	4 8 17 22 31