Number 18

In Florida Lotto under the 6/53 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–53.

180times drawn · chance expected 198 −1.37σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 89% for any number

9.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

40longest completed wait · 81% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 180 times in 1,751 draws against 198.2 expected, −1.37σ. 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 180 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 9.7 draws · longest completed wait 40 · 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 smallest24 · chance 22.5
2nd smallest55 · chance 61.6
3rd smallest68 · chance 61.6
4th smallest24 · chance 28.0
5th smallest9 · chance 5.8
6th smallest0 · chance 0.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

53 5 30 9 28 51

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 52 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 53. 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
2026-10-03	1	3rd	4 8 18 28 40 46
2026-09-30	9	2nd	1 18 19 26 28 50
2026-08-29	15	2nd	2 18 20 22 43 52
2026-07-08

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 6/53 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-05-11	10	5th	2 11 15 16 18 26
2024-04-06	4	3rd	4 14 18 20 23 48
2024-03-23	11	2nd	4 18 24 34 36 52
2024-02-14	1	1st	18 24 26 28 30 32
2024-02-10	1	2nd	14 18 23 39 41 53
2024-02-07	26	4th	7 12 15 18 25 53
2023-11-08	9	3rd	3 17 18 26 39 53
2023-10-07	7	3rd	6 12 18 37 39 48
2023-09-13	1	5th	1 3 6 10 18 23
2023-09-09	38	1st	18 34 39 42 48 53
2023-04-29	1	2nd	14 18 21 33 35 48
2023-04-26	15	4th	4 7 8 18 38 52
2023-03-04	8	2nd	15 18 20 35 47 51
2023-02-04	2	3rd	1 8 18 27 34 45
2023-01-28	12	3rd	7 9 18 20 28 36
2022-12-17	2	5th	4 6 8 17 18 50
2022-12-10	5	3rd	12 15 18 21 22 46
2022-11-23	8	1st	18 19 28 29 32 51
2022-10-26	17	2nd	11 18 20 30 42 53
2022-08-27	7	2nd	6 18 28 30 41 44
2022-08-03	8	3rd	3 9 18 19 25 40
2022-07-06	29	2nd	7 18 20 40 43 45
2022-03-26	11	1st	18 22 24 48 51 53
2022-02-16	9	3rd	2 10 18 29 31 49
2022-01-15	11	2nd	13 18 22 40 45 50
2021-12-08	28	2nd	16 18 25 30 49 50
2021-09-01	1	3rd	1 13 18 21 37 43
2021-08-28	1	4th	2 5 9 18 22 25
2021-08-25	3	3rd	12 17 18 22 36 52
2021-08-14	6	2nd	10 18 26 37 43 53
2021-07-24	10	3rd	7 13 18 21 32 48
2021-06-19	3	2nd	5 18 25 30 47 48
2021-06-09	1	4th	9 10 11 18 34 46
2021-06-05	4	3rd	9 15 18 19 25 30
2021-05-22	12	3rd	12 15 18 24 52 53
2021-04-10	11	4th	6 9 15 18 45 53
2021-03-03	5	1st	18 22 23 24 35 41
2021-02-13	27	3rd	4 5 18 27 30 37
2020-11-11	10	2nd	5 18 21 22 45 51
2020-10-07	27	4th	4 11 14 18 42 49
2020-07-04	10	3rd	6 15 18 20 40 41
2020-05-30	1	3rd	1 12 18 23 24 45
2020-05-27	1	1st	18 21 27 31 38 52
2020-05-23	3	2nd	6 18 22 32 35 51
2020-05-13	9	3rd	5 15 18 34 37 47
2020-04-11	2	2nd	12 18 28 34 40 53
2020-04-04	12	3rd	10 17 18 20 30 41
2020-02-22	1	3rd	6 17 18 19 32 36
2020-02-19	3	2nd	14 18 22 28 40 53
2020-02-08	1	3rd	5 11 18 30 34 44
2020-02-05	3	5th	3 5 6 9 18 38
2020-01-25	6	2nd	3 18 24 46 51 53
2020-01-04	1	3rd	2 10 18 30 35 49
2020-01-01	1	4th	3 5 15 18 30 31
2019-12-28	17	2nd	17 18 19 28 30 37
2019-10-30	8	3rd	9 13 18 30 37 44
2019-10-02	9	3rd	3 13 18 28 44 47
2019-08-31	1	3rd	6 12 18 19 38 51
2019-08-28	19	3rd	1 13 18 38 42 53
2019-06-22	3	3rd	13 14 18 29 32 49
2019-06-12	9	2nd	12 18 26 32 36 43
2019-05-11	3	3rd	10 12 18 25 27 49
2019-05-01	5	1st	18 27 28 30 35 43
2019-04-13	1	2nd	5 18 28 37 42 49
2019-04-10	2	1st	18 22 34 39 48 53
2019-04-03	5	2nd	9 18 22 37 44 46
2019-03-16	6	4th	1 5 13 18 28 32
2019-02-23	13	3rd	10 12 18 27 36 51
2019-01-09	15	2nd	4 18 19 28 33 38
2018-11-17	4	2nd	4 18 26 30 45 51
2018-11-03	17	3rd	3 10 18 27 41 43
2018-09-05	10	4th	8 9 13 18 20 46
2018-08-01	20	1st	18 35 38 40 46 53
2018-05-23	21	3rd	5 9 18 24 25 27
2018-03-10	2	3rd	7 15 18 30 47 51
2018-03-03	27	3rd	1 16 18 32 40 48
2017-11-29	1	2nd	1 18 19 25 31 50
2017-11-25	14	3rd	1 11 18 36 37 39
2017-10-07	13	1st	18 23 27 35 42 45
2017-08-23	38	3rd	2 12 18 22 24 25
2017-04-12	5	5th	2 8 12 15 18 47
2017-03-25	26	2nd	15 18 28 34 37 47
2016-12-24	11	2nd	13 18 20 29 48 52
2016-11-16	4	3rd	4 12 18 24 25 36
2016-11-02	11	5th	2 4 9 14 18 39
2016-09-24	11	2nd	15 18 24 29 31 48
2016-08-17	24	5th	3 8 13 14 18 33
2016-05-25	8	1st	18 23 31 41 44 47
2016-04-27	1	3rd	3 11 18 25 36 50
2016-04-23	5	1st	18 29 41 47 49 53
2016-04-06	3	3rd	4 5 18 37 40 51
2016-03-26	4	3rd	7 13 18 33 40 42
2016-03-12	3	2nd	14 18 19 24 25 45
2016-03-02	19	1st	18 19 20 21 24 38
2015-12-26	1	3rd	1 11 18 20 27 40
2015-12-23	2	2nd	14 18 23 31 38 49
2015-12-16	2	3rd	8 14 18 22 35 42
2015-12-09	10	2nd	5 18 23 30 33 47
2015-11-04	1	2nd	15 18 19 36 37 51
2015-10-31	2	4th	1 5 7 18 19 53
2015-10-24	1	3rd	12 17 18 21 46 49
2015-10-21	11	2nd	8 18 19 23 32 40
2015-09-12	12	2nd	10 18 28 41 44 51
2015-08-01	4	3rd	3 14 18 19 29 34
2015-07-18	5	3rd	8 10 18 26 40 49
2015-07-01	2	2nd	11 18 20 30 44 48
2015-06-24	9	1st	18 46 47 48 51 53
2015-05-23	14	4th	5 10 13 18 36 50
2015-04-04	5	4th	3 5 9 18 47 49
2015-03-18	2	2nd	6 18 19 22 47 53
2015-03-11	9	2nd	2 18 32 33 39 40
2015-02-07	14	3rd	9 11 18 28 36 39
2014-12-20	1	3rd	1 13 18 29 39 46
2014-12-17	5	3rd	4 5 18 21 35 48
2014-11-29	29	2nd	7 18 25 27 30 53
2014-08-20	1	2nd	9 18 21 39 40 51
2014-08-16	16	4th	6 8 14 18 29 37
2014-06-21	7	2nd	8 18 31 34 36 47
2014-05-28	4	3rd	13 14 18 26 37 45
2014-05-14	34	1st	18 19 30 31 33 43
2014-01-15	13	2nd	13 18 20 28 42 53
2013-11-30	36	1st	18 21 29 30 35 45
2013-07-27	9	3rd	6 10 18 27 28 51
2013-06-26	15	3rd	5 13 18 28 31 43
2013-05-04	21	3rd	5 17 18 24 29 33
2013-02-20	15	1st	18 23 28 36 43 45
2012-12-29	2	2nd	15 18 21 31 40 41
2012-12-22	12	1st	18 20 35 36 37 39
2012-11-10	1	3rd	8 15 18 42 45 50
2012-11-07	6	4th	7 11 15 18 24 43
2012-10-17	15	4th	2 9 16 18 34 46
2012-08-25	5	2nd	1 18 23 27 33 36
2012-08-08	12	3rd	6 9 18 32 39 49
2012-06-27	26	3rd	2 7 18 29 35 44
2012-03-28	2	2nd	13 18 24 33 37 50
2012-03-21	4	5th	2 3 4 10 18 26
2012-03-07	5	3rd	5 9 18 31 44 48
2012-02-18	7	2nd	7 18 37 41 45 51
2012-01-25	5	4th	4 9 14 18 35 47
2012-01-07	1	3rd	8 14 18 29 33 37
2012-01-04	32	2nd	9 18 21 22 33 51
2011-09-14	5	3rd	6 9 18 20 41 45
2011-08-27	11	4th	9 15 17 18 26 28
2011-07-20	13	4th	5 8 12 18 31 36
2011-06-04	16	4th	5 8 16 18 21 51
2011-04-09	12	4th	10 11 14 18 40 41
2011-02-26	4	3rd	5 7 18 24 49 53
2011-02-12	5	3rd	1 13 18 24 40 53
2011-01-26	34	2nd	7 18 19 23 35 52
2010-09-29	17	3rd	4 17 18 19 45 47
2010-07-31	4	3rd	5 8 18 19 47 48
2010-07-17	20	1st	18 38 40 43 46 52
2010-05-08	8	3rd	1 15 18 21 22 51
2010-04-10	7	3rd	5 8 18 19 31 39
2010-03-17	3	3rd	8 10 18 21 31 40
2010-03-06	—	1st	18 32 38 39 43 47