Mega Millions · White ball profile

White ball 8 history and statistics

How number 8 has appeared across 937 Mega Millions drawings since the October 2017 format change.

08
Total appearances 74 66.9 expected by chance
Frequency rank #12 Out of 70 numbers
Last drawn Aug 28, 2026 15 drawings ago
Longest gap 49 Consecutive draws missed

What the numbers mean

Across 937 drawings, White ball 8 appeared 74 times. A perfectly fair draw would produce about 66.9 appearances, so this number is running 10.6% more than expected. That is well inside normal random variation for a dataset this size. On average that is 8.3 appearances per year.

Each drawing is independent. Nothing on this page changes the odds of White ball 8 being drawn next time—those odds are 5 in 70 every single draw, regardless of history.

Recent performance

Number 8 by drawing range

1 Last 25 drawings
1 Last 50 drawings
4 Last 100 drawings

Appearance history

Most recent appearances

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