Number 18

In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,418 draws, 5 from 1–69.

105times drawn · chance expected 103 +0.23σ

9draws waiting · a wait this long: 55% for any number

13.5average wait between appearances · chance says 13.8

49longest completed wait · 94% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 105 times in 1,418 draws against 102.8 expected, +0.23σ. Each draw is independent: after 9 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 105 times in 1,418 draws · average wait 13.5 draws · longest completed wait 49 · waiting 9 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 smallest35 · chance 32.2
2nd smallest46 · chance 45.6
3rd smallest22 · chance 22.4
4th smallest2 · chance 4.5
5th smallest0 · chance 0.3

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 6.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

2 27 17 37 65 14

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 68 numbers; chance expected about 0.1 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 18 is picked about 1.06× as often as an indifferent choice — 16th most popular of 69. 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 ×1.14

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 18 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-09-19	9	1st	18 30 41 45 68
2026-08-29	19	1st	18 56 62 65 67
2026-07-15	30	3rd	2 7 18 29 38
2026-05-06	4	1st	18 27 51 65

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 5/69 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-02-22	5	2nd	7 18 22 50 65
2025-02-10	23	3rd	2 17 18 29 43
2024-12-18	19	3rd	6 15 18 33 49
2024-11-04	9	2nd	6 18 33 48 53
2024-10-14	3	2nd	14 18 33 64 67
2024-10-07	34	1st	18 30 31 52 63
2024-07-20	25	1st	18 25 31 40 57
2024-05-22	35	3rd	5 16 18 26 67
2024-03-02	13	2nd	3 18 27 36 53
2024-01-31	6	2nd	15 18 19 41 43
2024-01-17	11	1st	18 22 43 61 65
2023-12-23	8	4th	9 14 17 18 53
2023-12-04	18	1st	18 19 27 28 45
2023-10-23	34	1st	18 21 25 46 64
2023-08-05	34	1st	18 42 44 62 65
2023-05-17	23	1st	18 34 37 45 51
2023-03-25	4	3rd	15 17 18 47 57
2023-03-15	5	2nd	16 18 33 37 50
2023-03-04	15	3rd	10 16 18 40 66
2023-01-28	8	2nd	2 18 23 27 47
2023-01-09	4	1st	18 43 48 60 69
2022-12-31	29	1st	18 37 44 50 64
2022-10-24	22	1st	18 23 35 45 54
2022-09-03	3	1st	18 27 49 65 69
2022-08-27	18	2nd	2 18 56 60 65
2022-07-16	8	2nd	3 18 23 32 57
2022-06-27	7	3rd	11 13 18 30 37
2022-06-11	14	1st	18 20 26 53 69
2022-05-09	3	1st	18 30 35 52 56
2022-05-02	3	1st	18 27 33 39 44
2022-04-25	12	2nd	12 18 20 39 61
2022-03-28	4	2nd	11 18 39 58 62
2022-03-19	19	3rd	8 9 18 48 52
2022-02-02	8	1st	18 29 33 62 63
2022-01-15	2	2nd	3 18 37 51 59
2022-01-10	18	3rd	14 17 18 21 27
2021-11-29	32	1st	18 26 28 38 47
2021-09-15	14	3rd	1 4 18 46 62
2021-08-11	30	2nd	12 18 20 29 30
2021-04-28	14	2nd	16 18 35 39 53
2021-03-10	29	2nd	17 18 37 44 53
2020-11-28	4	3rd	8 12 18 44 51
2020-11-14	6	3rd	7 15 18 32 45
2020-10-24	4	1st	18 20 27 45 65
2020-10-10	2	2nd	5 18 23 40 50
2020-10-03	1	1st	18 31 36 43 47
2020-09-30	14	2nd	14 18 36 49 67
2020-08-12	23	3rd	2 6 18 36 37
2020-05-23	1	3rd	2 8 18 21 23
2020-05-20	3	1st	18 34 40 42 50
2020-05-09	19	2nd	12 18 42 48 65
2020-03-04	22	1st	18 43 58 60 68
2019-12-18	3	2nd	14 18 26 39 68
2019-12-07	17	1st	18 42 53 62 66
2019-10-09	15	2nd	5 18 33 43 65
2019-08-17	17	1st	18 21 24 30 60
2019-06-19	28	2nd	4 18 21 26 38
2019-03-13	11	1st	18 36 45 47 69
2019-02-02	40	3rd	10 17 18 43 65
2018-09-15	15	2nd	2 18 19 24 34
2018-07-25	26	2nd	2 18 41 44 64
2018-04-25	4	2nd	17 18 39 56 64
2018-04-11	6	2nd	16 18 27 55 67
2018-03-21	22	3rd	3 4 18 29 61
2018-01-03	20	2nd	2 18 37 39 42
2017-10-25	11	1st	18 22 29 54 57
2017-09-16	19	2nd	17 18 24 25 31
2017-07-12	20	3rd	1 2 18 23 61
2017-05-03	2	2nd	17 18 49 59 66
2017-04-26	9	3rd	1 15 18 26 51
2017-03-25	6	1st	18 31 32 45 48
2017-03-04	11	2nd	2 18 19 22 63
2017-01-25	12	1st	18 28 62 66 68
2016-12-14	4	1st	18 26 37 39 66
2016-11-30	8	3rd	3 14 18 25 45
2016-11-02	8	2nd	13 18 37 54 61
2016-10-05	49	2nd	8 18 27 29 60
2016-04-16	18	2nd	3 18 25 32 51
2016-02-13	21	3rd	7 15 18 19 36
2015-12-02	16	2nd	14 18 19 32 64
2015-10-07	—	1st	18 30 40 48 52