Number 18

In Saturday Lotto under the 6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009 rules — 928 draws, 6 from 1–45.

130times drawn · chance expected 124 +0.61σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.5

29longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 130 times in 928 draws against 123.7 expected, +0.61σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 44 times, counted separately.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 130 times in 928 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 29 · waiting 1 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 smallest12 · chance 9.7
2nd smallest30 · chance 35.7
3rd smallest51 · chance 47.6
4th smallest27 · chance 28.6
5th smallest10 · chance 7.7
6th smallest0 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 13 15 38 16 19

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 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
2026-10-03	22	2nd	9 18 20 32 39 45
2026-05-02	2	2nd	9 18 19 29 34 45
2026-04-18	26	3rd	3 8 18 39 40 41
2025-10-18	5	3rd

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 6/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2022-11-12	10	4th	3 6 12 18 31 35
2022-09-03	10	4th	3 6 10 18 21 39
2022-06-25	16	3rd	6 16 18 20 25 36
2022-03-05	2	3rd	2 16 18 19 30 40
2022-02-19	19	3rd	1 5 18 20 23 34
2021-10-09	3	1st	18 22 24 34 40 42
2021-09-18	7	4th	5 6 15 18 36 43
2021-07-31	13	3rd	13 16 18 32 33 41
2021-05-01	22	3rd	5 14 18 22 31 42
2020-11-28	16	2nd	10 18 20 34 35 37
2020-08-08	3	4th	1 11 17 18 34 42
2020-07-18	6	2nd	2 18 21 22 35 43
2020-06-06	5	3rd	3 10 18 19 22 27
2020-05-02	16	4th	10 14 16 18 31 43
2020-01-11	3	3rd	11 17 18 20 37 41
2019-12-21	9	1st	18 23 28 30 35 37
2019-10-19	3	1st	18 21 26 39 41 43
2019-09-28	10	3rd	4 11 18 20 22 41
2019-07-20	1	4th	2 8 12 18 30 42
2019-07-13	1	3rd	5 16 18 22 36 41
2019-07-06	3	2nd	15 18 23 30 41 44
2019-06-15	3	2nd	8 18 24 39 41 42
2019-05-25	5	3rd	1 11 18 29 35 44
2019-04-20	1	4th	9 14 16 18 20 36
2019-04-13	8	2nd	16 18 19 21 22 25
2019-02-16	3	1st	18 19 26 27 38 43
2019-01-26	3	2nd	8 18 19 36 38 42
2019-01-05	7	2nd	3 18 20 24 26 34
2018-11-17	12	2nd	6 18 19 26 30 31
2018-08-25	7	3rd	5 15 18 29 31 35
2018-07-07	2	3rd	1 6 18 23 29 43
2018-06-23	10	3rd	9 10 18 31 35 41
2018-04-14	20	5th	7 9 10 17 18 38
2017-11-25	2	3rd	4 6 18 31 36 44
2017-11-11	4	1st	18 19 27 30 38 43
2017-10-14	1	3rd	6 13 18 25 34 39
2017-10-07	13	4th	7 13 15 18 31 34
2017-07-08	1	2nd	11 18 22 24 26 33
2017-07-01	5	3rd	6 10 18 19 32 36
2017-05-27	5	3rd	15 17 18 24 42 45
2017-04-22	7	3rd	11 13 18 21 24 30
2017-03-04	3	4th	9 12 15 18 28 34
2017-02-11	6	2nd	3 18 41 42 43 45
2016-12-31	2	4th	4 11 16 18 31 40
2016-12-17	2	3rd	8 17 18 29 36 42
2016-12-03	1	3rd	10 11 18 26 39 44
2016-11-26	2	1st	18 19 27 29 38 45
2016-11-12	7	4th	1 3 12 18 22 38
2016-09-24	1	3rd	11 12 18 25 34 45
2016-09-17	1	5th	3 8 9 12 18 27
2016-09-10	2	5th	5 7 9 13 18 27
2016-08-27	20	4th	4 5 13 18 25 34
2016-04-09	6	3rd	3 6 18 21 23 41
2016-02-27	7	3rd	3 5 18 21 22 38
2016-01-09	5	2nd	2 18 20 25 30 36
2015-12-05	1	2nd	15 18 28 32 40 42
2015-11-28	5	4th	1 9 17 18 24 34
2015-10-24	8	3rd	1 15 18 29 37 40
2015-08-29	1	2nd	11 18 26 27 37 39
2015-08-22	16	3rd	4 13 18 27 30 36
2015-05-02	2	3rd	6 15 18 23 35 43
2015-04-18	3	4th	4 14 16 18 26 27
2015-03-28	12	4th	13 16 17 18 25 29
2015-01-03	5	1st	18 21 35 38 39 43
2014-11-29	15	1st	18 28 31 36 41 42
2014-08-16	18	5th	2 3 15 16 18 24
2014-04-12	3	2nd	13 18 20 21 28 45
2014-03-22	29	3rd	4 12 18 19 29 33
2013-08-31	3	2nd	15 18 26 28 39 41
2013-08-10	7	2nd	8 18 21 23 27 37
2013-06-22	8	3rd	13 17 18 20 21 43
2013-04-27	8	3rd	8 15 18 33 40 43
2013-03-02	2	3rd	11 13 18 20 42 43
2013-02-16	2	5th	1 6 16 17 18 34
2013-02-02	17	2nd	5 18 29 31 44 45
2012-10-06	16	1st	18 20 23 32 40 42
2012-06-16	2	2nd	16 18 25 35 36 40
2012-06-02	7	3rd	6 17 18 31 36 43
2012-04-14	7	4th	7 8 13 18 25 43
2012-02-25	6	3rd	12 14 18 19 30 38
2012-01-14	5	3rd	13 16 18 19 23 28
2011-12-10	1	2nd	9 18 29 32 33 41
2011-12-03	2	4th	2 9 13 18 26 44
2011-11-19	2	2nd	9 18 23 24 33 36
2011-11-05	3	4th	2 6 12 18 44 45
2011-10-15	1	3rd	8 12 18 21 24 30
2011-10-08	21	2nd	7 18 22 37 38 39
2011-05-14	4	3rd	4 10 18 22 31 45
2011-04-16	4	3rd	1 14 18 22 23 29
2011-03-19	14	5th	2 6 7 8 18 21
2010-12-11	12	3rd	10 16 18 26 32 33
2010-09-18	18	2nd	7 18 31 35 40 44
2010-05-15	3	5th	4 6 13 15 18 35
2010-04-24	3	4th	4 5 12 18 20 25
2010-04-03	4	2nd	12 18 21 22 33 38
2010-03-06	2	2nd	4 18 21 24 28 41
2010-02-20	4	3rd	1 13 18 33 36 37
2010-01-23	2	4th	8 13 15 18 29 38
2010-01-09	14	3rd	6 8 18 20 36 45
2009-10-03	7	3rd	3 16 18 32 39 42
2009-08-15	12	2nd	1 18 28 30 37 43
2009-05-23	9	3rd	6 8 18 25 27 37
2009-03-21	6	3rd	3 13 18 19 29 38
2009-02-07	1	3rd	2 5 18 20 27 37
2009-01-31	1	4th	4 5 15 18 30 34
2009-01-24	—	1st	18 24 31 32 41 44