Number 18

In Cowboy Draw under the 5/45 · since Mar 2015 rules — 1,206 draws, 5 from 1–45.

117times drawn · chance expected 134 −1.56σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 31% for any number

10.3average wait between appearances · chance says 9.0

48longest completed wait · 37% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 117 times in 1,206 draws against 134.0 expected, −1.56σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 117 times in 1,206 draws · average wait 10.3 draws · longest completed wait 48 · waiting 11 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 smallest18 · chance 15.1
2nd smallest31 · chance 42.9
3rd smallest47 · chance 41.1
4th smallest20 · chance 15.8
5th smallest1 · chance 2.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

44 39 42 4 3 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
2026-09-03	8	3rd	11 12 18 33 37
2026-08-06	15	1st	18 32 39 41 42
2026-06-15	11	2nd	4 18 29 37 39
2026-05-07	4	2nd	5 18 28

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.

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