Number 18

In Lotto Max under the 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 rules — 722 draws, 7 from 1–50 (an earlier era).

104times drawn · chance expected 101 +0.31σ

11draws waiting · a wait this long: 22% for any number

6.9average wait between appearances · chance says 7.1

34longest completed wait · 51% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 104 times in 722 draws against 101.1 expected, +0.31σ. Each draw is independent: after 11 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday. It has also come out as the bonus ball 18 times, counted separately.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 104 times in 722 draws · average wait 6.9 draws · longest completed wait 34 · 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 smallest7 · chance 6.7
2nd smallest21 · chance 25.5
3rd smallest32 · chance 36.4
4th smallest37 · chance 25.1
5th smallest5 · chance 8.8
6th smallest2 · chance 1.5
7th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.7 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

7 22 5 25 31 19

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
2026-03-03	4	4th	1 3 4 18 20 23 31
2026-02-17	7	3rd	10 11 18 22 28 34 36
2026-01-23	3	5th	3 9 13 16 18 27

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 7/50 tonight whatever it did last week.

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