Number 8

In Megabucks under the 6/49 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 6 from 1–49.

221times drawn · chance expected 211 +0.73σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 77% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

50longest completed wait · 31% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 221 times in 1,724 draws against 211.1 expected, +0.73σ. 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 221 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 50 · 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 smallest98 · chance 96.7
2nd smallest102 · chance 91.5
3rd smallest20 · chance 28.9
4th smallest0 · chance 3.7
5th smallest1 · chance 0.2
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

43 13 16 30 40 49

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-30	6	1st	8 13 20 21 35 40
2026-09-09	11	1st	8 15 23 28 35 37
2026-08-01	6	2nd	7 8 9 28 34 37
2026-07-11	1	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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

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