Number 18

In Cash4Life under the 5/60 + 1/4 · since May 2015 rules — 2,862 draws, 5 from 1–60.

223times drawn · chance expected 239 −1.05σ

7draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

12.8average wait between appearances · chance says 12.0

85longest completed wait · 14% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 223 times in 2,862 draws against 238.5 expected, −1.05σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 223 times in 2,862 draws · average wait 12.8 draws · longest completed wait 85 · waiting 7 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 smallest66 · chance 54.8
2nd smallest91 · chance 95.6
3rd smallest51 · chance 57.4
4th smallest14 · chance 14.0
5th smallest1 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 15.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 17 20 37 4 31

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 59 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 60. 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
2026-02-14	22	2nd	12 18 30 41 47
2026-01-23	10	1st	18 19 43 50 52
2026-01-13	12	3rd	14 16 18 26 36
2026-01-01	8	4th	1 14 15 18

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 5/60 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-04-17	23	2nd	9 18 29 36 54
2025-03-25	17	3rd	11 17 18 19 34
2025-03-08	16	1st	18 25 26 35 40
2025-02-20	11	2nd	6 18 20 36 56
2025-02-09	16	1st	18 19 27 51 53
2025-01-24	13	1st	18 22 31 33 40
2025-01-11	2	1st	18 23 27 28 60
2025-01-09	8	3rd	3 6 18 30 40
2025-01-01	17	4th	10 11 13 18 29
2024-12-15	7	2nd	1 18 22 29 39
2024-12-08	6	3rd	4 7 18 34 58
2024-12-02	26	1st	18 30 40 44 48
2024-11-06	1	2nd	17 18 20 26 59
2024-11-05	14	2nd	16 18 23 37 53
2024-10-22	2	2nd	14 18 36 46 55
2024-10-20	8	2nd	6 18 40 51 60
2024-10-12	26	3rd	13 17 18 26 37
2024-09-16	16	1st	18 22 31 38 55
2024-08-31	11	1st	18 22 25 36 37
2024-08-20	7	2nd	9 18 32 37 46
2024-08-13	4	1st	18 25 33 36 56
2024-08-09	2	2nd	5 18 26 36 43
2024-08-07	6	1st	18 24 37 50 56
2024-08-01	30	1st	18 46 52 53 58
2024-07-02	85	3rd	2 16 18 32 48
2024-04-08	54	3rd	6 10 18 50 52
2024-02-14	13	2nd	13 18 41 44 51
2024-02-01	45	3rd	4 17 18 19 44
2023-12-18	2	2nd	4 18 28 36 60
2023-12-16	6	2nd	14 18 38 50 54
2023-12-10	14	3rd	2 4 18 32 40
2023-11-26	17	4th	6 7 15 18 26
2023-11-09	18	3rd	5 9 18 50 54
2023-10-22	4	2nd	17 18 32 36 42
2023-10-18	1	3rd	2 16 18 43 57
2023-10-17	20	4th	5 12 17 18 29
2023-09-27	8	2nd	6 18 34 36 47
2023-09-19	18	4th	2 3 6 18 19
2023-09-01	1	2nd	7 18 20 31 46
2023-08-31	1	1st	18 26 37 44 55
2023-08-30	1	3rd	3 16 18 20 46
2023-08-29	18	2nd	4 18 23 51 53
2023-08-11	3	2nd	8 18 38 44 48
2023-08-08	55	2nd	13 18 39 52 60
2023-06-14	7	1st	18 28 42 45 54
2023-06-07	12	3rd	9 10 18 24 37
2023-05-26	1	1st	18 21 29 43 51
2023-05-25	2	4th	6 7 16 18 40
2023-05-23	2	2nd	13 18 28 31 35
2023-05-21	13	3rd	2 3 18 55 56
2023-05-08	20	2nd	4 18 31 34 50
2023-04-18	13	4th	8 12 16 18 21
2023-04-05	11	3rd	3 16 18 32 37
2023-03-25	15	2nd	15 18 19 45 58
2023-03-10	6	2nd	15 18 29 38 39
2023-03-04	6	4th	2 5 16 18 59
2023-02-26	11	3rd	13 17 18 50 60
2023-02-15	10	2nd	4 18 35 48 50
2023-02-05	9	1st	18 20 34 36 44
2023-01-27	5	2nd	9 18 34 38 49
2023-01-22	29	1st	18 23 30 42 48
2022-12-24	12	2nd	10 18 33 37 40
2022-12-12	12	2nd	5 18 21 50 52
2022-11-30	3	1st	18 21 24 33 44
2022-11-27	1	1st	18 23 24 58 59
2022-11-26	19	2nd	11 18 41 44 58
2022-11-07	4	1st	18 19 25 33 41
2022-11-03	2	1st	18 22 38 43 56
2022-11-01	9	1st	18 24 25 43 52
2022-10-23	13	2nd	7 18 24 32 35
2022-10-10	8	1st	18 22 40 42 56
2022-10-02	13	2nd	5 18 27 34 54
2022-09-19	3	2nd	16 18 37 48 54
2022-09-16	21	2nd	8 18 42 48 56
2022-08-26	44	2nd	1 18 23 39 55
2022-07-13	31	3rd	6 10 18 41 50
2022-06-12	28	2nd	4 18 25 46 59
2022-05-15	33	2nd	12 18 22 32 47
2022-04-12	6	1st	18 31 38 52 53
2022-04-06	10	1st	18 20 43 53 60
2022-03-27	14	2nd	12 18 26 42 58
2022-03-13	27	4th	7 15 16 18 60
2022-02-14	7	1st	18 22 29 37 40
2022-02-07	43	1st	18 20 22 43 59
2021-12-26	28	1st	18 23 27 37 52
2021-11-28	10	3rd	2 9 18 35 41
2021-11-18	1	1st	18 24 31 47 60
2021-11-17	23	2nd	10 18 50 53 58
2021-10-25	22	1st	18 35 46 47 51
2021-10-03	3	1st	18 24 50 52 59
2021-09-30	2	2nd	15 18 20 21 52
2021-09-28	4	4th	3 4 12 18 50
2021-09-24	1	2nd	15 18 23 36 44
2021-09-23	12	1st	18 27 29 55 58
2021-09-11	14	2nd	12 18 31 39 60
2021-08-28	26	2nd	1 18 28 32 36
2021-08-02	4	1st	18 46 48 50 54
2021-07-29	19	2nd	4 18 26 34 42
2021-07-10	1	3rd	7 8 18 33 52
2021-07-09	3	1st	18 29 40 42 56
2021-07-06	19	1st	18 25 30 41 49
2021-06-17	3	2nd	3 18 23 50 53
2021-06-14	23	1st	18 20 45 57 60
2021-05-22	4	2nd	10 18 22 38 54
2021-05-18	15	2nd	7 18 29 39 40
2021-05-03	14	2nd	13 18 27 28 60
2021-04-19	2	4th	1 6 14 18 33
2021-04-17	2	2nd	15 18 46 48 50
2021-04-15	11	1st	18 24 44 46 49
2021-04-04	25	3rd	11 17 18 26 54
2021-03-10	11	3rd	3 5 18 28 31
2021-02-27	12	2nd	8 18 33 38 53
2021-02-15	14	2nd	8 18 21 28 46
2021-02-01	17	1st	18 26 33 58 59
2021-01-15	4	2nd	10 18 37 38 51
2021-01-11	19	1st	18 30 41 48 54
2020-12-23	24	2nd	1 18 21 23 32
2020-11-29	4	3rd	9 17 18 28 38
2020-11-25	6	2nd	10 18 25 27 56
2020-11-19	6	3rd	16 17 18 37 58
2020-11-13	6	2nd	12 18 23 29 46
2020-11-07	14	3rd	2 3 18 43 49
2020-10-24	7	1st	18 25 31 33 42
2020-10-17	10	2nd	17 18 23 28 33
2020-10-07	13	2nd	8 18 30 44 49
2020-09-24	3	1st	18 20 43 45 60
2020-09-21	11	2nd	6 18 21 51 52
2020-09-10	2	2nd	10 18 24 27 57
2020-09-08	5	3rd	2 15 18 23 53
2020-09-03	4	1st	18 28 41 43 48
2020-08-30	31	3rd	3 12 18 29 33
2020-07-30	9	3rd	8 12 18 54 58
2020-07-21	17	5th	4 6 16 17 18
2020-07-04	19	3rd	3 9 18 19 20
2020-06-15	33	1st	18 31 34 43 55
2020-05-13	11	2nd	1 18 21 43 50
2020-05-02	4	2nd	8 18 43 52 59
2020-04-28	12	1st	18 21 36 41 48
2020-04-16	15	3rd	6 12 18 20 22
2020-04-01	1	3rd	5 14 18 27 46
2020-03-31	7	1st	18 25 31 45 58
2020-03-24	6	3rd	6 15 18 25 49
2020-03-18	6	3rd	5 14 18 23 51
2020-03-12	5	1st	18 26 36 37 38
2020-03-07	6	1st	18 23 40 41 44
2020-03-01	26	3rd	5 16 18 42 43
2020-02-04	7	2nd	8 18 20 22 28
2020-01-28	3	3rd	4 9 18 20 56
2020-01-25	10	1st	18 21 37 49 57
2020-01-15	3	3rd	14 16 18 25 46
2020-01-12	35	1st	18 23 25 49 51
2019-12-08	2	2nd	17 18 21 44 50
2019-12-06	7	3rd	3 11 18 23 49
2019-11-29	19	2nd	14 18 42 43 51
2019-11-10	10	2nd	11 18 30 32 44
2019-10-31	33	1st	18 25 28 41 47
2019-09-28	14	1st	18 20 42 51 58
2019-09-14	5	2nd	2 18 39 45 60
2019-09-09	3	2nd	12 18 19 33 39
2019-09-06	2	2nd	6 18 24 25 51
2019-09-04	12	2nd	8 18 19 34 36
2019-08-23	37	1st	18 34 37 45 55
2019-07-17	3	2nd	9 18 35 59 60
2019-07-14	5	2nd	12 18 20 30 44
2019-07-09	5	3rd	8 10 18 24 48
2019-07-04	5	3rd	2 9 18 25 51
2019-06-24	30	3rd	7 10 18 21 28
2019-03-11	3	3rd	12 17 18 38 46
2019-02-28	1	3rd	3 15 18 21 35
2019-02-25	12	1st	18 24 42 55 58
2019-01-14	4	2nd	17 18 42 50 57
2018-12-31	5	1st	18 28 39 46 54
2018-12-13	5	3rd	4 11 18 23 47
2018-11-26	1	1st	18 32 35 52 58
2018-11-22	25	1st	18 24 41 43 55
2018-08-27	12	1st	18 22 30 35 53
2018-07-16	16	2nd	17 18 45 46 55
2018-05-21	37	2nd	8 18 22 37 44
2018-01-11	3	1st	18 22 23 41 53
2018-01-01	2	2nd	12 18 20 31 38
2017-12-25	7	2nd	2 18 34 42 57
2017-11-30	15	3rd	2 5 18 23 59
2017-10-09	5	1st	18 20 38 42 44
2017-09-21	24	3rd	4 16 18 32 47
2017-06-29	9	4th	7 8 13 18 48
2017-05-29	30	1st	18 22 23 25 49
2017-02-13	11	2nd	17 18 24 25 41
2017-01-05	48	2nd	5 18 42 44 46
2016-07-21	5	3rd	1 4 18 29 32
2016-07-04	8	4th	2 15 17 18 52
2016-06-06	1	1st	18 25 35 41 57
2016-06-02	4	1st	18 28 30 31 37
2016-05-19	4	2nd	10 18 37 40 57
2016-05-05	3	2nd	17 18 30 43 49
2016-04-25	53	2nd	2 18 27 52 57
2015-10-22	32	2nd	5 18 45 52 57
2015-07-02	12	1st	18 19 31 43 54
2015-05-21	3	1st	18 22 24 29 56
2015-05-11	—	4th	7 8 14 18 52