Number 18

In Lotto under the 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 rules — 1,616 draws, 6 from 1–52 (an earlier era).

182times drawn · chance expected 186 −0.35σ

0draws waiting — it came up last time

8.9average wait between appearances · chance says 8.7

38longest completed wait · 86% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 182 times in 1,616 draws against 186.5 expected, −0.35σ. Each draw is independent: after 0 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 182 times in 1,616 draws · average wait 8.9 draws · longest completed wait 38 · drawn in the most recent draw

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 smallest23 · chance 21.6
2nd smallest62 · chance 61.1
3rd smallest60 · chance 63.1
4th smallest24 · chance 29.6
5th smallest11 · chance 6.3
6th smallest2 · chance 0.5

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 17.8 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

16 41 49 42 46 17

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 51 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 52. 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
2025-04-26	2	2nd	12 18 23 26 29 39
2025-04-21	5	4th	8 10 13 18 33 48
2025-04-10	14	1st	18 21 40 41 42 49
2025-03-08

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 6/52 tonight whatever it did last week.

2023-11-13	2	2nd	13 18 27 30 42 46
2023-11-09	2	3rd	4 16 18 35 38 44
2023-11-04	11	2nd	8 18 25 32 35 42
2023-10-09	6	3rd	4 6 18 21 37 39
2023-09-25	13	1st	18 19 22 28 36 44
2023-08-26	3	2nd	4 18 37 39 46 50
2023-08-19	1	3rd	7 14 18 19 25 30
2023-08-17	12	2nd	7 18 24 28 43 48
2023-07-20	2	1st	18 20 34 35 44 50
2023-07-15	6	1st	18 22 25 29 32 50
2023-07-01	12	3rd	1 16 18 41 46 49
2023-06-03	15	2nd	5 18 26 37 44 48
2023-04-29	1	3rd	8 13 18 20 33 42
2023-04-27	7	1st	18 21 26 30 33 37
2023-04-10	2	5th	1 2 11 17 18 24
2023-04-06	4	2nd	17 18 20 26 30 41
2023-03-27	14	2nd	5 18 20 23 45 48
2023-02-23	8	2nd	6 18 27 41 44 45
2023-02-04	2	2nd	11 18 22 25 29 48
2023-01-30	3	2nd	10 18 26 32 46 50
2023-01-23	2	3rd	5 16 18 33 45 46
2023-01-19	2	4th	2 11 14 18 35 48
2023-01-14	3	4th	6 10 16 18 20 41
2023-01-07	17	3rd	9 16 18 29 45 48
2022-11-28	7	2nd	4 18 21 32 34 45
2022-11-12	13	2nd	3 18 22 32 36 42
2022-10-13	11	1st	18 32 35 40 45 49
2022-09-17	19	3rd	14 15 18 38 42 46
2022-08-04	7	2nd	8 18 30 34 37 46
2022-07-18	8	4th	9 10 13 18 25 40
2022-06-30	3	4th	2 9 15 18 22 32
2022-06-23	17	1st	18 22 24 28 41 44
2022-05-14	17	4th	1 2 16 18 23 47
2022-04-04	6	1st	18 25 35 37 41 45
2022-03-21	8	2nd	8 18 25 30 32 44
2022-03-03	9	4th	6 11 16 18 24 43
2022-02-10	4	5th	5 6 7 11 18 19
2022-01-31	3	3rd	3 15 18 23 40 41
2022-01-24	10	4th	5 6 12 18 29 36
2022-01-01	1	3rd	9 16 18 24 33 43
2021-12-30	1	4th	13 14 16 18 23 33
2021-12-27	4	2nd	11 18 25 35 40 42
2021-12-18	33	2nd	4 18 23 30 41 46
2021-10-02	6	3rd	1 14 18 26 39 49
2021-09-18	12	6th	2 7 11 12 15 18
2021-08-21	2	2nd	4 18 26 31 41 43
2021-08-16	4	1st	18 27 33 34 37 49
2021-08-07	2	3rd	7 15 18 31 39 50
2021-08-02	13	3rd	12 16 18 20 39 50
2021-07-03	2	3rd	1 16 18 23 24 46
2021-06-28	23	2nd	16 18 20 26 40 48
2021-05-06	4	2nd	1 18 29 35 39 41
2021-04-26	8	2nd	17 18 24 35 37 49
2021-04-08	13	5th	6 8 11 17 18 42
2021-03-08	2	2nd	5 18 32 42 49 50
2021-03-04	7	3rd	3 17 18 28 33 42
2021-02-15	7	2nd	17 18 27 37 50 52
2021-01-30	2	2nd	3 18 28 33 42 48
2021-01-25	15	2nd	16 18 20 27 42 50
2020-12-21	22	3rd	1 14 18 20 27 28
2020-10-31	38	2nd	17 18 22 29 30 31
2020-08-03	4	3rd	5 17 18 20 34 38
2020-07-25	10	3rd	12 15 18 26 27 41
2020-07-02	20	2nd	6 18 25 30 41 43
2020-05-16	13	5th	2 3 6 7 18 33
2020-04-16	11	2nd	1 18 22 43 47 52
2020-03-21	6	4th	5 10 11 18 35 46
2020-03-07	11	4th	2 7 17 18 31 51
2020-02-10	10	6th	9 10 11 16 17 18
2020-01-18	3	3rd	5 13 18 44 45 48
2020-01-11	1	3rd	2 16 18 23 31 51
2020-01-09	12	4th	3 14 16 18 28 49
2019-12-12	12	2nd	3 18 19 29 40 46
2019-11-14	12	1st	18 20 29 34 38 42
2019-10-17	5	2nd	1 18 21 29 31 39
2019-10-05	28	3rd	9 16 18 21 25 33
2019-08-01	4	3rd	4 15 18 26 30 39
2019-07-22	14	3rd	11 14 18 21 28 47
2019-06-20	3	3rd	1 9 18 36 40 48
2019-06-13	16	2nd	17 18 30 37 48 49
2019-05-06	4	3rd	3 10 18 35 39 49
2019-04-27	9	3rd	9 17 18 34 40 42
2019-04-06	10	5th	3 5 6 8 18 34
2019-03-14	6	2nd	6 18 32 35 46 51
2019-02-28	22	3rd	5 8 18 31 39 41
2019-01-07	24	1st	18 19 22 33 41 46
2018-11-12	6	1st	18 30 31 41 49 51
2018-10-29	13	4th	3 4 5 18 27 40
2018-09-29	4	2nd	5 18 21 29 30 32
2018-09-20	1	4th	7 10 15 18 46 50
2018-09-17	25	4th	1 3 16 18 26 47
2018-07-21	3	5th	2 4 13 17 18 49
2018-07-14	2	5th	2 5 10 13 18 30
2018-07-09	5	4th	1 11 14 18 31 39
2018-06-28	9	2nd	2 18 20 35 41 51
2018-06-07	1	3rd	11 12 18 26 40 42
2018-06-04	8	2nd	8 18 20 26 39 41
2018-05-17	3	2nd	2 18 38 42 43 49
2018-05-10	3	2nd	17 18 19 24 42 45
2018-05-03	10	2nd	4 18 33 34 46 49
2018-04-09	5	2nd	7 18 38 43 49 50
2018-03-29	8	2nd	10 18 20 22 28 34
2018-03-10	19	2nd	7 18 33 43 47 52
2018-01-25	22	2nd	9 18 24 29 30 41
2017-12-04	25	4th	9 16 17 18 27 37
2017-10-07	7	3rd	5 8 18 31 38 48
2017-09-21	37	2nd	4 18 21 24 46 47
2017-06-26	18	3rd	4 8 18 19 35 45
2017-05-15	1	2nd	2 18 28 31 40 50
2017-05-13	4	1st	18 19 37 41 44 48
2017-05-04	18	2nd	12 18 29 30 31 52
2017-03-23	3	3rd	6 10 18 31 41 43
2017-03-16	8	3rd	10 15 18 21 29 38
2017-02-25	3	4th	6 8 16 18 31 35
2017-02-18	20	2nd	7 18 24 33 39 47
2017-01-02	4	4th	2 11 16 18 20 46
2016-12-24	6	1st	18 22 33 39 42 52
2016-12-10	4	1st	18 26 29 34 41 49
2016-12-01	2	3rd	10 17 18 24 36 46
2016-11-26	3	3rd	4 13 18 34 38 43
2016-11-19	8	4th	1 16 17 18 39 43
2016-10-31	21	1st	18 35 37 40 49 52
2016-09-12	4	1st	18 24 33 35 38 45
2016-09-03	2	3rd	12 15 18 24 29 37
2016-08-29	1	2nd	10 18 19 25 37 40
2016-08-27	4	3rd	1 11 18 26 28 48
2016-08-18	19	3rd	9 17 18 24 29 49
2016-07-04	17	2nd	4 18 27 28 50 52
2016-05-26	10	4th	3 6 9 18 21 41
2016-05-02	35	5th	2 3 5 17 18 34
2016-02-11	2	3rd	4 11 18 33 46 49
2016-02-06	3	2nd	9 18 29 40 49 51
2016-01-30	7	2nd	10 18 27 32 33 48
2016-01-14	18	3rd	3 10 18 25 43 47
2015-12-03	11	1st	18 29 32 37 39 41
2015-11-07	11	3rd	7 12 18 19 31 37
2015-10-12	11	3rd	2 16 18 30 46 49
2015-09-17	2	2nd	16 18 34 37 40 46
2015-09-12	9	2nd	6 18 33 36 37 46
2015-08-22	2	4th	2 11 14 18 26 48
2015-08-17	2	3rd	7 16 18 49 51 52
2015-08-13	1	1st	18 24 26 36 43 47
2015-08-10	2	5th	8 11 12 16 18 38
2015-08-06	4	1st	18 23 29 33 40 51
2015-07-27	3	3rd	2 8 18 23 42 45
2015-07-20	3	3rd	2 6 18 30 31 33
2015-07-13	6	4th	3 5 6 18 23 30
2015-06-29	17	2nd	9 18 22 35 36 50
2015-05-21	5	3rd	11 16 18 35 40 45
2015-05-09	9	1st	18 24 25 34 36 42
2015-04-18	3	3rd	8 12 18 22 31 39
2015-04-11	26	1st	18 22 36 38 39 52
2015-02-09	7	3rd	4 12 18 34 40 42
2015-01-24	2	3rd	12 16 18 22 30 47
2015-01-19	2	2nd	10 18 21 26 35 49
2015-01-15	1	2nd	6 18 27 34 46 47
2015-01-12	3	3rd	9 17 18 20 30 45
2015-01-05	—	3rd	8 17 18 24 25 48