Number 18

In Classic Lotto 47 under the 6/47 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,721 draws, 6 from 1–47.

238times drawn · chance expected 220 +1.32σ

4draws waiting · a wait this long: 66% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 7.8

51longest completed wait · 23% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 238 times in 1,721 draws against 219.7 expected, +1.32σ. Each draw is independent: after 4 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 238 times in 1,721 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 4 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 smallest19 · chance 20.6
2nd smallest81 · chance 70.1
3rd smallest86 · chance 86.3
4th smallest36 · chance 47.9
5th smallest15 · chance 12.0
6th smallest1 · chance 1.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

39 43 32 19 5 9

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 46 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 47. 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
2026-09-26	17	3rd	2 11 18 38 43 45
2026-07-29	4	2nd	11 18 29 34 36 44
2026-07-15	6	3rd	1 5 18 21 34 45
2026-06-24

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 6/47 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-08-24	17	3rd	2 9 18 33 38 40
2024-06-26	8	2nd	17 18 24 29 36 43
2024-05-29	12	2nd	4 18 20 30 36 42
2024-04-17	5	5th	2 9 10 15 18 21
2024-03-30	3	3rd	5 12 18 20 23 31
2024-03-20	5	2nd	15 18 24 28 37 39
2024-03-02	2	1st	18 23 27 29 44 46
2024-02-24	13	2nd	16 18 21 28 35 43
2024-01-10	17	3rd	12 16 18 27 32 33
2023-11-11	19	2nd	15 18 21 24 32 39
2023-09-06	1	5th	9 10 13 15 18 43
2023-09-02	4	1st	18 29 39 41 42 47
2023-08-19	1	3rd	7 16 18 27 39 40
2023-08-16	3	2nd	17 18 24 36 43 46
2023-08-05	4	3rd	8 10 18 21 32 34
2023-07-22	9	4th	8 10 13 18 24 38
2023-06-21	1	4th	4 5 10 18 44 47
2023-06-17	7	4th	6 13 17 18 21 44
2023-05-24	1	4th	4 13 16 18 26 35
2023-05-20	18	1st	18 20 28 31 40 46
2023-03-18	2	2nd	6 18 25 28 29 35
2023-03-11	1	3rd	4 10 18 26 40 46
2023-03-08	1	4th	2 9 14 18 20 36
2023-03-04	6	6th	2 4 7 9 11 18
2023-02-11	4	3rd	3 8 18 26 30 44
2023-01-28	3	1st	18 24 28 30 32 39
2023-01-18	7	2nd	6 18 26 28 45 47
2022-12-24	4	2nd	17 18 19 32 36 46
2022-12-10	15	4th	4 7 8 18 25 35
2022-10-19	3	2nd	2 18 19 24 31 42
2022-10-08	7	4th	3 4 11 18 20 44
2022-09-14	13	3rd	7 9 18 21 34 36
2022-07-30	2	5th	1 3 10 14 18 39
2022-07-23	15	4th	4 8 11 18 45 46
2022-06-01	4	2nd	7 18 22 23 25 45
2022-05-18	21	2nd	14 18 19 31 38 44
2022-03-05	19	4th	5 7 15 18 19 35
2021-12-29	1	2nd	9 18 26 31 42 47
2021-12-25	4	3rd	6 17 18 27 28 39
2021-12-11	18	5th	4 6 12 13 18 27
2021-10-09	3	2nd	1 18 21 25 36 40
2021-09-29	2	2nd	4 18 28 33 38 46
2021-09-22	4	1st	18 19 26 28 38 42
2021-09-08	15	2nd	4 18 22 29 37 40
2021-07-17	6	3rd	12 17 18 20 25 35
2021-06-26	24	3rd	2 8 18 25 43 45
2021-04-03	1	3rd	9 14 18 21 33 47
2021-03-31	22	2nd	6 18 22 23 30 32
2021-01-13	26	3rd	10 14 18 21 37 39
2020-10-14	25	3rd	9 13 18 24 33 47
2020-07-18	2	4th	4 5 9 18 29 30
2020-07-11	14	3rd	6 13 18 25 39 40
2020-05-23	5	3rd	4 11 18 26 32 46
2020-05-06	4	4th	2 5 12 18 25 27
2020-04-22	9	2nd	1 18 28 30 38 44
2020-03-21	1	2nd	15 18 30 36 41 47
2020-03-18	3	3rd	14 17 18 28 33 36
2020-03-07	5	2nd	10 18 20 28 29 31
2020-02-19	3	3rd	4 12 18 20 30 38
2020-02-08	4	5th	6 7 12 16 18 46
2020-01-25	7	4th	3 4 11 18 36 47
2020-01-01	2	2nd	11 18 19 21 26 45
2019-12-25	1	4th	15 16 17 18 28 34
2019-12-21	9	3rd	2 5 18 19 22 43
2019-11-20	6	2nd	17 18 24 26 35 40
2019-10-30	12	3rd	2 13 18 20 27 31
2019-09-18	14	3rd	2 17 18 24 43 44
2019-07-31	6	2nd	1 18 21 22 24 32
2019-07-10	2	2nd	11 18 24 39 40 45
2019-07-03	2	4th	5 13 14 18 19 40
2019-06-26	2	3rd	2 5 18 21 27 41
2019-06-19	7	2nd	3 18 27 38 44 47
2019-05-25	7	2nd	15 18 32 42 45 47
2019-05-01	2	3rd	3 6 18 23 29 34
2019-04-24	1	2nd	13 18 33 36 43 44
2019-04-20	3	2nd	5 18 28 31 38 42
2019-04-10	8	4th	1 8 14 18 39 40
2019-03-13	15	2nd	15 18 30 39 42 45
2019-01-19	2	4th	5 9 15 18 33 37
2019-01-12	4	3rd	9 17 18 28 32 46
2018-12-29	2	3rd	9 12 18 20 32 42
2018-12-22	9	3rd	3 12 18 26 27 28
2018-11-21	2	2nd	6 18 19 25 39 40
2018-11-14	4	2nd	3 18 20 29 30 46
2018-10-31	14	2nd	6 18 31 32 33 40
2018-09-12	3	3rd	11 14 18 22 32 35
2018-09-01	12	3rd	10 13 18 34 35 39
2018-07-21	3	2nd	2 18 24 26 29 45
2018-07-11	1	5th	1 8 12 15 18 41
2018-07-07	12	2nd	9 18 30 34 40 42
2018-05-26	26	4th	2 3 9 18 20 23
2018-02-24	2	3rd	1 6 18 39 43 44
2018-02-17	1	4th	6 8 10 18 43 44
2018-02-14	1	3rd	1 6 18 39 43 44
2018-02-10	2	3rd	1 6 18 39 43 44
2018-02-03	4	3rd	1 6 18 39 43 44
2018-01-20	6	3rd	5 12 18 22 33 42
2017-12-30	7	2nd	14 18 23 26 30 38
2017-12-06	8	3rd	3 10 18 29 39 41
2017-11-08	6	5th	1 3 7 16 18 41
2017-10-18	6	2nd	2 18 20 23 30 35
2017-09-27	1	3rd	4 14 18 21 40 45
2017-09-23	8	2nd	8 18 35 38 43 44
2017-08-26	1	1st	18 21 38 39 46 47
2017-08-23	3	4th	5 10 14 18 19 35
2017-08-12	9	2nd	9 18 19 22 27 37
2017-07-12	13	2nd	4 18 19 35 42 46
2017-05-27	4	5th	5 7 8 12 18 42
2017-05-13	4	3rd	9 12 18 22 30 37
2017-04-29	2	3rd	3 16 18 24 35 38
2017-04-22	21	3rd	12 13 18 24 35 43
2017-02-08	1	1st	18 32 34 39 40 43
2017-02-04	8	3rd	9 17 18 27 32 42
2017-01-07	1	3rd	2 6 18 19 27 29
2017-01-04	3	3rd	5 8 18 21 24 32
2016-12-24	6	3rd	1 15 18 25 45 46
2016-12-03	5	2nd	11 18 20 25 27 30
2016-11-16	1	3rd	1 15 18 21 28 39
2016-11-12	23	2nd	16 18 23 24 38 40
2016-08-24	11	2nd	8 18 21 24 42 45
2016-07-16	14	4th	6 8 15 18 26 43
2016-05-28	1	1st	18 20 33 36 37 43
2016-05-25	5	4th	3 5 10 18 23 36
2016-05-07	8	3rd	10 13 18 31 39 41
2016-04-09	4	2nd	9 18 26 27 35 38
2016-03-26	1	3rd	4 10 18 31 45 47
2016-03-23	6	1st	18 28 33 36 40 46
2016-03-02	11	2nd	13 18 24 31 39 45
2016-01-23	8	1st	18 19 34 37 39 44
2015-12-26	2	2nd	1 18 26 33 37 43
2015-12-19	17	2nd	6 18 19 31 45 46
2015-10-21	7	3rd	12 16 18 23 29 30
2015-09-26	1	5th	5 6 9 12 18 19
2015-09-23	20	2nd	16 18 21 34 42 43
2015-07-15	9	1st	18 20 29 32 41 47
2015-06-13	13	3rd	6 14 18 33 41 45
2015-04-29	15	4th	11 16 17 18 35 44
2015-03-07	51	3rd	9 14 18 21 34 43
2014-09-03	3	3rd	4 8 18 22 32 43
2014-08-23	8	2nd	8 18 19 31 33 38
2014-07-26	16	3rd	16 17 18 26 42 47
2014-05-31	3	2nd	12 18 19 28 38 39
2014-05-21	2	2nd	14 18 23 28 37 40
2014-05-14	10	3rd	5 15 18 32 44 47
2014-04-09	2	4th	1 8 16 18 24 38
2014-04-02	20	1st	18 19 22 36 43 45
2014-01-22	1	4th	2 8 14 18 39 47
2014-01-18	10	4th	3 4 7 18 19 26
2013-12-14	1	4th	1 11 14 18 25 47
2013-12-11	2	3rd	3 14 18 22 40 41
2013-12-04	22	1st	18 19 25 38 43 45
2013-09-18	11	3rd	5 11 18 27 38 47
2013-08-10	3	1st	18 20 32 39 40 43
2013-07-31	2	3rd	7 12 18 22 34 44
2013-07-24	2	3rd	9 17 18 31 32 40
2013-07-17	1	2nd	15 18 21 25 34 39
2013-07-13	2	2nd	10 18 21 25 36 42
2013-07-06	5	4th	6 13 17 18 19 30
2013-06-19	16	2nd	13 18 22 32 39 46
2013-04-24	1	2nd	5 18 34 35 37 43
2013-04-20	1	2nd	5 18 26 30 34 46
2013-04-17	11	2nd	7 18 33 39 41 47
2013-03-09	6	2nd	11 18 23 24 27 34
2013-02-16	1	3rd	9 17 18 32 41 46
2013-02-13	2	3rd	5 12 18 30 32 38
2013-02-06	1	2nd	8 18 22 23 28 34
2013-02-02	7	4th	2 12 17 18 39 43
2013-01-09	2	3rd	1 15 18 19 21 42
2013-01-02	4	2nd	5 18 26 28 33 44
2012-12-19	1	2nd	15 18 22 24 30 42
2012-12-15	8	3rd	9 16 18 19 28 38
2012-11-17	8	4th	4 13 15 18 29 43
2012-10-20	33	5th	1 9 11 13 18 42
2012-06-27	1	2nd	10 18 23 34 35 36
2012-06-23	1	3rd	12 15 18 24 28 31
2012-06-20	13	4th	5 13 16 18 20 40
2012-05-05	14	3rd	1 10 18 20 25 37
2012-03-17	1	3rd	3 10 18 25 29 46
2012-03-14	13	3rd	3 9 18 39 40 41
2012-01-28	3	1st	18 19 24 25 31 38
2012-01-18	3	2nd	10 18 27 33 37 44
2012-01-07	2	1st	18 21 28 29 31 39
2011-12-31	4	2nd	2 18 20 21 30 46
2011-12-17	6	4th	2 7 17 18 28 43
2011-11-26	1	3rd	2 9 18 32 33 40
2011-11-23	8	2nd	15 18 19 32 33 37
2011-10-26	4	3rd	4 10 18 33 42 45
2011-10-12	12	5th	10 12 13 16 18 33
2011-08-31	1	5th	3 8 12 15 18 35
2011-08-27	2	3rd	7 12 18 19 29 35
2011-08-20	17	4th	2 6 16 18 43 44
2011-06-22	9	2nd	2 18 23 32 34 47
2011-05-21	2	2nd	17 18 27 34 38 43
2011-05-14	3	4th	6 11 16 18 19 33
2011-05-04	14	1st	18 26 27 38 40 45
2011-03-16	1	1st	18 24 28 35 43 46
2011-03-12	1	3rd	5 15 18 31 33 36
2011-03-09	4	2nd	8 18 20 27 34 36
2011-02-23	1	3rd	2 12 18 20 23 26
2011-02-19	1	2nd	2 18 30 32 43 44
2011-02-16	5	2nd	5 18 31 32 35 44
2011-01-29	15	3rd	5 6 18 19 32 36
2010-12-04	3	3rd	3 5 18 32 35 37
2010-11-24	1	2nd	5 18 33 39 40 41
2010-11-20	6	2nd	15 18 22 41 43 45
2010-10-30	10	2nd	9 18 25 37 44 46
2010-09-25	5	2nd	4 18 21 30 32 42
2010-09-08	4	3rd	15 16 18 19 32 47
2010-08-25	6	2nd	12 18 27 28 37 38
2010-08-04	8	4th	1 9 11 18 32 44
2010-07-07	12	1st	18 29 36 40 46 47
2010-05-26	2	3rd	1 7 18 25 27 45
2010-05-19	1	3rd	1 13 18 26 35 40
2010-05-15	—	4th	5 15 17 18 21 30