Number 18

In Match 5 under the 5/35 · since Apr 2021 rules — 1,497 draws, 5 from 1–35.

224times drawn · chance expected 214 +0.75σ

3draws waiting · a wait this long: 73% for any number

6.7average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

33longest completed wait · 80% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 224 times in 1,497 draws against 213.9 expected, +0.75σ. 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 224 times in 1,497 draws · average wait 6.7 draws · longest completed wait 33 · 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest8 · chance 11.5
2nd smallest59 · chance 55.8
3rd smallest83 · chance 89.3
4th smallest58 · chance 55.8
5th smallest16 · chance 11.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 26.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

6 17 31 10 29 2

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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
2026-10-08	5	4th	2 15 16 18 24
2026-10-03	3	2nd	16 18 25 26 31
2026-09-30	1	4th	4 12 13 18 30
2026-09-29	6	2nd	11 18 25 26

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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-05-16	3	3rd	8 16 18 26 31
2026-05-13	1	3rd	5 13 18 21 27
2026-05-12	9	4th	6 8 10 18 25
2026-05-03	4	3rd	3 11 18 21 32
2026-04-29	3	5th	1 13 15 17 18
2026-04-26	3	4th	2 5 7 18 29
2026-04-23	13	3rd	2 14 18 27 29
2026-04-10	10	2nd	17 18 24 28 31
2026-03-31	12	5th	2 3 6 7 18
2026-03-19	6	3rd	2 3 18 33 34
2026-03-13	3	4th	6 10 11 18 29
2026-03-10	7	2nd	10 18 19 27 34
2026-03-03	1	3rd	6 11 18 23 24
2026-03-02	17	3rd	1 6 18 24 33
2026-02-13	14	3rd	6 17 18 29 31
2026-01-30	1	5th	2 12 14 16 18
2026-01-29	6	4th	4 8 12 18 30
2026-01-23	2	3rd	13 15 18 21 23
2026-01-21	7	3rd	3 6 18 20 28
2026-01-14	7	2nd	8 18 23 34 35
2026-01-07	8	2nd	17 18 21 33 34
2025-12-30	12	3rd	2 11 18 21 24
2025-12-18	2	3rd	1 6 18 19 35
2025-12-16	2	4th	2 9 13 18 29
2025-12-14	9	2nd	10 18 19 20 22
2025-12-05	2	2nd	2 18 20 25 28
2025-12-03	5	2nd	12 18 19 28 29
2025-11-28	19	4th	7 8 12 18 29
2025-11-09	2	2nd	14 18 24 28 32
2025-11-07	1	2nd	3 18 22 28 31
2025-11-06	5	3rd	1 10 18 23 29
2025-11-01	1	3rd	3 15 18 21 32
2025-10-31	12	2nd	1 18 20 25 33
2025-10-19	8	4th	4 13 17 18 19
2025-10-11	1	2nd	4 18 24 26 32
2025-10-10	6	1st	18 21 28 29 31
2025-10-04	7	3rd	1 17 18 24 27
2025-09-27	12	3rd	9 15 18 26 29
2025-09-15	4	3rd	5 8 18 23 29
2025-09-11	12	4th	6 8 12 18 32
2025-08-30	3	2nd	12 18 22 24 27
2025-08-27	5	4th	6 9 14 18 24
2025-08-22	1	4th	1 5 9 18 20
2025-08-21	5	3rd	1 14 18 23 26
2025-08-16	2	4th	4 9 16 18 30
2025-08-14	4	3rd	2 8 18 27 31
2025-08-10	1	3rd	2 5 18 29 31
2025-08-09	4	2nd	9 18 25 26 30
2025-08-05	2	2nd	16 18 20 21 25
2025-08-03	33	3rd	3 6 18 21 31
2025-07-01	10	3rd	1 17 18 29 33
2025-06-21	4	3rd	7 11 18 22 27
2025-06-17	16	4th	4 10 15 18 30
2025-06-01	6	2nd	2 18 21 29 31
2025-05-26	4	4th	3 9 10 18 20
2025-05-22	18	2nd	8 18 20 31 35
2025-05-04	4	2nd	13 18 19 20 23
2025-04-30	8	3rd	4 7 18 21 23
2025-04-22	10	4th	2 16 17 18 34
2025-04-12	4	3rd	6 10 18 23 35
2025-04-08	1	2nd	6 18 30 32 35
2025-04-07	8	2nd	4 18 29 30 33
2025-03-30	3	2nd	1 18 25 26 34
2025-03-27	2	2nd	3 18 21 31 34
2025-03-25	1	2nd	12 18 27 34 35
2025-03-24	15	2nd	2 18 20 22 25
2025-03-09	3	2nd	16 18 21 25 32
2025-03-06	11	4th	1 6 15 18 33
2025-02-23	4	3rd	5 16 18 19 28
2025-02-19	6	1st	18 30 31 33 34
2025-02-13	25	5th	7 8 14 16 18
2025-01-19	8	2nd	12 18 23 24 32
2025-01-11	4	3rd	2 6 18 21 27
2025-01-07	16	3rd	7 17 18 30 35
2024-12-22	6	5th	5 9 12 16 18
2024-12-16	10	4th	3 5 17 18 25
2024-12-06	10	3rd	1 12 18 22 28
2024-11-26	23	4th	3 7 16 18 22
2024-11-03	3	4th	9 13 16 18 34
2024-10-31	6	4th	6 8 17 18 19
2024-10-25	2	4th	4 6 17 18 26
2024-10-23	26	1st	18 28 30 33 34
2024-09-27	20	3rd	7 17 18 28 35
2024-09-07	2	3rd	8 12 18 20 33
2024-09-05	2	3rd	9 14 18 19 27
2024-09-03	12	3rd	10 11 18 34 35
2024-08-22	2	4th	4 13 16 18 31
2024-08-20	2	4th	4 9 15 18 24
2024-08-18	18	3rd	1 8 18 20 29
2024-07-31	7	4th	2 7 10 18 25
2024-07-24	7	3rd	4 11 18 21 27
2024-07-17	7	4th	13 14 17 18 28
2024-07-10	1	2nd	10 18 20 21 35
2024-07-09	3	3rd	8 14 18 23 31
2024-07-06	17	3rd	4 9 18 24 31
2024-06-19	1	3rd	5 12 18 20 28
2024-06-18	1	4th	6 8 13 18 20
2024-06-17	6	2nd	17 18 20 26 32
2024-06-11	3	4th	4 12 16 18 20
2024-06-08	6	2nd	17 18 22 24 29
2024-06-02	9	3rd	5 15 18 23 29
2024-05-24	4	3rd	5 8 18 25 33
2024-05-20	12	4th	10 13 17 18 30
2024-05-08	5	1st	18 19 21 26 28
2024-05-03	4	3rd	5 11 18 19 32
2024-04-29	8	3rd	11 15 18 26 31
2024-04-21	26	5th	2 7 16 17 18
2024-03-26	1	4th	7 10 17 18 31
2024-03-25	2	3rd	2 17 18 22 27
2024-03-23	1	4th	5 13 16 18 26
2024-03-22	5	4th	5 7 16 18 22
2024-03-17	5	3rd	3 12 18 24 34
2024-03-12	4	4th	10 12 17 18 30
2024-03-08	10	4th	13 15 16 18 33
2024-02-27	20	2nd	5 18 25 29 34
2024-02-07	5	2nd	13 18 26 28 29
2024-02-02	7	3rd	12 13 18 22 30
2024-01-26	4	3rd	3 6 18 24 29
2024-01-22	7	5th	5 6 14 17 18
2024-01-15	3	4th	2 3 8 18 30
2024-01-12	2	3rd	11 16 18 23 31
2024-01-10	1	3rd	2 6 18 22 26
2024-01-09	10	3rd	8 17 18 29 32
2023-12-30	8	1st	18 21 25 31 35
2023-12-22	4	2nd	12 18 21 33 34
2023-12-18	3	2nd	7 18 23 25 26
2023-12-15	15	5th	1 8 9 10 18
2023-11-30	7	4th	8 10 11 18 20
2023-11-23	6	3rd	2 11 18 20 34
2023-11-17	1	4th	7 10 16 18 31
2023-11-16	13	2nd	10 18 22 33 34
2023-11-03	1	2nd	17 18 26 29 34
2023-11-02	5	3rd	1 11 18 22 33
2023-10-28	7	3rd	9 13 18 27 33
2023-10-21	1	2nd	13 18 21 27 35
2023-10-20	12	4th	3 10 12 18 33
2023-10-08	4	2nd	6 18 19 24 33
2023-10-04	2	3rd	5 9 18 28 29
2023-10-02	4	3rd	9 10 18 23 35
2023-09-28	1	2nd	6 18 20 26 27
2023-09-27	1	5th	5 10 12 17 18
2023-09-26	11	3rd	1 13 18 24 33
2023-09-15	2	2nd	1 18 20 32 34
2023-09-13	2	2nd	9 18 23 24 34
2023-09-11	10	2nd	5 18 24 28 31
2023-08-22	13	3rd	5 10 18 21 32
2023-07-22	7	3rd	4 8 18 24 33
2023-07-06	21	3rd	7 17 18 25 31
2023-05-18	3	4th	3 8 17 18 27
2023-05-11	3	2nd	12 18 24 28 32
2023-05-04	9	3rd	7 17 18 22 25
2023-04-13	16	4th	4 7 14 18 25
2023-03-07	3	3rd	6 7 18 31 35
2023-02-28	1	4th	3 7 14 18 21
2023-02-25	7	2nd	10 18 19 21 27
2023-02-09	2	4th	4 13 14 18 32
2023-02-04	3	3rd	10 12 18 28 31
2023-01-28	4	3rd	2 17 18 26 32
2023-01-19	1	3rd	3 9 18 22 24
2023-01-17	28	3rd	16 17 18 19 23
2022-11-12	12	4th	8 10 15 18 30
2022-10-15	3	2nd	12 18 25 29 34
2022-10-08	5	3rd	14 17 18 24 33
2022-09-27	15	5th	5 6 11 16 18
2022-08-23	1	3rd	13 14 18 21 28
2022-08-20	6	3rd	12 16 18 29 30
2022-08-06	16	5th	3 7 10 13 18
2022-06-30	10	2nd	7 18 19 28 30
2022-06-07	2	4th	6 7 8 18 27
2022-06-02	1	1st	18 22 26 28 31
2022-05-31	4	3rd	6 9 18 30 31
2022-05-21	2	2nd	11 18 22 30 35
2022-05-17	3	2nd	13 18 19 21 28
2022-05-10	4	3rd	1 8 18 23 33
2022-04-30	4	4th	1 6 16 18 28
2022-04-21	18	4th	6 12 17 18 31
2022-03-10	6	4th	2 5 11 18 23
2022-02-24	13	5th	2 8 14 15 18
2022-01-25	12	4th	1 15 16 18 23
2021-12-28	16	3rd	1 2 18 19 29
2021-11-20	1	4th	1 8 13 18 21
2021-11-18	5	3rd	6 13 18 23 34
2021-11-06	7	1st	18 20 22 28 30
2021-10-21	4	4th	7 11 14 18 26
2021-10-12	2	4th	1 3 7 18 22
2021-10-07	1	5th	2 7 10 16 18
2021-10-05	9	3rd	7 10 18 22 27
2021-09-14	1	5th	6 12 15 16 18
2021-09-11	10	3rd	4 11 18 23 29
2021-08-19	13	2nd	9 18 21 25 29
2021-07-20	4	4th	5 7 15 18 26
2021-07-10	7	3rd	4 13 18 21 29
2021-06-24	4	2nd	6 18 25 29 30
2021-06-15	1	1st	18 19 24 30 34
2021-06-12	7	2nd	9 18 22 26 34
2021-05-25	2	2nd	2 18 31 33 34
2021-05-20	3	4th	3 4 5 18 28
2021-05-13	1	2nd	15 18 25 27 28
2021-05-11	1	3rd	4 11 18 26 28
2021-05-08	—	5th	1 6 8 10 18