Number 8

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

84times drawn · chance expected 87 −0.28σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

45longest completed wait · 55% chance of one at least that long

8 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 84 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, −0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 8, draw by draw

Drawn 84 times in 865 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 6 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 smallest41 · chance 44.4
2nd smallest34 · chance 31.9
3rd smallest7 · chance 7.2
4th smallest2 · chance 0.6
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

15 3 6 25 26 36

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 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 50. 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
2026-09-18	3	4th	2 4 6 8 43
2026-09-08	9	2nd	4 8 13 37 49
2026-08-07	4	1st	8 22 31 39 40
2026-07-24	13	2nd	4 8 13 22

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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