Number 18

In Lotto under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,150 draws, 6 from 1–47.

146times drawn · chance expected 147 −0.07σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 76% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

56longest completed wait · 8% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 146 times in 1,150 draws against 146.8 expected, −0.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 23 times, counted separately.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 146 times in 1,150 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 56 · 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 smallest12 · chance 12.6
2nd smallest33 · chance 43.0
3rd smallest59 · chance 52.9
4th smallest33 · chance 29.4
5th smallest9 · chance 7.4
6th smallest0 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

29 15 27 30 40 5

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
2026-09-30	6	4th	3 11 15 18 36 44
2026-09-09	10	3rd	13 16 18 31 34 38
2026-08-05	9	2nd	3 18 23 29 35 41
2026-07-04	8	3rd	6 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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

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