Number 18

In Set for Life under the 5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019 rules — 791 draws, 5 from 1–47.

81times drawn · chance expected 84 −0.36σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 36% for any number

9.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

42longest completed wait · 55% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 81 times in 791 draws against 84.1 expected, −0.36σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 81 times in 791 draws · average wait 9.4 draws · longest completed wait 42 · waiting 10 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 smallest15 · chance 11.8
2nd smallest33 · chance 30.8
3rd smallest19 · chance 27.4
4th smallest11 · chance 9.8
5th smallest3 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 6 23 22 34 4

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-09-07	9	2nd	4 18 22 24 42
2026-08-06	4	4th	3 4 5 18 37
2026-07-23	42	4th	2 6 10 18 30
2026-02-26	29	1st	18 19 20 27

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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