Number 18

In Montana Cash under the 5/45 · since May 2014 rules — 1,296 draws, 5 from 1–45.

128times drawn · chance expected 144 −1.41σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

10.1average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

66longest completed wait · 6% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 128 times in 1,296 draws against 144.0 expected, −1.41σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 128 times in 1,296 draws · average wait 10.1 draws · longest completed wait 66 · waiting 11 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 smallest20 · chance 16.5
2nd smallest49 · chance 46.9
3rd smallest41 · chance 45.0
4th smallest15 · chance 17.3
5th smallest3 · chance 2.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

22 39 37 9 20 25

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-09-02	14	2nd	3 18 27 32 42
2026-07-15	21	1st	18 19 25 40 41
2026-05-02	5	1st	18 19 25 31 32
2026-04-15	1	3rd	2 13 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-03	4	2nd	5 18 20 22 39
2024-03-20	7	3rd	1 15 18 29 40
2024-02-24	8	1st	18 20 24 34 39
2024-01-27	1	2nd	12 18 19 38 43
2024-01-24	8	2nd	8 18 22 40 44
2023-12-27	1	3rd	9 14 18 24 41
2023-12-23	4	1st	18 25 35 38 41
2023-12-09	14	3rd	3 9 18 33 39
2023-10-21	3	4th	10 11 13 18 27
2023-10-11	20	3rd	4 7 18 23 34
2023-08-02	1	3rd	11 14 18 34 43
2023-07-29	20	3rd	3 10 18 22 38
2023-05-20	5	3rd	11 17 18 44 45
2023-05-03	5	2nd	17 18 19 23 37
2023-04-15	2	3rd	4 5 18 23 35
2023-04-08	11	2nd	6 18 28 42 43
2023-03-01	46	3rd	3 7 18 22 39
2022-09-21	1	3rd	4 12 18 23 25
2022-09-17	10	2nd	14 18 22 32 38
2022-08-13	3	3rd	10 17 18 31 38
2022-08-03	8	1st	18 22 33 37 43
2022-07-06	2	3rd	3 7 18 27 34
2022-06-29	5	4th	1 6 11 18 19
2022-06-11	1	2nd	14 18 27 28 36
2022-06-08	21	3rd	2 6 18 25 33
2022-03-26	4	3rd	10 17 18 29 42
2022-03-12	2	2nd	15 18 20 27 34
2022-03-05	6	3rd	8 10 18 19 24
2022-02-12	12	3rd	6 10 18 27 39
2022-01-01	5	2nd	16 18 29 37 44
2021-12-15	1	2nd	5 18 22 30 39
2021-12-11	6	1st	18 21 22 35 42
2021-11-20	3	3rd	5 12 18 23 27
2021-11-10	4	2nd	1 18 40 43 44
2021-10-27	2	2nd	15 18 31 41 44
2021-10-20	10	2nd	2 18 21 31 43
2021-09-15	12	4th	7 12 13 18 43
2021-08-04	38	3rd	7 12 18 26 37
2021-03-24	11	1st	18 25 37 39 43
2021-02-13	5	2nd	8 18 22 31 37
2021-01-27	4	2nd	6 18 24 30 39
2021-01-13	10	1st	18 22 23 29 44
2020-12-09	31	2nd	15 18 22 24 39
2020-08-22	42	4th	8 12 13 18 26
2020-03-28	4	5th	4 8 12 13 18
2020-03-14	4	2nd	6 18 27 31 39
2020-02-29	17	2nd	4 18 19 32 36
2020-01-01	5	2nd	4 18 20 26 30
2019-12-14	11	2nd	17 18 20 21 43
2019-11-06	1	1st	18 22 23 37 42
2019-11-02	1	3rd	6 12 18 23 37
2019-10-30	15	1st	18 24 29 39 45
2019-09-07	21	2nd	9 18 22 32 44
2019-06-26	4	3rd	1 17 18 25 42
2019-06-12	17	4th	3 9 13 18 36
2019-04-13	1	3rd	7 15 18 35 45
2019-04-10	17	2nd	3 18 22 25 43
2019-02-09	9	3rd	8 13 18 37 38
2019-01-09	3	2nd	8 18 19 21 35
2018-12-29	33	3rd	1 4 18 21 45
2018-09-05	6	2nd	1 18 30 43 45
2018-08-15	4	4th	2 4 11 18 37
2018-08-01	10	2nd	13 18 19 21 30
2018-06-27	2	4th	7 9 13 18 19
2018-06-20	5	2nd	12 18 36 39 40
2018-06-02	3	2nd	12 18 19 23 34
2018-05-23	2	1st	18 23 28 36 37
2018-05-16	9	3rd	13 15 18 21 26
2018-04-14	5	2nd	9 18 22 25 39
2018-03-28	11	3rd	9 10 18 37 43
2018-02-17	22	3rd	2 5 18 27 44
2017-12-02	1	2nd	5 18 21 22 29
2017-11-29	7	2nd	5 18 27 33 40
2017-11-04	14	3rd	2 6 18 20 39
2017-09-16	10	1st	18 24 38 39 43
2017-08-12	3	1st	18 20 23 30 44
2017-08-02	23	1st	18 29 37 42 43
2017-05-13	15	3rd	7 9 18 30 40
2017-03-22	40	2nd	8 18 26 40 41
2016-11-02	6	2nd	16 18 19 29 41
2016-10-12	10	1st	18 24 41 42 45
2016-09-07	17	3rd	2 5 18 35 41
2016-07-09	1	3rd	8 12 18 35 39
2016-07-06	1	3rd	8 15 18 38 39
2016-07-02	3	4th	2 7 11 18 44
2016-06-22	3	1st	18 19 27 29 33
2016-06-11	4	4th	6 8 15 18 41
2016-05-28	23	2nd	12 18 20 21 40
2016-03-09	52	3rd	7 10 18 20 32
2015-09-09	2	3rd	6 17 18 32 36
2015-09-02	3	2nd	3 18 25 33 42
2015-08-22	6	1st	18 20 21 22 33
2015-08-01	7	3rd	3 9 18 27 44
2015-07-08	21	3rd	4 14 18 22 27
2015-04-25	2	4th	1 3 8 18 37
2015-04-18	2	1st	18 32 35 37 40
2015-04-11	1	1st	18 21 28 38 45
2015-04-08	9	2nd	13 18 29 36 40
2015-03-07	16	3rd	2 17 18 27 38
2015-01-10	9	2nd	16 18 29 30 45
2014-12-10	22	2nd	12 18 20 31 45
2014-09-24	19	4th	9 10 15 18 28
2014-07-19	19	2nd	2 18 20 30 31
2014-05-14	—	2nd	1 18 22 44 45