Number 18

In Bank a Million under the 6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015 rules — 1,160 draws, 6 from 1–40.

168times drawn · chance expected 174 −0.49σ

25draws waiting · a wait this long: 2% for any number

6.8average wait between appearances · chance says 6.7

34longest completed wait · 54% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 168 times in 1,160 draws against 174.0 expected, −0.49σ. Each draw is independent: after 25 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 20 times, counted separately.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 168 times in 1,160 draws · average wait 6.8 draws · longest completed wait 34 · waiting 25 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 smallest9 · chance 7.7
2nd smallest46 · chance 36.3
3rd smallest52 · chance 61.1
4th smallest43 · chance 45.8
5th smallest17 · chance 15.3
6th smallest1 · chance 1.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 21.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

33 39 4 21 7 22

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 39 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 40. 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
2026-07-15	6	2nd	17 18 20 24 33 36
2026-06-24	4	1st	18 21 25 33 36 39
2026-06-10	12	2nd	9 18 23 31 36 39
2026-04-29

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 6/40 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-01-22	9	3rd	5 9 18 32 33 38
2024-12-21	14	1st	18 19 21 22 37 40
2024-11-02	7	3rd	1 13 18 19 26 29
2024-10-09	17	3rd	12 14 18 21 34 37
2024-08-10	1	4th	3 14 16 18 27 39
2024-08-07	2	3rd	7 10 18 22 33 39
2024-07-31	23	3rd	8 16 18 21 28 35
2024-05-11	18	2nd	5 18 20 24 30 38
2024-03-09	3	4th	3 4 17 18 22 23
2024-02-28	17	4th	1 9 16 18 20 23
2023-12-30	10	2nd	14 18 20 21 25 35
2023-11-25	1	5th	1 4 13 14 18 27
2023-11-22	3	3rd	11 17 18 23 35 37
2023-11-11	5	3rd	11 13 18 23 27 31
2023-10-25	4	3rd	6 16 18 19 35 36
2023-10-11	2	5th	1 10 16 17 18 23
2023-10-04	1	3rd	1 2 18 22 35 40
2023-09-30	5	2nd	11 18 25 28 29 39
2023-09-13	3	2nd	3 18 31 35 38 40
2023-09-02	9	5th	1 4 6 15 18 25
2023-08-02	4	2nd	9 18 25 31 34 40
2023-07-19	4	3rd	6 11 18 20 23 36
2023-07-05	16	3rd	7 12 18 21 32 34
2023-05-10	2	4th	1 2 15 18 22 26
2023-05-03	8	4th	3 5 17 18 32 37
2023-04-05	3	5th	8 11 14 15 18 33
2023-03-25	6	3rd	6 8 18 29 30 36
2023-03-04	4	3rd	2 5 18 23 31 39
2023-02-18	2	3rd	13 14 18 20 35 39
2023-02-11	2	1st	18 19 20 22 27 38
2023-02-04	16	3rd	11 13 18 21 22 25
2022-12-10	4	3rd	5 16 18 27 30 31
2022-11-26	1	2nd	10 18 25 32 35 38
2022-11-23	9	2nd	9 18 22 24 26 33
2022-10-22	2	2nd	11 18 25 28 33 37
2022-10-15	5	4th	1 5 17 18 21 25
2022-09-28	1	4th	1 9 10 18 25 39
2022-09-24	5	2nd	11 18 27 29 33 37
2022-09-07	25	3rd	8 11 18 32 34 36
2022-06-11	9	6th	13 14 15 16 17 18
2022-05-11	15	4th	3 6 10 18 23 30
2022-03-19	8	4th	9 10 16 18 19 23
2022-02-19	6	4th	3 12 15 18 36 40
2022-01-29	1	4th	4 6 15 18 19 32
2022-01-26	3	2nd	14 18 21 25 33 39
2022-01-15	3	3rd	6 11 18 29 31 39
2022-01-05	8	2nd	1 18 19 21 24 37
2021-12-08	8	5th	2 10 13 14 18 28
2021-11-10	6	2nd	5 18 19 27 33 40
2021-10-20	6	4th	3 9 14 18 28 29
2021-09-29	15	2nd	4 18 20 23 33 40
2021-08-07	1	2nd	2 18 24 30 34 37
2021-08-04	2	4th	12 14 16 18 34 39
2021-07-28	5	3rd	16 17 18 21 38 39
2021-07-10	4	5th	1 4 11 15 18 39
2021-06-26	4	4th	4 7 12 18 20 30
2021-06-12	4	4th	2 11 12 18 19 23
2021-05-29	6	3rd	7 16 18 23 30 33
2021-05-08	6	1st	18 20 26 32 35 39
2021-04-17	5	2nd	3 18 22 30 31 34
2021-03-31	2	4th	1 2 16 18 21 32
2021-03-24	14	4th	7 13 14 18 24 37
2021-02-03	3	2nd	4 18 19 22 23 24
2021-01-23	11	2nd	4 18 19 24 27 36
2020-12-16	4	2nd	1 18 21 26 29 30
2020-12-02	9	2nd	1 18 27 28 34 38
2020-10-31	7	4th	7 12 17 18 20 40
2020-10-07	3	2nd	4 18 23 26 38 40
2020-09-26	6	4th	5 10 16 18 27 35
2020-09-05	4	3rd	3 11 18 24 31 32
2020-08-22	8	2nd	9 18 23 31 33 40
2020-07-25	1	1st	18 22 24 32 38 40
2020-07-22	12	4th	1 9 11 18 24 33
2020-06-10	2	2nd	4 18 19 26 30 38
2020-06-03	13	3rd	4 17 18 28 29 38
2020-04-18	4	3rd	7 9 18 21 26 39
2020-04-04	2	4th	3 4 7 18 20 39
2020-03-28	21	3rd	3 8 18 30 33 34
2020-01-15	11	2nd	14 18 25 30 35 38
2019-12-07	1	4th	2 5 13 18 31 33
2019-12-04	1	5th	1 3 4 8 18 34
2019-11-30	6	2nd	11 18 20 26 29 35
2019-11-09	5	3rd	3 8 18 30 34 35
2019-10-23	2	2nd	16 18 23 24 33 37
2019-10-16	5	2nd	17 18 22 24 32 36
2019-09-28	5	3rd	4 15 18 28 34 39
2019-09-11	2	3rd	13 15 18 22 25 39
2019-09-04	4	3rd	5 9 18 20 25 36
2019-08-21	7	4th	2 4 7 18 33 35
2019-07-27	7	1st	18 21 27 28 29 36
2019-07-03	7	2nd	4 18 22 26 32 39
2019-06-08	8	2nd	14 18 21 28 32 36
2019-05-11	5	5th	7 8 15 17 18 32
2019-04-24	7	4th	4 10 13 18 25 28
2019-03-30	7	4th	7 14 15 18 20 39
2019-03-06	7	3rd	1 7 18 25 27 30
2019-02-09	3	4th	5 11 13 18 20 25
2019-01-30	3	2nd	14 18 20 22 29 33
2019-01-19	20	3rd	1 2 18 27 29 39
2018-11-10	6	3rd	11 12 18 22 29 39
2018-10-20	34	5th	6 8 9 14 18 26
2018-06-23	4	4th	1 7 10 18 37 40
2018-06-09	1	2nd	8 18 25 30 33 39
2018-06-06	10	5th	9 11 13 15 18 32
2018-05-02	2	3rd	3 16 18 33 34 40
2018-04-25	6	5th	2 7 8 9 18 22
2018-04-04	25	3rd	7 16 18 19 30 40
2018-01-06	8	2nd	2 18 24 26 27 36
2017-12-09	6	4th	4 7 12 18 28 37
2017-11-18	4	4th	7 10 13 18 33 37
2017-11-04	9	5th	7 9 12 13 18 31
2017-10-04	8	2nd	9 18 27 30 34 35
2017-09-06	10	3rd	12 13 18 21 37 38
2017-08-02	5	2nd	4 18 24 30 32 40
2017-07-15	10	3rd	3 10 18 29 32 34
2017-06-10	1	3rd	8 10 18 22 23 39
2017-06-07	10	3rd	14 16 18 24 25 36
2017-05-03	4	4th	2 10 11 18 27 29
2017-04-19	28	4th	4 6 7 18 26 28
2017-01-11	2	3rd	7 11 18 21 24 33
2017-01-04	5	3rd	2 14 18 20 32 33
2016-12-17	1	4th	5 11 12 18 27 31
2016-12-14	1	5th	3 4 15 16 18 19
2016-12-10	1	1st	18 19 23 31 32 35
2016-12-07	15	3rd	9 11 18 21 32 36
2016-10-15	1	2nd	12 18 21 30 32 33
2016-10-12	8	2nd	12 18 21 26 30 34
2016-09-14	1	4th	12 13 16 18 28 38
2016-09-10	2	5th	2 7 16 17 18 21
2016-09-03	7	2nd	2 18 26 29 34 39
2016-08-10	13	3rd	3 8 18 20 25 33
2016-06-25	17	4th	4 8 9 18 20 26
2016-04-27	10	1st	18 21 22 33 36 37
2016-03-23	6	3rd	2 10 18 19 26 34
2016-03-02	6	2nd	4 18 24 27 34 36
2016-02-10	13	3rd	2 7 18 22 33 39
2015-12-26	3	5th	4 5 11 17 18 38
2015-12-16	6	3rd	7 12 18 32 37 39
2015-11-25	6	5th	6 14 15 17 18 19
2015-11-04	5	3rd	3 16 18 22 23 37
2015-10-17	4	4th	7 15 16 18 24 31
2015-10-03	3	4th	4 12 17 18 23 36
2015-09-23	5	4th	6 12 16 18 35 39
2015-09-05	—	1st	18 21 27 29 35 40