Number 18

In Euro Millions Plus under the 5/50 · since Sep 2024 rules — 211 draws, 5 from 1–50.

14times drawn · chance expected 21 −1.63σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 81% for any number

15.9average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

47longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 14 times in 211 draws against 21.1 expected, −1.63σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 14 times in 211 draws · average wait 15.9 draws · longest completed wait 47 · waiting 3 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 smallest4 · chance 2.4
2nd smallest4 · chance 5.6
3rd smallest3 · chance 4.5
4th smallest2 · chance 1.4
5th smallest1 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 1.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 30 41 16 23 4

Never drawn alongside 15 of the other 49 numbers; chance expects about 16 such strangers 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
2026-09-29	13	3rd	6 13 18 24 41
2026-08-14	19	1st	18 24 26 27 40
2026-06-09	5	2nd	2 18 23 29 41
2026-05-22	11	2nd	16 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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.