Number 18

In Pick 6 under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,816 draws, 6 from 1–49.

211times drawn · chance expected 222 −0.81σ

6draws waiting · a wait this long: 52% for any number

8.6average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

45longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 211 times in 1,816 draws against 222.4 expected, −0.81σ. 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 211 times in 1,816 draws · average wait 8.6 draws · longest completed wait 45 · 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 smallest17 · chance 20.9
2nd smallest69 · chance 65.9
3rd smallest70 · chance 75.3
4th smallest42 · chance 39.0
5th smallest13 · chance 9.1
6th smallest0 · chance 0.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.0 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

31 29 11 37 39 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-26	3	4th	4 12 15 18 28 41
2026-09-19	3	3rd	1 11 18 23 25 28
2026-09-12	3	4th	1 9 14 18 25 27
2026-09-05	12	4th	4

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-20	18	2nd	14 18 25 27 30 31
2024-12-19	1	3rd	10 17 18 29 36 43
2024-12-16	1	3rd	14 16 18 28 37 42
2024-12-12	2	2nd	16 18 19 22 31 36
2024-12-05	7	3rd	11 16 18 29 41 45
2024-11-11	2	4th	2 14 15 18 29 37
2024-11-04	7	4th	3 12 14 18 33 41
2024-10-10	14	3rd	11 12 18 30 36 37
2024-08-22	25	2nd	6 18 33 37 38 41
2024-05-27	8	3rd	11 16 18 19 30 35
2024-04-29	19	3rd	8 11 18 23 30 43
2024-02-22	16	3rd	4 7 18 22 36 44
2023-12-28	6	2nd	10 18 25 35 41 43
2023-12-07	7	4th	3 11 17 18 35 38
2023-11-13	8	4th	1 5 6 18 35 36
2023-10-16	4	3rd	4 9 18 19 29 36
2023-10-02	9	3rd	14 15 18 24 41 44
2023-08-31	1	3rd	9 14 18 25 30 33
2023-08-28	11	2nd	11 18 22 26 37 45
2023-07-20	12	4th	1 10 16 18 23 29
2023-06-08	3	1st	18 21 25 26 36 38
2023-05-29	1	2nd	8 18 20 23 24 41
2023-05-25	13	3rd	9 17 18 27 32 36
2023-04-10	3	2nd	14 18 30 37 41 43
2023-03-30	6	2nd	2 18 20 23 31 37
2023-03-09	6	2nd	13 18 23 24 28 39
2023-02-16	2	4th	3 7 17 18 26 42
2023-02-09	9	3rd	6 7 18 27 33 40
2023-01-09	8	3rd	5 15 18 37 38 45
2022-12-12	1	5th	1 11 14 17 18 44
2022-12-08	10	4th	5 10 14 18 25 46
2022-11-03	7	2nd	7 18 20 21 37 41
2022-10-10	11	5th	3 11 15 16 18 42
2022-09-01	1	2nd	8 18 19 22 38 45
2022-08-29	17	2nd	7 18 22 40 41 45
2022-06-30	26	3rd	5 15 18 26 29 37
2022-03-31	13	3rd	7 17 18 27 32 44
2022-02-14	1	3rd	15 17 18 25 28 48
2022-02-10	18	2nd	5 18 23 26 27 33
2021-12-09	13	1st	18 20 32 39 43 47
2021-10-25	5	2nd	2 18 20 29 31 36
2021-10-07	23	2nd	12 18 25 28 34 35
2021-07-19	6	2nd	4 18 19 24 32 36
2021-06-28	19	2nd	9 18 21 27 40 45
2021-04-22	3	3rd	4 15 18 21 25 39
2021-04-12	9	2nd	13 18 28 32 38 46
2021-03-11	13	2nd	7 18 20 36 40 41
2021-01-25	5	2nd	3 18 22 26 37 43
2021-01-07	2	2nd	11 18 30 35 38 43
2020-12-31	5	4th	3 10 16 18 31 36
2020-12-14	2	4th	7 8 13 18 19 24
2020-12-07	23	3rd	5 10 18 32 33 39
2020-09-17	1	2nd	5 18 24 38 40 48
2020-09-14	5	2nd	13 18 21 31 32 46
2020-08-27	8	4th	2 10 12 18 26 37
2020-07-30	3	4th	2 7 11 18 20 29
2020-07-20	7	3rd	11 15 18 25 33 46
2020-06-25	10	5th	6 13 16 17 18 46
2020-05-21	3	1st	18 30 32 39 40 46
2020-05-11	11	1st	18 26 29 43 46 47
2020-04-02	5	3rd	12 16 18 27 40 41
2020-03-16	1	1st	18 29 30 32 38 40
2020-03-12	2	1st	18 29 34 36 39 40
2020-03-05	28	3rd	3 5 18 24 34 44
2019-11-28	13	3rd	14 16 18 26 31 43
2019-10-14	9	1st	18 30 42 43 48 49
2019-09-12	15	4th	2 11 15 18 31 34
2019-07-22	3	5th	1 5 9 17 18 45
2019-07-11	14	5th	1 2 3 10 18 26
2019-05-23	3	2nd	3 18 24 31 34 43
2019-05-13	1	3rd	7 12 18 27 41 44
2019-05-09	3	2nd	6 18 23 35 42 49
2019-04-29	10	2nd	10 18 23 24 32 40
2019-03-25	2	2nd	2 18 32 34 37 40
2019-03-18	4	4th	4 6 10 18 31 49
2019-03-04	5	3rd	5 17 18 19 22 26
2019-02-14	2	3rd	6 8 18 27 35 41
2019-02-07	8	1st	18 24 25 32 37 40
2019-01-10	6	2nd	7 18 24 26 29 40
2018-12-20	1	2nd	11 18 24 25 39 47
2018-12-17	3	4th	9 12 15 18 27 34
2018-12-06	15	3rd	8 15 18 33 34 39
2018-10-15	15	4th	1 2 6 18 24 37
2018-08-23	3	4th	2 13 15 18 31 39
2018-08-13	7	5th	2 10 14 15 18 25
2018-07-19	7	5th	2 3 11 12 18 46
2018-06-25	30	1st	18 26 29 30 36 40
2018-03-12	12	2nd	4 18 19 23 38 41
2018-01-29	6	4th	1 3 6 18 19 43
2018-01-08	12	5th	2 14 16 17 18 30
2017-11-27	25	1st	18 23 25 31 42 46
2017-08-31	4	3rd	4 8 18 24 30 47
2017-08-17	1	5th	1 7 10 15 18 33
2017-08-14	1	4th	4 8 10 18 37 48
2017-08-10	4	4th	3 4 6 18 35 41
2017-07-27	1	4th	2 11 13 18 22 29
2017-07-24	10	1st	18 30 32 34 37 42
2017-06-19	3	5th	1 8 10 11 18 47
2017-06-08	2	2nd	10 18 24 28 33 39
2017-06-01	12	2nd	7 18 20 37 44 47
2017-04-20	4	4th	10 11 16 18 28 30
2017-04-06	3	3rd	13 16 18 27 31 38
2017-03-27	12	1st	18 22 23 25 29 36
2017-02-13	1	4th	5 9 10 18 21 26
2017-02-09	8	3rd	2 15 18 21 22 29
2017-01-12	19	3rd	2 8 18 20 40 49
2016-11-07	2	2nd	10 18 19 22 24 47
2016-10-31	3	2nd	3 18 20 24 26 46
2016-10-20	14	2nd	1 18 19 21 37 39
2016-09-01	12	2nd	16 18 20 25 29 37
2016-07-21	15	2nd	1 18 27 30 32 36
2016-05-30	10	3rd	12 15 18 26 39 47
2016-04-25	7	3rd	1 12 18 33 35 49
2016-03-31	12	2nd	13 18 24 28 37 43
2016-02-18	7	4th	10 11 14 18 29 31
2016-01-25	13	2nd	17 18 19 28 46 49
2015-12-10	3	3rd	2 11 18 27 33 43
2015-11-30	6	3rd	7 16 18 28 29 44
2015-11-09	13	1st	18 25 30 32 33 36
2015-09-24	11	4th	1 3 16 18 19 39
2015-08-17	1	3rd	13 14 18 28 34 42
2015-08-13	2	5th	1 6 11 16 18 20
2015-08-06	6	2nd	11 18 19 22 32 37
2015-07-16	6	4th	2 12 16 18 39 42
2015-06-25	29	3rd	7 13 18 21 23 36
2015-03-16	1	3rd	13 16 18 35 39 48
2015-03-12	1	4th	2 6 15 18 27 36
2015-03-09	3	2nd	17 18 25 38 39 41
2015-02-26	13	3rd	6 11 18 20 21 32
2015-01-12	16	3rd	8 14 18 28 31 41
2014-11-17	17	2nd	13 18 26 28 40 44
2014-09-18	11	3rd	6 14 18 40 44 46
2014-08-11	6	2nd	13 18 26 33 40 49
2014-07-21	3	2nd	17 18 19 28 47 48
2014-07-10	2	3rd	2 3 18 36 38 42
2014-07-03	5	3rd	4 13 18 29 39 45
2014-06-16	1	3rd	3 12 18 34 35 42
2014-06-12	2	3rd	1 6 18 24 31 39
2014-06-05	6	4th	2 10 12 18 30 45
2014-05-15	2	4th	4 12 16 18 34 39
2014-05-08	8	4th	3 9 15 18 20 48
2014-04-10	26	3rd	2 14 18 21 34 44
2014-01-09	3	4th	2 3 8 18 35 46
2013-12-30	3	4th	2 7 9 18 24 46
2013-12-19	12	3rd	10 16 18 38 46 47
2013-11-07	9	3rd	4 14 18 27 30 39
2013-10-07	6	2nd	1 18 21 40 44 49
2013-09-16	13	4th	1 12 16 18 34 39
2013-08-01	5	2nd	1 18 25 44 45 46
2013-07-15	17	3rd	7 10 18 34 37 45
2013-05-16	7	2nd	3 18 19 30 35 41
2013-04-22	13	1st	18 21 22 24 26 32
2013-03-07	8	4th	8 11 17 18 31 33
2013-02-07	8	3rd	12 16 18 29 37 46
2013-01-10	34	2nd	3 18 20 28 32 45
2012-09-13	18	2nd	8 18 25 32 33 48
2012-07-12	4	1st	18 20 26 31 33 38
2012-06-28	16	3rd	5 14 18 25 27 46
2012-05-03	1	2nd	12 18 20 22 23 48
2012-04-30	1	2nd	8 18 26 28 29 46
2012-04-26	1	3rd	6 11 18 37 38 41
2012-04-23	10	4th	10 11 13 18 31 36
2012-03-19	4	3rd	8 12 18 26 31 46
2012-03-05	6	2nd	1 18 19 20 27 36
2012-02-13	4	2nd	13 18 32 44 47 48
2012-01-30	10	2nd	10 18 25 33 35 43
2011-12-26	14	3rd	5 16 18 29 31 39
2011-11-07	4	2nd	14 18 21 24 26 40
2011-10-24	20	3rd	3 13 18 19 42 43
2011-08-15	2	2nd	6 18 21 25 27 42
2011-08-08	6	3rd	4 15 18 19 31 38
2011-07-18	1	2nd	5 18 23 27 29 37
2011-07-14	5	3rd	4 9 18 26 35 43
2011-06-27	4	2nd	7 18 22 30 39 41
2011-06-13	11	3rd	11 17 18 25 28 39
2011-05-05	12	3rd	7 11 18 25 31 33
2011-03-24	3	3rd	3 5 18 24 28 35
2011-03-14	15	3rd	2 12 18 28 29 39
2011-01-20	15	3rd	10 15 18 29 39 48
2010-11-29	45	3rd	6 17 18 19 31 33
2010-06-24	13	3rd	3 15 18 20 31 37
2010-05-10	10	2nd	13 18 30 34 39 48
2010-04-05	6	2nd	6 18 24 33 47 48
2010-03-15	4	4th	11 15 17 18 27 40
2010-03-01	5	2nd	14 18 19 22 40 43
2010-02-11	4	2nd	15 18 23 24 31 35
2010-01-28	—	4th	5 9 12 18 23 41