In Lotto under the 6/50 + 1/25 · since Apr 2025 rules — 231 draws, 1 from 1–25.
9times drawn · chance expected 9 −0.08σ
29draws waiting · a wait this long: 32% for any number
22.9average wait between appearances · chance says 25.0
83longest completed wait · 25% chance of one at least that long
18 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 9 times in 231 draws against 9.2 expected, −0.08σ. Each draw is independent: after 29 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
18
Number 18, draw by draw
Drawn 9 times in 231 draws · average wait 22.9 draws · longest completed wait 83 · waiting 29 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.
Never drawn alongside 24 of the other 24 numbers; chance expects about 24 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 — 14th most popular of 25. 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 1/25 tonight whatever it did last week.