Number 18

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,878 draws, 6 from 1–42.

302times drawn · chance expected 268 +2.22σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 86% for any number

6.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

31longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 302 times in 1,878 draws against 268.3 expected, +2.22σ. 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 302 times in 1,878 draws · average wait 6.2 draws · longest completed wait 31 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest13 · chance 17.1
2nd smallest67 · chance 72.8
3rd smallest118 · chance 110.9
4th smallest79 · chance 75.6
5th smallest23 · chance 23.0
6th smallest2 · chance 2.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 36.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 6 29 30 37 5

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
2026-10-05	3	4th	1 11 13 18 34 36
2026-09-28	12	3rd	1 2 18 22 24 33
2026-08-31	1	3rd	6 8 18 30 33 37
2026-08-29	11	3rd	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.

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