Number 18

In New York Lotto under the 6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010 rules — 1,668 draws, 6 from 1–59.

171times drawn · chance expected 170 +0.11σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 90% for any number

9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 9.8

52longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 171 times in 1,668 draws against 169.6 expected, +0.11σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 17 times, counted separately.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 171 times in 1,668 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 52 · waiting 2 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 smallest19 · chance 28.0
2nd smallest73 · chance 64.2
3rd smallest60 · chance 54.1
4th smallest14 · chance 20.8
5th smallest4 · chance 3.6
6th smallest1 · chance 0.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 14.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

4 37 19 25 41 46

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 58 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 59. 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	13	2nd	3 18 23 28 30 56
2026-08-19	19	2nd	16 18 19 22 29 52
2026-06-13	3	3rd	8 10 18 26 54 55
2026-06-03

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 6/59 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-06-08	12	5th	7 13 14 15 18 35
2024-04-27	4	1st	18 22 33 37 54 57
2024-04-13	9	3rd	1 16 18 33 51 57
2024-03-13	5	4th	4 11 15 18 39 46
2024-02-24	2	3rd	4 7 18 19 32 53
2024-02-17	20	2nd	11 18 33 34 39 56
2023-12-09	4	4th	4 12 13 18 21 42
2023-11-25	10	2nd	12 18 29 34 48 56
2023-10-21	24	1st	18 25 27 30 48 53
2023-07-29	1	3rd	7 8 18 45 54 55
2023-07-26	3	2nd	3 18 19 27 37 50
2023-07-15	23	2nd	17 18 31 43 48 50
2023-04-26	11	2nd	1 18 22 32 33 37
2023-03-18	23	2nd	9 18 34 37 43 50
2022-12-28	5	3rd	2 14 18 37 38 56
2022-12-10	4	2nd	5 18 19 20 30 45
2022-11-26	3	2nd	5 18 24 27 39 46
2022-11-16	4	1st	18 36 39 57 58 59
2022-11-02	14	3rd	7 13 18 22 38 47
2022-09-14	13	3rd	8 16 18 36 54 59
2022-07-30	2	4th	2 10 17 18 21 41
2022-07-23	3	3rd	7 13 18 30 41 53
2022-07-13	19	3rd	3 15 18 19 37 56
2022-05-07	6	2nd	11 18 19 29 45 46
2022-04-16	2	3rd	3 13 18 31 38 57
2022-04-09	6	2nd	12 18 24 27 51 53
2022-03-19	11	4th	5 6 17 18 19 35
2022-02-09	8	2nd	13 18 29 32 39 47
2022-01-12	1	2nd	8 18 27 29 37 43
2022-01-08	18	4th	3 7 16 18 27 59
2021-11-06	8	2nd	13 18 22 34 51 58
2021-10-09	12	2nd	15 18 25 28 41 47
2021-08-28	24	3rd	3 4 18 26 39 40
2021-06-05	18	2nd	3 18 25 28 31 46
2021-04-03	6	3rd	4 5 18 35 51 52
2021-03-13	1	3rd	11 15 18 31 42 58
2021-03-10	3	1st	18 23 24 31 40 58
2021-02-27	26	5th	2 10 11 13 18 36
2020-11-28	6	2nd	6 18 34 40 47 51
2020-11-07	3	3rd	3 10 18 32 42 44
2020-10-28	30	3rd	10 16 18 30 49 50
2020-07-15	16	3rd	2 7 18 28 33 56
2020-05-20	8	2nd	13 18 23 46 47 54
2020-04-22	9	2nd	12 18 25 28 32 51
2020-03-21	4	3rd	6 15 18 34 42 58
2020-03-07	5	3rd	7 11 18 39 42 43
2020-02-19	11	2nd	6 18 22 25 54 57
2020-01-11	13	4th	8 10 17 18 30 46
2019-11-27	14	1st	18 31 32 40 43 53
2019-10-09	6	3rd	8 14 18 26 33 38
2019-09-18	13	2nd	8 18 21 23 29 56
2019-08-03	17	2nd	2 18 21 39 53 58
2019-06-05	4	2nd	8 18 28 31 36 54
2019-05-22	1	2nd	6 18 36 54 55 57
2019-05-18	9	1st	18 21 23 46 54 59
2019-04-17	5	3rd	2 3 18 30 52 53
2019-03-30	2	1st	18 25 43 51 52 56
2019-03-23	7	2nd	7 18 19 33 36 57
2019-02-27	10	2nd	12 18 22 36 41 48
2019-01-23	7	2nd	6 18 19 21 23 51
2018-12-29	15	3rd	2 16 18 27 29 35
2018-11-07	4	1st	18 24 37 50 58 59
2018-10-24	6	2nd	7 18 39 42 44 58
2018-10-03	7	2nd	4 18 19 24 31 42
2018-09-08	13	2nd	13 18 19 27 47 59
2018-07-25	3	3rd	4 10 18 35 41 49
2018-07-14	12	1st	18 27 31 35 36 45
2018-06-02	3	2nd	2 18 27 29 37 59
2018-05-23	12	2nd	12 18 19 41 54 56
2018-04-11	3	1st	18 19 31 33 40 46
2018-03-31	13	2nd	5 18 36 37 41 57
2018-02-14	16	3rd	2 7 18 23 37 48
2017-12-20	48	3rd	1 9 18 33 45 57
2017-07-05	3	1st	18 19 21 30 54 56
2017-06-24	2	3rd	6 14 18 23 31 37
2017-06-17	24	3rd	9 16 18 34 45 51
2017-03-25	6	2nd	7 18 39 43 45 46
2017-03-04	10	3rd	3 9 18 46 47 55
2017-01-28	6	3rd	2 3 18 35 56 58
2017-01-07	7	1st	18 22 29 37 43 52
2016-12-14	1	1st	18 19 32 38 49 54
2016-12-10	3	2nd	10 18 30 44 50 56
2016-11-30	2	3rd	7 13 18 19 38 51
2016-11-23	8	4th	6 9 10 18 25 42
2016-10-26	3	1st	18 22 41 45 49 56
2016-10-15	9	4th	1 8 17 18 24 42
2016-09-14	11	3rd	5 17 18 32 37 56
2016-08-06	2	2nd	13 18 21 27 58 59
2016-07-30	9	5th	1 6 8 9 18 38
2016-06-29	15	3rd	4 11 18 37 50 53
2016-05-07	1	3rd	5 12 18 33 56 57
2016-05-04	36	2nd	16 18 26 44 49 51
2015-12-30	1	3rd	4 11 18 37 51 59
2015-12-26	2	2nd	16 18 22 28 35 46
2015-12-19	5	3rd	4 17 18 31 34 58
2015-12-02	10	2nd	3 18 26 28 41 53
2015-10-28	26	3rd	1 16 18 25 28 55
2015-07-29	1	3rd	2 15 18 20 47 58
2015-07-25	4	4th	4 8 11 18 33 54
2015-07-11	2	2nd	17 18 20 26 39 41
2015-07-04	5	2nd	7 18 19 29 43 51
2015-06-17	2	3rd	2 4 18 39 55 56
2015-06-10	6	2nd	5 18 21 22 28 31
2015-05-20	7	3rd	5 8 18 36 48 53
2015-04-25	22	2nd	9 18 24 34 49 58
2015-02-07	52	4th	4 9 17 18 21 52
2014-08-09	11	3rd	4 17 18 34 39 56
2014-07-02	2	2nd	2 18 25 28 30 35
2014-06-25	26	3rd	3 12 18 25 39 43
2014-03-26	6	4th	4 10 11 18 25 28
2014-03-05	9	2nd	17 18 20 21 32 42
2014-02-01	23	2nd	14 18 25 35 38 53
2013-11-13	18	2nd	10 18 33 40 45 46
2013-09-11	1	4th	1 12 15 18 41 51
2013-09-07	2	3rd	2 14 18 29 36 55
2013-08-31	4	3rd	5 8 18 25 34 55
2013-08-17	14	3rd	10 17 18 49 58 59
2013-06-29	23	5th	3 7 12 13 18 20
2013-04-10	2	2nd	15 18 31 44 51 53
2013-04-03	12	2nd	1 18 20 33 35 46
2013-02-20	1	3rd	7 15 18 24 36 41
2013-02-16	2	3rd	4 11 18 27 31 45
2013-02-09	28	2nd	9 18 20 40 46 55
2012-11-03	21	3rd	5 16 18 25 41 55
2012-08-22	11	1st	18 27 30 35 49 53
2012-07-14	20	2nd	11 18 20 31 44 46
2012-05-05	16	3rd	1 4 18 39 42 54
2012-03-10	1	3rd	5 16 18 21 24 54
2012-03-07	7	3rd	1 4 18 25 33 37
2012-02-11	27	2nd	2 18 29 38 46 59
2011-11-09	5	2nd	6 18 51 52 53 55
2011-10-22	2	2nd	15 18 28 35 52 55
2011-10-15	17	2nd	5 18 21 43 48 49
2011-08-17	3	1st	18 20 34 37 42 56
2011-08-06	6	2nd	12 18 32 40 50 52
2011-07-16	3	3rd	1 10 18 29 43 46
2011-07-06	19	4th	1 3 13 18 41 59
2011-04-30	8	3rd	5 13 18 25 45 50
2011-04-02	10	2nd	15 18 19 24 41 59
2011-02-26	3	2nd	13 18 23 24 30 54
2011-02-16	2	3rd	5 15 18 40 42 47
2011-02-09	10	2nd	17 18 32 33 36 50
2011-01-05	1	4th	4 6 11 18 20 33
2011-01-01	3	3rd	14 16 18 23 27 54
2010-12-22	3	3rd	4 5 18 27 38 48
2010-12-11	8	2nd	16 18 21 24 34 41
2010-11-13	—	3rd	6 10 18 29 45 53