Number 18

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

329times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.44σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

8.0average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

66longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 329 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, +0.44σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 329 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 8.0 draws · longest completed wait 66 · waiting 5 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 smallest33 · chance 32.6
2nd smallest107 · chance 102.8
3rd smallest121 · chance 117.5
4th smallest57 · chance 60.8
5th smallest10 · chance 14.2
6th smallest1 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 34.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

26 23 6 48 33 38

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
2026-09-28	32	2nd	10 18 19 25 33 38
2026-07-15	1	2nd	4 18 28 41 42 45
2026-07-13	4	3rd	6 7 18 30 32 43
2026-07-04

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.

2025-09-08	2	3rd	2 13 18 29 36 43
2025-09-03	2	2nd	15 18 27 35 39 47
2025-08-30	4	3rd	3 13 18 23 41 44
2025-08-20	8	2nd	3 18 22 33 41 47
2025-08-02	4	1st	18 22 23 27 33 34
2025-07-23	22	4th	4 11 12 18 20 33
2025-06-02	12	3rd	5 15 18 26 47 48
2025-05-05	15	4th	3 7 9 18 23 27
2025-03-31	13	3rd	15 17 18 25 41 48
2025-03-01	6	4th	4 11 16 18 22 42
2025-02-15	1	3rd	2 5 18 19 30 48
2025-02-12	1	2nd	17 18 27 35 41 43
2025-02-10	7	2nd	9 18 32 36 42 44
2025-01-25	9	4th	4 5 12 18 27 45
2025-01-04	12	3rd	5 13 18 27 33 34
2024-12-07	2	4th	2 12 17 18 24 49
2024-12-02	20	2nd	6 18 23 34 39 46
2024-10-16	2	2nd	10 18 26 28 32 39
2024-10-12	7	4th	5 10 13 18 19 32
2024-09-25	2	3rd	7 8 18 29 35 44
2024-09-21	3	3rd	1 16 18 31 46 48
2024-09-14	6	3rd	1 12 18 23 24 45
2024-08-31	16	5th	2 6 15 17 18 29
2024-07-24	3	2nd	17 18 25 38 45 49
2024-07-17	4	2nd	1 18 19 20 37 49
2024-07-08	3	3rd	2 8 18 23 28 39
2024-07-01	3	1st	18 20 23 37 39 47
2024-06-24	11	1st	18 19 29 30 38 48
2024-05-29	13	3rd	5 7 18 29 30 33
2024-04-29	18	1st	18 19 22 24 25 39
2024-03-18	23	3rd	10 13 18 30 36 38
2024-01-24	23	1st	18 20 21 40 44 47
2023-12-02	9	3rd	1 6 18 37 41 45
2023-11-11	2	2nd	17 18 19 25 41 47
2023-11-06	12	3rd	12 16 18 30 40 44
2023-10-09	5	3rd	9 16 18 27 41 44
2023-09-27	5	3rd	3 10 18 28 38 49
2023-09-16	10	3rd	5 15 18 34 35 48
2023-08-23	8	3rd	9 11 18 19 27 32
2023-08-05	2	3rd	6 13 18 22 41 44
2023-07-31	12	2nd	6 18 21 38 44 47
2023-07-03	5	5th	3 4 14 15 18 21
2023-06-21	3	4th	6 11 12 18 19 27
2023-06-14	9	1st	18 20 23 27 38 46
2023-05-24	3	3rd	4 11 18 26 35 49
2023-05-17	1	1st	18 26 29 31 37 43
2023-05-15	2	4th	6 7 12 18 48 49
2023-05-10	18	4th	5 8 12 18 23 43
2023-03-29	3	3rd	4 6 18 24 40 46
2023-03-22	3	2nd	7 18 24 35 41 42
2023-03-15	8	2nd	9 18 23 33 37 47
2023-02-25	5	1st	18 19 21 22 34 43
2023-02-13	38	3rd	4 15 18 32 33 47
2022-11-16	7	2nd	15 18 29 30 43 47
2022-10-31	2	2nd	2 18 24 31 32 48
2022-10-26	9	2nd	17 18 27 30 47 49
2022-10-05	3	3rd	14 17 18 19 40 49
2022-09-28	6	3rd	14 17 18 25 33 45
2022-09-14	6	2nd	13 18 23 31 40 45
2022-08-31	15	2nd	17 18 19 28 42 48
2022-07-27	8	1st	18 22 23 26 38 42
2022-07-09	17	3rd	8 16 18 25 36 40
2022-05-30	9	2nd	7 18 33 35 37 43
2022-05-09	2	4th	2 11 15 18 28 33
2022-05-04	19	1st	18 34 38 41 44 48
2022-03-21	17	2nd	9 18 23 29 31 32
2022-02-09	2	1st	18 21 26 28 30 49
2022-02-05	14	2nd	15 18 21 23 27 47
2022-01-03	1	3rd	2 9 18 36 44 49
2022-01-01	2	3rd	7 17 18 26 31 46
2021-12-27	10	4th	6 7 12 18 33 36
2021-12-04	3	2nd	12 18 20 22 29 32
2021-11-27	5	5th	1 7 9 11 18 35
2021-11-15	5	3rd	8 9 18 26 32 46
2021-11-03	58	2nd	2 18 30 45 47 49
2021-06-21	5	4th	8 13 14 18 37 38
2021-06-09	1	3rd	13 17 18 33 40 44
2021-06-07	10	3rd	7 17 18 25 40 44
2021-05-15	13	2nd	2 18 30 38 40 46
2021-04-14	1	3rd	5 11 18 22 23 25
2021-04-12	3	4th	3 5 7 18 44 48
2021-04-05	11	2nd	7 18 29 36 41 42
2021-03-10	22	4th	7 10 15 18 43 48
2021-01-18	19	2nd	5 18 19 20 29 31
2020-12-05	5	3rd	3 14 18 31 39 48
2020-11-23	4	3rd	8 13 18 26 33 39
2020-11-14	16	3rd	9 17 18 29 33 45
2020-10-07	7	3rd	4 16 18 32 44 48
2020-09-21	3	3rd	10 11 18 23 39 49
2020-09-14	1	3rd	10 15 18 39 45 47
2020-09-12	4	1st	18 22 34 39 40 44
2020-09-02	17	3rd	3 13 18 19 34 44
2020-07-25	3	2nd	10 18 23 39 40 48
2020-07-18	16	5th	6 7 10 11 18 26
2020-06-10	2	4th	7 14 17 18 38 39
2020-06-06	3	5th	1 4 9 12 18 39
2020-05-30	3	6th	4 10 12 14 15 18
2020-05-23	1	3rd	9 11 18 36 40 42
2020-05-20	5	4th	4 12 16 18 19 45
2020-05-09	3	3rd	3 16 18 23 25 44
2020-05-02	6	2nd	1 18 27 28 41 49
2020-04-18	5	1st	18 20 32 34 45 46
2020-04-06	4	3rd	6 7 18 21 32 38
2020-03-28	8	2nd	7 18 19 23 31 36
2020-03-09	6	2nd	7 18 19 24 25 36
2020-02-24	2	5th	2 6 12 16 18 36
2020-02-19	1	2nd	6 18 21 23 36 43
2020-02-17	2	3rd	7 13 18 21 38 44
2020-02-12	1	2nd	16 18 22 30 36 44
2020-02-10	4	4th	3 6 16 18 37 42
2020-02-01	14	2nd	10 18 20 22 30 47
2019-12-30	17	4th	1 8 15 18 40 42
2019-11-20	9	4th	8 10 15 18 29 37
2019-10-30	18	2nd	17 18 25 28 29 45
2019-09-18	8	1st	18 26 30 36 42 45
2019-08-31	9	2nd	9 18 31 35 39 42
2019-08-10	10	1st	18 20 28 29 46 47
2019-07-17	30	3rd	1 14 18 26 44 45
2019-05-08	1	2nd	10 18 19 35 39 48
2019-05-06	14	4th	8 11 15 18 33 48
2019-04-03	3	3rd	11 15 18 22 24 34
2019-03-27	2	2nd	2 18 29 35 36 48
2019-03-23	6	3rd	4 14 18 33 41 49
2019-03-09	10	2nd	17 18 26 29 47 48
2019-02-13	2	3rd	8 17 18 19 27 40
2019-02-09	26	2nd	3 18 24 40 43 45
2018-12-10	16	2nd	17 18 21 26 32 37
2018-11-03	3	1st	18 24 26 27 35 49
2018-10-27	7	2nd	2 18 22 30 38 41
2018-10-10	1	3rd	8 9 18 26 43 49
2018-10-08	10	3rd	6 8 18 19 44 45
2018-09-15	7	3rd	11 17 18 38 48 49
2018-08-29	29	4th	6 14 15 18 26 45
2018-06-23	10	2nd	4 18 20 21 31 43
2018-05-30	14	3rd	1 8 18 22 24 33
2018-04-28	16	2nd	16 18 19 30 40 48
2018-03-21	3	3rd	6 16 18 37 40 45
2018-03-14	5	3rd	9 12 18 22 31 38
2018-03-03	1	3rd	1 8 18 27 33 49
2018-02-28	3	3rd	1 12 18 23 24 34
2018-02-21	17	2nd	14 18 20 27 31 39
2018-01-13	66	3rd	5 12 18 24 31 48
2017-08-12	9	1st	18 26 30 31 44 45
2017-07-22	2	3rd	6 10 18 20 31 48
2017-07-17	3	2nd	12 18 23 25 26 39
2017-07-10	12	1st	18 21 31 38 41 42
2017-06-12	5	4th	1 3 5 18 37 42
2017-05-31	2	1st	18 24 27 28 39 40
2017-05-27	1	1st	18 23 25 37 41 42
2017-05-24	6	3rd	11 17 18 28 35 40
2017-05-10	3	4th	5 8 9 18 20 27
2017-05-03	1	4th	5 7 9 18 32 34
2017-05-01	2	4th	3 11 12 18 25 42
2017-04-26	5	2nd	15 18 29 35 40 45
2017-04-15	24	3rd	6 8 18 20 26 32
2017-02-18	5	2nd	3 18 20 28 32 41
2017-02-06	4	3rd	7 9 18 20 39 49
2017-01-28	8	2nd	3 18 26 27 33 34
2017-01-09	8	2nd	12 18 19 31 32 43
2016-12-21	3	3rd	5 9 18 22 23 41
2016-12-14	11	4th	2 8 10 18 34 46
2016-11-19	10	4th	7 10 13 18 38 42
2016-10-26	4	2nd	13 18 20 21 26 36
2016-10-17	2	3rd	3 4 18 20 22 33
2016-10-12	4	4th	7 14 16 18 26 44
2016-10-03	17	1st	18 19 22 32 45 46
2016-08-24	16	2nd	1 18 21 27 40 47
2016-07-18	3	3rd	1 11 18 28 31 36
2016-07-11	1	3rd	5 15 18 33 37 44
2016-07-09	1	2nd	8 18 27 32 44 49
2016-07-06	4	4th	3 4 16 18 23 27
2016-06-27	4	4th	4 6 15 18 44 45
2016-06-18	6	2nd	10 18 27 37 39 44
2016-06-04	5	4th	2 11 17 18 28 46
2016-05-23	4	1st	18 19 20 30 45 48
2016-05-14	7	1st	18 20 23 35 36 42
2016-04-27	21	2nd	8 18 26 39 46 49
2016-03-09	26	4th	2 6 11 18 26 32
2016-01-09	2	2nd	4 18 20 24 30 47
2016-01-04	7	3rd	6 10 18 20 22 33
2015-12-19	17	4th	2 4 6 18 34 49
2015-11-09	9	2nd	6 18 27 30 37 45
2015-10-19	37	2nd	12 18 22 23 35 37
2015-07-25	16	3rd	10 16 18 21 24 37
2015-06-17	1	2nd	3 18 32 33 39 40
2015-06-15	3	2nd	6 18 26 35 38 46
2015-06-08	1	2nd	1 18 26 29 30 38
2015-06-06	16	3rd	8 16 18 21 24 42
2015-04-29	2	5th	2 7 10 11 18 29
2015-04-25	4	3rd	5 7 18 28 37 39
2015-04-15	8	1st	18 23 26 27 37 40
2015-03-28	6	2nd	4 18 19 21 25 29
2015-03-14	5	3rd	5 10 18 43 45 48
2015-03-02	3	4th	3 8 17 18 21 25
2015-02-23	9	2nd	15 18 19 22 42 49
2015-02-02	7	2nd	14 18 20 33 43 45
2015-01-17	19	4th	4 7 12 18 21 34
2014-12-03	2	3rd	1 7 18 36 39 46
2014-11-29	8	1st	18 20 29 38 40 46
2014-11-10	4	2nd	15 18 21 23 32 40
2014-11-01	3	3rd	8 11 18 24 30 34
2014-10-25	5	4th	4 5 6 18 26 27
2014-10-13	4	2nd	12 18 21 28 38 48
2014-10-04	4	4th	3 8 14 18 26 40
2014-09-24	8	2nd	6 18 23 29 32 43
2014-09-06	20	2nd	3 18 21 23 30 35
2014-07-21	14	3rd	2 6 18 28 34 43
2014-06-18	17	2nd	15 18 28 30 34 38
2014-05-10	4	2nd	9 18 24 30 34 48
2014-04-30	11	2nd	11 18 22 26 36 49
2014-04-05	5	2nd	7 18 20 27 35 49
2014-03-24	8	2nd	1 18 20 26 28 35
2014-03-05	4	4th	2 3 4 18 23 48
2014-02-24	5	4th	6 10 14 18 48 49
2014-02-12	1	3rd	6 14 18 23 31 49
2014-02-10	9	1st	18 26 29 37 48 49
2014-01-20	7	1st	18 23 26 29 32 33
2014-01-04	10	3rd	4 5 18 23 26 37
2013-12-11	6	3rd	12 14 18 24 28 30
2013-11-27	16	2nd	9 18 21 23 25 39
2013-10-21	1	2nd	13 18 19 24 26 36
2013-10-19	2	2nd	6 18 26 38 48 49
2013-10-14	2	5th	4 5 9 17 18 31
2013-10-09	10	4th	11 12 14 18 45 49
2013-09-16	16	2nd	12 18 25 34 40 44
2013-08-10	3	2nd	12 18 19 22 27 34
2013-08-03	6	3rd	14 16 18 28 36 38
2013-07-20	10	2nd	17 18 28 31 37 40
2013-06-26	5	2nd	12 18 21 26 37 49
2013-06-15	8	3rd	7 12 18 29 41 45
2013-05-27	4	2nd	10 18 23 42 45 48
2013-05-18	12	2nd	16 18 27 33 34 36
2013-04-20	6	3rd	14 17 18 35 38 47
2013-04-06	4	2nd	16 18 26 29 39 47
2013-03-27	5	3rd	5 15 18 31 39 41
2013-03-16	3	3rd	6 17 18 23 31 33
2013-03-09	5	4th	6 9 17 18 24 32
2013-02-25	8	3rd	12 16 18 36 39 42
2013-02-06	12	3rd	9 14 18 31 32 49
2013-01-09	3	2nd	12 18 28 31 39 45
2013-01-02	6	3rd	1 4 18 28 35 47
2012-12-19	5	3rd	5 16 18 26 28 48
2012-12-08	1	2nd	16 18 28 31 37 38
2012-12-05	4	3rd	2 4 18 21 28 38
2012-11-26	2	3rd	5 14 18 20 29 45
2012-11-21	5	2nd	13 18 22 23 43 45
2012-11-10	1	2nd	16 18 30 37 43 46
2012-11-07	8	4th	1 6 13 18 23 38
2012-10-20	2	2nd	11 18 25 29 41 46
2012-10-15	5	3rd	7 13 18 22 31 37
2012-10-03	43	5th	2 4 13 17 18 38
2012-06-25	8	1st	18 24 30 37 43 47
2012-06-06	11	4th	7 10 15 18 32 40
2012-05-12	4	4th	3 6 11 18 22 47
2012-05-02	7	4th	4 11 15 18 43 48
2012-04-16	15	3rd	8 9 18 32 33 47
2012-03-12	3	3rd	9 13 18 26 31 42
2012-03-05	7	3rd	2 3 18 23 25 26
2012-02-18	3	3rd	14 16 18 29 39 43
2012-02-11	2	3rd	2 3 18 26 33 35
2012-02-06	17	3rd	8 10 18 32 38 49
2011-12-28	6	1st	18 20 23 26 33 36
2011-12-14	2	3rd	6 12 18 24 33 41
2011-12-10	11	2nd	14 18 31 37 40 42
2011-11-14	4	3rd	10 14 18 24 28 45
2011-11-05	3	2nd	8 18 21 24 31 35
2011-10-29	1	3rd	5 6 18 21 26 28
2011-10-26	6	3rd	1 7 18 19 24 38
2011-10-12	1	3rd	2 5 18 24 35 46
2011-10-10	1	2nd	11 18 21 23 36 43
2011-10-08	9	2nd	10 18 21 22 41 47
2011-09-17	7	3rd	15 16 18 32 43 45
2011-08-31	1	4th	2 10 11 18 42 44
2011-08-29	9	2nd	15 18 27 29 37 49
2011-08-08	14	3rd	5 7 18 20 25 33
2011-07-06	5	1st	18 22 26 29 46 49
2011-06-25	1	4th	4 5 15 18 26 46
2011-06-22	19	3rd	5 9 18 23 26 33
2011-05-09	13	2nd	10 18 20 31 32 33
2011-04-09	1	4th	4 8 17 18 30 35
2011-04-06	3	4th	3 4 10 18 22 40
2011-03-30	2	3rd	1 9 18 26 31 48
2011-03-26	3	3rd	1 13 18 24 27 33
2011-03-19	12	4th	2 3 7 18 29 40
2011-02-19	5	3rd	6 12 18 36 43 45
2011-02-07	16	3rd	12 17 18 19 24 38
2011-01-01	16	2nd	11 18 23 25 32 47
2010-11-24	14	3rd	8 15 18 37 39 47
2010-10-23	3	2nd	17 18 20 24 25 27
2010-10-16	11	3rd	1 16 18 24 31 41
2010-09-20	27	3rd	4 17 18 19 24 33
2010-07-19	13	2nd	4 18 21 25 33 38
2010-06-19	10	4th	3 12 16 18 22 49
2010-05-26	1	3rd	3 13 18 22 25 48
2010-05-24	1	2nd	9 18 19 24 34 38
2010-05-22	1	1st	18 19 27 28 42 49
2010-05-19	14	3rd	10 17 18 26 43 47
2010-04-17	7	3rd	9 13 18 24 32 39
2010-03-31	9	2nd	14 18 22 24 41 45
2010-03-10	5	3rd	6 7 18 22 29 38
2010-02-27	5	1st	18 19 25 34 41 48
2010-02-15	5	4th	9 11 15 18 38 47
2010-02-03	4	3rd	1 7 18 22 29 32
2010-01-25	4	4th	7 11 12 18 40 48
2010-01-16	—	2nd	16 18 30 32 37 48