In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · since Sep 2025 rules — 112 draws, 6 from 1–43.
21times drawn · chance expected 16 +1.46σ
1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number
5.3average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2
14longest completed wait · 95% chance of one at least that long
18 is drawn as often as chance explains
Drawn 21 times in 112 draws against 15.6 expected, +1.46σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.
18
Number 18, draw by draw
Drawn 21 times in 112 draws · average wait 5.3 draws · longest completed wait 14 · waiting 1 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.
Never drawn alongside 3 of the other 42 numbers; chance expects about 3 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 — 15th most popular of 43. 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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.