In Lotto under the 6/50 + 1/25 · since Apr 2025 rules — 228 draws, 6 from 1–50.
26times drawn · chance expected 27 −0.28σ
8draws waiting · a wait this long: 41% for any number
8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 8.3
27longest completed wait · 60% chance of one at least that long
18 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 26 times in 228 draws against 27.4 expected, −0.28σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
18
Number 18, draw by draw
Drawn 26 times in 228 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 27 · waiting 8 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 2 of the other 49 numbers; chance expects about 3 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 50. 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 6/50 tonight whatever it did last week.