In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · since Sep 2025 rules — 109 draws, 6 from 1–43.
20times drawn · chance expected 15 +1.32σ
7draws waiting · a wait this long: 41% for any number
5.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2
14longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long
18 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 20 times in 109 draws against 15.2 expected, +1.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 7 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
18
Number 18, draw by draw
Drawn 20 times in 109 draws · average wait 5.1 draws · longest completed wait 14 · waiting 7 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.
Never drawn alongside 4 of the other 42 numbers; chance expects about 4 such strangers 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 43. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.