Number 18

In 2by2 under the 4/26 · since Nov 2022 rules — 1,377 draws, 4 from 1–26.

210times drawn · chance expected 212 −0.14σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 85% for any number

6.5average wait between appearances · chance says 6.5

49longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 210 times in 1,377 draws against 211.8 expected, −0.14σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 210 times in 1,377 draws · average wait 6.5 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 2 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest4 · chance 5.1
2nd smallest43 · chance 43.5
3rd smallest96 · chance 99.3
4th smallest67 · chance 62.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

17 10 13 9 26 11

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 25 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 — 14th most popular of 26. 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
2026-08-28	4	4th	15 16 17 18
2026-08-24	1	4th	3 10 13 18
2026-08-23	9	4th	1 2 9 18
2026-08-14	6	2nd	4 18 19 21
2026-08-08	5	3rd	4 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 4/26 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-28	1	4th	4 4 5 18
2026-04-27	1	4th	5 10 10 18
2026-04-26	3	3rd	7 10 18 25
2026-04-23	7	3rd	5 16 18 23
2026-04-16	8	2nd	16 18 19 20
2026-04-08	10	3rd	2 13 18 23
2026-03-29	2	4th	6 9 14 18
2026-03-27	6	3rd	1 11 18 23
2026-03-21	7	4th	4 13 16 18
2026-03-14	12	3rd	11 15 18 22
2026-03-02	22	3rd	14 17 18 26
2026-02-08	14	2nd	8 18 20 22
2026-01-25	3	3rd	7 14 18 25
2026-01-22	5	4th	3 13 16 18
2026-01-17	12	4th	2 10 16 18
2026-01-05	8	2nd	13 18 21 22
2025-12-28	23	4th	3 10 11 18
2025-12-05	8	3rd	4 11 18 23
2025-11-27	8	3rd	6 7 18 26
2025-11-19	4	4th	6 8 15 18
2025-11-15	14	4th	6 10 17 18
2025-11-01	8	2nd	9 18 25 26
2025-10-24	7	3rd	3 7 18 21
2025-10-17	1	4th	4 13 13 18
2025-10-16	1	3rd	7 16 18 26
2025-10-15	4	3rd	12 13 18 21
2025-10-11	4	2nd	4 18 22 25
2025-10-07	10	4th	1 14 17 18
2025-09-27	1	4th	15 16 17 18
2025-09-26	1	4th	10 12 15 18
2025-09-25	1	4th	7 7 10 18
2025-09-24	5	4th	8 14 15 18
2025-09-19	8	1st	18 22 25 26
2025-09-11	8	3rd	6 10 18 23
2025-09-03	2	2nd	6 18 20 25
2025-09-01	8	3rd	16 16 18 22
2025-08-24	6	2nd	1 18 21 22
2025-08-18	2	4th	1 2 9 18
2025-08-16	13	3rd	8 17 18 21
2025-08-03	11	3rd	9 11 18 25
2025-07-23	10	1st	18 25 26 26
2025-07-13	2	4th	5 7 15 18
2025-07-11	7	2nd	11 18 19 25
2025-07-04	4	3rd	2 6 18 21
2025-06-30	2	4th	2 4 7 18
2025-06-28	4	2nd	6 18 21 24
2025-06-24	3	3rd	2 7 18 21
2025-06-21	1	3rd	10 13 18 20
2025-06-20	2	4th	1 7 12 18
2025-06-18	7	2nd	5 18 19 25
2025-06-11	3	4th	2 13 17 18
2025-06-08	3	3rd	10 14 18 22
2025-06-05	4	4th	10 10 17 18
2025-06-01	11	4th	3 7 10 18
2025-05-21	8	3rd	13 15 18 23
2025-05-13	4	1st	18 20 22 24
2025-05-09	2	4th	5 6 17 18
2025-05-07	5	4th	8 8 11 18
2025-05-02	10	3rd	5 5 18 24
2025-04-22	8	3rd	4 17 18 23
2025-04-14	0	3rd	9 12 18
2025-04-14	3	3rd	9 12 18
2025-04-11	6	3rd	5 11 18 21
2025-04-05	7	3rd	1 12 18 22
2025-03-29	5	2nd	8 18 22 25
2025-03-24	3	4th	5 7 14 18
2025-03-21	1	3rd	2 13 18 21
2025-03-20	30	3rd	11 12 18 22
2025-02-18	5	3rd	12 13 18 22
2025-02-13	1	4th	2 4 13 18
2025-02-12	2	3rd	9 17 18 26
2025-02-10	4	3rd	10 16 18 26
2025-02-06	2	2nd	9 18 19 22
2025-02-04	10	4th	11 14 16 18
2025-01-25	1	2nd	15 18 22 26
2025-01-24	5	2nd	8 18 21 26
2025-01-19	4	4th	1 10 17 18
2025-01-15	2	3rd	3 17 18 24
2025-01-13	4	4th	4 9 17 18
2025-01-09	10	3rd	9 17 18 20
2024-12-30	1	3rd	10 10 18 22
2024-12-29	6	2nd	5 18 23 26
2024-12-23	1	4th	2 9 10 18
2024-12-22	4	4th	3 7 10 18
2024-12-18	4	3rd	8 14 18 24
2024-12-14	1	2nd	15 18 19 24
2024-12-13	1	2nd	14 18 22 24
2024-12-12	8	4th	4 13 14 18
2024-12-04	0	2nd	12 18 20
2024-12-04	18	2nd	12 18 20
2024-11-16	5	4th	3 7 10 18
2024-11-11	9	4th	4 7 17 18
2024-11-02	26	4th	1 3 5 18
2024-10-07	8	3rd	10 11 18 26
2024-09-29	21	4th	2 3 17 18
2024-09-08	15	3rd	8 17 18 23
2024-08-24	1	4th	5 9 14 18
2024-08-23	6	3rd	8 14 18 20
2024-08-17	6	3rd	11 16 18 26
2024-08-11	2	4th	9 13 15 18
2024-08-09	1	2nd	4 18 21 23
2024-08-08	0	3rd	3 15 18
2024-08-08	3	3rd	3 15 18
2024-08-05	7	2nd	4 18 20 25
2024-07-29	7	3rd	11 17 18 25
2024-07-22	2	2nd	11 18 23 24
2024-07-20	2	3rd	3 9 18 21
2024-07-18	1	4th	8 10 14 18
2024-07-17	12	3rd	2 17 18 22
2024-07-05	6	2nd	1 18 20 24
2024-06-29	0	3rd	8 11 18
2024-06-29	4	3rd	8 11 18
2024-06-25	5	4th	9 11 14 18
2024-06-20	5	3rd	3 7 18 26
2024-06-15	1	4th	4 8 16 18
2024-06-14	6	2nd	13 18 20 24
2024-06-08	2	3rd	9 17 18 26
2024-06-06	3	3rd	10 14 18 24
2024-06-03	17	3rd	8 15 18 24
2024-05-17	9	4th	7 9 15 18
2024-05-08	10	3rd	7 13 18 20
2024-04-28	5	4th	12 15 17 18
2024-04-23	7	3rd	6 17 18 22
2024-04-16	17	2nd	16 18 23 25
2024-03-30	3	4th	4 8 8 18
2024-03-27	15	4th	4 8 14 18
2024-03-12	3	3rd	2 9 18 24
2024-03-09	1	4th	2 3 12 18
2024-03-08	3	3rd	3 12 18 21
2024-03-05	3	3rd	14 15 18 22
2024-03-02	11	4th	10 11 13 18
2024-02-20	9	3rd	5 10 18 25
2024-02-11	15	4th	6 11 17 18
2024-01-27	10	2nd	10 18 21 23
2024-01-17	1	2nd	11 18 21 22
2024-01-16	32	3rd	8 9 18 25
2023-12-15	10	3rd	5 12 18 19
2023-12-05	2	1st	18 19 22 23
2023-12-03	10	3rd	4 5 18 19
2023-11-23	28	3rd	9 10 18 23
2023-10-26	28	4th	1 3 14 18
2023-09-28	4	3rd	16 16 18 19
2023-09-24	3	3rd	1 10 18 19
2023-09-21	4	3rd	4 9 18 26
2023-09-17	3	2nd	16 18 21 26
2023-09-14	3	4th	4 13 15 18
2023-09-11	9	4th	2 10 14 18
2023-09-02	1	3rd	1 7 18 21
2023-09-01	17	3rd	12 16 18 19
2023-08-15	4	3rd	2 14 18 25
2023-08-11	2	2nd	13 18 23 25
2023-08-09	19	4th	7 15 17 18
2023-07-21	4	3rd	2 17 18 20
2023-07-17	4	2nd	15 18 25 26
2023-07-13	2	4th	8 10 12 18
2023-07-11	6	3rd	5 6 18 23
2023-07-05	14	3rd	10 13 18 20
2023-06-21	2	2nd	4 18 22 26
2023-06-19	1	2nd	5 18 25 26
2023-06-18	1	3rd	10 11 18 24
2023-06-17	19	3rd	3 8 18 26
2023-05-29	5	3rd	3 4 18 24
2023-05-24	3	2nd	7 18 26 26
2023-05-21	13	3rd	2 17 18 19
2023-05-08	5	3rd	4 8 18 26
2023-05-03	5	3rd	15 17 18 23
2023-04-28	1	4th	11 14 14 18
2023-04-27	2	3rd	7 7 18 23
2023-04-25	8	3rd	10 17 18 25
2023-04-17	3	4th	8 11 13 18
2023-04-14	9	3rd	8 14 18 25
2023-04-05	6	4th	1 13 17 18
2023-03-30	1	3rd	12 17 18 20
2023-03-29	10	3rd	9 11 18 23
2023-03-19	7	3rd	13 16 18 22
2023-03-12	9	3rd	11 13 18 24
2023-03-03	49	3rd	3 6 18 21
2023-01-13	4	4th	9 13 15 18
2023-01-09	17	3rd	9 17 18 26
2022-12-23	7	3rd	4 17 18 21
2022-12-16	10	4th	1 1 3 18
2022-12-06	3	4th	3 4 17 18
2022-12-03	0	2nd	9 18 20
2022-12-03	3	2nd	9 18 20
2022-11-30	1	4th	3 12 13 18
2022-11-29	—	4th	4 13 16 18