In Jackpot Triple Play under the 6/46 · since May 2025 rules — 146 draws, 6 from 1–46.
16times drawn · chance expected 19 −0.75σ
2draws waiting · a wait this long: 87% for any number
8.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.7
35longest completed wait · 12% chance of one at least that long
18 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 16 times in 146 draws against 19.0 expected, −0.75σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
18
Number 18, draw by draw
Drawn 16 times in 146 draws · average wait 8.3 draws · longest completed wait 35 · 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.
Never drawn alongside 5 of the other 45 numbers; chance expects about 8 such strangers 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 46. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/46 tonight whatever it did last week.