Number 18

In Lotto under the 6/42 · since Aug 2020 rules — 642 draws, 6 from 1–42.

89times drawn · chance expected 92 −0.31σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 16% for any number

7.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

26longest completed wait · 85% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 89 times in 642 draws against 91.7 expected, −0.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 89 times in 642 draws · average wait 7.1 draws · longest completed wait 26 · waiting 13 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 smallest6 · chance 5.0
2nd smallest21 · chance 21.5
3rd smallest32 · chance 32.7
4th smallest21 · chance 22.3
5th smallest8 · chance 6.8
6th smallest1 · chance 0.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

19 7 38 13 15 23

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-08-26	4	3rd	4 10 18 19 28 36
2026-08-12	6	4th	1 5 8 18 29 37
2026-07-22	11	3rd	6 7 18 29 37 39
2026-06-13	10	5th	2

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 6/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

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