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Number 18 In Lotto Max under the 7/49 + 1/49 · Sep 2009 – May 2019 rules — 503 draws, 7 from 1–49 (an earlier era).
7/52 + 1/52 · since Apr 2026 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 7/49 + 1/49 · Sep 2009 – May 2019 77 times drawn · chance expected 72 +0.66σ
13 draws waiting · a wait this long: 16% for any number
6.4 average wait between appearances · chance says 7.0
46 longest completed wait · 7% chance of one at least that long
18 is drawn as often as chance explains Drawn 77 times in 503 draws against 71.9 expected, +0.66σ. Each draw is independent: after 13 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 19 times, counted separately.
18 Number 18, draw by draw Drawn 77 times in 503 draws · average wait 6.4 draws · longest completed wait 46 · waiting 13 draws now
2 draws: 2009-10-16 to 2009-10-30 1 draws: 2009-10-30 to 2009-11-06 1 draws: 2009-11-06 to 2009-11-13 7 draws: 2009-11-13 to 2010-01-01 9 draws: 2010-01-01 to 2010-03-05 1 draws: 2010-03-05 to 2010-03-12 11 draws: 2010-03-12 to 2010-05-28 1 draws: 2010-05-28 to 2010-06-04 11 draws: 2010-06-04 to 2010-08-20 12 draws: 2010-08-20 to 2010-11-12 10 draws: 2010-11-12 to 2011-01-21 2 draws: 2011-01-21 to 2011-02-04 4 draws: 2011-02-04 to 2011-03-04 5 draws: 2011-03-04 to 2011-04-08 6 draws: 2011-04-08 to 2011-05-20 6 draws: 2011-05-20 to 2011-07-01 2 draws: 2011-07-01 to 2011-07-15 3 draws: 2011-07-15 to 2011-08-05 4 draws: 2011-08-05 to 2011-09-02 2 draws: 2011-09-02 to 2011-09-16 2 draws: 2011-09-16 to 2011-09-30 4 draws: 2011-09-30 to 2011-10-28 6 draws: 2011-10-28 to 2011-12-09 5 draws: 2011-12-09 to 2012-01-13 8 draws: 2012-01-13 to 2012-03-09 1 draws: 2012-03-09 to 2012-03-16 1 draws: 2012-03-16 to 2012-03-23 2 draws: 2012-03-23 to 2012-04-06 17 draws: 2012-04-06 to 2012-08-03 1 draws: 2012-08-03 to 2012-08-10 1 draws: 2012-08-10 to 2012-08-17 3 draws: 2012-08-17 to 2012-09-07 15 draws: 2012-09-07 to 2012-12-21 5 draws: 2012-12-21 to 2013-01-25 13 draws: 2013-01-25 to 2013-04-26 3 draws: 2013-04-26 to 2013-05-17 4 draws: 2013-05-17 to 2013-06-14 6 draws: 2013-06-14 to 2013-07-26 9 draws: 2013-07-26 to 2013-09-27 10 draws: 2013-09-27 to 2013-12-06 2 draws: 2013-12-06 to 2013-12-20 4 draws: 2013-12-20 to 2014-01-17 15 draws: 2014-01-17 to 2014-05-02 8 draws: 2014-05-02 to 2014-06-27 2 draws: 2014-06-27 to 2014-07-11 11 draws: 2014-07-11 to 2014-09-26 2 draws: 2014-09-26 to 2014-10-10 1 draws: 2014-10-10 to 2014-10-17 5 draws: 2014-10-17 to 2014-11-21 7 draws: 2014-11-21 to 2015-01-09 2 draws: 2015-01-09 to 2015-01-23 3 draws: 2015-01-23 to 2015-02-13 8 draws: 2015-02-13 to 2015-04-10 3 draws: 2015-04-10 to 2015-05-01 21 draws: 2015-05-01 to 2015-09-25 46 draws: 2015-09-25 to 2016-08-12 9 draws: 2016-08-12 to 2016-10-14 4 draws: 2016-10-14 to 2016-11-11 8 draws: 2016-11-11 to 2017-01-06 19 draws: 2017-01-06 to 2017-05-19 1 draws: 2017-05-19 to 2017-05-26 13 draws: 2017-05-26 to 2017-08-25 1 draws: 2017-08-25 to 2017-09-01 6 draws: 2017-09-01 to 2017-10-13 3 draws: 2017-10-13 to 2017-11-03 1 draws: 2017-11-03 to 2017-11-10 10 draws: 2017-11-10 to 2018-01-19 7 draws: 2018-01-19 to 2018-03-09 3 draws: 2018-03-09 to 2018-03-30 1 draws: 2018-03-30 to 2018-04-06 8 draws: 2018-04-06 to 2018-06-01 2 draws: 2018-06-01 to 2018-06-15 8 draws: 2018-06-15 to 2018-08-10 3 draws: 2018-08-10 to 2018-08-31 6 draws: 2018-08-31 to 2018-10-12 17 draws: 2018-10-12 to 2019-02-08 Still waiting — at least 13 draws since 2019-02-08 2009-10-16 2009-10-30 2009-11-06 2009-11-13 2010-01-01 2010-03-05 2010-03-12 2010-05-28 2010-06-04 2010-08-20 2010-11-12 2011-01-21 2011-02-04 2011-03-04 2011-04-08 2011-05-20 2011-07-01 2011-07-15 2011-08-05 2011-09-02 2011-09-16 2011-09-30 2011-10-28 2011-12-09 2012-01-13 2012-03-09 2012-03-16 2012-03-23 2012-04-06 2012-08-03 2012-08-10 2012-08-17 2012-09-07 2012-12-21 2013-01-25 2013-04-26 2013-05-17 2013-06-14 2013-07-26 2013-09-27 2013-12-06 2013-12-20 2014-01-17 2014-05-02 2014-06-27 2014-07-11 2014-09-26 2014-10-10 2014-10-17 2014-11-21 2015-01-09 2015-01-23 2015-02-13 2015-04-10 2015-05-01 2015-09-25 2016-08-12 2016-10-14 2016-11-11 2017-01-06 2017-05-19 2017-05-26 2017-08-25 2017-09-01 2017-10-13 2017-11-03 2017-11-10 2018-01-19 2018-03-09 2018-03-30 2018-04-06 2018-06-01 2018-06-15 2018-08-10 2018-08-31 2018-10-12 2019-02-08 2009-09-25 2019-05-10
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1st smallest 6 · chance 4.6 2nd smallest 20 · chance 18.1 3rd smallest 26 · chance 26.9 4th smallest 16 · chance 19.2 5th smallest 6 · chance 6.9 6th smallest 2 · chance 1.2 7th smallest 1 · chance 0.1 Every position’s lane →
The company it keeps Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.
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 ← number 17 Every number number 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 7/49 tonight whatever it did last week.