Number 18

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2017 rules — 3,400 draws, 5 from 1–45.

385times drawn · chance expected 378 +0.39σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 79% for any number

8.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

66longest completed wait · 17% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 385 times in 3,400 draws against 377.8 expected, +0.39σ. Each draw is independent: after 3 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 385 times in 3,400 draws · average wait 8.8 draws · longest completed wait 66 · waiting 3 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 smallest47 · chance 49.8
2nd smallest138 · chance 141.0
3rd smallest125 · chance 135.4
4th smallest69 · chance 52.1
5th smallest6 · chance 6.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 3 29 26 1 17

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
2026-10-08	8	3rd	1 14 18 33 35
2026-09-30	18	3rd	1 2 18 19 33
2026-09-12	3	2nd	2 18 23 32 34
2026-09-09	6	1st	18 23 26 29

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.

2026-04-17	2	2nd	4 18 37 40 44
2026-04-15	5	3rd	6 9 18 28 44
2026-04-10	3	1st	18 34 37 39 45
2026-04-07	6	2nd	3 18 22 29 42
2026-04-01	11	2nd	7 18 20 26 42
2026-03-21	2	1st	18 19 21 25 31
2026-03-19	1	3rd	7 11 18 35 43
2026-03-18	7	3rd	1 14 18 31 44
2026-03-11	3	2nd	2 18 33 38 43
2026-03-08	2	2nd	11 18 25 29 36
2026-03-06	1	2nd	17 18 23 26 27
2026-03-05	21	5th	2 3 11 14 18
2026-02-12	2	2nd	2 18 40 41 44
2026-02-10	13	4th	2 5 14 18 44
2026-01-28	3	2nd	14 18 30 32 40
2026-01-25	1	2nd	11 18 33 36 44
2026-01-24	28	1st	18 27 29 35 37
2025-12-27	4	2nd	8 18 24 27 39
2025-12-23	3	2nd	12 18 24 37 41
2025-12-20	5	3rd	4 7 18 33 42
2025-12-15	12	2nd	6 18 24 34 37
2025-12-03	7	2nd	15 18 27 32 39
2025-11-26	18	3rd	12 13 18 29 41
2025-11-08	6	3rd	3 6 18 30 36
2025-11-02	1	4th	1 11 15 18 41
2025-11-01	2	3rd	2 9 18 24 29
2025-10-30	6	1st	18 24 27 40 44
2025-10-24	22	3rd	6 15 18 28 36
2025-10-02	2	2nd	14 18 20 30 37
2025-09-30	10	1st	18 29 34 37 42
2025-09-20	6	3rd	5 17 18 25 42
2025-09-14	15	2nd	9 18 19 28 31
2025-08-30	5	3rd	1 9 18 34 40
2025-08-25	6	3rd	2 10 18 22 43
2025-08-19	3	1st	18 19 22 30 32
2025-08-16	4	4th	4 12 13 18 23
2025-08-12	1	1st	18 25 28 32 36
2025-08-11	7	1st	18 21 27 32 40
2025-08-04	11	4th	3 14 15 18 35
2025-07-24	4	2nd	3 18 20 26 40
2025-07-20	50	2nd	15 18 28 30 41
2025-05-31	10	2nd	16 18 21 23 42
2025-05-21	2	3rd	4 17 18 41 43
2025-05-19	16	2nd	14 18 33 42 45
2025-05-03	5	2nd	9 18 28 35 36
2025-04-28	25	3rd	16 17 18 23 36
2025-04-03	5	3rd	3 14 18 26 34
2025-03-29	3	2nd	7 18 23 32 34
2025-03-26	16	3rd	3 9 18 23 35
2025-03-10	3	2nd	17 18 19 36 37
2025-03-07	26	3rd	15 16 18 20 43
2025-02-09	4	4th	7 12 15 18 32
2025-02-05	9	2nd	2 18 21 34 36
2025-01-27	2	3rd	3 12 18 34 36
2025-01-25	5	2nd	16 18 20 26 40
2025-01-20	28	2nd	4 18 29 34 38
2024-12-23	16	3rd	4 15 18 23 40
2024-12-07	4	2nd	14 18 28 34 38
2024-12-03	3	2nd	4 18 29 36 39
2024-11-30	11	4th	10 13 17 18 43
2024-11-19	11	3rd	1 15 18 30 37
2024-11-08	2	3rd	9 10 18 19 23
2024-11-06	36	2nd	1 18 22 24 43
2024-10-01	12	2nd	13 18 21 26 35
2024-09-19	15	2nd	9 18 24 28 32
2024-09-04	3	3rd	8 12 18 32 39
2024-09-01	4	2nd	7 18 26 36 45
2024-08-28	37	3rd	3 8 18 23 25
2024-07-22	2	4th	4 10 15 18 33
2024-07-20	5	2nd	1 18 32 34 39
2024-07-15	5	4th	1 3 9 18 31
2024-07-10	12	3rd	5 7 18 20 35
2024-06-28	3	2nd	8 18 22 23 34
2024-06-25	8	3rd	5 11 18 25 26
2024-06-17	2	3rd	10 13 18 19 21
2024-06-15	5	2nd	11 18 23 26 44
2024-06-10	7	2nd	1 18 24 36 42
2024-06-03	12	2nd	15 18 26 27 37
2024-05-22	19	1st	18 26 27 30 35
2024-05-03	18	3rd	4 13 18 27 31
2024-04-15	2	2nd	2 18 28 31 40
2024-04-13	6	2nd	12 18 25 26 32
2024-04-07	10	4th	2 7 15 18 41
2024-03-28	2	2nd	1 18 30 34 40
2024-03-26	8	1st	18 23 25 30 41
2024-03-18	3	4th	1 8 10 18 24
2024-03-15	8	3rd	10 13 18 29 41
2024-03-07	2	2nd	13 18 19 21 36
2024-03-05	8	3rd	3 9 18 27 35
2024-02-26	4	2nd	12 18 23 29 30
2024-02-22	1	1st	18 19 23 25 35
2024-02-21	13	3rd	6 17 18 19 32
2024-02-08	37	5th	3 6 10 13 18
2024-01-02	4	4th	4 9 13 18 21
2023-12-29	6	2nd	10 18 23 40 44
2023-12-23	13	4th	8 10 11 18 45
2023-12-10	3	4th	3 5 13 18 22
2023-12-07	37	3rd	7 11 18 28 30
2023-10-31	13	4th	10 14 17 18 36
2023-10-18	20	2nd	16 18 19 39 41
2023-09-28	11	4th	2 3 7 18 33
2023-09-17	1	1st	18 27 28 29 45
2023-09-16	1	3rd	12 16 18 31 32
2023-09-15	6	2nd	11 18 26 28 40
2023-09-09	3	3rd	6 11 18 42 43
2023-09-06	17	2nd	17 18 22 35 45
2023-08-20	13	4th	10 14 15 18 42
2023-08-07	17	2nd	11 18 19 25 32
2023-07-21	2	4th	7 10 15 18 28
2023-07-19	5	3rd	6 7 18 35 43
2023-07-14	15	2nd	16 18 35 39 40
2023-06-29	4	3rd	8 11 18 31 37
2023-06-25	16	4th	5 11 17 18 38
2023-06-09	7	3rd	15 16 18 33 37
2023-06-02	1	2nd	14 18 23 29 35
2023-06-01	8	2nd	10 18 19 20 38
2023-05-24	10	2nd	13 18 28 32 40
2023-05-14	32	1st	18 22 29 39 43
2023-04-12	3	2nd	7 18 26 30 44
2023-04-09	11	4th	4 10 11 18 45
2023-03-29	5	4th	2 9 12 18 27
2023-03-24	8	4th	9 13 14 18 33
2023-03-16	8	3rd	10 12 18 39 42
2023-03-08	1	3rd	2 3 18 34 40
2023-03-07	10	1st	18 26 30 35 42
2023-02-25	9	2nd	14 18 23 24 44
2023-02-16	10	3rd	12 14 18 37 44
2023-02-06	4	3rd	9 17 18 32 45
2023-02-02	1	2nd	10 18 29 30 40
2023-02-01	9	2nd	6 18 21 26 36
2023-01-23	5	2nd	12 18 20 26 37
2023-01-18	1	2nd	7 18 19 33 37
2023-01-17	3	1st	18 27 29 40 42
2023-01-14	13	3rd	12 17 18 19 23
2023-01-01	1	1st	18 20 26 31 33
2022-12-31	1	5th	8 10 14 16 18
2022-12-30	3	2nd	17 18 26 28 45
2022-12-27	12	3rd	6 9 18 24 41
2022-12-15	2	2nd	6 18 19 32 42
2022-12-13	12	2nd	12 18 20 24 42
2022-12-01	6	3rd	7 13 18 21 32
2022-11-25	9	2nd	12 18 21 22 23
2022-11-16	2	5th	1 6 7 15 18
2022-11-14	4	1st	18 20 24 32 39
2022-11-10	9	4th	8 12 17 18 42
2022-11-01	1	3rd	9 10 18 26 43
2022-10-31	6	4th	8 16 17 18 34
2022-10-25	4	2nd	1 18 21 26 29
2022-10-21	1	4th	10 15 17 18 39
2022-10-20	21	4th	2 5 7 18 43
2022-09-29	1	3rd	5 14 18 32 44
2022-09-28	8	4th	4 8 11 18 33
2022-09-20	4	3rd	8 9 18 20 26
2022-09-16	5	1st	18 27 31 37 41
2022-09-11	8	4th	6 8 11 18 38
2022-09-03	6	3rd	6 8 18 23 45
2022-08-28	13	3rd	12 16 18 19 45
2022-08-15	4	2nd	4 18 28 37 45
2022-08-11	15	4th	10 15 17 18 42
2022-07-27	28	3rd	6 14 18 21 28
2022-06-29	2	4th	5 15 17 18 34
2022-06-27	17	3rd	5 12 18 24 25
2022-06-10	4	2nd	3 18 28 29 31
2022-06-06	10	3rd	1 11 18 22 27
2022-05-27	21	2nd	10 18 24 36 40
2022-05-06	8	3rd	1 9 18 33 34
2022-04-28	3	5th	1 9 10 17 18
2022-04-25	7	1st	18 23 27 31 40
2022-04-18	10	3rd	12 14 18 40 45
2022-04-08	6	2nd	12 18 20 21 43
2022-04-02	1	1st	18 24 33 41 43
2022-04-01	6	2nd	5 18 20 28 44
2022-03-26	4	1st	18 28 33 37 40
2022-03-22	4	4th	1 3 11 18 38
2022-03-18	17	2nd	2 18 29 39 43
2022-03-01	3	2nd	3 18 24 35 41
2022-02-26	8	3rd	3 7 18 24 28
2022-02-18	10	3rd	4 8 18 29 38
2022-02-08	19	1st	18 30 35 38 43
2022-01-20	1	3rd	1 6 18 41 44
2022-01-19	8	2nd	3 18 34 43 44
2022-01-11	6	3rd	13 15 18 23 45
2022-01-05	40	2nd	14 18 24 36 45
2021-11-26	4	3rd	3 4 18 33 35
2021-11-22	7	2nd	8 18 31 41 42
2021-11-15	17	3rd	3 8 18 24 37
2021-10-29	5	2nd	17 18 32 39 43
2021-10-24	2	3rd	14 17 18 23 43
2021-10-22	10	1st	18 20 26 38 39
2021-10-12	8	3rd	8 17 18 21 22
2021-10-04	2	1st	18 28 29 43 45
2021-10-02	1	2nd	2 18 31 35 38
2021-10-01	24	2nd	11 18 29 33 39
2021-09-07	10	4th	1 2 11 18 35
2021-08-28	10	1st	18 23 32 36 38
2021-08-18	6	2nd	16 18 25 31 41
2021-08-12	8	4th	2 6 11 18 37
2021-08-04	4	3rd	5 9 18 26 33
2021-07-31	18	3rd	1 17 18 25 43
2021-07-13	10	2nd	12 18 27 34 36
2021-07-03	5	3rd	3 6 18 25 34
2021-06-28	29	2nd	17 18 20 32 35
2021-05-30	5	2nd	8 18 25 28 29
2021-05-25	3	2nd	3 18 19 30 42
2021-05-22	6	2nd	3 18 26 32 39
2021-05-16	12	2nd	11 18 25 34 36
2021-05-04	4	2nd	11 18 20 23 34
2021-04-30	1	4th	3 10 15 18 23
2021-04-29	3	2nd	15 18 27 32 44
2021-04-26	19	3rd	4 6 18 24 39
2021-04-07	4	3rd	10 16 18 32 34
2021-04-03	17	4th	1 3 9 18 35
2021-03-17	14	4th	3 8 15 18 26
2021-03-03	15	4th	1 3 12 18 33
2021-02-16	2	2nd	3 18 21 25 27
2021-02-14	13	3rd	1 6 18 19 42
2021-02-01	2	3rd	5 7 18 27 35
2021-01-30	3	2nd	10 18 25 28 30
2021-01-27	5	3rd	11 14 18 19 21
2021-01-22	2	2nd	5 18 29 34 45
2021-01-20	11	2nd	6 18 21 22 34
2021-01-09	6	3rd	4 9 18 19 29
2021-01-03	2	2nd	11 18 23 28 37
2021-01-01	1	3rd	4 7 18 26 29
2020-12-31	1	2nd	16 18 24 26 42
2020-12-30	1	3rd	7 11 18 25 41
2020-12-29	17	4th	8 9 12 18 41
2020-12-12	3	3rd	1 10 18 20 33
2020-12-09	10	2nd	6 18 25 33 43
2020-11-29	33	3rd	6 15 18 21 29
2020-10-27	3	3rd	2 4 18 26 40
2020-10-24	16	2nd	17 18 24 27 41
2020-10-08	3	1st	18 21 24 27 35
2020-10-05	4	3rd	7 9 18 28 33
2020-10-01	3	4th	1 5 7 18 31
2020-09-28	6	4th	4 10 12 18 22
2020-09-22	10	2nd	9 18 38 40 42
2020-09-12	15	3rd	2 6 18 24 34
2020-08-28	10	2nd	7 18 26 37 45
2020-08-18	6	2nd	10 18 36 39 44
2020-08-12	1	2nd	1 18 27 39 43
2020-08-11	31	2nd	13 18 20 27 40
2020-07-11	12	2nd	6 18 21 28 44
2020-06-29	8	4th	3 12 13 18 33
2020-06-21	9	4th	12 13 15 18 44
2020-06-12	25	4th	3 10 15 18 30
2020-05-18	9	3rd	8 14 18 25 40
2020-05-09	3	4th	2 10 15 18 30
2020-05-06	6	4th	6 10 16 18 42
2020-04-30	29	2nd	7 18 25 34 43
2020-04-01	2	4th	6 7 13 18 42
2020-03-30	11	1st	18 22 28 29 45
2020-03-19	4	4th	4 10 17 18 36
2020-03-15	13	1st	18 33 36 41 43
2020-03-02	9	2nd	2 18 20 29 32
2020-02-22	5	2nd	15 18 20 31 34
2020-02-17	13	1st	18 21 30 34 38
2020-02-04	6	3rd	3 4 18 26 31
2020-01-29	3	3rd	2 3 18 27 29
2020-01-26	4	2nd	16 18 25 42 44
2020-01-22	11	4th	1 3 5 18 22
2020-01-11	2	4th	7 8 13 18 44
2020-01-09	1	2nd	14 18 33 34 38
2020-01-08	3	1st	18 19 31 32 43
2020-01-05	10	3rd	4 10 18 19 45
2019-12-26	17	3rd	9 17 18 19 41
2019-12-09	1	4th	1 4 11 18 45
2019-12-08	1	3rd	1 8 18 24 38
2019-12-07	5	2nd	1 18 26 29 31
2019-12-02	7	4th	2 8 16 18 24
2019-11-25	3	3rd	3 6 18 27 30
2019-11-22	2	2nd	10 18 24 26 38
2019-11-20	5	2nd	2 18 26 33 45
2019-11-15	7	3rd	8 16 18 30 37
2019-11-08	3	2nd	6 18 24 26 36
2019-11-05	4	4th	7 12 15 18 27
2019-11-01	1	1st	18 35 37 38 41
2019-10-31	9	1st	18 25 29 31 44
2019-10-22	19	2nd	1 18 34 38 43
2019-10-03	10	3rd	1 13 18 28 29
2019-09-23	10	3rd	14 17 18 32 43
2019-09-13	4	2nd	5 18 23 27 31
2019-09-09	2	3rd	4 16 18 29 40
2019-09-07	2	4th	8 13 16 18 45
2019-09-05	1	3rd	6 17 18 36 43
2019-09-04	31	4th	10 14 17 18 19
2019-08-04	1	3rd	11 17 18 25 31
2019-08-03	1	3rd	6 9 18 33 43
2019-08-02	66	1st	18 26 30 33 42
2019-05-28	1	3rd	2 5 18 43 44
2019-05-27	10	4th	8 9 12 18 44
2019-05-17	5	4th	5 11 17 18 21
2019-05-12	6	3rd	1 14 18 20 29
2019-05-06	30	5th	4 8 9 17 18
2019-04-06	1	2nd	1 18 21 32 42
2019-04-05	1	4th	9 10 11 18 21
2019-04-04	6	1st	18 19 21 23 37
2019-03-29	2	2nd	12 18 31 36 42
2019-03-27	3	3rd	8 16 18 28 33
2019-03-24	13	3rd	3 9 18 19 37
2019-03-11	16	3rd	15 16 18 33 39
2019-02-23	8	1st	18 19 31 34 45
2019-02-15	4	2nd	14 18 19 29 43
2019-02-11	9	3rd	16 17 18 24 43
2019-02-02	11	1st	18 21 25 30 32
2019-01-22	21	2nd	4 18 35 44 45
2019-01-01	19	2nd	17 18 21 23 43
2018-12-13	3	2nd	15 18 23 31 34
2018-12-10	3	3rd	5 14 18 30 43
2018-12-07	1	3rd	15 16 18 32 43
2018-12-06	11	3rd	10 15 18 30 31
2018-11-25	12	4th	4 9 16 18 29
2018-11-13	1	3rd	4 11 18 21 32
2018-11-12	10	1st	18 22 25 40 44
2018-11-02	23	3rd	11 17 18 36 45
2018-10-10	10	3rd	5 10 18 19 22
2018-09-30	2	2nd	14 18 25 38 41
2018-09-28	3	3rd	6 10 18 37 45
2018-09-25	10	4th	3 13 16 18 42
2018-09-15	2	3rd	16 17 18 27 44
2018-09-13	16	3rd	5 6 18 20 30
2018-08-28	33	3rd	14 15 18 28 30
2018-07-26	2	2nd	12 18 22 29 31
2018-07-24	12	2nd	6 18 31 39 44
2018-07-12	21	2nd	3 18 19 21 29
2018-06-21	24	3rd	6 16 18 31 40
2018-05-28	1	3rd	7 15 18 39 45
2018-05-27	5	3rd	10 14 18 26 36
2018-05-22	10	3rd	4 16 18 38 39
2018-05-12	4	1st	18 34 38 40 44
2018-05-08	4	2nd	13 18 20 23 33
2018-05-04	9	3rd	10 16 18 24 39
2018-04-25	3	1st	18 19 25 29 33
2018-04-22	18	2nd	1 18 23 41 43
2018-04-04	37	2nd	17 18 21 23 28
2018-02-26	26	2nd	1 18 36 40 43
2018-01-31	7	3rd	2 3 18 28 42
2018-01-24	2	1st	18 20 23 24 42
2018-01-22	15	1st	18 24 37 38 39
2018-01-07	17	3rd	1 5 18 28 31
2017-12-21	22	2nd	2 18 23 27 38
2017-11-29	10	1st	18 19 26 36 38
2017-11-19	28	3rd	12 13 18 26 31
2017-10-21	2	1st	18 24 30 35 38
2017-10-19	1	2nd	9 18 30 31 34
2017-10-18	13	4th	2 10 14 18 29
2017-10-05	11	2nd	17 18 24 28 42
2017-09-23	4	2nd	11 18 23 26 42
2017-09-19	21	4th	2 4 11 18 27
2017-08-29	2	2nd	3 18 24 29 34
2017-08-27	7	2nd	7 18 20 28 34
2017-08-20	1	3rd	14 16 18 36 38
2017-08-19	1	3rd	11 17 18 42 43
2017-08-18	9	2nd	14 18 19 30 36
2017-08-09	3	4th	3 10 12 18 32
2017-08-06	3	2nd	3 18 19 35 42
2017-08-03	21	4th	2 8 14 18 29
2017-07-13	1	4th	1 7 12 18 34
2017-07-12	14	2nd	17 18 24 40 43
2017-06-28	6	1st	18 27 33 35 36
2017-06-22	—	4th	1 10 14 18 39