Number 18

In Lotto Strike under the 4/45 · since Oct 2019 rules — 1,215 draws, 4 from 1–45.

91times drawn · chance expected 108 −1.71σ

15draws waiting · a wait this long: 27% for any number

13.3average wait between appearances · chance says 11.3

59longest completed wait · 33% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 91 times in 1,215 draws against 108.0 expected, −1.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 15 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 91 times in 1,215 draws · average wait 13.3 draws · longest completed wait 59 · waiting 15 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 18 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 smallest21 · chance 20.1
2nd smallest39 · chance 41.0
3rd smallest25 · chance 25.2
4th smallest6 · chance 4.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 19 30 41 10 25

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 18 is picked about 1.22× as often as an indifferent choice — 15th 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

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 18 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-16	8	2nd	13 18 31 37
2026-09-02	12	3rd	5 17 18 22
2026-08-12	1	2nd	5 18 25 33
2026-08-10	14	3rd	9 17 18 32
2026-07-17	24	2nd	3

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: 18 is drawn with probability 4/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-03-08	12	2nd	2 18 28 38
2025-02-15	7	2nd	8 18 19 41
2025-02-03	1	2nd	3 18 26 28
2025-02-01	12	4th	7 8 12 18
2025-01-11	12	2nd	6 18 19 29
2024-12-21	7	1st	18 27 38 44
2024-12-09	19	1st	18 30 39 40
2024-11-06	2	1st	18 30 39 42
2024-11-02	7	3rd	6 10 18 42
2024-10-21	4	2nd	4 18 22 25
2024-10-14	5	2nd	17 18 36 42
2024-10-05	47	2nd	13 18 24 30
2024-07-15	34	3rd	6 14 18 26
2024-05-15	14	2nd	4 18 41 42
2024-04-13	18	2nd	16 18 19 25
2024-03-02	16	2nd	15 18 19 30
2024-01-24	6	2nd	13 18 25 30
2024-01-10	27	3rd	9 16 18 44
2023-11-08	7	1st	18 19 29 34
2023-10-23	7	2nd	16 18 25 33
2023-10-07	11	1st	18 23 25 37
2023-09-11	7	2nd	8 18 28 42
2023-08-26	9	2nd	10 18 32 37
2023-08-05	1	2nd	1 18 24 43
2023-08-02	8	1st	18 27 35 37
2023-07-15	33	1st	18 25 32 39
2023-04-29	4	4th	4 15 16 18
2023-04-19	15	1st	18 33 42 44
2023-03-15	1	2nd	15 18 33 45
2023-03-13	23	2nd	4 18 29 44
2023-01-18	5	3rd	5 10 18 45
2023-01-07	24	3rd	2 17 18 38
2022-11-12	30	4th	3 6 12 18
2022-09-03	4	3rd	3 10 18 39
2022-08-24	22	2nd	10 18 21 44
2022-07-04	8	2nd	16 18 27 41
2022-06-15	7	2nd	4 18 23 24
2022-05-30	12	1st	18 21 26 36
2022-05-02	25	3rd	10 17 18 23
2022-03-05	6	1st	18 19 30 40
2022-02-19	34	3rd	1 5 18 34
2021-12-01	22	3rd	12 17 18 41
2021-10-11	1	1st	18 26 31 41
2021-10-09	2	1st	18 22 24 40
2021-10-04	45	2nd	16 18 39 43
2021-06-21	14	2nd	3 18 33 38
2021-05-19	25	2nd	8 18 29 43
2021-03-22	59	3rd	6 8 18 42
2020-11-04	9	2nd	14 18 20 27
2020-10-14	10	2nd	10 18 40 41
2020-09-21	19	2nd	1 18 22 35
2020-08-08	1	4th	1 11 17 18
2020-08-05	7	3rd	11 14 18 40
2020-07-20	15	4th	2 7 14 18
2020-06-15	4	2nd	15 18 27 36
2020-06-06	15	2nd	3 18 22 27
2020-05-02	16	3rd	10 16 18 43
2020-03-25	3	3rd	1 6 18 40
2020-03-18	1	3rd	14 15 18 19
2020-03-16	2	1st	18 33 40 44
2020-03-11	26	3rd	2 5 18 45
2020-01-11	5	2nd	17 18 37 41
2019-12-30	4	2nd	5 18 32 36
2019-12-21	16	1st	18 23 28 30
2019-11-13	1	1st	18 19 41 44
2019-11-11	6	3rd	5 17 18 21
2019-10-28	—	1st	18 30 38 43