Number 18

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 5 from 1–47.

172times drawn · chance expected 186 −1.11σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number

10.0average wait between appearances · chance says 9.4

52longest completed wait · 42% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 172 times in 1,751 draws against 186.3 expected, −1.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 172 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 10.0 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 11 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 smallest21 · chance 25.0
2nd smallest73 · chance 65.5
3rd smallest55 · chance 58.2
4th smallest19 · chance 20.8
5th smallest4 · chance 2.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 20 22 9 21 38

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
2026-09-02	4	3rd	12 17 18 35 40
2026-08-19	1	3rd	4 12 18 34 36
2026-08-15	11	4th	6 8 17 18 31
2026-07-08	1	1st	18 22

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 5/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-04	15	2nd	7 18 37 42 43
2024-11-13	8	2nd	4 18 36 40 44
2024-10-16	1	1st	18 25 31 38 39
2024-10-12	26	4th	8 15 17 18 19
2024-07-13	9	2nd	1 18 25 27 31
2024-06-12	2	1st	18 25 30 40 44
2024-06-05	3	2nd	7 18 21 27 34
2024-05-25	16	3rd	6 8 18 19 33
2024-03-30	7	3rd	6 16 18 24 26
2024-03-06	9	1st	18 21 36 37 45
2024-02-03	18	3rd	2 12 18 20 44
2023-12-02	8	2nd	4 18 44 45 47
2023-11-04	9	3rd	5 6 18 26 44
2023-10-04	1	2nd	10 18 20 24 29
2023-09-30	4	4th	7 10 11 18 39
2023-09-16	7	2nd	7 18 34 36 47
2023-08-23	29	1st	18 20 30 37 44
2023-05-13	7	4th	5 11 16 18 39
2023-04-19	30	5th	3 9 11 17 18
2023-01-04	7	3rd	4 16 18 41 45
2022-12-10	3	2nd	13 18 19 22 38
2022-11-30	29	2nd	6 18 22 26 34
2022-08-20	18	3rd	1 7 18 22 38
2022-06-18	39	4th	2 10 11 18 39
2022-02-02	52	1st	18 21 31 45 47
2021-08-04	1	3rd	4 14 18 36 43
2021-07-31	9	2nd	16 18 30 32 38
2021-06-30	12	4th	12 13 16 18 25
2021-05-19	1	3rd	4 16 18 32 44
2021-05-15	5	2nd	6 18 27 35 36
2021-04-28	15	2nd	14 18 19 33 37
2021-03-06	1	2nd	12 18 27 28 34
2021-03-03	5	2nd	11 18 22 28 37
2021-02-13	43	1st	18 22 38 40 42
2020-09-16	3	2nd	13 18 28 38 42
2020-09-05	6	2nd	1 18 22 26 27
2020-08-15	34	2nd	14 18 21 42 45
2020-04-18	6	2nd	1 18 20 21 26
2020-03-28	1	2nd	9 18 26 29 30
2020-03-25	14	1st	18 22 24 28 44
2020-02-05	1	3rd	7 12 18 37 42
2020-02-01	6	3rd	1 14 18 25 35
2020-01-11	25	4th	4 9 13 18 34
2019-10-16	2	2nd	7 18 28 41 44
2019-10-09	7	4th	7 9 14 18 38
2019-09-14	2	3rd	4 10 18 27 30
2019-09-07	10	2nd	8 18 20 23 43
2019-08-03	6	2nd	17 18 21 27 32
2019-07-13	10	3rd	1 13 18 20 30
2019-06-08	3	3rd	6 9 18 33 38
2019-05-29	18	3rd	1 3 18 26 41
2019-03-27	10	1st	18 22 26 39 42
2019-02-20	4	2nd	9 18 35 40 46
2019-02-06	7	4th	1 4 17 18 38
2019-01-12	6	2nd	6 18 24 31 42
2018-12-22	7	1st	18 24 26 35 40
2018-11-28	16	1st	18 21 26 34 43
2018-10-03	24	3rd	9 16 18 20 32
2018-07-11	16	3rd	15 16 18 20 39
2018-05-16	6	1st	18 22 24 31 43
2018-04-25	2	2nd	8 18 20 36 45
2018-04-18	10	3rd	1 9 18 25 32
2018-03-14	10	3rd	4 9 18 24 32
2018-02-07	6	3rd	7 15 18 20 24
2018-01-17	4	3rd	3 8 18 31 36
2018-01-03	9	1st	18 24 27 31 35
2017-12-02	5	2nd	7 18 33 40 42
2017-11-15	7	1st	18 20 21 38 45
2017-10-21	4	2nd	4 18 27 36 47
2017-10-07	42	2nd	16 18 24 41 47
2017-05-13	8	3rd	13 16 18 27 32
2017-04-15	6	4th	3 10 16 18 19
2017-03-25	10	4th	10 13 17 18 20
2017-02-18	4	2nd	9 18 24 27 41
2017-02-04	12	3rd	5 15 18 22 41
2016-12-24	25	2nd	2 18 31 35 39
2016-09-28	11	2nd	8 18 24 37 43
2016-08-20	2	2nd	10 18 27 39 41
2016-08-13	3	2nd	6 18 39 44 47
2016-08-03	7	2nd	12 18 19 29 32
2016-07-09	18	2nd	13 18 25 37 43
2016-05-07	8	3rd	6 14 18 20 38
2016-04-09	11	2nd	16 18 36 40 42
2016-03-02	12	3rd	9 10 18 19 42
2016-01-20	19	3rd	3 14 18 25 38
2015-11-14	3	3rd	2 17 18 35 42
2015-11-04	16	3rd	4 10 18 29 38
2015-09-09	17	3rd	9 15 18 21 22
2015-07-11	11	1st	18 23 33 34 39
2015-06-03	6	3rd	7 17 18 29 40
2015-05-13	17	2nd	12 18 28 38 43
2015-03-14	4	3rd	13 17 18 22 37
2015-02-28	2	1st	18 33 34 36 45
2015-02-21	2	2nd	13 18 21 31 38
2015-02-14	24	3rd	8 9 18 22 31
2014-11-22	8	5th	2 4 8 9 18
2014-10-25	3	2nd	1 18 22 38 44
2014-10-15	1	3rd	2 8 18 22 33
2014-10-11	11	5th	3 5 6 15 18
2014-09-03	4	2nd	12 18 21 26 41
2014-08-20	2	4th	9 11 14 18 36
2014-08-13	7	2nd	14 18 20 27 46
2014-07-19	2	3rd	7 15 18 26 39
2014-07-12	4	3rd	11 15 18 23 28
2014-06-28	2	1st	18 27 29 38 42
2014-06-21	17	3rd	13 16 18 29 39
2014-04-23	37	2nd	2 18 19 25 36
2013-12-14	1	3rd	10 12 18 22 31
2013-12-11	7	2nd	2 18 27 36 37
2013-11-16	22	1st	18 19 27 29 45
2013-08-31	10	2nd	4 18 24 33 47
2013-07-27	6	1st	18 20 30 40 42
2013-07-06	15	2nd	2 18 20 21 45
2013-05-15	4	3rd	13 17 18 33 46
2013-05-01	6	4th	9 14 16 18 19
2013-04-10	26	2nd	9 18 37 41 42
2013-01-09	11	3rd	3 8 18 40 45
2012-12-01	19	3rd	4 17 18 32 46
2012-09-26	11	2nd	13 18 31 38 44
2012-08-18	1	2nd	4 18 19 42 43
2012-08-15	3	2nd	2 18 23 24 39
2012-08-04	5	2nd	5 18 28 43 44
2012-07-18	11	2nd	16 18 19 29 38
2012-06-09	1	2nd	2 18 22 28 40
2012-06-06	10	2nd	4 18 21 23 42
2012-05-02	16	3rd	6 11 18 32 43
2012-03-07	1	2nd	11 18 21 30 34
2012-03-03	6	5th	2 4 6 7 18
2012-02-11	6	3rd	1 2 18 34 43
2012-01-21	18	2nd	16 18 23 40 46
2011-11-19	10	2nd	4 18 21 33 39
2011-10-15	9	2nd	2 18 25 32 46
2011-09-14	16	3rd	9 15 18 32 36
2011-07-20	4	2nd	13 18 19 23 25
2011-07-06	19	4th	5 7 11 18 33
2011-04-30	9	2nd	4 18 24 33 35
2011-03-30	1	1st	18 20 22 26 41
2011-03-26	1	2nd	11 18 19 29 40
2011-03-23	16	2nd	9 18 31 33 42
2011-01-26	10	2nd	11 18 21 27 47
2010-12-22	7	2nd	3 18 21 22 42
2010-11-27	7	3rd	7 17 18 24 37
2010-11-03	22	3rd	6 9 18 23 37
2010-08-18	7	1st	18 21 28 43 47
2010-07-24	2	4th	9 13 15 18 25
2010-07-17	20	3rd	12 16 18 20 24
2010-05-08	10	2nd	4 18 19 43 47
2010-04-03	—	3rd	1 12 18 22 42