If, after the occurrence of the event, the "clock" for the next starts, and the arrival time between events is independent, then you have a Renewal Process.
Let $t$ be the unknown time passed, $N(t)$ the number of occurrences prior to time $t$, which you observe, $\mu$ the expected time between events, and $\sigma^2$ is the variance of time between events. For your problem, we have $\mu = 7.5$ and $\sigma^2 = \frac{25}{12}$.
You can estimate the number of by computing $\frac{N(t)}{7.5}$, but this value alone lacks variability. It is better to also provide a confidence interval. In what follows, we will see one way to obtain an approximate interval, give you a general formula, and an example.
Obtaining an approximate confidence interval
If you look at the asymptotic part in wikipedia (actually, you will need to consult the Grimmet reference, wikipedia is missing information), it states that
$$ f(t) = \frac{N(t) - t/\mu}{\sqrt{t\sigma^2/\mu^3}} \overset{D}{\longrightarrow} \mathcal{N}(0, 1), \quad \mbox{as}\quad t \longrightarrow \infty\quad.$$
From this, assuming enough time has passed, we can construct a $1-\alpha$ confidence interval for $t$, the time passed.
For simplification, write $N(t) = n$, $a = \frac{n\mu^{3/2}}{(\sigma^2)^{1/2}}$ and $b = \left(\frac{\mu}{\sigma^2}\right)^{1/2}$. Then we get
$$ f(t) = \frac{a}{\sqrt{t}} - b\sqrt{t} \quad.$$
If $z_{1-\alpha/2}$ is the $1-\alpha/2$ quantile for the normal, then the theorem asserts that
$$\mathbb{P}(-z_{1-\alpha/2} \leq f(t) \leq z_{1-\alpha/2}) \approx 1-\alpha \quad.$$
To get a CI for $t$, we observe that $f$ has a inverse function given by
$$g(t) = \left(\frac{-t+\sqrt{t^2 + 4ab}}{2b}\right)^2 \quad.$$
Applying $g$ on all members and inverting the inequalities since $g$ is decreasing, we have
$$\mathbb{P}(g(z_{1-\alpha/2}) \leq t \leq g(-z_{1-\alpha/2}) ) \approx 1-\alpha \quad.$$
Therefore, the CI is given by $[g(z_{1-\alpha/2}), g(-z_{1-\alpha/2)})]$.
Substituting the values, the final formula for the approximate confidence interval of level $1-\alpha$ is
$$ \left[\left(\frac{-z_{1-\alpha/2}+\sqrt{z_{1-\alpha/2}^2 + 4ab}}{2b}\right)^2, \left(\frac{z_{1-\alpha/2}+\sqrt{z_{1-\alpha/2}^2 + 4ab }}{2b}\right)^2 \right] \quad. $$
I know the formula seems massive, but now you only need to plug the values.
Simple examples
Assume you observed $n = 26$ occurrences. How much time has passed? Well, your point estimation gives you $\hat{t} = n\times 7.5 = 195$. If you plug the values for $a$, $b$, $n$ and consider a $95$% confidence interval, you get the confidence interval $[181.1, 210]$.
If $n = 100$, then your estimate would be $\hat{t} = 750$, and the confidence interval would be $[722.2, 778.8]$.
Finally, a graphic displaying how the confidence interval varies with the number of occurrences. The black line shows the estimated time, and the red dashed lines are the confidence interval endpoints.
Best Answer
Could be a Binomial B(n,p) with n very large and p very small. In such cases you can also have a look to the "law of rare events" which is a Poisson(np) simpler to manage than a Binomial. Look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution#Law_of_rare_events