Number 18

In Tennessee Cash under the 5/35 + 1/5 · since Oct 2010 rules — 2,509 draws, 5 from 1–35.

328times drawn · chance expected 358 −1.74σ

13draws waiting · a wait this long: 16% for any number

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0

33longest completed wait · 91% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 328 times in 2,509 draws against 358.4 expected, −1.74σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 328 times in 2,509 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 33 · waiting 13 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 smallest17 · chance 16.8
2nd smallest82 · chance 81.8
3rd smallest141 · chance 130.8
4th smallest70 · chance 81.8
5th smallest18 · chance 16.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 38.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 30 33 27 5 23

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
2026-09-11	12	3rd	2 15 18 25 34
2026-08-14	3	3rd	6 9 18 25 30
2026-08-07	5	1st	18 25 31 33 35
2026-07-27	5	3rd	7 12

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.

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