Number 18

In Palmetto Cash 5 under the 5/42 · since Mar 2024 rules — 939 draws, 5 from 1–42.

91times drawn · chance expected 112 −2.09σ

19draws waiting · a wait this long: 10% for any number

10.2average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

39longest completed wait · 52% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 91 times in 939 draws against 111.8 expected, −2.09σ. Each draw is independent: after 19 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 91 times in 939 draws · average wait 10.2 draws · longest completed wait 39 · waiting 19 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 smallest8 · chance 9.5
2nd smallest27 · chance 30.9
3rd smallest38 · chance 33.7
4th smallest15 · chance 14.7
5th smallest3 · chance 2.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.9 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

23 3 10 25 15 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 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 42. 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
2026-09-23	6	3rd	2 12 18 21 24
2026-09-17	3	2nd	17 18 40 41 42
2026-09-14	12	2nd	2 18 20 30 40
2026-09-02	3	2nd	1 18

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 5/42 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-01-23	35	3rd	10 11 18 23 32
2025-12-19	6	2nd	7 18 20 25 41
2025-12-13	5	3rd	7 8 18 25 34
2025-12-08	8	2nd	8 18 23 31 33
2025-11-30	2	4th	13 15 16 18 29
2025-11-28	2	3rd	8 15 18 22 24
2025-11-26	28	1st	18 24 28 36 41
2025-10-29	1	3rd	1 15 18 23 28
2025-10-28	3	3rd	5 10 18 31 36
2025-10-25	6	3rd	3 17 18 21 23
2025-10-19	9	3rd	1 8 18 21 23
2025-10-10	1	2nd	8 18 25 32 42
2025-10-09	15	2nd	10 18 20 29 42
2025-09-24	5	3rd	2 6 18 27 39
2025-09-19	14	3rd	4 16 18 40 41
2025-09-05	5	2nd	10 18 20 39 41
2025-08-31	3	3rd	2 10 18 21 38
2025-08-28	1	2nd	3 18 23 26 30
2025-08-27	9	3rd	9 12 18 19 34
2025-08-18	33	3rd	3 5 18 26 37
2025-07-16	27	5th	2 6 8 9 18
2025-06-19	22	3rd	8 15 18 25 29
2025-05-28	16	3rd	3 4 18 34 38
2025-05-12	6	2nd	10 18 20 26 30
2025-05-06	3	3rd	3 9 18 25 35
2025-05-03	8	3rd	4 6 18 28 40
2025-04-25	1	3rd	10 12 18 32 35
2025-04-24	1	1st	18 20 21 24 31
2025-04-23	7	3rd	1 10 18 29 36
2025-04-16	6	5th	1 3 11 13 18
2025-04-10	32	3rd	1 17 18 20 31
2025-03-09	11	4th	5 10 14 18 33
2025-02-26	7	2nd	2 18 23 25 34
2025-02-19	19	4th	3 11 17 18 35
2025-01-31	3	4th	5 16 17 18 27
2025-01-28	6	2nd	16 18 22 36 41
2025-01-22	2	4th	3 7 16 18 26
2025-01-20	5	4th	13 14 15 18 35
2025-01-15	12	3rd	9 14 18 30 40
2025-01-03	1	3rd	3 15 18 21 37
2025-01-02	24	1st	18 32 36 38 42
2024-12-09	1	2nd	14 18 23 28 35
2024-12-08	11	3rd	10 17 18 34 35
2024-11-27	10	3rd	13 15 18 24 32
2024-11-17	1	1st	18 19 26 33 42
2024-11-16	5	2nd	5 18 20 35 38
2024-11-11	3	4th	12 13 16 18 37
2024-11-08	7	5th	1 7 8 9 18
2024-11-01	12	1st	18 23 25 31 34
2024-10-20	3	2nd	4 18 30 32 40
2024-10-17	8	4th	5 12 17 18 26
2024-10-09	39	2nd	4 18 28 31 32
2024-08-31	15	4th	14 15 16 18 24
2024-08-16	3	2nd	2 18 19 23 41
2024-08-13	2	2nd	8 18 25 26 33
2024-08-11	12	3rd	5 6 18 27 40
2024-07-30	12	3rd	6 7 18 23 39
2024-07-18	24	2nd	17 18 23 41 42
2024-06-24	17	2nd	1 18 23 25 36
2024-06-07	11	3rd	3 17 18 21 26
2024-05-27	20	1st	18 19 21 25 31
2024-05-07	13	2nd	13 18 20 25 35
2024-04-24	17	4th	5 8 10 18 37
2024-04-07	8	3rd	3 9 18 37 39
2024-03-30	4	3rd	6 7 18 33 42
2024-03-26	8	1st	18 27 33 34 40
2024-03-18	—	2nd	17 18 22 36 39