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18

Star 18

In SuperLotto Plus under the 5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010 rules — 1,755 draws, 1 from 1–27.

Main numbersStars
63times drawn · chance expected 65 −0.25σ
24draws waiting · a wait this long: 42% for any number
27.8average wait between appearances · chance says 27.0
148longest completed wait · 21% chance of one at least that long
18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 63 times in 1,755 draws against 65.0 expected, −0.25σ. Each draw is independent: after 24 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

18

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 63 times in 1,755 draws · average wait 27.8 draws · longest completed wait 148 · waiting 24 draws now

17 draws: 2010-01-30 to 2010-03-311 draws: 2010-03-31 to 2010-04-03102 draws: 2010-04-03 to 2011-03-2641 draws: 2011-03-26 to 2011-08-1775 draws: 2011-08-17 to 2012-05-053 draws: 2012-05-05 to 2012-05-1624 draws: 2012-05-16 to 2012-08-0823 draws: 2012-08-08 to 2012-10-275 draws: 2012-10-27 to 2012-11-1414 draws: 2012-11-14 to 2013-01-0216 draws: 2013-01-02 to 2013-02-276 draws: 2013-02-27 to 2013-03-2053 draws: 2013-03-20 to 2013-09-2139 draws: 2013-09-21 to 2014-02-052 draws: 2014-02-05 to 2014-02-1212 draws: 2014-02-12 to 2014-03-2640 draws: 2014-03-26 to 2014-08-1310 draws: 2014-08-13 to 2014-09-1715 draws: 2014-09-17 to 2014-11-0815 draws: 2014-11-08 to 2014-12-3132 draws: 2014-12-31 to 2015-04-2210 draws: 2015-04-22 to 2015-05-2714 draws: 2015-05-27 to 2015-07-1550 draws: 2015-07-15 to 2016-01-0623 draws: 2016-01-06 to 2016-03-263 draws: 2016-03-26 to 2016-04-067 draws: 2016-04-06 to 2016-04-3016 draws: 2016-04-30 to 2016-06-2511 draws: 2016-06-25 to 2016-08-034 draws: 2016-08-03 to 2016-08-1741 draws: 2016-08-17 to 2017-01-07148 draws: 2017-01-07 to 2018-06-0918 draws: 2018-06-09 to 2018-08-119 draws: 2018-08-11 to 2018-09-1211 draws: 2018-09-12 to 2018-10-204 draws: 2018-10-20 to 2018-11-032 draws: 2018-11-03 to 2018-11-1016 draws: 2018-11-10 to 2019-01-051 draws: 2019-01-05 to 2019-01-0913 draws: 2019-01-09 to 2019-02-2318 draws: 2019-02-23 to 2019-04-2784 draws: 2019-04-27 to 2020-02-1513 draws: 2020-02-15 to 2020-04-0121 draws: 2020-04-01 to 2020-06-1345 draws: 2020-06-13 to 2020-11-1813 draws: 2020-11-18 to 2021-01-0253 draws: 2021-01-02 to 2021-07-072 draws: 2021-07-07 to 2021-07-1445 draws: 2021-07-14 to 2021-12-1838 draws: 2021-12-18 to 2022-04-3018 draws: 2022-04-30 to 2022-07-0213 draws: 2022-07-02 to 2022-08-1798 draws: 2022-08-17 to 2023-07-267 draws: 2023-07-26 to 2023-08-193 draws: 2023-08-19 to 2023-08-3053 draws: 2023-08-30 to 2024-03-022 draws: 2024-03-02 to 2024-03-0952 draws: 2024-03-09 to 2024-09-0773 draws: 2024-09-07 to 2025-05-2161 draws: 2025-05-21 to 2025-12-2013 draws: 2025-12-20 to 2026-02-0451 draws: 2026-02-04 to 2026-08-01Still waiting — at least 24 draws since 2026-08-012010-01-302010-03-312010-04-032011-03-262011-08-172012-05-052012-05-162012-08-082012-10-272012-11-142013-01-022013-02-272013-03-202013-09-212014-02-052014-02-122014-03-262014-08-132014-09-172014-11-082014-12-312015-04-222015-05-272015-07-152016-01-062016-03-262016-04-062016-04-302016-06-252016-08-032016-08-172017-01-072018-06-092018-08-112018-09-122018-10-202018-11-032018-11-102019-01-052019-01-092019-02-232019-04-272020-02-152020-04-012020-06-132020-11-182021-01-022021-07-072021-07-142021-12-182022-04-302022-07-022022-08-172023-07-262023-08-192023-08-302024-03-022024-03-092024-09-072025-05-212025-12-202026-02-042026-08-012010-01-022026-10-24

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

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Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 18 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

  • 1st smallest63 · chance 63.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

No shared draws yet.

Never drawn alongside 26 of the other 26 numbers; chance expects about 26 such strangers 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 — 14th most popular of 27. 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

DateWaitPositionThe draw
2026-08-01511st18
2026-02-04131st18
2025-12-20611st18
2025-05-21731st18
2024-09-07521st18
2024-03-0921st18
2024-03-02531st18
2023-08-3031st18
2023-08-1971st18
2023-07-26981st18
2022-08-17131st18
2022-07-02181st18
2022-04-30381st18
2021-12-18451st18
2021-07-1421st18
2021-07-07531st18
2021-01-02131st18
2020-11-18451st18
2020-06-13211st18
2020-04-01131st18
2020-02-15841st18
2019-04-27181st18
2019-02-23131st18
2019-01-0911st18
The other 39 appearances
2019-01-05161st18
2018-11-1021st18
2018-11-0341st18
2018-10-20111st18
2018-09-1291st18
2018-08-11181st18
2018-06-091481st18
2017-01-07411st18
2016-08-1741st18
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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 1/27 tonight whatever it did last week.

2016-08-03111st18
2016-06-25161st18
2016-04-3071st18
2016-04-0631st18
2016-03-26231st18
2016-01-06501st18
2015-07-15141st18
2015-05-27101st18
2015-04-22321st18
2014-12-31151st18
2014-11-08151st18
2014-09-17101st18
2014-08-13401st18
2014-03-26121st18
2014-02-1221st18
2014-02-05391st18
2013-09-21531st18
2013-03-2061st18
2013-02-27161st18
2013-01-02141st18
2012-11-1451st18
2012-10-27231st18
2012-08-08241st18
2012-05-1631st18
2012-05-05751st18
2011-08-17411st18
2011-03-261021st18
2010-04-0311st18
2010-03-31171st18
2010-01-30—1st18