Number 18

In Lucky for Life under the 5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015 rules — 2,354 draws, 5 from 1–48.

231times drawn · chance expected 245 −0.96σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 80% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.6

51longest completed wait · 61% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 231 times in 2,354 draws against 245.2 expected, −0.96σ. 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 231 times in 2,354 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 51 · 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 smallest32 · chance 35.5
2nd smallest79 · chance 89.4
3rd smallest82 · chance 76.6
4th smallest35 · chance 26.4
5th smallest3 · chance 3.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

3 2 31 43 22 38

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
2026-02-18	3	4th	3 11 16 18 41
2026-02-15	2	1st	18 25 30 33 35
2026-02-13	2	2nd	6 18 21 35 39
2026-02-11	1	3rd	2 12 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 5/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-06-19	6	4th	2 5 8 18 45
2025-06-13	13	3rd	4 12 18 22 29
2025-05-31	4	2nd	11 18 22 27 31
2025-05-27	9	3rd	10 12 18 43 46
2025-05-18	10	4th	1 3 4 18 30
2025-05-08	5	2nd	14 18 23 34 35
2025-05-03	1	3rd	2 13 18 21 31
2025-05-02	15	3rd	2 17 18 33 38
2025-04-17	7	2nd	4 18 22 26 44
2025-04-10	8	2nd	9 18 38 39 45
2025-04-02	4	1st	18 22 35 36 43
2025-03-29	18	4th	4 8 13 18 41
2025-03-11	2	4th	2 7 17 18 28
2025-03-09	9	3rd	6 14 18 40 46
2025-02-28	1	3rd	9 16 18 23 42
2025-02-27	1	2nd	2 18 24 26 45
2025-02-26	3	2nd	5 18 27 33 38
2025-02-23	13	2nd	1 18 43 44 46
2025-02-10	3	4th	1 2 16 18 30
2025-02-07	1	2nd	14 18 21 29 31
2025-02-06	7	1st	18 21 32 39 41
2025-01-30	7	3rd	9 13 18 23 40
2025-01-23	2	3rd	9 13 18 24 46
2025-01-21	22	1st	18 27 30 40 44
2024-12-30	1	3rd	7 14 18 25 47
2024-12-29	10	2nd	7 18 26 35 38
2024-12-19	2	4th	2 5 13 18 29
2024-12-17	19	2nd	4 18 29 36 37
2024-11-28	12	1st	18 33 42 44 45
2024-11-16	3	3rd	6 11 18 20 29
2024-11-13	3	1st	18 24 27 43 45
2024-11-10	6	2nd	11 18 32 38 40
2024-11-04	1	2nd	8 18 28 36 43
2024-11-03	23	3rd	5 13 18 21 42
2024-10-11	17	2nd	3 18 29 33 36
2024-09-24	4	3rd	6 9 18 36 38
2024-09-20	7	4th	2 9 17 18 27
2024-09-13	8	3rd	14 15 18 33 40
2024-09-05	7	3rd	2 3 18 23 25
2024-08-29	2	3rd	7 13 18 23 42
2024-08-27	1	3rd	1 3 18 23 42
2024-08-26	28	2nd	12 18 24 40 44
2024-07-29	5	1st	18 28 30 32 33
2024-07-24	7	2nd	15 18 21 25 36
2024-07-17	15	2nd	7 18 20 39 46
2024-07-02	13	3rd	9 15 18 28 34
2024-06-19	1	3rd	10 16 18 19 31
2024-06-18	5	3rd	5 14 18 37 48
2024-06-13	16	3rd	1 12 18 23 38
2024-05-28	10	2nd	9 18 21 37 46
2024-05-18	3	1st	18 21 34 37 40
2024-05-15	50	2nd	12 18 24 38 40
2024-03-26	4	1st	18 25 34 39 48
2024-03-22	7	1st	18 27 34 35 43
2024-03-15	12	3rd	13 16 18 19 34
2024-03-03	14	2nd	3 18 20 42 45
2024-02-18	6	1st	18 31 42 46 47
2024-02-12	3	3rd	3 12 18 39 44
2024-02-09	6	3rd	8 12 18 27 48
2024-02-03	14	3rd	8 9 18 31 38
2024-01-20	23	3rd	9 10 18 23 40
2023-12-28	4	2nd	12 18 31 36 46
2023-12-24	10	2nd	2 18 22 39 41
2023-12-14	7	2nd	11 18 41 46 48
2023-12-07	9	4th	3 11 17 18 38
2023-11-28	18	3rd	9 15 18 31 40
2023-11-10	9	2nd	6 18 28 31 42
2023-11-01	16	2nd	16 18 32 36 47
2023-10-16	9	4th	9 15 17 18 48
2023-10-07	4	2nd	10 18 21 29 40
2023-10-03	8	4th	3 11 16 18 33
2023-09-25	2	5th	2 7 9 11 18
2023-09-23	22	2nd	15 18 30 44 46
2023-09-01	12	1st	18 22 34 39 47
2023-08-20	15	2nd	2 18 34 41 47
2023-08-05	1	1st	18 24 27 43 44
2023-08-04	1	3rd	3 16 18 42 47
2023-08-03	22	2nd	5 18 19 25 48
2023-07-12	3	3rd	15 16 18 20 45
2023-07-09	14	3rd	6 8 18 19 48
2023-06-25	18	3rd	16 17 18 35 47
2023-06-07	17	3rd	1 5 18 43 47
2023-05-21	5	3rd	9 11 18 22 27
2023-05-16	22	3rd	1 14 18 23 34
2023-04-24	2	2nd	17 18 21 25 42
2023-04-22	2	2nd	5 18 38 41 45
2023-04-20	1	3rd	1 5 18 33 48
2023-04-19	11	3rd	2 3 18 23 31
2023-04-08	6	3rd	1 16 18 20 41
2023-04-02	15	3rd	3 6 18 22 40
2023-03-18	4	2nd	8 18 19 29 41
2023-03-14	16	4th	2 3 14 18 47
2023-02-26	16	3rd	5 9 18 35 38
2023-02-10	3	4th	10 11 12 18 27
2023-02-07	30	3rd	3 7 18 31 32
2023-01-08	2	2nd	6 18 32 42 47
2023-01-06	11	2nd	7 18 24 33 43
2022-12-26	27	2nd	17 18 22 37 43
2022-11-29	3	2nd	17 18 26 27 48
2022-11-26	21	3rd	5 12 18 19 31
2022-11-05	8	2nd	8 18 20 45 47
2022-10-28	2	2nd	14 18 22 37 43
2022-10-26	8	1st	18 21 22 35 38
2022-10-18	9	2nd	2 18 28 29 43
2022-10-09	1	1st	18 24 25 27 29
2022-10-08	1	2nd	6 18 33 38 39
2022-10-07	11	5th	7 9 13 16 18
2022-09-26	2	3rd	5 12 18 21 27
2022-09-24	9	2nd	10 18 23 31 46
2022-09-15	46	2nd	2 18 27 41 45
2022-07-31	14	4th	1 7 8 18 38
2022-07-17	15	3rd	2 4 18 22 41
2022-07-02	8	4th	3 13 16 18 27
2022-06-24	10	2nd	15 18 28 41 44
2022-06-14	4	1st	18 24 25 29 37
2022-06-10	22	2nd	12 18 26 37 39
2022-05-19	3	3rd	15 16 18 23 25
2022-05-16	6	4th	2 10 11 18 22
2022-05-10	2	3rd	1 13 18 22 45
2022-05-08	13	1st	18 19 24 29 47
2022-04-25	19	2nd	8 18 32 36 43
2022-04-06	2	4th	3 5 10 18 23
2022-04-04	25	2nd	16 18 29 32 33
2022-03-10	7	3rd	1 7 18 41 42
2022-03-03	18	3rd	5 14 18 20 29
2022-02-13	8	3rd	4 14 18 19 37
2022-02-05	10	2nd	4 18 25 43 45
2022-01-26	10	4th	10 11 15 18 22
2022-01-16	5	3rd	5 10 18 28 48
2022-01-11	19	4th	2 5 8 18 43
2021-12-23	2	1st	18 20 22 24 35
2021-12-21	16	3rd	2 10 18 26 31
2021-12-05	1	3rd	7 14 18 19 41
2021-12-04	27	2nd	9 18 23 30 47
2021-11-07	20	2nd	15 18 24 30 42
2021-10-18	5	3rd	9 17 18 25 47
2021-10-13	8	3rd	13 16 18 23 33
2021-10-05	11	1st	18 20 33 44 46
2021-09-24	8	2nd	7 18 20 31 40
2021-09-16	10	2nd	1 18 19 34 39
2021-09-06	19	3rd	3 6 18 38 44
2021-08-18	15	1st	18 21 22 31 33
2021-08-03	18	3rd	10 15 18 41 45
2021-07-08	9	3rd	2 17 18 35 44
2021-06-07	6	3rd	5 7 18 24 34
2021-05-17	4	1st	18 29 32 40 44
2021-05-03	1	4th	7 11 12 18 21
2021-04-29	4	4th	1 9 10 18 34
2021-04-15	37	3rd	3 4 18 31 43
2020-12-07	2	2nd	3 18 22 26 35
2020-11-30	26	2nd	11 18 21 36 38
2020-08-31	2	4th	3 9 14 18 25
2020-08-24	1	1st	18 22 25 31 46
2020-08-20	4	3rd	9 11 18 39 40
2020-08-06	12	2nd	14 18 30 43 45
2020-06-25	6	3rd	1 8 18 27 46
2020-06-04	34	2nd	9 18 24 26 29
2020-02-06	2	1st	18 30 31 33 34
2020-01-30	3	4th	4 6 8 18 39
2020-01-20	5	4th	4 7 8 18 27
2020-01-02	16	3rd	1 3 18 22 33
2019-11-07	3	4th	1 10 15 18 40
2019-10-28	6	3rd	11 15 18 23 34
2019-10-07	24	2nd	13 18 31 38 43
2019-07-15	2	3rd	3 14 18 19 32
2019-07-08	11	3rd	11 16 18 23 37
2019-05-30	4	3rd	7 17 18 19 39
2019-05-16	6	2nd	9 18 26 28 32
2019-04-25	22	2nd	8 18 21 44 47
2019-02-07	7	1st	18 23 29 34 43
2019-01-14	2	3rd	11 13 18 29 42
2019-01-07	13	1st	18 31 34 35 37
2018-11-22	5	2nd	8 18 38 40 48
2018-11-05	7	2nd	8 18 28 34 37
2018-10-11	25	2nd	10 18 33 38 42
2018-07-16	2	3rd	14 17 18 21 48
2018-07-09	2	1st	18 24 43 46 48
2018-07-02	11	2nd	13 18 27 39 43
2018-05-24	41	1st	18 32 38 39 48
2018-01-01	3	2nd	15 18 25 31 35
2017-12-21	4	4th	10 14 15 18 24
2017-12-07	42	2nd	7 18 21 41 46
2017-07-13	5	3rd	6 15 18 36 47
2017-06-26	23	2nd	7 18 21 30 34
2017-04-06	5	2nd	6 18 37 41 47
2017-03-20	8	3rd	6 8 18 38 46
2017-02-20	1	3rd	2 14 18 25 27
2017-02-16	19	2nd	6 18 40 46 47
2016-12-12	32	2nd	6 18 25 44 48
2016-08-22	12	3rd	4 17 18 20 28
2016-07-11	1	4th	3 6 17 18 43
2016-07-07	30	3rd	4 15 18 21 45
2016-03-24	6	3rd	2 12 18 20 22
2016-03-03	7	4th	3 4 10 18 21
2016-02-08	5	1st	18 30 31 43 47
2016-01-21	28	4th	3 7 10 18 33
2015-10-15	6	3rd	7 15 18 38 42
2015-09-24	3	2nd	2 18 24 26 28
2015-09-14	1	2nd	11 18 42 46 48
2015-09-10	15	2nd	7 18 20 21 47
2015-07-20	7	4th	13 16 17 18 23
2015-06-25	10	2nd	10 18 31 34 42
2015-05-21	13	4th	6 8 10 18 19
2015-04-06	6	2nd	3 18 20 32 43
2015-03-16	2	2nd	1 18 22 37 40
2015-03-09	10	2nd	6 18 23 31 43
2015-02-02	—	3rd	7 11 18 19 28