Number 18

In Cash 5 under the 5/45 · since Oct 2023 rules — 1,089 draws, 5 from 1–45.

96times drawn · chance expected 121 −2.41σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 62% for any number

11.2average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

43longest completed wait · 49% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 96 times in 1,089 draws against 121.0 expected, −2.41σ. 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 96 times in 1,089 draws · average wait 11.2 draws · longest completed wait 43 · 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 small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest14 · chance 12.4
2nd smallest34 · chance 35.2
3rd smallest33 · chance 33.8
4th smallest14 · chance 13.0
5th smallest1 · chance 1.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 8.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

10 28 7 4 21 8

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 44 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 45. 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
2026-10-06	19	3rd	10 11 18 21 35
2026-09-17	43	3rd	4 10 18 19 25
2026-08-05	13	4th	3 10 12 18 19
2026-07-23	2	3rd	4 16 18 22

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 5/45 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-12-09	11	2nd	8 18 22 25 39
2025-11-28	12	3rd	4 7 18 21 32
2025-11-16	7	3rd	7 16 18 22 32
2025-11-09	7	2nd	3 18 23 35 44
2025-11-02	3	2nd	8 18 21 24 32
2025-10-30	10	2nd	17 18 38 41 45
2025-10-20	19	3rd	2 6 18 31 32
2025-10-01	7	3rd	4 11 18 21 42
2025-09-24	36	3rd	7 15 18 28 37
2025-08-19	32	2nd	12 18 23 38 39
2025-07-18	5	2nd	7 18 23 37 41
2025-07-13	8	2nd	5 18 28 42 43
2025-07-05	23	2nd	13 18 19 25 41
2025-06-12	15	3rd	9 11 18 39 40
2025-05-28	12	3rd	6 7 18 23 27
2025-05-16	20	1st	18 26 27 31 32
2025-04-26	1	3rd	6 8 18 20 21
2025-04-25	8	3rd	8 13 18 25 39
2025-04-17	4	2nd	5 18 21 41 44
2025-04-13	12	4th	9 12 14 18 35
2025-04-01	6	2nd	2 18 19 22 36
2025-03-26	14	4th	7 12 17 18 43
2025-03-12	21	1st	18 34 38 41 44
2025-02-19	28	2nd	16 18 26 36 41
2025-01-22	11	3rd	16 17 18 40 41
2025-01-11	17	1st	18 26 28 41 45
2024-12-25	3	2nd	2 18 24 27 32
2024-12-22	6	3rd	4 11 18 21 22
2024-12-16	6	1st	18 24 28 31 40
2024-12-10	1	3rd	4 5 18 26 28
2024-12-09	11	5th	7 9 13 16 18
2024-11-28	7	3rd	7 11 18 24 42
2024-11-21	8	2nd	1 18 19 30 37
2024-11-13	7	2nd	1 18 20 40 43
2024-11-06	2	4th	4 9 10 18 45
2024-11-04	13	2nd	10 18 24 27 30
2024-10-22	6	4th	1 11 13 18 37
2024-10-16	24	2nd	10 18 20 33 40
2024-09-22	5	2nd	8 18 19 28 39
2024-09-17	2	1st	18 20 29 31 34
2024-09-15	18	3rd	7 8 18 36 40
2024-08-28	24	2nd	16 18 26 33 43
2024-08-04	1	4th	1 15 17 18 42
2024-08-03	15	2nd	2 18 22 28 42
2024-07-19	1	2nd	8 18 20 24 27
2024-07-18	4	3rd	2 7 18 25 28
2024-07-14	7	1st	18 21 33 39 45
2024-07-07	1	1st	18 28 29 36 40
2024-07-06	2	2nd	6 18 21 22 40
2024-07-04	1	4th	9 10 12 18 21
2024-07-03	11	2nd	16 18 30 34 43
2024-06-22	4	2nd	12 18 27 33 44
2024-06-18	12	3rd	4 9 18 25 44
2024-06-06	2	3rd	2 7 18 28 41
2024-06-04	7	1st	18 21 32 38 44
2024-05-28	4	4th	3 4 8 18 41
2024-05-24	4	2nd	16 18 20 40 43
2024-05-20	20	2nd	15 18 24 42 45
2024-04-30	8	4th	4 8 15 18 28
2024-04-22	11	2nd	8 18 24 33 35
2024-04-11	8	2nd	12 18 19 25 28
2024-04-03	12	3rd	1 6 18 28 31
2024-03-22	10	1st	18 23 28 35 38
2024-03-12	3	3rd	4 5 18 22 33
2024-03-09	6	2nd	2 18 22 25 36
2024-03-03	32	3rd	8 16 18 28 37
2024-01-31	4	1st	18 19 34 38 40
2024-01-27	20	3rd	5 15 18 30 32
2024-01-07	27	3rd	1 10 18 25 26
2023-12-11	21	4th	7 10 12 18 22
2023-11-20	15	2nd	16 18 24 26 35
2023-11-05	—	3rd	6 15 18 32 37