Number 18

In Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,626 draws, 6 from 1–49.

321times drawn · chance expected 322 −0.03σ

5draws waiting · a wait this long: 59% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

40longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 321 times in 2,626 draws against 321.6 expected, −0.03σ. 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 321 times in 2,626 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 40 · 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 smallest27 · chance 31.9
2nd smallest117 · chance 100.3
3rd smallest116 · chance 114.6
4th smallest51 · chance 59.3
5th smallest8 · chance 13.8
6th smallest2 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 33.4 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

34 19 22 38 30 6

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 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 49. 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
2026-09-28	2	3rd	2 7 18 23 27 46
2026-09-23	7	4th	2 4 10 18 20 28
2026-09-07	4	3rd	13 16 18 34 41 43
2026-08-29	17	3rd	14

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 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-08-11	1	3rd	5 17 18 23 33 42
2025-08-09	25	2nd	9 18 19 21 22 34
2025-06-11	12	3rd	8 16 18 42 48 49
2025-05-14	7	4th	6 7 8 18 38 45
2025-04-28	1	4th	3 6 15 18 34 37
2025-04-26	1	2nd	4 18 32 34 40 44
2025-04-23	8	3rd	4 5 18 34 35 49
2025-04-05	13	1st	18 29 32 43 44 47
2025-03-05	2	2nd	17 18 25 26 34 35
2025-03-01	1	4th	3 7 15 18 24 41
2025-02-26	5	2nd	6 18 20 22 23 32
2025-02-15	1	3rd	11 13 18 19 44 49
2025-02-12	3	4th	6 7 11 18 24 48
2025-02-05	7	2nd	5 18 25 26 27 30
2025-01-20	1	3rd	11 15 18 34 42 47
2025-01-18	1	2nd	1 18 24 31 35 47
2025-01-15	20	3rd	5 10 18 26 34 48
2024-11-30	9	2nd	2 18 20 34 45 48
2024-11-09	4	1st	18 21 32 35 39 43
2024-10-30	2	4th	1 2 6 18 38 43
2024-10-26	5	4th	8 12 14 18 29 42
2024-10-14	1	1st	18 20 23 37 38 42
2024-10-12	2	2nd	16 18 33 42 43 48
2024-10-07	4	2nd	2 18 19 27 28 42
2024-09-28	1	4th	3 9 15 18 29 32
2024-09-25	16	3rd	15 16 18 19 33 49
2024-08-19	4	2nd	5 18 25 27 34 35
2024-08-10	8	2nd	5 18 21 37 38 47
2024-07-22	13	3rd	4 6 18 34 41 45
2024-06-22	11	2nd	11 18 26 33 38 46
2024-05-27	6	3rd	2 3 18 22 33 49
2024-05-13	8	3rd	10 12 18 40 41 45
2024-04-24	4	3rd	16 17 18 19 30 48
2024-04-15	1	5th	1 9 14 16 18 42
2024-04-13	20	2nd	10 18 31 34 38 42
2024-02-26	3	2nd	1 18 25 32 35 42
2024-02-19	3	3rd	8 10 18 20 25 45
2024-02-12	3	2nd	17 18 20 23 25 29
2024-02-05	10	2nd	16 18 20 22 23 37
2024-01-13	4	3rd	9 11 18 20 24 26
2024-01-03	7	2nd	11 18 19 31 37 49
2023-12-18	5	3rd	13 16 18 29 36 38
2023-12-06	6	2nd	6 18 22 33 36 47
2023-11-22	12	2nd	11 18 28 30 37 45
2023-10-25	4	4th	1 6 8 18 28 39
2023-10-16	5	2nd	11 18 19 28 32 40
2023-10-04	10	3rd	5 10 18 27 30 42
2023-09-11	4	4th	1 9 14 18 21 44
2023-09-02	1	5th	4 5 6 17 18 19
2023-08-30	5	2nd	12 18 21 26 31 42
2023-08-19	11	2nd	17 18 19 22 25 36
2023-07-24	5	4th	3 5 6 18 47 49
2023-07-12	9	2nd	6 18 26 32 34 44
2023-06-21	3	3rd	8 10 18 21 30 46
2023-06-14	8	3rd	1 2 18 32 40 49
2023-05-27	8	2nd	14 18 23 29 33 39
2023-05-08	2	3rd	9 13 18 22 27 47
2023-05-03	2	3rd	2 16 18 29 30 32
2023-04-29	2	2nd	11 18 20 27 39 47
2023-04-24	26	2nd	13 18 20 22 39 43
2023-02-22	6	3rd	1 16 18 27 38 48
2023-02-08	7	3rd	2 17 18 23 28 35
2023-01-23	2	3rd	8 17 18 21 46 47
2023-01-18	17	4th	2 13 15 18 29 40
2022-12-10	7	1st	18 28 38 41 43 48
2022-11-23	6	4th	6 7 8 18 46 49
2022-11-09	15	3rd	11 14 18 22 27 32
2022-10-05	10	3rd	6 14 18 28 30 44
2022-09-12	14	1st	18 19 27 38 41 44
2022-08-10	3	3rd	8 14 18 22 28 46
2022-08-03	4	3rd	4 14 18 33 44 46
2022-07-25	8	3rd	5 16 18 30 32 36
2022-07-06	1	2nd	7 18 29 31 40 43
2022-07-04	13	3rd	6 10 18 26 39 42
2022-06-04	4	3rd	5 10 18 24 28 33
2022-05-25	5	2nd	10 18 22 31 40 49
2022-05-14	9	2nd	13 18 19 22 35 40
2022-04-23	23	3rd	2 7 18 34 36 38
2022-02-28	5	2nd	9 18 34 35 38 45
2022-02-16	18	3rd	15 16 18 20 32 37
2022-01-05	39	4th	9 12 13 18 20 24
2021-10-06	9	2nd	6 18 23 24 29 30
2021-09-15	1	3rd	2 9 18 21 35 37
2021-09-13	3	2nd	12 18 23 29 38 42
2021-09-06	3	3rd	4 7 18 24 27 45
2021-08-30	27	3rd	9 11 18 34 42 45
2021-06-28	6	4th	4 5 7 18 19 35
2021-06-14	7	4th	12 14 17 18 23 28
2021-05-29	8	1st	18 19 27 28 40 49
2021-05-10	6	3rd	5 8 18 20 43 48
2021-04-26	8	3rd	7 11 18 26 30 32
2021-04-07	5	4th	11 14 17 18 22 31
2021-03-27	6	3rd	5 11 18 33 46 48
2021-03-13	12	3rd	2 6 18 22 37 44
2021-02-13	6	4th	3 6 10 18 22 43
2021-01-30	7	2nd	14 18 32 36 37 47
2021-01-13	10	1st	18 20 24 30 37 45
2020-12-21	11	2nd	4 18 22 28 34 39
2020-11-25	1	2nd	11 18 25 35 46 49
2020-11-23	3	3rd	14 15 18 34 37 40
2020-11-16	1	3rd	6 16 18 27 40 47
2020-11-14	3	3rd	6 17 18 23 44 46
2020-11-07	4	2nd	3 18 23 26 34 43
2020-10-28	16	4th	3 5 16 18 23 33
2020-09-21	1	2nd	12 18 29 31 41 47
2020-09-19	9	3rd	13 15 18 21 27 35
2020-08-29	13	3rd	7 8 18 20 35 39
2020-07-29	14	2nd	7 18 23 31 37 48
2020-06-27	11	2nd	3 18 27 32 35 40
2020-06-01	8	4th	12 13 16 18 23 48
2020-05-13	3	2nd	15 18 22 29 43 46
2020-05-06	15	4th	12 14 15 18 31 43
2020-04-01	4	2nd	4 18 24 26 42 44
2020-03-23	12	3rd	12 17 18 30 39 45
2020-02-24	5	4th	2 10 13 18 21 42
2020-02-12	3	2nd	9 18 21 23 28 40
2020-02-05	15	1st	18 27 36 40 43 49
2020-01-01	2	3rd	15 17 18 32 34 43
2019-12-28	19	4th	3 8 12 18 22 49
2019-11-13	8	2nd	14 18 23 30 44 45
2019-10-26	3	2nd	7 18 21 39 44 49
2019-10-19	8	2nd	17 18 36 38 42 44
2019-09-30	8	1st	18 28 32 38 40 41
2019-09-11	6	3rd	5 8 18 21 24 40
2019-08-28	2	3rd	7 14 18 21 25 28
2019-08-24	7	3rd	11 17 18 28 44 48
2019-08-07	2	2nd	6 18 19 24 38 49
2019-08-03	8	1st	18 23 30 38 39 40
2019-07-15	19	2nd	10 18 23 24 27 29
2019-06-01	5	2nd	10 18 22 37 43 47
2019-05-20	13	2nd	17 18 20 23 24 33
2019-04-20	7	2nd	1 18 28 32 37 43
2019-04-03	5	6th	6 7 8 14 16 18
2019-03-23	1	4th	1 8 16 18 38 44
2019-03-20	2	2nd	11 18 21 22 26 29
2019-03-16	13	1st	18 20 21 33 39 41
2019-02-13	10	2nd	14 18 22 40 46 49
2019-01-21	11	3rd	10 16 18 26 44 45
2018-12-26	8	2nd	9 18 19 27 33 35
2018-12-08	1	3rd	1 13 18 22 31 34
2018-12-05	4	3rd	2 12 18 24 28 46
2018-11-26	11	2nd	4 18 36 40 42 49
2018-10-31	1	2nd	14 18 32 36 47 49
2018-10-29	13	3rd	1 7 18 21 38 44
2018-09-29	2	2nd	7 18 24 29 31 35
2018-09-24	14	1st	18 24 25 38 44 49
2018-08-22	3	1st	18 19 27 31 35 45
2018-08-15	2	2nd	6 18 27 35 47 48
2018-08-11	13	2nd	13 18 26 41 43 49
2018-07-11	6	3rd	10 14 18 24 27 37
2018-06-27	27	2nd	17 18 25 28 31 34
2018-04-25	35	3rd	13 16 18 20 34 45
2018-02-03	9	1st	18 25 27 28 31 44
2018-01-13	6	2nd	11 18 19 32 40 48
2017-12-30	9	4th	2 5 16 18 20 22
2017-12-09	6	2nd	8 18 20 33 41 43
2017-11-25	1	3rd	4 11 18 19 45 46
2017-11-22	2	1st	18 21 30 31 37 49
2017-11-18	8	2nd	10 18 19 23 35 38
2017-10-30	4	5th	3 5 14 16 18 26
2017-10-21	3	2nd	16 18 24 35 37 49
2017-10-14	3	2nd	1 18 26 34 44 49
2017-10-07	7	4th	1 10 12 18 30 33
2017-09-20	3	2nd	10 18 22 24 28 48
2017-09-13	1	5th	7 11 13 16 18 22
2017-09-11	1	3rd	3 15 18 19 42 45
2017-09-09	24	2nd	6 18 39 40 41 44
2017-07-15	2	3rd	6 8 18 19 28 37
2017-07-10	6	4th	4 7 10 18 20 26
2017-06-26	4	2nd	15 18 25 27 31 39
2017-06-17	26	4th	9 10 16 18 21 46
2017-04-17	6	4th	13 14 17 18 46 48
2017-04-03	3	2nd	2 18 24 26 32 37
2017-03-27	12	2nd	5 18 19 30 32 35
2017-02-27	17	2nd	7 18 20 24 26 34
2017-01-18	36	2nd	17 18 19 20 26 27
2016-10-26	3	2nd	16 18 27 30 31 33
2016-10-19	9	2nd	8 18 21 23 45 49
2016-09-28	1	2nd	8 18 24 33 36 48
2016-09-26	2	2nd	4 18 19 33 39 40
2016-09-21	3	3rd	14 15 18 21 32 46
2016-09-14	12	2nd	3 18 27 43 44 47
2016-08-17	3	3rd	12 14 18 35 36 45
2016-08-10	7	2nd	11 18 36 37 40 47
2016-07-25	31	6th	2 3 5 12 13 18
2016-05-14	9	2nd	2 18 35 36 42 47
2016-04-23	21	4th	4 9 11 18 37 46
2016-03-05	2	4th	1 14 15 18 25 27
2016-02-29	2	3rd	10 16 18 25 34 37
2016-02-24	4	3rd	7 9 18 26 34 35
2016-02-15	3	2nd	10 18 34 39 43 46
2016-02-08	4	2nd	2 18 30 38 39 45
2016-01-30	14	1st	18 21 30 35 36 48
2015-12-28	5	1st	18 21 29 30 43 47
2015-12-16	17	3rd	4 11 18 22 34 37
2015-11-07	8	4th	3 8 14 18 42 44
2015-10-19	1	2nd	2 18 19 27 35 39
2015-10-17	1	3rd	3 10 18 28 30 46
2015-10-14	2	2nd	4 18 27 36 41 45
2015-10-10	6	3rd	6 7 18 23 31 35
2015-09-26	17	3rd	1 4 18 23 34 44
2015-08-17	4	5th	4 6 7 13 18 32
2015-08-08	7	3rd	12 15 18 20 28 47
2015-07-22	2	4th	7 15 17 18 26 34
2015-07-18	3	1st	18 22 24 26 28 36
2015-07-11	23	4th	4 9 11 18 22 34
2015-05-18	1	3rd	10 12 18 37 41 42
2015-05-16	1	3rd	3 6 18 29 37 42
2015-05-13	4	3rd	1 13 18 32 36 43
2015-05-04	8	2nd	5 18 31 33 39 40
2015-04-15	2	4th	3 7 10 18 19 44
2015-04-11	2	3rd	8 17 18 30 36 38
2015-04-06	34	2nd	17 18 25 37 48 49
2015-01-17	2	4th	1 8 11 18 35 37
2015-01-12	27	2nd	7 18 34 35 38 40
2014-11-10	5	3rd	12 14 18 19 21 35
2014-10-29	2	2nd	5 18 19 22 33 45
2014-10-25	34	2nd	4 18 25 33 40 46
2014-08-06	22	2nd	10 18 20 29 30 39
2014-06-16	1	2nd	9 18 19 22 30 44
2014-06-14	6	2nd	7 18 19 20 36 48
2014-05-31	3	3rd	1 14 18 29 36 49
2014-05-24	8	4th	3 12 15 18 24 40
2014-05-05	5	3rd	6 11 18 32 48 49
2014-04-23	4	2nd	4 18 19 22 39 41
2014-04-14	24	2nd	9 18 19 21 31 46
2014-02-17	1	3rd	11 13 18 30 45 47
2014-02-15	9	3rd	4 17 18 32 38 39
2014-01-25	5	2nd	6 18 21 26 30 38
2014-01-13	11	1st	18 24 27 30 43 48
2013-12-18	6	1st	18 27 30 37 38 43
2013-12-04	8	4th	1 5 15 18 23 38
2013-11-16	16	2nd	9 18 37 40 41 45
2013-10-09	8	2nd	3 18 19 23 42 47
2013-09-21	3	2nd	17 18 33 34 41 43
2013-09-14	3	3rd	10 14 18 27 38 48
2013-09-07	9	3rd	9 11 18 21 23 25
2013-08-17	1	1st	18 30 38 40 42 43
2013-08-14	5	2nd	4 18 20 22 26 37
2013-08-03	7	4th	10 12 17 18 27 32
2013-07-17	8	2nd	7 18 20 32 35 49
2013-06-29	2	4th	3 4 16 18 22 32
2013-06-24	1	3rd	2 11 18 19 27 29
2013-06-22	3	2nd	8 18 34 35 38 45
2013-06-15	5	1st	18 23 29 43 47 48
2013-06-03	21	2nd	3 18 23 34 40 48
2013-04-15	17	3rd	12 13 18 33 42 47
2013-03-06	9	1st	18 25 32 38 40 41
2013-02-13	10	1st	18 25 29 31 34 48
2013-01-21	28	3rd	6 17 18 34 40 47
2012-11-17	2	5th	4 9 16 17 18 32
2012-11-12	4	4th	1 9 14 18 30 45
2012-11-03	5	3rd	3 6 18 22 24 43
2012-10-22	4	3rd	2 16 18 35 42 43
2012-10-13	6	3rd	2 10 18 22 44 47
2012-09-29	12	2nd	6 18 22 23 28 49
2012-09-01	4	4th	1 5 7 18 28 34
2012-08-22	1	3rd	7 8 18 21 26 36
2012-08-20	16	4th	1 8 12 18 23 43
2012-07-14	5	3rd	3 4 18 19 24 43
2012-07-02	7	2nd	16 18 21 26 40 41
2012-06-16	8	2nd	9 18 23 28 33 37
2012-05-28	8	3rd	6 15 18 25 33 44
2012-05-09	12	2nd	11 18 19 27 41 49
2012-04-11	9	3rd	2 4 18 32 33 45
2012-03-21	11	3rd	1 14 18 22 40 49
2012-02-25	30	3rd	8 16 18 19 24 25
2011-12-17	2	2nd	6 18 25 31 41 45
2011-12-12	3	4th	4 13 15 18 28 35
2011-12-05	2	3rd	7 12 18 43 47 48
2011-11-30	6	3rd	1 11 18 21 33 38
2011-11-16	16	3rd	7 9 18 27 32 34
2011-10-10	4	3rd	3 16 18 25 32 47
2011-10-01	15	3rd	2 14 18 28 29 43
2011-08-27	1	1st	18 25 38 41 46 49
2011-08-24	2	3rd	8 11 18 20 22 48
2011-08-20	8	2nd	11 18 19 22 33 47
2011-08-01	27	3rd	8 14 18 26 44 47
2011-05-30	3	2nd	16 18 20 23 32 49
2011-05-23	9	4th	7 13 14 18 40 42
2011-05-02	17	2nd	8 18 20 25 27 47
2011-03-23	3	3rd	12 13 18 24 30 38
2011-03-16	6	2nd	13 18 26 30 37 42
2011-03-02	3	3rd	12 13 18 21 27 30
2011-02-23	23	2nd	12 18 26 36 44 46
2011-01-01	10	4th	6 13 14 18 22 35
2010-12-08	13	3rd	13 17 18 38 41 43
2010-11-08	27	3rd	2 17 18 19 27 28
2010-09-06	3	1st	18 33 37 39 45 48
2010-08-30	18	3rd	3 4 18 19 30 42
2010-07-19	5	2nd	5 18 29 39 42 49
2010-07-07	7	3rd	15 17 18 38 43 44
2010-06-21	5	3rd	1 9 18 30 36 46
2010-06-09	4	2nd	16 18 21 22 35 38
2010-05-31	11	3rd	3 12 18 21 24 25
2010-05-05	40	3rd	4 7 18 28 43 47
2010-02-01	—	3rd	6 13 18 38 46 47