Number 18

In Triple Twist under the 6/42 · since Dec 2018 rules — 2,815 draws, 6 from 1–42.

380times drawn · chance expected 402 −1.19σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 25% for any number

7.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

40longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 380 times in 2,815 draws against 402.1 expected, −1.19σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 380 times in 2,815 draws · average wait 7.3 draws · longest completed wait 40 · waiting 10 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 smallest18 · chance 21.6
2nd smallest109 · chance 91.6
3rd smallest115 · chance 139.6
4th smallest105 · chance 95.2
5th smallest31 · chance 29.0
6th smallest2 · chance 3.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 46.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 12 28 17 7 15

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-10-02	14	3rd	5 10 18 22 27 32
2026-09-18	1	4th	1 6 9 18 23 32
2026-09-17	5	5th	1 2 8 14 18 39
2026-09-12	5

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-06	2	3rd	11 16 18 32 38 39
2026-05-04	11	2nd	9 18 24 30 33 34
2026-04-23	6	3rd	6 17 18 19 38 41
2026-04-17	8	4th	4 7 9 18 35 36
2026-04-09	1	4th	1 2 16 18 39 40
2026-04-08	16	2nd	2 18 26 34 35 38
2026-03-23	3	3rd	2 3 18 20 34 35
2026-03-20	8	3rd	2 13 18 24 36 39
2026-03-12	4	4th	2 9 16 18 30 38
2026-03-08	10	4th	4 7 12 18 24 26
2026-02-26	1	2nd	13 18 21 36 37 38
2026-02-25	5	3rd	11 15 18 19 23 32
2026-02-20	13	2nd	9 18 22 26 29 36
2026-02-07	14	2nd	1 18 25 28 36 41
2026-01-24	7	3rd	3 7 18 31 38 42
2026-01-17	32	3rd	3 4 18 21 23 41
2025-12-16	6	1st	18 21 23 34 37 41
2025-12-10	2	2nd	3 18 24 27 31 34
2025-12-08	8	5th	5 10 13 14 18 30
2025-11-30	13	3rd	12 17 18 19 41 42
2025-11-17	3	2nd	11 18 20 27 35 38
2025-11-14	16	4th	4 11 14 18 35 38
2025-10-29	22	4th	7 8 17 18 23 24
2025-10-07	2	5th	4 7 14 16 18 32
2025-10-05	19	4th	12 13 17 18 24 27
2025-09-16	9	4th	6 10 15 18 32 39
2025-09-07	18	5th	2 3 9 12 18 34
2025-08-20	8	4th	14 15 17 18 35 37
2025-08-12	7	2nd	6 18 19 30 36 37
2025-08-05	4	3rd	4 7 18 19 20 29
2025-08-01	7	3rd	1 2 18 34 36 40
2025-07-25	6	3rd	1 3 18 23 29 31
2025-07-19	7	4th	8 12 17 18 22 37
2025-07-12	1	5th	4 7 11 17 18 24
2025-07-11	1	2nd	4 18 19 22 31 36
2025-07-10	6	2nd	11 18 25 27 38 40
2025-07-04	2	4th	5 8 14 18 36 41
2025-07-02	25	4th	10 11 15 18 24 25
2025-06-07	2	3rd	3 10 18 28 31 34
2025-06-05	26	2nd	13 18 22 24 29 37
2025-05-10	7	4th	2 11 12 18 20 36
2025-05-03	2	4th	11 13 15 18 25 31
2025-05-01	2	2nd	4 18 20 31 39 40
2025-04-29	15	3rd	4 9 18 23 26 33
2025-04-14	22	3rd	7 17 18 27 38 41
2025-03-23	7	3rd	1 7 18 21 24 36
2025-03-16	2	4th	8 14 15 18 28 29
2025-03-14	18	4th	4 5 7 18 19 40
2025-02-24	25	1st	18 20 21 26 28 37
2025-01-30	4	4th	5 6 11 18 26 28
2025-01-26	9	4th	12 13 16 18 25 27
2025-01-17	10	4th	6 12 14 18 25 41
2025-01-07	16	3rd	15 17 18 33 40 42
2024-12-22	4	3rd	4 11 18 23 27 39
2024-12-18	4	4th	4 13 17 18 19 33
2024-12-14	1	4th	3 8 10 18 25 30
2024-12-13	11	5th	1 2 7 10 18 40
2024-12-02	24	3rd	1 7 18 33 34 42
2024-11-08	14	5th	7 12 16 17 18 22
2024-10-25	2	2nd	2 18 29 31 36 39
2024-10-23	8	3rd	12 16 18 23 28 38
2024-10-15	1	2nd	15 18 22 26 33 42
2024-10-14	6	2nd	2 18 26 32 33 41
2024-10-08	10	3rd	8 16 18 22 25 29
2024-09-28	12	2nd	17 18 22 23 34 37
2024-09-16	2	2nd	13 18 19 24 34 36
2024-09-14	5	4th	5 8 11 18 21 35
2024-09-09	2	3rd	4 13 18 19 23 38
2024-09-07	2	4th	2 11 12 18 20 37
2024-09-05	4	2nd	4 18 22 26 27 33
2024-09-01	5	2nd	5 18 32 38 39 41
2024-08-27	4	2nd	16 18 29 33 35 37
2024-08-23	4	3rd	6 15 18 21 30 40
2024-08-19	2	4th	1 10 15 18 24 37
2024-08-17	2	4th	6 15 16 18 38 39
2024-08-15	23	3rd	6 15 18 24 31 36
2024-07-23	3	5th	1 7 15 17 18 29
2024-07-20	23	5th	1 3 11 13 18 37
2024-06-27	2	1st	18 23 37 38 40 41
2024-06-25	3	2nd	3 18 23 29 32 34
2024-06-22	5	4th	11 13 16 18 38 42
2024-06-17	11	5th	3 4 5 9 18 32
2024-06-06	4	5th	1 2 10 12 18 29
2024-06-02	6	4th	12 16 17 18 19 37
2024-05-27	1	2nd	12 18 23 24 35 41
2024-05-26	2	4th	10 12 16 18 25 26
2024-05-24	1	3rd	8 16 18 28 30 33
2024-05-23	1	4th	7 14 15 18 26 36
2024-05-22	4	3rd	4 7 18 20 23 36
2024-05-18	7	3rd	10 12 18 22 26 41
2024-05-11	6	1st	18 22 25 26 29 30
2024-05-05	1	3rd	4 14 18 25 31 37
2024-05-04	18	2nd	16 18 21 24 26 36
2024-04-16	2	2nd	7 18 32 33 37 41
2024-04-14	1	2nd	7 18 25 30 34 40
2024-04-13	4	1st	18 19 22 27 33 42
2024-04-09	3	5th	8 12 14 16 18 39
2024-04-06	6	3rd	1 3 18 22 25 36
2024-03-31	8	3rd	11 17 18 32 40 41
2024-03-23	2	4th	6 8 15 18 28 41
2024-03-21	1	2nd	2 18 19 21 22 31
2024-03-20	7	3rd	1 4 18 23 31 37
2024-03-13	3	3rd	11 15 18 30 36 38
2024-03-10	1	3rd	3 12 18 22 32 37
2024-03-09	5	2nd	7 18 19 28 38 39
2024-03-04	13	4th	2 5 16 18 27 38
2024-02-20	1	2nd	17 18 19 20 37 42
2024-02-19	3	5th	3 6 8 14 18 40
2024-02-16	2	3rd	12 17 18 30 36 39
2024-02-14	4	4th	14 16 17 18 30 39
2024-02-10	4	4th	4 6 14 18 19 41
2024-02-06	5	3rd	3 10 18 23 31 39
2024-02-01	3	3rd	15 17 18 26 28 30
2024-01-29	15	5th	2 5 14 17 18 41
2024-01-14	40	1st	18 20 24 30 34 42
2023-12-05	1	2nd	8 18 19 28 34 35
2023-12-04	2	3rd	14 15 18 28 33 35
2023-12-02	4	3rd	3 14 18 20 23 31
2023-11-28	15	4th	4 6 8 18 20 22
2023-11-13	12	2nd	2 18 23 27 33 41
2023-11-01	2	4th	3 5 14 18 24 28
2023-10-30	8	3rd	1 10 18 20 39 42
2023-10-22	3	2nd	10 18 21 33 37 38
2023-10-19	5	4th	2 6 16 18 39 40
2023-10-14	4	3rd	6 9 18 27 33 38
2023-10-10	1	2nd	5 18 25 28 29 40
2023-10-09	1	5th	6 14 15 16 18 29
2023-10-08	5	2nd	3 18 19 30 37 40
2023-10-03	19	4th	1 5 6 18 39 42
2023-09-14	20	1st	18 19 23 24 37 38
2023-08-25	2	1st	18 19 32 35 38 39
2023-08-23	5	5th	1 5 13 15 18 35
2023-08-18	2	2nd	5 18 22 24 25 38
2023-08-16	19	3rd	5 10 18 19 23 36
2023-07-28	4	3rd	8 9 18 27 28 40
2023-07-24	16	5th	2 6 14 16 18 36
2023-07-08	30	3rd	9 16 18 28 31 36
2023-06-08	7	3rd	7 11 18 23 36 41
2023-06-01	17	2nd	6 18 26 27 29 31
2023-05-15	2	3rd	1 17 18 21 26 37
2023-05-13	5	2nd	14 18 23 27 34 39
2023-05-08	18	3rd	1 6 18 28 32 35
2023-04-20	7	4th	8 10 11 18 33 41
2023-04-13	7	2nd	1 18 19 24 25 39
2023-04-06	4	4th	1 11 17 18 22 42
2023-04-02	1	2nd	14 18 20 29 31 35
2023-04-01	15	5th	3 4 8 17 18 40
2023-03-17	2	3rd	1 7 18 21 28 33
2023-03-15	4	2nd	1 18 19 30 32 42
2023-03-11	9	2nd	7 18 26 28 34 39
2023-03-02	3	1st	18 19 23 25 28 40
2023-02-27	13	4th	3 4 5 18 25 34
2023-02-14	2	4th	3 5 12 18 19 20
2023-02-12	1	4th	7 12 16 18 29 41
2023-02-11	9	4th	2 5 15 18 25 30
2023-02-02	10	4th	13 14 16 18 30 39
2023-01-23	1	4th	11 12 15 18 29 42
2023-01-22	4	4th	1 6 16 18 34 40
2023-01-18	11	2nd	9 18 23 31 38 42
2023-01-07	11	1st	18 31 33 34 36 38
2022-12-27	23	3rd	10 15 18 20 24 39
2022-12-04	25	2nd	6 18 22 29 31 41
2022-11-09	16	1st	18 20 29 31 33 35
2022-10-24	3	4th	3 5 16 18 20 21
2022-10-21	7	2nd	13 18 22 24 37 39
2022-10-14	2	3rd	4 15 18 24 29 34
2022-10-12	2	1st	18 23 27 35 37 38
2022-10-10	9	2nd	15 18 25 28 33 37
2022-10-01	11	3rd	8 10 18 20 26 40
2022-09-20	1	6th	3 7 9 13 15 18
2022-09-19	23	4th	1 3 6 18 22 30
2022-08-27	1	2nd	8 18 29 32 37 38
2022-08-26	2	4th	1 4 15 18 35 38
2022-08-24	23	4th	8 10 12 18 22 42
2022-08-01	13	5th	1 11 14 15 18 34
2022-07-19	11	2nd	3 18 25 28 33 34
2022-07-08	4	2nd	17 18 19 23 24 35
2022-07-04	24	2nd	16 18 25 29 30 36
2022-06-10	8	3rd	2 11 18 19 28 39
2022-06-02	2	4th	3 13 15 18 26 40
2022-05-31	8	1st	18 20 21 25 30 31
2022-05-23	3	2nd	2 18 26 34 36 40
2022-05-20	29	4th	6 8 15 18 31 41
2022-04-21	15	4th	3 6 10 18 41 42
2022-04-06	1	4th	5 6 12 18 19 34
2022-04-05	11	2nd	17 18 24 26 35 40
2022-03-25	8	4th	3 5 16 18 26 29
2022-03-17	5	2nd	8 18 28 29 32 34
2022-03-12	2	4th	4 8 14 18 29 30
2022-03-10	1	3rd	3 7 18 27 28 36
2022-03-09	7	4th	2 3 13 18 30 33
2022-03-02	5	3rd	5 16 18 20 21 26
2022-02-25	3	3rd	10 13 18 27 28 34
2022-02-22	5	5th	1 4 6 17 18 26
2022-02-17	10	2nd	15 18 26 30 37 39
2022-02-07	10	3rd	2 4 18 26 28 38
2022-01-28	6	3rd	7 10 18 22 40 42
2022-01-22	1	2nd	2 18 33 36 37 38
2022-01-21	35	4th	1 5 7 18 28 42
2021-12-17	13	3rd	1 7 18 22 23 32
2021-12-04	17	3rd	13 14 18 19 32 42
2021-11-17	12	5th	1 4 12 14 18 30
2021-11-05	5	2nd	8 18 19 23 33 34
2021-10-31	4	4th	4 7 11 18 30 42
2021-10-27	5	2nd	6 18 24 29 36 39
2021-10-22	3	2nd	10 18 23 26 31 38
2021-10-19	6	2nd	11 18 22 28 36 42
2021-10-13	8	2nd	12 18 21 25 28 41
2021-10-05	5	3rd	9 10 18 19 28 36
2021-09-30	1	2nd	17 18 23 26 27 29
2021-09-29	7	3rd	6 14 18 19 35 40
2021-09-22	1	3rd	13 14 18 29 35 41
2021-09-21	24	3rd	8 10 18 19 23 33
2021-08-28	1	2nd	16 18 21 24 27 39
2021-08-27	3	3rd	8 11 18 28 31 38
2021-08-24	1	2nd	17 18 21 28 33 42
2021-08-23	12	2nd	10 18 32 36 39 40
2021-08-11	7	4th	9 12 13 18 24 33
2021-08-04	14	4th	9 16 17 18 23 39
2021-07-21	1	2nd	8 18 22 31 35 37
2021-07-20	9	4th	5 7 9 18 21 38
2021-07-11	4	3rd	1 16 18 25 28 33
2021-07-07	6	4th	1 14 17 18 31 32
2021-07-01	14	3rd	4 13 18 27 30 33
2021-06-17	4	1st	18 22 26 28 36 37
2021-06-13	5	4th	3 12 14 18 25 29
2021-06-08	1	5th	4 7 8 17 18 37
2021-06-07	2	5th	8 11 15 16 18 37
2021-06-05	4	1st	18 22 25 32 34 39
2021-06-01	5	4th	4 9 12 18 25 28
2021-05-27	5	4th	3 11 15 18 19 35
2021-05-22	10	3rd	15 16 18 29 32 33
2021-05-12	5	3rd	14 17 18 22 23 39
2021-05-07	4	3rd	2 15 18 20 26 31
2021-05-03	6	3rd	1 7 18 22 30 35
2021-04-27	7	3rd	14 17 18 19 20 31
2021-04-20	4	4th	7 8 14 18 20 25
2021-04-16	25	2nd	4 18 20 25 39 41
2021-03-22	1	3rd	8 17 18 29 35 38
2021-03-21	18	3rd	3 8 18 27 28 40
2021-03-03	2	2nd	8 18 22 24 34 39
2021-03-01	1	4th	4 6 9 18 34 42
2021-02-28	4	3rd	8 12 18 22 26 42
2021-02-24	2	2nd	8 18 20 29 32 35
2021-02-22	6	2nd	8 18 34 35 38 40
2021-02-16	5	2nd	14 18 22 26 29 42
2021-02-11	5	3rd	1 8 18 21 33 42
2021-02-06	2	3rd	2 14 18 28 34 42
2021-02-04	1	2nd	15 18 20 25 27 34
2021-02-03	5	5th	1 3 10 15 18 28
2021-01-29	8	3rd	12 15 18 21 34 36
2021-01-21	6	1st	18 20 28 30 39 40
2021-01-15	7	2nd	8 18 20 27 29 33
2021-01-08	6	3rd	2 5 18 20 29 30
2021-01-02	4	3rd	5 12 18 19 24 32
2020-12-29	2	4th	3 4 17 18 28 42
2020-12-27	1	4th	2 3 10 18 19 40
2020-12-26	7	4th	4 9 16 18 22 32
2020-12-19	1	4th	8 9 13 18 27 38
2020-12-18	5	1st	18 23 24 37 38 39
2020-12-13	5	3rd	5 8 18 26 30 40
2020-12-08	3	3rd	1 11 18 27 36 38
2020-12-05	6	5th	7 10 12 14 18 36
2020-11-29	4	2nd	1 18 24 28 33 35
2020-11-25	2	3rd	12 13 18 21 29 30
2020-11-23	7	2nd	2 18 21 31 32 40
2020-11-16	2	3rd	6 16 18 23 28 32
2020-11-14	1	5th	2 9 13 16 18 19
2020-11-13	5	3rd	12 17 18 20 25 36
2020-11-08	15	3rd	1 7 18 32 34 40
2020-10-24	5	3rd	1 17 18 26 35 41
2020-10-19	5	2nd	8 18 21 39 40 42
2020-10-14	7	2nd	13 18 26 30 32 42
2020-10-07	4	2nd	11 18 34 35 39 40
2020-10-03	8	5th	4 9 10 12 18 36
2020-09-25	1	3rd	13 17 18 30 36 37
2020-09-24	7	3rd	7 16 18 21 30 42
2020-09-17	2	4th	10 16 17 18 21 41
2020-09-15	5	3rd	9 17 18 23 35 38
2020-09-10	8	4th	1 12 17 18 27 31
2020-09-02	5	2nd	1 18 19 23 27 31
2020-08-28	6	4th	6 8 15 18 34 38
2020-08-22	11	5th	6 9 16 17 18 30
2020-08-11	1	2nd	7 18 25 37 38 42
2020-08-10	2	3rd	3 13 18 20 28 37
2020-08-08	1	3rd	7 13 18 22 27 30
2020-08-07	3	3rd	4 15 18 20 29 34
2020-08-04	8	3rd	10 13 18 21 29 38
2020-07-27	7	3rd	5 6 18 19 28 36
2020-07-20	3	2nd	11 18 23 25 34 42
2020-07-17	8	2nd	8 18 24 31 36 39
2020-07-09	4	3rd	9 14 18 22 26 38
2020-07-05	4	4th	2 4 6 18 30 35
2020-07-01	5	2nd	11 18 20 24 39 40
2020-06-26	16	2nd	1 18 21 24 33 41
2020-06-10	7	3rd	4 13 18 22 26 32
2020-06-03	20	2nd	2 18 25 34 39 42
2020-05-14	5	4th	2 4 14 18 30 37
2020-05-09	8	3rd	8 16 18 25 29 32
2020-05-01	1	3rd	3 11 18 21 26 37
2020-04-30	10	3rd	10 17 18 22 25 42
2020-04-20	6	3rd	9 17 18 32 33 35
2020-04-14	20	3rd	5 12 18 22 24 38
2020-03-25	1	5th	4 7 8 12 18 34
2020-03-24	11	2nd	14 18 19 33 37 38
2020-03-13	1	2nd	9 18 21 25 37 39
2020-03-12	7	2nd	17 18 20 24 26 39
2020-03-05	6	2nd	1 18 24 26 27 31
2020-02-28	9	2nd	7 18 20 29 34 42
2020-02-19	11	2nd	4 18 20 36 40 42
2020-02-08	1	3rd	9 15 18 27 29 37
2020-02-07	3	3rd	5 12 18 21 39 41
2020-02-04	8	4th	3 14 17 18 24 32
2020-01-27	2	2nd	6 18 23 24 26 37
2020-01-25	6	2nd	15 18 24 29 33 38
2020-01-19	3	4th	6 9 10 18 31 38
2020-01-16	20	2nd	10 18 26 27 40 41
2019-12-27	6	4th	5 7 16 18 23 27
2019-12-21	6	4th	8 12 17 18 23 40
2019-12-15	13	3rd	2 13 18 23 32 38
2019-12-02	9	5th	1 2 3 9 18 31
2019-11-23	3	4th	2 12 13 18 31 33
2019-11-20	10	3rd	6 16 18 23 32 35
2019-11-10	7	4th	4 5 12 18 22 37
2019-11-03	12	2nd	15 18 22 24 38 40
2019-10-22	24	4th	6 15 17 18 22 26
2019-09-26	1	4th	3 7 11 18 24 42
2019-09-25	3	2nd	15 18 25 31 37 38
2019-09-21	7	1st	18 33 34 36 40 42
2019-09-13	11	4th	2 6 11 18 19 21
2019-08-31	6	4th	8 11 15 18 34 36
2019-08-24	18	2nd	17 18 23 26 28 34
2019-08-03	19	4th	1 4 7 18 20 31
2019-07-12	9	2nd	16 18 21 34 36 38
2019-07-02	5	4th	4 15 16 18 31 35
2019-06-26	3	2nd	12 18 20 33 34 36
2019-06-22	8	3rd	3 11 18 27 30 37
2019-06-13	12	4th	4 6 12 18 32 37
2019-05-30	9	5th	7 8 11 12 18 22
2019-05-20	13	3rd	2 6 18 20 32 33
2019-05-04	1	3rd	7 13 18 25 34 35
2019-05-03	2	3rd	10 12 18 23 26 36
2019-05-01	23	2nd	12 18 24 29 36 40
2019-04-04	8	2nd	9 18 19 24 30 38
2019-03-26	6	6th	2 9 12 16 17 18
2019-03-19	1	2nd	7 18 20 21 22 30
2019-03-18	14	2nd	3 18 24 27 32 33
2019-03-01	3	4th	2 15 16 18 22 35
2019-02-26	7	4th	5 7 11 18 21 28
2019-02-18	4	4th	7 10 14 18 27 41
2019-02-13	2	4th	7 10 11 18 26 41
2019-02-11	9	2nd	13 18 22 27 28 29
2019-01-31	7	4th	3 12 17 18 24 25
2019-01-23	4	4th	2 8 12 18 33 39
2019-01-18	5	4th	2 5 16 18 20 24
2019-01-12	—	2nd	7 18 19 28 41 42