Number 18

In Gimme 5 under the 5/39 · since Nov 2013 rules — 2,669 draws, 5 from 1–39.

384times drawn · chance expected 342 +2.42σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 58% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

46longest completed wait · 55% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 384 times in 2,669 draws against 342.2 expected, +2.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 384 times in 2,669 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 5 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 smallest20 · chance 31.1
2nd smallest110 · chance 117.6
3rd smallest165 · chance 148.6
4th smallest71 · chance 74.3
5th smallest18 · chance 12.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 40.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

14 10 11 16 3 39

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 38 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 39. 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	10	3rd	1 14 18 25 28
2026-09-21	2	2nd	10 18 22 31 37
2026-09-17	4	4th	5 11 15 18 23
2026-09-11	2	3rd	2 16 18 35

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 5/39 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-10	8	4th	4 5 8 18 36
2026-02-26	4	4th	5 7 9 18 37
2026-02-20	9	2nd	5 18 25 32 37
2026-02-09	4	2nd	8 18 21 24 38
2026-02-03	3	3rd	2 3 18 33 39
2026-01-29	18	3rd	3 16 18 21 33
2026-01-05	5	3rd	10 14 18 22 30
2025-12-29	2	2nd	6 18 21 22 27
2025-12-25	1	3rd	14 16 18 25 31
2025-12-24	10	3rd	3 7 18 23 39
2025-12-10	11	3rd	10 11 18 26 30
2025-11-25	13	3rd	10 16 18 19 30
2025-11-06	1	3rd	11 16 18 28 31
2025-11-05	4	3rd	7 15 18 23 30
2025-10-30	4	4th	1 10 13 18 33
2025-10-24	1	3rd	2 14 18 27 29
2025-10-23	2	3rd	2 4 18 20 26
2025-10-21	2	2nd	8 18 21 31 35
2025-10-17	3	2nd	14 18 20 24 37
2025-10-14	1	3rd	6 17 18 26 34
2025-10-13	2	3rd	1 7 18 31 37
2025-10-09	26	3rd	11 15 18 24 25
2025-09-03	3	3rd	5 12 18 27 38
2025-08-29	1	3rd	3 11 18 19 34
2025-08-28	21	2nd	15 18 31 33 38
2025-07-30	7	4th	7 14 15 18 26
2025-07-21	2	3rd	4 14 18 33 39
2025-07-17	6	2nd	11 18 21 31 34
2025-07-09	1	3rd	8 14 18 38 39
2025-07-08	5	2nd	4 18 20 31 32
2025-07-01	11	4th	3 5 7 18 38
2025-06-16	3	4th	4 8 14 18 33
2025-06-11	1	2nd	14 18 25 36 37
2025-06-10	15	3rd	3 16 18 20 22
2025-05-20	2	2nd	12 18 20 23 37
2025-05-16	5	4th	2 9 13 18 24
2025-05-09	1	2nd	1 18 22 23 26
2025-05-08	7	3rd	4 10 18 19 28
2025-04-29	4	2nd	1 18 20 28 35
2025-04-23	1	3rd	3 8 18 23 37
2025-04-22	11	4th	1 9 14 18 25
2025-04-07	1	3rd	7 10 18 32 37
2025-04-04	5	3rd	10 14 18 24 34
2025-03-28	3	2nd	10 18 19 21 34
2025-03-25	21	2nd	9 18 28 30 35
2025-02-24	1	3rd	2 15 18 19 25
2025-02-21	2	3rd	1 15 18 27 29
2025-02-19	1	3rd	9 10 18 19 29
2025-02-18	11	4th	6 8 9 18 24
2025-02-03	1	2nd	1 18 33 35 39
2025-01-31	13	3rd	15 16 18 19 20
2025-01-14	5	3rd	5 16 18 23 38
2025-01-07	1	3rd	6 11 18 36 39
2025-01-06	17	3rd	15 16 18 21 25
2024-12-12	1	1st	18 21 24 27 30
2024-12-11	2	2nd	2 18 19 25 37
2024-12-09	3	1st	18 26 29 33 35
2024-12-04	6	3rd	2 15 18 23 24
2024-11-26	3	2nd	14 18 22 26 32
2024-11-21	13	3rd	6 17 18 22 27
2024-11-04	8	3rd	7 9 18 19 27
2024-10-23	4	3rd	10 11 18 25 28
2024-10-17	7	2nd	2 18 28 33 39
2024-10-08	13	1st	18 21 30 33 34
2024-09-19	3	3rd	5 7 18 20 29
2024-09-16	8	2nd	12 18 22 37 39
2024-09-04	8	1st	18 19 22 26 39
2024-08-23	6	1st	18 25 27 35 36
2024-08-15	10	3rd	4 11 18 19 33
2024-08-01	4	3rd	15 16 18 31 34
2024-07-26	7	3rd	4 14 18 34 36
2024-07-17	19	5th	1 3 13 16 18
2024-06-20	4	1st	18 20 24 31 38
2024-06-14	3	4th	5 8 10 18 36
2024-06-11	1	2nd	10 18 29 31 38
2024-06-10	2	4th	1 7 17 18 30
2024-06-06	1	2nd	6 18 24 35 36
2024-06-05	2	2nd	11 18 22 34 37
2024-06-03	2	3rd	6 12 18 19 23
2024-05-30	4	3rd	7 13 18 22 25
2024-05-24	7	3rd	5 9 18 29 39
2024-05-15	5	4th	9 14 16 18 26
2024-05-08	18	3rd	2 17 18 36 39
2024-04-12	4	4th	2 11 15 18 35
2024-04-08	4	2nd	1 18 29 31 35
2024-04-02	3	2nd	2 18 23 27 33
2024-03-28	5	4th	4 9 11 18 28
2024-03-21	9	2nd	3 18 23 25 37
2024-03-08	6	3rd	6 7 18 33 35
2024-02-29	6	2nd	1 18 19 20 27
2024-02-21	6	2nd	3 18 24 33 37
2024-02-13	9	3rd	9 16 18 23 39
2024-01-31	2	5th	9 10 12 13 18
2024-01-29	8	4th	1 12 16 18 26
2024-01-17	21	3rd	5 16 18 31 34
2023-12-19	7	3rd	4 11 18 28 31
2023-12-08	4	3rd	2 12 18 33 36
2023-12-04	2	2nd	5 18 22 28 31
2023-11-30	3	2nd	11 18 23 26 39
2023-11-27	17	3rd	3 16 18 28 32
2023-11-02	2	1st	18 20 30 32 37
2023-10-31	6	2nd	1 18 29 31 38
2023-10-23	7	2nd	11 18 27 29 39
2023-10-12	1	4th	6 12 14 18 26
2023-10-11	3	4th	2 10 11 18 30
2023-10-06	5	4th	1 8 17 18 39
2023-09-29	7	1st	18 31 33 35 37
2023-09-20	2	2nd	12 18 33 34 36
2023-09-18	4	2nd	14 18 26 33 39
2023-09-12	3	3rd	13 17 18 23 31
2023-09-07	3	3rd	2 9 18 20 29
2023-09-04	4	4th	2 6 16 18 23
2023-08-29	1	2nd	17 18 25 30 31
2023-08-28	1	2nd	1 18 21 31 32
2023-08-25	17	1st	18 20 24 28 38
2023-08-02	4	2nd	7 18 22 30 34
2023-07-27	7	1st	18 21 23 32 39
2023-07-18	3	4th	4 10 15 18 27
2023-07-13	24	2nd	2 18 28 32 38
2023-06-09	1	3rd	2 17 18 27 39
2023-06-08	16	2nd	9 18 25 32 37
2023-05-17	8	4th	1 6 8 18 35
2023-05-05	1	3rd	2 16 18 28 33
2023-05-04	21	3rd	4 11 18 23 31
2023-04-05	16	2nd	10 18 23 24 27
2023-03-14	3	2nd	11 18 21 30 33
2023-03-09	1	3rd	10 17 18 29 32
2023-03-08	2	3rd	6 11 18 21 39
2023-03-06	4	1st	18 28 29 30 37
2023-02-28	8	5th	1 10 14 16 18
2023-02-16	2	4th	3 6 11 18 38
2023-02-14	1	3rd	10 14 18 28 38
2023-02-13	11	3rd	11 14 18 25 31
2023-01-27	16	2nd	17 18 25 27 31
2023-01-05	3	4th	2 4 9 18 28
2023-01-02	4	3rd	5 8 18 23 36
2022-12-27	2	3rd	4 9 18 23 37
2022-12-23	6	5th	1 3 4 12 18
2022-12-15	15	3rd	13 16 18 25 37
2022-11-24	10	2nd	12 18 23 28 38
2022-11-10	2	5th	2 3 12 15 18
2022-11-08	13	3rd	9 10 18 28 37
2022-10-20	2	5th	1 7 14 15 18
2022-10-18	6	1st	18 22 36 37 38
2022-10-10	2	3rd	2 3 18 30 36
2022-10-06	2	3rd	14 16 18 23 25
2022-10-04	4	3rd	5 8 18 26 29
2022-09-28	14	3rd	3 12 18 24 32
2022-09-08	6	3rd	12 14 18 33 38
2022-08-31	8	2nd	1 18 19 24 36
2022-08-19	10	3rd	3 15 18 27 34
2022-08-05	15	2nd	2 18 20 32 35
2022-07-15	4	3rd	6 12 18 27 29
2022-07-11	10	3rd	9 11 18 31 35
2022-06-27	5	4th	1 12 14 18 23
2022-06-20	5	2nd	10 18 26 30 31
2022-06-13	4	2nd	3 18 20 32 34
2022-06-07	28	4th	3 14 17 18 33
2022-04-28	5	3rd	5 10 18 20 22
2022-04-21	5	2nd	14 18 27 31 35
2022-04-14	8	3rd	1 16 18 19 20
2022-04-04	15	3rd	6 10 18 33 34
2022-03-14	2	4th	2 5 12 18 27
2022-03-10	1	2nd	7 18 25 28 38
2022-03-09	3	2nd	3 18 23 33 34
2022-03-04	2	3rd	3 6 18 25 28
2022-03-02	7	5th	3 7 11 12 18
2022-02-21	3	2nd	9 18 24 33 35
2022-02-16	4	2nd	5 18 24 38 39
2022-02-10	1	1st	18 21 30 31 38
2022-02-09	9	2nd	16 18 29 30 32
2022-01-27	3	4th	1 4 6 18 39
2022-01-24	3	2nd	13 18 27 32 35
2022-01-19	2	4th	1 11 16 18 23
2022-01-17	20	2nd	10 18 25 30 31
2021-12-20	2	4th	10 11 12 18 34
2021-12-16	3	2nd	5 18 19 21 26
2021-12-13	1	3rd	4 17 18 20 26
2021-12-10	1	5th	4 5 7 11 18
2021-12-09	3	3rd	4 8 18 30 32
2021-12-06	17	3rd	2 10 18 24 31
2021-11-11	5	3rd	10 17 18 26 34
2021-11-04	5	2nd	9 18 30 31 39
2021-10-28	4	2nd	8 18 23 35 38
2021-10-22	2	2nd	17 18 29 33 37
2021-10-20	3	3rd	15 17 18 22 26
2021-10-15	6	3rd	7 14 18 28 38
2021-10-07	1	4th	4 11 15 18 23
2021-10-06	33	3rd	1 17 18 27 37
2021-08-20	10	3rd	11 16 18 24 25
2021-08-06	1	3rd	6 10 18 29 32
2021-08-05	20	3rd	3 7 18 22 30
2021-07-08	10	2nd	13 18 22 31 39
2021-06-24	9	5th	4 7 8 15 18
2021-06-11	2	3rd	3 6 18 28 33
2021-06-09	3	2nd	11 18 20 27 32
2021-06-04	24	3rd	6 7 18 19 21
2021-05-03	6	5th	3 8 11 12 18
2021-04-23	19	3rd	3 13 18 27 31
2021-03-29	5	3rd	4 5 18 25 27
2021-03-22	3	2nd	16 18 22 26 31
2021-03-17	3	4th	4 13 14 18 23
2021-03-12	16	3rd	1 4 18 25 26
2021-02-18	3	5th	3 5 9 12 18
2021-02-15	7	2nd	6 18 26 36 39
2021-02-04	3	3rd	4 8 18 30 37
2021-02-01	13	2nd	12 18 32 33 35
2021-01-13	4	3rd	4 7 18 20 24
2021-01-07	1	2nd	17 18 30 35 37
2021-01-06	12	3rd	5 16 18 20 30
2020-12-21	13	2nd	9 18 26 35 38
2020-12-02	6	4th	3 4 17 18 29
2020-11-24	6	4th	2 4 17 18 19
2020-11-16	19	3rd	5 6 18 29 34
2020-10-20	5	5th	2 3 12 14 18
2020-10-13	4	2nd	8 18 26 33 34
2020-10-07	1	4th	7 11 14 18 25
2020-10-06	1	2nd	12 18 23 33 35
2020-10-05	1	2nd	16 18 20 32 36
2020-10-02	1	3rd	3 9 18 19 32
2020-10-01	2	2nd	2 18 20 26 33
2020-09-29	17	3rd	15 16 18 28 39
2020-09-04	4	2nd	15 18 22 33 35
2020-08-31	6	4th	7 10 17 18 33
2020-08-21	38	5th	5 6 16 17 18
2020-06-19	6	3rd	6 15 18 27 38
2020-06-05	4	4th	2 3 7 18 22
2020-05-27	8	5th	6 8 11 14 18
2020-05-08	6	3rd	1 16 18 21 22
2020-04-24	3	3rd	3 5 18 30 38
2020-04-17	8	3rd	8 12 18 27 38
2020-03-30	12	2nd	12 18 22 25 26
2020-03-02	8	1st	18 20 24 26 35
2020-02-12	1	4th	4 13 17 18 33
2020-02-10	1	4th	6 12 14 18 34
2020-02-07	5	3rd	6 12 18 20 23
2020-01-27	5	3rd	1 3 18 24 39
2020-01-15	9	4th	7 9 17 18 33
2019-12-25	14	3rd	1 13 18 21 24
2019-11-22	5	2nd	1 18 24 32 39
2019-11-11	24	3rd	4 8 18 38 39
2019-09-16	40	2nd	8 18 24 29 37
2019-06-14	12	3rd	10 11 18 22 35
2019-05-17	11	5th	4 9 10 12 18
2019-04-22	11	2nd	8 18 22 38 39
2019-03-27	2	2nd	9 18 20 22 25
2019-03-22	8	4th	8 11 13 18 39
2019-03-04	1	2nd	7 18 30 34 36
2019-03-01	6	2nd	9 18 28 29 33
2019-02-15	1	3rd	3 12 18 28 33
2019-02-13	1	3rd	3 11 18 21 37
2019-02-11	2	4th	3 14 15 18 25
2019-02-06	3	2nd	7 18 27 29 36
2019-01-30	22	3rd	8 14 18 26 33
2018-12-10	17	4th	5 6 13 18 20
2018-10-31	2	4th	4 13 16 18 21
2018-10-26	6	3rd	8 13 18 26 34
2018-10-12	9	3rd	3 13 18 25 30
2018-09-21	16	3rd	2 14 18 26 28
2018-08-15	37	4th	5 7 17 18 29
2018-05-21	6	1st	18 25 28 31 38
2018-05-07	3	4th	6 7 10 18 19
2018-04-30	1	2nd	10 18 21 22 28
2018-04-27	8	4th	4 15 16 18 28
2018-04-09	3	3rd	5 15 18 20 28
2018-04-02	1	5th	4 10 13 16 18
2018-03-30	5	2nd	16 18 23 26 39
2018-03-19	8	3rd	10 17 18 21 36
2018-02-28	16	3rd	3 10 18 27 31
2018-01-22	17	2nd	4 18 22 23 27
2017-12-11	6	4th	2 4 9 18 31
2017-11-27	9	4th	6 15 17 18 37
2017-11-06	5	2nd	9 18 28 31 33
2017-10-25	10	2nd	1 18 22 35 38
2017-10-02	3	3rd	14 16 18 21 27
2017-09-25	2	2nd	14 18 23 37 39
2017-09-20	5	3rd	9 13 18 36 39
2017-09-08	1	3rd	6 12 18 20 30
2017-09-06	5	3rd	13 14 18 19 39
2017-08-25	6	3rd	4 15 18 26 39
2017-08-11	6	3rd	2 11 18 20 28
2017-07-28	13	3rd	12 17 18 25 35
2017-06-28	10	3rd	5 13 18 22 38
2017-06-05	2	2nd	8 18 20 27 36
2017-05-31	5	2nd	15 18 20 36 39
2017-05-19	1	4th	9 10 15 18 29
2017-05-17	2	4th	5 10 11 18 37
2017-05-12	15	3rd	9 15 18 19 22
2017-04-07	3	3rd	2 8 18 19 22
2017-03-31	2	3rd	7 15 18 20 26
2017-03-27	3	2nd	16 18 24 28 32
2017-03-20	1	4th	4 5 8 18 34
2017-03-17	2	3rd	8 9 18 33 36
2017-03-13	9	3rd	6 11 18 23 32
2017-02-20	4	3rd	6 17 18 29 35
2017-02-10	1	3rd	8 12 18 32 36
2017-02-08	1	3rd	1 11 18 22 31
2017-02-06	7	3rd	2 16 18 23 27
2017-01-20	3	3rd	8 11 18 33 34
2017-01-13	2	2nd	9 18 19 23 29
2017-01-09	5	3rd	1 5 18 22 23
2016-12-28	13	2nd	10 18 22 29 38
2016-11-28	11	4th	1 3 16 18 31
2016-11-02	9	2nd	16 18 32 37 38
2016-10-12	14	4th	10 14 17 18 30
2016-09-09	9	5th	8 11 13 17 18
2016-08-19	1	2nd	6 18 26 31 34
2016-08-17	7	2nd	13 18 20 25 39
2016-08-01	11	4th	7 11 14 18 25
2016-07-06	14	3rd	5 6 18 20 24
2016-06-03	7	3rd	1 12 18 26 34
2016-05-18	6	4th	8 13 16 18 23
2016-05-04	10	3rd	1 4 18 19 25
2016-04-11	6	3rd	14 17 18 20 21
2016-03-28	3	2nd	8 18 20 30 34
2016-03-21	5	2nd	12 18 23 26 35
2016-03-09	4	3rd	7 17 18 19 39
2016-02-29	25	3rd	1 10 18 19 23
2016-01-01	2	4th	12 15 16 18 29
2015-12-28	4	2nd	1 18 21 25 31
2015-12-18	5	3rd	4 7 18 29 31
2015-12-07	3	4th	4 5 15 18 21
2015-11-30	7	2nd	10 18 21 24 36
2015-11-13	9	3rd	2 14 18 21 34
2015-10-23	5	3rd	16 17 18 29 39
2015-10-12	5	4th	5 12 13 18 28
2015-09-30	3	5th	4 6 14 16 18
2015-09-23	4	1st	18 21 36 38 39
2015-09-14	4	3rd	8 11 18 27 38
2015-09-04	3	2nd	7 18 26 36 38
2015-08-28	1	4th	6 9 14 18 30
2015-08-26	2	4th	4 9 16 18 29
2015-08-21	3	4th	5 9 14 18 35
2015-08-14	2	3rd	8 14 18 27 33
2015-08-10	9	3rd	8 13 18 23 38
2015-07-20	3	4th	6 11 17 18 23
2015-07-13	46	1st	18 20 27 38 39
2015-03-27	1	2nd	7 18 19 24 33
2015-03-25	3	3rd	2 6 18 27 29
2015-03-18	5	3rd	11 13 18 27 30
2015-03-06	14	4th	7 15 17 18 39
2015-02-02	9	1st	18 24 25 26 35
2015-01-12	1	2nd	10 18 28 36 37
2015-01-09	37	2nd	16 18 20 23 30
2014-10-15	3	3rd	6 11 18 19 29
2014-10-08	4	4th	9 11 12 18 21
2014-09-29	4	4th	3 8 11 18 31
2014-09-19	5	3rd	3 6 18 19 36
2014-09-08	14	3rd	7 8 18 19 26
2014-08-06	10	1st	18 27 32 34 36
2014-07-14	24	2nd	5 18 19 27 29
2014-05-19	13	3rd	3 16 18 21 28
2014-04-18	3	2nd	3 18 26 31 34
2014-04-11	12	2nd	10 18 21 29 38
2014-03-14	1	3rd	8 9 18 27 34
2014-03-12	26	4th	8 14 15 18 35
2014-01-10	6	3rd	7 12 18 21 39
2013-12-27	1	2nd	10 18 20 31 33
2013-12-25	12	3rd	1 17 18 26 39
2013-11-27	—	4th	9 12 14 18 35