Number 8

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

134times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.00σ

28draws waiting · a wait this long: 4% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

42longest completed wait · 66% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 134 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, +0.00σ. Each draw is independent: after 28 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 134 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 28 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 smallest61 · chance 65.2
2nd smallest56 · chance 53.7
3rd smallest16 · chance 13.8
4th smallest1 · chance 1.3
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 25 34 2 16 30

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
2026-07-06	29	2nd	2 8 32 40 41
2026-03-26	3	1st	8 15 20 43 45
2026-03-16	23	2nd	2 8 29 34 43
2025-12-25	12	2nd	5 8 30

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.

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