Number 18

In Daily Lotto under the 5/36 · since Mar 2019 rules — 2,767 draws, 5 from 1–36.

363times drawn · chance expected 384 −1.17σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

7.6average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

44longest completed wait · 44% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 363 times in 2,767 draws against 384.3 expected, −1.17σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 363 times in 2,767 draws · average wait 7.6 draws · longest completed wait 44 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest30 · chance 21.2
2nd smallest97 · chance 96.2
3rd smallest138 · chance 144.3
4th smallest82 · chance 84.9
5th smallest16 · chance 16.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 41.5 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

20 19 4 9 34 29

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 35 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 36. 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
2026-10-12	6	4th	1 3 7 18 25
2026-10-06	6	5th	6 10 14 15 18
2026-09-30	4	4th	1 8 14 18 20
2026-09-26	9	3rd	10 15 18 19

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 5/36 tonight whatever it did last week.

2026-02-11	7	2nd	5 18 19 33 35
2026-02-04	31	5th	5 8 9 10 18
2026-01-04	5	2nd	5 18 19 27 34
2025-12-30	1	3rd	2 13 18 21 31
2025-12-29	10	2nd	2 18 23 27 33
2025-12-18	6	3rd	2 9 18 21 29
2025-12-12	6	5th	6 11 14 16 18
2025-12-06	18	1st	18 20 22 30 35
2025-11-18	2	3rd	12 16 18 22 26
2025-11-16	2	4th	5 9 16 18 21
2025-11-14	17	3rd	2 11 18 22 33
2025-10-28	5	3rd	5 11 18 20 30
2025-10-23	5	2nd	7 18 20 27 33
2025-10-18	1	4th	1 4 12 18 27
2025-10-17	8	2nd	7 18 23 28 29
2025-10-09	2	3rd	3 9 18 29 36
2025-10-07	13	3rd	2 9 18 27 34
2025-09-24	8	2nd	10 18 28 31 32
2025-09-16	26	4th	4 12 14 18 26
2025-08-21	3	3rd	8 12 18 29 31
2025-08-18	2	3rd	10 12 18 25 30
2025-08-16	6	3rd	5 9 18 23 26
2025-08-10	26	3rd	2 16 18 22 28
2025-07-15	10	2nd	16 18 24 26 30
2025-07-05	2	3rd	4 9 18 24 30
2025-07-03	7	4th	3 5 15 18 33
2025-06-26	6	3rd	11 14 18 33 35
2025-06-20	7	3rd	2 4 18 20 36
2025-06-13	4	3rd	2 15 18 20 35
2025-06-09	1	3rd	3 11 18 32 35
2025-06-08	6	2nd	6 18 19 20 32
2025-06-02	4	2nd	9 18 23 24 35
2025-05-29	8	4th	2 3 7 18 21
2025-05-21	5	4th	1 11 13 18 30
2025-05-16	5	2nd	1 18 19 31 32
2025-05-11	3	2nd	2 18 19 20 21
2025-05-08	8	1st	18 23 27 32 35
2025-04-30	42	3rd	3 10 18 22 25
2025-03-19	7	2nd	8 18 26 29 35
2025-03-12	9	2nd	15 18 19 30 34
2025-03-03	5	2nd	16 18 19 22 24
2025-02-26	9	2nd	3 18 25 34 36
2025-02-17	4	1st	18 19 20 33 34
2025-02-13	3	2nd	16 18 19 21 23
2025-02-10	18	3rd	9 15 18 21 26
2025-01-23	6	4th	7 9 17 18 28
2025-01-17	2	3rd	11 14 18 26 31
2025-01-15	15	4th	2 3 12 18 33
2024-12-31	3	2nd	7 18 19 28 30
2024-12-28	4	4th	1 6 10 18 21
2024-12-23	2	4th	1 8 14 18 28
2024-12-21	5	4th	1 3 10 18 23
2024-12-16	5	2nd	5 18 25 27 36
2024-12-11	3	4th	6 7 9 18 28
2024-12-08	2	2nd	14 18 20 32 36
2024-12-06	5	4th	5 8 17 18 35
2024-12-01	4	3rd	5 15 18 24 28
2024-11-27	2	3rd	5 6 18 29 31
2024-11-25	1	4th	2 4 17 18 20
2024-11-24	1	3rd	11 14 18 23 33
2024-11-23	7	3rd	1 13 18 21 34
2024-11-16	6	2nd	1 18 19 33 36
2024-11-10	3	2nd	7 18 20 21 34
2024-11-07	5	4th	4 12 15 18 25
2024-11-02	1	3rd	3 4 18 24 29
2024-11-01	33	2nd	15 18 19 20 29
2024-09-29	12	3rd	10 17 18 25 35
2024-09-17	14	2nd	2 18 19 23 34
2024-09-03	6	5th	6 9 16 17 18
2024-08-28	8	2nd	17 18 26 30 32
2024-08-20	35	2nd	4 18 21 24 28
2024-07-16	15	4th	1 7 11 18 35
2024-07-01	10	2nd	16 18 25 31 32
2024-06-21	6	4th	7 15 17 18 34
2024-06-15	3	3rd	4 16 18 21 31
2024-06-12	3	1st	18 19 20 34 35
2024-06-09	2	2nd	3 18 21 23 29
2024-06-07	12	3rd	4 13 18 22 25
2024-05-26	4	4th	2 4 9 18 22
2024-05-22	8	2nd	4 18 30 33 35
2024-05-14	4	2nd	7 18 20 24 25
2024-05-10	2	4th	1 4 5 18 33
2024-05-08	3	2nd	8 18 22 26 28
2024-05-05	2	3rd	14 17 18 28 31
2024-05-03	16	3rd	2 5 18 24 26
2024-04-17	16	2nd	8 18 29 33 34
2024-04-01	6	3rd	5 11 18 23 31
2024-03-26	6	5th	2 4 5 11 18
2024-03-20	1	2nd	10 18 19 25 34
2024-03-19	9	3rd	9 16 18 19 24
2024-03-10	1	4th	6 7 12 18 29
2024-03-09	5	3rd	11 16 18 20 29
2024-03-04	17	4th	6 9 12 18 27
2024-02-16	12	3rd	1 14 18 20 32
2024-02-04	3	4th	1 2 11 18 23
2024-02-01	10	2nd	10 18 28 34 35
2024-01-22	1	3rd	2 9 18 31 34
2024-01-21	10	3rd	1 4 18 19 22
2024-01-11	6	3rd	9 14 18 27 32
2024-01-05	7	3rd	3 6 18 29 34
2023-12-29	4	3rd	6 15 18 19 21
2023-12-24	1	5th	7 9 12 17 18
2023-12-23	3	2nd	6 18 23 29 34
2023-12-20	13	3rd	1 10 18 20 29
2023-12-07	8	2nd	13 18 23 24 27
2023-11-29	22	1st	18 19 26 31 35
2023-11-07	4	4th	1 5 7 18 36
2023-11-03	7	2nd	15 18 20 21 28
2023-10-27	3	4th	11 13 14 18 34
2023-10-24	1	4th	3 9 16 18 34
2023-10-23	9	4th	3 7 15 18 21
2023-10-14	11	3rd	12 14 18 19 22
2023-10-03	8	4th	2 7 11 18 28
2023-09-25	5	3rd	3 10 18 22 33
2023-09-20	7	3rd	7 9 18 26 31
2023-09-13	18	4th	10 12 16 18 20
2023-08-26	5	5th	9 10 12 15 18
2023-08-21	2	5th	5 6 8 12 18
2023-08-19	11	3rd	11 13 18 21 32
2023-08-08	14	4th	4 7 8 18 34
2023-07-25	12	3rd	1 7 18 20 23
2023-07-13	4	5th	1 4 5 6 18
2023-07-09	7	4th	2 4 15 18 25
2023-07-02	3	4th	4 6 12 18 35
2023-06-29	2	4th	1 5 9 18 28
2023-06-27	13	4th	4 8 9 18 28
2023-06-14	7	4th	2 12 13 18 23
2023-06-07	1	2nd	15 18 27 28 32
2023-06-06	7	3rd	3 13 18 32 34
2023-05-30	4	2nd	6 18 20 29 30
2023-05-26	28	3rd	9 15 18 22 36
2023-04-28	27	2nd	10 18 22 23 32
2023-04-01	1	3rd	2 4 18 23 29
2023-03-31	14	3rd	4 13 18 32 34
2023-03-17	1	3rd	9 14 18 25 30
2023-03-16	3	2nd	5 18 20 21 26
2023-03-13	5	2nd	16 18 20 22 32
2023-03-08	1	4th	3 10 15 18 25
2023-03-07	3	4th	1 2 6 18 26
2023-03-04	1	3rd	14 16 18 23 34
2023-03-03	6	1st	18 19 23 32 35
2023-02-25	11	2nd	14 18 27 30 36
2023-02-14	5	3rd	10 14 18 22 34
2023-02-09	1	2nd	10 18 23 26 34
2023-02-08	13	3rd	1 5 18 21 31
2023-01-26	2	2nd	6 18 19 28 29
2023-01-24	7	4th	3 8 14 18 36
2023-01-17	30	3rd	6 13 18 21 28
2022-12-17	15	1st	18 24 28 31 34
2022-12-02	8	3rd	3 12 18 22 31
2022-11-24	7	3rd	6 15 18 25 27
2022-11-17	3	3rd	4 6 18 24 25
2022-11-14	6	4th	2 14 15 18 23
2022-11-08	5	3rd	5 17 18 28 31
2022-11-03	10	3rd	9 13 18 19 30
2022-10-24	7	5th	4 7 12 14 18
2022-10-17	1	1st	18 25 30 33 36
2022-10-16	1	4th	2 11 13 18 33
2022-10-15	2	3rd	10 11 18 28 34
2022-10-13	18	2nd	15 18 19 20 26
2022-09-25	1	4th	7 14 17 18 33
2022-09-24	8	3rd	7 9 18 21 31
2022-09-16	3	4th	8 11 12 18 27
2022-09-13	3	3rd	5 9 18 32 33
2022-09-10	7	2nd	14 18 31 33 35
2022-09-03	3	3rd	8 11 18 24 25
2022-08-31	18	2nd	11 18 22 27 28
2022-08-13	2	2nd	4 18 19 28 31
2022-08-11	4	3rd	8 16 18 19 20
2022-08-07	1	1st	18 20 24 32 36
2022-08-06	4	2nd	9 18 24 31 33
2022-08-02	1	2nd	10 18 21 26 29
2022-08-01	13	4th	3 9 15 18 33
2022-07-19	5	3rd	10 16 18 28 31
2022-07-14	3	4th	2 6 8 18 19
2022-07-11	4	2nd	3 18 19 22 31
2022-07-07	1	1st	18 20 23 33 34
2022-07-06	3	3rd	2 15 18 23 31
2022-07-03	5	4th	1 14 16 18 26
2022-06-28	1	3rd	8 11 18 30 35
2022-06-27	1	3rd	2 3 18 21 33
2022-06-26	1	1st	18 21 29 30 36
2022-06-25	10	3rd	8 13 18 27 29
2022-06-15	8	3rd	3 5 18 22 34
2022-06-07	6	4th	1 11 17 18 20
2022-06-01	3	4th	4 7 12 18 25
2022-05-29	3	1st	18 26 28 29 31
2022-05-26	8	2nd	3 18 22 28 33
2022-05-18	2	2nd	15 18 21 29 32
2022-05-16	7	4th	2 6 7 18 29
2022-05-09	8	3rd	1 10 18 23 35
2022-05-01	21	3rd	2 7 18 21 22
2022-04-10	3	5th	1 5 7 17 18
2022-04-07	4	3rd	5 13 18 20 28
2022-04-03	30	2nd	8 18 23 24 36
2022-03-04	12	3rd	6 16 18 19 30
2022-02-20	3	2nd	11 18 19 23 24
2022-02-17	3	3rd	4 10 18 24 33
2022-02-14	10	4th	3 8 15 18 32
2022-02-04	7	3rd	10 13 18 30 34
2022-01-28	1	2nd	8 18 22 23 25
2022-01-27	1	3rd	5 11 18 22 32
2022-01-26	15	4th	8 14 15 18 33
2022-01-11	11	4th	1 8 9 18 20
2021-12-31	11	3rd	3 4 18 19 24
2021-12-19	8	3rd	1 2 18 20 31
2021-12-11	17	4th	7 9 16 18 20
2021-11-24	2	3rd	1 8 18 26 34
2021-11-22	44	2nd	16 18 25 30 31
2021-10-09	5	1st	18 20 25 26 32
2021-10-04	3	3rd	6 14 18 27 30
2021-10-01	1	3rd	2 16 18 20 29
2021-09-30	3	1st	18 19 21 33 35
2021-09-27	3	3rd	5 8 18 25 36
2021-09-24	12	3rd	1 13 18 26 27
2021-09-12	1	2nd	10 18 25 32 35
2021-09-11	1	2nd	2 18 20 22 34
2021-09-10	1	2nd	5 18 29 31 34
2021-09-09	9	3rd	10 12 18 25 32
2021-08-31	6	4th	7 15 16 18 20
2021-08-25	12	3rd	5 9 18 19 27
2021-08-13	3	2nd	15 18 22 33 36
2021-08-10	2	3rd	8 10 18 20 29
2021-08-08	5	2nd	13 18 19 22 24
2021-08-03	1	3rd	2 11 18 31 32
2021-08-02	4	1st	18 20 28 29 32
2021-07-29	6	1st	18 20 24 29 33
2021-07-23	5	4th	4 7 9 18 34
2021-07-18	6	3rd	6 7 18 29 33
2021-07-12	2	3rd	4 10 18 20 31
2021-07-10	10	4th	6 15 17 18 23
2021-06-30	4	5th	6 9 13 14 18
2021-06-26	10	3rd	5 8 18 32 36
2021-06-16	2	2nd	13 18 21 31 34
2021-06-14	7	3rd	7 14 18 24 30
2021-06-07	8	1st	18 19 25 29 31
2021-05-30	1	3rd	9 12 18 29 32
2021-05-29	1	2nd	16 18 25 27 32
2021-05-28	1	2nd	15 18 23 27 29
2021-05-27	16	4th	4 8 10 18 35
2021-05-11	2	1st	18 22 28 32 36
2021-05-09	6	4th	3 6 14 18 20
2021-05-03	6	2nd	11 18 23 28 34
2021-04-27	5	4th	5 14 16 18 23
2021-04-22	16	3rd	4 12 18 21 29
2021-04-06	12	3rd	12 13 18 31 35
2021-03-25	12	4th	2 15 17 18 24
2021-03-13	5	2nd	5 18 26 33 36
2021-03-08	8	3rd	1 15 18 30 35
2021-02-28	11	3rd	2 7 18 22 24
2021-02-17	3	4th	2 12 15 18 20
2021-02-14	14	3rd	12 14 18 25 27
2021-01-31	10	2nd	2 18 26 30 31
2021-01-21	2	3rd	1 12 18 21 24
2021-01-19	8	2nd	9 18 20 21 29
2021-01-11	21	2nd	2 18 19 28 36
2020-12-20	13	4th	1 3 8 18 36
2020-12-07	2	2nd	3 18 23 26 27
2020-12-05	18	3rd	4 17 18 26 32
2020-11-17	5	1st	18 21 26 29 34
2020-11-12	4	3rd	3 12 18 32 33
2020-11-08	4	2nd	10 18 19 25 29
2020-11-04	5	1st	18 21 24 30 31
2020-10-30	3	1st	18 19 20 21 36
2020-10-27	1	2nd	8 18 23 25 27
2020-10-26	9	2nd	6 18 21 27 32
2020-10-17	12	1st	18 22 24 32 35
2020-10-05	1	3rd	8 9 18 24 26
2020-10-04	14	4th	6 10 13 18 20
2020-09-20	3	3rd	4 15 18 24 36
2020-09-17	2	2nd	15 18 19 25 30
2020-09-15	2	1st	18 28 29 32 34
2020-09-13	1	3rd	14 16 18 23 29
2020-09-12	4	4th	1 11 16 18 35
2020-09-08	2	4th	4 8 9 18 30
2020-09-06	6	1st	18 20 30 32 34
2020-08-31	2	2nd	1 18 22 26 36
2020-08-29	5	2nd	15 18 23 24 36
2020-08-24	12	3rd	3 13 18 19 28
2020-08-12	11	4th	1 2 4 18 30
2020-08-01	1	3rd	4 6 18 21 33
2020-07-31	12	5th	2 8 11 17 18
2020-07-19	4	3rd	11 12 18 27 29
2020-07-15	3	3rd	3 10 18 20 28
2020-07-12	18	4th	4 12 14 18 29
2020-06-24	7	1st	18 25 26 27 31
2020-06-17	1	3rd	14 15 18 25 30
2020-06-16	1	3rd	4 9 18 22 32
2020-06-15	4	1st	18 21 28 29 30
2020-06-11	24	2nd	1 18 29 30 36
2020-05-18	5	3rd	7 16 18 19 30
2020-05-13	1	3rd	6 15 18 27 31
2020-05-12	9	3rd	5 15 18 20 31
2020-05-03	2	2nd	12 18 22 24 26
2020-05-01	15	3rd	1 12 18 19 24
2020-04-16	27	2nd	15 18 19 21 31
2020-03-20	8	3rd	3 9 18 19 22
2020-03-12	9	3rd	2 12 18 32 36
2020-03-03	10	4th	4 10 16 18 33
2020-02-22	13	2nd	5 18 20 27 34
2020-02-09	17	3rd	9 11 18 24 29
2020-01-23	18	2nd	6 18 24 28 30
2020-01-05	2	2nd	5 18 21 23 34
2020-01-03	38	3rd	9 14 18 26 30
2019-11-25	8	3rd	4 8 18 19 34
2019-11-17	18	3rd	6 16 18 23 33
2019-10-30	2	1st	18 21 24 30 32
2019-10-28	6	1st	18 23 28 34 36
2019-10-22	4	3rd	2 8 18 23 32
2019-10-18	1	4th	2 13 15 18 36
2019-10-17	2	2nd	4 18 20 25 31
2019-10-15	3	3rd	9 15 18 25 27
2019-10-12	12	3rd	1 17 18 28 36
2019-09-30	27	4th	3 4 8 18 25
2019-09-03	9	4th	1 4 10 18 30
2019-08-25	3	5th	12 15 16 17 18
2019-08-22	3	2nd	7 18 23 29 32
2019-08-19	5	4th	2 9 11 18 20
2019-08-14	18	2nd	7 18 21 28 31
2019-07-27	3	2nd	3 18 19 31 35
2019-07-24	8	3rd	5 14 18 28 29
2019-07-16	12	3rd	8 11 18 25 26
2019-07-04	9	4th	1 3 5 18 35
2019-06-25	6	5th	1 3 4 16 18
2019-06-19	5	4th	4 8 17 18 30
2019-06-14	1	4th	1 2 4 18 32
2019-06-13	2	2nd	3 18 19 27 34
2019-06-11	3	4th	4 13 14 18 30
2019-06-08	6	2nd	5 18 28 31 36
2019-06-02	17	3rd	3 16 18 24 25
2019-05-16	7	3rd	5 14 18 33 34
2019-05-09	11	3rd	8 13 18 19 34
2019-04-28	1	1st	18 26 30 32 34
2019-04-27	3	2nd	13 18 21 28 29
2019-04-24	11	3rd	8 12 18 19 24
2019-04-13	26	2nd	5 18 30 33 34
2019-03-18	2	2nd	1 18 29 33 36
2019-03-16	6	4th	2 5 16 18 19
2019-03-10	—	4th	1 7 11 18 34