Number 18

In Win For Life under the 4/77 · since Apr 2010 rules — 2,585 draws, 4 from 1–77.

139times drawn · chance expected 134 +0.42σ

39draws waiting · a wait this long: 13% for any number

18.3average wait between appearances · chance says 19.3

101longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 139 times in 2,585 draws against 134.3 expected, +0.42σ. Each draw is independent: after 39 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 139 times in 2,585 draws · average wait 18.3 draws · longest completed wait 101 · waiting 39 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 smallest67 · chance 64.3
2nd smallest46 · chance 57.5
3rd smallest25 · chance 15.9
4th smallest1 · chance 1.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 5.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 15 59 63 43 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 76 numbers; chance expected about 0.3 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 77. 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
2026-07-13	3	1st	18 26 35 38
2026-07-06	55	1st	18 28 41 70
2026-02-28	8	1st	18 29 46 52
2026-02-09	19	2nd	15 18 51 57
2025-12-27	29	1st

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 4/77 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-01-24	20	1st	18 39 45 53
2023-12-09	12	2nd	16 18 35 44
2023-11-11	2	3rd	1 10 18 31
2023-11-06	21	1st	18 53 61 63
2023-09-18	7	2nd	14 18 23 71
2023-09-02	30	1st	18 36 56 63
2023-06-24	1	1st	18 46 50 52
2023-06-21	29	3rd	1 8 18 59
2023-04-15	14	1st	18 48 50 63
2023-03-13	11	1st	18 32 35 60
2023-02-15	16	1st	18 21 66 76
2023-01-09	20	2nd	14 18 19 49
2022-11-23	21	1st	18 23 25 67
2022-10-05	5	3rd	13 16 18 37
2022-09-24	5	1st	18 37 62 64
2022-09-12	5	2nd	13 18 43 47
2022-08-31	24	2nd	10 18 59 63
2022-07-06	17	1st	18 62 64 71
2022-05-28	6	1st	18 26 49 72
2022-05-14	9	1st	18 28 37 52
2022-04-23	9	2nd	3 18 53 77
2022-04-02	12	1st	18 52 53 72
2022-03-05	48	1st	18 47 59 65
2021-11-13	2	2nd	10 18 20 75
2021-11-08	26	3rd	1 17 18 57
2021-09-08	15	3rd	16 17 18 42
2021-08-04	4	1st	18 51 57 72
2021-07-26	7	2nd	3 18 44 71
2021-07-10	26	1st	18 32 65 76
2021-05-10	17	1st	18 24 53 54
2021-03-31	2	1st	18 20 48 50
2021-03-27	27	1st	18 28 35 40
2021-01-23	6	2nd	2 18 56 64
2021-01-09	101	3rd	5 15 18 50
2020-05-18	1	2nd	15 18 44 68
2020-05-16	6	1st	18 41 63 73
2020-05-02	21	2nd	11 18 43 55
2020-03-14	4	3rd	16 17 18 47
2020-03-04	15	2nd	16 18 46 58
2020-01-29	11	3rd	8 10 18 66
2020-01-04	2	1st	18 32 50 55
2019-12-30	2	2nd	17 18 54 73
2019-12-25	2	1st	18 35 68 71
2019-12-21	33	1st	18 47 72 75
2019-10-05	37	2nd	16 18 25 43
2019-07-10	13	1st	18 29 55 64
2019-06-10	14	1st	18 24 29 66
2019-05-08	10	3rd	1 15 18 77
2019-04-15	24	2nd	13 18 32 39
2019-02-18	3	1st	18 39 59 62
2019-02-11	2	1st	18 36 56 76
2019-02-06	47	1st	18 33 43 61
2018-10-20	24	3rd	5 6 18 75
2018-08-25	5	1st	18 54 56 77
2018-08-13	30	3rd	1 17 18 37
2018-06-04	7	1st	18 40 75 77
2018-05-19	6	3rd	3 8 18 51
2018-05-05	18	1st	18 27 35 66
2018-03-24	5	3rd	1 4 18 39
2018-03-12	71	3rd	3 12 18 44
2017-09-27	60	1st	18 19 30 64
2017-05-10	15	2nd	9 18 25 69
2017-04-05	9	1st	18 25 48 51
2017-03-15	21	1st	18 22 30 33
2017-01-25	36	2nd	11 18 24 27
2016-11-02	12	2nd	3 18 55 63
2016-10-05	9	1st	18 46 47 50
2016-09-14	18	1st	18 34 38 72
2016-08-03	1	1st	18 19 23 25
2016-08-01	31	2nd	16 18 20 40
2016-05-21	47	1st	18 56 67 77
2016-02-01	11	3rd	11 17 18 49
2016-01-06	30	2nd	1 18 58 74
2015-10-28	3	3rd	14 15 18 60
2015-10-21	7	2nd	16 18 33 59
2015-10-05	34	2nd	13 18 43 61
2015-07-18	2	1st	18 48 55 65
2015-07-13	12	2nd	10 18 45 60
2015-06-15	14	3rd	2 13 18 66
2015-05-13	32	2nd	12 18 33 59
2015-02-28	76	3rd	2 15 18 24
2014-09-03	17	2nd	4 18 42 76
2014-07-26	14	1st	18 24 63 70
2014-06-23	27	3rd	1 7 18 54
2014-04-21	7	2nd	16 18 33 49
2014-04-05	19	1st	18 25 26 74
2014-02-19	31	1st	18 29 33 50
2013-12-09	18	2nd	5 18 24 39
2013-10-28	12	1st	18 25 43 56
2013-09-30	8	2nd	1 18 59 61
2013-09-11	55	2nd	12 18 19 70
2013-05-06	26	1st	18 27 38 72
2013-03-06	2	1st	18 36 53 63
2013-03-02	9	3rd	6 11 18 33
2013-02-09	65	2nd	15 18 55 67
2012-09-10	6	1st	18 32 51 77
2012-08-27	63	1st	18 60 64 75
2012-03-31	8	2nd	12 18 29 70
2012-03-12	14	2nd	11 18 30 38
2012-02-08	7	2nd	5 18 44 66
2012-01-23	16	1st	18 48 65 73
2011-12-17	23	3rd	11 15 18 51
2011-10-24	10	1st	18 33 58 59
2011-10-01	25	1st	18 58 59 64
2011-08-03	2	1st	18 27 49 59
2011-07-30	2	1st	18 37 52 73
2011-07-25	8	2nd	15 18 55 65
2011-07-06	6	3rd	9 16 18 54
2011-06-22	78	1st	18 50 63 70
2010-12-22	23	1st	18 54 58 62
2010-10-30	2	1st	18 37 57 60
2010-10-25	16	1st	18 43 44 59
2010-09-18	17	3rd	15 16 18 67
2010-08-09	40	3rd	5 8 18 41
2010-05-08	—	1st	18 22 45 68