Number 18

In Dakota Cash under the 5/35 · since Apr 2010 rules — 1,724 draws, 5 from 1–35.

230times drawn · chance expected 246 −1.12σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 54% for any number

7.5average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

44longest completed wait · 26% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 230 times in 1,724 draws against 246.3 expected, −1.12σ. Each draw is independent: after 5 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 230 times in 1,724 draws · average wait 7.5 draws · longest completed wait 44 · waiting 5 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 large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest10 · chance 11.8
2nd smallest63 · chance 57.3
3rd smallest97 · chance 91.7
4th smallest51 · chance 57.3
5th smallest9 · chance 11.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

28 32 20 35 22 5

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 34 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 35. 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	11	2nd	17 18 30 31 35
2026-08-15	3	3rd	4 16 18 29 33
2026-08-05	2	2nd	8 18 28 31 32
2026-07-29	5	3rd	3 16 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 5/35 tonight whatever it did last week.

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