Number 18

In EuroMillions under the 5/50 + 2/12 · since Sep 2016 rules — 1,048 draws, 5 from 1–50.

91times drawn · chance expected 105 −1.42σ

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

11.3average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

47longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 91 times in 1,048 draws against 104.8 expected, −1.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 91 times in 1,048 draws · average wait 11.3 draws · longest completed wait 47 · 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 smallest19 · chance 15.4
2nd smallest30 · chance 36.2
3rd smallest32 · chance 29.0
4th smallest9 · chance 9.3
5th smallest1 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 41 17 28 42 7

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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
2026-10-06	6	1st	18 22 32 41 48
2026-09-15	26	3rd	10 16 18 22 28
2026-06-16	4	1st	18 25 31 37 45
2026-06-02	1	4th	6 9 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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-28	1	2nd	16 18 35 36 41
2024-05-24	2	3rd	9 12 18 22 50
2024-05-17	12	1st	18 31 32 41 46
2024-04-05	5	2nd	13 18 26 35 37
2024-03-19	10	3rd	7 16 18 20 32
2024-02-13	8	3rd	13 17 18 20 46
2024-01-16	1	2nd	10 18 21 33 45
2024-01-12	2	3rd	16 17 18 45 49
2024-01-05	1	3rd	4 7 18 39 50
2024-01-02	20	3rd	7 15 18 46 49
2023-10-24	4	3rd	8 16 18 31 34
2023-10-10	35	1st	18 20 22 33 43
2023-06-09	6	1st	18 26 36 41 50
2023-05-19	4	1st	18 27 34 41 49
2023-05-05	4	3rd	3 8 18 34 49
2023-04-21	6	3rd	7 8 18 33 42
2023-03-31	21	2nd	16 18 28 34 47
2023-01-17	30	1st	18 21 30 46 50
2022-10-04	16	2nd	3 18 28 42 43
2022-08-09	2	1st	18 19 21 27 47
2022-08-02	3	2nd	7 18 28 40 48
2022-07-22	3	2nd	16 18 29 32 50
2022-07-12	3	2nd	14 18 24 25 50
2022-07-01	16	2nd	6 18 24 34 46
2022-05-06	17	3rd	3 8 18 24 40
2022-03-08	7	2nd	12 18 21 25 31
2022-02-11	5	2nd	13 18 38 42 45
2022-01-25	6	3rd	6 16 18 39 47
2022-01-04	32	1st	18 28 35 36 41
2021-09-14	1	2nd	12 18 35 38 45
2021-09-10	34	4th	1 6 7 18 28
2021-05-14	23	3rd	6 16 18 29 38
2021-02-23	6	2nd	9 18 30 39 45
2021-02-02	6	1st	18 20 35 38 48
2021-01-12	1	3rd	2 10 18 34 35
2021-01-08	19	1st	18 23 37 41 42
2020-11-03	20	3rd	5 7 18 20 30
2020-08-25	27	2nd	7 18 30 37 39
2020-05-22	25	2nd	3 18 22 27 32
2020-02-25	7	3rd	1 4 18 27 42
2020-01-31	14	2nd	13 18 20 23 30
2019-12-13	3	3rd	9 16 18 23 32
2019-12-03	10	1st	18 31 32 38 48
2019-10-29	3	2nd	16 18 28 42 49
2019-10-18	5	2nd	8 18 22 41 42
2019-10-01	22	3rd	2 11 18 40 46
2019-07-16	24	4th	3 5 13 18 39
2019-04-23	4	1st	18 23 27 42 44
2019-04-09	9	1st	18 21 29 38 41
2019-03-08	5	2nd	17 18 19 24 40
2019-02-19	18	3rd	1 8 18 19 39
2018-12-18	6	3rd	1 9 18 39 48
2018-11-27	9	4th	4 16 17 18 32
2018-10-26	13	2nd	5 18 21 31 35
2018-09-11	7	2nd	9 18 32 38 46
2018-08-17	1	3rd	2 15 18 24 43
2018-08-14	1	3rd	1 15 18 25 31
2018-08-10	20	1st	18 20 36 43 44
2018-06-01	28	2nd	17 18 24 29 40
2018-02-23	25	3rd	10 17 18 28 47
2017-11-28	17	4th	1 6 12 18 42
2017-09-29	4	2nd	7 18 19 32 48
2017-09-15	3	2nd	13 18 37 44 49
2017-09-05	7	3rd	6 9 18 28 29
2017-08-11	15	1st	18 28 39 46 48
2017-06-20	47	2nd	11 18 26 43 44
2017-01-06	—	3rd	10 14 18 21 49