Number 18

In Hoosier Lotto under the 6/48 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,751 draws, 6 from 1–48.

243times drawn · chance expected 219 +1.74σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

36longest completed wait · 90% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 243 times in 1,751 draws against 218.9 expected, +1.74σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 243 times in 1,751 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 1 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 smallest15 · chance 22.6
2nd smallest78 · chance 73.8
3rd smallest73 · chance 87.5
4th smallest56 · chance 46.9
5th smallest18 · chance 11.3
6th smallest3 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 1 5 16 22 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-10-07	6	3rd	6 12 18 19 21 45
2026-09-16	1	2nd	16 18 20 31 36 37
2026-09-12	1	2nd	1 18 27 28 34 43
2026-09-09

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-11	1	4th	9 10 12 18 22 41
2025-06-07	3	3rd	10 15 18 19 30 37
2025-05-28	13	4th	1 3 8 18 20 31
2025-04-12	2	5th	4 9 13 17 18 41
2025-04-05	12	2nd	16 18 20 23 38 41
2025-02-22	1	3rd	2 4 18 28 44 46
2025-02-19	4	6th	5 8 14 16 17 18
2025-02-05	7	3rd	5 8 18 38 40 45
2025-01-11	16	5th	9 11 15 17 18 22
2024-11-16	13	2nd	2 18 22 26 32 39
2024-10-02	2	5th	6 8 9 10 18 35
2024-09-25	11	1st	18 25 27 33 36 40
2024-08-17	1	3rd	6 11 18 19 34 35
2024-08-14	2	4th	1 7 8 18 28 34
2024-08-07	2	3rd	2 14 18 24 32 46
2024-07-31	10	2nd	13 18 22 24 27 29
2024-06-26	2	3rd	3 6 18 22 29 44
2024-06-19	6	4th	8 10 17 18 28 33
2024-05-29	3	4th	3 10 11 18 19 44
2024-05-18	1	5th	8 10 15 16 18 45
2024-05-15	19	3rd	6 10 18 19 32 38
2024-03-09	1	2nd	6 18 28 31 43 46
2024-03-06	19	3rd	1 9 18 31 33 45
2023-12-30	5	5th	1 3 6 14 18 33
2023-12-13	3	5th	5 7 10 11 18 28
2023-12-02	5	3rd	6 14 18 19 33 36
2023-11-15	1	2nd	7 18 22 23 28 38
2023-11-11	11	2nd	15 18 21 29 32 40
2023-10-04	10	3rd	15 17 18 21 26 43
2023-08-30	12	1st	18 20 34 37 42 43
2023-07-19	15	2nd	4 18 20 21 28 29
2023-05-27	9	4th	2 11 12 18 25 32
2023-04-26	1	2nd	13 18 21 28 31 32
2023-04-22	21	3rd	2 8 18 20 23 38
2023-02-08	3	2nd	9 18 21 26 29 30
2023-01-28	5	2nd	8 18 27 29 36 38
2023-01-11	5	5th	3 6 11 16 18 37
2022-12-24	2	4th	3 10 13 18 25 42
2022-12-17	15	2nd	9 18 21 23 35 41
2022-10-26	3	3rd	6 15 18 19 22 41
2022-10-15	1	2nd	17 18 23 28 32 34
2022-10-12	10	4th	1 4 9 18 20 34
2022-09-07	4	4th	3 5 8 18 31 40
2022-08-24	7	4th	6 7 16 18 28 32
2022-07-30	1	2nd	1 18 24 26 27 35
2022-07-27	4	1st	18 22 23 32 38 41
2022-07-13	2	2nd	12 18 28 29 36 38
2022-07-06	2	2nd	17 18 23 24 32 46
2022-06-29	10	2nd	17 18 20 25 31 43
2022-05-25	5	3rd	11 16 18 22 43 44
2022-05-07	2	5th	1 2 7 8 18 38
2022-04-30	6	3rd	14 16 18 20 28 40
2022-04-09	6	4th	1 4 10 18 23 27
2022-03-19	5	3rd	2 16 18 24 38 42
2022-03-02	11	4th	5 11 13 18 22 28
2022-01-22	4	2nd	11 18 29 30 41 45
2022-01-08	10	3rd	13 15 18 26 28 32
2021-12-04	3	3rd	13 15 18 23 24 30
2021-11-24	9	2nd	15 18 22 26 29 33
2021-10-23	20	2nd	6 18 21 26 39 43
2021-08-14	1	2nd	8 18 27 31 36 42
2021-08-11	19	1st	18 27 36 38 40 44
2021-06-05	5	4th	2 9 14 18 28 45
2021-05-19	15	4th	1 3 13 18 31 36
2021-03-27	4	3rd	8 13 18 30 41 45
2021-03-13	14	2nd	14 18 21 29 31 35
2021-01-23	4	3rd	1 7 18 20 31 42
2021-01-09	7	2nd	9 18 28 29 41 43
2020-12-16	13	2nd	15 18 25 27 28 41
2020-10-31	8	3rd	12 17 18 21 23 39
2020-10-03	4	5th	1 2 5 14 18 19
2020-09-19	1	3rd	2 13 18 22 45 46
2020-09-16	10	4th	3 10 13 18 19 24
2020-08-12	1	4th	3 6 9 18 32 42
2020-08-08	24	1st	18 21 22 42 43 44
2020-05-16	13	5th	9 11 12 16 18 36
2020-04-01	9	2nd	15 18 22 33 37 42
2020-02-29	1	2nd	14 18 19 21 29 44
2020-02-26	1	2nd	15 18 19 32 39 46
2020-02-22	8	4th	10 16 17 18 21 45
2020-01-25	21	3rd	8 11 18 21 38 46
2019-11-13	7	4th	1 7 9 18 42 45
2019-10-19	1	3rd	2 7 18 32 39 40
2019-10-16	11	2nd	12 18 21 25 32 42
2019-09-07	7	3rd	13 15 18 26 32 45
2019-08-14	4	3rd	5 7 18 25 36 37
2019-07-31	5	4th	5 10 13 18 21 37
2019-07-13	9	5th	3 8 10 11 18 39
2019-06-12	7	3rd	5 11 18 24 40 42
2019-05-18	1	2nd	6 18 22 24 38 46
2019-05-15	2	3rd	7 16 18 34 42 43
2019-05-08	5	3rd	7 14 18 36 40 45
2019-04-20	5	5th	4 10 14 16 18 28
2019-04-03	1	4th	5 6 15 18 23 37
2019-03-30	3	4th	1 6 15 18 26 29
2019-03-20	6	4th	4 8 16 18 20 28
2019-02-27	25	2nd	9 18 27 38 42 46
2018-12-01	9	4th	5 12 16 18 42 44
2018-10-31	9	2nd	11 18 22 24 26 39
2018-09-29	3	2nd	5 18 19 36 38 43
2018-09-19	1	4th	6 8 15 18 22 30
2018-09-15	7	2nd	9 18 22 30 37 39
2018-08-22	8	3rd	2 15 18 26 27 36
2018-07-25	2	3rd	14 15 18 20 42 44
2018-07-18	8	2nd	16 18 25 30 36 46
2018-06-20	8	4th	3 8 13 18 34 44
2018-05-23	2	3rd	1 4 18 21 45 46
2018-05-16	14	2nd	9 18 21 24 25 31
2018-03-28	3	2nd	12 18 21 28 35 45
2018-03-17	6	4th	5 10 14 18 39 44
2018-02-24	9	2nd	2 18 31 34 43 46
2018-01-24	7	4th	2 14 15 18 31 35
2017-12-30	8	3rd	8 16 18 34 41 44
2017-12-02	5	2nd	13 18 27 29 35 46
2017-11-15	3	2nd	9 18 20 25 34 45
2017-11-04	14	3rd	6 12 18 20 32 33
2017-09-16	27	3rd	1 14 18 24 37 39
2017-06-14	29	2nd	3 18 19 24 33 41
2017-03-04	1	3rd	12 16 18 27 28 34
2017-03-01	6	2nd	16 18 19 27 29 45
2017-02-08	7	2nd	13 18 20 21 24 39
2017-01-14	11	2nd	5 18 25 28 41 45
2016-12-07	3	4th	11 14 17 18 21 41
2016-11-26	12	3rd	3 17 18 20 23 36
2016-10-15	1	1st	18 24 30 31 43 45
2016-10-12	9	2nd	13 18 19 29 32 40
2016-09-10	1	3rd	4 11 18 41 45 46
2016-09-07	8	4th	8 13 14 18 24 31
2016-08-10	7	2nd	8 18 27 41 44 45
2016-07-16	3	3rd	1 9 18 20 30 38
2016-07-06	10	3rd	3 13 18 22 29 43
2016-06-01	3	3rd	6 10 18 24 30 46
2016-05-21	1	4th	5 10 16 18 19 35
2016-05-18	15	4th	3 4 11 18 20 25
2016-03-26	4	2nd	11 18 32 37 42 44
2016-03-12	11	3rd	10 16 18 26 39 42
2016-02-03	3	2nd	15 18 21 24 33 48
2016-01-23	13	2nd	6 18 21 24 28 43
2015-12-09	1	2nd	5 18 20 23 37 47
2015-12-05	13	6th	4 11 13 15 16 18
2015-10-21	3	2nd	5 18 22 28 31 40
2015-10-10	3	1st	18 20 32 33 44 47
2015-09-30	22	3rd	5 12 18 22 24 25
2015-07-15	6	5th	3 5 7 14 18 41
2015-06-24	3	4th	11 13 16 18 37 42
2015-06-13	17	2nd	1 18 22 30 34 42
2015-04-15	10	4th	3 5 9 18 32 37
2015-03-11	15	4th	2 7 15 18 33 39
2015-01-17	1	2nd	4 18 23 32 46 48
2015-01-14	6	3rd	3 6 18 26 30 31
2014-12-24	10	4th	8 12 13 18 19 25
2014-11-19	10	3rd	12 16 18 30 31 41
2014-10-15	2	3rd	13 17 18 32 39 44
2014-10-08	18	1st	18 23 34 42 44 46
2014-08-06	6	2nd	7 18 22 26 41 44
2014-07-16	14	4th	1 5 10 18 27 44
2014-05-28	13	1st	18 22 26 30 32 40
2014-04-12	4	2nd	17 18 34 41 42 46
2014-03-29	23	1st	18 22 32 42 46 47
2014-01-08	5	2nd	5 18 19 34 43 48
2013-12-21	5	4th	7 8 16 18 30 34
2013-12-04	9	2nd	5 18 22 27 33 35
2013-11-02	20	3rd	6 7 18 36 45 48
2013-08-24	2	4th	1 9 12 18 35 44
2013-08-17	3	3rd	7 14 18 28 36 48
2013-08-07	4	2nd	13 18 25 28 36 45
2013-07-24	1	3rd	2 9 18 28 34 48
2013-07-20	21	3rd	3 17 18 19 20 42
2013-05-08	2	1st	18 19 31 34 36 46
2013-05-01	5	4th	3 13 15 18 27 47
2013-04-13	3	1st	18 22 31 32 42 46
2013-04-03	4	2nd	6 18 21 34 41 46
2013-03-20	36	2nd	13 18 23 26 29 34
2012-11-14	10	2nd	16 18 21 29 33 34
2012-10-10	13	2nd	9 18 23 44 47 48
2012-08-25	15	5th	5 7 16 17 18 38
2012-07-04	8	2nd	10 18 25 30 32 48
2012-06-06	15	4th	1 9 16 18 20 25
2012-04-14	3	2nd	12 18 20 35 42 48
2012-04-04	5	3rd	4 5 18 24 32 43
2012-03-17	2	2nd	5 18 21 22 25 48
2012-03-10	5	3rd	5 11 18 34 35 38
2012-02-22	1	3rd	6 15 18 19 39 44
2012-02-18	5	3rd	3 7 18 19 23 25
2012-02-01	1	2nd	3 18 20 24 28 44
2012-01-28	11	4th	1 13 15 18 32 37
2011-12-21	3	4th	1 14 15 18 23 46
2011-12-10	4	5th	5 6 11 17 18 37
2011-11-26	1	4th	4 10 11 18 31 35
2011-11-23	8	4th	1 10 12 18 37 39
2011-10-26	11	3rd	2 11 18 40 41 46
2011-09-17	9	3rd	9 10 18 23 27 30
2011-08-17	11	4th	4 8 14 18 27 48
2011-07-09	2	2nd	10 18 27 38 41 42
2011-07-02	1	4th	7 8 17 18 23 27
2011-06-29	7	3rd	10 16 18 28 42 47
2011-06-04	8	6th	4 8 9 13 14 18
2011-05-07	11	2nd	3 18 26 32 33 38
2011-03-30	7	3rd	4 5 18 24 39 46
2011-03-05	7	2nd	3 18 20 26 27 48
2011-02-09	3	3rd	10 14 18 30 37 44
2011-01-29	5	2nd	6 18 22 30 36 39
2011-01-12	2	4th	6 9 14 18 27 41
2011-01-05	2	3rd	1 5 18 22 30 34
2010-12-29	8	4th	1 5 13 18 35 43
2010-12-01	2	1st	18 21 29 30 41 46
2010-11-24	15	3rd	5 13 18 26 30 33
2010-10-02	5	2nd	7 18 31 36 45 46
2010-09-15	11	3rd	7 15 18 25 26 45
2010-08-07	7	2nd	17 18 22 26 29 40
2010-07-14	1	5th	1 8 12 17 18 23
2010-07-10	4	2nd	1 18 26 30 31 44
2010-06-26	3	3rd	5 8 18 20 21 32
2010-06-16	9	5th	1 9 15 17 18 48
2010-05-15	7	3rd	1 15 18 34 35 46
2010-04-21	12	3rd	10 11 18 35 36 45
2010-03-10	4	2nd	1 18 26 33 36 45
2010-02-24	2	4th	9 12 13 18 30 37
2010-02-17	—	4th	6 11 16 18 20 34