In Lotto Plus 2 under the 6/47 + 1/47 · since Sep 2024 rules — 213 draws, 6 from 1–47.
27times drawn · chance expected 27 −0.04σ
3draws waiting · a wait this long: 76% for any number
7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8
25longest completed wait · 63% chance of one at least that long
18 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 27 times in 213 draws against 27.2 expected, −0.04σ. 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 3 times, counted separately.
18
Number 18, draw by draw
Drawn 27 times in 213 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 25 · 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.
Never drawn alongside 3 of the other 46 numbers; chance expects about 2 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 47. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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.