Number 18

In Powerball under the 6/40 + 1/10 · since Nov 2011 rules — 1,350 draws, 6 from 1–40.

194times drawn · chance expected 203 −0.65σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.0average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

35longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 194 times in 1,350 draws against 202.5 expected, −0.65σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 194 times in 1,350 draws · average wait 7.0 draws · longest completed wait 35 · waiting 1 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 smallest6 · chance 8.9
2nd smallest31 · chance 41.9
3rd smallest74 · chance 70.6
4th smallest63 · chance 52.9
5th smallest17 · chance 17.6
6th smallest3 · chance 2.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 24.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 12 21 10 1 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-10-03	17	5th	3 4 5 17 18 36
2026-07-25	1	4th	1 12 14 18 22 29
2026-07-22	5	2nd	3 18 25 26 30 34
2026-07-04	16	4th	2

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-12-11	9	1st	18 19 25 32 35 39
2024-11-09	7	5th	2 12 13 16 18 28
2024-10-16	9	5th	5 6 11 17 18 40
2024-09-14	15	3rd	3 15 18 22 31 32
2024-07-24	10	3rd	1 11 18 29 31 38
2024-06-19	26	4th	2 8 16 18 23 26
2024-03-20	17	2nd	1 18 21 23 32 37
2024-01-20	1	3rd	3 17 18 21 23 33
2024-01-17	13	4th	1 3 12 18 25 40
2023-12-02	29	3rd	1 16 18 33 34 36
2023-08-23	1	5th	1 14 15 17 18 24
2023-08-19	4	2nd	5 18 26 28 31 39
2023-08-05	2	1st	18 23 24 26 28 32
2023-07-29	6	4th	4 10 13 18 21 34
2023-07-08	7	4th	6 8 10 18 25 32
2023-06-14	4	4th	2 3 9 18 22 37
2023-05-31	5	4th	3 11 14 18 21 25
2023-05-13	2	4th	7 16 17 18 19 34
2023-05-06	4	4th	8 10 15 18 25 27
2023-04-22	6	4th	1 12 13 18 21 34
2023-04-01	10	3rd	7 10 18 20 33 40
2023-02-25	5	2nd	14 18 22 28 30 32
2023-02-08	4	4th	2 10 15 18 24 29
2023-01-25	4	4th	5 11 12 18 24 30
2023-01-11	6	3rd	9 10 18 22 24 33
2022-12-21	13	3rd	7 14 18 26 34 37
2022-11-05	15	3rd	12 17 18 22 25 27
2022-09-14	6	3rd	4 5 18 27 31 34
2022-08-24	11	2nd	6 18 24 29 30 34
2022-07-16	18	3rd	3 16 18 30 31 34
2022-05-14	12	4th	3 5 7 18 31 35
2022-04-02	8	4th	2 9 17 18 30 38
2022-03-05	21	4th	5 6 12 18 25 27
2021-12-22	11	3rd	12 17 18 29 35 36
2021-11-13	1	3rd	6 16 18 25 30 39
2021-11-10	1	3rd	9 12 18 21 37 40
2021-11-06	4	2nd	5 18 20 26 31 37
2021-10-23	10	3rd	12 13 18 21 26 32
2021-09-18	5	3rd	6 15 18 19 21 32
2021-09-01	3	3rd	2 10 18 25 27 30
2021-08-21	1	4th	4 12 14 18 23 24
2021-08-18	2	3rd	1 5 18 23 32 40
2021-08-11	14	4th	3 7 10 18 25 29
2021-06-23	3	3rd	8 17 18 26 27 38
2021-06-12	1	4th	4 12 15 18 24 36
2021-06-09	12	3rd	3 6 18 21 29 35
2021-04-28	2	3rd	6 7 18 23 35 40
2021-04-21	13	2nd	1 18 23 33 37 38
2021-03-06	6	5th	1 6 11 17 18 35
2021-02-13	4	4th	1 8 16 18 20 27
2021-01-30	4	3rd	1 11 18 20 29 34
2021-01-16	3	4th	2 13 17 18 19 30
2021-01-06	7	4th	1 6 16 18 23 32
2020-12-12	15	4th	1 5 9 18 21 35
2020-10-21	8	3rd	1 6 18 26 38 40
2020-09-23	2	5th	1 4 11 17 18 24
2020-09-16	3	3rd	11 17 18 25 29 37
2020-09-05	3	4th	5 10 14 18 24 30
2020-08-26	10	4th	7 13 15 18 32 40
2020-07-22	3	3rd	4 10 18 20 30 40
2020-07-11	8	3rd	8 16 18 21 29 40
2020-06-13	9	4th	2 8 17 18 27 29
2020-05-13	15	3rd	5 6 18 20 29 33
2020-03-21	1	3rd	9 16 18 19 20 28
2020-03-18	5	3rd	2 12 18 20 28 36
2020-02-29	20	2nd	4 18 25 27 28 32
2019-12-21	6	4th	7 9 14 18 20 34
2019-11-30	4	2nd	12 18 26 33 35 39
2019-11-16	35	2nd	13 18 19 32 33 39
2019-07-17	5	4th	1 10 16 18 26 27
2019-06-29	21	3rd	7 10 18 19 20 37
2019-04-17	1	2nd	9 18 21 27 34 35
2019-04-13	4	4th	1 8 10 18 26 28
2019-03-30	4	5th	2 3 9 13 18 21
2019-03-16	18	3rd	3 11 18 21 32 37
2019-01-12	8	3rd	4 6 18 19 24 40
2018-12-15	2	3rd	5 7 18 22 29 40
2018-12-08	1	5th	2 8 12 16 18 38
2018-12-05	2	3rd	1 5 18 23 24 25
2018-11-28	9	1st	18 19 20 30 31 38
2018-10-27	14	5th	10 12 15 17 18 34
2018-09-08	2	1st	18 20 22 24 29 35
2018-09-01	5	3rd	1 8 18 21 34 36
2018-08-15	2	3rd	4 12 18 27 33 35
2018-08-08	4	3rd	14 17 18 20 25 37
2018-07-25	3	3rd	10 16 18 19 28 35
2018-07-14	1	4th	5 14 17 18 19 33
2018-07-11	1	2nd	15 18 20 22 23 35
2018-07-07	4	3rd	10 15 18 29 30 33
2018-06-23	3	4th	4 15 17 18 30 39
2018-06-13	4	4th	9 10 12 18 36 37
2018-05-30	1	2nd	14 18 22 28 29 34
2018-05-26	18	4th	2 13 17 18 36 37
2018-03-24	3	3rd	12 15 18 21 22 37
2018-03-14	4	2nd	17 18 19 20 24 28
2018-02-28	12	4th	3 10 16 18 20 40
2018-01-17	1	3rd	3 15 18 19 22 23
2018-01-13	15	2nd	11 18 29 33 37 39
2017-11-22	3	4th	5 8 12 18 28 36
2017-11-11	17	3rd	3 14 18 26 38 39
2017-09-13	8	2nd	10 18 19 21 25 35
2017-08-16	9	4th	8 10 14 18 23 32
2017-07-15	1	2nd	17 18 21 34 37 40
2017-07-12	4	2nd	5 18 21 26 30 32
2017-06-28	7	3rd	1 10 18 26 27 40
2017-06-03	27	3rd	13 14 18 23 29 31
2017-03-01	8	3rd	1 11 18 21 22 38
2017-02-01	30	3rd	2 13 18 25 31 35
2016-10-19	10	2nd	9 18 20 21 28 30
2016-09-14	1	4th	3 8 14 18 23 40
2016-09-10	2	5th	5 10 11 15 18 38
2016-09-03	8	1st	18 24 25 27 32 34
2016-08-06	3	3rd	8 10 18 23 28 34
2016-07-27	5	3rd	3 7 18 20 22 30
2016-07-09	8	2nd	3 18 27 29 33 37
2016-06-11	3	6th	1 2 7 16 17 18
2016-06-01	5	4th	7 12 14 18 31 32
2016-05-14	14	4th	3 6 13 18 34 40
2016-03-26	1	4th	9 12 14 18 35 36
2016-03-23	2	4th	6 12 16 18 31 37
2016-03-16	2	3rd	8 9 18 23 37 39
2016-03-09	3	5th	9 15 16 17 18 28
2016-02-27	5	3rd	14 15 18 22 30 33
2016-02-10	2	5th	11 12 13 17 18 19
2016-02-03	13	6th	5 10 11 14 15 18
2015-12-19	1	4th	13 14 17 18 20 31
2015-12-16	4	4th	4 5 14 18 19 21
2015-12-02	4	4th	5 14 15 18 21 27
2015-11-18	4	2nd	17 18 19 20 22 40
2015-11-04	10	4th	10 14 17 18 37 38
2015-09-26	7	2nd	1 18 22 23 26 34
2015-08-08	1	3rd	2 13 18 22 26 39
2015-08-01	1	3rd	6 8 18 19 20 35
2015-07-25	1	3rd	9 15 18 22 36 39
2015-07-18	2	2nd	12 18 19 26 35 37
2015-07-04	1	5th	3 7 10 16 18 38
2015-06-27	1	4th	8 9 13 18 25 33
2015-06-20	9	2nd	15 18 21 36 37 40
2015-04-18	5	3rd	6 15 18 21 23 37
2015-03-14	3	3rd	12 13 18 26 34 40
2015-02-21	2	2nd	6 18 21 26 31 39
2015-02-07	8	4th	13 14 17 18 39 40
2014-12-13	18	2nd	8 18 21 28 33 38
2014-08-09	5	4th	7 14 17 18 25 30
2014-07-05	2	5th	2 9 10 12 18 23
2014-06-21	8	5th	2 3 14 17 18 35
2014-04-26	5	3rd	12 17 18 25 29 31
2014-03-22	2	3rd	12 16 18 34 35 39
2014-03-08	7	4th	3 6 8 18 28 35
2014-01-18	3	2nd	14 18 23 29 35 37
2013-12-28	6	4th	6 15 16 18 20 34
2013-11-16	1	4th	4 8 9 18 25 28
2013-11-09	7	3rd	6 9 18 28 30 39
2013-09-21	19	4th	6 8 17 18 21 26
2013-05-11	2	3rd	12 16 18 19 29 39
2013-04-27	5	4th	9 13 17 18 23 35
2013-03-23	3	3rd	1 16 18 29 30 32
2013-03-02	12	4th	8 11 12 18 33 37
2012-12-08	2	3rd	9 13 18 21 24 27
2012-11-24	1	3rd	3 4 18 19 34 35
2012-11-17	1	3rd	1 17 18 22 28 32
2012-11-10	11	1st	18 22 31 32 33 36
2012-08-25	4	4th	3 8 17 18 27 39
2012-07-28	6	5th	2 7 8 9 18 25
2012-06-16	4	2nd	9 18 20 27 33 39
2012-05-19	9	3rd	13 16 18 32 36 37
2012-03-17	12	4th	4 5 11 18 33 40
2011-12-24	3	3rd	7 15 18 26 32 34
2011-12-03	3	3rd	4 15 18 21 32 33
2011-11-12	—	6th	1 2 5 6 8 18