Number 18

In Jersey Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Jun 2020 rules — 2,277 draws, 5 from 1–45.

259times drawn · chance expected 253 +0.40σ

8draws waiting · a wait this long: 44% for any number

8.7average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

73longest completed wait · 5% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 259 times in 2,277 draws against 253.0 expected, +0.40σ. Each draw is independent: after 8 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 259 times in 2,277 draws · average wait 8.7 draws · longest completed wait 73 · waiting 8 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 smallest35 · chance 33.5
2nd smallest94 · chance 94.9
3rd smallest89 · chance 91.1
4th smallest36 · chance 35.0
5th smallest5 · chance 4.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 23.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

43 21 42 19 37 22

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
2026-10-03	19	5th	5 10 15 16 18
2026-09-06	2	3rd	4 15 18 29 36
2026-09-04	4	3rd	15 17 18 39 43
2026-08-29	25	2nd	11 18 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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-03-12	4	2nd	6 18 20 40 43
2026-03-08	11	2nd	6 18 19 21 42
2026-02-25	16	2nd	11 18 19 24 37
2026-02-09	31	3rd	6 9 18 26 41
2026-01-09	5	5th	2 4 9 16 18
2026-01-04	1	3rd	14 16 18 22 24
2026-01-03	4	1st	18 24 25 41 43
2025-12-30	10	2nd	14 18 20 38 39
2025-12-19	43	2nd	4 18 20 21 34
2025-11-06	3	3rd	14 15 18 28 31
2025-11-03	12	4th	1 4 14 18 39
2025-10-22	12	3rd	9 10 18 30 39
2025-10-10	3	2nd	15 18 21 34 45
2025-10-07	10	4th	3 5 14 18 30
2025-09-27	5	2nd	8 18 20 26 35
2025-09-22	3	2nd	11 18 22 37 42
2025-09-19	12	1st	18 38 40 41 42
2025-09-07	21	3rd	12 15 18 24 32
2025-08-17	14	3rd	12 13 18 21 37
2025-08-03	11	3rd	7 16 18 21 39
2025-07-23	36	3rd	12 17 18 23 37
2025-06-17	7	1st	18 34 37 38 42
2025-06-10	3	4th	2 7 15 18 21
2025-06-07	12	3rd	4 6 18 30 39
2025-05-26	1	1st	18 36 37 41 42
2025-05-25	6	3rd	6 17 18 19 21
2025-05-19	2	4th	8 9 17 18 19
2025-05-17	15	2nd	10 18 21 37 45
2025-05-02	1	2nd	2 18 30 40 41
2025-05-01	21	3rd	3 5 18 32 42
2025-04-10	13	2nd	17 18 28 29 32
2025-03-28	19	2nd	2 18 19 28 37
2025-03-09	3	3rd	3 17 18 29 35
2025-03-06	9	3rd	12 17 18 23 43
2025-02-25	10	1st	18 19 25 31 39
2025-02-15	18	2nd	15 18 19 35 41
2025-01-28	7	2nd	11 18 22 35 45
2025-01-21	4	1st	18 32 36 38 44
2025-01-17	11	3rd	14 16 18 32 45
2025-01-06	2	4th	6 13 16 18 25
2025-01-04	1	3rd	7 17 18 25 42
2025-01-03	3	2nd	5 18 22 25 27
2024-12-31	5	2nd	1 18 38 39 45
2024-12-26	6	2nd	11 18 24 29 35
2024-12-19	6	2nd	16 18 24 25 32
2024-12-13	1	3rd	3 12 18 19 25
2024-12-12	3	2nd	6 18 27 33 36
2024-12-09	6	3rd	10 15 18 20 38
2024-12-03	5	3rd	4 6 18 22 44
2024-11-28	1	3rd	4 13 18 20 22
2024-11-27	5	3rd	3 5 18 19 42
2024-11-22	10	2nd	11 18 27 43 45
2024-11-12	40	4th	7 10 12 18 36
2024-10-03	4	4th	6 10 14 18 29
2024-09-29	1	5th	5 12 13 15 18
2024-09-28	7	2nd	9 18 25 31 32
2024-09-21	10	3rd	6 7 18 32 42
2024-09-11	9	3rd	9 13 18 36 44
2024-09-02	12	3rd	12 14 18 22 37
2024-08-21	7	2nd	4 18 19 23 39
2024-08-14	2	3rd	7 10 18 23 25
2024-08-12	3	4th	1 10 15 18 43
2024-08-09	11	3rd	5 13 18 34 35
2024-07-29	15	3rd	4 15 18 25 37
2024-07-14	19	1st	18 20 21 24 26
2024-06-25	2	1st	18 20 31 42 43
2024-06-23	7	1st	18 27 28 29 43
2024-06-16	8	2nd	2 18 20 29 31
2024-06-08	2	2nd	17 18 23 37 43
2024-06-06	26	1st	18 20 22 35 44
2024-05-11	8	2nd	13 18 24 29 35
2024-05-03	4	2nd	15 18 20 30 43
2024-04-29	4	2nd	11 18 20 25 36
2024-04-25	12	3rd	3 5 18 26 38
2024-04-13	3	2nd	16 18 30 37 43
2024-04-10	3	3rd	2 13 18 24 35
2024-04-07	22	3rd	8 13 18 27 42
2024-03-16	7	3rd	4 10 18 21 40
2024-03-09	3	3rd	9 17 18 25 29
2024-03-06	27	3rd	5 9 18 20 43
2024-02-08	11	4th	4 5 9 18 31
2024-01-28	6	3rd	8 11 18 35 42
2024-01-22	1	3rd	3 10 18 19 34
2024-01-21	25	4th	1 6 9 18 37
2023-12-27	15	4th	11 14 17 18 27
2023-12-11	7	2nd	15 18 23 27 40
2023-12-04	1	3rd	5 6 18 23 42
2023-12-03	6	2nd	2 18 22 29 39
2023-11-27	4	2nd	17 18 41 43 44
2023-11-23	7	3rd	2 10 18 31 41
2023-11-16	13	2nd	1 18 19 33 43
2023-11-03	25	3rd	1 17 18 23 44
2023-10-09	8	1st	18 20 26 28 31
2023-10-01	1	2nd	5 18 40 42 45
2023-09-30	12	3rd	9 10 18 25 45
2023-09-18	6	4th	2 12 16 18 22
2023-09-12	21	4th	12 14 17 18 41
2023-08-22	12	2nd	16 18 21 24 29
2023-08-10	1	1st	18 19 22 28 34
2023-08-09	6	4th	3 4 14 18 36
2023-08-03	9	2nd	13 18 19 21 24
2023-07-25	4	2nd	5 18 34 37 45
2023-07-21	13	4th	3 6 7 18 34
2023-07-08	14	4th	1 6 13 18 27
2023-06-24	2	2nd	7 18 21 34 42
2023-06-22	15	3rd	2 17 18 27 37
2023-06-07	3	1st	18 19 21 42 44
2023-06-04	6	3rd	8 14 18 32 40
2023-05-29	13	3rd	12 14 18 27 33
2023-05-16	7	2nd	10 18 21 26 45
2023-05-09	1	2nd	13 18 19 21 43
2023-05-08	11	4th	3 11 12 18 39
2023-04-27	1	3rd	7 13 18 22 44
2023-04-26	10	3rd	14 15 18 32 43
2023-04-16	6	3rd	6 7 18 39 40
2023-04-10	1	2nd	13 18 23 39 40
2023-04-09	3	5th	2 3 12 14 18
2023-04-06	21	3rd	4 14 18 29 42
2023-03-16	12	2nd	2 18 23 25 37
2023-03-04	14	3rd	1 9 18 32 34
2023-02-18	8	1st	18 30 33 37 42
2023-02-10	5	3rd	4 14 18 35 45
2023-02-05	2	3rd	7 14 18 29 42
2023-02-03	12	1st	18 23 24 31 38
2023-01-22	1	2nd	4 18 24 40 43
2023-01-21	21	2nd	14 18 22 28 30
2022-12-31	3	2nd	2 18 21 31 37
2022-12-28	8	4th	3 4 8 18 20
2022-12-19	14	3rd	11 13 18 29 30
2022-12-05	8	3rd	10 11 18 28 43
2022-11-27	12	1st	18 33 38 40 41
2022-11-15	2	4th	3 5 9 18 33
2022-11-13	2	2nd	6 18 22 24 37
2022-11-11	1	3rd	12 15 18 22 28
2022-11-10	5	2nd	13 18 19 29 38
2022-11-05	8	1st	18 27 32 36 40
2022-10-28	4	3rd	1 8 18 21 27
2022-10-24	5	4th	4 9 14 18 29
2022-10-19	4	2nd	6 18 24 27 45
2022-10-15	10	3rd	7 10 18 39 44
2022-10-05	8	4th	3 5 7 18 43
2022-09-27	5	4th	3 9 15 18 23
2022-09-22	8	4th	1 5 15 18 21
2022-09-14	2	2nd	14 18 26 43 44
2022-09-12	4	3rd	9 11 18 25 31
2022-09-08	9	2nd	9 18 21 30 39
2022-08-30	4	2nd	5 18 23 27 36
2022-08-26	4	4th	3 5 14 18 30
2022-08-22	25	4th	1 9 11 18 41
2022-07-28	24	3rd	9 11 18 21 38
2022-07-04	73	4th	3 13 17 18 19
2022-04-22	3	3rd	1 4 18 33 41
2022-04-19	17	2nd	10 18 22 37 41
2022-04-02	8	3rd	6 12 18 19 43
2022-03-25	8	3rd	4 9 18 26 35
2022-03-17	12	2nd	8 18 22 41 45
2022-03-05	2	2nd	6 18 28 33 43
2022-03-03	4	4th	4 5 16 18 24
2022-02-27	6	2nd	9 18 36 37 38
2022-02-21	2	2nd	8 18 32 33 37
2022-02-19	2	3rd	6 8 18 33 36
2022-02-17	4	2nd	12 18 33 39 43
2022-02-13	7	3rd	11 12 18 26 44
2022-02-06	3	2nd	4 18 22 42 44
2022-02-03	9	3rd	9 16 18 26 35
2022-01-25	12	2nd	6 18 20 21 31
2022-01-13	7	1st	18 23 34 39 44
2022-01-06	13	3rd	3 5 18 23 42
2021-12-23	3	2nd	8 18 37 42 44
2021-12-20	2	2nd	8 18 35 38 43
2021-12-18	41	2nd	16 18 23 38 42
2021-11-07	3	2nd	13 18 20 29 43
2021-11-04	4	3rd	2 8 18 26 44
2021-10-31	4	3rd	11 13 18 19 23
2021-10-27	5	2nd	7 18 29 42 44
2021-10-22	12	3rd	14 15 18 26 42
2021-10-10	14	4th	1 4 10 18 43
2021-09-26	2	2nd	14 18 22 28 34
2021-09-24	1	1st	18 20 34 40 41
2021-09-23	20	1st	18 21 30 36 41
2021-09-03	8	1st	18 39 40 41 45
2021-08-26	2	4th	4 6 12 18 22
2021-08-24	8	2nd	15 18 20 39 45
2021-08-16	4	1st	18 22 29 33 37
2021-08-12	1	1st	18 23 25 26 29
2021-08-11	6	4th	9 10 16 18 29
2021-08-05	6	3rd	5 12 18 19 42
2021-07-30	1	2nd	17 18 28 30 35
2021-07-29	4	5th	8 9 10 14 18
2021-07-25	10	3rd	15 16 18 29 40
2021-07-15	2	3rd	2 3 18 29 31
2021-07-13	9	3rd	15 17 18 22 37
2021-07-04	11	3rd	8 16 18 19 21
2021-06-23	2	2nd	9 18 24 25 37
2021-06-21	11	3rd	14 15 18 20 38
2021-06-10	3	1st	18 29 35 40 41
2021-06-07	1	1st	18 20 22 43 44
2021-06-06	28	2nd	10 18 30 36 42
2021-05-09	10	3rd	7 16 18 19 22
2021-04-29	1	4th	8 14 15 18 34
2021-04-28	12	2nd	12 18 24 30 43
2021-04-16	5	3rd	3 13 18 22 42
2021-04-11	16	4th	2 13 16 18 40
2021-03-26	4	3rd	5 10 18 20 33
2021-03-22	19	2nd	16 18 21 31 45
2021-03-03	15	3rd	11 12 18 40 43
2021-02-16	6	2nd	9 18 28 38 41
2021-02-10	4	2nd	9 18 22 26 40
2021-02-06	3	3rd	5 16 18 32 34
2021-02-03	7	2nd	6 18 20 35 42
2021-01-27	4	2nd	17 18 25 27 43
2021-01-23	3	3rd	5 16 18 21 29
2021-01-20	2	2nd	1 18 20 27 40
2021-01-18	5	1st	18 19 22 27 45
2021-01-13	26	2nd	3 18 29 32 45
2020-12-17	6	2nd	5 18 19 37 42
2020-12-11	6	1st	18 19 21 23 32
2020-12-05	4	2nd	1 18 37 44 45
2020-12-01	5	3rd	1 12 18 35 44
2020-11-26	15	4th	1 6 14 18 40
2020-11-11	13	2nd	7 18 20 34 36
2020-10-29	8	1st	18 20 21 30 42
2020-10-21	24	4th	1 5 8 18 41
2020-09-27	4	3rd	8 9 18 25 45
2020-09-23	8	3rd	5 7 18 23 29
2020-09-15	7	2nd	2 18 22 23 29
2020-09-08	9	2nd	3 18 20 21 26
2020-08-30	4	3rd	3 17 18 32 45
2020-08-26	10	1st	18 21 25 34 45
2020-08-16	8	3rd	11 15 18 29 30
2020-08-08	12	2nd	15 18 28 37 39
2020-07-27	7	2nd	16 18 22 39 45
2020-07-20	5	3rd	13 16 18 19 33
2020-07-15	2	1st	18 19 21 27 45
2020-07-13	—	1st	18 19 25 30 31