Number 18

In Pick 5 under the 5/40 · since Aug 2023 rules — 1,153 draws, 5 from 1–40.

140times drawn · chance expected 144 −0.37σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 51% for any number

8.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

47longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 140 times in 1,153 draws against 144.1 expected, −0.37σ. 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 140 times in 1,153 draws · average wait 8.2 draws · longest completed wait 47 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest11 · chance 12.5
2nd smallest38 · chance 44.6
3rd smallest59 · chance 53.5
4th smallest29 · chance 25.5
5th smallest3 · chance 4.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 39 5 4 10 12

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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	8	4th	2 14 17 18 19
2026-09-28	1	4th	13 16 17 18 40
2026-09-27	4	3rd	7 12 18 20 35
2026-09-23	1	3rd	6 12 18 25

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 5/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-04-02	1	5th	4 7 13 14 18
2026-04-01	5	2nd	9 18 23 25 31
2026-03-27	3	4th	2 8 13 18 32
2026-03-24	10	3rd	6 11 18 25 32
2026-03-14	8	3rd	12 13 18 26 39
2026-03-06	9	3rd	5 12 18 24 32
2026-02-25	19	2nd	15 18 19 30 38
2026-02-06	2	2nd	1 18 24 28 32
2026-02-04	12	3rd	2 9 18 23 27
2026-01-23	8	2nd	14 18 22 26 29
2026-01-15	4	3rd	2 5 18 23 34
2026-01-11	1	4th	9 15 16 18 22
2026-01-10	18	2nd	9 18 19 23 38
2025-12-23	10	4th	3 6 15 18 31
2025-12-13	3	3rd	1 7 18 31 32
2025-12-10	15	1st	18 28 33 36 37
2025-11-25	3	1st	18 19 29 31 38
2025-11-22	43	3rd	10 12 18 28 39
2025-10-10	9	4th	4 5 15 18 32
2025-10-01	1	3rd	13 14 18 32 40
2025-09-30	1	3rd	9 12 18 20 34
2025-09-29	19	2nd	16 18 25 29 33
2025-09-10	1	3rd	1 12 18 20 21
2025-09-09	11	5th	5 6 13 14 18
2025-08-29	15	3rd	5 16 18 21 39
2025-08-14	7	3rd	6 12 18 32 37
2025-08-07	4	4th	3 4 14 18 19
2025-08-03	7	4th	7 10 13 18 28
2025-07-27	3	2nd	9 18 20 24 38
2025-07-24	8	3rd	4 16 18 38 40
2025-07-16	26	2nd	8 18 22 31 34
2025-06-20	1	3rd	11 13 18 26 31
2025-06-19	4	3rd	4 11 18 31 36
2025-06-15	1	2nd	14 18 22 27 35
2025-06-14	5	3rd	3 4 18 23 25
2025-06-09	11	3rd	10 13 18 30 40
2025-05-29	9	3rd	4 11 18 27 32
2025-05-20	17	2nd	3 18 33 36 39
2025-05-03	32	5th	3 6 9 11 18
2025-04-01	7	3rd	8 17 18 24 25
2025-03-25	3	2nd	2 18 19 20 33
2025-03-22	8	2nd	5 18 25 30 40
2025-03-14	3	3rd	7 17 18 26 36
2025-03-11	6	1st	18 27 32 35 37
2025-03-05	1	2nd	13 18 19 21 31
2025-03-04	4	3rd	5 17 18 21 38
2025-02-28	10	3rd	2 3 18 24 25
2025-02-18	1	1st	18 24 27 30 39
2025-02-17	9	3rd	14 15 18 19 34
2025-02-08	3	3rd	8 16 18 27 40
2025-02-05	1	3rd	2 12 18 29 39
2025-02-04	15	4th	4 8 10 18 22
2025-01-20	13	2nd	9 18 22 24 39
2025-01-07	2	2nd	1 18 26 34 40
2025-01-05	18	4th	9 16 17 18 28
2024-12-18	4	4th	4 8 12 18 19
2024-12-14	5	4th	3 14 15 18 21
2024-12-09	1	2nd	3 18 21 32 40
2024-12-08	7	3rd	3 5 18 26 37
2024-12-01	7	4th	7 10 12 18 35
2024-11-24	3	2nd	6 18 22 35 40
2024-11-21	5	3rd	5 8 18 23 24
2024-11-16	10	2nd	10 18 21 24 39
2024-11-06	16	2nd	13 18 19 25 39
2024-10-21	4	1st	18 25 27 29 39
2024-10-17	6	3rd	5 11 18 21 37
2024-10-11	6	4th	3 7 14 18 30
2024-10-05	15	3rd	8 14 18 35 39
2024-09-20	9	2nd	1 18 21 37 39
2024-09-11	5	3rd	1 17 18 34 37
2024-09-06	3	3rd	1 2 18 26 33
2024-09-03	33	3rd	5 16 18 19 39
2024-08-01	10	3rd	7 16 18 20 34
2024-07-22	4	4th	9 10 16 18 21
2024-07-18	5	3rd	9 15 18 25 39
2024-07-13	4	4th	2 4 12 18 27
2024-07-09	2	2nd	13 18 24 26 37
2024-07-07	3	3rd	8 10 18 21 23
2024-07-04	47	3rd	4 10 18 31 32
2024-05-18	1	3rd	1 12 18 27 36
2024-05-17	8	4th	6 12 13 18 34
2024-05-09	3	3rd	10 16 18 21 26
2024-05-06	20	3rd	3 11 18 39 40
2024-04-16	7	2nd	5 18 21 24 39
2024-04-09	1	3rd	9 14 18 20 25
2024-04-08	1	1st	18 20 27 33 37
2024-04-07	5	2nd	16 18 23 33 35
2024-04-02	21	3rd	9 14 18 23 30
2024-03-12	3	3rd	5 15 18 30 35
2024-03-09	9	2nd	9 18 20 22 38
2024-02-29	5	3rd	8 15 18 19 40
2024-02-24	4	3rd	6 11 18 20 37
2024-02-20	2	4th	7 14 16 18 26
2024-02-18	2	4th	2 7 16 18 38
2024-02-16	2	4th	10 15 16 18 33
2024-02-14	14	1st	18 27 29 31 38
2024-01-31	3	2nd	10 18 30 34 36
2024-01-28	8	3rd	3 10 18 20 31
2024-01-20	30	1st	18 21 31 32 40
2023-12-21	3	3rd	10 14 18 38 39
2023-12-18	24	4th	7 14 17 18 39
2023-11-24	3	1st	18 21 24 26 31
2023-11-21	10	2nd	4 18 19 23 36
2023-11-11	7	2nd	7 18 35 36 38
2023-11-04	22	2nd	1 18 20 22 33
2023-10-13	3	3rd	4 15 18 21 37
2023-10-10	3	2nd	5 18 20 37 40
2023-10-07	7	4th	8 12 17 18 35
2023-09-30	3	3rd	2 7 18 22 28
2023-09-27	11	3rd	5 11 18 37 38
2023-09-16	2	4th	8 10 16 18 29
2023-09-14	15	4th	5 11 15 18 20
2023-08-30	1	4th	4 10 15 18 29
2023-08-29	2	4th	1 5 12 18 38
2023-08-27	5	3rd	10 11 18 25 27
2023-08-22	—	3rd	1 5 18 24 34