Number 18

In PowerBall under the 5/50 + 1/20 · since Jun 2018 rules — 865 draws, 5 from 1–50.

94times drawn · chance expected 87 +0.85σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

9.2average wait between appearances · chance says 10.0

45longest completed wait · 60% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 94 times in 865 draws against 86.5 expected, +0.85σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 94 times in 865 draws · average wait 9.2 draws · longest completed wait 45 · waiting 1 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 16.0
2nd smallest42 · chance 37.4
3rd smallest29 · chance 29.9
4th smallest8 · chance 9.7
5th smallest1 · chance 1.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 7.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

46 16 21 48 36 49

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 49 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 50. 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	26	2nd	12 18 21 35 46
2026-07-07	26	2nd	16 18 21 29 47
2026-04-07	9	3rd	16 17 18 22 41
2026-03-06	18	4th	10 11 15 18

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 5/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

2024-04-19	11	3rd	4 17 18 44 48
2024-03-12	1	2nd	2 18 21 47 48
2024-03-08	6	2nd	7 18 19 27 28
2024-02-16	3	1st	18 33 35 46 48
2024-02-06	5	4th	2 6 10 18 28
2024-01-19	4	2nd	11 18 20 41 46
2024-01-05	10	2nd	2 18 31 43 50
2023-12-01	6	2nd	16 18 44 46 48
2023-11-10	6	2nd	3 18 21 37 46
2023-10-20	1	4th	3 7 13 18 42
2023-10-17	8	2nd	5 18 29 36 49
2023-09-19	2	2nd	15 18 36 43 46
2023-09-12	2	3rd	3 15 18 36 45
2023-09-05	8	3rd	4 12 18 24 50
2023-08-08	36	2nd	17 18 26 39 46
2023-04-04	9	2nd	15 18 29 33 35
2023-03-03	3	1st	18 20 41 47 50
2023-02-21	2	2nd	10 18 22 36 48
2023-02-14	15	3rd	8 14 18 21 49
2022-12-23	9	4th	3 12 13 18 46
2022-11-22	9	2nd	5 18 21 37 38
2022-10-21	14	2nd	16 18 26 35 41
2022-09-02	8	3rd	1 12 18 20 41
2022-08-05	4	2nd	16 18 21 32 44
2022-07-22	1	2nd	5 18 19 20 48
2022-07-19	4	2nd	14 18 29 46 47
2022-07-05	4	4th	13 14 16 18 31
2022-06-21	22	3rd	2 6 18 40 50
2022-04-05	12	1st	18 36 38 42 50
2022-02-22	3	1st	18 29 31 32 49
2022-02-11	23	2nd	9 18 34 36 49
2021-11-23	13	2nd	3 18 21 24 28
2021-10-08	5	3rd	4 14 18 24 38
2021-09-21	2	1st	18 26 41 44 47
2021-09-14	3	2nd	16 18 23 31 35
2021-09-03	5	3rd	2 9 18 42 43
2021-08-17	3	2nd	10 18 23 30 48
2021-08-06	1	3rd	7 13 18 20 25
2021-08-03	8	3rd	8 16 18 30 34
2021-07-06	25	3rd	1 16 18 26 39
2021-04-09	5	1st	18 31 39 45 46
2021-03-23	10	4th	7 9 10 18 34
2021-02-16	18	2nd	5 18 31 36 45
2020-12-11	16	2nd	13 18 25 36 49
2020-10-16	6	3rd	1 7 18 37 48
2020-09-25	3	3rd	2 17 18 27 37
2020-09-15	13	2nd	3 18 32 40 46
2020-07-31	36	2nd	6 18 30 46 48
2020-03-27	7	3rd	3 8 18 38 45
2020-03-03	3	3rd	11 17 18 27 44
2020-02-21	6	2nd	4 18 30 34 36
2020-01-31	1	3rd	11 14 18 29 34
2020-01-28	2	2nd	14 18 31 36 49
2020-01-21	1	2nd	14 18 32 42 49
2020-01-17	3	3rd	7 8 18 26 31
2020-01-07	1	3rd	4 8 18 35 49
2020-01-03	3	3rd	8 9 18 43 50
2019-12-24	4	2nd	14 18 29 41 46
2019-12-10	5	1st	18 21 24 40 50
2019-11-22	4	3rd	5 17 18 20 26
2019-11-08	1	2nd	5 18 27 37 45
2019-11-05	11	3rd	4 7 18 27 37
2019-09-27	14	3rd	14 16 18 22 39
2019-08-09	25	2nd	2 18 34 37 48
2019-05-14	3	2nd	15 18 34 44 46
2019-05-03	17	2nd	13 18 20 35 36
2019-03-05	4	2nd	1 18 24 48 49
2019-02-19	15	2nd	14 18 21 26 35
2018-12-28	45	1st	18 21 30 32 50
2018-07-24	—	3rd	9 15 18 24 29