Number 18

In Idaho Cash under the 5/45 · since Mar 2017 rules — 2,025 draws, 5 from 1–45.

193times drawn · chance expected 225 −2.26σ

22draws waiting · a wait this long: 8% for any number

10.4average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

48longest completed wait · 53% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 193 times in 2,025 draws against 225.0 expected, −2.26σ. Each draw is independent: after 22 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 193 times in 2,025 draws · average wait 10.4 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 22 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 smallest27 · chance 25.0
2nd smallest74 · chance 70.7
3rd smallest64 · chance 67.9
4th smallest26 · chance 26.1
5th smallest2 · chance 3.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

37 8 45 11 16 21

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-19	17	2nd	4 18 26 33 40
2026-09-02	27	2nd	3 18 27 28 37
2026-08-06	12	2nd	16 18 22 34 44
2026-07-25	8	2nd	9 18 37

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

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