Number 18

In Megabucks under the 6/48 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 6 from 1–48.

330times drawn · chance expected 323 +0.41σ

16draws waiting · a wait this long: 13% for any number

7.8average wait between appearances · chance says 8.0

61longest completed wait · 10% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 330 times in 2,585 draws against 323.1 expected, +0.41σ. Each draw is independent: after 16 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 330 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 7.8 draws · longest completed wait 61 · waiting 16 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 30.7
2nd smallest97 · chance 100.2
3rd smallest123 · chance 118.8
4th smallest79 · chance 63.6
5th smallest12 · chance 15.4
6th smallest2 · chance 1.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 35.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

12 41 5 35 21 28

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 47 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 48. 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
2026-09-05	8	3rd	2 3 18 19 22 39
2026-08-17	1	3rd	1 3 18 26 29 36
2026-08-15	3	2nd	4 18 41 44 47 48
2026-08-08	3	2nd

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 6/48 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-09-13	6	4th	2 7 15 18 32 43
2025-08-30	6	2nd	1 18 25 30 34 35
2025-08-16	5	2nd	9 18 27 31 34 40
2025-08-04	1	3rd	2 16 18 33 44 47
2025-08-02	13	2nd	11 18 21 26 29 32
2025-07-02	1	3rd	4 11 18 20 41 48
2025-06-30	3	2nd	13 18 19 42 44 46
2025-06-23	9	3rd	10 14 18 21 23 31
2025-06-02	8	3rd	3 6 18 23 32 38
2025-05-14	5	2nd	4 18 23 24 27 47
2025-05-03	18	2nd	8 18 29 40 41 48
2025-03-22	8	3rd	1 3 18 31 32 40
2025-03-03	4	2nd	3 18 25 26 28 44
2025-02-22	13	2nd	12 18 24 25 44 45
2025-01-22	8	2nd	4 18 25 29 30 44
2025-01-04	2	4th	1 12 17 18 28 34
2024-12-30	1	3rd	1 7 18 20 22 27
2024-12-28	5	2nd	8 18 21 27 28 31
2024-12-16	3	4th	10 11 14 18 21 31
2024-12-09	1	3rd	2 12 18 21 47 48
2024-12-07	5	4th	2 7 14 18 21 27
2024-11-25	31	3rd	6 11 18 26 28 38
2024-09-14	13	2nd	1 18 33 35 36 41
2024-08-14	2	2nd	15 18 20 23 29 34
2024-08-10	3	1st	18 21 30 31 47 48
2024-08-03	2	2nd	12 18 24 25 35 42
2024-07-29	18	3rd	5 12 18 19 23 33
2024-06-17	1	2nd	6 18 28 29 37 42
2024-06-15	8	1st	18 20 25 26 29 40
2024-05-27	1	4th	10 14 15 18 28 35
2024-05-25	5	4th	7 11 15 18 38 45
2024-05-13	1	3rd	3 14 18 26 28 29
2024-05-11	11	3rd	1 16 18 21 25 43
2024-04-15	12	2nd	14 18 20 30 32 45
2024-03-18	2	2nd	11 18 24 32 45 48
2024-03-13	7	4th	6 12 17 18 19 36
2024-02-26	2	3rd	10 17 18 39 41 46
2024-02-21	1	3rd	2 8 18 20 38 47
2024-02-19	2	2nd	12 18 33 38 39 41
2024-02-14	23	3rd	1 15 18 26 28 44
2023-12-23	6	1st	18 19 30 36 46 48
2023-12-09	3	3rd	6 12 18 19 24 44
2023-12-02	31	5th	1 14 15 17 18 37
2023-09-20	5	1st	18 25 28 39 41 47
2023-09-09	8	1st	18 19 25 33 35 47
2023-08-21	17	2nd	7 18 22 27 34 37
2023-07-12	3	2nd	17 18 21 22 39 44
2023-07-05	1	2nd	8 18 21 37 41 45
2023-07-03	5	5th	4 8 10 14 18 37
2023-06-21	11	3rd	4 5 18 22 25 40
2023-05-27	11	4th	10 12 17 18 19 26
2023-05-01	15	2nd	17 18 25 44 46 47
2023-03-27	3	2nd	5 18 20 28 29 45
2023-03-20	1	3rd	6 9 18 20 40 44
2023-03-18	6	2nd	1 18 20 37 40 47
2023-03-04	8	2nd	9 18 21 28 30 36
2023-02-13	6	2nd	5 18 26 30 40 41
2023-01-30	2	5th	4 10 11 16 18 35
2023-01-25	5	3rd	5 11 18 35 38 44
2023-01-14	7	3rd	5 6 18 31 32 39
2022-12-28	8	3rd	6 13 18 33 38 46
2022-12-10	14	5th	2 3 11 13 18 46
2022-11-07	4	4th	3 9 14 18 21 45
2022-10-29	16	1st	18 22 25 28 32 33
2022-09-21	1	3rd	1 5 18 25 26 32
2022-09-19	6	3rd	3 4 18 28 29 45
2022-09-05	8	2nd	17 18 27 38 40 42
2022-08-17	16	2nd	12 18 20 25 37 47
2022-07-11	7	3rd	4 10 18 31 37 41
2022-06-25	6	3rd	8 17 18 24 29 36
2022-06-11	4	4th	5 12 13 18 37 42
2022-06-01	6	3rd	8 13 18 20 21 33
2022-05-18	1	3rd	1 3 18 20 31 34
2022-05-16	2	3rd	6 16 18 26 46 48
2022-05-11	17	3rd	2 14 18 21 36 37
2022-04-02	3	2nd	8 18 33 37 39 47
2022-03-26	5	3rd	7 9 18 24 42 48
2022-03-14	8	5th	3 5 7 17 18 34
2022-02-23	21	3rd	7 17 18 23 33 41
2022-01-05	3	2nd	7 18 21 28 41 45
2021-12-29	7	3rd	1 6 18 19 25 43
2021-12-13	1	4th	4 7 16 18 27 33
2021-12-11	2	4th	9 12 14 18 20 34
2021-12-06	1	2nd	3 18 25 31 35 40
2021-12-04	8	3rd	13 15 18 23 25 44
2021-11-15	1	4th	4 11 14 18 22 48
2021-11-13	1	2nd	15 18 23 24 34 36
2021-11-10	6	2nd	16 18 24 30 31 35
2021-10-27	1	3rd	13 17 18 21 23 47
2021-10-25	4	4th	2 4 7 18 30 33
2021-10-16	20	4th	2 8 12 18 20 26
2021-08-30	4	4th	2 7 8 18 20 26
2021-08-21	14	2nd	1 18 19 21 39 44
2021-07-19	2	4th	8 15 16 18 29 36
2021-07-14	2	4th	8 9 13 18 24 44
2021-07-10	5	6th	1 3 10 11 17 18
2021-06-28	10	4th	6 15 16 18 20 44
2021-06-05	3	2nd	12 18 33 40 41 45
2021-05-29	1	5th	5 9 14 15 18 44
2021-05-26	16	4th	1 4 12 18 19 48
2021-04-19	9	4th	4 8 14 18 26 44
2021-03-29	3	2nd	12 18 24 26 28 45
2021-03-22	7	4th	4 11 16 18 27 46
2021-03-06	8	3rd	11 13 18 24 27 35
2021-02-15	2	4th	2 5 6 18 31 45
2021-02-10	2	2nd	17 18 27 32 34 48
2021-02-06	1	4th	3 4 11 18 37 41
2021-02-03	3	4th	4 13 15 18 37 38
2021-01-27	1	3rd	14 15 18 37 43 47
2021-01-25	15	3rd	5 16 18 24 39 40
2020-12-21	2	2nd	5 18 32 37 38 40
2020-12-16	5	3rd	13 15 18 31 34 42
2020-12-05	15	4th	5 10 16 18 25 48
2020-10-31	5	2nd	5 18 23 37 40 44
2020-10-19	1	2nd	10 18 39 43 45 47
2020-10-17	5	3rd	2 3 18 21 43 44
2020-10-05	8	3rd	8 12 18 23 35 43
2020-09-16	17	1st	18 20 31 33 36 46
2020-08-08	17	4th	6 8 14 18 24 36
2020-06-29	4	2nd	8 18 22 27 28 45
2020-06-20	4	3rd	6 12 18 40 44 47
2020-06-10	1	4th	1 9 11 18 29 34
2020-06-08	17	3rd	4 11 18 33 38 44
2020-04-29	17	3rd	13 15 18 28 44 46
2020-03-21	19	1st	18 20 22 33 38 44
2020-02-05	10	2nd	5 18 24 34 35 41
2020-01-13	22	4th	1 2 3 18 21 43
2019-11-23	14	4th	5 8 12 18 23 27
2019-10-21	3	3rd	4 17 18 41 43 47
2019-10-14	6	3rd	3 10 18 20 41 47
2019-09-30	1	3rd	1 17 18 27 35 48
2019-09-28	3	2nd	14 18 22 23 29 40
2019-09-21	2	3rd	9 13 18 28 35 42
2019-09-16	16	3rd	7 12 18 30 41 44
2019-08-10	5	3rd	4 5 18 31 32 38
2019-07-29	5	4th	12 13 15 18 23 30
2019-07-17	8	3rd	14 17 18 25 27 37
2019-06-29	1	3rd	8 14 18 26 42 43
2019-06-26	6	3rd	1 16 18 23 34 42
2019-06-12	13	2nd	5 18 23 35 41 45
2019-05-13	7	2nd	13 18 20 25 41 46
2019-04-27	9	2nd	3 18 20 24 34 36
2019-04-06	32	4th	4 6 17 18 28 42
2019-01-21	21	2nd	5 18 24 26 36 40
2018-12-03	2	3rd	12 16 18 25 32 41
2018-11-28	3	3rd	2 6 18 20 25 41
2018-11-21	3	4th	9 12 14 18 35 46
2018-11-14	3	2nd	10 18 23 33 37 41
2018-11-07	5	3rd	3 5 18 28 38 39
2018-10-27	2	2nd	12 18 22 39 43 46
2018-10-22	10	4th	4 13 14 18 38 41
2018-09-29	5	3rd	7 9 18 41 43 45
2018-09-17	1	3rd	9 17 18 27 36 47
2018-09-15	7	3rd	6 11 18 20 30 31
2018-08-29	9	3rd	3 8 18 22 32 40
2018-08-08	13	4th	2 12 16 18 28 32
2018-07-09	3	4th	1 5 12 18 24 28
2018-07-02	8	2nd	2 18 21 23 32 44
2018-06-13	2	2nd	15 18 37 39 44 47
2018-06-09	10	4th	4 5 9 18 28 41
2018-05-16	7	4th	5 12 15 18 37 45
2018-04-30	8	4th	9 12 15 18 27 35
2018-04-11	4	5th	2 8 10 13 18 33
2018-04-02	7	4th	2 4 13 18 23 48
2018-03-17	12	2nd	10 18 24 28 29 40
2018-02-17	5	3rd	11 15 18 19 24 47
2018-02-05	4	3rd	6 13 18 19 29 35
2018-01-27	10	2nd	11 18 23 30 36 48
2018-01-03	1	3rd	1 16 18 24 27 39
2018-01-01	5	2nd	13 18 22 30 35 42
2017-12-20	6	3rd	10 14 18 23 28 43
2017-12-06	3	3rd	6 9 18 19 24 33
2017-11-29	10	2nd	5 18 21 26 28 35
2017-11-06	4	4th	7 12 14 18 26 34
2017-10-28	20	3rd	11 13 18 22 38 41
2017-09-11	7	2nd	13 18 24 28 33 43
2017-08-26	2	3rd	8 11 18 19 44 47
2017-08-21	5	3rd	7 15 18 20 29 42
2017-08-09	5	3rd	12 13 18 23 24 28
2017-07-29	21	3rd	6 14 18 24 25 30
2017-06-10	2	3rd	8 13 18 27 32 42
2017-06-05	2	2nd	13 18 23 27 28 46
2017-05-31	2	4th	1 3 17 18 39 41
2017-05-27	7	3rd	6 16 18 23 31 34
2017-05-10	22	3rd	1 9 18 37 40 42
2017-03-20	8	5th	5 11 13 14 18 45
2017-03-01	10	5th	9 10 15 17 18 44
2017-02-06	4	4th	7 12 14 18 21 45
2017-01-28	1	2nd	9 18 21 23 43 48
2017-01-25	16	4th	4 6 7 18 37 47
2016-12-19	4	3rd	9 11 18 26 39 47
2016-12-10	3	2nd	2 18 21 26 27 47
2016-12-03	1	1st	18 23 29 33 36 42
2016-11-30	2	5th	9 15 16 17 18 42
2016-11-26	1	2nd	7 18 26 33 38 40
2016-11-23	5	4th	5 7 14 18 31 34
2016-11-12	3	3rd	4 9 18 19 25 42
2016-11-05	2	4th	3 11 17 18 39 42
2016-10-31	2	3rd	11 17 18 40 41 42
2016-10-26	1	4th	2 6 13 18 36 40
2016-10-24	6	2nd	7 18 19 24 37 44
2016-10-10	3	3rd	6 10 18 22 25 47
2016-10-03	22	2nd	12 18 24 25 40 42
2016-08-13	13	4th	2 6 13 18 29 47
2016-07-13	13	2nd	7 18 24 30 32 46
2016-06-13	5	3rd	9 16 18 22 42 46
2016-06-01	7	3rd	4 16 18 20 39 46
2016-05-16	5	2nd	10 18 19 23 32 40
2016-05-04	5	2nd	11 18 29 39 42 43
2016-04-23	7	3rd	7 8 18 25 35 36
2016-04-06	13	2nd	8 18 27 35 39 42
2016-03-07	61	2nd	3 18 31 34 35 36
2015-10-17	44	3rd	11 17 18 20 26 28
2015-07-06	6	1st	18 20 23 33 34 45
2015-06-22	12	3rd	7 16 18 31 33 41
2015-05-25	26	3rd	12 17 18 20 29 35
2015-03-25	6	4th	2 5 17 18 19 46
2015-03-11	3	3rd	10 11 18 28 38 43
2015-03-04	25	3rd	4 5 18 22 33 36
2015-01-05	28	2nd	10 18 26 33 38 46
2014-11-01	5	2nd	2 18 26 40 42 43
2014-10-20	5	1st	18 24 34 40 46 47
2014-10-08	7	3rd	2 16 18 27 31 44
2014-09-22	1	3rd	2 8 18 21 36 37
2014-09-20	24	2nd	1 18 22 35 39 46
2014-07-26	28	3rd	8 10 18 22 44 46
2014-05-21	3	3rd	2 17 18 22 35 37
2014-05-14	15	3rd	2 12 18 24 34 38
2014-04-09	9	4th	10 12 13 18 29 31
2014-03-19	3	2nd	17 18 31 35 38 41
2014-03-12	3	2nd	2 18 35 36 46 48
2014-03-05	7	2nd	8 18 21 39 41 48
2014-02-17	1	3rd	2 7 18 21 23 39
2014-02-15	1	4th	9 14 17 18 38 42
2014-02-12	37	4th	2 9 15 18 32 35
2013-11-18	7	2nd	15 18 19 21 34 36
2013-11-02	3	4th	10 15 16 18 33 43
2013-10-26	11	2nd	14 18 30 34 39 48
2013-09-30	1	6th	6 10 13 16 17 18
2013-09-28	27	3rd	5 14 18 23 35 37
2013-07-27	5	3rd	3 8 18 22 31 46
2013-07-15	1	1st	18 28 31 46 47 48
2013-07-13	13	3rd	6 8 18 20 35 41
2013-06-12	6	2nd	4 18 20 24 41 42
2013-05-29	4	2nd	15 18 23 29 38 46
2013-05-20	15	2nd	2 18 24 29 33 46
2013-04-15	6	4th	4 5 12 18 38 47
2013-04-01	3	2nd	5 18 21 22 23 47
2013-03-25	4	3rd	6 16 18 19 31 45
2013-03-16	4	4th	3 5 11 18 38 43
2013-03-06	2	2nd	14 18 20 22 35 36
2013-03-02	3	4th	6 11 17 18 30 47
2013-02-23	10	4th	1 6 10 18 33 47
2013-01-30	19	3rd	8 12 18 25 26 31
2012-12-17	19	2nd	3 18 21 22 25 28
2012-11-03	19	4th	8 10 15 18 37 42
2012-09-19	9	1st	18 21 24 34 36 40
2012-08-29	11	3rd	7 13 18 21 24 48
2012-08-04	17	3rd	4 5 18 20 32 47
2012-06-25	4	4th	5 14 15 18 23 46
2012-06-16	4	2nd	16 18 21 31 34 35
2012-06-06	3	4th	1 9 13 18 43 48
2012-05-30	2	2nd	11 18 32 38 39 45
2012-05-26	8	2nd	15 18 27 31 35 39
2012-05-05	4	4th	6 8 12 18 23 31
2012-04-25	4	3rd	8 13 18 39 41 43
2012-04-16	4	4th	5 10 16 18 27 41
2012-04-07	8	2nd	4 18 28 40 47 48
2012-03-19	8	4th	10 14 17 18 37 44
2012-02-29	22	2nd	11 18 28 35 42 47
2012-01-09	3	2nd	4 18 20 24 41 45
2012-01-02	10	4th	1 2 5 18 21 47
2011-12-10	6	3rd	10 12 18 34 41 45
2011-11-26	1	4th	3 4 12 18 22 37
2011-11-23	31	4th	1 8 12 18 25 41
2011-09-12	1	3rd	3 10 18 23 36 48
2011-09-10	2	3rd	1 11 18 39 44 48
2011-09-05	3	5th	3 4 13 16 18 38
2011-08-29	17	1st	18 25 41 42 45 48
2011-07-20	4	4th	8 12 16 18 31 41
2011-07-11	2	3rd	10 12 18 30 31 44
2011-07-06	16	3rd	3 11 18 20 27 43
2011-05-30	4	5th	12 15 16 17 18 39
2011-05-21	7	4th	8 11 16 18 19 37
2011-05-04	19	2nd	1 18 28 29 36 47
2011-03-21	4	4th	1 3 12 18 38 45
2011-03-12	1	1st	18 25 32 37 42 43
2011-03-09	9	1st	18 28 29 31 32 41
2011-02-16	5	4th	8 14 15 18 28 35
2011-02-05	20	3rd	4 14 18 26 34 47
2010-12-20	11	3rd	1 15 18 25 37 43
2010-11-24	1	2nd	10 18 19 26 35 38
2010-11-22	10	3rd	3 6 18 26 27 43
2010-10-30	6	3rd	5 11 18 38 45 46
2010-10-16	7	3rd	3 10 18 21 35 40
2010-09-29	12	2nd	1 18 21 24 27 35
2010-09-01	7	2nd	16 18 19 27 32 37
2010-08-16	16	4th	1 7 13 18 25 41
2010-07-10	1	3rd	4 15 18 30 36 42
2010-07-07	8	2nd	8 18 21 22 25 29
2010-06-19	8	4th	4 8 11 18 22 42
2010-05-31	11	3rd	1 12 18 19 26 39
2010-05-05	9	4th	5 10 16 18 22 32
2010-04-14	1	2nd	15 18 20 28 34 43
2010-04-12	1	3rd	6 7 18 19 31 34
2010-04-10	—	2nd	10 18 22 30 34 37