← Lotto 6/498
Appearances of number 8 over 4440 draws: appeared in 537 of 4440 draws.
Number 8
537 appearances in Lotto 6/49 history
- Appearances
- 537
- % of draws
- 12.09%
- Current gap
- 3
- Average gap
- 8.27
- Median gap
- 6
- Max gap
- 57
- First seen
- Jun 19, 1982
- Last seen
- Aug 1, 2026
Could this absence happen by chance?
How the observed value compares with real history and with fair, independent random draws.
- Current absence (draws)
- 3
- Within real history
- 74.4%
- of historical values were ≥ observed
- In simulated random history
- 100.0%
- of 40 simulated histories (seed 20260601)
A gap this long is common — it occurred in 74% of comparable cases. Nothing unusual here.
Past frequency never changes the odds of a future draw — this only describes how remarkable the observation is.
Position breakdown
How often number 8 landed in each sorted slot of the 6 drawn numbers — 1st = lowest drawn number, 6th = highest.
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| 1st | 221 |
| 2nd | 233 |
| 3rd | 72 |
| 4th | 11 |
| 5th | 0 |
| 6th | 0 |
| Sorted position | Appearances | % of appearances |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 221 | 41.2% |
| 2nd | 233 | 43.4% |
| 3rd | 72 | 13.4% |
| 4th | 11 | 2.0% |
| 5th | 0 | 0.0% |
| 6th | 0 | 0.0% |
Appearance timeline
Every draw in the dataset, oldest to newest — a peak means number 8 was drawn.
Recent appearances
- Aug 1, 2026View →
- Jul 29, 2026View →
- Jul 25, 2026View →
- Mar 11, 2026View →
- Jan 28, 2026View →
- Dec 27, 2025View →
- Dec 17, 2025View →
- Nov 15, 2025View →
- Oct 25, 2025View →
- Jul 26, 2025View →
- Jun 25, 2025View →
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- Jun 14, 2025View →
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- May 24, 2025View →
Showing the most recent 15 of 537 appearances.
Most co-drawn with 8
- 76× together834
- 70× together83
- 69× together837
- 69× together840
- 68× together87
- 67× together812
- 66× together822
- 64× together839
- 64× together843
- 63× together831