Number 18

In Hit 5 under the 5/42 · since Sep 2020 rules — 2,228 draws, 5 from 1–42.

279times drawn · chance expected 265 +0.90σ

2draws waiting · a wait this long: 88% for any number

7.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.4

45longest completed wait · 65% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 279 times in 2,228 draws against 265.2 expected, +0.90σ. Each draw is independent: after 2 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 279 times in 2,228 draws · average wait 7.9 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 2 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 smallest32 · chance 29.3
2nd smallest109 · chance 94.8
3rd smallest95 · chance 103.4
4th smallest40 · chance 45.0
5th smallest3 · chance 6.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 27.2 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

32 20 34 4 30 38

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
2026-10-10	1	1st	18 19 22 40 41
2026-10-09	2	2nd	8 18 25 31 39
2026-10-07	10	3rd	3 17 18 21 38
2026-09-27	1	2nd	7 18 20 23

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.

2026-01-28	12	3rd	7 12 18 20 26
2026-01-16	3	2nd	2 18 28 35 40
2026-01-13	4	3rd	4 9 18 29 34
2026-01-09	2	2nd	15 18 31 33 40
2026-01-07	16	2nd	7 18 20 25 26
2025-12-22	3	1st	18 19 35 38 40
2025-12-19	5	4th	6 10 12 18 28
2025-12-14	5	2nd	14 18 19 20 22
2025-12-09	9	3rd	1 6 18 23 25
2025-11-30	2	2nd	11 18 26 29 41
2025-11-28	11	3rd	5 13 18 23 39
2025-11-17	4	3rd	7 8 18 38 40
2025-11-13	1	4th	7 12 17 18 35
2025-11-12	2	2nd	12 18 28 35 37
2025-11-10	7	3rd	1 14 18 31 39
2025-11-03	12	3rd	3 13 18 29 32
2025-10-22	6	3rd	4 14 18 27 32
2025-10-16	6	2nd	4 18 23 30 33
2025-10-10	3	2nd	16 18 24 28 32
2025-10-07	18	3rd	3 13 18 19 34
2025-09-19	20	2nd	11 18 20 34 38
2025-08-30	12	2nd	5 18 29 40 42
2025-08-18	1	3rd	8 14 18 25 38
2025-08-17	13	2nd	17 18 19 27 38
2025-08-04	3	2nd	1 18 27 34 41
2025-08-01	4	3rd	7 14 18 22 38
2025-07-28	4	2nd	8 18 21 32 34
2025-07-24	4	4th	8 9 11 18 38
2025-07-20	4	2nd	6 18 22 33 42
2025-07-16	1	4th	11 13 16 18 34
2025-07-15	1	3rd	10 14 18 28 37
2025-07-14	7	2nd	16 18 21 26 30
2025-07-07	26	2nd	15 18 19 28 35
2025-06-11	7	3rd	9 13 18 20 34
2025-06-04	1	3rd	4 12 18 32 33
2025-06-03	2	4th	2 7 8 18 22
2025-06-01	2	3rd	3 4 18 24 27
2025-05-30	19	2nd	14 18 29 32 40
2025-05-11	23	3rd	2 13 18 28 31
2025-04-18	7	2nd	3 18 22 35 40
2025-04-11	1	4th	3 4 8 18 42
2025-04-10	1	2nd	17 18 30 32 38
2025-04-09	1	3rd	3 8 18 35 42
2025-04-08	3	3rd	7 15 18 29 40
2025-04-05	2	3rd	2 15 18 29 30
2025-04-03	5	2nd	7 18 29 31 41
2025-03-29	4	2nd	15 18 27 32 33
2025-03-25	7	4th	3 5 8 18 31
2025-03-18	2	4th	3 6 7 18 38
2025-03-16	1	1st	18 23 26 38 41
2025-03-15	6	2nd	6 18 24 32 39
2025-03-09	6	1st	18 28 33 36 37
2025-03-03	8	4th	8 12 17 18 27
2025-02-23	1	2nd	15 18 19 25 40
2025-02-22	3	2nd	11 18 26 38 39
2025-02-19	4	2nd	15 18 34 36 41
2025-02-15	1	3rd	9 15 18 23 25
2025-02-14	29	3rd	6 11 18 38 40
2025-01-16	12	2nd	7 18 30 32 33
2025-01-04	4	4th	4 9 10 18 20
2024-12-31	4	3rd	12 16 18 21 41
2024-12-27	4	3rd	15 16 18 22 34
2024-12-23	6	4th	7 12 13 18 31
2024-12-17	8	3rd	5 12 18 25 29
2024-12-09	2	2nd	7 18 28 31 33
2024-12-07	3	3rd	6 8 18 20 24
2024-12-04	30	2nd	14 18 20 32 33
2024-11-04	4	4th	5 9 12 18 30
2024-10-31	3	4th	6 9 15 18 30
2024-10-28	22	4th	3 4 14 18 25
2024-10-06	5	1st	18 19 21 28 36
2024-10-01	10	3rd	1 12 18 21 23
2024-09-21	9	2nd	6 18 19 22 42
2024-09-12	6	2nd	14 18 34 39 41
2024-09-06	2	2nd	9 18 20 25 28
2024-09-04	6	3rd	8 13 18 31 35
2024-08-29	1	3rd	14 15 18 24 35
2024-08-28	1	3rd	3 14 18 20 25
2024-08-27	11	3rd	5 17 18 20 22
2024-08-16	13	2nd	10 18 19 36 40
2024-08-03	5	3rd	9 10 18 22 27
2024-07-29	21	3rd	11 16 18 19 28
2024-07-08	6	1st	18 21 26 32 33
2024-07-02	12	3rd	6 10 18 41 42
2024-06-20	6	2nd	4 18 23 26 38
2024-06-14	10	4th	1 7 12 18 30
2024-06-04	4	3rd	13 16 18 33 37
2024-05-31	2	3rd	5 16 18 37 42
2024-05-29	4	2nd	13 18 29 32 42
2024-05-25	6	3rd	5 6 18 19 28
2024-05-19	8	4th	11 13 16 18 28
2024-05-11	1	5th	8 10 12 15 18
2024-05-10	2	2nd	3 18 19 30 38
2024-05-08	12	5th	4 10 13 14 18
2024-04-26	6	3rd	4 11 18 20 41
2024-04-20	3	2nd	4 18 21 24 30
2024-04-17	4	3rd	7 16 18 22 41
2024-04-13	1	1st	18 20 25 37 41
2024-04-12	9	2nd	12 18 21 29 33
2024-04-03	6	1st	18 22 26 35 36
2024-03-28	1	2nd	15 18 25 30 41
2024-03-27	7	2nd	1 18 29 33 39
2024-03-20	3	1st	18 20 22 23 25
2024-03-17	3	4th	1 5 11 18 25
2024-03-14	8	4th	5 9 16 18 40
2024-03-06	21	3rd	6 17 18 26 35
2024-02-14	15	3rd	3 14 18 27 31
2024-01-30	1	3rd	6 10 18 30 41
2024-01-29	3	1st	18 19 27 29 37
2024-01-26	4	3rd	7 10 18 20 22
2024-01-22	8	3rd	10 11 18 21 32
2024-01-14	14	2nd	4 18 29 38 39
2023-12-31	7	2nd	17 18 29 34 41
2023-12-24	16	2nd	6 18 35 39 42
2023-12-08	4	2nd	2 18 19 22 42
2023-12-04	12	2nd	11 18 32 33 38
2023-11-22	5	2nd	14 18 22 24 28
2023-11-17	14	2nd	15 18 22 30 31
2023-11-03	5	2nd	10 18 19 20 23
2023-10-29	8	4th	2 12 17 18 37
2023-10-21	12	3rd	4 9 18 33 40
2023-10-09	4	3rd	12 13 18 38 42
2023-10-05	19	3rd	1 17 18 20 38
2023-09-16	4	3rd	4 8 18 22 25
2023-09-12	11	5th	6 13 14 17 18
2023-09-01	6	3rd	13 17 18 27 33
2023-08-26	3	4th	1 5 12 18 26
2023-08-23	7	2nd	1 18 19 32 35
2023-08-16	8	3rd	4 8 18 26 36
2023-08-08	13	1st	18 29 32 34 41
2023-07-26	3	1st	18 20 22 35 42
2023-07-23	6	3rd	13 17 18 33 35
2023-07-17	9	2nd	12 18 21 29 32
2023-07-08	1	1st	18 25 28 35 39
2023-07-07	3	4th	5 7 13 18 42
2023-07-04	6	1st	18 21 32 34 36
2023-06-28	6	1st	18 23 25 27 29
2023-06-22	1	1st	18 19 20 33 41
2023-06-21	7	2nd	11 18 26 34 39
2023-06-14	15	1st	18 23 29 30 40
2023-05-30	9	4th	4 14 17 18 40
2023-05-21	14	2nd	3 18 20 25 42
2023-05-07	7	1st	18 26 32 37 38
2023-04-30	5	1st	18 20 23 25 33
2023-04-25	8	3rd	15 17 18 37 38
2023-04-17	3	3rd	2 13 18 29 40
2023-04-14	15	1st	18 26 33 36 39
2023-03-30	2	2nd	4 18 31 36 40
2023-03-28	1	1st	18 26 27 36 41
2023-03-27	3	3rd	5 8 18 21 37
2023-03-24	2	3rd	10 11 18 19 24
2023-03-22	5	3rd	14 16 18 32 33
2023-03-17	3	3rd	5 10 18 21 32
2023-03-14	8	2nd	9 18 20 27 34
2023-03-06	2	2nd	9 18 29 30 42
2023-03-04	18	3rd	1 4 18 36 42
2023-02-14	27	3rd	2 13 18 25 37
2023-01-18	7	2nd	12 18 24 30 42
2023-01-11	1	2nd	7 18 23 36 39
2023-01-10	1	3rd	11 17 18 21 32
2023-01-09	13	2nd	16 18 20 28 31
2022-12-27	4	2nd	5 18 24 32 34
2022-12-23	10	4th	5 6 12 18 30
2022-12-13	8	2nd	13 18 26 27 41
2022-12-05	14	3rd	4 13 18 28 35
2022-11-21	10	3rd	1 2 18 23 36
2022-11-11	2	4th	4 9 13 18 29
2022-11-09	3	3rd	8 16 18 27 36
2022-11-06	2	2nd	3 18 35 36 37
2022-11-04	24	2nd	1 18 34 35 38
2022-10-11	10	3rd	2 11 18 23 34
2022-10-01	2	2nd	6 18 21 23 39
2022-09-29	3	2nd	14 18 24 32 34
2022-09-26	8	2nd	11 18 30 38 41
2022-09-18	12	2nd	2 18 26 32 39
2022-09-06	5	4th	1 8 15 18 29
2022-09-01	10	3rd	4 11 18 29 42
2022-08-22	2	2nd	4 18 21 22 32
2022-08-20	3	3rd	4 13 18 21 22
2022-08-17	6	2nd	8 18 30 35 37
2022-08-11	18	3rd	4 5 18 30 35
2022-07-24	1	2nd	4 18 19 27 37
2022-07-23	10	4th	5 6 10 18 22
2022-07-13	7	2nd	17 18 24 27 35
2022-07-06	29	2nd	3 18 24 29 36
2022-06-07	3	2nd	11 18 19 32 39
2022-06-04	19	4th	14 15 17 18 32
2022-05-16	2	3rd	3 9 18 20 37
2022-05-14	1	3rd	2 10 18 28 34
2022-05-13	10	3rd	5 15 18 21 39
2022-05-03	1	3rd	2 16 18 19 42
2022-05-02	3	3rd	14 17 18 24 35
2022-04-29	11	4th	3 9 12 18 34
2022-04-18	17	2nd	14 18 26 31 32
2022-04-01	2	4th	2 3 5 18 39
2022-03-30	4	3rd	6 12 18 29 30
2022-03-26	24	1st	18 20 23 36 42
2022-03-02	14	2nd	11 18 22 29 33
2022-02-16	11	2nd	9 18 30 36 38
2022-02-05	2	3rd	6 15 18 19 38
2022-02-03	16	1st	18 27 31 34 40
2022-01-18	1	1st	18 26 36 37 41
2022-01-17	16	2nd	8 18 19 21 29
2022-01-01	20	2nd	16 18 20 24 41
2021-12-12	3	3rd	4 9 18 21 23
2021-12-09	7	3rd	10 12 18 23 39
2021-12-02	2	2nd	15 18 21 32 34
2021-11-30	6	2nd	6 18 25 34 39
2021-11-24	14	4th	1 2 4 18 42
2021-11-10	2	2nd	17 18 35 41 42
2021-11-08	9	4th	1 6 7 18 32
2021-10-30	8	3rd	4 13 18 33 34
2021-10-22	6	3rd	12 15 18 34 41
2021-10-16	14	3rd	11 12 18 25 26
2021-10-02	17	2nd	10 18 30 31 38
2021-09-15	7	3rd	13 17 18 27 31
2021-09-08	5	4th	1 4 12 18 23
2021-09-03	11	1st	18 19 21 31 32
2021-08-23	4	2nd	8 18 23 29 40
2021-08-19	14	4th	2 13 14 18 28
2021-08-05	11	4th	5 6 11 18 37
2021-07-25	8	2nd	5 18 21 26 41
2021-07-17	1	3rd	6 10 18 26 40
2021-07-16	7	2nd	9 18 22 30 37
2021-07-09	5	2nd	9 18 27 30 38
2021-07-04	14	2nd	9 18 28 34 36
2021-06-20	1	2nd	10 18 21 28 30
2021-06-19	7	3rd	5 11 18 35 37
2021-06-12	3	2nd	4 18 22 23 24
2021-06-09	4	1st	18 20 31 39 42
2021-06-05	15	3rd	10 15 18 28 30
2021-05-21	4	4th	2 7 11 18 20
2021-05-17	45	1st	18 27 33 37 41
2021-04-02	21	3rd	5 7 18 22 40
2021-03-12	3	3rd	1 13 18 27 29
2021-03-09	10	3rd	9 11 18 32 42
2021-02-27	11	2nd	9 18 28 34 35
2021-02-16	12	4th	6 7 14 18 34
2021-02-04	3	1st	18 24 26 39 40
2021-02-01	5	4th	1 9 10 18 39
2021-01-27	7	2nd	10 18 23 27 30
2021-01-20	13	3rd	6 9 18 32 34
2021-01-07	15	3rd	3 17 18 25 35
2020-12-23	4	2nd	6 18 30 37 38
2020-12-19	8	2nd	17 18 31 37 38
2020-12-11	1	4th	1 11 16 18 27
2020-12-10	11	2nd	13 18 21 31 34
2020-11-29	15	1st	18 20 33 34 39
2020-11-14	17	2nd	7 18 21 23 30
2020-10-28	6	2nd	7 18 22 35 37
2020-10-22	13	3rd	3 5 18 40 42
2020-10-09	8	1st	18 20 24 25 27
2020-10-01	2	1st	18 19 20 26 29
2020-09-29	4	3rd	8 15 18 21 40
2020-09-25	—	2nd	15 18 34 35 37