Number 18

In Thunderball under the 5/39 + 1/14 · since Jan 2010 rules — 3,062 draws, 5 from 1–39.

420times drawn · chance expected 393 +1.48σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

42longest completed wait · 78% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 420 times in 3,062 draws against 392.6 expected, +1.48σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 420 times in 3,062 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 42 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest31 · chance 34.1
2nd smallest129 · chance 128.6
3rd smallest175 · chance 162.5
4th smallest67 · chance 81.3
5th smallest18 · chance 13.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 44.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 7 23 6 31 3

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
2026-10-10	10	4th	4 15 16 18 33
2026-09-23	1	2nd	8 18 21 24 34
2026-09-22	13	3rd	1 10 18 32 34
2026-08-29	4	3rd	7 12 18

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-10-11	15	3rd	4 16 18 26 39
2025-09-16	3	2nd	8 18 20 31 33
2025-09-10	6	3rd	7 8 18 30 32
2025-08-30	23	2nd	7 18 24 28 31
2025-07-22	3	3rd	3 5 18 26 31
2025-07-16	6	3rd	8 9 18 24 37
2025-07-05	1	2nd	6 18 21 28 29
2025-07-04	6	2nd	3 18 21 26 34
2025-06-24	3	4th	10 13 17 18 31
2025-06-18	4	5th	5 7 10 11 18
2025-06-11	6	4th	2 9 13 18 32
2025-05-31	2	4th	3 5 13 18 26
2025-05-28	12	4th	3 7 8 18 28
2025-05-07	10	3rd	4 16 18 26 38
2025-04-19	4	3rd	12 14 18 20 38
2025-04-12	2	2nd	11 18 23 24 35
2025-04-09	2	4th	9 13 16 18 25
2025-04-05	1	1st	18 19 22 32 33
2025-04-04	23	2nd	17 18 23 25 34
2025-02-22	11	2nd	7 18 27 29 39
2025-02-04	2	3rd	2 6 18 27 38
2025-01-31	10	3rd	7 14 18 24 27
2025-01-14	2	3rd	10 16 18 21 22
2025-01-10	5	2nd	16 18 23 27 37
2025-01-01	1	3rd	5 6 18 32 36
2024-12-31	10	2nd	9 18 29 33 38
2024-12-13	10	4th	3 16 17 18 28
2024-11-26	14	3rd	6 8 18 22 24
2024-11-01	13	3rd	1 13 18 21 35
2024-10-09	8	4th	1 3 10 18 25
2024-09-25	4	3rd	13 15 18 30 33
2024-09-18	5	2nd	16 18 27 29 37
2024-09-10	13	2nd	12 18 24 27 32
2024-08-17	6	4th	3 10 12 18 24
2024-08-07	1	3rd	3 15 18 30 33
2024-08-06	5	1st	18 19 22 35 38
2024-07-27	4	3rd	6 11 18 33 38
2024-07-20	1	5th	12 13 14 16 18
2024-07-19	15	2nd	13 18 20 31 32
2024-06-22	2	3rd	13 17 18 25 39
2024-06-19	7	3rd	1 2 18 29 34
2024-06-07	2	4th	4 9 10 18 37
2024-06-04	11	1st	18 23 28 29 31
2024-05-15	7	4th	12 14 15 18 22
2024-05-03	4	4th	3 7 11 18 32
2024-04-26	3	3rd	3 14 18 28 31
2024-04-20	13	2nd	12 18 21 25 38
2024-03-29	13	3rd	3 4 18 26 35
2024-03-06	6	1st	18 19 23 28 29
2024-02-24	16	3rd	3 5 18 25 28
2024-01-27	2	3rd	2 14 18 27 35
2024-01-24	2	3rd	14 15 18 30 32
2024-01-20	3	1st	18 20 24 26 33
2024-01-16	1	5th	3 4 8 9 18
2024-01-13	5	2nd	17 18 36 37 39
2024-01-05	2	2nd	4 18 28 34 38
2024-01-02	7	1st	18 19 20 24 26
2023-12-20	1	3rd	4 17 18 22 38
2023-12-19	2	2nd	2 18 20 27 39
2023-12-15	5	3rd	11 16 18 29 37
2023-12-06	15	3rd	13 15 18 26 32
2023-11-10	19	3rd	6 17 18 23 35
2023-10-07	5	2nd	9 18 20 21 32
2023-09-29	8	3rd	15 17 18 25 34
2023-09-15	11	2nd	1 18 23 26 30
2023-08-26	5	4th	11 12 14 18 32
2023-08-18	2	3rd	7 15 18 25 27
2023-08-15	14	4th	11 12 13 18 36
2023-07-21	8	3rd	7 12 18 25 37
2023-07-07	1	3rd	6 11 18 32 35
2023-07-05	12	2nd	4 18 29 34 35
2023-06-14	1	2nd	10 18 21 31 38
2023-06-13	1	5th	7 8 10 14 18
2023-06-10	4	3rd	3 11 18 24 39
2023-06-03	1	3rd	1 3 18 34 38
2023-06-02	6	4th	2 5 11 18 20
2023-05-23	11	4th	1 15 17 18 27
2023-05-03	5	4th	1 2 17 18 22
2023-04-25	1	3rd	13 15 18 28 30
2023-04-22	22	2nd	5 18 22 28 31
2023-03-15	4	3rd	5 16 18 25 32
2023-03-08	6	3rd	10 17 18 25 37
2023-02-25	11	3rd	11 17 18 20 35
2023-02-07	18	2nd	10 18 25 26 30
2023-01-06	2	4th	8 10 16 18 31
2023-01-03	1	2nd	12 18 20 24 39
2022-12-31	16	3rd	2 11 18 25 31
2022-12-03	6	3rd	3 8 18 28 30
2022-11-23	6	4th	5 6 8 18 21
2022-11-12	6	3rd	2 5 18 25 28
2022-11-02	24	2nd	17 18 24 30 33
2022-09-21	5	2nd	17 18 19 37 39
2022-09-13	39	4th	3 10 11 18 33
2022-07-06	3	3rd	1 3 18 36 37
2022-07-01	8	3rd	9 10 18 24 35
2022-06-17	2	2nd	3 18 23 25 27
2022-06-14	5	4th	2 7 12 18 36
2022-06-04	14	3rd	1 9 18 23 33
2022-05-11	3	1st	18 20 22 24 26
2022-05-06	1	2nd	2 18 23 31 37
2022-05-04	1	2nd	9 18 23 24 39
2022-05-03	4	2nd	1 18 20 25 26
2022-04-26	14	2nd	3 18 24 26 34
2022-04-01	1	3rd	12 14 18 22 32
2022-03-30	9	2nd	8 18 27 30 31
2022-03-15	17	2nd	16 18 23 26 30
2022-02-12	1	3rd	6 13 18 29 34
2022-02-11	16	3rd	2 8 18 37 38
2022-01-14	1	3rd	14 15 18 29 33
2022-01-12	1	3rd	4 7 18 26 31
2022-01-11	5	5th	6 7 16 17 18
2022-01-01	13	5th	4 6 8 10 18
2021-12-10	39	3rd	15 17 18 25 28
2021-10-02	7	3rd	4 11 18 26 30
2021-09-21	5	3rd	8 13 18 20 37
2021-09-11	5	2nd	5 18 20 28 34
2021-09-03	1	3rd	7 16 18 32 33
2021-09-01	1	1st	18 19 34 38 39
2021-08-31	2	3rd	3 7 18 33 37
2021-08-27	1	2nd	2 18 22 33 35
2021-08-25	6	2nd	14 18 28 29 39
2021-08-14	17	4th	1 4 6 18 32
2021-07-16	9	4th	2 4 9 18 22
2021-06-30	1	3rd	1 8 18 28 38
2021-06-29	4	4th	4 6 17 18 20
2021-06-22	1	2nd	6 18 26 36 37
2021-06-19	7	3rd	6 7 18 23 34
2021-06-08	9	4th	9 10 14 18 37
2021-05-22	2	3rd	5 10 18 20 36
2021-05-19	3	3rd	9 13 18 22 29
2021-05-14	8	2nd	4 18 22 36 38
2021-04-30	7	3rd	3 15 18 19 34
2021-04-17	6	3rd	13 14 18 23 39
2021-04-07	4	3rd	3 8 18 29 37
2021-03-31	1	2nd	4 18 20 23 26
2021-03-30	7	2nd	7 18 20 26 39
2021-03-17	9	3rd	13 15 18 21 28
2021-03-02	14	2nd	14 18 29 35 39
2021-02-05	4	2nd	11 18 19 23 29
2021-01-29	4	2nd	13 18 22 28 38
2021-01-22	1	3rd	8 10 18 21 38
2021-01-20	18	2nd	3 18 24 25 35
2020-12-19	2	3rd	5 10 18 23 32
2020-12-16	10	3rd	4 6 18 27 32
2020-11-28	5	2nd	11 18 24 35 37
2020-11-20	3	2nd	1 18 28 33 39
2020-11-14	2	3rd	2 17 18 35 37
2020-11-11	7	5th	2 4 7 12 18
2020-10-30	13	1st	18 27 31 35 36
2020-10-07	6	2nd	3 18 19 31 37
2020-09-26	9	1st	18 19 23 26 34
2020-09-11	14	3rd	5 16 18 30 35
2020-08-18	9	3rd	4 9 18 19 29
2020-08-01	13	3rd	8 10 18 22 32
2020-07-10	12	4th	7 14 17 18 33
2020-06-19	9	3rd	3 17 18 21 29
2020-06-03	10	2nd	13 18 24 27 35
2020-05-16	2	2nd	1 18 20 22 23
2020-05-13	1	2nd	13 18 29 31 37
2020-05-12	5	4th	1 5 12 18 34
2020-05-02	12	2nd	14 18 20 25 27
2020-04-11	2	3rd	5 10 18 26 28
2020-04-08	3	1st	18 25 27 33 36
2020-04-03	5	3rd	7 12 18 19 26
2020-03-25	3	3rd	3 6 18 23 30
2020-03-20	5	4th	5 12 16 18 35
2020-03-11	8	4th	6 14 15 18 24
2020-02-26	1	3rd	8 14 18 29 30
2020-02-25	7	3rd	6 9 18 24 38
2020-02-12	4	2nd	11 18 25 32 33
2020-02-05	10	2nd	6 18 25 29 38
2020-01-18	1	3rd	8 15 18 22 27
2020-01-17	13	2nd	9 18 24 29 35
2019-12-25	2	3rd	8 9 18 21 27
2019-12-21	10	3rd	10 11 18 24 36
2019-12-04	2	2nd	17 18 27 34 39
2019-11-30	1	3rd	3 5 18 31 36
2019-11-29	11	4th	9 12 13 18 33
2019-11-09	1	4th	5 7 13 18 35
2019-11-08	9	1st	18 19 22 28 38
2019-10-23	4	3rd	9 10 18 28 29
2019-10-16	4	3rd	3 12 18 33 35
2019-10-09	21	1st	18 20 24 28 33
2019-09-03	29	2nd	15 18 29 37 38
2019-07-13	3	4th	10 14 16 18 20
2019-07-09	2	2nd	8 18 19 34 38
2019-07-05	3	2nd	10 18 24 32 35
2019-06-29	1	4th	1 6 12 18 20
2019-06-28	10	3rd	2 10 18 21 24
2019-06-11	6	5th	1 3 6 9 18
2019-05-31	12	3rd	4 13 18 26 29
2019-05-10	19	3rd	6 11 18 30 31
2019-04-06	7	4th	2 8 14 18 39
2019-03-26	10	1st	18 22 31 33 38
2019-03-08	12	3rd	13 17 18 37 38
2019-02-15	5	1st	18 20 29 35 39
2019-02-06	5	3rd	8 10 18 30 32
2019-01-29	17	4th	2 7 11 18 33
2018-12-29	4	2nd	8 18 26 31 32
2018-12-22	4	3rd	5 15 18 37 38
2018-12-15	3	4th	2 10 14 18 34
2018-12-11	4	3rd	12 14 18 26 34
2018-12-04	5	1st	18 24 37 38 39
2018-11-24	25	3rd	7 11 18 24 38
2018-10-12	11	2nd	7 18 20 22 31
2018-09-22	5	3rd	5 7 18 20 23
2018-09-14	6	3rd	7 17 18 23 30
2018-09-04	5	2nd	4 18 21 24 29
2018-08-25	9	2nd	1 18 30 32 34
2018-08-10	13	4th	1 10 13 18 24
2018-07-18	1	3rd	4 8 18 26 27
2018-07-17	4	2nd	15 18 22 36 39
2018-07-10	1	2nd	8 18 19 24 25
2018-07-07	1	2nd	7 18 19 26 35
2018-07-06	30	3rd	3 11 18 27 38
2018-05-15	10	2nd	4 18 24 33 37
2018-04-27	15	2nd	7 18 25 29 39
2018-03-31	3	2nd	15 18 21 30 34
2018-03-27	4	3rd	3 16 18 21 36
2018-03-20	1	3rd	7 15 18 19 34
2018-03-17	5	1st	18 19 29 33 37
2018-03-09	15	2nd	16 18 28 34 36
2018-02-10	6	3rd	5 9 18 20 38
2018-01-31	1	2nd	13 18 23 37 38
2018-01-30	2	2nd	1 18 21 26 29
2018-01-26	10	3rd	6 15 18 19 34
2018-01-03	18	2nd	1 18 23 28 37
2017-11-22	1	3rd	1 4 18 23 36
2017-11-18	3	2nd	17 18 22 27 31
2017-11-11	20	3rd	10 12 18 35 37
2017-09-27	10	4th	3 4 6 18 19
2017-09-02	6	3rd	2 11 18 28 38
2017-08-19	21	3rd	4 16 18 28 35
2017-07-01	11	3rd	2 16 18 30 37
2017-06-07	4	3rd	6 8 18 19 34
2017-05-27	1	3rd	13 16 18 26 39
2017-05-26	2	5th	3 13 15 16 18
2017-05-20	4	3rd	1 14 18 30 34
2017-05-12	8	2nd	13 18 22 24 36
2017-04-22	3	3rd	1 15 18 23 38
2017-04-15	17	3rd	5 16 18 29 31
2017-03-08	1	2nd	6 18 20 21 37
2017-03-04	6	1st	18 20 21 36 37
2017-02-18	1	2nd	8 18 26 36 37
2017-02-17	1	2nd	10 18 20 21 27
2017-02-15	2	2nd	9 18 31 32 38
2017-02-10	4	2nd	4 18 20 23 37
2017-02-01	6	1st	18 21 25 28 35
2017-01-18	1	4th	2 10 15 18 39
2017-01-14	7	3rd	12 13 18 31 34
2016-12-30	3	4th	5 7 17 18 33
2016-12-23	1	4th	1 11 13 18 26
2016-12-21	4	5th	2 4 5 13 18
2016-12-10	3	2nd	11 18 20 26 28
2016-12-03	12	3rd	7 13 18 23 29
2016-11-05	21	3rd	2 16 18 24 26
2016-09-17	11	5th	5 11 12 17 18
2016-08-24	20	2nd	8 18 22 26 34
2016-07-08	1	3rd	7 13 18 23 36
2016-07-06	21	4th	2 6 15 18 29
2016-05-18	7	3rd	9 11 18 30 31
2016-04-30	1	5th	6 10 11 17 18
2016-04-29	1	4th	4 5 13 18 32
2016-04-27	1	2nd	5 18 24 32 34
2016-04-23	12	3rd	7 12 18 25 32
2016-03-26	1	4th	3 13 16 18 32
2016-03-25	2	3rd	4 12 18 20 25
2016-03-19	12	4th	12 14 15 18 33
2016-02-20	6	3rd	4 14 18 25 31
2016-02-06	10	3rd	6 12 18 21 31
2016-01-15	7	2nd	5 18 25 26 37
2015-12-30	2	2nd	4 18 26 28 35
2015-12-25	11	2nd	13 18 19 23 31
2015-11-28	16	3rd	5 12 18 19 20
2015-10-23	12	3rd	3 12 18 23 33
2015-09-25	4	3rd	9 15 18 26 27
2015-09-16	33	1st	18 20 22 28 36
2015-07-01	1	2nd	7 18 22 27 38
2015-06-27	2	3rd	8 16 18 25 27
2015-06-24	6	3rd	5 10 18 27 33
2015-06-10	8	2nd	12 18 26 29 33
2015-05-22	13	3rd	7 15 18 27 32
2015-04-22	4	3rd	13 15 18 35 38
2015-04-11	8	4th	2 7 11 18 28
2015-03-25	1	3rd	5 14 18 28 29
2015-03-21	4	5th	7 8 12 14 18
2015-03-13	1	1st	18 22 23 26 32
2015-03-11	7	2nd	3 18 23 25 30
2015-02-21	1	2nd	3 18 26 29 31
2015-02-20	11	3rd	3 16 18 30 38
2015-01-24	41	4th	2 8 9 18 36
2014-10-22	12	3rd	3 15 18 24 30
2014-09-24	5	1st	18 20 21 22 27
2014-09-12	15	4th	2 3 5 18 27
2014-08-08	4	3rd	3 8 18 36 39
2014-07-30	1	3rd	1 17 18 20 37
2014-07-26	5	3rd	11 12 18 21 33
2014-07-16	7	1st	18 25 29 30 39
2014-06-28	10	2nd	6 18 23 33 36
2014-06-06	4	3rd	1 13 18 23 34
2014-05-28	6	3rd	1 15 18 22 33
2014-05-14	3	5th	4 9 11 13 18
2014-05-07	15	3rd	8 10 18 33 38
2014-04-02	3	2nd	11 18 21 29 30
2014-03-26	1	1st	18 21 23 25 26
2014-03-22	1	3rd	1 12 18 19 29
2014-03-21	14	3rd	11 17 18 23 27
2014-02-15	2	5th	6 7 14 17 18
2014-02-12	9	4th	4 14 16 18 32
2014-01-22	2	2nd	13 18 20 37 38
2014-01-17	4	2nd	2 18 21 22 37
2014-01-08	7	2nd	16 18 21 22 23
2013-12-21	18	1st	18 20 32 35 36
2013-11-09	10	2nd	14 18 21 22 27
2013-10-18	1	2nd	12 18 20 22 37
2013-10-16	3	3rd	1 6 18 24 31
2013-10-09	9	4th	1 5 10 18 37
2013-09-18	1	2nd	16 18 25 30 38
2013-09-14	13	2nd	2 18 23 30 31
2013-08-16	4	2nd	4 18 28 32 35
2013-08-07	4	2nd	4 18 19 25 31
2013-07-27	3	2nd	16 18 21 24 34
2013-07-20	15	2nd	15 18 21 23 38
2013-06-15	10	3rd	14 16 18 22 39
2013-05-24	20	2nd	10 18 26 31 39
2013-04-06	6	4th	6 8 17 18 27
2013-03-23	4	3rd	7 13 18 28 33
2013-03-15	6	3rd	7 10 18 30 35
2013-03-01	2	4th	6 14 15 18 22
2013-02-23	3	1st	18 20 26 33 38
2013-02-16	10	2nd	4 18 22 28 31
2013-01-25	14	3rd	8 12 18 23 35
2012-12-22	10	1st	18 19 21 24 30
2012-11-30	2	2nd	10 18 19 24 34
2012-11-24	1	2nd	11 18 29 32 36
2012-11-23	3	4th	2 4 6 18 19
2012-11-16	3	3rd	8 14 18 34 37
2012-11-09	8	1st	18 24 27 31 33
2012-10-20	10	2nd	3 18 21 27 34
2012-09-28	2	1st	18 19 27 32 39
2012-09-22	4	2nd	2 18 28 32 33
2012-09-14	1	3rd	5 16 18 21 30
2012-09-12	18	2nd	17 18 23 36 39
2012-08-01	7	3rd	6 9 18 22 26
2012-07-14	3	3rd	9 12 18 36 39
2012-07-07	1	3rd	1 7 18 24 33
2012-07-06	4	3rd	12 15 18 19 29
2012-06-27	4	3rd	3 16 18 19 38
2012-06-16	3	2nd	10 18 26 31 37
2012-06-09	7	2nd	4 18 22 28 31
2012-05-25	1	3rd	13 14 18 27 36
2012-05-23	7	5th	5 9 14 17 18
2012-05-05	4	3rd	9 11 18 27 32
2012-04-27	2	2nd	2 18 23 25 36
2012-04-21	3	4th	6 8 13 18 21
2012-04-14	9	5th	1 7 8 16 18
2012-03-24	2	2nd	6 18 31 32 33
2012-03-21	1	4th	1 2 15 18 32
2012-03-17	10	3rd	15 16 18 29 32
2012-02-24	4	3rd	9 17 18 28 36
2012-02-15	4	3rd	1 11 18 19 39
2012-02-04	12	1st	18 21 23 24 35
2012-01-07	2	2nd	17 18 23 30 34
2012-01-04	2	3rd	2 14 18 37 38
2011-12-30	2	4th	5 13 16 18 25
2011-12-24	11	3rd	6 7 18 20 39
2011-11-30	7	3rd	7 17 18 28 31
2011-11-12	15	3rd	6 7 18 19 35
2011-10-08	10	3rd	3 8 18 37 39
2011-09-16	24	1st	18 23 26 28 33
2011-07-22	3	3rd	8 10 18 28 31
2011-07-15	1	3rd	6 10 18 23 38
2011-07-13	10	3rd	9 12 18 26 38
2011-06-18	42	4th	8 10 12 18 29
2011-03-12	2	2nd	15 18 25 34 39
2011-03-09	4	4th	3 4 6 18 29
2011-02-26	15	4th	5 8 9 18 31
2011-01-22	21	3rd	6 9 18 21 36
2010-12-04	17	2nd	4 18 19 20 26
2010-10-27	13	4th	1 4 9 18 34
2010-09-25	13	2nd	9 18 24 26 32
2010-08-27	4	4th	3 6 11 18 27
2010-08-18	16	3rd	2 7 18 25 39
2010-07-10	11	3rd	1 16 18 20 31
2010-06-16	1	2nd	11 18 28 31 37
2010-06-12	1	4th	6 7 9 18 31
2010-06-11	1	2nd	4 18 19 27 29
2010-06-09	8	3rd	1 11 18 19 32
2010-05-21	6	4th	1 9 14 18 25
2010-05-05	3	4th	6 8 16 18 20
2010-04-24	14	5th	4 6 10 14 18
2010-03-06	6	2nd	12 18 19 20 26
2010-02-13	3	4th	7 8 10 18 22
2010-02-03	7	3rd	5 17 18 24 34
2010-01-09	2	3rd	6 15 18 26 31
2010-01-02	—	2nd	2 18 21 26 33