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Star 18 In Powerball under the 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 rules — 1,420 draws, 1 from 1–26.
Main numbers Stars 5/69 + 1/26 · since Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/35 · Jan 2012 – Oct 2015 5/59 + 1/39 · Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 5/55 + 1/42 · Aug 2005 – Jan 2009 5/53 + 1/42 · Oct 2002 – Aug 2005 5/49 + 1/42 · Nov 1997 – Oct 2002 5/45 + 1/45 · Apr 1992 – Nov 1997 62 times drawn · chance expected 55 +1.02σ
20 draws waiting · a wait this long: 47% for any number
22.8 average wait between appearances · chance says 26.0
134 longest completed wait · 28% chance of one at least that long
18 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 62 times in 1,420 draws against 54.6 expected, +1.02σ. Each draw is independent: after 20 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
18 Number 18, draw by draw Drawn 62 times in 1,420 draws · average wait 22.8 draws · longest completed wait 134 · waiting 20 draws now
23 draws: 2015-11-11 to 2016-01-30 8 draws: 2016-01-30 to 2016-02-27 37 draws: 2016-02-27 to 2016-07-06 112 draws: 2016-07-06 to 2017-08-02 29 draws: 2017-08-02 to 2017-11-11 33 draws: 2017-11-11 to 2018-03-07 10 draws: 2018-03-07 to 2018-04-11 47 draws: 2018-04-11 to 2018-09-22 17 draws: 2018-09-22 to 2018-11-21 1 draws: 2018-11-21 to 2018-11-24 37 draws: 2018-11-24 to 2019-04-03 19 draws: 2019-04-03 to 2019-06-08 24 draws: 2019-06-08 to 2019-08-31 26 draws: 2019-08-31 to 2019-11-30 8 draws: 2019-11-30 to 2019-12-28 6 draws: 2019-12-28 to 2020-01-18 2 draws: 2020-01-18 to 2020-01-25 26 draws: 2020-01-25 to 2020-04-25 12 draws: 2020-04-25 to 2020-06-06 1 draws: 2020-06-06 to 2020-06-10 6 draws: 2020-06-10 to 2020-07-01 7 draws: 2020-07-01 to 2020-07-25 11 draws: 2020-07-25 to 2020-09-02 8 draws: 2020-09-02 to 2020-09-30 3 draws: 2020-09-30 to 2020-10-10 8 draws: 2020-10-10 to 2020-11-07 6 draws: 2020-11-07 to 2020-11-28 8 draws: 2020-11-28 to 2020-12-26 18 draws: 2020-12-26 to 2021-02-27 2 draws: 2021-02-27 to 2021-03-06 1 draws: 2021-03-06 to 2021-03-10 4 draws: 2021-03-10 to 2021-03-24 41 draws: 2021-03-24 to 2021-08-14 82 draws: 2021-08-14 to 2022-02-23 16 draws: 2022-02-23 to 2022-04-02 2 draws: 2022-04-02 to 2022-04-06 1 draws: 2022-04-06 to 2022-04-09 4 draws: 2022-04-09 to 2022-04-18 10 draws: 2022-04-18 to 2022-05-11 47 draws: 2022-05-11 to 2022-08-29 23 draws: 2022-08-29 to 2022-10-22 41 draws: 2022-10-22 to 2023-01-25 31 draws: 2023-01-25 to 2023-04-08 3 draws: 2023-04-08 to 2023-04-15 21 draws: 2023-04-15 to 2023-06-03 15 draws: 2023-06-03 to 2023-07-08 3 draws: 2023-07-08 to 2023-07-15 26 draws: 2023-07-15 to 2023-09-13 14 draws: 2023-09-13 to 2023-10-16 25 draws: 2023-10-16 to 2023-12-13 27 draws: 2023-12-13 to 2024-02-14 134 draws: 2024-02-14 to 2024-12-23 16 draws: 2024-12-23 to 2025-01-29 6 draws: 2025-01-29 to 2025-02-12 64 draws: 2025-02-12 to 2025-07-12 18 draws: 2025-07-12 to 2025-08-23 31 draws: 2025-08-23 to 2025-11-03 36 draws: 2025-11-03 to 2026-01-26 47 draws: 2026-01-26 to 2026-05-16 23 draws: 2026-05-16 to 2026-07-08 22 draws: 2026-07-08 to 2026-08-29 Still waiting — at least 20 draws since 2026-08-29 2015-11-11 2016-01-30 2016-02-27 2016-07-06 2017-08-02 2017-11-11 2018-03-07 2018-04-11 2018-09-22 2018-11-21 2018-11-24 2019-04-03 2019-06-08 2019-08-31 2019-11-30 2019-12-28 2020-01-18 2020-01-25 2020-04-25 2020-06-06 2020-06-10 2020-07-01 2020-07-25 2020-09-02 2020-09-30 2020-10-10 2020-11-07 2020-11-28 2020-12-26 2021-02-27 2021-03-06 2021-03-10 2021-03-24 2021-08-14 2022-02-23 2022-04-02 2022-04-06 2022-04-09 2022-04-18 2022-05-11 2022-08-29 2022-10-22 2023-01-25 2023-04-08 2023-04-15 2023-06-03 2023-07-08 2023-07-15 2023-09-13 2023-10-16 2023-12-13 2024-02-14 2024-12-23 2025-01-29 2025-02-12 2025-07-12 2025-08-23 2025-11-03 2026-01-26 2026-05-16 2026-07-08 2026-08-29 2015-10-07 2026-10-14
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1st smallest 62 · chance 62.0 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps No shared draws yet.
Never drawn alongside 25 of the other 25 numbers; chance expects about 25 such strangers 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 — 14th most popular of 26. 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 ← star 17 Every number star 19 → 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 1/26 tonight whatever it did last week.