Number 18

In Cash Ball under the 4/35 + 1/25 · since Jan 2017 rules — 3,514 draws, 4 from 1–35.

386times drawn · chance expected 402 −0.83σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 78% for any number

9.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.8

46longest completed wait · 81% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 386 times in 3,514 draws against 401.6 expected, −0.83σ. 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 386 times in 3,514 draws · average wait 9.1 draws · longest completed wait 46 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest40 · chance 43.9
2nd smallest158 · chance 149.1
3rd smallest153 · chance 149.1
4th smallest35 · chance 43.9

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 8 16 22 7 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-09	5	2nd	5 18 20 22
2026-10-04	3	3rd	2 15 18 20
2026-10-01	12	4th	2 7 10 18
2026-09-19	2	2nd	4 18 29 32
2026-09-17	6	2nd	16

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 4/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-17	6	3rd	7 11 18 30
2026-03-11	14	2nd	17 18 19 32
2026-02-25	6	2nd	6 18 21 23
2026-02-19	6	3rd	7 16 18 35
2026-02-13	7	3rd	1 2 18 30
2026-02-06	5	3rd	8 17 18 31
2026-02-01	16	2nd	17 18 20 22
2026-01-16	8	2nd	11 18 24 33
2026-01-08	16	2nd	15 18 22 28
2025-12-23	5	3rd	10 15 18 21
2025-12-18	2	3rd	2 15 18 26
2025-12-16	14	2nd	5 18 26 32
2025-12-02	3	2nd	14 18 21 28
2025-11-29	10	3rd	3 8 18 34
2025-11-19	6	2nd	17 18 19 22
2025-11-13	12	2nd	16 18 28 29
2025-11-01	24	2nd	6 18 19 29
2025-10-08	3	3rd	9 14 18 32
2025-10-05	12	3rd	1 4 18 33
2025-09-23	13	2nd	12 18 22 34
2025-09-10	9	4th	4 5 10 18
2025-09-01	5	3rd	5 7 18 23
2025-08-27	25	2nd	14 18 20 22
2025-08-02	3	3rd	2 14 18 29
2025-07-30	2	4th	7 8 14 18
2025-07-28	9	3rd	4 9 18 22
2025-07-19	6	2nd	14 18 27 32
2025-07-13	8	1st	18 32 34 35
2025-07-05	25	3rd	2 7 18 29
2025-06-10	13	2nd	7 18 20 28
2025-05-28	11	3rd	15 17 18 28
2025-05-17	9	4th	2 7 17 18
2025-05-08	2	1st	18 25 27 29
2025-05-06	18	1st	18 20 21 23
2025-04-18	2	2nd	2 18 22 26
2025-04-16	4	3rd	8 14 18 32
2025-04-12	1	2nd	7 18 20 23
2025-04-11	8	3rd	1 3 18 31
2025-04-03	44	3rd	5 14 18 26
2025-02-18	1	2nd	9 18 19 31
2025-02-17	6	3rd	4 5 18 22
2025-02-11	19	3rd	1 13 18 22
2025-01-23	7	2nd	12 18 23 28
2025-01-16	2	2nd	14 18 19 24
2025-01-14	14	3rd	7 12 18 32
2024-12-31	1	3rd	3 10 18 30
2024-12-30	30	3rd	7 16 18 29
2024-11-30	13	2nd	4 18 19 22
2024-11-17	9	3rd	4 15 18 19
2024-11-08	2	2nd	8 18 26 29
2024-11-06	11	2nd	11 18 24 30
2024-10-26	19	2nd	15 18 32 35
2024-10-07	26	3rd	14 16 18 34
2024-09-11	5	2nd	9 18 22 32
2024-09-06	18	2nd	4 18 19 22
2024-08-19	13	1st	18 20 21 29
2024-08-06	16	2nd	1 18 30 32
2024-07-21	10	3rd	5 10 18 19
2024-07-11	2	3rd	2 16 18 30
2024-07-09	10	1st	18 19 20 26
2024-06-29	8	2nd	14 18 32 34
2024-06-21	3	3rd	7 10 18 28
2024-06-18	11	1st	18 19 26 31
2024-06-07	31	2nd	1 18 25 31
2024-05-07	20	3rd	1 12 18 25
2024-04-17	7	2nd	17 18 22 29
2024-04-10	16	3rd	2 13 18 27
2024-03-25	16	3rd	1 9 18 22
2024-03-09	7	2nd	7 18 28 29
2024-03-02	15	1st	18 19 27 28
2024-02-16	1	1st	18 25 34 35
2024-02-15	20	2nd	8 18 27 32
2024-01-26	6	2nd	5 18 34 35
2024-01-20	21	2nd	9 18 23 26
2023-12-30	5	2nd	14 18 29 35
2023-12-25	31	2nd	15 18 27 28
2023-11-24	7	1st	18 29 30 35
2023-11-17	10	3rd	3 11 18 34
2023-11-07	4	2nd	15 18 19 32
2023-11-03	1	3rd	8 13 18 24
2023-11-02	15	3rd	6 15 18 33
2023-10-18	9	3rd	4 6 18 30
2023-10-09	12	2nd	11 18 24 25
2023-09-27	12	2nd	8 18 23 29
2023-09-15	5	3rd	15 17 18 31
2023-09-10	11	2nd	1 18 26 28
2023-08-30	2	1st	18 20 25 34
2023-08-28	4	2nd	3 18 22 26
2023-08-24	2	2nd	7 18 28 31
2023-08-22	3	2nd	13 18 23 30
2023-08-19	3	3rd	6 17 18 21
2023-08-16	3	2nd	12 18 20 34
2023-08-13	1	2nd	3 18 27 31
2023-08-12	32	4th	12 14 16 18
2023-07-11	13	2nd	14 18 27 33
2023-06-28	12	2nd	17 18 27 31
2023-06-16	11	1st	18 20 24 34
2023-06-05	8	2nd	9 18 20 27
2023-05-28	5	3rd	12 17 18 29
2023-05-23	7	1st	18 19 27 30
2023-05-16	3	2nd	16 18 19 25
2023-05-13	6	2nd	16 18 21 33
2023-05-07	13	4th	2 11 15 18
2023-04-24	22	2nd	9 18 20 34
2023-04-02	10	2nd	14 18 31 32
2023-03-23	1	4th	6 8 14 18
2023-03-22	1	3rd	7 17 18 31
2023-03-21	3	3rd	11 13 18 26
2023-03-18	6	1st	18 25 27 28
2023-03-12	19	2nd	10 18 19 20
2023-02-21	4	2nd	10 18 31 34
2023-02-17	1	4th	4 11 15 18
2023-02-16	7	3rd	6 14 18 35
2023-02-09	9	2nd	14 18 21 32
2023-01-31	1	3rd	8 14 18 23
2023-01-30	28	3rd	2 4 18 31
2023-01-02	4	2nd	1 18 19 35
2022-12-29	17	4th	8 11 14 18
2022-12-12	23	2nd	17 18 29 30
2022-11-19	20	4th	4 15 16 18
2022-10-30	1	2nd	16 18 31 35
2022-10-29	15	3rd	12 14 18 20
2022-10-14	13	2nd	6 18 20 27
2022-10-01	8	2nd	16 18 21 31
2022-09-23	6	2nd	3 18 24 28
2022-09-17	7	3rd	5 17 18 29
2022-09-10	4	2nd	7 18 25 30
2022-09-06	3	3rd	8 13 18 34
2022-09-03	17	3rd	2 3 18 28
2022-08-17	4	3rd	4 12 18 26
2022-08-13	3	3rd	5 8 18 25
2022-08-10	14	3rd	13 15 18 27
2022-07-27	12	3rd	4 13 18 26
2022-07-15	15	2nd	10 18 25 27
2022-06-30	1	2nd	10 18 23 35
2022-06-29	7	2nd	12 18 23 31
2022-06-22	3	4th	8 9 13 18
2022-06-19	3	4th	10 12 15 18
2022-06-16	5	2nd	9 18 28 32
2022-06-11	25	1st	18 22 31 33
2022-05-17	26	3rd	3 11 18 28
2022-04-21	1	3rd	1 6 18 31
2022-04-20	10	1st	18 28 30 32
2022-04-10	10	1st	18 24 25 35
2022-03-31	4	2nd	13 18 28 29
2022-03-27	3	4th	14 15 16 18
2022-03-24	6	3rd	9 12 18 20
2022-03-18	4	3rd	5 7 18 21
2022-03-14	8	2nd	10 18 32 34
2022-03-06	2	2nd	6 18 26 35
2022-03-04	24	3rd	12 17 18 21
2022-02-07	7	3rd	8 9 18 31
2022-01-31	9	2nd	16 18 32 34
2022-01-22	9	3rd	6 10 18 23
2022-01-13	1	4th	8 15 16 18
2022-01-12	12	3rd	8 9 18 34
2021-12-31	2	2nd	4 18 20 24
2021-12-29	5	1st	18 21 32 34
2021-12-24	3	3rd	3 5 18 31
2021-12-21	3	2nd	5 18 23 32
2021-12-18	20	2nd	10 18 24 35
2021-11-28	17	2nd	7 18 27 34
2021-11-11	14	2nd	10 18 32 34
2021-10-28	14	2nd	6 18 22 28
2021-10-14	8	2nd	6 18 32 33
2021-10-06	24	3rd	1 11 18 31
2021-09-12	7	2nd	8 18 23 24
2021-09-05	2	1st	18 21 26 31
2021-09-03	1	2nd	15 18 27 33
2021-09-02	5	3rd	13 14 18 34
2021-08-28	9	3rd	1 10 18 31
2021-08-19	21	2nd	6 18 21 24
2021-07-29	31	2nd	10 18 22 34
2021-06-28	10	3rd	4 6 18 27
2021-06-18	1	4th	4 7 8 18
2021-06-17	12	2nd	12 18 19 20
2021-06-05	1	2nd	11 18 27 30
2021-06-04	7	2nd	11 18 29 30
2021-05-28	1	3rd	1 11 18 35
2021-05-27	3	3rd	2 10 18 25
2021-05-24	9	2nd	15 18 28 32
2021-05-15	3	3rd	1 13 18 32
2021-05-12	10	2nd	4 18 22 29
2021-05-02	6	4th	2 6 8 18
2021-04-26	8	1st	18 24 30 32
2021-04-18	20	2nd	15 18 32 34
2021-03-29	8	2nd	2 18 20 25
2021-03-21	24	2nd	13 18 21 24
2021-02-25	6	2nd	8 18 23 29
2021-02-19	25	2nd	9 18 22 30
2021-01-25	5	3rd	6 12 18 22
2021-01-20	1	2nd	13 18 21 24
2021-01-19	8	2nd	17 18 19 33
2021-01-11	3	2nd	10 18 19 23
2021-01-08	2	3rd	8 10 18 23
2021-01-06	2	3rd	2 16 18 28
2021-01-04	1	3rd	4 17 18 34
2021-01-03	1	3rd	14 16 18 33
2021-01-02	12	1st	18 22 24 30
2020-12-21	15	3rd	13 15 18 22
2020-12-06	4	1st	18 22 27 33
2020-12-02	11	2nd	4 18 21 29
2020-11-21	2	3rd	12 16 18 25
2020-11-19	17	2nd	7 18 23 29
2020-11-02	1	2nd	12 18 26 28
2020-11-01	8	4th	2 3 13 18
2020-10-24	6	3rd	13 15 18 25
2020-10-18	10	1st	18 20 24 25
2020-10-08	17	4th	1 5 12 18
2020-09-21	21	3rd	13 17 18 30
2020-08-31	2	3rd	4 8 18 35
2020-08-29	1	3rd	1 11 18 31
2020-08-28	9	2nd	15 18 27 35
2020-08-19	1	2nd	4 18 24 25
2020-08-18	3	2nd	14 18 23 30
2020-08-15	1	3rd	5 16 18 22
2020-08-14	6	2nd	13 18 23 26
2020-08-08	1	2nd	15 18 19 25
2020-08-07	1	3rd	3 16 18 27
2020-08-06	9	3rd	7 12 18 26
2020-07-28	13	2nd	11 18 22 35
2020-07-15	1	3rd	11 17 18 21
2020-07-14	1	3rd	9 10 18 30
2020-07-13	4	4th	8 10 17 18
2020-07-09	3	2nd	4 18 20 23
2020-07-06	18	2nd	15 18 22 27
2020-06-18	18	3rd	4 13 18 33
2020-05-31	9	3rd	10 14 18 23
2020-05-22	7	1st	18 24 25 26
2020-05-15	3	3rd	5 11 18 27
2020-05-12	2	4th	3 8 16 18
2020-05-10	3	3rd	7 15 18 33
2020-05-07	4	2nd	8 18 19 26
2020-05-03	2	3rd	9 17 18 30
2020-05-01	14	1st	18 26 32 34
2020-04-17	16	2nd	17 18 24 33
2020-04-01	1	1st	18 26 27 33
2020-03-31	8	3rd	5 16 18 27
2020-03-23	13	4th	12 14 17 18
2020-03-10	11	3rd	8 16 18 34
2020-02-28	24	3rd	1 5 18 26
2020-02-04	1	4th	1 13 17 18
2020-02-03	2	2nd	3 18 22 23
2020-02-01	35	2nd	8 18 19 35
2019-12-28	7	3rd	2 11 18 32
2019-12-21	4	3rd	10 11 18 29
2019-12-17	10	3rd	2 4 18 26
2019-12-07	16	4th	7 8 9 18
2019-11-21	3	3rd	12 17 18 34
2019-11-18	7	2nd	9 18 20 27
2019-11-11	7	4th	6 14 17 18
2019-11-04	4	2nd	13 18 31 35
2019-10-31	9	1st	18 27 32 35
2019-10-22	12	3rd	11 17 18 27
2019-10-10	1	3rd	4 14 18 28
2019-10-09	4	3rd	4 12 18 21
2019-10-05	2	3rd	9 13 18 31
2019-10-03	2	3rd	7 13 18 21
2019-10-01	4	3rd	13 16 18 19
2019-09-27	20	2nd	2 18 26 31
2019-09-07	2	2nd	2 18 26 34
2019-09-05	10	2nd	6 18 20 21
2019-08-26	4	2nd	4 18 19 35
2019-08-22	3	3rd	5 15 18 19
2019-08-19	9	3rd	7 16 18 21
2019-08-10	1	1st	18 30 32 34
2019-08-09	1	3rd	2 16 18 26
2019-08-08	3	1st	18 20 31 35
2019-08-05	6	1st	18 22 31 34
2019-07-30	13	3rd	3 11 18 27
2019-07-17	35	2nd	5 18 19 21
2019-06-12	2	3rd	8 14 18 29
2019-06-10	15	1st	18 26 27 35
2019-05-26	2	3rd	5 7 18 33
2019-05-24	4	2nd	4 18 29 31
2019-05-20	1	3rd	1 13 18 34
2019-05-19	7	3rd	7 11 18 21
2019-05-12	9	1st	18 20 22 24
2019-05-03	2	3rd	8 12 18 26
2019-05-01	7	1st	18 23 27 35
2019-04-24	5	3rd	8 16 18 28
2019-04-19	9	1st	18 22 24 29
2019-04-10	4	3rd	12 17 18 35
2019-04-06	10	3rd	12 16 18 28
2019-03-27	4	2nd	9 18 24 25
2019-03-23	2	2nd	17 18 20 24
2019-03-21	19	3rd	6 17 18 33
2019-03-02	28	2nd	5 18 24 30
2019-02-02	17	2nd	1 18 31 35
2019-01-16	6	3rd	14 16 18 31
2019-01-10	28	2nd	4 18 27 29
2018-12-13	2	2nd	1 18 21 35
2018-12-11	9	2nd	7 18 24 31
2018-12-02	4	3rd	4 13 18 30
2018-11-28	11	3rd	1 5 18 22
2018-11-17	1	2nd	6 18 19 22
2018-11-16	7	2nd	6 18 30 33
2018-11-09	9	4th	5 7 16 18
2018-10-31	12	3rd	1 15 18 33
2018-10-19	11	4th	3 10 16 18
2018-10-08	25	2nd	1 18 22 28
2018-09-13	13	2nd	9 18 20 23
2018-08-31	7	3rd	3 8 18 19
2018-08-24	12	3rd	7 9 18 23
2018-08-12	1	3rd	6 13 18 32
2018-08-11	12	2nd	5 18 22 34
2018-07-30	4	4th	2 5 16 18
2018-07-26	9	2nd	16 18 24 31
2018-07-17	4	3rd	4 17 18 29
2018-07-13	3	1st	18 21 22 26
2018-07-10	1	2nd	7 18 19 21
2018-07-09	5	2nd	8 18 20 33
2018-07-04	2	3rd	6 9 18 34
2018-07-02	1	2nd	3 18 20 34
2018-07-01	1	3rd	7 16 18 19
2018-06-30	4	3rd	1 16 18 28
2018-06-26	22	2nd	2 18 31 35
2018-06-04	4	3rd	1 2 18 23
2018-05-31	4	3rd	11 15 18 31
2018-05-27	8	4th	7 9 16 18
2018-05-19	22	2nd	17 18 20 35
2018-04-27	5	3rd	2 11 18 23
2018-04-22	5	1st	18 19 25 32
2018-04-17	7	2nd	8 18 20 35
2018-04-10	4	2nd	5 18 20 26
2018-04-06	11	2nd	4 18 20 35
2018-03-26	5	3rd	7 13 18 32
2018-03-21	3	3rd	8 17 18 33
2018-03-18	9	3rd	5 8 18 21
2018-03-09	19	2nd	2 18 25 31
2018-02-18	11	3rd	3 16 18 24
2018-02-07	11	2nd	9 18 31 35
2018-01-27	7	3rd	4 7 18 23
2018-01-20	2	3rd	8 14 18 28
2018-01-18	20	4th	2 5 15 18
2017-12-29	46	3rd	3 5 18 33
2017-11-09	13	2nd	8 18 27 35
2017-10-25	7	1st	18 19 21 35
2017-10-16	10	3rd	7 14 18 32
2017-10-04	10	3rd	7 14 18 30
2017-09-21	20	3rd	6 16 18 25
2017-08-29	10	2nd	14 18 20 21
2017-08-17	10	3rd	10 15 18 33
2017-08-05	12	2nd	4 18 28 32
2017-07-22	1	3rd	2 5 18 34
2017-07-21	18	2nd	7 18 27 28
2017-06-30	14	2nd	4 18 20 35
2017-06-14	6	3rd	10 15 18 25
2017-06-07	3	2nd	17 18 33 34
2017-06-03	3	3rd	13 17 18 25
2017-05-31	23	2nd	14 18 20 30
2017-05-04	2	2nd	2 18 19 27
2017-05-02	7	3rd	10 12 18 19
2017-04-24	19	4th	10 14 16 18
2017-03-30	6	3rd	3 12 18 24
2017-03-23	17	2nd	17 18 28 31
2017-03-03	11	2nd	11 18 19 24
2017-02-18	7	1st	18 21 26 27
2017-02-10	6	1st	18 20 26 35
2017-02-03	14	2nd	9 18 22 30
2017-01-18	4	3rd	11 13 18 25
2017-01-13	—	2nd	7 18 25 30