Number 18

In MegaDice Lotto under the 6/39 + 1/39 · since Sep 2024 rules — 733 draws, 6 from 1–39.

116times drawn · chance expected 113 +0.33σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 37% for any number

6.2average wait between appearances · chance says 6.5

38longest completed wait · 21% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 116 times in 733 draws against 112.8 expected, +0.33σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 31 times, counted separately.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 116 times in 733 draws · average wait 6.2 draws · longest completed wait 38 · waiting 7 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 smallest3 · chance 4.7
2nd smallest27 · chance 23.5
3rd smallest41 · chance 41.8
4th smallest39 · chance 33.0
5th smallest5 · chance 11.6
6th smallest1 · chance 1.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 33 13 15 37 16

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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
2026-10-04	8	4th	1 8 13 18 20 33
2026-09-26	8	6th	1 2 11 15 16 18
2026-09-18	1	3rd	2 12 18 20 22 33
2026-09-17

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 6/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-27	1	3rd	9 10 18 19 38 39
2026-05-26	8	2nd	4 18 20 23 25 27
2026-05-18	10	3rd	9 17 18 19 28 29
2026-05-08	1	3rd	7 15 18 19 24 30
2026-05-07	21	3rd	14 17 18 26 29 39
2026-04-16	11	4th	7 14 17 18 31 34
2026-04-05	4	5th	1 5 6 11 18 38
2026-04-01	1	3rd	13 15 18 22 27 28
2026-03-31	9	2nd	6 18 23 24 34 39
2026-03-22	6	2nd	14 18 21 22 29 36
2026-03-16	2	1st	18 20 22 23 25 37
2026-03-14	4	2nd	7 18 21 24 31 37
2026-03-10	6	4th	3 4 16 18 23 36
2026-03-04	12	4th	9 16 17 18 26 38
2026-02-20	3	3rd	2 7 18 35 37 38
2026-02-17	1	4th	1 9 15 18 26 29
2026-02-16	1	4th	3 12 16 18 24 28
2026-02-15	9	2nd	15 18 26 30 35 39
2026-02-06	3	5th	6 7 12 15 18 31
2026-02-03	4	4th	6 7 10 18 25 33
2026-01-30	3	4th	8 12 13 18 20 25
2026-01-27	7	3rd	9 17 18 26 33 37
2026-01-20	20	4th	7 11 17 18 32 37
2025-12-31	2	4th	2 9 15 18 24 25
2025-12-29	1	4th	9 10 16 18 22 38
2025-12-28	5	4th	5 12 13 18 19 32
2025-12-23	4	2nd	6 18 20 25 32 35
2025-12-19	38	2nd	16 18 23 30 34 35
2025-11-03	5	4th	4 12 16 18 30 36
2025-10-29	5	1st	18 20 26 35 37 39
2025-10-24	4	3rd	8 13 18 27 32 37
2025-10-19	2	2nd	10 18 21 23 24 31
2025-10-17	3	3rd	7 9 18 20 24 39
2025-10-14	14	4th	2 3 11 18 26 28
2025-09-26	3	3rd	3 16 18 21 35 37
2025-09-23	1	2nd	13 18 22 24 32 35
2025-09-22	11	2nd	6 18 23 25 34 39
2025-09-11	6	3rd	4 5 18 30 31 38
2025-09-05	23	2nd	2 18 23 30 33 35
2025-08-13	5	4th	3 14 15 18 28 31
2025-08-08	7	4th	4 7 17 18 23 27
2025-08-01	10	2nd	5 18 24 31 33 36
2025-07-22	12	4th	5 10 11 18 19 36
2025-07-10	3	3rd	5 16 18 27 31 39
2025-07-07	1	4th	3 11 14 18 19 33
2025-07-06	1	2nd	2 18 27 28 31 34
2025-07-05	1	4th	1 4 17 18 19 34
2025-07-04	2	4th	10 13 16 18 30 37
2025-07-02	14	3rd	7 12 18 20 25 31
2025-06-18	9	2nd	6 18 28 32 33 35
2025-06-09	26	2nd	12 18 22 30 35 39
2025-05-14	17	3rd	2 13 18 20 23 33
2025-04-27	9	2nd	12 18 21 23 27 34
2025-04-18	1	3rd	4 12 18 31 33 37
2025-04-17	1	3rd	6 11 18 24 25 37
2025-04-16	2	4th	2 9 13 18 21 29
2025-04-14	2	3rd	5 14 18 20 27 28
2025-04-12	1	4th	3 4 10 18 23 38
2025-04-11	3	3rd	8 14 18 25 37 38
2025-04-08	4	4th	6 12 16 18 22 34
2025-04-04	15	3rd	15 16 18 24 29 36
2025-03-20	2	3rd	7 9 18 31 33 36
2025-03-18	1	2nd	9 18 20 23 30 33
2025-03-17	11	3rd	7 15 18 32 36 39
2025-03-06	2	4th	2 6 8 18 27 31
2025-03-04	2	4th	1 13 14 18 20 29
2025-03-02	8	3rd	10 17 18 24 32 36
2025-02-22	3	4th	11 12 16 18 21 38
2025-02-19	6	3rd	8 15 18 21 23 24
2025-02-13	24	4th	10 15 17 18 20 23
2025-01-20	3	4th	3 5 15 18 19 36
2025-01-17	7	2nd	3 18 21 26 28 30
2025-01-10	2	3rd	11 14 18 23 27 35
2025-01-08	12	2nd	8 18 19 21 26 32
2024-12-27	4	2nd	6 18 20 21 22 24
2024-12-23	2	4th	2 5 15 18 25 27
2024-12-21	1	4th	10 13 14 18 25 37
2024-12-20	1	4th	6 13 15 18 32 37
2024-12-19	2	2nd	10 18 19 33 37 38
2024-12-17	13	4th	3 7 12 18 24 38
2024-12-04	10	3rd	3 15 18 22 25 39
2024-11-24	9	5th	2 5 6 9 18 29
2024-11-15	8	4th	2 12 14 18 27 34
2024-11-07	11	3rd	5 16 18 30 31 39
2024-10-27	4	3rd	13 15 18 23 33 34
2024-10-23	3	2nd	2 18 19 24 25 26
2024-10-20	2	3rd	6 13 18 30 32 35
2024-10-18	3	2nd	14 18 19 33 36 38
2024-10-15	5	3rd	11 15 18 23 26 38
2024-10-10	1	3rd	6 14 18 27 31 32
2024-10-09	1	3rd	10 15 18 25 27 33
2024-10-08	—	4th	3 8 13 18 31 38