Number 18

In North 5 under the 5/34 · since Jan 2025 rules — 642 draws, 5 from 1–34.

88times drawn · chance expected 94 −0.71σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 45% for any number

7.2average wait between appearances · chance says 6.8

30longest completed wait · 58% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 88 times in 642 draws against 94.4 expected, −0.71σ. Each draw is independent: after 6 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 88 times in 642 draws · average wait 7.2 draws · longest completed wait 30 · waiting 6 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest1 · chance 3.9
2nd smallest27 · chance 20.5
3rd smallest42 · chance 35.1
4th smallest15 · chance 23.4
5th smallest3 · chance 5.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 32 23 7 15 22

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 33 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 34. 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
2026-10-06	5	4th	1 3 15 18 20
2026-10-01	5	3rd	6 12 18 22 24
2026-09-26	6	2nd	5 18 20 25 27
2026-09-20	9	2nd	12 18 30 32

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 5/34 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-09	4	3rd	1 3 18 26 27
2026-05-05	30	2nd	11 18 24 28 31
2026-04-05	5	2nd	15 18 23 26 32
2026-03-31	1	2nd	14 18 19 23 33
2026-03-30	26	4th	8 10 11 18 33
2026-03-04	8	3rd	2 11 18 28 30
2026-02-24	1	2nd	3 18 22 30 34
2026-02-23	8	3rd	6 11 18 21 32
2026-02-15	13	2nd	14 18 20 31 33
2026-02-02	4	2nd	7 18 19 31 33
2026-01-29	26	5th	3 5 8 15 18
2026-01-03	4	3rd	2 7 18 26 28
2025-12-30	2	2nd	12 18 23 24 34
2025-12-28	2	4th	5 6 7 18 20
2025-12-26	1	2nd	10 18 20 32 34
2025-12-25	8	1st	18 20 21 28 32
2025-12-17	7	3rd	6 15 18 19 23
2025-12-10	4	2nd	8 18 28 29 32
2025-12-06	2	2nd	11 18 20 26 32
2025-12-04	23	3rd	12 17 18 20 23
2025-11-11	1	3rd	15 16 18 27 28
2025-11-10	3	3rd	1 13 18 25 28
2025-11-07	7	3rd	7 17 18 20 32
2025-10-31	1	2nd	13 18 19 29 33
2025-10-30	25	3rd	6 15 18 26 30
2025-10-05	11	4th	6 9 15 18 29
2025-09-24	4	4th	3 11 12 18 25
2025-09-20	3	2nd	15 18 20 23 31
2025-09-17	21	2nd	7 18 29 30 33
2025-08-27	1	4th	3 4 13 18 23
2025-08-26	7	4th	12 16 17 18 31
2025-08-19	1	2nd	15 18 19 22 24
2025-08-18	21	3rd	2 3 18 21 22
2025-07-28	9	2nd	14 18 20 29 32
2025-07-19	5	3rd	3 10 18 31 33
2025-07-14	2	2nd	1 18 20 26 29
2025-07-12	6	3rd	1 10 18 22 30
2025-07-06	1	3rd	10 16 18 20 34
2025-07-05	10	4th	5 11 12 18 22
2025-06-25	10	3rd	4 15 18 25 30
2025-06-15	3	3rd	7 10 18 22 27
2025-06-12	5	3rd	3 13 18 31 32
2025-06-07	4	3rd	9 17 18 33 34
2025-06-03	9	2nd	8 18 23 28 33
2025-05-25	5	3rd	6 7 18 19 24
2025-05-20	11	2nd	15 18 20 24 25
2025-05-09	3	4th	5 8 17 18 19
2025-05-06	7	3rd	8 15 18 19 32
2025-04-29	7	3rd	7 8 18 24 30
2025-04-22	7	5th	5 10 12 17 18
2025-04-15	21	3rd	3 6 18 23 24
2025-03-25	18	3rd	9 16 18 23 32
2025-03-07	7	2nd	3 18 22 24 33
2025-02-28	1	3rd	13 14 18 29 32
2025-02-27	6	4th	9 10 12 18 34
2025-02-21	6	2nd	17 18 28 30 33
2025-02-15	5	4th	7 12 13 18 30
2025-02-10	3	2nd	7 18 20 22 27
2025-02-07	7	3rd	12 13 18 23 28
2025-01-31	7	2nd	11 18 25 31 32
2025-01-24	1	3rd	1 14 18 20 33
2025-01-23	5	3rd	8 10 18 22 29
2025-01-18	3	3rd	7 16 18 20 31
2025-01-15	—	3rd	5 13 18 25 34