Number 18

In La Primitiva under the 6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2013 rules — 1,643 draws, 6 from 1–49.

196times drawn · chance expected 201 −0.39σ

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

8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

38longest completed wait · 79% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 196 times in 1,643 draws against 201.2 expected, −0.39σ. 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 45 times, counted separately.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 196 times in 1,643 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 38 · 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 smallest32 · chance 19.4
2nd smallest58 · chance 61.2
3rd smallest63 · chance 70.0
4th smallest34 · chance 36.2
5th smallest6 · chance 8.4
6th smallest3 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 20.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

49 46 30 35 37 40

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-10-10	14	3rd	10 16 18 20 22 29
2026-09-07	30	1st	18 27 28 33 46 48
2026-06-29	1	2nd	17 18 24 25 43 47
2026-06-27	6	3rd	1

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-07-24	17	1st	18 19 24 28 32 44
2025-06-14	4	4th	4 6 8 18 28 42
2025-06-05	6	2nd	17 18 24 34 37 39
2025-05-22	6	4th	1 15 16 18 23 41
2025-05-08	3	1st	18 27 30 31 32 40
2025-05-01	8	1st	18 19 30 39 45 49
2025-04-12	6	3rd	5 15 18 24 42 45
2025-03-29	7	3rd	2 12 18 19 24 30
2025-03-13	5	2nd	11 18 28 33 43 47
2025-03-01	1	3rd	6 8 18 27 30 40
2025-02-27	8	3rd	1 14 18 35 45 49
2025-02-08	2	3rd	7 12 18 24 25 26
2025-02-03	38	3rd	13 14 18 20 40 42
2024-11-07	1	1st	18 32 40 45 46 49
2024-11-04	10	2nd	7 18 37 41 45 48
2024-10-12	19	4th	2 7 10 18 40 49
2024-08-29	10	4th	1 9 13 18 26 48
2024-08-05	1	2nd	11 18 36 41 44 49
2024-08-03	5	2nd	10 18 25 27 35 42
2024-07-22	16	4th	2 4 11 18 38 48
2024-06-15	5	1st	18 31 37 39 45 47
2024-06-03	12	2nd	14 18 35 37 47 49
2024-05-06	1	2nd	16 18 27 29 35 37
2024-05-04	8	6th	4 5 8 14 17 18
2024-04-15	2	1st	18 21 23 24 30 32
2024-04-11	12	3rd	4 9 18 38 41 47
2024-03-14	6	4th	1 7 10 18 41 43
2024-02-29	4	2nd	4 18 21 25 35 45
2024-02-19	3	3rd	3 13 18 31 33 35
2024-02-12	8	2nd	5 18 20 29 31 37
2024-01-25	9	2nd	14 18 23 26 32 41
2024-01-04	8	5th	3 7 8 17 18 35
2023-12-16	5	3rd	12 14 18 19 36 40
2023-12-04	7	3rd	7 11 18 24 44 49
2023-11-18	8	4th	7 8 14 18 36 43
2023-10-30	29	2nd	7 18 21 40 45 49
2023-08-24	3	2nd	13 18 38 39 42 46
2023-08-17	22	6th	2 8 11 12 16 18
2023-06-26	7	3rd	3 5 18 32 34 36
2023-06-10	2	4th	1 10 14 18 38 44
2023-06-05	4	2nd	9 18 20 23 38 49
2023-05-27	4	3rd	2 17 18 24 25 46
2023-05-18	20	4th	3 8 9 18 46 49
2023-04-01	10	3rd	9 13 18 27 39 40
2023-03-09	1	2nd	3 18 31 35 41 49
2023-03-06	12	4th	1 6 16 18 21 43
2023-02-06	2	2nd	5 18 20 25 26 29
2023-02-02	20	4th	2 8 10 18 20 33
2022-12-17	17	2nd	12 18 35 39 43 48
2022-11-07	12	1st	18 26 28 37 44 47
2022-10-10	25	3rd	1 6 18 19 40 42
2022-08-13	5	1st	18 25 27 29 38 39
2022-08-01	10	3rd	3 17 18 33 43 49
2022-07-09	6	2nd	17 18 21 22 23 44
2022-06-18	7	1st	18 26 30 33 39 41
2022-05-26	1	2nd	2 18 30 31 34 43
2022-05-21	4	3rd	2 8 18 35 48 49
2022-05-07	3	3rd	8 16 18 21 23 41
2022-04-28	4	1st	18 20 28 32 37 47
2022-04-14	6	2nd	1 18 29 40 41 48
2022-03-24	11	3rd	4 13 18 22 36 46
2022-02-12	6	2nd	2 18 31 40 43 45
2022-01-22	1	2nd	6 18 27 28 32 33
2022-01-20	2	4th	3 11 17 18 39 46
2022-01-13	2	4th	12 16 17 18 40 45
2022-01-06	10	2nd	11 18 34 40 47 48
2021-12-02	1	4th	1 5 10 18 28 30
2021-11-27	1	5th	2 4 6 13 18 19
2021-11-25	10	2nd	17 18 28 29 36 49
2021-10-21	3	3rd	9 10 18 20 30 46
2021-10-09	13	3rd	6 14 18 29 45 46
2021-08-26	2	3rd	2 3 18 30 35 47
2021-08-19	13	3rd	4 13 18 28 33 40
2021-07-03	16	3rd	5 10 18 19 34 35
2021-05-08	9	4th	4 7 10 18 27 31
2021-04-08	4	2nd	10 18 26 35 41 48
2021-03-25	22	2nd	5 18 19 26 39 49
2021-01-07	8	1st	18 24 32 33 35 46
2020-12-10	24	4th	9 12 13 18 22 36
2020-09-17	1	2nd	8 18 19 20 36 40
2020-09-12	11	2nd	5 18 25 28 35 46
2020-08-06	7	1st	18 23 33 35 36 41
2020-07-11	4	4th	6 7 14 18 25 34
2020-06-27	3	1st	18 28 33 38 46 49
2020-06-18	6	4th	9 15 17 18 37 46
2020-05-28	8	1st	18 24 28 31 42 49
2020-02-27	2	2nd	16 18 24 25 34 42
2020-02-20	8	3rd	3 15 18 23 31 39
2020-01-23	2	3rd	2 17 18 19 38 40
2020-01-16	9	4th	1 12 17 18 30 46
2019-12-14	3	3rd	6 16 18 30 32 41
2019-12-05	9	3rd	1 17 18 40 41 43
2019-11-02	31	2nd	5 18 26 28 46 47
2019-07-18	7	1st	18 23 24 33 45 48
2019-06-22	2	5th	1 2 3 12 18 27
2019-06-15	7	3rd	12 15 18 21 32 43
2019-05-23	10	4th	11 14 16 18 39 41
2019-04-18	1	1st	18 19 25 29 32 41
2019-04-13	23	2nd	15 18 21 29 40 47
2019-01-24	16	4th	2 5 14 18 35 49
2018-11-29	14	2nd	8 18 26 40 44 49
2018-10-11	4	2nd	2 18 24 26 27 30
2018-09-27	9	4th	4 10 17 18 21 42
2018-08-25	7	3rd	8 17 18 34 41 49
2018-08-02	3	2nd	10 18 25 37 38 49
2018-07-21	2	2nd	2 18 24 28 33 36
2018-07-14	8	4th	2 12 16 18 27 40
2018-06-16	1	3rd	9 11 18 29 30 43
2018-06-14	12	2nd	7 18 35 40 41 49
2018-05-03	6	3rd	2 17 18 28 35 40
2018-04-12	5	3rd	7 12 18 34 35 41
2018-03-24	4	2nd	17 18 21 23 27 48
2018-03-10	6	2nd	4 18 20 25 30 49
2018-02-17	3	2nd	9 18 19 22 31 38
2018-02-08	38	2nd	12 18 19 24 32 42
2017-09-28	1	2nd	13 18 28 29 30 33
2017-09-23	3	3rd	9 15 18 23 37 41
2017-09-14	2	4th	4 7 16 18 23 36
2017-09-07	1	3rd	1 14 18 19 26 37
2017-09-02	12	3rd	1 4 18 37 40 49
2017-07-22	12	1st	18 21 27 37 38 40
2017-06-10	4	1st	18 19 22 29 35 45
2017-05-27	1	1st	18 25 26 29 30 39
2017-05-25	15	1st	18 21 28 32 34 42
2017-04-01	15	3rd	6 8 18 22 26 36
2017-02-09	15	2nd	5 18 30 33 37 45
2016-12-17	17	2nd	11 18 31 34 35 45
2016-10-20	2	4th	5 7 15 18 20 21
2016-10-13	6	3rd	1 5 18 21 32 36
2016-09-22	23	3rd	9 15 18 42 43 49
2016-07-02	15	5th	4 14 15 16 18 40
2016-05-12	1	1st	18 22 23 25 42 44
2016-05-07	15	4th	4 5 16 18 21 36
2016-03-17	10	4th	8 11 12 18 36 44
2016-02-11	14	3rd	2 12 18 34 37 46
2015-12-24	8	2nd	3 18 26 37 39 42
2015-11-26	17	3rd	1 13 18 19 39 45
2015-09-26	24	1st	18 19 26 35 46 49
2015-07-04	1	1st	18 19 28 45 46 49
2015-07-02	12	1st	18 21 32 36 45 46
2015-05-21	1	3rd	8 9 18 30 33 49
2015-05-16	8	2nd	2 18 20 35 43 44
2015-04-18	5	4th	4 6 17 18 36 38
2015-04-02	6	3rd	5 14 18 30 46 48
2015-03-12	4	1st	18 19 30 34 43 45
2015-02-26	10	2nd	5 18 20 22 30 37
2015-01-22	3	2nd	14 18 20 25 38 44
2015-01-10	7	1st	18 27 37 41 42 49
2014-12-18	4	2nd	8 18 31 36 41 43
2014-12-04	8	2nd	9 18 22 23 34 35
2014-11-06	11	3rd	3 5 18 22 25 30
2014-09-27	1	5th	1 10 13 14 18 24
2014-09-25	3	3rd	8 12 18 37 47 49
2014-09-13	6	4th	3 12 13 18 38 44
2014-08-23	7	2nd	3 18 27 28 32 45
2014-07-31	4	2nd	2 18 40 42 43 46
2014-07-17	2	2nd	4 18 23 26 28 37
2014-07-10	3	3rd	11 17 18 29 38 40
2014-06-28	13	2nd	15 18 30 39 45 46
2014-05-15	5	3rd	3 14 18 23 28 45
2014-04-26	7	4th	1 2 9 18 38 48
2014-04-03	3	3rd	13 15 18 22 41 48
2014-03-22	11	3rd	7 12 18 27 32 34
2014-02-13	4	3rd	1 15 18 34 45 46
2014-01-30	7	3rd	2 3 18 33 36 41
2014-01-04	38	4th	11 13 16 18 43 45
2013-08-24	19	6th	3 7 9 11 15 18
2013-06-20	5	2nd	14 18 35 37 46 47
2013-06-01	5	4th	6 7 12 18 26 42
2013-05-16	14	2nd	12 18 24 28 38 48
2013-03-28	7	3rd	13 15 18 33 39 45
2013-03-02	—	5th	4 6 7 12 18 39