In Jackpot Triple Play under the 6/46 + 1/0 · Apr 2022 – May 2025 rules — 320 draws, 6 from 1–46 (an earlier era).
30times drawn · chance expected 42 −1.95σ
18draws waiting · a wait this long: 9% for any number
9.8average wait between appearances · chance says 7.7
43longest completed wait · 8% chance of one at least that long
18 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 30 times in 320 draws against 41.7 expected, −1.95σ. Each draw is independent: after 18 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
18
Number 18, draw by draw
Drawn 30 times in 320 draws · average wait 9.8 draws · longest completed wait 43 · waiting 18 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.
It has shared a draw with every one of the other 45 numbers; chance expected about 2 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 46. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.
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 6/46 tonight whatever it did last week.