Number 18

In MultiMatch under the 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 rules — 1,318 draws, 6 from 1–43 (an earlier era).

162times drawn · chance expected 184 −1.74σ

10draws waiting · a wait this long: 26% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 7.2

51longest completed wait · 8% chance of one at least that long

18 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 162 times in 1,318 draws against 183.9 expected, −1.74σ. Each draw is independent: after 10 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 18, draw by draw

Drawn 162 times in 1,318 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 51 · waiting 10 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 smallest9 · chance 10.1
2nd smallest41 · chance 41.0
3rd smallest51 · chance 59.6
4th smallest48 · chance 38.8
5th smallest12 · chance 11.3
6th smallest1 · chance 1.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 19.3 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

38 11 15 5 35 13

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 42 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 43. 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
2022-10-17	5	4th	11 14 17 18 34 40
2022-09-29	5	4th	2 7 11 18 37 40
2022-09-12	3	3rd	9 12 18 19 27 32

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 6/43 tonight whatever it did last week.

2020-12-17	33	4th	2 9 10 18 32 35
2020-08-24	2	3rd	2 8 18 19 23 32
2020-08-17	8	4th	1 5 9 18 21 22
2020-07-20	18	2nd	8 18 20 23 31 32
2020-05-18	3	2nd	8 18 19 20 27 33
2020-05-07	9	4th	3 11 15 18 34 37
2020-04-06	1	4th	6 14 15 18 25 30
2020-04-02	12	4th	2 4 14 18 22 28
2020-02-20	1	2nd	12 18 19 27 31 38
2020-02-17	16	4th	1 2 15 18 30 39
2019-12-23	10	4th	1 11 12 18 26 28
2019-11-18	1	5th	2 8 14 15 18 26
2019-11-14	1	4th	3 11 15 18 24 30
2019-11-11	4	3rd	10 11 18 21 22 40
2019-10-28	4	3rd	4 10 18 19 33 39
2019-10-14	4	1st	18 25 31 35 36 40
2019-09-30	5	2nd	3 18 28 30 35 38
2019-09-12	6	2nd	1 18 20 23 33 42
2019-08-22	1	4th	4 10 11 18 35 38
2019-08-19	1	1st	18 24 34 35 38 41
2019-08-15	12	3rd	8 17 18 28 31 34
2019-07-04	5	5th	3 5 7 11 18 43
2019-06-17	2	5th	6 12 15 16 18 36
2019-06-10	1	2nd	12 18 23 31 41 42
2019-06-06	4	1st	18 19 20 27 29 40
2019-05-23	26	2nd	5 18 34 35 40 41
2019-02-21	3	5th	9 10 11 13 18 26
2019-02-11	1	4th	8 11 14 18 24 35
2019-02-07	18	5th	2 3 4 5 18 38
2018-12-06	3	3rd	10 11 18 21 28 41
2018-11-26	6	3rd	5 9 18 19 28 34
2018-11-05	5	2nd	13 18 25 35 39 42
2018-10-18	6	3rd	5 9 18 20 30 32
2018-09-27	4	3rd	4 12 18 22 31 36
2018-09-13	3	3rd	5 9 18 20 21 43
2018-09-03	3	3rd	5 6 18 25 28 39
2018-08-23	10	4th	8 14 15 18 38 41
2018-07-19	22	2nd	17 18 27 34 36 40
2018-05-03	10	4th	4 6 13 18 25 42
2018-03-29	5	4th	3 7 14 18 22 27
2018-03-12	1	3rd	11 13 18 30 40 43
2018-03-08	5	4th	1 4 15 18 30 31
2018-02-19	1	1st	18 19 20 31 35 38
2018-02-15	1	3rd	4 13 18 24 25 40
2018-02-12	18	4th	3 5 15 18 38 42
2017-12-11	13	3rd	11 15 18 33 34 39
2017-10-26	12	3rd	1 5 18 27 38 41
2017-09-14	8	3rd	12 14 18 23 24 28
2017-08-17	14	3rd	7 17 18 23 26 37
2017-06-29	4	2nd	8 18 29 31 35 37
2017-06-15	2	3rd	7 15 18 19 20 25
2017-06-08	4	4th	4 11 17 18 30 34
2017-05-25	23	3rd	2 5 18 30 32 43
2017-03-06	37	1st	18 21 24 29 35 39
2016-10-27	7	3rd	1 16 18 26 41 42
2016-10-03	4	5th	10 11 15 17 18 35
2016-09-19	1	3rd	9 13 18 21 31 39
2016-09-15	1	4th	1 7 14 18 26 37
2016-09-12	4	2nd	8 18 31 33 38 42
2016-08-29	4	3rd	15 16 18 24 29 35
2016-08-15	15	2nd	11 18 25 29 37 38
2016-06-23	20	2nd	3 18 33 34 38 42
2016-04-14	10	3rd	4 14 18 24 33 37
2016-03-10	12	5th	6 10 14 16 18 37
2016-01-28	8	3rd	1 10 18 28 31 35
2015-12-31	4	2nd	5 18 26 36 40 42
2015-12-17	3	2nd	10 18 24 25 34 38
2015-12-07	16	2nd	2 18 21 33 38 42
2015-10-12	11	4th	8 9 17 18 27 34
2015-09-03	1	4th	4 7 13 18 40 43
2015-08-31	1	3rd	6 8 18 24 29 39
2015-08-27	3	3rd	8 10 18 21 32 33
2015-08-17	8	4th	3 10 14 18 24 25
2015-07-20	7	5th	1 4 6 12 18 36
2015-06-25	1	4th	11 12 17 18 30 38
2015-06-22	12	5th	3 5 7 16 18 21
2015-05-11	6	2nd	12 18 30 34 35 42
2015-04-20	12	4th	5 15 16 18 40 42
2015-03-09	5	4th	7 9 13 18 22 37
2015-02-19	7	4th	5 8 15 18 29 38
2015-01-26	7	4th	6 10 13 18 24 27
2015-01-01	2	3rd	13 15 18 19 22 33
2014-12-25	9	4th	2 6 13 18 23 24
2014-11-24	2	4th	2 8 16 18 31 41
2014-11-17	8	3rd	1 15 18 23 28 41
2014-10-20	1	2nd	7 18 29 30 38 39
2014-10-16	6	4th	4 5 17 18 32 37
2014-09-25	45	3rd	6 15 18 22 25 28
2014-04-21	51	2nd	3 18 23 24 35 42
2013-10-24	11	3rd	12 15 18 23 38 40
2013-09-16	4	5th	4 5 15 16 18 22
2013-09-02	13	3rd	2 11 18 31 36 41
2013-07-18	18	4th	2 5 12 18 28 41
2013-05-16	2	4th	9 11 17 18 20 35
2013-05-09	5	2nd	17 18 22 27 36 40
2013-04-22	3	2nd	16 18 25 26 32 35
2013-04-11	1	3rd	12 14 18 28 38 41
2013-04-08	4	4th	6 7 14 18 26 29
2013-03-25	20	4th	4 5 15 18 25 26
2013-01-14	3	4th	9 12 17 18 25 33
2013-01-03	2	4th	2 3 17 18 24 37
2012-12-27	6	3rd	9 16 18 22 23 40
2012-12-06	6	3rd	4 5 18 28 36 41
2012-11-15	9	3rd	7 16 18 23 35 40
2012-10-15	10	3rd	6 16 18 24 29 37
2012-09-10	2	2nd	8 18 28 31 36 40
2012-09-03	6	2nd	6 18 24 35 39 43
2012-08-13	5	2nd	4 18 21 25 34 36
2012-07-26	4	4th	5 16 17 18 19 29
2012-07-12	1	2nd	7 18 20 24 39 40
2012-07-09	1	4th	3 7 17 18 23 38
2012-07-05	5	2nd	14 18 31 40 42 43
2012-06-18	12	2nd	4 18 24 29 35 38
2012-05-07	10	2nd	13 18 26 30 31 42
2012-04-02	5	1st	18 26 31 38 41 43
2012-03-15	9	2nd	1 18 20 28 32 34
2012-02-09	2	3rd	11 12 18 23 26 40
2012-02-02	4	4th	3 13 17 18 29 36
2012-01-19	9	3rd	11 13 18 20 32 41
2011-12-19	3	1st	18 27 28 30 38 39
2011-12-08	8	1st	18 19 21 25 42 43
2011-11-10	2	3rd	6 13 18 20 35 40
2011-11-03	5	4th	3 6 11 18 25 37
2011-10-17	26	4th	4 5 8 18 30 38
2011-07-18	1	2nd	3 18 19 27 42 43
2011-07-14	7	2nd	2 18 20 29 32 40
2011-06-20	2	2nd	1 18 22 24 32 39
2011-06-13	11	6th	7 9 11 13 17 18
2011-05-05	3	3rd	3 7 18 28 33 36
2011-04-25	9	3rd	9 12 18 20 29 41
2011-03-24	9	5th	1 7 8 11 18 34
2011-02-21	31	2nd	10 18 23 27 28 37
2010-11-04	35	4th	10 11 15 18 32 33
2010-07-05	1	3rd	4 13 18 21 26 27
2010-07-01	5	1st	18 20 22 28 29 30
2010-06-14	4	4th	2 6 14 18 22 36
2010-05-31	12	4th	10 11 13 18 28 39
2010-04-19	—	2nd	10 18 20 25 38 39