Number 18

In UK Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,139 draws, 6 from 1–59.

108times drawn · chance expected 116 −0.77σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number

10.5average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

40longest completed wait · 81% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 108 times in 1,139 draws against 115.8 expected, −0.77σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 21 times, counted separately.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 108 times in 1,139 draws · average wait 10.5 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 8 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 smallest22 · chance 17.7
2nd smallest38 · chance 40.6
3rd smallest38 · chance 34.2
4th smallest7 · chance 13.1
5th smallest3 · chance 2.3
6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

59 50 36 11 54 56

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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
2026-08-08	20	2nd	14 18 26 45 50 53
2026-05-30	11	3rd	4 17 18 20 23 56
2026-04-22	9	3rd	6 12 18 29 49 56
2026-03-21	1	3rd	5 10

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-07-06	4	2nd	11 18 24 37 47 59
2024-06-22	16	3rd	5 9 18 32 44 58
2024-04-27	1	3rd	2 15 18 25 57 58
2024-04-24	11	3rd	8 14 18 53 56 59
2024-03-16	14	3rd	11 16 18 35 44 45
2024-01-27	31	1st	18 20 22 34 47 58
2023-10-11	6	4th	3 8 15 18 23 25
2023-09-20	21	2nd	9 18 34 37 42 52
2023-07-08	4	3rd	6 15 18 23 24 59
2023-06-24	23	2nd	17 18 22 36 39 53
2023-04-05	40	2nd	4 18 29 30 39 52
2022-11-16	4	2nd	1 18 27 30 39 53
2022-11-02	4	2nd	4 18 40 41 44 46
2022-10-19	1	3rd	2 13 18 45 50 59
2022-10-15	6	3rd	11 13 18 25 36 55
2022-09-24	37	3rd	14 15 18 22 39 50
2022-05-18	11	1st	18 20 38 40 42 51
2022-04-09	4	3rd	10 11 18 29 44 59
2022-03-26	39	2nd	13 18 27 35 46 53
2021-11-10	3	3rd	10 11 18 20 37 49
2021-10-30	4	2nd	7 18 47 51 56 59
2021-10-16	14	2nd	4 18 21 24 37 58
2021-08-28	2	1st	18 24 34 49 50 57
2021-08-21	18	2nd	17 18 27 28 35 57
2021-06-19	9	2nd	12 18 21 38 44 54
2021-05-19	9	1st	18 36 50 53 57 58
2021-04-17	6	3rd	7 8 18 21 23 57
2021-03-27	9	3rd	3 5 18 22 26 49
2021-02-24	1	5th	1 9 16 17 18 34
2021-02-20	11	3rd	3 16 18 24 36 56
2021-01-13	14	5th	1 8 12 16 18 42
2020-11-25	2	2nd	11 18 30 33 44 55
2020-11-18	6	1st	18 26 27 28 41 54
2020-10-28	1	2nd	11 18 27 38 47 59
2020-10-24	5	2nd	13 18 19 47 53 57
2020-10-07	21	2nd	12 18 37 52 56 58
2020-07-25	5	4th	10 13 14 18 33 34
2020-07-08	17	2nd	5 18 22 31 50 59
2020-05-09	2	2nd	7 18 21 26 42 50
2020-05-02	3	2nd	14 18 23 39 44 52
2020-04-22	18	3rd	3 8 18 47 50 59
2020-02-19	7	2nd	7 18 21 27 28 48
2020-01-25	29	1st	18 30 33 39 54 55
2019-10-16	7	3rd	4 5 18 29 40 47
2019-09-21	15	1st	18 23 32 33 34 41
2019-07-31	3	2nd	9 18 20 42 43 46
2019-07-20	2	2nd	14 18 23 28 36 37
2019-07-13	17	1st	18 25 29 32 35 58
2019-05-15	14	3rd	8 11 18 39 44 50
2019-03-27	11	2nd	13 18 25 35 39 50
2019-02-16	12	3rd	11 15 18 43 46 51
2019-01-05	22	1st	18 25 27 28 32 47
2018-10-20	8	2nd	12 18 40 42 46 59
2018-09-22	5	3rd	5 16 18 20 25 55
2018-09-05	7	2nd	12 18 22 23 48 59
2018-08-11	3	4th	1 3 10 18 19 37
2018-08-01	7	3rd	15 17 18 34 46 54
2018-07-07	6	2nd	17 18 29 48 52 54
2018-06-16	11	2nd	10 18 36 37 41 46
2018-05-09	4	1st	18 21 25 30 56 59
2018-04-25	29	3rd	5 14 18 40 41 50
2018-01-13	2	4th	6 7 9 18 35 46
2018-01-06	3	1st	18 28 31 32 44 51
2017-12-27	16	1st	18 36 48 57 58 59
2017-11-01	9	3rd	13 14 18 19 21 36
2017-09-30	2	2nd	13 18 21 30 50 54
2017-09-23	22	2nd	17 18 26 39 54 56
2017-07-08	1	3rd	1 11 18 27 32 50
2017-07-05	7	2nd	16 18 25 27 29 57
2017-06-10	3	2nd	10 18 28 35 36 50
2017-05-31	16	1st	18 23 28 52 56 59
2017-04-05	11	3rd	10 16 18 32 42 45
2017-02-25	4	1st	18 24 34 38 41 49
2017-02-11	16	2nd	15 18 23 42 43 52
2016-12-17	22	3rd	2 11 18 32 40 54
2016-10-01	12	3rd	4 5 18 28 43 58
2016-08-20	9	2nd	8 18 26 35 41 52
2016-07-20	7	1st	18 29 30 37 46 59
2016-06-25	35	3rd	13 14 18 22 24 56
2016-02-24	5	3rd	4 14 18 19 26 27
2016-02-06	5	3rd	10 12 18 34 52 56
2016-01-20	16	1st	18 36 37 38 54 57
2015-11-25	6	1st	18 29 38 41 43 57
2015-11-04	—	3rd	11 13 18 25 29 47