Number 18

In Lotto America under the 5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017 rules — 1,152 draws, 5 from 1–52.

105times drawn · chance expected 111 −0.58σ

25draws waiting · a wait this long: 9% for any number

10.8average wait between appearances · chance says 10.4

56longest completed wait · 33% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 1,152 draws against 110.8 expected, −0.58σ. Each draw is independent: after 25 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 1,152 draws · average wait 10.8 draws · longest completed wait 56 · waiting 25 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 smallest21 · chance 19.5
2nd smallest41 · chance 42.7
3rd smallest35 · chance 32.1
4th smallest8 · chance 9.7
5th smallest0 · chance 1.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

1 8 32 42 31 51

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2026-08-15	21	2nd	8 18 19 40 41
2026-06-27	4	3rd	3 8 18 22 39
2026-06-17	1	3rd	11 16 18 33 51
2026-06-15	14	3rd	1 15 18

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 5/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-17	8	2nd	16 18 24 25 34
2025-04-28	2	1st	18 19 32 44 50
2025-04-23	55	1st	18 24 34 40 42
2024-12-16	23	3rd	5 17 18 34 50
2024-10-23	6	1st	18 38 42 44 47
2024-10-09	17	1st	18 28 32 40 51
2024-08-31	26	2nd	17 18 32 42 51
2024-07-01	3	2nd	7 18 36 37 43
2024-06-24	20	2nd	6 18 22 25 35
2024-05-08	10	3rd	5 11 18 38 47
2024-04-15	20	3rd	2 12 18 23 52
2024-02-28	8	2nd	16 18 25 37 46
2024-02-10	8	3rd	1 3 18 21 42
2024-01-22	18	1st	18 22 31 39 50
2023-12-11	3	1st	18 39 42 47 52
2023-12-04	4	3rd	4 16 18 36 47
2023-11-25	3	3rd	3 11 18 38 41
2023-11-18	2	2nd	9 18 22 26 34
2023-11-13	38	2nd	17 18 20 44 51
2023-08-16	6	2nd	14 18 31 37 43
2023-08-02	9	2nd	1 18 33 41 51
2023-07-12	23	3rd	3 5 18 22 36
2023-05-20	5	4th	4 11 15 18 19
2023-05-08	11	2nd	7 18 24 29 44
2023-04-12	9	1st	18 36 45 48 51
2023-03-22	20	2nd	14 18 21 50 51
2023-02-04	7	3rd	8 17 18 21 52
2023-01-18	15	2nd	12 18 24 27 45
2022-12-14	56	1st	18 21 22 30 32
2022-08-06	8	4th	1 8 13 18 40
2022-07-18	2	1st	18 30 35 45 46
2022-07-13	16	2nd	1 18 21 26 39
2022-05-18	3	2nd	8 18 24 31 46
2022-05-07	6	1st	18 32 43 48 51
2022-04-16	19	4th	8 10 14 18 23
2022-02-09	2	2nd	2 18 20 32 36
2022-02-02	27	3rd	2 8 18 25 31
2021-10-30	27	2nd	10 18 21 47 48
2021-07-28	17	1st	18 32 46 48 49
2021-05-29	3	3rd	4 16 18 34 42
2021-05-19	14	2nd	5 18 34 38 42
2021-03-31	3	2nd	17 18 21 35 42
2021-03-20	5	3rd	1 2 18 37 47
2021-03-03	3	2nd	16 18 19 28 45
2021-02-20	15	2nd	7 18 26 31 39
2020-12-30	4	1st	18 25 26 30 49
2020-12-16	23	1st	18 21 32 35 48
2020-09-26	19	3rd	11 12 18 24 51
2020-07-22	5	1st	18 25 46 49 51
2020-07-04	4	3rd	7 16 18 24 40
2020-06-20	13	2nd	4 18 27 30 48
2020-05-06	2	1st	18 25 31 35 42
2020-04-29	3	2nd	11 18 28 43 45
2020-04-18	3	3rd	2 15 18 41 48
2020-04-08	1	3rd	2 7 18 26 40
2020-04-04	9	1st	18 21 30 35 47
2020-03-04	8	3rd	5 6 18 22 24
2020-02-05	14	3rd	1 2 18 26 36
2019-12-18	7	4th	1 4 17 18 30
2019-11-23	3	3rd	4 5 18 43 46
2019-11-13	29	1st	18 23 24 30 49
2019-08-03	6	2nd	8 18 27 41 43
2019-07-13	35	3rd	6 15 18 25 37
2019-03-13	8	1st	18 42 44 48 52
2019-02-13	12	3rd	5 6 18 26 45
2019-01-02	2	3rd	6 10 18 19 41
2018-12-26	3	3rd	5 10 18 19 51
2018-12-15	13	2nd	16 18 35 36 48
2018-10-31	3	1st	18 19 31 32 48
2018-10-20	18	2nd	10 18 22 25 32
2018-08-18	30	2nd	13 18 39 47 52
2018-05-05	1	3rd	8 15 18 32 45
2018-05-02	8	2nd	8 18 19 30 31
2018-04-04	4	3rd	15 16 18 26 39
2018-03-21	1	2nd	6 18 25 26 28
2018-03-17	5	4th	2 12 15 18 19
2018-02-28	16	3rd	11 15 18 36 40
2018-01-03	6	2nd	3 18 22 33 43
2017-12-13	2	2nd	9 18 23 46 50
2017-12-06	6	1st	18 29 37 39 42
2017-11-15	—	3rd	2 9 18 31 39